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  1. Re:An important thank you on Google and the CIA? · · Score: 1

    > Thankfully, I've never seen an article with both the FUD and notfud tags at once

    At the risk of having missed all the invisible sarcasm tags in your post -- Go back to the front page, three or four articles down, regarding alleged voting problems in Florida.

  2. If it were Forbes .... on Unisys Targets Just 20 Execs With Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    If it were Forbes Magazine, these execs would also be getting personalized :CueCats.

  3. Re:Class play on Retailers Pressure Studios on Web Deals · · Score: 1

    3.5 RIAA says "DVD Sales are decreasing, it must be those darned P2P Pirates!!" ... because when has logic stopped them before?

  4. Six Pages on Nielsen Ratings in the Age of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Note that this story is obnoxiously spanning 6 pages. For a publication named "Network World" you'd think they'd know better.

    Note that there is a "Print" link at the bottom of the first page, which gives the whole article on one page (although the resulting URL does not seem useful for a C&P link).

    The rest of the analogy is left as an exercise for the reader.

  5. Re:Hurricane season on Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus · · Score: 1

    Although we are closer to the end of the season than the beginning, it does officially last until November 30, so there is a chance of more activity.

    However, there have been reports that a developing El Nino has reduced the likelihood of hurricane formation.

  6. Re:How about stuff I already bought? on Build a Better Netflix, Win a Million Dollars? · · Score: 1

    There's a discussion about this in another comment thread, but if you already own something, you should rate it appropriately. Why would own something that you are "not interested" in?

  7. Re:Here's a problem to solve with much larger impa on Build a Better Netflix, Win a Million Dollars? · · Score: 1

    Netflix allows you to have up to five profiles, each with separate queues. According to the site, "Each profile has its own ratings, recommendations, Friends and MPAA levels."

  8. Re:Aha! on Googling for ATM Master Passwords · · Score: 1

    obHolyGrail: 3, sir.

  9. Re:hopefully... on Slashdot Discussion2 In Beta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Exactly.

    Any site that is developed solely for IE, with that justified because "only 10% use something else" would be loudly decried here.

    So because of the stupid policies of the the place where I work, I'm not important. Thanks Taco. Don't go into marketing.

  10. Re:TiVo has gone the way of the new SCO on TiVo Wins Permanent Injunction Against EchoStar · · Score: 1

    You must not have looked very hard, because it's been there from the first day I plugged mine in, nearly four years ago.

  11. Re:Hypocrites on AOL Releases Search Logs of 657,427 Users · · Score: 1

    Is that any different than "Somebody else broke the window in the car, I just reached in and took the CDs I saw lying there."

    Or "Somebody else blew up the armored car, I just picked up the $20 bills that were fluttering to the ground."

    Ethics is hard .

  12. Name change on One Year Until Phoenix Mars Mission Launch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because of trademark issues with the BIOS manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, the mission name has been changed to Firebird. There are rumors that it may change again before launch.

  13. Re:Only 700 Megs? on UK ISP PlusNet Accidentally Deletes 700GB of Email · · Score: 1

    I don't think I want you operating any of my systems if you can't tell the difference between GB and MB.

  14. Re:Jessica Alba on How to Become Invisible · · Score: 1

    Leaving aside the (obvious) then/than problem, WTF does that sentence even mean?

  15. Re:Fight the Good Fight on CEO Shawn Hogan Takes on MPAA · · Score: 1

    FTFA: "Hogan, who coded his way to millions as the CEO of Digital Point Solutions, ..."

    I think he's got all the small sums of money he'll need.

  16. Re:at&t on AT&T Labs vs. Google Labs - R&D History · · Score: 1

    Sure, and if you look at that Wal-Mart phone sideways it'll break. Those Western Electric units were built like tanks. And they had REAL bells inside. Turn that ringer up and you know when your phone is ringing.

    I'd love to have a nice model 500 desk set; a 2500 would be OK too.

  17. Re:Copying Music in General on EFF Calls RIAA Tactics 'Reign of Terror' · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the RIAA, but the BPI were there, placing stickers on LPs featuring a cassetter/skull and crossbones and the ominous message "Home Taping Is Killing Music".

    The more things change, the more they remain the same.

  18. Re:This is what's wrong with slashdot on Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was wondering when somebody would point that out.

    Somebody's mother told somebody a story ("but it's TRUE" whines TFA) about something somebody might have said somewhere.

    Third-hand (at best) information, with no actual, you know, FACTS or anything.

  19. Re:language reform on Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? · · Score: 1

    So the reason you might run Avast or AVG is that you don't want your computer to have a viris?

  20. Re:Thanks, Billy on Futurama Star Billy West Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You actually believe that Julie Kavner is using her natural speaking voice when doing Marge Simpson? Are you sure it's not her natural voice for Patty, or maybe Selma? No, wait, maybe it was as Timon's mother in Lion King 1 1/2.

    OK, granted she's not a "thousand voice talent," but I'd hazard a guess that Mr. West's distaste is more for somebody like Will Smith in Shark Tale.

  21. Re:where to draw the line? on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    I need to take my eyes of the road in order to change my CDs or the radio station.

    Then don't do those things.

    Or, for the safety of everybody, just don't drive.

  22. Re:Good for the customers on Google Launches PayPal Rival · · Score: 1

    How is poor handling of fraud and disputes "work[ing] pretty good"?

  23. Re:rats or mice on Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats · · Score: 1

    There is another theory that says this has already happened.

  24. Re:rats or mice on Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats · · Score: 1

    obHHGTTG: "Look, sorry --- are we talking about the little white furry
    things with the cheese fixation and women standing on tables screaming in
    early sixties sit coms?''

    Unfortunately, the headline has magically changed, so nobody's going to understand all these mice/rat posts.

  25. Re:Also works as a gender change medicine! on Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Gender? o.O