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  1. This is bad, imo on Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks · · Score: 1

    Lego blocks are quality and most people taking advantage of this will probably make cheap blocks which will in turn bring down Lego's quality to compete.

    This is only one Lego. Anything else is junk.

  2. Re:What Rights? on EU Will Not Divulge Microsoft Contracts · · Score: 1

    Unless of course said government is trying to make a case against MS to make them pay out more money while at the same time being run by people too dim to use Linux and don't want to expose their hypocrisy. MS won't divulge the info either to prove the EU to be a bunch of hypocrites because they get a huge chunk of money from them.

    While I can appreciate the EU "sticking it to the man" which can help some of us, in the grand scheme of things using MS products while attacking MS makes them look like hypocrites and strengthens MS' case.

  3. Duh on OpenOffice Vs. Google Apps · · Score: 1

    OOo will always be better but Google Docs is much more portable if you don't have a laptop with you at all times and it makes sharing docs much easier. That is what people will use it for.

  4. Unoriginal on German Doctor Cures an HIV Patient With a Bone Marrow Transplant · · Score: 1

    He just stole the idea from Omega Man. He needs to give Heston the credit he deserves.

  5. Re:The MS hate on Slashdot is hilarious on Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store · · Score: 0

    An app store isn't a repository. I think you're confused. It's best if you chill for a moment before you get even more confused and think chairs are for throwing instead of sitting.

  6. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 0, Troll

    Being black isn't going to stop someone from being president. Being so old you can barely move and having cancer numerous times means you probably won't see the end of your first term and leave Americans with a overly religious under educated bimbo.

    Calling someone Grandpa McCancerFace isn't nearly as bad as coming back home from war to your disfigured wife and cheating on her so I have very little sympathy for the guy nor do I care what his supporters, who may find that offensive, think.

  7. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It doesn't matter so much that you could guarantee that as much as the fact that it was on paper and you could recount if you weren't sure.

  8. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's a moot point. Back when everything was on paper if you weren't sure then you could recount them.

    Bush's 2k1 election wasn't the first time a president won with the electoral college instead of the popular vote but it's the first time it couldn't have been fully verified thanks to electronic voting.

  9. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 1

    You say that but I think some people would rather not count all the rich land owning votes coming from Hollywood if they could avoid those.

    E-voting is flawed but let's not get sucked up into all the conspiracy theories.

  10. Re:Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Unfortunately you're right. But my optimism in my fellow American leads me to believe Grandpa McCancerFace couldn't have won. I know I'm being naive because Bush won two terms when he shouldn't have done more than one but that's the way I felt.

  11. Re:what the heck are you talking about on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well yeah except for the fact that everyone knows that the doc format is synonymous with Word so you know wtf I'm talking about and if I want Word's doc format and ODF then I'll use OOo rather than a plug-in for Word.

  12. Re:QOTD! on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 1

    Well yeah if you want to be anal then they can be opened by any zip program. :P

  13. Voting is a joke now on The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Purely by the fact you can't guarantee that every American's vote counts makes it a joke.

    Mind you, McLame wouldn't have won either way, thank god.

  14. Re:QOTD! on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 1

    Yeah it's as proprietary as the English language seeing how anyone can speak it. Woe is me!

  15. Re:Toolkit, lol on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where is that "- 1 poops" when you need it?

  16. Re:QOTD! on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well yeah except you don't need Sun to open your jar. You can use Winrar to extract the info so it's not like it's a closed format.

  17. Beating Word will be hard on ODF Toolkit Announced · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I've struggled to get people to convert people at work and they won't. It's not because ODF is inferior it's because they know Word and it's safe for them. Forget that OOo does docs...Word as well is safe too and god forbid they learn something that's nearly the same GUI-wise, imo.

  18. Re:Of course the latency can match on "Minority Report"-Like Control For PC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It would be healthier and yes I think people do want it. They don't mind looking like complete twats talking on their blue tooth headset or walking around with fanny packs and those two things along are more embarrassing than doing Minority Report-like hand movements, imo.

  19. Porno on "Minority Report"-Like Control For PC · · Score: 4, Funny

    I definitely want Minority Report-like hand controls for porno.

  20. Re:this just makes sense on Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds · · Score: 1

    Exactly and the younger they are the less likely they're going to realise they should have went for diamonds over booze.

  21. Re:Yikes on Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course women dream of wearing something on their finger that you passed through your penis.

  22. Re:this just makes sense on Scientists Turn Tequila Into Diamonds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tequila is cheaper and produces better results imo.

  23. Re:ewww on Toshiba Launches Laptop With Three GPUs · · Score: 1

    People can slag off Apple all they want (because it's true their hardware is way over priced) but PC manufactuers come off retarded when it comes to hardware design. Apple is king and their design is so simple. I can't believe no one in the PC side of things has the balls to rip them off and instead try to make PC look like a shipping container or a whore.

  24. Re:The problem with desktop replacements on Toshiba Launches Laptop With Three GPUs · · Score: 1

    To be fair I use my laptop as my main computer with my desktop as a server. Yes it runs hotter when I do gaming and yes it's heavier than I'd like when I walk a mile to work every day but it's worth it.

    I can run apache, tomcat, mysql, netbeans, Firefox, Windows media player amongst other things and it doesn't break a sweat. As far as the weight, it's probably making me healthier by lugging it around and the battery life lasts my bus journey so I can't really complain.

  25. Re:Cool, but.. on Toshiba Launches Laptop With Three GPUs · · Score: 1

    It's a cheap way to heat your house. You get to be green and have fun!