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  1. Re:I understand the substance of your complaint on What To Expect From HTML5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure this is a record for consecutive, uninterrupted, in-reply-to-the-same-parent, Score:5, Funny comments from the same user (ACs don't count - they never did). There should be a /. Achievement for this, something like "Comedian DoS Attack Award".

  2. Re:Wish he was wrong about the salespeople on How the Internet Didn't Fail As Predicted · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh, how I wish the network were still missing that "essential ingredient".

    Wish no longer!

  3. Re:Quantum Communications on Theoretical Breakthrough For Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 2, Funny

    (It would arouse me if replies to this post started simply "Wrong.")

    Not to judge your lifestyle choices, but I'm pretty sure that the reason no one has replied as such has to do with the collective will of the community not to see you aroused.

  4. Re:Oh. on Why Wikipedia Articles Vary So Much In Quality · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always figured that some of the articles were poor because they were written by Americans, rather than much more intelligent Europeans or Asians.

    At first I thought you were trolling, but then I checked the facts ! With how well-written that article was I can only assume it was someone from Hong Kong.

  5. Re:That's right, because handwriting on screens ru on Microsoft "Courier" Pictures · · Score: 1

    This UI goes beyond a solution looking for a problem. It's a way of actively making it harder for me to get work done with a computer.

    Yes. This will make most tasks people perform primarily on a desktop/laptop computer more difficult and/or less efficient. However, for those millions of us that find ourselves frequently away from our laptops/desktops, the Courier would seem to provide a great deal of functionality as a simple web browser, notepad, personal calendar, and organizer - but with infinite paper. Basement dwellers need not apply - you'll always have your keyboard within arms reach.

  6. Re:Lots of R&D $$$ yield ... nothing on Microsoft Spends $9 Billion On Research, Focuses On Cloud · · Score: 1

    $45B in gross profits this last year alone, and growing...

  7. Re:iron, huh? on New Heat-Reduced Magnetic Solder Could Revolutionize Chip Design · · Score: 4, Funny

    (which yes, wouldn't bond to SnAg)

    With a chemical formula like that, how can it not bond?

  8. Re:***Hand Waive*** on There Is No Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    Hand waive? Well, if you're not using yours I guess I could find "uses" for an extra two.

  9. Re:Fuel? on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 1

    Why would anybody bother if it doesn't save them money and they have to attach balloons to cow asses for the rest of their lives?

    Just to clear up the myth, the far majority of bovine methane emissions is from burps, not farts. So you could imagine a combination feedbag/balloon capture harness that might be a little more feasible, because it could be at least partially based on current feedbag designs.

  10. Re:filter on Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store · · Score: 1

    I believe you may be thinking of Engadget.

    Filtering all the Apple stories on Engadget? Who wants to read nothing but ads?!?

  11. Re:Is This Really A Bad Thing? on Venezuela Bans Hostile Videogames and Toys · · Score: 1

    Mr. Borges, after trying everything within our power, we regret to inform you that your sense of humor appears to be in coma, and completely unresponsive. We recommend a immediate injection of The Onion, South Park, The Colbert Report and Jonathan Swift.

  12. Re:Great, but don't go overboard on Venezuela Bans Hostile Videogames and Toys · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm sure Native Americans, tribal Africans, the Celts, the Vikings and all other tribal peoples without anything close to formal government or religious establishments never resorted to war, rape and pillage out of territorial instincts/motives or material desires. I'm just sure of it.

  13. Re:Great, but don't go overboard on Venezuela Bans Hostile Videogames and Toys · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stomping on people and throwing fireballs is pretty violent, but I dont think Mario made me a bad person.

    Yeah, but look at what it did to him .

  14. Re:Wait, what? on How MySpace Generates Enough Load To Test Itself · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure this test was just for nostalgic purposes:

      MySpace Admin #1: Remember when we used to have millions of hits per hour?

      MySpace Admin #2: Yeah... those were the days. I was, like, a rockstar to my friends.

      MySpace Admin #1: Yeah, my friends thought I had the coolest job in the world, working for MySpace.

      MySpace Admin #1 and #2: *sigh*

      MySpace Admin #2:...hey - I know! We could pay some company to run a load test, it'll be just like the good ol' days!

      MySpace Admin #1: Yeah!!

  15. Re:romanes eunt domus on Using Classical Music As a Form of Social Control · · Score: 1

    Linear B is Ancient Greek. /end random pedantry

    Linear B is Mycenean Greek, an older language than Ancient Greek.

    FINISH HIM!!

    The differences are small, but they are usually considered separate languages.

    Pedantality! julesh wins!!

  16. Re:And this is practical, how? on Privacy With a 4096 Bit RSA Key — Offline, On Paper · · Score: 3, Funny

    Safeberg also announced that their official position is that "dog food tastes terrible".

  17. Re:Bar Codes Are Not Error Prone on Privacy With a 4096 Bit RSA Key — Offline, On Paper · · Score: 1

    It would be hell if you lost the symbology though

    I'm sure the word you were looking for was "symbolism.". It would be hell if you lost the symbo-- wait, oh, right...

  18. Re:2010: on North Korea's Own OS, Red Star · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Korea, only old people use Windows. Then they get arrested for promoting capitalism.

  19. Re:I write for Slashdot on Bloggers Now Eligible For Press Passes In NYC · · Score: 1

    BadAnalogyGuy:Whining Bloggers :: Whining Bloggers:Journalists

  20. Re:Me thinks on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    Break pedals are accelerated, though, in all modern cars. You'll notice that when you're towed.

    I, honestly, could not figure out what you are saying. At all. What does it mean for a brake pedal to be "accelerated"? How would being towed allow you to observe this phenomena?

  21. Re:So when did text have to become an active paylo on New "Spear Phishing" Attacks Target IT Admins · · Score: 1

    That depends on whether or not you can convince stupid to sign a consent form.

  22. Re:"No thanks, I like my beer like I like my women on Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stout and thick-headed?

  23. Re:Culture is a meme on The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection · · Score: 1

    First culture is a meme post.
    Culture is a parasite and the host is people.
    It just wants to propagate itself.

    Burma Shave

  24. Re:Send up some miners on NASA Estimates 600 Million Metric Tons of Water Ice At Moon's North Pole · · Score: 1

    Plant a few plants...

    Now you're talking about some serious export potential.

  25. Re:Bout time on US Government Begins Largest IT Consolidation in History · · Score: 1

    See, the last time we upgraded we put everything on eleven hundred windows 95 machines with 1 gig hard drives.

    One data center for each machine?! I think you've unfairly misrepresented their efficiency. I think an estimate of 200 total machines would be more appropriate.