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  1. YouTube video on Google Launches CADIE, the First True AI · · Score: 1

    Ah, the beautiful screech of modem dialling.

  2. Re:The April Fool on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    Generic comment along the lines of 'me too.'

  3. Re:Hosting providers on MySQL Readies Release Candidate For 5.1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    1and1 allow you to choose both 4 and 5. You choose the version when creating a database on their management page. I don't know about other webhosts, though.

  4. Re:Speed it up on Release Team Proposes Gnome 3.0 Plans · · Score: 1

    I'm already using Gnome 4.2. You guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

  5. Re:What about... on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    Christ, I love Greek! Women just don't seem to understand that a man can find just as much pleasure in the warm confines of a well- muscled ass as they can in the satin embrace of a well-wetted cunt. Maybe we men have conditioned them too well to ignoring one hole for the other: nonetheless, every man I've talked to about it loves Greek and every woman who I've talked to about it has been less than ...

    ...and if I get a girl's number, I'll post the rest and see where it takes me. Go trolling!

  6. Re:Legality Question on Google To Develop ISP Throttling Detector · · Score: 1

    Not likely. A lot of ISPs generally stick "up to [speed]" in their terms and conditions, which gives them a get out of jail free card when it drops below that.

  7. Re:Does this mean resistance is not futile? on Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have some Watr, courtesy of Web 2.0.

  8. Re:So... on Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead · · Score: 1

    Yahooligans.

  9. Re:what's the big deal on Researchers Simplify Quantum Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Maybe.

  10. Re:Who the hell modded this story up? on New 4GB Flash Drive Packs Quite a Punch · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This man in a lab coat says ____'s "Male Enhancement" product really works" Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
  11. Re:What is a web page? on Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness · · Score: 1

    x86-64 is 64-bit (x64)

  12. Re:Awesomebar? on Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nothing to do with the Awesomebar, but - if you want a quick Wikipedia lookup (or almost any GET-search site, really), you can just do this:

    1) Create a new bookmark, name it.
    2) In location, put http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25s (/. mangled that - it's a percentage sign followed by s)
    3) In keyword, put something short. I use "w" for wikipedia.
    4) Save the bookmark, then type "w [something]" into the address bar.
    5) ???
    6) Profit!

    But hey, to each their own. If your way works, that's fine too :)

  13. Hm on Wireshark 1.0 Released · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why do I get the feeling this is a cruel April Fool's gag? I can't see 1.0 on the Sourceforge page, and the site was Slashdotted so I can't check that. Gah.

  14. Re:too many lawyers on Developers Warned over OOXML Patent Risk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    These guys have already started the Simple English trend. All we need now is a plan to decimate the lawyers.

  15. Re:Wow on UK Commissioner Seeks To Ban Ultrasonic Anti-Teen Device · · Score: 1
    I respectfully disagree with a few of your points. Some points are good, some are bad.

    You think cars should have more rights than children? Football is much safer then driving. Car parks are used to, oddly enough, park cars. Kids can play football in fields. Less chance of them being injured by falling on cement, too!

    They're just echoing how adults have always treated kids Yes, bad adults. Any parent worth their salt loves their children.

    Yes, that's bad. But overall kids don't create nearly as much environmental damage as adults. You may have a point there, so I can't argue that. Constant vandalism of shops, cars and other people's property, however, is usually caused by idiotic kids and teenagers.

    I think you'll find that this "rubbish" is sold by the local shops. If you don't like it then complain to the shops or take your business elsewhere. I'm sorry, but that is stupid. Giving shops the responsibility of ensuring their customers dispose of garbage properly is not going to work. At best, you can put trash cans outside your store, but they'll just be filled up by random passers-by anyway. No-one will pay attention to a sign saying "For customer's waste only."

    You can't criticize kids for ignoring the law and then imply the answer is for adults to do the same. Police rarely bother following cases like this, so taking the law into your own hands is pretty much the only option you've got.

    As for attacking them with sound, I hope the police prosecute the attackers. People have a right to choose who enters their property, unless of course it's public property. I'm 19, and I can hear this annoying sound so it'd affect me too, but that doesn't matter. I'd gladly tolerate it if it meant keeping vandals and gangs away from stores. It isn't fun when you see a crowd of scallies standing outside a store, harassing you as you go in/out.
  16. Re:YAY! on Writers Strike Officially Over · · Score: 1

    Reginald has the power to kill just by talking He isn't reciting poetry, is he?
  17. Re:Extensions on Firefox 3 Beta 3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming it's just browser detection - he said it worked once he forged the user agent string.

  18. Re:Here we go again... on SP1 Unsuccessful in Preventing Vista Hacks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My kingdom for mod points. Hell, that's insightful and funny.

  19. Re:Is it just me on China Vows to Stop the Rain · · Score: 1

    I'm getting that too. Screenshot

  20. Re:Wii Remote anyone? on Use Your Cellphone as a 3D Mouse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mod parent up. Whilst I can see it being a hassle at public kiosks, it may be useful at home where you're the only user. Johnny Chung Lee has a project similar to this.

  21. Re:Flamebait??? on PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista · · Score: 1

    I didn't have to "try" installing a wireless adapter because Ubuntu picked up my model straight away and did everything necessary (Intel 3945ABG). Although I'll admit, getting some cards to work at all is a bitch - my desktop's D-Link DWLG122 being an example.

  22. Re:Moving to Linux.... yeah right on PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista · · Score: 1
    You're an obvious troll, but I'll bite.

    Good luck getting that wireless card to work out of the box. I installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo laptop. Guess what? It worked flawlessly. I connected to my WPA router without hassle.

    Good luck getting video to look as crystal clear as in Windows. I don't need luck. I'm good. As for finding software, the package manager satisfies my needs. I'll admit though, I had the same attitude as you once - "Gah, Linux doesn't have anything! I can't get x, y or z working!" But I gave it a chance. Since then, it's improved significantly. Now it has a generous share of my hard drive space.
  23. Re:If they are really smart. on Adobe May Launch Office Rival · · Score: 1

    Almost everyone has some version of Flash installed. That means most people could use the Adobe office products without having to install additional software. That's a major bonus.