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  1. Re:30 minutes? on MorphOS 3.0 Released: Refusing To Let the PPC Desktop OS Die Gracefully · · Score: 1

    To me, that is actually quite appealing, in a Mission Impossible sort of way. If I can't fix or gimp it in 30 minutes or less, it's actually work. Plus, it would prevent me from tweaking the wallpaper or theme, which is a bad habit of mine lately. At least I could say Shut it down and mean it.

  2. What I did on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    Get in the IT staff of an AMerican-based (UK-based?) company that has a lot of customers/foreigners like yourself.

  3. Re:who pirates software any more? on BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    They have been busy pirating torrent software left and right.

  4. Re:Better Details on Nmap 6 Released Featuring Improved Scripting, Full IPv6 Support · · Score: 1

    Do we need to rewrite The Matrix Reloaded then?

    The Wachowsky Brothers

  5. For the Professional Edition on Microsoft Redesigns chkdsk For Windows 8, Improves NTFS Health Model · · Score: 1

    The Professional Edition will include a DVD of Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley, in case the user blames himself for the computer's failure during stressful times.

  6. 139 comments ... on Archaeologists Find Oldest Known Mayan Calendar · · Score: 1

    139 comments and nobody has bothered to ask who their decorator was??

  7. Re:I work in the advertising industry on Dish Network Announces Prime Time TV With No Ads · · Score: 1

    Hey, if the boobs were covered with the words NOW HIRING, I'm, all over them. There, I said it.

  8. Re:Who is Bill Banning? on Bill Banning Employer Facebook Snooping Introduced In Congress · · Score: 1

    More importantly, Who is Facebook Snooping?

  9. Re:This is bullshit. on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Dangerous Lines of Scientific Inquiry? · · Score: 1

    Well, was it Og or Urgh? I'd hate to go through all this packing and time travelling only to kill the wrong guy.

  10. Re:More Linux fragmentation... on MATE Desktop 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    It's not the appearance that's an issue, but the functionality.

    Say what you will about these folks, but putting Undo/Redo in a file manager is so frakkin clever.

  11. 'We go to the matresses' on Data Center Staff Will Sleep Among the Racks For London Olympics · · Score: 1

    That's what the Sonny said.

    Would it be possible to order some of these 'Olympic' datacenter beds online?

  12. Re:My 0.02 on GNU/Linux Running On An 8-Bit Processor · · Score: 1

    It's not on my site yet (keep forgetting to put it up there)

    lol! There are more important* things to do, right?

    *(as in more fun)

  13. Re:Why? on GNU/Linux Running On An 8-Bit Processor · · Score: 1

    Most importantly though, he did it because he could. Doing it puts his skill set far above that of most people, and having that on the resume would get him in good with nearly any semiconductor corp on the planet that needs a software or firmware developer.

    Man, I hope he smoked a cigarette afterwards...

  14. I've already made the sequel app for this! on World's Creepiest iPhone App Pulled After Outcry · · Score: 1

    'Am I within the Restraining Order Zone' app, soon at the app store nearest you.

  15. You're all forgetting the ONE last thing that matt on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    ELBOW leaning into the horn, blasting out loud enough to let everyone in the immediate vicinity -- yes, even that oncoming train whose tracks you're sitting on-- know it's THAT rat bastid's fault, not yours!

  16. Re:Of course it is on Early Exposure To Germs Has Lasting Benefits · · Score: 1

    That, and the invention of spears. To protect against infected woolly mammoths.

  17. Re:NOT AMIGA OS on Amiga Returns With Lackluster Linux-Powered Mini PC · · Score: 1

    Note these aren't the same guys working on the Amiga OS

    Looking at the price, I'd say the guys that managed the old Amiga and ran it into the ground, are back and in charge of THIS asylum.

  18. Re:It goes without saying on Amiga Returns With Lackluster Linux-Powered Mini PC · · Score: 1

    "Mainstream well known distro". Slackware FTW! Oh, were you thinking of something else?

  19. Re:Keep the 80 Hour Work week. For my Sake. on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 5, Funny

    40? How will I be able to keep up with Slashdot on such a short week?

  20. Re:What about Scratch on Gamestar Mechanic Teaches Kids to Write Their Own Computer Games (Video) · · Score: 1

    BTW, I agree with people complaining that Slashdot seems to be putting advertisements into the stories themselves. This isn't right and it does diminish what quality is left in the website.

    Yes, Your Honor, we come to /. to read the (ahem) fine articles. May I present Exhibit A.

  21. Someone please explain on The Mercedes-Benz 'Cloaking Device' · · Score: 1

    How is it able to capture or reflect the people looking at the car if the cameras are mounted on the other side (the uncovered side)? I wasn't really able to see much (probably intentionally shown as a glance) of the rig, but I think I saw a girl pass by behind the gear.

  22. Re:cool, but...? on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 1

    Because people read the name and they think it's Matt "There's Something About Mary", "Wild Things" oh ya with the two babes at once Dillon.

    Same reason they have to specify millionaire-playboy Bruce Wayne.

  23. Re:It will create 14 million jobs on Cloud To Create 14 Million Jobs? Not So Much · · Score: 1

    But the good news is, at least, they were all sleeping when this news came out on /.

  24. Re:Why can science... on Precise W Boson Mass Measurement Helps Lead the Way To the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1

    First off, she has to be real.

  25. Re:Don't go there... on Ask Slashdot: Using Company Laptop For Personal Use · · Score: 1

    The above is the simplest of reasons. What happens if you lose the laptop? Will your first cry be 'My pr0...my movies!' or just a dismissive, How soon will the replacement arrive?