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Comment Re:Ever been to NJ (Score 1) 1140

by WatchTheTramCarPleas on Saturday May 26, 2007 @01:08PM (#19283701) Attached to: Best Presidential Candidate for Nerds?

I was making the assumption that property taxes also have an effect on the cost of renting a residence. Property taxes are an operational cost to any business. Though, yes it still probably hurts the lower classes more than the middle++.

Home Theater Transformed Into Star Trek Bridge 249

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @12:41PM from the because-you-can-shutup dept.

gevmage writes "Gary Reign, a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands, built a home theater in his basement. This is not unusual. However, the room is designed, floor to ceiling, as the bridge of a Star Trek style starship. See his photo page for details."

Newest Energy Source — Pond Scum 289

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @07:30PM from the slippery-when-wet dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that several start up companies include one from MIT are looking at using (both natural and engineered) algae as source of bio-fuel. Since algae grows quickly and absorbs green house gases. From the article "Soybeans can give you 50 to 60 gallons of oil an acre compared to 75 to 125 gallons for canola, but algae is almost limitless because it grows so fast, so potentially you could get 10,000 gallons per acre."

Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus 361

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 09, 2006 @10:52PM from the steadfastly-bulletproof dept.

LadyDarth writes "During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of Windows Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that the system's new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Vista without antivirus software installed."

Bug Pushes Vista Out to November 8th 285

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 27, 2006 @01:59PM from the keep-the-ant-hill-under-glass dept.

IntelliAdmin writes "Microsoft originally targeted October 25th for Vista's release to manufacturing, but a last-minute bug that 'took most of the Vista team by surprise' has caused an unexpected delay, said Ethan Allen, a quality assurance lead at a Seattle high-tech company that tests its products for Vista. Allen said the Vista team discovered the bug, which 'would totally crash the system, requiring a complete reinstall'. Vista now has a new RTM date of November 8th" A reader wrote in to point out this story originated with Paul Thurrott.

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