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  1. Re:AV2009 To The Rescue on Fake Antivirus Overwhelming Scanners · · Score: 1

    you may also need to disable system restore, which will probably become obvious if you didnt

  2. Re:How could the miss that? on Major New Function Discovered For the Spleen · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the appendix is a useful place for storing things like paperclips, fingernail clippings, and loose tooth fillings

  3. Car Insurance on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: 1

    How much will car insurance cost for a blind driver? Will any company even cover them? Or will they just make all seeing drivers pay extra for Unseeing Motorist coverage?

  4. Re:Shadowgate! on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1
  5. Tex Murphy on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    Seems to be a lot of adventure game love here. I found out recently that a reboot of the Tex Murphy series is in the works: http://www.unofficialtexmurphy.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2275

  6. Re:Space Quest on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    I think I read somewhere that they were planning SQ7 to be more of an action game. I don't know how true that is, but based on what has become of Leisure Suit Larry, I'm glad it ended with SQ6.

  7. In related news... on Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain · · Score: 1

    ...it is now considered cruel to throw Paris Hilton into a large pot of boiling water.

  8. Re:Merit Pay on US Adults Fail Basic Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    Merit pay could also just end up causing even worse shortages of teachers in areas where kids don't do well in school. Teachers would try to get jobs in schools where they aren't really needed, where kids do well already.

  9. Re:Two words: Interactive Fiction on How Do Games Grow Up? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. The IF archive has provided me with countless hours of entertainment.

  10. Tomorrow we'll know... on Discuss the US Presidential Election · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember thinking this on election day 2000

  11. Conspiracy on UK UFO Sightings Declassified, Still No Intergalactic Relations · · Score: 1

    Obviously these are just the reported UFO sightings that weren't aliens.

  12. The human 'control' subjects on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    I remember reading this article and the human conversation at the end of the linked article seemed like he/she was trying to sound like a robot... Were the human 'subjects' aware that the were part of a test to trick people?

  13. Re:Get some priorities on Blizzcon Begins, Diablo 3 Wizard Class Unveiled · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that the extent of your actions to help the world economy when it's at its worst is trolling on slashdot

  14. Re:cash cow how? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Yeah! It's a feature!

  15. Re:Holy crap... on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    with a name like Ultra Hal, I was tempted to be scared. Apparently 'Ultra' does not mean what I think it means.

  16. Re:About overclockers: on Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs · · Score: 3, Informative

    Agreed. I overclock, but I accept the risk, and do a little research first.

  17. ah, good old Miami University on Fungus Fire Spores With 180,000 G Acceleration · · Score: 1

    I'm quite surprised and relieved that something useful has come from Miami U, given the type of students they have.

  18. Re:Two years in the first line? on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 4, Informative

    The other thing I would add is try smaller companies.

    I concur.
    I think smaller companies have better interviewers, and are more likely to give someone a shot for 90 days.
    Also important: never underestimate the importance of your references, personal and professional.

  19. Re:How old are they? on Good Email For Kids? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that parents encouraging their children to look at porn would be a decent deterrent.
    The last thing I want to think about when I'm "seriously" looking at porn is my parents encouraging me.

  20. Question on Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots · · Score: 1

    Were the students running this experiment on their own PCs? I'd care more about malware being installed on my own computer than on some computer I'll never use again.
    It wasn't mentioned in the article, but I sadly doubt the results would be much different.

  21. Re:More bad statistics on Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector · · Score: 1

    What is missing is an assay of how many people it would flag if they were told to behave as if they were SCARED. You know... scared of being flagged for behaving abnormally...

    Or more importantly (imho) people that are just plain scared of flying, or public places.
    Or people with heart conditions or high blood pressure or asthma or tourettes syndrome... etc.

  22. Advertising trick on iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK · · Score: 1

    Apple should have learned from the best misleading advertisements, and restated the iPhone as having "virtually all the internet"

  23. Second Long Now Foundation on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 1

    The Long Now Foundation is really a cover for the Second Long Now Foundation. But don't tell anyone, it won't work if anyone knows about it.

  24. Re:Wonderful on Wealthy Mexicans Getting Chipped in Case of Abduction · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The chip then sends radio signals to a larger device carried by the client with a global positioning system in it.

    Or they can just smash the 'device' to bits. I fail to see the utility of this system.

  25. Re:I'm wondering about the contents of my burrito. on DNA Bar Coding Finds Mislabeled Sushi · · Score: 3, Funny

    come to think of it, I haven't seen the taco bell chihuahua in a while...