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  1. THAT'S OVER... on Google URL Index Hits 1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    nine hundred and ninety nine million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine!!!!!!!

  2. Re:The Important Question.... on No Gap Found In Math Abilities of Girls, Boys · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because obviously if it was conducted by a male, it will be biased toward boys and if it was conducted by a female, it will be biased toward girls, right?

    Thus, I hereby suggest hiring a transsexual robot to lead the next survey.

  3. Re:If its shiny on Ubuntu Is Hyper-Active At OSCON · · Score: 1

    So I guess you're trying to say Vista doesn't have a shiny UI? Because it certainly has reliability and good hardware support for just about everybody I've talked to. This isn't the RTM, open your eyes a little.

  4. Drizzle? on Slimmed Down MySQL Offshoot Drizzle is Built For the Web · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For shizzle?

  5. Re:Optimized? on Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista · · Score: 1

    I do not want noise to be reduced by my flash hard drive. It's almost a feature nowadays - When your HD starts being noisy, you transfer your data to another drive ASAP because your first drive is going to fail.

  6. That's easy on Warning Future Generations About Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    http://www.futureme.org/

    Let's just send ourselves tons of emails!

  7. What the... on Linux's Security Through Obscurity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Linux users typically praise open source software on the basis that vulnerabilities can be found easily and patched by anybody who possesses the knowledge to do so, making open source software more secure. Why should this change now?

  8. Of COURSE they do on Spammers Choose GMail · · Score: 1

    It makes it much easier to find out their spammees' names with Google Calender!

  9. Re:Plust best of all on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 1

    Well let me educate you then - There are a lot of programs to remove malware nowadays. Like I said, if you're getting malware from a keygen, you clearly have no idea how to protect yourself from it. There are various programs to either remove an infection once found, or prevent it entirely in the first place (Sandboxie for instance). As for tampered images, usually the comments are a pretty good indication of whether the image has been tampered with. At any rate, I have a MSDNAA account so I couldn't care less.

  10. Re:Excellent notion on Linus on Kernel Version Numbering · · Score: 1

    I highly doubt "Windows 7" is going to stay that way, especially since 7 just refers to the NT version number. And yes, Vista sounds stupid.

  11. Re:Plust best of all on Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008 · · Score: 1

    Never gotten malware from TPB. Maybe you just suck at identifying or protecting yourself from malware. *smirk*

  12. Exaggeration! on Mother Sues After Bebo Story Hits Press · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The party was held at the family's £4m villa in Spain, and the daughter's account claimed that jewelery had been stolen and furniture and a television set thrown into the swimming pool; in addition there were claims of sex and drug use. The mother says that this was all falsehood and exaggeration" Yeah. The villa is only worth £3.5m. And it was actually a DVD player that was thrown into the swimming pool. Oh and there was no drug use, only sex.

  13. Strategy guide? on Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are there any cheat codes?

  14. Re:Great news! on Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think buying Ubuntu is supporting Linux at all. It's supporting Best Buy if anything. If I want to support linux by paying I'll just donate on their website.

  15. Re:What's in the box? on New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo · · Score: 1

    You mean the one that's a lie?

  16. What's in the box? on New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo · · Score: 3, Funny

    A cat. We don't know if it's dead or alive.

  17. Re:lame on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, I realise what you mean now.

  18. Re:lame on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 3, Informative

    I was referring to Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, which is pushing as an automatic update now if I'm not mistaken.

  19. Re:Congrats on breaking the non-existent record on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 1

    Obviously I meant African countries.

  20. Re:lame on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Considering Internet Explorer ships with Windows and most often is forced on users with automatic updates, this is hardly surprising. At least Firefox users choose to download it. (And yes, I know you can turn auto updates off).

  21. Re:Congrats on breaking the non-existent record on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 2, Funny

    You could pick the country you signed the pledge from. Many people picked Africa for shits and giggles.

  22. Good work! on Firefox Breaks 8 Million, Gets Into Guinness · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An excellent move for Mozilla. Although I'm sure a lot of these downloads were from existent Firefox 1.5/2 users, I'm sure some of the people using Internet Explorer jumped on the FF bandwagon. Less spyware, better browsing, less bullshit. Good work.

  23. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't mind that much? on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1

    I was mainly taking into consideration non-rendering features. Tabs and RSS being the 2 I care the most about. Standards wise, I'd use Opera/Firefox any day (And I do.)

  24. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't mind that much? on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but doesn't it induce higher CPU load? This is what I'm mainly concerned about.

  25. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't mind that much? on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1

    On another note, I'm guessing the two HTTP connection issue is the issue where the server the link points to doesn't accept any more than 2 HTTP connections at a time, because I certainly can't see what it is about; it won't load....