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  1. Re:Two reasons why old tech is better than new tec on Flash Version of Adventure · · Score: 2


    You forgot:

    3. The old Atari didn't suck 3 amps of electricity like your computer does.

  2. Wow! on Tim Bray on Microsoft Office · · Score: 2



    ..code-named 'Office 11'

    It must have taken Microsoft months to come up with that ultra-secret code name.

  3. Re:Previous Art, Anyone? on British Columbia Bows To Breast Cancer Patent · · Score: 5, Interesting


    hearah for canada where health care is pretty much free

    It certainly isn't free, I'm in a ~40% tax bracket. Not all that goes to health care, of course, but a good chunk does.
    Do I dislike the taxes? Yes. Would I want to lower taxes and go to a for-profit US-style system? Not on your life.

  4. Re:Yeah right.. on Lucky Green vs. Palladium · · Score: 5, Funny

    for 100 million dollars, i'd sell out :(

    I wouldn't sell out, even if you tempted me with the tastiest sub in the world and wash it down with the best damn beer in the world then handed me the keys to the nice car you delivered it all in.

    on second thought...

  5. Yeah right.. on Lucky Green vs. Palladium · · Score: 5, Funny


    Bill G. Hey 'Lucky', can I license your patented process?
    Lucky Pound sand Gates, I 0wn j00!
    Bill G. Here's 100 million dollars.
    Lucky I'm your b1tch.

  6. Re:That's bullshit.. on Floor Vacuum Robot for $200 · · Score: 1


    But have you tried fucking the vacuum?

    Does the vacuum come with an assortment of different coloured wigs?

  7. That's bullshit.. on Floor Vacuum Robot for $200 · · Score: 5, Funny


    $200 ?!
    I paid $6,000 (US) for my RealDoll and it can't move at all, let alone vacuum the floor.

  8. It's a scam! on One Million AOL discs to be returned to AOL · · Score: 5, Funny


    WAKE UP PEOPLE!
    They are going to use those one thousand free hours from 1 million discs to get themselves 1,000,000,000 free hours of AOL!

    Free AOL for them, their kids, grandkids and great-grandkids.

    I'm on to you bastards...



  9. Screw Unicode.. on XML 1.1 Spec Hits Some Snags · · Score: 2


    ... 8 bits should be enough for anybody.

    to paraphrase Bill G.

  10. Let me introduce myself... on Microsoft may Sanction the 'Switcher' PR-Rep · · Score: 5, Funny


    Hello, my name is Valerie G. Mallinson and I was a public relations consultant.

    Until recently I worked at Wes Rataushk and Associates Incorporates. Recently my life has taken an unexpected turn and now I can honestly say that I was not happy there. At my new job I can't wait to ask every client a smiling "Would you like that Super Sized?"

    That's right, McDonalds is the best job in the world. My name is Valerie G. Mallinson and I switched.

  11. From the article.. on Microsoft may Sanction the 'Switcher' PR-Rep · · Score: 5, Funny


    it may be necessary to "weed out" employees who did not live up to Microsoft's code of behaviour.

    Will the last person leaving Redmond please turn off the lights?

  12. Re:My DNA test.. on Your Genome Scanned While You Wait · · Score: 1


    Nooow I get your username :)

    Moo?

  13. Re:WordStar! on Building The Navy Intranet · · Score: 2


    If they're willing to use Wordstar, they may as well just use vi.

    Actually Joe is much more like Wordstar. There's nothing wrong with it.

  14. It was so much easier.. on Your Genome Scanned While You Wait · · Score: 5, Funny


    .. back in my granddad's day when you could just discriminate based on skin colour. Now you have to be a damn scientist to hate people.

    Yes, I'm joking!

  15. My DNA test.. on Your Genome Scanned While You Wait · · Score: 5, Funny


    .. The last time I was at my physician he wanted a blood sample, a semen sample, a urine sample and a stool sample.

    So I gave him my underwear.

    [rimshot]

  16. Re:Centralising security on Passport for Linux On the Way · · Score: 2


    How many PINs do you have? (2)
    How many computer authentication usernames and passwords do you have? (28)


    I keep all my passwords and other info in a PGP'd file so if I ever forget one I can retrieve it in a moment.

    "but what if you forget your PGP passphrase?"

    Then I'm fux0red, but at least I am to blame, not another MS screwup.

  17. Re:Hey on Passport for Linux On the Way · · Score: 2


    Ok, who is the idiot, stock photo posing, Microsoft "freelance...

    Her name is Valerie Mallinson and she certainly has me convinced that XP, and presumably Passport, is the way of the future!

  18. Just Linux? on Use Linux to Reduce Your Power Bill · · Score: 4, Funny


    I save *loads* of electricity when I do a "shutdown now" on OpenBSD!

  19. I switched. on TiBook Wi-Fi Range Hack: New Card · · Score: 5, Funny


    I was a Mac user for many years..
    [insert pic of attractive woman]
    ..but the terrible range of the TiBook 802.11b they had was just too much.
    I bought a Windows XP based laptop and now my range is all I've ever dreamed of, I'm not locked into one company's hardware and my breath is minty fresh.

    - Val

  20. Dummies.. on SETI@Home Faces Funding Problems · · Score: 2, Funny


    .. Can't they just get ET to wire them some more money?

  21. Re:See a doctor. on Duct Tape Can Remove Warts · · Score: 3, Funny


    That's three years for a PhD in biology, four years for an MD, six years of residency at a teaching hospital, and two more years of fellowship before you can go get an actual job practicing medicine.

    How do they manage to fit in time to golf?

  22. Re:How they traced her down on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 2


    It's not just MS software that spies on you!

    bash$ vi hello.txt

    (type "hello" and save)

    bash$ strings hello.txt
    hello
    hello.txt
    Normal.dot
    Grub L. McGrub
    vi 1.023
    OpenBSD 3.1-CURRENT
    Grub L. McGrub (grub.net LLC)
    vi text document
    vi.document.1.023

    Yes, it's a joke.

  23. Re:personal website? on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 2



    Created on..............: Tue, Apr 02, 2002
    Expires on..............: Wed, Apr 02, 2003
    Record last updated on..: Tue, Apr 02, 2002


    "Coming Soon" and she bought the domain > 6 months ago? Hey Val, you could get past the "Coming Soon.." page if you kept your Mac and used Claris Homepage!

    :PP

  24. Re:I'm sticking with MS on Microsoft Tries a "Switch" Campaign · · Score: 1



    I dunno, that 'I saved X-mas' chick was sorta hot.

    Hot? I'll say, I would eat the corn out of her poo!

  25. Interesting.. on Retro Activity: MorphOS 1.0 · · Score: 2, Insightful



    So all these ancient Commodore systems are growing in popularity but *BSD is dying, eh?