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  1. Re:The most important concept in WinSxS on "Side By Side Assemblies" Bring DLL Hell 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Let's see if I got that right: So thanks to WinSXS DLL Hell in essence is really more like DLL Heck and we should all sleep better now?

  2. Re:Wow on Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So *if* what condenses is crystalline, it could literally be raining gems on that planet.

    Thanks a bunch, dude! Now that you told the effing world about it every punk in the galaxy will come flying bucket in hand. (tentacle/suction cup/etc) Why exactly do you think we stressed the "unbreathable atmosphere" etc? Thanks again, buddy.

  3. Re:Getting these all over the place on Fake Antivirus Overwhelming Scanners · · Score: 1

    In a corporate environment desktop virtualization using a write protected "gold image" makes a lot sense. If a virus strikes, just reload the VDI and it's gone. The only "PC" you have to worry about keeping virus free is the "gold image"...

  4. Re:Once you've had AIDS on AIDS Vaccine Is Partially Successful · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of that joke about the guy who asks the hooker if she got aids, and when she says "No", he says "Good, I don't want that shit again"

  5. Re:To be so lucky... on Shuttleworth Suggests 1-Way Valve For User Experience Testing · · Score: 1

    All very reasonable, yet vi is one of the most popular/useful/used programs out there

  6. big deal on New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "pure water". It would be a lot more interesting if they found seriously contaminated water, with lots of organic compounds. Heck, raw sewage on mars would really make my day!

  7. Re:Shifting Standards on SGI Rolls Out "Personal Supercomputers" · · Score: 1

    You're spot on. And it's usually made by Silicon graphics, has a name that starts with an "O" and costs 8 grand. And always a huge flop. (No pun intended)

  8. How to kill the perfect weed? on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    I got it! Let's draw a line across the state at Highway 80! That oughta take care of it! Only in Alabama...

  9. oh no on Space Shuttle To Be Replaced By SpaceX For ISS Resupply · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's hope their wrong. Doesn't anybody remember how crappy the first PC clones were? And compatibility, compaq gear didn't work with tandy, whcich didn't work with... etc. etc.Not what you'd want to experience when you're trying to dock to a space station made by another manufacturer.

  10. why the clinostat? on Making Babies In Space May Not Be Easy · · Score: 1

    The clinostat bit is still somewhat puzzling. One would have thought that with all the junk they drag back and forth between earth and the space station they would have included a couple of pregnant mice by now. Anybody know why this is so?

  11. Re:insulin on Healing Wounds With Diamonds · · Score: 1

    causes the cell's internal GLUT-4 protein to come from deep in the cell. GLUT-4 opens the gateway for glucose to the cell which will often pull in other things

    Oh my. If you change the 'G' in GLUT-4 to an 'S' (and make some other minor adjustments) those few sentences sound downright racy...

  12. So? on Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    That's one more app than XP cand handle on this crapbox PC!

  13. in conclusion on Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop · · Score: 1

    Am I to understand that there is no known operating system that is ready for the desktop? Okidoki, guess I'll just turn this thang off and go home.

  14. Re:It's all about the caps on UK Government To Back Broadband-For-All · · Score: 1

    > I don't live in UK but I still hope there isn't going to be one. Isn't there Caps Lock on all keyboards?

  15. just one objection on UK Government To Back Broadband-For-All · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find the term "broad band" offensive. I much prefer the phrase "all female orchestra", but I agree that everybody should have access to one. What do you mean off topic?

  16. Re:MacAfee Finds Way to Market Product as Green! on The Ecological Impact of Spam · · Score: 1

    I got a better idea: Just put a state of the art spam filter on the spammers outbox!

  17. Re:someone send me $399 on Android 1.5 SDK Is Released · · Score: 1

    Send me your account information. Sincerely, Nigerian business man

  18. Definition? on Work Progresses On 10,000 Year Clock · · Score: 1

    What makes this thingamajoob a "clock" as opposed to a "calendar"?

  19. deja vu on Eavesdropping On Google Voice and Skype · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the cyberspace equivalent of a handset and a couple of alligator clips. Solution: Just don't talk about sensitive stuff over the phone.

  20. Re:Karma on Microsoft Ordered To Pay $388 Million In Patent Case · · Score: 1

    Two wrongs don't make a right, but it does create a warm fuzzy feeling to know someone who wrongs others gets a little of it back.

    For some reason, I just had a mental image of Marie Antoinette being drowned in a vat of cake-mix...

    No, if I have my math right it's more like two wrongs = (right/388,000,000). Microsoft's official comment: "Mmm, cake."

  21. Re:How about the followup? on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1

    Or you could try some of the techniques from "mastering finger".

  22. predictable on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1

    Did you expect any less from the folks that publish make magazine? (Two UNIX command references in one sentence! I win! We can all go home now.)

  23. GMT? on Blizzard Shows Off Diablo III Archivist Class, WoW Dance-Off · · Score: 1

    I'm sooooo ready for April 1 to be over. Midnight in which timezone counts as the terminator for this boring ass day on slashot????????????????

  24. Re:Who is Dan Kaminsky on Security Researcher Kaminsky Pushes DNS Patching · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a DNS error: Mark Russinovich and Dan Kaminsky resolve to the same person.

  25. sounds cool on Competition For the App Store Is Mounting · · Score: 1

    "Android Market" sure has a nice ring to it. Like something out of Philip K Dick. Or early Star Wars, come to think of it.