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  1. Re:Link? on Murdoch Demands Kindle Users' Info · · Score: 1

    Where on earth is the link to TFA?

    Obviously, it was scuttled by some monkey.

  2. Re:Not sure that hard drives are any better... on Up To 10% of CD-Rs Fail Within a Few Years · · Score: 1

    I mean, with USB appearing on -everything- from cell phones, to game consoles, to cigarette port chargers and more,

    except Macs

  3. Re:Suing yourself is collusive litigation. on Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself · · Score: 1

    There must be more to this story, though.

    There will be, when the defendant files a countersuit.

  4. Re:TrueCrypt? on Online Storage For Lawyers? · · Score: 1
    Q: What do you call 100 skydiving lawyers?

    A: Skeet

  5. Re:Bars are a business and a meeting place on Closing Time At Microsoft's Campus Pub · · Score: 1

    No this is AMERICA....

    Whereas in Europe you can head over to a pub to relax and chit chat, in AMERICA (and English Canada) it is completely frowned upon.

    In American, you first have to play a round of golf before you can do business at the bar, errr, 19th hole.

  6. Re:Seems rather silly on Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car · · Score: 1

    So which niche is this targetting?

    It is a SuperSized Segway designed to carry SuperSized Americans.

    Seriously.

    Ever tried to take a regular Segway to the drive-thruh window?

  7. Re:Backfired! on Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department · · Score: 4, Informative

    The real question is, who's the judge who signed the warrant?

    FTA: "Maricopa County Judge Gary Donahoe (http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/JudicialBiographies/Judges/judicialBio.asp?jdgID=19&jdgUSID=121) signed the search warrant"

  8. Re:What IBM get's for 7B on IBM About To Buy Sun For $7 Billion · · Score: 3, Insightful
    For their $7 Billion, IBM's Patent Attorneys get Sun's Patent Portfolio.

    Scary.

  9. Re:Agreed. on Linux Needs Critics · · Score: 1

    As a non Linux guy, I've been interested in installing Linux several times but the community has turned me off. If you go on a forum or something similar and suggest a feature you're often told that you're doing it wrong. That's probably true, but it's poor attitude for growing a client base.

    I'd like to introduce you to Theo @ OpenBSD...

  10. Re:Not such a good idea on New Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    If only there was someone that already had advised the Obama administration, other national governments and even spoke at the UN that could raise the concerns with people that matter. :)

    Sounds like a job for the BSG cast.

  11. Re:Is this it? on Online Banking Customers Migrating To Lynx · · Score: 5, Informative

    The one saying "2009 will be Year of the Linux Desktop."

    How about seeing long-time Microsoft shill John C. Dvorak penning a column titled "Dvorak likes Linux"? You wouldn't fall for that, would you?

    It actually happened back on March 9: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342703,00.asp

    Dvorak wrote: "I cannot wean myself off Windows altogether because, well, I write about Windows. But for ancillary machines that I put together where I need reliability and low price, I'm always going to see whether Ubuntu works. And if it does, that's what gets installed. "

  12. Re:How many years have they been working on this? on NASA Shows Off Mock-Up of Mars-Capable Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Wow, all these years of working on the new moon/Mars project, and they hit upon the ingenious idea of making an Apollo splashdown pod slightly bigger. My tax dollars at work.

    In all fairness to NASA, their did have to come up with something that could be understood by Dubya.

  13. Re:Computer Labs are still useful on RIP the Campus Computer Lab, 1960-2009 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It seems to me that if you are a college administrator, you should probably spend a day in any computer lab you are investing resources in.

    Computer lab usage peaks *after* the administrators go home for the day.... or at least it did when I was an undergrad.

  14. Re:Appropriately named Fire Chief... on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 2, Informative
    "Mythbusters went to Yolo County and ended up with a bigger bang than expected."

    Yolo == You Only Live Once

  15. Re:obvious reaction on Companies Waste $2.8 Billion Per Year Powering Unused PCs · · Score: 1
    corrrection:

    I am a company shareholder and executive, you inessential clog.

  16. Re:obvious reaction on Companies Waste $2.8 Billion Per Year Powering Unused PCs · · Score: 1

    I am a company shareholder and executive, you insensitive clod!

  17. Re:American Idol on Diebold Admits Flaw In Voting Software · · Score: 1

    We can vote with high confidence for American Idol

    That's because American Idol voters have a real choice to make.

  18. Re:This is a Tax on Cities View Red Light Cameras As Profit Centers · · Score: 1

    Screw uninsured motorists, IMO. If you can't afford compulsory insurance, you can't afford to drive, period. Take the bus.

    What bus?

  19. KISS Principle on Powering Restaurants WIth Deep Fried Fuel · · Score: 1

    Why not use the biofuel to heat and power the deep fryer?

  20. Re:Coming soon, on Powering Restaurants WIth Deep Fried Fuel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if they could only harness the methane from all those customers -- then we'd be talking about Taco Bell as a serious energy company.

    Fixed your post for you!

  21. Well, Duh! on Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fast, Good and Cheap: Pick any Two

    MS certainly didn't pick Good !

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle

  22. Re:bad summary on Uncle Sam's Travel Site Grounded By Breach · · Score: 1
    Actually, the Govtrip website was completely down for most of the week. Here's a mxlogic report that says just that:

    http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/web-security/govtrip-hacked-offline-for-more-than-a-week979.cfm

    Second, "user information was not compromised" was how they first responded to the initial reports of a break-in at the (monster.com outsourced) government's job site (http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/)

  23. Re:You're an idiot. on Uncle Sam's Travel Site Grounded By Breach · · Score: 1

    The great promise of the internet is in making life convenient. The above things all make my life as a frequent traveler more convenient.

    I'm the article submitter. My employer, a federal agency, has its internal network, with internal websites. I cannot comprehend why a critical work function -- travel -- was outsourced in a way that users must go out to the public internet and access a public website. Does that make sense to anyone?

  24. Clippy on Microsoft To Open Retail Stores · · Score: 1
    It looks like you're trying to compete against Apple.

    What would you like help with?

    * MSCE Bar

    * Flying Chairs Screensaver

  25. Re:an iphone that's missing 3g and edge on Turning an iPod Touch Into an iPhone · · Score: 1

    Which is precisely why I've had a voip client on my iPhone that, in blatant disregard of Apple's Wifi only voip rules works on the cellular network, and has through the last several firmware updates...

    It'll stop working once AT&T hears about it.