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  1. Re:Time to call your Congress Critter on 'Pirate Act' Would Shift Copyright Civil Suits To DoJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naw, just turn it back into a Terriory and cover it with Renewable Energy Algae Vats. Sell the excess to the rest of the world and pay off the national debt.

  2. Re:... or so the aliens would have you believe! on Area 51 Hackers Map Buried Surveillance Network · · Score: 1

    If anything, based on the assorted "UFO Sightings" in the area, they might have some kind of special vehicles program. That, or people are just fucking bonkers.

    These things are not mutually exclusive. :)

  3. /Library on One More Mac Protocol Handler Exploit · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you follow John Gruber's instructions mentioned above (as you probably should, it does the job easily and fine), be aware that you'll need to apply the changes he mentions within each user account on your system. Just install the RCDefaultApp in
    /Library/PreferencePanes
    not
    ~/Library/PreferencesPanes
    and then either have each user make the indicated changes, or just do them all yourself.
  4. Re:Oh the humanity on Blimps... In... Space... · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am imagining this thing getting a hole from a micrometeorite and going fllurruurpptpppthhh around the globe like a punctured balloon in your living room, whacking into San Francisco, slobbering over Addis Ababa, sliming Machu Picchu, bouncing off Sidney before coming to rest sadly draped over the Eiffel Tower. Of course.

  5. Oh the humanity on Blimps... In... Space... · · Score: 3, Funny

    on their third test of a blimp system specifically designed to fly to space

    "Now, the object of this expedition is to see if we can find any traces of last year's expedition."

  6. Well on Doctors' Neckties Transmit Germs · · Score: 3, Funny

    One suggested remedy from the article is tie condoms.

    And would those be "ribbed for her pleasure"? My suggested remedy from the article is to close the browser window and try to forget the whole thing. ;)

  7. Re:So .. on Remote New Zealand Volcano Sees Dinosaur Alert? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait until the Dino figurine starts a blog. The intarweb just might explode.

  8. Re:Cool! on "A Sound of Thunder" Movie This Summer · · Score: 1

    I had the opposite problem and thought at first this was a "Days of Thunder" sequel. No where near as impressive. Unless it was set in the future and had an F-Zero tie-in of some kind, of course. :)

  9. Re:Worst reply i've GIVEN.... on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 1
    Easier Mac OS X instructions:

    1. Launch Terminal if it's not already running.

    2. Type
    ifconfig en0 ether
    And read the thing after "ether"
  10. Re:You said it... on Worst Explanation From Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget the wonderful 'lieutenant' which has nary an F to be seen, and yet is pronounced 'leftenant,' at least in the British Army. Wikipedia article here.

  11. Re:suck it up and get a motorcycle. on Alternatives to Cars? · · Score: 1

    Soooooo, the answer to big honkin' steel deathtraps is.... more big honkin' steel deathtraps? Well, I'm glad we have that settled!

  12. Science at its best on Is Windows Losing Ground? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Boy, glad to see that unscientific guesswork from extremely limited statistical samples is alive and well! ;)

  13. That's the thing... on 71% of Spam Servers are Located in China · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hardly surprising, since as soon as you spam a million people, an hour later you're hungry to spam a million more. ;)

  14. Re:Redesign the web? on Web Redesigned With Hindsight · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know, but I bet his "meta-chlorian" reading is off the charts! ;)

  15. Re:If I had a nickel... on Solar Cells Get Boost · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah I guess the outdoor lighting, pool heating, and housing industries (just to name a few), are pretty miniscule consumer applications. :P

  16. Re:Site is slow: article text on Apple Creates new iPod and Macintosh Divisions · · Score: 1, Insightful

    P.S. I have never owned a mac.

    Boy, that's a surprise.

  17. Re:perspective problem on Chandra Provides Support For Dark Energy · · Score: 1

    (From 'The Maid' Seinfeld episode)

    "What street are you on?"

    "I'm on First and First. How can the same street intersect with itself? I must be at the nexus of the universe!"

  18. Zounds! on How to Protect a Network Against Lightning? · · Score: 4, Funny

    IIRC Protection from Lightning is a 4th level Cleric spell!

    Geeks these days...

  19. Re:Without being too cynical on Practical File System Design with the Be File System · · Score: 1

    "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written."

  20. Re:Metric System on de Icaza: Rest of World Will Force US Into Linux · · Score: 1

    We'll give lame excuses ("12 can be divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6!")

    Not to agree or disagree with the usability and/or wonderfulness of metric, but easy divisibility is hardly a lame excuse.

  21. Re:Interesting on Pizza From the Command Line · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worst would be a GUI wrapper around the CLI program that would dial your regular phone for you. From the Department of Redundancy Department.

    Unless you piped it into a speech synthesizer to do the ordering... Hmm...

    And then hooked it into an Eliza bot... Hmm...

    Domino's Dude: "Thank you for calling Dominos. Would you like to hear our specials?"

    Computer Voice: "We were discussing you, not me."

  22. Re:SCO Imitates Art on Royal Bank of Canada Cashes Out of SCO; SCO Begins Layoffs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even their stupid business plans have prior art.

  23. Re:Thank "The Doors.".. on Royal Bank of Canada Cashes Out of SCO; SCO Begins Layoffs · · Score: 5, Funny

    People are strange when you're Darl McBride
    Linux looks ugly when you're alone
    IBM seems wicked when you've just sued them
    Wall Street is uneven when your stock is down

    When you're Darl
    Lawyers come out of the rain
    When you're Darl
    No one won't curse your name
    When you're Darl
    When you're Darl
    When you're Darl

  24. Next Gen? on Microsoft Drops Next-Generation Security Project [updated] · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their Next Generation security project was doomed from the start once Lore kidnapped Data and took his place in the landing party.

  25. Re:Do you think... on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    And you should also promise not to use Longhorn on any other computer you currently have.

    Not that it will run on any other computer he currently has....