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  1. Re:Don't bitch. on PC Makers Run Short of Popular Drives · · Score: 1

    I was sure your link said "Bacon_run". I must have glanced at your name.

  2. Re:architectural gingerbread on Geodesic Gingerbread House Template For the Holidays · · Score: 1

    It could've been Swatch Internet Time.

  3. Re:So what? on Have Walled Gardens Killed the Personal Computer? · · Score: 2

    Funny that to replace one device, you need to have three.

    Unix philisophy: One task—one device which does that one task well.

  4. Re:better a little more north on Apple May Build Oregon Data Center Next To Facebook's · · Score: 1

    Studded packets. Is that how torrents reproduce?

  5. Re:Can't someone sue the carriers? on Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video · · Score: 2
  6. Re:Kindle Touch is still at $99 on 3-Way Price War On Black Friday: iPad, Nook, and Kindle · · Score: 1

    Unicode porn is the future!

  7. Re:It depends on the kid on How Much Tech Can Kids Take? · · Score: 1

    If you look closely at TV dramas, you'll sometimes catch a character in a close-up situation toggling between the other characters eyes; it looks silly. Focus on the nose bridge and keep the staring down to 50-70% of the conversation. Break it up with quick glances around the face and sometimes look at a random location to appear that you're thinking because studying the face for cues apparently uses up processing power.

  8. Re:REFRIGERATED crustacean pix? on Full Disk Encryption Hard For Law Enforcement To Crack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judging by his name, I'd say he's been out there a while.

  9. Re:Pretty useless on New Study Finds People Remember More Than They Think · · Score: 5, Funny

    It gets hashed and stored in a table. When there's a collision, a DejaVu exception is raised.

  10. Re:Wait, what? on Common Crawl Foundation Providing Data For Search Researchers · · Score: 2

    I see why the Web is better than print. Back then, we only had halftones of images~

  11. Re:Let 3rd world workers do it instead on Startup Testing Mobile Farmbots · · Score: 1

    Fahrenheits, but most jobs require Celsiuses now.

  12. Re:observing a lack is not proof on Is There an Institutional Bias Against Black Tech Entrepreneurs? · · Score: 1

    encourages using it as a learning tool

  13. Re:Apple and Google on Why Microsoft Embraced Gaming · · Score: 1

    At least the casket will reorient itself when he turns.

  14. Re:Mod Parent Up on Fedora Aims To Simplify Linux Filesystem · · Score: 1

    I think we can. Remember, just when the drama starts to build...ad break!

  15. Re:What was the point of this exercise? on Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate · · Score: 1

    God wrote the book; the book says so and it must be right because God wrote the book; the book says so and—
    The circle is complete.

  16. Re:Overengineering on Is That an Android On Your Wrist? · · Score: 2

    Your smartphone is a pocket (smart-) watch with a wireless chain. Classy.

  17. Re:Currently... on What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? · · Score: 1

    you have to decide who to sponsor

    Game shows are back!

  18. Re:Another holiday: on California Declares Today "Steve Jobs Day" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, a vertical smile.

  19. Re:To prove its usefullness, on OCaml For the Masses · · Score: 2

    First ghost!

  20. Re:Only one way to be sure. on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    We don't pay for music or porn so why should we pay for cancer?

  21. Re:microcells, nanocells and femtocells on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 1

    They're centiprefixes.

  22. Re:50+ Pages? Really? on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 1

    Error: Google Circular Reference

  23. Re:Sorry, not enough on Wikimedia Foundation Releases Their Server Config · · Score: 1

    [1]

  24. Re:Ready Player One. on Neal Stephenson Says Video Games Are the Metaverse · · Score: 1

    You really expect us to read all that?

  25. Re:It Isn't Just Gaming on Are Games Worth Complaining About? · · Score: 1

    Probably not; that must be why I explode when I find something great.