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  1. Re:Hidden files on Another Sony Rootkit? · · Score: 1

    No, it's the buzzword for "the editors don't RTFA"

  2. Re:Ha! on Storm Botnet Is Behind Two New Attacks · · Score: 1

    Unpatched windows can be completely secure from this attack, as can any other operating system. Just don't connect to the internet!

  3. I suspect that the biggest consequence of this on Gamma Rays From Thunderclouds · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that five or six months down the line, the Incredible Hulk will start controlling electricity.

  4. Re:Sarcasm is dead. on Where To Find Opus On Sunday · · Score: 1

    I get the "joke". It just isn't funny.

  5. Who cares? on Where To Find Opus On Sunday · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The comic is never funny or interesting, and takes up a whole third of a page. The art isn't even any good.

  6. Meh, this is just on Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe · · Score: 1

    much ado about nothing.

  7. Re:Not a Gentoo user on Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what you just said.

  8. Did anyone else read this as on Hear No Evil, See No Evil — E-mail Kills the Phone · · Score: 1

    Email has overtaken telepathy?

  9. Re:Bullshit on The IT Industry's Red Shift Theory · · Score: 1

    See! You win the race! Buy our products!

  10. This isn't the fault of no child left behind on Failing Our Geniuses · · Score: 1

    Since the same thing was going on before the program started.

  11. Re:Idiots on Bad Movie Physics Hurt Scientific Understanding · · Score: 1
    >your standard Russian engineering. with a big enough engine, anything can move...

    Fixed. After all, that was the whole point of the MiG's design.

  12. Re:Darned whippersnappers on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1
    You had rocks? Back in my day, rocks warn't even invented. We had to use our ima-gin-ations.

    And we liked it!

  13. Re:Vindicated already? on The Shock That Almost Wasn't · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really? I've never heard of Bioshock before.

  14. It shouldn't be too difficult on China To Deploy World's Largest People Tracking Network · · Score: 1

    The largest people will always be found at, or near, a McDonalds or a buffet. Or you could just use a seismograph to track them.

  15. Re:Data loss on Terabyte Hard Drive Put To the Test · · Score: 1
    Unless they work in the NSA.

    In which case, you're pretty much screwed.

  16. Re:Cool! on Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements · · Score: 1

    I think he means National Socialism...

  17. Re:Question on that article on Storm Worm Rising · · Score: 1

    The author's running Server 2k3, and doesn't want it to trace back to him? It's a logical reason, just not a very plausible one.

  18. Re:don't be dense on The Java Popup you Can't Stop · · Score: 1

    Except in Britannia, my good chap.

  19. Re:Bring Down Internet Explorer In Six Words on Bring Down Internet Explorer In Six Words · · Score: 1

    He's a heavy tipper.

  20. Re:So what's this mean for Terri Schiavo's doctors on Brain Electrodes Help Injured Man To Speak Again · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're running a big risk there. If you stare into a bisque long enough the bisque stares back at you.

  21. Re:True on Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat · · Score: 1

    I was commenting on the nutritional quality (or lack thereof).

  22. Re:Is honesty / integrity really dead? on Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    According to US law, if something gets mailed to you it's yours regardless of whether or not the person who mailed it to you made a mistake.

  23. Re:Isn't it interesting that on Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    Social security is, and always has been, intended to be a supplement to retirement savings. Not a replacement.

  24. Re:Why even ask? on Merely Cloaking Data May Be Incriminating? · · Score: 1

    Well, I certainly do. Go on, name a large prime number and I'll tell you its factors

  25. Re:Psychological? on Cell Towers Not Responsible For Illness · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently there's more to this problem than meets the eye.