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  1. As someone once said... on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm sorry he's dead but I'm not sorry he's gone.

  2. No worries. on Could New Rover's Wheels Deliver Germs To Mars? · · Score: 1

    Cohagen will fix it.

  3. Re:Nobody ever got fired for buying... on UK Government Breaks Open Source Promises · · Score: 1

    It used to be "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.".

    Yet I once got fired for calling my boss 'a cunt'. It's a harsh, miserable, unfair world.

  4. Bit vague on Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ' Since 2007, more than nine people have suffered or died from cancer in the village...'

    'More than nine'? So 10? 11? It seems like it wouldn't be difficult to include the precise number.

  5. Comic Sans? on MABEL Robot Runs Like a Human · · Score: 1

    I am sure these chaps are terribly clever but Comic Sans? COMIC SANS????

  6. Re:WTF is this story about? on BART Keeps Cell Service Despite Protests · · Score: 1

    Thanks for your summary which makes things a lot clearer.

  7. WTF is this story about? on BART Keeps Cell Service Despite Protests · · Score: 0

    I assume that if I lived in the US this story would make sense? Well I don't and it doesn't. How about a modicum of context for those of us lucky enough to have been born with bad teeth and a liking for sausages and beer?

  8. Prima facie evidence? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With the Business Software Alliance? · · Score: 2

    This is both a question and a point but don't US courts require at least basic evidence before a suit can be brought?

  9. Oh well. on First Exploit On Quantum Cryptography Confirmed · · Score: 0

    That's that then.

  10. Re:I Can Has Subject Title? on Judge Prevents 23,322 Filesharing Does From Being Sued For Now · · Score: 5, Funny

    Downloaders on a deer-to-deer file-sharing network.

  11. All that's changed is the medium. on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1

    I went to school in the UK in the 70s and early 80s. The only difference between then and now is that in those days the teachers used to say it to your face.

  12. Re:Only one programming mistake to avoid: on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 1

    Or even 'learning'.

    Tchoh.

  13. Only one programming mistake to avoid: on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 1

    Learing how to do it in the first place.

  14. That's nice. on Mount Everest Gets 3G Service · · Score: 1

    Now I will be able to e-mail Mountain Rescue when I get into difficulties. How do you operate an Android keyboard with frost-bitten fingers?

  15. Bye bye Rupy on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 4, Funny

    and don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.

  16. Re:And nothing of value is lost on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 3, Insightful

    'Merdouche'! V. good. :)

  17. Re:ironically on Avatar Blu-Ray DRM Issues · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quite right. I think the OP thinks that 'ironically' means 'predictably'.

  18. Thanks for the warning. on Avatar Blu-Ray DRM Issues · · Score: 1

    I won't bother buying it then. I'll wait for it to come on TV. Which, extrapolating from the time it took to go from cinema to DVD, will be about three weeks.

  19. Re:Do an Ars on Website Mass-Bans Users Who Mention AdBlock · · Score: 1

    I'll only start visiting Arstechnica again when someone writes a plugin that blocks all the happy-clappy Apple fanboi fluff articles. I remember someone called 'Cheng' being particularly bothersome ('Gee! NY Apple Store has just repainted its stockroom!!')

  20. Damn those sons of Vikings on Iceland Volcano's Ash Grounds European Air Travel · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they fucked up our fishing, then they fucked up our economy, now they're fucking up our air. I say we INVADE these unpronounceable herring-botherers.

  21. Re:For starters... on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    Well clearly I do, as do many of my friends, but not everyone does. Someone's got to harvest the pig shit.

  22. Re:For starters... on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    I thought you had to visit Montana if you wanted cowboys?

  23. Taxis on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget that it's illegal to tip London cab drivers and you will mortally offend them if you try.

  24. Re:For starters... on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and don't ask whether or not we have 'internet kiosks'. It's not the bloody Middle Ages here.

  25. Re:Which country leaglized this? on The First Geek Wedding At a LinuxFest · · Score: 1

    Sex will be wanking themselves off whilst watching webcams of each other.