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  1. Re:Software is not food on Taco Bell Programming · · Score: 1

    facetious
    sorry

  2. Spam? on 3dfx Voodoo Graphic Card Emulation Coming To DOSBox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Real, honest to god commercial spam?
    On Slashdot?
    Just because Anonymous is in the news doesn't mean they're that busy.
    This one case where spam can cost more than it earns...

  3. Re:Okay somebody tell me on Dept. of Homeland Security To Test Iris Scanners · · Score: 1

    And it's so easy to photograph fingerprints? Even with a good telephoto/macro lens?(IANA- professional photographer)

  4. Re:Geolocation is bad. on Australia Adopts EU's Geographical Indicator System For Wine · · Score: 1

    You must be new here...

  5. Re:backups are important. on What 'IT' Stuff Should We Teach Ninth-Graders? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd link to the Tao of Backup, although that is more for Buddhists.

  6. Re:That Microsoft Icon On Slashdot on Microsoft's Security Development Process Under CC License · · Score: 1

    Mod this coward up. AFAIK there are no other icons on /. that are designed to denigrate the subject.

    Like that thumb-sucking gnu holding his blankie. We at Slashdot are equal-opportunity; we pick on everybody.

  7. Re:IE has 100% compatability... on Clashing Scores In the HTML5 Compatibility Test Wars · · Score: 1

    An overpriced web browser.

  8. Re:make all wall street traders own stock for 1 da on Robust Timing Over the Internet · · Score: 1

    Us.
    Make it an excise tax.

  9. Re:Question on Make Your Own Open Source Retro Arcade-Style Clock · · Score: 1

    I dunno, but she's cuuute.
    EDIT:After reading this -- definitely girl, definitely hawt.
    I think I'm in love...

  10. Re:The metadata on Mining EXIF Data From Camera Phones · · Score: 1

    I didn't even have to rtfC to remember which one that was. Does that make me a nerd?

  11. Re:Home schooling vs. school duty on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    My concern is more about the "half-baked religious nuts" at the Texas textbook review board.

  12. Re:Obligatory on Has 2.4 GHz Reached Maximum Capacity? · · Score: 1

    If you aren't cheating, you aren't really trying.

  13. Re:Oh, man! I wish I had a DARPA on Schools To Get Their Own DARPA · · Score: 1

    Wow you really had it hard.

  14. Re:12 hour work days? on Rockstar Employees Badly Overworked, Say Wives · · Score: 1

    Whatever you say,"Trigger"!

  15. Re:of course on 80% of .gov Web Sites Miss DNSSEC Deadline · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does Bind have a point-n-click gui?

    yes.
    1990 called, it wants its troll back.

  16. Re:Sounds like the Navy. on Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels · · Score: 3, Funny

    An airman, a soldier, and a marine were sitting in the chow hall (it was one of those combined forces bases) griping about deployment conditions

    Airman: The Air Force is all fucked up-- last night the air conditioners went out in our tents.

    Solder: No way.

    Airman: Yep.

    Solder: You guys get AIR CONDITIONERS in your tents?

    Marine: You guys get TENTS?

  17. Re:System tuning... on Best Buy $39.95 "Optimization" At Best a Waste of Money · · Score: 1
    They ...
    1. Insert the thumb drive.
    2. If the autorun doesn't pop, they openup My Computer and browse to e:\
    3. Click next until Finish appears.
    4. Click Finish.
    5. Next case. I' not payin you kids to play around.
  18. Waiting for the KDE version. on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1, Informative

    Flame wars aside, I'm just getting used to KDE4, now I have to learn gnome? No thank you sir.

  19. Re:why? on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 2, Informative
    The PHB is looking over my shoulder.

    • PHB: What is that
    • me: Linux.
    • PHB: That hacking thing? ZOMG HAX PINKSLIP!!10101
    • me: ???
  20. Re:If they do this.. on Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? · · Score: 1

    Bolt cutters.
    See Grandparent post.

  21. Re:Wait, let me see if I got this right on Why Bite the Google Hand That Feeds You? · · Score: 3, Funny
    On behalf of my fellow slashdotters, I would like to apologize for driving you nuts. To prevent a relapse, I recommend:
    • browsing at 5 to hide abuse
    • never clicking in a tinyurl or bit.ly link
    • never clicking on any link
  22. Re:nope on Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    well, crap.
    man echo | paste-to-forehead; facepalm

  23. nope on Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    that addy has a different icon

  24. Re:Helpful for the Obese... on Super Strength Substance Approaching Human Trials · · Score: 1

    In my experience, the problem (with exercise) is the joints, not the muscles. In this case, the increase in BMR is more significant.

  25. Re:In other news on Major IE8 Flaw Makes "Safe" Sites Unsafe · · Score: 1

    FWIW, That article also had a link to a PDF, which also had a single pie graph comparing browsers, and no discussion at all of where he got his list of vulnerabilities from.