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  1. BWAHAHAH on Secret Printer ID Codes May Be Illegal In the EU · · Score: 1

    Customer:"Can I fill this out and turn it in later?"
    Cashier:(^_^)"Sure, anytime. Just go to the customer service desk."

    The standard method is to encourage the customer to fill out the form without causing a Bad Customer Experience.

  2. Because. on Serious Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.12 · · Score: 1
    Internet Explorer has a much larger market share than Firefox; thus, an exploit in that browser would affect more people.

    With great power comes great responsibility...
  3. Ask, and you will receive. on Pirate Bay Gets a 4,000-Page Complaint · · Score: 2, Informative

    It might have been more helpful to give a reference.
    Less than three percent, not even in the top eight. receive
  4. Nano rocks! on CEO of Red Hat Steps Down · · Score: 1

    Nano has a very discoverable interface. With the other terminal mode editors, you have to go through the docs, etc;just to save (or even edit) the file you're working on. In nano the necessary shortcuts ar right there on the status line. It saved from having to reinstall windows and just give up on this "free software" stuff, more than once. I still haven't got the key bindings for emacs or vi down yet.

  5. Re:The problem with signs on British Village Requests Removal From GPS Maps · · Score: 1

    Also including the size of the fine on the sign would probably do wonders

    And the words "Photo Enforced"
  6. Linux? on UK Music Retailers Beg, Drop the DRM · · Score: 1

    Thank you very much, sir.
    Now I am having to choke back a masturbation reference.
    Oh wait...

  7. WOW. Flawless. on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 1

    I really was amazed. Mod parent up.

  8. I Could Afford One on Google Announces "Open Phone" Coalition, No gPhone [Updated] · · Score: 1

    I bought thisinstead.

  9. Actually... on FTC To Take a Second Look at P2P · · Score: 1

    Only the cents come in tubes(of fifty). Dollar(bill)s come in stacks(of 100, IIRC).

  10. Re:Why on Dutch Commission Deals Blow To Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    to put it in laymen's terms: you are "root" without a syslog or bash_history
    Only on slashdot are those layman's terms, lol.
  11. This is slashdot. on eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million · · Score: 1

    Does the license still apply if I don't read the whole post. (You may have already answered this, but I just skimmed your post.)

  12. No on Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats · · Score: 2, Funny

    In this porno, YOU are the schoolgirl.

  13. Agreed. on Student and Professor Build Budget Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he couldn't find one...

  14. Wars stink for population control. on Most Laws Attempting Limits of Violent Videogames Fail · · Score: 1

    IIRC, every war since WWI has ended with a larger population after than before..

  15. What about DNS cache poisoning? on Consumer Reports on 'State of the Net' · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how it's done; but the messages your DNS server receives from upstream are changed so that--
    www.hotmail.com == 80.190.185.109 (warez.biz)
    instead of
    165.193.120.166 (the real thing)

  16. Stand up on Microsoft Launches OSS Site, Submits License For Approval · · Score: 1

    You should get up and walk around more often...

  17. Insensitive on Intel Researchers Demonstrate 40Gbps Optical Chips · · Score: 1

    I'm running Debian, you insensitive clod!

  18. That's just fine and dandy... on Patents Don't Pay · · Score: 1

    ...until you get busted for selling drug paraphanalia.

  19. Re:11 types... on Fructose As Culprit In the Obesity Epidemic · · Score: 1

    First person of sig is apparently in group 10.

  20. The RIAA dosen't care about the money. on U.S. Court Denies Webcasters' Stay Petition · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It's all about control.
    The major record label's business models are all based on controlling the bottleneck -- when record-making equipment was expensive, they used that; now, they control the promotion.

    "They are the gatekeepers--they are guarding all the exits; they are holding all the keys. Sooner or later; someone is going to have to fight them.
    Now, I won't lie to you -- everone who has fought them, everyone who has stood his ground has failed. But where they have failed, you will succeed".

    "Because i'm the one?"

    "Because you're The One."


    The internet; in this case, internet radio, represents a promotional channel outside their control. Especially the smaller stations, how can they get them under a "paid promotion" contract? All of them? Hence the minumum fees of 500$
  21. Relax... on Controlling Computers With the Brain · · Score: 1

    Relax.
    Plug in.
    Join the collective.

    Resistance is futile.
    Our victory is inevitable.

  22. Found on The Man Behind Google's Ranking Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Try allintitle: worked for me! It was on the first page. (Well, one link away; however the text "C+@" _was_ in the discription text)
    Also try calico. (aka)

  23. I have a new sig -- thx on MS-Funded Study Attacks GPL3 Draft Process · · Score: 1

    ...if an power-hungry megalomaniac can't let his hair down from time to time, where's the point in it?

    Thank you.

    Yes, I know it's offtopic; mod me down if it's that important to you.
    (Do you smell something burning?)
  24. Conscience is that little voice... on MacBook Hacked In Contest Via Zero-Day Hole in Safari · · Score: 1

    Conscience is that little voice that says that someone may be watching. (I think that was Robert A Heinlein.)

  25. No. on Web 2.0 Under Siege · · Score: 1

    AFAICT (yes, I did RTFA) the exploit allows the attacker to use a cookie with actually accessing it; the victim's browser happily hands it over when google (or whoever) asks for it. After all, the site name and the cookie namespace match...