User: Orethrius

Re:Somebody please, stop the madness

On: Listening To The Radio At Work? Prepare To Be Sued

In: Office Space
Out: Spinal Tap

I think I'm getting the hang of this!

Re:Venerable?

On: Microsoft to Allow PC Makers to Downgrade to XP

Mr. Rather, don't you think you had better concentrate on your lawsuit against CBS, not wasting time here in /.? Just killing time until the inevitable dismissal.

Re:Place- and Time-shifting TV Recorder ...?

On: Linux Devicemaker Sued In First US Test of GPL

Why limit yourself to a Place and Time-shifting TV Recording when you can call it... A SPACIAL-TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT AUDITORY VISUAL TRANSLATIONAL DEVICE! Simply because "TiVo" and "Slingbox" are less of a mouthful.

Re:STILL the Laughing Stock!

On: Microsoft No Longer a 'Laughingstock' of Security?

You are considering becoming complacent and answering yes to all security pop-ups. Accept or Deny? *Deny*

You are considering becoming complacent and answering yes to all security pop-ups. Accept or Deny? *Deny*

You are considering becoming complacent and answering yes to all security pop-ups. Accept or Deny? *DENY*

...ad nauseum.

All UAC has succeeded in doing is increasing my anxiety over the day when I finally click "Deny" only to be met with:
You failed to turn on the light and have been eaten by a grue.

Re:Venerable?

On: Microsoft to Allow PC Makers to Downgrade to XP

Sorry, I know a lot of people think it's better than Vista, but when did XP become venerable?? Is there some secret meaning for that word that I don't know? venerable, adjective : Buggier than a cow standing in manure inside a Louisiana swamp on the Fourth of July.