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  1. Re:What's a European? on Lucky Thirteen On the ISS · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I can explain it any better, but tip-toeing around calling people European, is just one step away from calling us "Continentally challenged".

  2. Re:What's a European? on Lucky Thirteen On the ISS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Many a stupid piece of political correctness, came from people deciding what would, or wouldn't be offensive to other people.
    Those two people don't represent the other 700 million, who probably don't care, and are off to the pub.

  3. Thankyou Guardian on Game, DVD Sales Hurting Music Industry More Than Downloads · · Score: 4, Funny

    For defining Opportunity cost, and boring everyone senseless at the same time.

  4. This is slashdot on How Should a Constitution Protect Digital Rights? · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're all legal experts here.

  5. Re:SAP - What Do They Do? on SAP — Open Source Friend Or Foe ? · · Score: 5, Funny

    They let you optimize your business performance with integrated solutions.

    I can tell by the generic photos of smiling business people, that they can maximize my ROI with their virtual collaboration packages.

  6. Re:What kind of superpowers does he have now? on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 1

    If he is, he'll be able to stop further meteorites from hitting him. But only metallic ones.

  7. Dimensional nonsense? on Oracle Beware — Google Tests Cloud-Based Database · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't get it. Relational databases are deficient, because they need twitter posts and the FOURTH DIMENSION of being able to update and insert data?

  8. Re:Okay, enough already on EC To Pursue Antitrust Despite Microsoft's IE Move · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I didn't miss the point at all. If you read the last story about this very topic, it was completely full of anti-European commission comments.

    Some MS bashing would probably have made it more balanced. As it stands, all those people above are just gaming the mod system.

  9. Re:Okay, enough already on EC To Pursue Antitrust Despite Microsoft's IE Move · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fuck you, OP, and everyone who uses mod-point-martyrdom, to express their point of view.

    "I have karma to burn"
    "I'll probably get modded down for this but..."
    "Ok, flame away"

    Just make your point, and leave that crap out next time.

  10. Re:Solution on BT Wants Cash For iPlayer, Video Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Well then the other option is to do nothing.
    If BT nerf the iplayer, inject phorm ads, or charge a surcharge to customers, the result will be -> "BT is pants"

    Apart from carphone warehouse or AOL (if they are still even in the ADSL market), anything is a better choice than BT

  11. Solution on BT Wants Cash For iPlayer, Video Bandwidth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    BBC shouldn't give a penny to BT. They should cut them off.

    From the perspective of BTs dumb mass audience, who chose BT because it bundled the prettiest ADSL modem, the word will quickly spread that BT is pants because your can't get "teh TVs".
    Problem solved.

  12. Poor naming on Linux To Be First OS To Support USB 3.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The official USB 3 logo has the phrase "superspeed" on it, and the icon has a matching "SS"

    Who keeps on doing this!! Being a relative term, you'll be up to ludicrous speed by USB 5.
    Ditto for fast ethernet.

  13. Digital change over on US Switch To DTV Countdown Begins · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've changed over to digital torrent distribution, freeing up the airwaves completely.

  14. $58 billion saved! on Senator Applauds Pirate Bay Trial, Chides Canada · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's an incredible saving. That money can be used to fix broken windows everywhere.

  15. Re:Why? on Saving Unix Heritage, One Kernel At a Time · · Score: 1

    Principles, ie: the Unix Philosophy, is more important that where it's been and trying to predict where its going.

  16. Re:Is the software available to download anywhere? on Chinese Govt Spyware Puts Computers At Risk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be more fun to disassemble the software, find the gaping flaws, and simultaneously take 300 million computer off the net?

    Epic lulz would have to be redefined from then on.

  17. Security 101 on Chinese Govt Spyware Puts Computers At Risk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do not write any code that could intentionally be used to DDOS your ass.
    But seriously, this is great. It's going to be one hell of a show when it gets cracked.

  18. Never mind on Earth Could Collide With Other Planets · · Score: 1

    I can record that event in my 64bit unix timestamp field.

  19. Re:Python is hard too on Should Undergraduates Be Taught Fortran? · · Score: 2, Funny

    No,
                          not really.

  20. Re:Humph... on Security Firms Fined Over Never-Ending Subscriptions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Synamic products = Virus
    Anti-Synantec = Anti-Virus

  21. Sting those bastards with a charge back on Security Firms Fined Over Never-Ending Subscriptions · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not immediately clear if the companies will be governed by the same rules in the UK.

    The charge-back form from your bank, will most likely have this scenario as one of the generic reasons for issuing a charge back.
    I caught sneaky virgin media dipping in for an extra month (before they turned super evil), but the money was back in my account within a few weeks.

    They'll get a charge back fee for sure; though the companies size probably makes them immune from having their card processing facility revoked, for excessive charge backs. Shame.

  22. Re:right again on French Three-Strikes Law Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not all p2p users are ethical. Some don't seed.

  23. Netizens are the new Jack Bauer on Online Vigilantes, Or "Crowdsourced Justice" · · Score: 1

    Except online vigilantes go after the softest of soft targets.

    And why cats? Sounds like the Chinese version of btards.

  24. Re:DRM? on Linux Kernel 2.6.30 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a component of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, a system to provide efficient video acceleration (especially 3D rendering) on Unix-like operating systems, e.g. Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
    It consists of two in-kernel drivers (realized as kernel modules on Linux), a generic drm driver, and another which has specific support for the video hardware. This pair of drivers allows a userspace client direct access to the video hardware.

    I assume it's this. Either that, or linux now has Direct response marketing in the kernel.

  25. Re:Too big. on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, years arguing on the internet have left your muscles too weak to function.

    You'd need some sort of mechanised exoskeleton before thinking about venturing outside.