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  1. Re:Jesus, what balls... on Americans Don't Want Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    I would much rather have advertisements than have the alternative, paying cash.

  2. Re:Go with basics on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because nothing says a good time like Electrostatic Discharge.

  3. Re:Lack of standards. on eBay Denies New Design Is Broken, Blames Users · · Score: 1

    Get off
    my lawn
    you crazy kids
    putting more
    than one word
    on a line.

  4. Re:Machines arn't even remotely comparable on OS Performance — Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if you aren't running it on the same hardware why even fucking bother?

  5. Re:Let me defend the Wikipedia here on English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles · · Score: 1

    Well it's true Wikipedia does a lot more traffic than Slashdot, Alexa rankings are total bullshit.

  6. Been Doing This For Years on Scientists Create Artificial Bones From Wood · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been making bones from wood since puberty, these scientists obviously never took health class in middle school.

  7. I hope that's a one way connection on First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live · · Score: 4, Funny

    Otherwise that lady is going to be in for quite the surprise when the pacemaker starts looking at youporn.

  8. Re:At some point... on Is Intel Killing 12-Inch Displays On Netbooks? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That used to be true of a desktop.

  9. Gotta Love Slashdot Linking on Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Getting the code right to link to something on Slashdot is so hard not even the editors can get it. Maybe that's a sign of something.

  10. Re:Religion and Internet Filtering on Malaysian Government Wants Internet Filtering · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think the reason they don't censor the internet in Russia is because the government knows it would get it's ass handed to them by the good citizens of the internet if they did.

  11. Re:when drives are "idle" ? on Garbage Collection Algorithms Coming For SSDs · · Score: 1

    They will be Idle whenever Slashdot needs something stupid to post.

  12. What could go wrong on Microsoft Hardware Demos Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rubber dome keys, keys do different things based on different pressures, extra useless features, won't be hard to type on at all.

  13. Quality journalism really isn't cheap on Murdoch Demands Kindle Users' Info · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quality journalism really isn't cheap, Slashdot can't even bother to link to an actual source for any of this information.

  14. Deju Vu? on NASA's New Telescope Finds Exoplanet Atmosphere · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  15. Re:new form of book burning on Sony Takes Aim At Amazon's Kindle · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should join up with Amazon. That sounds right up their alley.

  16. Re:Here come the Lawyers on Medical Papers By Ghostwriters Pushed Hormone Therapy · · Score: 1

    In the US you can sue just about anyone for just about anything. It's just a question of whether or not you will win.

  17. Re:The Fans DID Notice It Though on xkcd To Be Released In Book Form · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey can you fix the Slashdot CSS while you're here?

  18. Re:Whaticker? on Has Conficker Been Abandoned By Its Authors? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, looks like you're the first one to get their wireless driver working.

  19. Re:Better way to go on Microsoft Drops Windows 7 E Editions · · Score: 1

    "This way more users get to see how good $fanboysbrowserofchoice is too."

  20. Justifying Piracy on EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On · · Score: 1

    Well at least this will give Slashdot to justify their pirating ways.

  21. Re:Thanks again, /. on Company Awarded "The Patent For Podcasting" · · Score: 1

    And does Slashdot actually care? The patent was filed more than 5 years ago, is prior art and will be totally ignored. Oh boy.

  22. Re:So what? on Windows 7 vs. Windows XP On a Netbook · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The point of netbooks is to use them for whatever the fuck you want. Just because they are called "netbooks" doesn't mean I'm only allowed to access the internet with them.

    On my netbook I can browse the internet, write an essay in OpenOffice, watch 720p movies, run an FTP client, play CS:S. Upgrading to Windows 7 makes all of these things faster.

  23. My Anecdotal Evidence on Windows 7 vs. Windows XP On a Netbook · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Having run Windows XP, Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my MSI Wind U100 I can say Windows Seven has by far been the best OS. XP ran fine, but it wasn't particularly pleasing to the eye and had some issues running multiple programs at once. Ubuntu looked marginally better but performance wise it was terrible, I couldn't watch a flash video without it seizing up. Windows Seven looks pretty, runs faster than XP and is just better overall.

  24. True for Discs as Well on The Downsides to Digital Distribution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't game companies still need approval from Microsoft to distribute games in physical media? If so, how would moving to a downloads change that? You still need the same approval you did before.

  25. Pulled a Michael Phelps? on Netflix Prize Contest Ends, Down To the Wire · · Score: 1

    So The Ensemble ripped bong with 4 minutes to go which gave them the creativity to squeak ahead by %0.01?