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  1. Linguo says: on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 0

    a group of computer scientists is debating

    They are throwing robots at us.

  2. Big deal on Facebook Lets Advertisers Use Pictures Without Permission · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apart from goatse, I don't have any pictures on facebook.

  3. Re:How about no? on Feds Seek Input On Cookie Policy For Government Web Sites · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cookies expire at end of session according to my preference.
    That's fine for session management, but when sites start storing preferences, I get reset to the bone-headed defaults every time.
    Then I leave and never return.

  4. Re:Assembler on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    In before old people telling you about punch cards.

    Come to think of it, is there a way to do calculations with kids on/off your lawn?

  5. Re:It is a common misconception about evolution on New Zealand Tree Stuck In Evolutionary Time Warp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, the problem with intelligent design is, that although unworthy of discussion here, the editors very often edit evolution summaries to troll the /. readership.

  6. Re:It is a common misconception about evolution on New Zealand Tree Stuck In Evolutionary Time Warp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Three words that destroy any possibility of intelligent design: Recurrent laryngeal nerve

    The nerve is ridiculously circuitous in humans, but was a direct path when it first evolved in fish.

  7. Re:Do they mean... on Microsoft Exec Says, "You'll Miss Vista" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Same. I took it as a threat.

  8. Re:Stupid people will still be stupid on Microsoft Agrees To EU Browser Ballot Screen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Porn explorer: Where even looking can get you infected.
    Mozilla PornFox: For furries
    Google Chrome & latex: BSDM
    Opera: It's not porn, it's art.
    Apple Safari: Gay and transsexual.
    SeaMonkey: Watersports
    AOL Explorer: MILFs
    Dillo: Masturbation
    Netscape Porn Navigator: Necrophilia.

  9. Re:More specific how? on Amazon UK Refunds Windows License Fee, With Little Hassle · · Score: 1, Informative

    With the notable exception of Great Briton.
    Country code GB, TLD .UK

    Which then pushes Ukraine over with
    Country code UK, TLD .UA

  10. Can't open TFA on Five Technologies Iran Is Using To Censor the Net · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is slashdotting one of the technologies being used by the Iranian government?

  11. Re:doubtful on Up To 10% of CD-Rs Fail Within a Few Years · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would say take the Rosetta Stone approach.

    Good advice. I save three word 97 copies of all my documents. One in English, one in classical Greek, and one in in hieroglyphics.

  12. Still fighting 1st gen on Kazaa To Return As a Legal Subscription Service · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All the first generation file sharing programs/protocols sucked.
    Kazaa. Napster. I personally found Gnutella worst of all.

    But this is hilarious. The music industry are so slow, that up until now they have been fighting decade old technology. Now they are digging up the corpses and attempting a reanimation.
    When will they get around to fighting the completely decentralised and encrypted services bound together by nothing more than a loose collection of opensource tools?

    *Reclines in chair with large box of popcorn*

  13. Re:I've never understood on New Zealand Introduces Internet Filtering · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hate to point out the obvious, but they have to be thinking first in order to stop.

    The two minute hate, and choosing between various advertised products doesn't count.

  14. Re:I probably shouldn't have kids... on Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, just remember not to take photos of your kids in amusing positions and photo-shop "OH HAI" onto them, and you'll have made a good start.

  15. Re:Search engine retaliation on EU Publishers Want a Law To Control Online News · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should try an actual pizza box instead

  16. DNA GATC on Sequencing a Human Genome In a Week · · Score: 4, Funny

    Functions that don't do anything, no comments, worst piece of code ever!

    I say we fork and refactor the entire project.

  17. Re:If you don't want it indexed, then either on EU Publishers Want a Law To Control Online News · · Score: 3, Funny

    Saying robots.txt is like telling a hungry 2 year old that they can't have a Popsicle and should go eat a green beans instead.

    In many parts of Asia, green bean popsicles are popular with all ages. Where is your god now?

  18. WAPI not for the proles on Apple To Sell Wi-Fi-less iPhone In China · · Score: 5, Informative

    WAPI is only for the inner party. The proles get bog standard WPA2 consumer equipment.
    Also, Chinese consumers will get the WiFi enabled one on the black-market.

    In general, the more government interference, the better developed the black-market will be.

  19. Re:Yup on Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable" · · Score: 4, Funny

    IPv6 addresses should be like MAC addresses for people.
    Issued at birth, and tattooed onto your ass.

    Actually I hope the RIAA aren't reading this. It will give them ideas.

  20. Re:Deconstruct on Study Deconstructs Canadian Copyright Lobby Deception · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It stands to reason that if you can mashup web content, you can also demashup.

  21. Hey gramps on AOL Shuts Down CompuServe · · Score: 1

    What's the "get off my lawn" equivalent for young->old

  22. Re:Who the @#&* purchases from spam? on Fake Tamiflu "Out-Spams Viagra On Web" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Quick, this is our chance to rid the world of the types of people who buy viagra, and fake tamiflu advertised in spam.

    Which poison would be best?

  23. Too many anaologies in the summary on Open Source Facing a Difficult Battle For Cloud Relevance · · Score: 5, Funny

    But if open-source can hit the bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

  24. Re:XHTML merged on XHTML 2 Cancelled · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, we can dream.
    How lazy do you have to be not to close your tags, and nest them properly? It's a low barrier, but given people's infinite laziness, they will write their code until it is just not-too-crappy to render in IE. Then call it a day.

    A strict standard would also give MS less wiggle room to subvert the standard in their IE implementation of it.

  25. Re:XHTML merged on XHTML 2 Cancelled · · Score: 2, Insightful

    XHTML would have been great standard.

    When fed invalid XHTML, the browser chokes, which would have gone a long way to eliminating much of the crap code, and crap "web developers" out there.
    I don't see why it's the browsers business to be THAT lenient, and second guess the developer all the time.