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  1. Projector on Streaming the Inauguration In a School? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1. Gather all the students in an auditorium, gym or cafeteria 2. Set up a single PC with a projector 3. ????? 4. Profit!

  2. They didn't go to 4chan on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 2, Funny

    Something tells me the research for this study avoided any site with "chan" in its URL.

  3. Penetration Tester on How Will Recent Financial Downturns Affect IT Jobs? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'll be looking for a job as a penetration tester

    You want a job masturbating?

  4. MOD PARENT UP! on Linux In 2009 — Recession vs. GNU · · Score: 1

    Nobody wants to admit the truth.

  5. Re:Anybody remember this guy? on New York Times Sued Over URL Linking · · Score: 1

    Nope.

  6. Re:Berne Convention? on Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS · · Score: 0

    doesn't the Berne Convention say that all creative works have copyright even if you don't register it?

    Not trying to flame, but by this argument, the Berne Convention should render the GPL null and void.

  7. Re:hint:criminals don't follow laws on CAN-SPAM Act Turns 5 Today — What Went Wrong? · · Score: 1

    Also making headlines: Sky is blue. Film at 11.

  8. Re:Should be pain free... on Brain Electrodes That Screw On the Skin · · Score: 1

    you're doing it wrong!

  9. RFC 2324 on An Open Source Coffee Machine · · Score: 1

    RFC 2324 dealt with just this sort of thing.

  10. Higher Order Perl on Higher-Order Perl Available For Free Download · · Score: 2, Funny

    All programs written in higher-order perl start with the following line:
    #!/usr/bong/perl

  11. Re:mmm... that means that ... on 21 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale · · Score: 1

    the Linux desktop market share in Germany is only 25%.

    What do you mean only? Where I come from, 25% is pretty damn good!

  12. Re:Linux has less than 0.5% share, so does it matt on 'Greasemonkey' Malware Targets Firefox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux has 0.8% market share!

    Though that's counting me and my beard of unusual size, so take it as you wish.

    Stallman, is that you?

  13. oblig on Real-World Benchmarks of Ext4 · · Score: 1

    I can't believe it's not butterfs!

  14. Strong Vista Sales = OEM Preinstalls on The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Everyone in the Linux camp is trying to paint Vista as a failure but every time I look, really stupid commercials aside, Vista keeps right on selling.

    Because Vista comes pre-installed and bundled with 90% of new OEM PC's. You want a new Thinkpad? Guess what, it comes with Vista! Doesn't matter if you're not using Vista, you still count as a Vista sale.

  15. Re:Year of the linux desktop? on The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead · · Score: 1

    You must be new here.

  16. Re:What happens when... on Taking a Look at Nexenta's Blend of Solaris and Ubuntu · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Neither Linus nor Richard are happy.

    And nothing of value was lost.

  17. devfsadm? on Taking a Look at Nexenta's Blend of Solaris and Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    If this packs the devfsadm command, I'm interested.

  18. But, what about me? on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    I'm salaried, you insensitive clods!

  19. It's a trap! on Microsoft To Offer Free Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 3, Insightful

    MS releasing free A/V software... again? Wasn't Windows Defender "anti-virus" software?

    And what to you do when someone finds and exploits a security hole in what many users will use as their sole means of computer protection?

    I've got a bad feeling about this...

  20. MP3 != 100% compatible on New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music · · Score: 0, Troll

    MP3 is still a closed-source, proprietary format. To call it 100% compatible is a slap in the face of truly compatible formats, like .ogg.

  21. !theory on Major Advances In Knot Theory · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, can we abbreviate this "knot theory" to "!theory"?

  22. In other news, Texas secesseds on Poll Finds 23 Percent of Texans Think Obama is Muslim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forms Republic of Dumbfuckistan

  23. eventualoutbreakofcommonsense on Paper Ballots Will Return In MD and VA · · Score: 1

    It's an eventual outbreak of common sense: they're not doing it for another two years!

  24. !Australia Rocks on iPhone Free WiFi Is Back · · Score: 1

    In Australia iPhone users are able to get free Wifi from Telstra hot spots, including all McDonalds, All Airports locations. A 6 digit key sent via SMS to the iPhone for the hotspot, what is better, you can put the key into your computer at the same hotspot and have free internet!

    Never mind that national firewall we just read about.

  25. Not if McCain wins! on The First E-President · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's just starting to learn to use "the Google". And YouTube? He thinks the internet is just a big truck you dump everything on!