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  1. So be it. on Lingerie Store Required To Get Food Permit For Edible Undies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hum, I hate to say this, but thems the rules. if someone could get sick off of eating these undies (here come the raunchy jokes) then it's a valid concern.

  2. Re:Well... on Google Stops Ads For "Cougar" Sites · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Theres a guy in every group thats into cougars. He may not admit it, but he's there.

  3. Re:Competition on Acer To Launch Chrome OS Netbook Next Month · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Mod Parent up. 1) Joe Blow sees a cheap computer 2) Buys said computer. 3) Realises that he can't install msn messenger and SuperDupertexasholdem.exe on it. 4) Thinks that it's stupid and returns it. If people educated themselves on these magic boxes, there would be no need for tech people.

  4. Re:XPSP2? on Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    See, You misunderstand. Microsoft and Sony have teamed up to create a new portable gaming device called XPSP2. This is just part of their viral advertising campaign designed to shock and confuse people! You fell right into it!

  5. Re:They'll Probably Decline on Call In the Military To Blast Rogue Satellite? · · Score: 1

    I was thinking more along the lines of a depreciated already existing one.

  6. Re:They'll Probably Decline on Call In the Military To Blast Rogue Satellite? · · Score: 1

    Couldn't you use another satellite to push it out of orbit? It would be destroyed in the process, but that's got to be safer and less expensive than a missile.... right?

  7. ENHANCE on Top 10 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish i could just yell "ENHANCE" at a photo on my computer to make it magically uncover detail that was never originally there. That would be awesome.

  8. Re:good on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 1

    I know, That really sold the post didnt it? I should really work for microsoft. I would be a huge improvement over their current marketing group...

  9. Re:good on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I agree that IE is the worst of the trio (Imho of course), It's not the unholy creation of satan that it once was. It's still the only browser the responds to the DPI setting in windows. Its security is closer to the other other browsers now, and you can manage it with group policy... I think its about time we reccomended the right tool for the right job, as opposed to just avoiding it outright.

  10. Re:Jeez, And the day after on DNSSEC May Cause Problems On May 5 · · Score: 1

    I really expected someone to go "I think star wars day is on the _____" but nobody ever did... I'm just going to ruin the joke. May the fourth be with you.

  11. Jeez, And the day after on DNSSEC May Cause Problems On May 5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And the day after star wars day too... We are going to have some seriously bipolar geeks by the time this is all done.

  12. hypocrite on Steve Jobs Publishes Some "Thoughts On Flash" · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This whole thing is riddled with hypocrisies. I mean, Steve is being a real douche here.. Even more then usual.

    If they want to promote open standards, they should try not to look so fucking two-faced about it.

  13. Re:VPN on ISP Is Bypassing Firefox's Location Bar Search · · Score: 2, Informative

    All encrypted traffic is throttled on my canadian ISP, Rogers. Port 443, BT, VPN. Its pretty rediclious.

  14. Its a fashion statement. on The Mystery of the Mega-Selling Floppy Disk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Clearly these purses are being bought by the bucket load. http://www.fractalspin.com/x/product.php?cat=13&page=1&productid=156

  15. Re:When do you look at history? on Economy Tanked While Government Surfed Porn · · Score: 1

    And here I am posting this at work. Man would it would by ironic if i got fired for posting this

    (DISCLAIMER: I'm on break)

  16. When do you look at history? on Economy Tanked While Government Surfed Porn · · Score: 1

    I'm really curious as to when it's acceptable to look at someone’s history for productivity. I mean, Do you do regular checks of employees? Or do you wait until there is a problem and then use web history as another good reason as to why the employee shouldn't be working there?

    Just from a union and fairness point of view, it seems a bit off to only check one person’s history. If one person gets regularly checked, so should everybody else... Right?

  17. Re:Timelines on Microsoft Gets Back Its FAT Patent In Germany · · Score: 1

    Proof that spell check is useless without a brain to go with it. I think I need another cup of Coffee.

  18. Timelines on Microsoft Gets Back Its FAT Patent In Germany · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isnt there a statue of limitations in germany? I mean, FAT is like 20 years old.

  19. Re:XP SP3 on McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate · · Score: 2

    I really like MS Security essentials... I hate to say it.. but I actully do trust Microsoft much more then McAfee and Symantec. I would try this out in a heartbeat.

  20. Re:XP SP3 on McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate · · Score: 1

    He tried to reproduce it and had problems? The summary of the problem made it seem like all svchost.exe's would get deleted no matter what.

    I wonder what sort of specific conditions had to be met? Not that I like coming to the defense of McAfee... But has this been overblown?

  21. Re:XP SP3 on McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate · · Score: 1

    I really wouldn't trust Norton any more then McAfee.

    Honestly - I don't know what the right answer for a corporate entity is... There is just something really scummy about both companies that I don't like.

  22. Re:Gotta love... on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ack.

    I hate to refute this because you seem like a type of person that practices religion because it's important to *you*. I respect that.

    But, quite frankly, both sides can pull random quotes of scripture out of a book and say that they are all about love and togetherness. At the end of day I'm still told that I should be put to death because I’m gay. (Leviticus 20:13). That's just as extremist.

    It's blind faith that’s the problem. Not a particular religion.

  23. Wow on Palm WebOS Hacked Via SMS Messages · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I cannot belive that: a) An exploit like this exists. SANITIZE ALL INPUTS! b) It took this long to find. This reminds me a lot of the exploit on android where it acted like all text entered was typed into a terminal.

  24. Hard working != Mature on New Plan Lets Top HS Students Graduate 2 Years Early · · Score: 1

    It's really great seeing incentives for students to work hard. when I was in high school I knew the rewards were not nearly worth the effort to acheive them... So apathy took over. HOWEVER. Hard working does not alyways equate to maturity. Its the same as intelligence, smart guys can still be assholes at times. I'm interested to see how this turns out.

  25. Re:Umm... why the fuss? on Palm Pre "iTunes Hack" Detailed By DVD Jon · · Score: 1

    There was a fuss a while back about apple including a checksum in the itunes database file that made it impossible to sync the ipod in other applications. It didn't take programmers very long to crack it, but they did mention that they had to use quite a few cryptography techniques to do it.

    Point being, there is a reverse engineering of Apple's software going on. I believe they can be sued for that.