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  1. Vas Flam! on Microsoft Trying To Patent a 'Magic Wand' · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have prior art, I was born with a magic wand!

  2. Re:and in a manner that is completely transparent on Apple Patent Claim Threatens To Block Or Delay W3C · · Score: 1

    I said "My work machine," which might clue you in... Despite having administrator privileges, that option is not available.

  3. Re:Use of this patent against web browsers? on Apple Patent Claim Threatens To Block Or Delay W3C · · Score: 1

    Except that web pages are not programs.

  4. Re:and in a manner that is completely transparent on Apple Patent Claim Threatens To Block Or Delay W3C · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Almost monthly, if your machine is set up to automatically apply updates. During the middle of the night... "A critical security update was installed and your computer had to be rebooted."

    My work machine does this, much to my anguish.

  5. Re:Oh yeah, it's April 1st... on Opera Launches Facial Gesture Capability · · Score: 1

    Are you the only one without a sense of humor? Maybe...

  6. Re: Poppycock on Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? · · Score: 1

    I'm a fractal, you insensitive clod!

  7. The cure for Slashdot! on Addicting Mice To Light · · Score: 2, Funny

    This would get thousands of people out of their basements this summer, and some of them might even get laid!

  8. Re:Non-ATT Service? on What Features Should Be Included With iPhone 3.0? · · Score: 1

    Working just fine here in Northeast PA. I was a Verizon fanboi until recently, but I haven't had a single issue with AT&T so far.

  9. Re:A printer! on What Features Should Be Included With iPhone 3.0? · · Score: 2, Informative

    What? Everything I saw on the Storm was gigantic! That's why I hated the phone... I actually have dexterity and coordination. I much prefered the tiny keyboard of Windows Mobile with flick gestures, but now I have an iPhone.

  10. Re:Lack of Documentation == dangerous on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there is something to be said for this. Considering that a lot of management would shit-can you in a second if they could get a minimum wage employee to manage your shit, sometimes you have to take some steps to ensure that you actually get paid for the value you provide. An hour of my time is worth a lot more than they pay me, and the solutions I provide are top notch. I do not withhold information, and I'm very helpful and instructive when questions are asked, but I don't go out of my way to document or comment my code... I am focused on accomplishing the task.

  11. Re:They should have surveyed on A Quantitative Study of How Memes Spread · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, memes spread YOU!

  12. Re:I am skeptical on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 1

    The man can pull out and blow it on her face, or to be less obscene... the man has the power not to inseminate.

  13. Re:I am skeptical on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 2

    Well I don't believe an unborn fetus has the same rights as everyone else, so the analogy doesn't work for me. I believe outlawing abortion is the more relevant violation of human rights, the right to make choices about your own body.

  14. Re:Mod down, positive review of Windows on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lol, are you serious? I was serious... I'm liking Windows 7, and I'm not an Anonymous Coward.

  15. Re:I am skeptical on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why do you need to remove it? How about just not clicking the icon? This has always worked for me, and is similar to my argument for abortion (just don't have one, instead of outlawing it.)

  16. Re:Oh yea, we'll test it really hard. on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm thoroughly testing it, and thoroughly pleased. This is the first time in years I that I did not replace IE immediately. I've been using it for a couple weeks, now. One problem I eventually found is that Google Chrome won't install. IE has frozen several times (it's beta.) I hated Vista with a passion, but so far I am really happy with Windows 7.

  17. Re:What's missing... on Guitar Hero: Metallica Setlist Released · · Score: 1

    Where else are you going to put them? (HD = hard drive)

  18. All circuits are busy now on Cellphone Networks Survive Inauguration, Mostly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please try first post again later.

  19. Re:And where...and where...and where... on Researchers One Step Closer To Creating Life · · Score: 1

    riiiiight, because believing someone is listening to your prayers is rational. hey by the way, why won't god heal amputees?

  20. Re:"if the display could turn any source into 3D" on Sony Teases 3D Playstation 3 · · Score: 1

    The 'new' aspect to the recent NVidia demo was using a 120hz TV to provide a full 60 fps for each eye.

  21. Re:Monkey Island on Avoiding Wasted Time With Prince of Persia · · Score: 1

    You've got to remember that Lego Star Wars is a kids' game. Just treat it as a ride. But there are challenges in there - you need to solve simple puzzles to make it through the game, and more complex puzzles to get all the collectible items.

    I think that's the point of this whole story to begin with... Kids these days and how games punish them. When you played Mario and fell in a hole, you went back to start... When you played Sonic, there was one checkpoint in each level. In order to win you had to get better, and in doing so other things improved such as hand-eye coordination. I hate being coddled, I want a good god-damned challenge. With the politically-correct super-sensitive liberalization of everything in society, the next generation of kids is going to be ill-equipped to deal with the struggles of life. I owe a lot to video games, it was far from wasted time... It's become a rare opportunity to relax and kill time these days, but I still want to be challenged; I don't need to win to have a good time.

  22. Re:Monkey Island on Avoiding Wasted Time With Prince of Persia · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There is no sense of achievement, then. Some of my friends picked up the Lego Indiana Jones game and this has the same issue, probably worse. They didn't seem to care that as soon as they died they just re-appeared and kept going, but within a few minutes I questioned why I would ever play it if you're just brute forcing through the story without consequence.

  23. Re:Formats not dealt with? on Bush's Electronic Archives Threaten To Swamp National Archives · · Score: 0, Troll

    No one is asking what Clinton was hiding?... Sad. Even worse, after collecting hundreds of millions from overseas interests, his wife is going to be Secretary of State. Change we can believe in!!

  24. Re:The Importance of the Minds of a General Popula on Nobel Winner Says Internet Might Have Stopped Hitler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except, at our secret prison, we don't f!#king kill everyone. Sorry you're an idiot.

  25. Re:Surprise, surprise! on The Gene Is Having an Identity Crisis · · Score: 1

    I wish humility, modesty, and reality crept into science more often. We don't have half a clue to be able to emphatically declare much at all. Just about every conclusion that is drawn should be followed by, ".. but we could totally be wrong, so don't bet your life on it or start a new diet fad or anything like that."