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  1. Great on Solving Sudoku With dpkg · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now solve my dependency:

    dpkg --build girlfriend

    At least have it answer with some saucy ascii for christ sakes

  2. Pfft.. on Japan Demands Probe of iPod Nano Flameouts · · Score: 1

    It's not like these people are blameless. All of them entered "Limp Bizkit Playback Mode" and all of them paid the special price.

  3. No strings attached? on New Multi-GPU Technology With No Strings Attached · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Head In The Cloud Computing (TM)

  4. I don't like kneejerk politics on China to Build a Zero-Carbon Green City · · Score: 1

    And maybe this was in the pipeline for many years, but it is awfully coincidental that we've been talking negatively about pollution in china recently isn't it?

  5. You mean there is protection against iphone virus? on Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Scandalous!

  6. Re:I realise this is totally unacceptable on Using My PC For Plain Old Telephone Service? · · Score: 1

    I don't agree - the poster is smart to want the entertainment audio to *forcibly, automatically* lower when his (money making) phone call arrives.

    Are you saying you might have seen through my "insightful" post to the true "pedantic" nature? :-)

  7. Re:Obi-Wan on Official Support For PHP 4 Ends · · Score: 0, Troll

    I felt a similar disturbance..

    However, I perceived that it was as if millions of underachieving non OO toting PHP devs (professional internet browsing technicians) suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced

  8. I realise this is totally unacceptable on Using My PC For Plain Old Telephone Service? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My reason is this: if I'm watching a movie or listening to an MP3 while I'm waiting for a call, I don't want it to ever be apparent to the person who is on the phone with me,

    It won't be.. because you'll have paused it before answering the phone because you can't hear what they are saying if it is still playing.

  9. Re:Maybe it's just where I am (australia)... on IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops · · Score: 1

    Penetration in new pcs = sales, dimwit.

  10. Amalgamation and then separation by importance on Mozilla Launches Snowl Messaging Prototype · · Score: 1

    Kind of like what we have now. *Shrugs*

  11. Re:Infect a Virus with a Virus on Purpose? on Viruses Infected By Viruses · · Score: 1

    Could this mean that there could some day be the potential for crafting a virus, with the intent of infecting another virus to potentially destroy it? Something like this would probably have the potential to do more harm than good, but maybe this is a new way to look at potential treatments?

    Better to send in the nanobots - they will be much more predictable.

  12. I'm not in the slightest bit offended but.. on New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Surely there are plenty of geeks out there that recognise that the pursuit of excellence (no matter if it is in a GAME) is far more commendable than the average person's pursuit of an encyclopedic knowledge of televisional (i likes to makes the new words) general knowledge. If you hate sport, at least admire the anti-apathy.

    Kind of like going to the airport. It's uplifting. Just about everybody has a purpose, a direction, an empty wallet after that $8 coffee.

  13. Is it like a concept car? on Mozilla Unveils Aurora Concept Browser · · Score: 4, Funny

    In that the release date is the same day as duke nukem for(n)ever?

  14. Re:Real reason: conflict with Google on Patry Copyright Blog Closed · · Score: 1

    I consider myself a cynic but I've gone a different path. I believe him, in the sense that there would be a serious difficulty for journalists to resist the temptation to not attribute anything he says to google.

    Whilst I'm sure that as he points out that he is under no duress to close, I'll bet this blog and the constant misquoting the google position is enough to make things uncomfortable in his day job often enough.

  15. Maybe it's just where I am (australia)... on IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But I've never met any "common man" family with a linux based PC. I find it strange to hear that previous article on penetration of linux in new PCs in the UK up to 2.8%. As good as linux desktops are, I still can't quite believe that Joe Bloggs with zero knowledge will comprehend the virtues and not be seduced by the fact that almost everybody around him is running windows
     
    As I say, it might just be "where I am". I can't recall anywhere generic selling linux based desktops here so no real surprise I don't know anybody who fits this bill.

  16. Dear Myspace Friends of Enron on SEC Lets Companies Disclose Via Websites, Blogs · · Score: 2, Funny

    We is goin' down to Infinitee Nightclub wiv our new legally acquired funds!*

    BTW, company totally looking possibly broken.

    Drinks at 9, Lines at 7 LOL!

    L8rs
    Ur G'z @ Enny Ron

  17. Good to see that slashdot is equal opportunity on NASA's Mars News Is Not Life, But Perchlorate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So that even if you're trippin' balls on acid and those words that so easily arrange themselves sober are a bit jumbled , you still write a summary and hit the front page.

  18. Steps to surprising article everybody reads on Linux Pre-Installs In the UK Hit 2.8% · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Find Marketing research company willing to give arbritrary statistic that surprises and enchants.

    2. Write article citing (blaming) the marketing firm several times without really covering credentials.

    3. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP*cough*rofit

  19. Paltry effort on University of Maryland Team Wins Robot Sub Competition · · Score: 2, Funny

    No fricken laser beams

  20. Sure you need to back the full 2 gig? on Online Website Backup Options? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Presumably, much of that 2 gig of data is static, so perhaps you could look into minimisation of exactly *what* you need to back up? It might be within the realm of your net access.

  21. Re:Hokey Pokey Science Fiction if you ask me on Researchers Find Color In Fossils · · Score: 1

    If the warning was legitimate you'd probably have a point :)

  22. Re:120,000 subscribers total on Yahoo Blocks Venerable Email List Over False Positives · · Score: 1

    If their revenue is generated via click throughs I'd say they are doing pretty well for themselves.

  23. Hokey Pokey Science Fiction if you ask me on Researchers Find Color In Fossils · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen the evidence. Color evolved when Dorothy was whisked away to OZ.

  24. Ahh memories... on Verizon Denies DSL Because of Subscriber's Name · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to amuse myself by ordering free stuff from the internet using abusive names. It was great receiving hand written postal pickup notices for Peter Cuntbridge.. I could see the turmoil the employee had clearly suffered in writing that surname. The slight "squiggle" at the un to cloud the perception just in case ole Pete's name had been mistaken.

    Jason Vomit has been receiving his victoria's secret catalogues for quite some time.

    Mario Luigo Bowserpeach entered the readers digest sweepstakes. Believe it or not, he has in his possession a genuine cheque for 1 million dollars*

    I guess they might want traceability in this particular instance but in general, from working in a mailing house and my exploits of immaturity I think it's pretty clear that businesses mostly have a "whatever" attitude to this sort of thing.

    *This is not a real cheque.

  25. Re:Or you could just oh I don't know on Toyota Announces the Winglet, Wannabe Segway Killer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    Thank you for the journey into Fuckingobviousville.

    Yours Sincerely

    Gob "The Final Countdown" Bluth