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  1. First? on Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's in hot pink, too...or should I wear 3D glasses for that photo?

  2. Re:Is this any surprise? on Aussie Gamer Loses PS3 Court Case Over 'Other OS' · · Score: 1

    skipped installing the linux-killing update

    How is it as a linux box? I've heard that it is quite limited, but I am not sure how (HDD? memory?) And how come you haven't powered on, does it contact the mothership (sony) looking for an update? Can that part be disabled?

    Otherwise, I will be looking for these on the auction sites, if it's worth it. I'd appreciate your opinion or comments on this aspect of the box.

  3. Re:alice and bob on Hackers Eavesdrop On Quantum Crypto With Lasers · · Score: 1

    ...until they met Ted and Alice, the couple that moved in next door. Then the sex became even more interesting.

    (boy I feel so old)

  4. Re:This seems related. No paywall on Scientists Unveil Structure of Adenovirus · · Score: 1

    adeno, man, with my clunker of a PC should I go and check out what you linked to even?

  5. Re:Should have kept his rant to PowerPoint on PowerPoint Rant Costs Colonel His Job · · Score: 1

    Brilliant! But I can't decide whether to read it in a Joe Pesci making a presentation or Christopher Walken making a bullet point kind of voice, so I decided to default to Will Ferrell instead.

  6. Re:Deciphering the Code on UVB-76 Explained · · Score: 1

    You know, you lost most of us here at 'rugby'; here we work better with car analogies...

    Oh and you played rugby? GUARDS! Seize him!

  7. Re:Have Fun with the neighbors on Fun To Be Had With a 10-Foot Satellite Dish? · · Score: 3, Funny

    And then, while they're out in the yard, you come out in some sort of hazard suit and, within earshot, speak into your cellphone, "Alright honey, switch it on...Ok, there, Perfect! It's fully operational!"

  8. Let me guess what you had to ask on LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi' · · Score: 1

    Your so-called 'small timer' Sourceforge project is called Death Star?

    Exactly how *long* before 1-point-oh, huh buddy? Or should I call you Darth Vader now?

  9. Re:Be radical. on Google Wave and the Difficulty of Radical Change · · Score: 1

    But someone also wrote about wave, from this point of view: look at what email has become. Your own inbox has become a spambox, as if your very desk drawers were crammed with so much junk. Most email apps use half their energies to filtering out the bad stuff, while you spend how much more time tweaking it further because you don't need a bigger organ or bigger breasts, thankyouverymuch. And yet the bad stuff and the Prince of Nigeria still manage to find their way through. Wave could have developed into an alternative, where we could focus on getting things done, instead of moving mail to trash all the time.

  10. Re: Ask the Kernel Overlords on Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug · · Score: 1

    You're lucky to get a "Can you bisect?"

    All I got was a "Does it blend?" and a derisive snort.

  11. Re:Because LA sucks for WiFi in general on Some LA Coffee Shops Are Taking Wi-Fi Off the Menu · · Score: 1

    The reason there is no picture of LA in those dictionaries is because the Governator will pay you a personal visit and ask you to please take it down.

  12. Wait a sec... on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 1

    So erm...what is the 5th trillionth digit of pi? Not to cast aspersions on such a brilliant piece of work...just curious (I for one, would like to know something Alex Trebek doesn't know).

  13. Re:Are they exact? on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 1

    So OEMs can put this trillionth digit Pi on upcoming hardware just so the PC's BIOS can check for bad ram?

    Even the captcha word today is 'applied!'

  14. Re:My first thought... on The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet · · Score: 1

    Oh and Ritchie, you get to wear this. When you're on duty, that is.

    "Do I have to?!"

    Shall we go over this again? It happens at every Secret Session.

    "'Secret session?' Just call them meetings, for cryin out loud!"

    In an abandoned underground bunker somewhere, the Captain mentally goes to his quiet place...

  15. Re:Really two different halves on The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet · · Score: 1

    It's not as serious as you make it out to be, as long as one of the seven is Morgan Freeman.

    Haven't you learned anything?

  16. Re:FTFA on 100 Million Facebook Pages Leaked On Torrent Site · · Score: 1

    Well, whoever is interested might be able to reply to some invites (in the negative, I hope) that I have received or respond to some of the causes they seem to think I'm interested in, or join the Mafia or some other game they think I have time to mess with.

    I do like the fact that I can be found, but the rest of FB is a barrage that constantly reminds me of excess baggage. I would like to organize it somehow but that is daunting and might take up too much time as well. Time that could be better spent on, er slashdot.

  17. Re:Egos don't scale on The Scalability of Linus · · Score: 1

    What is needed is a good new fork with strong support

    You need to enter into his dreams to suggest that. Oh, and watch out for that train.

  18. Vanishes? The *real* mistry here... on The Mouse Vanishes · · Score: 1

    ... is his last name.

    Thanks, I'll be here all week!

  19. It shall be known as YATMMOSS on Microsoft To Add Yet Another Smartphone OS This Year · · Score: 1

    Following trends from l33t websites like Freshmeat.net, they have decided that it shall be known as Yet Another Touted Microsoft Mobile OS *spit*

  20. Re:Yay Poster! on How To Take a Big Vendor To Small Claims and Win · · Score: 1

    He must be new here...

  21. I better get a headstart then... on Japan Plans Moon Base Built By Robots For Robots · · Score: 1

    Better corner the market on signs that say "ROBOTS ONLY--no carbon-based units
    allowed. This means YOU!" How many doors on that moonbase again?

  22. Wait if it's a story about cars... on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 1

    are we still required to come up with a car analogy?

  23. Re:PDF!!! on Is Wired's App Really the Future of Magazines? · · Score: 1

    Wait, Wired even had to *code to flip pages portrait or
    landscape?

    I thought the makers of iPad had reached an agreement with the
    earth's gravitational forces to achieve such perfect harmony that
    you would know exactly when your plane is taking off,
    simply by the way the page is doing a 'Star Wars' thing.

  24. Re:DOS Is dead use visual basic on For Automated Testing, Better Alternatives To DOS Batch Files? · · Score: 1

    Heck it might even be featured in a movie:

    "Short and simple, it issues commands to these printers. WTF...DOS?!! I know this!!"

  25. Re:Natali's interview on Neuromancer Movie In Your Future? · · Score: 1

    I still pick up the book from time to time. Right, you guessed
    it, the bathroom library.

    Maybe now some of the tech might be dated, so I wouldn't mind if
    the tech took a backseat and let's see the movie define the
    characters.

    I have Cypher. (Having Lucy Liu doesn't hurt.) I'd like to see
    how this director makes Neuromancer and not have Hollywood spoil
    his vision.

    I'd like to see how the Finn looks =) because that movie playing
    in my head cast the Admiral Ackbar in there, and he sucks. I said
    'looks like a gopher, not a fish!