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  1. Re:Let me tell you a story on Sprint Drops Customers Over Excessive Inquiries · · Score: 1

    They have call quotas to fill

    Because Lord knows, if they don't fill those quotas, the entire department gets outsourced.

    And someone, somewhere out there, reads this post, and thinks: "Sprint customer support...outsourced...here, maybe?...one can only dream"
     
    and creams in their pants

  2. Re:command list (mirror) on iPhone Researchers Gain a Shell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget the essentials:
    IDSPISPOPD - no clipping (walk through walls with iPhone)
    IDBEHOLDS - Berserker! With iPhone!
    IDDQD - God/Steve Jobs mode (not just a seafood restaurant, but a reservation at that restaurant)

  3. Re:Guess I'm too young -- Semantics on The Mainframe Still Lives! · · Score: 1

    It must be late, I started reading MF the wrong way and you started sounding like Samuel L Jackson...

  4. Re:Virtual on Second Life Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court · · Score: 3, Funny

    Naaa, he should just go on Cyber Jerry Springer or Cyber Maury and present his case to the people.

  5. Re:Noooooooooo!!! Not tonight! on Slackware 12.0 Released · · Score: 1

    And when you return to work the next day, with a gleam in your eye, just tell them you've had sex. Just so you don't have to answer any more follow-up questions.

    In case they do ask, just tell them, freshmeat.net. There, no more questions.

  6. Re:The stereo rack! on The Man Who Went Through 11 Xbox 360s · · Score: 1

    ...as it was listening to Pavarotti's rendition of 'Ave Maria' in full 5.1 Digital sound

  7. Re:Checklist on Stanford Gets First Sun Blackbox · · Score: 1

    It's for the next 24.

    And all Jack needs is the IP address...

  8. Re:Typically Slashdot on Microsoft Bends To Norwegian Pressure · · Score: 1

    'This is one of the stories when I decide not to read Slashdot ever again.'

    Ya, last I heard it was as tough to give up as smoking.

  9. Re:He's dead, Jim on The Sopranos Ends With a ... · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wasn't it:

    He's dead, Jim. Leave the gun. Take the canoli.

  10. Re:... Hurray for realplayer... on Star Wars Takes Over Harvard Commencement · · Score: 1

    Hay Asmandeus!! SHe has a sister!!! OMG Poniez! 11111!!!! Will she be my Latin lover?

    Ok, I'll stop now

  11. Re:no alternative on Alternatives To Adobe's Creative Suite? · · Score: 1

    We were trying to avoid the car analogy here, you know.
     

  12. Re:Link? on The Ultimate Reset Button · · Score: 1

    I am looking for one that resembles the EMP switch from the original Matrix movie. If it has bugs (like actually bringing the entire electronic grid down in your neighborhood), I wouldn't mind paying it at half price.
     

  13. Re:It's the Linux (tm) way on Syncing Music Players In Linux? · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe if the girl says GNo

    ouch
     

  14. Re:Relevant? on 13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON · · Score: 1

    Do you think that any teener would find it cool to have these cards?

    When they realize the value of 'Get out of jail' card, thrown in for those other kids you are talking about, then the battle for hearts and minds would have begun.

    There is also the 'Make one phone call' thrown in for good measure.
     

  15. Re:Could be good... on Animated Castlevania Movie Sounds Promising · · Score: 1

    Agree with you on Vampire Hunter D. ANd the above poster who enjoys Resident Evil, I think it warranted enough of a following that sequels were even done (enjoy each one when they're on reruns here, maybe because of Milla?), so you're obviously not alone.

    I am a fan of the incredible animated clips in some of these games. Even though I don't play them, I was wishing somebody would put them together so I know what the ending would be, just like back in the Quake Done Quick days.

  16. About Damn Time We Change GIMP's Name on Transform a Regular LCD Into a Touchscreen · · Score: 1

    This being Slashdot...

    an alternative for Photoshoppers...

    and GIMP/GIMP pimps/GIMPoids/GIMPles/GIMPhomaniacs

    take your pick
     

  17. Re:Did I miss something? on Steve Jobs Personally Resolves Customer Complaint · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, you mean the RDFA (Reality Distortion Field Article)!

    Case in point: There really was no wife, it was a blow up doll, girlfriend to many a slashdotter. Or so I've heard.
     

  18. Re:253 or 352? on Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux · · Score: 1

    somewhere you are missing a dimension

    He's from the future, you insensitive clod!

  19. Re:Steven Milloy on Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    Don't lick the floor where it broke. Don't gnaw on the pieces of broken glass. Don't scrape the coating from the inside of the bulb, dissolve it in vodka, and inject it into your neck.

    Shuddup already! Don't you know this is how warning labels get started?? Or at least how new cocktail recipes get started at Moe's Tavern. Are you trying to stop the tide of evolution singlehandedly?
     

  20. Re:Why Apple? on NIN Releases Garageband Sources For 3 New Tracks · · Score: 1

    His songs aren't like that at all, you must have downloaded a British bootleg of a NIN tribute band. Stay away from that server, I tells yaz.
     

  21. Re:RIAA on NIN Releases Garageband Sources For 3 New Tracks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, so if I buy the NIN CD of legally downloadable music, would that make me a ninja? Or a pirate in a bizarre alternate universe?
     

  22. Re:Profit?? on MS Offers Vista Upgrade Pricing To All · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vista is expensive, but quit spreading fudd.

    The $751 he is quoting is the Director's Cut, featuring audio commentary, deleted scenes, multilingual subtitles, and alternate endings, such as failure to boot after the install process. Cut him some slack.
     

  23. Re:Dvorak ergonomics statistics on Is DVORAK Gaining Traction Among Coders? · · Score: 5, Funny

    * Home row -- Dvorak: 66%, Qwerty: 32%
            * Top row -- Dvorak: 24%, Qwernty: 49%
            * Finger movement (arguably less scientifically 'hard' piece of data) -- Dvorak: 367m, Qwerty: 602m

    You left out:
            * Coworkers leaving your computer alone due to DVORAK layout -- priceless

  24. Re:Vim on Is DVORAK Gaining Traction Among Coders? · · Score: 1

    But when you hit CTRL-backspace, doesn't the view out the window change?
     

  25. Re:Analogy on 1080p, Human Vision, and Reality · · Score: 1

    It's like when I get a large Diet Coke after supersizing the burger and fries, at least I know I can't blame the fat on all that soda.