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  1. Alternatives. on UK To Mull High Video Game Taxes — To Fight Knife Crime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I propose a 278% tax on all history books. History has long been known to contain scenes of bloody violence, sexual deviance and disregard for authority. It is time that the government and parents started to take a stand against the corruptive influence of history.

  2. Mea Culpa My Ass on How Vista Mistakes Changed Windows 7 Development · · Score: 1

    Microsoft execs should be forced to go door to door for everyone who got vista forced on them, hand them a copy of windows 7 and an Ubuntu disc and then allow themselves to be beaten with a pool cue.

  3. Re:Bundling does NOT automatically mean monopoly on Developers Looking to Set Up Alternatives To Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    I want to flag this as insightful or interesting, but I have already posted. FLAGGED> Insightful

  4. Define for me please. on Developers Looking to Set Up Alternatives To Apple's App Store · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How does creating a device tied to your store not meet the definition of an unfair monopoly?

  5. Re:I used google search on Google Earth Uncovers Secret UK Nuke Base · · Score: 1

    I have been, it is an interesting day out. The duck and cover video while underground is a bit unnerving however.

  6. me thinks that RAND doth protest too much. on Film Piracy, Organized Crime and Terrorism · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Download Torrents, stamp out terrorism.

  7. lesson learned? on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1

    Moral of the story, avoid norton like the plague. A moral many of us learned in the 90's.

  8. The British have an different plan. on Calif. Politican Thinks Blurred Online Maps Would Deter Terrorists · · Score: 1
  9. coincidence? on French President Busted For Copyright Violation · · Score: 2, Funny

    He was downloading plans for marine one, and the new U2 album.

  10. Puppy on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the colonies but here in the UK the EEE originally shipped with puppylinux. :D

  11. Please Wear Before Reading on Atlantis Seekers Given Thrill by Google Ocean · · Score: 1

    http://zapatopi.net/afdb/build.html Dare not venture into the shadow realm until you have donned one of these bad boys

  12. Re:What is boxee? on Boxee Drops Hulu Support · · Score: 2, Informative

    Boxee is a media center app for OSx Linux and soon windows. It lets you browse your own video music and picture collections but also allowed streaming of web content, hulu, youtube etc.

  13. Re:That kind of language doesn't say much on Stimulus Could Kickstart US Battery Industry · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/hr1_legtext_cr.pdf QUALIFIED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE is defined as a vehicle "which is propelled to a significant ex- tent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery which "(i) has a capacity of not less than 4 kilowatt hours (2.5 kilowatt hours in the case of a vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels), and "(ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity.-"

  14. what next. on New York Wants To Tax Internet Downloads · · Score: 0, Troll

    12% tax on getting screwed in the ass by the government.

  15. THe Old Ways Are Often The Best. on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 5, Informative

    .22 air rifle, 3 Beers and 2 cans of Redbull. Make a night of it.

  16. Re:What about my mom? on Mozilla To Join EU Suit Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I resent the implication. we don't have a basement.

  17. What about my mom? on Mozilla To Join EU Suit Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I despise IE, I loathe it with the fury of a thousand suns. But what happens when my mom (the last remaining luddite) is finally compelled to upgrade her aging PC. She opens the box fumbles through the wires, even gets windows running through trial and error, then spends two hours shouting and weeping looking for her browser. I am the one who has to talk her through, or remote assist her before she destroys the machine with the keyboard.

  18. Re:Pisses me on Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Adults should be free to buy whatever the hell games they want" That is why ratings are there, to protect non adults from inappropriate content.

  19. Proxy. on Apple's Terms No Longer Allow ITMS Purchases Outside of US · · Score: 1

    ProxyProxyProxyProxyProxyProxyProxy I use OpenVPN it just runs happily in the background allowing me to access Hulu and all kinds of other US only content.

  20. Deja Vu? on Windows 7 To Skip Straight To a Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    Because microsoft has never had problems shipping a product prematurely before it has major kinks ironed out. Except Office, Windows, Xbox console, etc.

  21. common misconception on Obama Looking At Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I am as big a fan of Open Source as the next slashdotter, but there seems to be this feeling that because something is free or opensourced it is automatically better.

  22. Of babys and bathwater on The In-Progress Plot To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Creed :: If we can't do it no one should be allowed to try.

  23. If The NES has taught us anything. on Anyone Besides Zune Owners With New Year's Crashes? · · Score: 1

    Take out the hard drive, blow on it and then reinsert it.

  24. Re:8 cores, 3 Gb, 3 GHz? on Microsoft Invents $1.15/Hour Homework Fee For Kids · · Score: 1

    Fork bomb.

  25. top 10's on 2009, Year of the Linux Delusion · · Score: 1

    And in no particular order, my 2008 top 10 top 10 list of 2008. 1) top ten celebrity linux slip-ups 2) top 10 open source explosions 3) 2008's top 10 celebrity windows pet peeves. 4) top 10 obama-zune rumors. ...... etc.