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    Engineering a stripped-down bacterial drug factory

    It seems to me that they might also be able to use this method to create super effective vaccines, just delete all the harmful effects of the bacteria. Instead of using tiny bacterium corpses, I mean. Which seems so morbid.
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    Supreme Court to hear FCC f-bomb appeal on Election Day

    Hak Foo:<BR>"If anything, trying to overly insulate children tends to leave them under-developed to the point where they freak out at profanity-- just like their parents."<BR><BR>I think this is the single most important thing that has been said in this thread, without exception. I have a...
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    Analysis: BYOC and the democratization of knowledge work

    So they want the employees to buy their own notebook to use for work, one that they don't own so they will have no control over it at all? Doesn't sound like a good idea for them to me.
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    Hands on: Nero's LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC

    My dual tuner Tivos cost me $49.99 total for the hardware, the HDDs I got for free for doing some computer work for a guy. At around $350 bucks per unit it would take about 2.5 years to offset the cost of the Tivo monthly service. There are other things you guys haven't factored in...
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    Hands on: Nero's LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JEDIDIAH:<BR>A PC based PVR solution is as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Give me a total example of as cheap as...
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    Hands on: Nero's LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC

    Its a neat product and I am definitely tempted. I have 2 Series 2 DT Tivos that I got for $49.99 each refurbished and upgraded the hard drives to 200gb. I see lots of people talking about how great their various PC based solutions are, but not all of us can afford to get set up like that...
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    Hands on with some surprising $80 night vision goggles

    Im with Magnus on this one. While I am not a gun person, having never even shot one, I find it exceedingly easy to not get shot to death during a home invasion: Stay the hell out of other folks homes unless you are invited. Personally, I feel that if someone breaks into a person's home and...
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    Northwestern fighting campus P2P use with... e-mail?

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Korov:<BR>This strikes me as very appropriate response to the problem. Alert the clueless users that 1) they are sharing (and the possible consequences...
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    Game developer wants to learn from pirates, asks them "why"

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Torchlyte:<BR>This discussion is pointless because there is no justification for stealing. Ever.<BR><BR>Piracy exists because our government lets it...
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    First look: Mozilla Weave 0.2 puts Firefox in the cloud

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Happysin:<BR><B>Jebus people, it's a .2 version of software. Don't expect production-level features or stability out of it.</B> If you don't test...
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    Radio stations, RIAA trade barbs at hearing over royalties

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by luthe:<BR>So can anyone explain why anyone gives a flying fuck what Nancy Sinatra has to say. What exactly are here credentials? That she is related...
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    Books vs. documents: what's wrong with so-called "ebooks"

    I am pretty sure there isn't a single point in the article I agree with. I mean, beyond the "collectible book" genre. Useful, functional, books cry out for an e-book format. I can't wait. I am cheap though, so the reader must be sub $100, and the books have GOT to be less than paper books...
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    In battle over resale rights, ticket site must reveal "scalpers'" identities

    I think this whole thing is dumb from start to finish. There should be NO anti-scalping laws in place for one. If someone buys a ticket, and then wants to sell it for $5000 and some idiot with lots of money is willing to pay that for it, it is NO ones business but the buyer and the seller...
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    Interstellar Travel -- Interplanetary Colonization -- Possible or Not?

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by htom:<BR>Possible, through sufficently advanced technology that would appear to us as magic. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Has any other author, nevermind...
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    The ten most hated words on the Internet

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kcarlile:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally...
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    Best Buy lawyer falsifies e-mails, memo

    <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div> <div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">In all honesty, Best Buy isn’t a horrible company. Their biggest problem is a lack of leadership and vision. If you look at their stores, there is a real lack of focus...
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    Struggling Jericho: please don't TiVo our show!

    They can kiss my butt. I like Jericho, but I don't like ANY show enough to watch it live any more. Besides, I am not their target anyway. I am less likely to buy anything I see advertised, not the opposite. If they didn't constantly shove ads down my throat everywhere I turn it might be...
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    Sellers running scared: a look inside the world of AllOfMP3 vouchers

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BigLan:<BR>I don't really understand how it's illegal to sell a voucher. It's nothing more that a form of currency, and so wouldn't it be the same as...
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    Company targets Apple, Microsoft and others for not using enough DRM

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by damaend:<BR>the mind boggles<BR><BR>poor Americans and their dmca </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Don't feel left out, George Bush and crew are exporting the...
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    Exec: Music labels "about to cave in the next six months" on DRM

    My biggest problem with the RIAA is they have acted like they believe their business model should be protected and sacrosanct. No one's business model should be enforced through the power of the government. A business model is an agreement between the seller and the buyer. Once the buyer no...