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  1. Re:It happened before on Best Buy Customer Gets Box Full of Bathroom Tiles Instead of Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    I do IT work in a warehouse/distribution company. When we ship out double orders or other mistakes like this, it's actually harder to catch, since customers don't report these errors. So and bugs in the system or picking errors are actually more likely to be in favor of the customer, since errors are not in favor of the customer are reported and fixed.

  2. Re:Well duh on Techie Pay Approaches All-time High · · Score: 1

    No, we were talking about food here.

  3. Re:Number of People on Facebook Goes To 64 Bit User IDs · · Score: 1

    You would if you had a 32 bit Facebook account!

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia LCD screens YOU on Sharp's Tiny LCD Doubles As Scanner · · Score: 1

    Interesting point. There are some problems with fingerprints that I see: 1) You can't change your fingerprint if it gets compromised (like you can change a password). 2) It will be used for everything from passwords to applying for loans, applying for a job, etc, just like the social security number with all it's problems. 3) If someone needs your fingerprint bad enough, they can just cut off your finger (ie: to rob you at an ATM or something).

  5. Re:Interesting. on Linux Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat/Novell · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, presumably IP Innovation had to buy the patent from somebody, so the original inventory should have been paid already.

    But still, I agree that companies like IP Innovation shouldn't be able to extort money from companies after waiting so many years for a technology to become ubiquitous.

  6. OS Wars on Mom Blasts Ballmer Over Kid's Vista Experience · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only on Slashdot do we discuss what is the most appropriate OS for a 13 year old girl. :)

  7. Re:Parity with US$ has gone to their heads! on Canadian Mint Claims Rights To Words "One Cent" · · Score: 1

    Don't blame us, all the good birds and animals were taken by other countries. That's why we have the loon and beaver as our nation symbols.

  8. Re:Low ID Roll call on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 1, Chips & Dips · · Score: 1

    I think I registered about 6 or 7 years ago also, if that helps.

  9. Re:Squandered potential on Indiana Jones Gets Robbed · · Score: 3, Funny
    What's better than the Raiders' big round boulder? Two of them. Two different directions.

    You already mentioned Lara Croft!

  10. Re:Suppositions on Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing · · Score: 5, Funny
    but then again, half of all lawyers graduate in the bottom half of their class

    Is this true??? We must do something to improve the quality of lawyers! Also I'm trying to figure out why 40% of sick days are taken on Mondays and Fridays, but that's another issue.

  11. Re:Ummmm on Replacing a Thinkpad? · · Score: 1

    There's really no problem with Chinese laptops, just don't lick them.

  12. Re:Ummmm on Replacing a Thinkpad? · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Lenovo owns you!

  13. Re:Defeated by themselves... on Microsoft Extends XP's Life By 6 Months · · Score: 2, Insightful

    BAHHHAHAHAHAA! You should work in marketing! :)

  14. Re:It's not just about the "free" CDs either. on Video Professor Sues 100 Anonymous Critics · · Score: 1

    That happened to me, but I don't remember ordering the damn pills in the first place!

  15. Re:Freefall.... on Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity with US$ · · Score: 1

    All I know is that I wouldn't go hunting with him.

  16. Re:Classic Bait & Switch on Massive Canadian Class-Action Cellphone Suit Is Approved · · Score: 1

    Try getting Rogers high speed internet without first having Rogers cable..

  17. Re:And... on Misleading Data Undermines Counterfeiting Claims · · Score: 1

    Is Slashdot hiring? These guys sound perfect!!

  18. Re:To see if you are affected under Cygwin on Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission · · Score: 2, Informative

    Double click "My Computer"
    Double click "C: drive"
    Double click "Windows"
    These system files are hidden, blah blah, click show files
    Scroll through massive directory listing and find the system32 folder, double click it
    These system files are hidden, blah blah, click show files
    Scroll through even more massive directory listing and find the wuapi.dll file, right click and select properties.
    Click the version tab.

    Oh yeah, that was much easier than typing 1 line.

  19. Re:Irony on Vista Pirates To Get "Black Screen of Darkness" · · Score: 1

    Every version of Windows has always included these "features"!

  20. Re:Good story on RIAA Trying To Avoid a Jury Trial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I can imagine how this would go:

    Judge: Now we will hear comments from the jurors..
    Juror #7: (jumps to feet) FIRST POST!!!!
    Juror #2: Powned!
    Juror #5: Common guys, -1, off topic.
    Juror #12: In Soviet Russia, first post owns you!
    Juror #2 snickers ...

  21. Re:What about the traditional modes of transport? on Mobile Phones to Monitor Traffic Congestion · · Score: 1

    If they have cell phones, then yes.

  22. Missing info on Mobile Phones to Monitor Traffic Congestion · · Score: 2, Funny

    How come the map doesn't show all the American call center's and outsourcing firms? This is Bangalore, after all!

  23. Re:fsf is a fair weather friend on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 1

    The purpose is so that people can modify programs to suite themselves. However, if you want to repackage and redistribute the code, then you need to include the source code and the license, I don't think that's too much to ask.

  24. Re:They don't have hookers on every corner on The US Rural Broadband Crisis · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What ever happened to TCP/IP over power lines? It used to be mentioned around here occasionally, but I haven't heard anything about that in a while.

  25. Re:Is this why modern music stinks? on The "Loudness War" and the Future of Music · · Score: 1

    Rush is a great example. Vapour Trails was also way too compressed, there is a great article about this album, which also answers a lot of questions people have posted here as to why this is happening. Well worth the read for anyone interested in this stuff.