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  1. Re:I had some ideas, but they are pretty "out ther on OpenOffice UI Design Proposals Published · · Score: 1

    Whoosh? The GP was making a joke in relation to the new ribbon UI in Office 2007. One would think it was pretty obvious...

  2. Re:So, where did they steal this idea from? on Microsoft Releases New Concurrent Programming Language · · Score: 1

    Of course most of it they stole from Java, with an attempt to add refinements here and there.

    Because Java didn't take anything from any other languages and then refine them? You can't name a single thing in Java that can't be traced back to a previous language.

  3. Re:WTF is a "Concurrent Programming Language"? on Microsoft Releases New Concurrent Programming Language · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Next question asked is WHY has Microsoft have to invent one when there are others available already?

    Because you would whine and bitch about them "stealing" the language if they were to co-opt another concurrent programming language to run in their .NET environment.

  4. Re:I love DosBox on DOSBox Sees Continued Success · · Score: 1

    Steam runs in Wine just fine. Welcome to 2006.

  5. Re:Story's title is flamebait on Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates · · Score: 1

    Well of course. Microsoft never said you would get to use the RC for forever.

  6. Re:What Critics? on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    Except that that definition isn't what the summary was using when it said "critic". It was clearly referring to movie critics.

  7. Re:What Critics? on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rotten tomatoes has it rated at 95%, which means that there are very few critics that don't like the movie.

    Which is precisely why the summary says "At first glance, JJ Abrams' Star Trek has won over audiences as well as critics".

  8. Re:Who cares? on Is a $72.5m Opening Weekend Enough For Star Trek? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because the movie studio gets a bigger share of the ticket sales in the earlier weeks. As time goes on they get less of a cut as the theaters get more.

  9. Re:And The Loser Is... on IBM "Invents" 40-Minute Meetings · · Score: 1

    At first I thought your post said lemon party award and went "WTF?!?!".

  10. Re:Looking for better interns? on How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually having extracurricular activities is very much what you want to see a person engage in. It usually shows that they might have a modicum of social skills.

  11. Re:Mine Mine on IBM "Invents" 40-Minute Meetings · · Score: 2, Funny

    I patented the 41 minute and 1 second meeting. You better make sure not to infringe my patent!

  12. Re:salt not required on How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks · · Score: 3, Informative

    The part about taking it with a grain of salt was added by Rob after the fact. Had you taken the minuscule effort required to click on the firehose link below the article, you'd have found this out.

  13. Re:Why is this stuff connected to the internet? on Hackers Broke Into FAA Air Traffic Control Systems · · Score: 1

    But the controller needed to download the latest episode of Monk from iTunes!

  14. We're whalers on the moon? on How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So there are no whales on the moon just trout?

  15. Re:I highly disagree with General Eisenhower on What's Getting Cut From Science Part of the Federal Budget · · Score: 1

    I think you misunderstood. Those working poor get all those taxes back at the end of the year because of deductions.

    You don't get the Social Security and Medicare deductions back at the end of the year. So no, they do not get all those taxes back at the end of the year.

    I live in a poor area, and my neighbors do not pay taxes.

    Then they are being paid under the table.

  16. Re:The was a coordinated hacker protest on Hackers Broke Into FAA Air Traffic Control Systems · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a glandular problem you insensitive clod!

  17. Re:Easy. on Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Plans · · Score: 1

    Wait, I thought this was an article about Windows not Linux.

  18. Re:How about selling licenses at a reasonable cost on Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Plans · · Score: 1, Troll

    To ass rape people in poorer countries that couldn't afford to be ass raped at the higher premium cost?

  19. Re:Official position on Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Plans · · Score: 1

    I thought that was all Steve Ballmer's fault? :P

  20. Re:Revoke content? on Lala Invents Network DRM · · Score: 1

    Except that Apple have removed DRM from more-or-less all the music in the iTunes store, and there are now plenty of companies selling plain unencumbered MP3s.

    So no one ever purchased a single thing from the iTunes store before DRM-free content? Oh wait, they did which was entirely my point. Despite what people on here say, most consumers don't give a shit about DRM as it is almost always transparent to them. Yes, there are exceptions, but considering how extremely successful the iTunes store was in it's fully DRM days (or the huge popularity of Steam) we can see that the complaints are a minority of the total user base.

  21. Re:Revoke content? on Lala Invents Network DRM · · Score: 1

    Yes, I do realize that. Doesn't change the fact that people, many in fact, were buying music from them when it was DRMed.

  22. Re:I've tried it on MS, Intel "Goofed Up" Win 7 XP Virtualization · · Score: 1

    What corporation, that doesn't have an IT department run by complete fucktards, buys their employees Sony Vaios?

  23. Re:First vote! on CCP Speaks On Player-Elected Advisors For EVE Online · · Score: 1

    The other problem with listening to the players is that it dilutes any strong vision the devs may have originally had.

    Your strong vision means jack shit if none of the players like it and stop playing your game.

  24. Re:Revoke content? on Lala Invents Network DRM · · Score: 1

    The comment I was replying to was about content being able to be revoked from you on a whim which can be done with both the Steam store and iTunes it had nothing to do with longevity after the service dies.

  25. Re:Revoke content? on Lala Invents Network DRM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, people are SO going to purchase content that can be revoked on a whim.

    You mean like how no one uses the iTunes store or Steam?