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  1. re: Grenade : may I suggest on Novell Releases SCO Letters · · Score: 1

    Only during testing did they find that thermonuclear hand grenade's blast radius was further than anyone could throw it.

    May I suggest a trebuchet.

  2. will I be sheilded? on Novell Releases SCO Letters · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are sheilded from loosing basic assets

    What if you are walking past and some of these loosed assets fly toward you. I imagine a flying fridge could take your eye out!

  3. The don't claim 'non-bias' on Verisign to run National RFID Directory · · Score: 1


    The BBC's Coat of Arms bears the slogan :

    NATION SHALL SPEAK PEACE UNTO NATION.

    Which is perfectly in line with their decision to suspend (and hopefully fire) Kilroy-Silk.

  4. It's not "political correctness" on Verisign to run National RFID Directory · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    That's what bigots try and plam it off as when they are exposed.

    K-S said "all Arabs are suicide bombers and limb amputators" in a National Newspaper. All Arabs, not 'a few arabs'. And he hasn't apologised for saying that at all, he said "it's been quoted out of context" and then tried to blame "political correctness" on people being upset that he should host a national chat show dealing with issues such as bullying and racism.

    I find it amusing that it was printed by mistake, it's a reprint of an article published *during the gulf war*, which to my mind, makes it *even more* inflammatory.

    The guy is also a former MP. The sooner he's out of a job, the better.

  5. What is this ./ of which you speak? on Verisign to run National RFID Directory · · Score: 1


    and how do I become a member?

  6. Re:intrigue on Mars Rover Sniffs First Hint of Water? · · Score: 1

    hmm, that does raise an interesting question with regard to capitalization :

    Do you think the soil and possible organic matter on the floor should be called 'mars'?

    To my mind it should remain something like 'the earth on Mars contains little, if any, organic matter'.

    I wonder what other languages have to say about it?

    After all, terra firma it is not.

  7. buggery nuts - did it plain text on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1

    You could also include a comment, and jumble the titles/alts to give different phrases of the same thing.

    a URL with the phrase and an H1 will help too

    <!-- The SCO Group - litigious bastards --><a href="http://www.sco.com" title="The SCO Group - litigious bastards">litigious bastards</a><br><a href="http://www.sco.com" title="litigious bastards - The SCO Group"><img src="path/litigious-bastards.jpg" alt="litigious bastards - The SCO Group - "></a>

  8. while we're at it on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1

    You could also include a comment, and jumble the titles/alts to give different phrases of the same thing.

    a URL with the phrase and an H1 will help too

    litigious bastards

  9. which is dragging .. to 'urgently conduct .. on UK Government Surveillance - Book It Online (!) · · Score: 1

    ...which is dragging even Prime Minister Tony Blair into the quest to 'urgently conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr Kelly'.."

    Newsflash, the Hutton report is due to be released any day now which is the conclusion to the investigation.

    And Blair hasn't been 'dragged in'. He's promised to resign if the report finds him guilty of lying.

    More information

  10. Re:intrigue on Mars Rover Sniffs First Hint of Water? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Kelvin and Celcius are the same but with different Zero points.

    I think it is easier to visualize the freezing/boiling point of water as a reference in the same way it is easier to visualize 1 litre of water weighing 1 kilo.

    but that's me

  11. Re:IBM on IBM, Intel Set Up $10m SCO Defense Fund · · Score: 1

    So the Hollerith machines returned to IBM from Auschwitz after liberation had been gathering dust?

    Mind you I wasn't there, I'm trusting Edwin Black's research

  12. Re:stupid question but. . . on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1

    'tis another re-enforcer

    of course I don't have true inside knowledge, 'tis just another one of those techniques one uses and it seems to work (in combination with all the others, table summaries for example).

  13. and for those that prefer accuracy on Mars Rover Sniffs First Hint of Water? · · Score: 1


    244.8175

    and

    -28.333

    somehow -51 became -15

    thought it looked a bit warm

  14. Re:intrigue on Mars Rover Sniffs First Hint of Water? · · Score: 1

    are you sure that mud can only exist with water and not any other liquid?

    dictionary.com defines it as

    mud n.
    # Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.

  15. Re:intrigue on Mars Rover Sniffs First Hint of Water? · · Score: 4, Funny

    that's 264.8175 k (-8.3324999999996 C) for those that don't like their temperatures defined as :

    0 F is the stabilized temperature when equal amounts of ice, water, and salt are mixed and 96 F is the temperature "when the thermometer is held in the mouth or under the armpit of a living man in good health."

  16. Re:Hack teh Google! on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1

    sorry, but you're not trying hard enough

    <a href="http://www.sco.com" title="The SCO Group - litigious bastards">litigious bastards</a>

  17. not always true on SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement · · Score: 1



    if Linux == 0 to start with

  18. Re:IBM on IBM, Intel Set Up $10m SCO Defense Fund · · Score: -1, Troll

    They sure beat the IBM of old : computerizing the Final Solution for a certain German with a silly moustache.

    You didn't think 10 million Jews were processed with pencil and paper did ya?

  19. Re:Superior? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    HP sell a rebadged iPod

  20. HP are not our friend on Should a '9200' Brand Mean a 9200 GPU? · · Score: 1


    They killed my beloved Compaq

    They dumped Perens

    See what's coming :

    "Starting this year, we'll strive to build every one of our consumer devices to respect digital rights."

    "This may sound personal," Iovine said. "It is personal."

    They want it to be personal, let us make it so.

  21. Re:A win for open source on 2003: Year of Apache · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the repeated 404s I get on cg1.ebay.co.uk clearly demonstrate IIS's superior load handling.

  22. Price isn't everything on Doom 3 Vaporware no More · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm as likely to buy it from Wal-Mart as I am to buy it from McDonalds.

    For similar reasons I don't buy fuel from Bush's buddies at Esso.

    Remember your compatriots pouring French wine down the drain. It wasn;t because French wine was expensive it was because France decided not to help the US to colonize Iraq.

    Even just the $2.85 million contributed to Bush's campaign is enough reason for me.

  23. great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor on Players Dress As Their Sims For Convention · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    as if furries weren't bad enough already\

  24. Re:PHP on Log Analysis Tools for Windows? · · Score: 1

    did you notice the "for free or under $100" part.

    I don't know about you but $100 won't buy you much of my time.

  25. nope on SCO Approaches Google About Linux Licenses · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, red dimes get you!