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  1. Re:Coming soon... on Team Fortress 2 SDK Update Includes Source Files For 10 Maps · · Score: 1

    2 heavies 1 cup

  2. [citation needed] on Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

  3. Re:Jesus Christ on FF XIII Timeframe Set, FF XIV Confirmed · · Score: 1

    That's been out for years.

    Rule 34 FTW.

  4. Re:Ill just wait then on The Sims 3 Racks Up Over 180,000 Downloads Prior To Release · · Score: 1

    It's not the full game. Half the world -- an entire city -- is missing from the pirated copy.

    The entire world is only 2 cities?

    Don't worry, by the release date there will be another torrent that will patch your install of the other game and add the missing content.

  5. Re:Ill just wait then on The Sims 3 Racks Up Over 180,000 Downloads Prior To Release · · Score: 4, Funny

    The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game

    Sounds like the standard retail version to me.

  6. Re:What kind of ice cream would that be? on Sci-Fi Writers Dream Up Ideas For US Government · · Score: 1

    Ground up thousand dollar bills (and mint flavoring)

  7. eBay on Hard Drive With Clinton-Era Data Missing From Nat'l Archives · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check eBay.

  8. Re:Don't use them on Study Shows "Secret Questions" Are Too Easily Guessed · · Score: 1

    Most companies store your password plain text too rather than a hash because it makes tech support easier.

  9. Re:This isn't Personal USE, this is redistribution on Can Cable Companies Store Shows For Us? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > Everybody agrees that I can have a DVR in my house. Is it okay if I move it to my garage?
    [citation needed]

    > Is it okay if I buy a plot of land and get satellite and put my DVR there, and relay to my house over the Internet?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > Is it okay if I let a friend put his dish and his DVR on my plot of land?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > What if I charge some strangers to put their dishes and DVR on my land?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > What if I have 200 people, but I rent DVRs to them?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > What if I replace the hard drives in individual DVRs with a huge RAID array?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > What if I virtualize the DVRs?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > What if I sell the satellite connection to begin with?
    MPAA: No, You need special (expensive) licensing.

    > At what point is it no longer legal?
    MPAA: Whenever we say.

  10. Re:Cool, but, . . . on Duke Nukem Forever Gameplay Footage Leaked · · Score: 1

    The OSS community already has it's own never ending project: HURD

  11. Re:I contradict myself. on Theora Ahead of H.264 In Objective PSNR Quality · · Score: 1

    Obviously there is only one video suitable for comparing codecs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

    Due to it's extremely high popularity any codec that doesn't render it optimally is a failure.

  12. Re:Embyonic vs. Adult. on "Miraculous" Stem Cell Progress Reported In China · · Score: 1

    There are also other sources like cord blood.

  13. Re:what happens on Miro Asks Users To "Adopt" Lines of Source · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too late.

    You'll have to settle for:

            try:
    or
            else:

  14. Re:This will likely keep happening on Second Swedish ISP Starts Scrubbing IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    Parent message was automatically edited in stream by government filters.

  15. Re:Touch interface fitness required on A No-Touching 3D Computer Interface · · Score: 1

    This kind of interface isn't very practical for general use computing -- it isn't going to replace your mouse.

    But it can be useful for several special applications were a keyboard and mouse is impractical or the use is short enough that arms getting tired isn't an issue.

  16. Re:Obviously! on RMS Says "Software As a Service" Is Non-free · · Score: 1

    You do know that RMS made GPL2 right?

  17. Validation on Opting Out Increases Spam? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You've validated to the spammers that your email address is being actively read, and that you actually READ spam. You have confirmed to them that you are an excellent use of their resources.

  18. International area? on Chinese Hackers Targeting NYPD Computers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Kelly suggested that 'perhaps it is because of the NYPD's reach into the international arena' that they are being targeted for computer hacking

    WTF is the NYPD reaching into the international arena? That's not their job. They shouldn't be doing anything outside of NY.

  19. Re:Wikipedia explains cum shots here. Block them. on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would hope IWF has learned it's lesson to not block wipedia.

    Actually, I hope it didn't learn it's lesson. The only way for them to die is to keep pissing people off by blocking mainstream stuff.

  20. Re:I totally disagree! on Why Every Office Needs an Outsider · · Score: 1

    He may need a teleprompter, but at least when he has one he can talk without sounding like a complete idiot.

    IMO, that's still a major improvement.

  21. Re:Boring... on Debian Gets FreeBSD Kernel Support · · Score: 1

    Blue screen is a kernel panic.

    A seg fault is an illegal operation/general protection fault/access violation/etc.

  22. Re:I believe it on Australian Study Says Web Surfing Boosts Office Productivity · · Score: 1

    It did.

  23. Re:Cat & Mouse. on Hulu Munging HTML With JS To Protect Content · · Score: 1

    I'm illiterate you insensitive clod.

  24. Re:Marvel's "Origin" Series on Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release · · Score: 1

    That's why they leaked it.

  25. We need it. on IPv6 Over Social Networks · · Score: 1

    Sadly, this is what it will take to get ip6 actually used by the masses.