Dakhath

House votes to allow dogs in restaurants

As a matter of fact, not really. Passing a bill like this costs nothing (as far as implementation) but gives the appearance of work being done. (Jun 28, 2009 | post #33)

Ex-Loudon County Deputy Guilty of Electricity Theft

I think you missed the theme with that first post. Bad puns everywhere. (Jun 28, 2009 | post #3)

Jeonju, South Korea

Road to driver's exam not easy street for SKorean

Sadly, this is true. Wish I could say it wasn't. (Feb 5, 2009 | post #20)

Eh. It's a failure because even software pirates don't want it even though they can get it. (Feb 2, 2009 | post #176)

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for Ubuntu, but I understand how your average home user thinks. Dunno if anybody else here reads The Register, but incidents like the one in this article aren't uncommon: http://www.theregi ster.co.uk/2009/01 /15/ubuntu_cant_ac cess_net/ The user can't figure out how to get it working, so they blame the software (in this case the OS itself). 's the same with everything else technology related. (Jan 25, 2009 | post #61)

What browser are you using?

Off topic completely, do ya know what my problem with Vista is? 's the same problem I have with the new version of office (if you want an excuse to use OpenOffice.org, that's it - you're going to have to relearn M$ Office anyway), as well as Windows 7. Microsoft keeps mucking up the user interface. See, I don't speak picture. No, really, I /don't/ speak picture. If I did, I'd be using a Mac. 'course, from the sound of things the UI in 7 isn't going to be much different from the Mac UI, with your open programs no longer differentiated from quick launch. Hooray for dumbing things down. (Jan 25, 2009 | post #60)

Knoxville, TN

http://adblockplus .org/en/ There ya go. I never see an ad anywhere. Popup or otherwise. (Jan 25, 2009 | post #33)

Texas wrestles with science standards, evolution

Yep. Teach it just like gravity! Gravity is, of course, also a theory. (Jan 22, 2009 | post #298)

It /won't/ run some of the games I play the way I want to run them. But yeah, other than that Ubuntu is great... for your average techie. Most home users still can't (or won't) figure it out. (Jan 22, 2009 | post #3)

Maryville faces $1M revenue shortfall; officials want to delay ...

http://www.thedail ytimes.com/article /20081204/NEWS/312 049982 There's a spare 460k they didn't have to spend. (Dec 11, 2008 | post #3)

Yet ANOTHER murder of a white girl by illegals

Is hunting gay?

Nah. Just a troll. And an effective troll at that, judging by the responses here. (Dec 10, 2008 | post #6)

Knoxville, TN

With that estimate, though, you have to admit you think the other 50% aren't illegal. Why not treat everyone as though they are legal citizens until you know otherwise? (Nov 19, 2008 | post #18)

Knoxville, TN

Postal Service reissues Muslim holiday stamp

Why? I'm glad you're honest about that, but surely you realize how much that makes you sound like a hypocrite. (Nov 19, 2008 | post #51)

Science / Technology

When Tech Fails, Youth or Gender Make a Difference

I'm a techie type (and not male), but then, my mom's the network admin for a local city government, so I've always had somebody to learn from. Her attitude has always been that you can't break what's already broken, and if you somehow do, you can undo whatever you changed. It's a useful approach to computers - there's almost no way to mess one up through menu options alone. (Nov 19, 2008 | post #2)