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  1. Re:Another Microsoft Innovation, on Assorted CES Gizmos · · Score: 2


    It's looking more and more like their strategy is simply to try everything, until they eventually succeed

    You've never heard the old saying "if you throw enough shit against the wall, some of it is going to stick"?

  2. Real's business model. on Real DRM · · Score: 5, Funny


    1. give out free player and charge for server
    2. lose market share to every other game in town
    3. come up with proprietary protection that no one will use.
    4. ???
    5. no profit
    6. bankruptcy!

  3. Sweet... on More 3D Printer News · · Score: 2


    "Printer.. -bleepbloop- Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

  4. Re:Rectenna? on Where are the 70% Efficient Solar Cells? · · Score: 3, Funny


    The goatse.cx guy can generate over 800 megawatts with his rectenna.

  5. GE.. on Where are the 70% Efficient Solar Cells? · · Score: 1, Insightful


    The world power conglomerates keep these inventions from becoming reality. They have too much to lose by people not using nuclear|hydroelectric electricity or burning dead dinosaurs.

  6. Standards? on Windows XP Media Center Edition Review · · Score: 5, Funny


    It looks like the folks who make the Linux based Video Disk Recorder have a new standard to live up to.

    Yes, the Linux VDR people will have to figure out how to hide spyware in their (open) source code.

  7. Debugging? on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools? · · Score: 1


    What's that? I trust Microsoft to run the show!
    /sarcasm

  8. My sendmail.. on Sendmail Performance Tuning · · Score: 2


    .. always needs tuning. The strings need replacing, the wood frame warps in the humidity. It's a real bitch.

  9. heh on DIY Ethernet Audio Receiver · · Score: 0


    Can you hear me now?

  10. Thieves.. on GeoURL: We Know Where You Live, Work and Blog! · · Score: 4, Interesting


    Thief 1: Let's see.. who in this area has a blog..
    Thief 2: Several!
    Thief 1:How many talk about the goodies in their house?
    Thief 2:Hmm new home theatre setup 3 doors down..
    Thief 1:Good, do they mention working day jobs?
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    You get the idea...

  11. Logic. on All-New PowerBooks, Web Browser Featured at Macworld · · Score: 1


    Assuming that:
    BSD is dying and Apple is dying. Does this double negative mean I should finally buy a TiBook?

  12. Dammit.. on TurboTax Activation Fiasco · · Score: 1, Funny


    Damn you, Intuit! I need my tax refund so I can buy one of those new SGI Altix computers!

  13. Re:Price? on New SGI Altix 3000 · · Score: 2


    but did anybody notice an estimated price for various configurations either the 3300 or 3700? I couldn't find any price info on their site.

    See This link and look at the bottom paragraph. Ouch.

  14. Attn: Al Quaeda on Playstation 3 Gathering Components · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Start buying Playstation 3s as soon as they are available. We shall build a supercomputer from the infidels and use their own power to crush them!

    Not to mention the l337 beowulf cluster we'll build in the cave.

    regards,

    Osama

  15. To paraphrase Sony ads.. on Playstation 3 Gathering Components · · Score: 1


    "What about XBox?!"

  16. Hacking Linux? on Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition · · Score: 2


    What is it? Just the source code to BugBear?

  17. Re:"or more often during heavy traffic" on Cryptome Log Subpoenaed · · Score: 4, Informative


    Most software can do that, if not just send the logs to /dev/null

  18. Summary... on X-Box Private Key Challenge Ended · · Score: 1


    ..make no sense.. head hurt.. neo project killed new project ate neo. Fear the neo project.. there is no spoon..

  19. Linux security? on Linux Security: Reflections on 2002, Eye on 2003 · · Score: 1


    I fail to see how his predictions, which include things like large truck bombs and wide scale DDoSs, are all Linux related. It read more like Chicken Little's predictions.

  20. That's nothing.. on Ring Of Stars Found Around Milky Way · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    A ring of stars? That's nothing compared to The Ring of Power

  21. Application.. on Want To Make Video Games? · · Score: 1


    SMU person:Uh.. it says here your name is "Grandmaster DeathPig"

    applicant: Yes, that is my name, mortal swine.

    SMU person:ohhhkayyy.. well.. what is your father's surname?

    applicant:My father is Cromlech, God of rot and putrifecation!
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    heh and I thought D&D was bad when I was in school. :)

  22. g1bb0r! on Want To Make Video Games? · · Score: 1


    1 w4n7 70 m4k3 g4m3z 50 ju4r3z k1dd135 c4n h4x0r 7h3m 4nd g1bb0rz 7h3m 70 7h31r fr13nd5!!

  23. from the depths of AOL... on Computer Room Hot? · · Score: 3, Funny


    An anonymous reader writes "If your 'puter is getting to loud, you might...

    BZZZT! Sorry Sparky. You lose any geek points by using the term "'puter".

  24. My TV on DMCA Loophole For Peer-to-Peer TV Show Sharing? · · Score: 2


    The networks better keep their gripes to themselves or Bill might just make "My TV" a reality..

  25. Moores law.. on Moore's Law Disputed · · Score: 1


    Moores Law is dying..

    blah blah Kreskin blah blah charnel house blah blah..