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  1. My theory. on Microsoft Raises $3.8B in Bond Sale · · Score: 5, Funny

    8 Billion to buy Sun out from under Oracle.
    The rest for the antitrust lawsuits.

  2. Old boss on Adult Website Use At Work Leads To Hacker Conviction · · Score: 1

    I had an old boss get shown the door for surfing that site.
    He tried the I followed a link defence, the the logs showed he had been there several times.

  3. Re:NCCDC on NSA Wages Cyberwar Against US Armed Forces Teams · · Score: 1
    You really think this has not already happened?

    I have said too much.....

  4. and Hart on Test Driving the Wolfram Alpha · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who saw Wolfram, and thought WolfRan and Hart?
    AKA: Evil Inc.

    Am I the only Angel fan on here?

  5. Signs work on The "Dangers" of Free · · Score: 1

    I had a friend make me up a sign that says "No newspapers please."
    Surprisingly it worked.

  6. Re:first post! on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    I quite liked mirror mirror. Although I admit the idea has been milked a bit.

  7. Re:Xaholics on Emailaholics Reveal Their Habits · · Score: 1

    What stage are you in when you wake up at say 3AM for a bathroom break (I am an old man.) and check your email before going back to bed?

  8. Repeat after me on Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Plans · · Score: 1

    I love my Mac.
    OS/X IS Unix.
    Linux is free as in speech.

  9. OMG on R.I.P. MS-DEBUG 1981 - 2009 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They killed debug.
    You bastards!

  10. Re:Greed is Good on College Threatens Students Over Email Addresses · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am lactose intolerant you insensitive clod.

  11. Re:buy it from North Korea or Iran on NASA Running Low On Fuel For Space Exploration · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The United States has money and needs nuclear materials. Why don't we just buy it from them?

    Since when does the United States have money? I thought they went broke shortly after the second world war.
    I am getting so moded down for this.

  12. I have been waiting. on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    Just waiting. In my parents basement for the past 12 years.

    What in the hell am I supposed to do now?

  13. Fair use on Backlash Builds Against US Copyright Blacklist · · Score: 1

    and yes, I am Canadian.

  14. Why on Apple Rumored To Want To Buy Twitter · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why? What is the point of Twitter?
    I hope Apple is not planning wasting money on a worthless fad like Twater

  15. Re:Does the US Get It Yet? on Backlash Builds Against US Copyright Blacklist · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we could just make them stand in the corner for a decade or two, until they learn to play nice with others.
    It worked on my 7 year old nephew.

  16. The Who sang it best. on Backlash Builds Against US Copyright Blacklist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meet the new boss......... Same as the old boss.

  17. Won't someone please think of the tomb raiders on eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Think of all the hard working honest tomb raiders hacking their way through a jungle somewhere so that you can have your trinket from some dead culture collecting dust on your mantle.

  18. Re:Dell Mini 9 + OSX = win on First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook · · Score: 1

    You say that like it is a bad thing.
    I tell you now that my mission in life is to make sure that all floppy drives everywhere are destroyed.

  19. Most office documents? on First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook · · Score: 1

    What won't it open?
    Since OO.o 3.x came out, I have not found a single file it would not open. In fact I used it to fix a broken excel spreadsheet the Office would not read at all.

  20. Spiderman on For Super-Tough Spider Silk, Just Add Titanium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just ask Peter Parker. He can get you a sample of Spideman's webbing, and problem solved.

  21. Flu = distraction on Flu Models Predict Pandemic, But Flu Chips Ready · · Score: 1

    This flu is nothing, but a distraction from the economy. Notice since the news media jumped on the flu pandemic band waggon, that the stock markets have begun recovering nicely?

  22. Re:please don't buy an Apple on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1
    Too late.
    I already bought a very nice MacBook Pro.
    I am very happy with my MBP, it is screaming fast, looks good, has not crashed in 6 months.
    I reboot it about once a month, and that is usually because Firefox has started eating up memory.

    So tell me again why I am supposed to care about Microsoft's latest crapfest?

  23. Re:Fascinating on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1, Funny

    You think you are being funny, but you are not. You need at least FOUR satellites to insure at least one is always in the Earths shadow. You also forgot the THREE emergency backups stored at equidistant points around the equator on Mars, just in case things go really badly.
    Don't get me started on the preparation needed for a FUBAR or a Supernova level situation.

  24. Finally on Microsoft To Disable Autorun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is about bloody time too.
    It only took Microsoft 14 years to fix this massive security hole.

  25. Re:Expletive vial even to non-Russians? on Russian Manned Space Vehicle May Land With Rockets · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Imagine, an expletive so vial it transcends language barriers."

    I don't have to imagine it. The word you refer to is "Belgium".