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  1. Re:Windows 8 blows on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but games dont support it.

  2. It needs to be said. on Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sometimes stupid people need to be told they are stupid, otherwise they wont stop being stupid.

  3. Re:People still use blacklists??? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Anti-Spam Service Extortion? · · Score: 1

    lots of places use them, and it really shits me.

    Most of them list you for stupid reasons, eg having a dynamic ip (even if it is really static, and they will only remove dynamic listings if you are the ip range owner)

    Its a constant support hassle for me.

  4. Re:Microsoft Mathematics on Ask Slashdot: Replacing a TI-84 With Software On a Linux Box? · · Score: 1

    Came here to say this.

  5. Re:WHY COULD IT FAIL? on Why Microsoft's Surface Pro Could Fail · · Score: 1

    sounds like you need a small wallet filled with SD/microSD cards

  6. Not news. on Microsoft Surface Struggles to Ship A Million Units · · Score: 1

    News Flash!: Poor product in competitive market sells slowly, film at 11!

  7. Re:Met them on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 0

    But thats the thing with Autism, it has a great deal of variation. They have just decided to stop calling a subset of Autism "Aspergers Syndrome"

    As to weather or not that is a good thing, I remain uncertain.

  8. Re:But those coins are a pain to carry on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    wallet with coin holder?

    pants with pockets?

  9. Re:Familiarity on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    be more careful with your money?

  10. Re:Not yet... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    You should look in the mirror.

  11. Re:Not yet... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This will not happen until Americans can let go of their irrational attachment to dollar bills and pennies.

    In Australia we ditched $1 and $2 notes for coins in 1984 and 1988. 1c and 2c coins were dropped in 1992.

  12. Re:please on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 1

    Doesn't stop someone from opening up the GAL and loading everyone into the CC field.

    And then someone else hitting Reply All telling them to fuck off.

  13. Re:Comcast routers on Australia's Biggest Telco Sold Routers With Hardcoded Passwords · · Score: 1

    ATM Machine

  14. don't on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Become a Rural ISP? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave it to the pros

  15. Re:They just need to... on Sharp Warns That It Might Collapse · · Score: 1

    And the same LG panel inside.

  16. Re:Complainer on Linus Torvalds Advocates For 2560x1600 Standard Laptop Displays · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

    Go fuck yourself you ignorant apple fanboy.

  17. Re:Agree 100% on Linus Torvalds Advocates For 2560x1600 Standard Laptop Displays · · Score: 1

    And an optical drive.

    And standard hard disk and ram

    And a keyboard that is usable

    And a real mouse.

  18. Re:Why downgrade? on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Your.

  19. What? on Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus? · · Score: 1

    Quote: "reasonably competent CPU user"

    Really?

  20. How current iPhone users see the iPhone 5 on Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 5, Funny
  21. your.

  22. Re:Cave Johnson Here! on Micromotors Race About By Turning Water Into Hydrogen Gas · · Score: 1

    Notice how nobody panics if everything goes according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying

  23. What is going on at HP? on HP Hires Ex-Nokia Exec, Spins Off WebOS, Reportedly Returning To Tablets · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I cant help but think that HP are just stumbling around in the dark doing things at random in the hope that something pays off.

  24. Wasting your time. on Ask Slashdot: Personal Tape Drive NAS? · · Score: 1

    No.

    Hard drives are cheaper, easier, more useful.

  25. Re:Downgrade rights on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    Have you actually used it?

    You can get to something that roughly resembles a desktop, but its not usable.