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  1. Re:From what I've read on U.S. Fed Goes Brand Neutral · · Score: 4, Funny
    dubya:~ bush$ man nukuler
    No manual entry for nukuler
  2. Why? on U.S. Fed Goes Brand Neutral · · Score: 0

    How many people will now avoid the iPod since our commander-in-chief uses one. Of course, it's not like he picked it out or even filled the playlist himself, so I'm sure nobody would use that information when purchasing one. But that's my point. People don't make blind decisions just because a government agency likely made a blind decision before them.

    Then again, people in Soviet Russia appear to be afflicted with amusing juxtapositions of the aforementioned situation.

  3. Re:hey on Microsoft Releases Eight Security Updates · · Score: 0

    That wasn't an OS login. That was a Workgroup/Domain login, albeit misleading.

  4. At 6pm. on Apple Announces Tiger Release Date · · Score: 0

    Just a note, it says "Friday, April 29, 6 p.m."

    http://www.apple.com/home/2005/images/tigercounter 20050429.gif

  5. Crack? on Crack Found in Shuttle Tank · · Score: 0

    I wonder what they were going to smoke it in.

  6. Well, that's because... on The Baby Bootstrap? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has the military really given up on this concept, or has their research moved to other, more classified levels?

    Actually, since the project is 30 years old now, you can't find anything on baby bootstrap" anymore because you should have searched on something like "unshaven slob who watches SpongeBob all day bootstrap".

  7. Re:Burn grass to make fuel?? on Burn Grass, Get Green Biofuel · · Score: 0

    What the hell are they smoking?!

    Well, IT sure beats what they put you through at the airlines.

  8. FOOLS SHOP AT THINKGEEK on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK! · · Score: 0, Redundant

    FAKE GHOSTLIKE PHOTONS

    ...is an anagram for...

    FOOLS SHOP AT THINKGEEK

    Just thouht I'd share.

  9. Yet... on Followup on MS and Brazil in NY Times · · Score: 3, Funny

    We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on a program so that Microsoft can further consolidate its monopoly..."

    Yet they use Word grammar check.

  10. Re:Yet, that is not small enough. on World's Smallest Linux Box Fits in RJ-45 Jack · · Score: 2, Funny
    Great. Let's figure out some more idiotic ways to fill up the IPv6 node space.

    • Linux on Antenna Balls
    • Linux on iPod shuffle
    • Linux on Fire Extinguisher
    • Linux on Cow
  11. Big Stick Policy? on Open Source As Legal Time Bomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the proposed solution is to sue the pants off of anyone involved with open source and take their money. Open source developers have a great defense against this: they have no money.

  12. Defrag first, man. on Comprehensive Guide to the Windows Paging File · · Score: 4, Informative

    One of the biggest performance helps is to keep the paging file from being fragmented, and I'm not talking about three or four fragments.

    I've come across workstations where the paging file is in thousands of fragments. This happens when someone messes with the settings. For instance, they might increase the size of the paging file thinking it'll help to have more. Normally, it's not a bad idea to increase it but if the drive is heavily fragmented, Windows dutifully uses the fragments for the new space.

    The only way to fix it is to completely delete (deactivate) the page file, then do a defrag, then re-create the page file (several reboots involved).

    That's probably the best way to tune the page file. There, I saved you from having to take the time to read the article.

  13. Re:Mythbusters on The Solar Death Ray · · Score: 0

    That was probably "The Most Disappointing Mythbusters Ever." It was only interesting at the end, when they destroyed it. All those mirrors crashing at once, they figured it represented a large multiple of 7 years bad luck.

  14. Re:as much as linux forces me to learn bash script on iTunes DRM Hole Closed · · Score: 0

    How do you know my time is worth nothing just because I'm not at work?

    As more and more information based employment becomes a reality, this "meme" as you call it, becomes more and more true.

    My ability to code doesn't stop at 5:00 PM when I leave work. It also doesn't depend on my being *at* work.

    Leasure is defined, by those same silly economists, as "unpaid human activity." If my leasure time interfeers with time better spent on revineu generating activities, it helps to think of it in terms of dollars per hour.

    If you had to pay $35 to watch an episode of 24, I would bet you wouldn't watch it.

    A McDonald's employee's skill set is equivalent to his/her pay, if it is the only job he/she is qualified at.

    I know this sounds like a dot-com-bubble theory, but guess what? 2004 was the year the dot-com recovered from the bubble burst. And the companies that are still standing are a lot more nimble and aware of the mentality that caused the burst (those being darn stupid business plans, to name one).

    But the real bottom line is, and this is what people learn in their economics class, "It's just a theory."

  15. Re:as much as linux forces me to learn bash script on iTunes DRM Hole Closed · · Score: 0

    I wish people would stop pushing the CD/RIP-BACK solution for DRM encoded AAC's. There's a loss of quality in the process, not to mention the amount of time it takes to burn and rip.

    For one song, it's not a big deal. But imagine trying to do this to the entire U2 album. How much would it cost if your time is worth, say oh I don't know, $35/hr?

  16. Re:Slashdot 1, .gov 0 on U.S. IT Infrastructure Highly Vulnerable · · Score: 0

    For now, we'll have to make do with a related article.

  17. Re:ABOUT DAMN TIME on Microsoft Remains Firm On Ending VB6 Support · · Score: 0

    Good luck with the transition.

  18. Re:sure... on PHP 5 Power Programming · · Score: 0

    "the language evolution"

    Also known as feature creep. Also known as, "if it can do this, why can't it do that?"

    This guy says there are some interesting benchmarks. That alone could jusify some companies to pick up the tab for you.

  19. Re:Language on Scientists Discover What You Are Thinking · · Score: 0

    Good as this is, what I'm really waiting for is a way to tap into the language center.

    Seems like yet another self help topic to me.

  20. Re:LOL WHAT A CROCK on Mac mini in a Volkswagen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Proof once again that Macs are nothing more than an item for trend whores and label sluts.

    No, because that would bring the Apple marketshare up to 3%, which we all know is impossible.

  21. What about J2SE 5 "Tiger?" on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to Arrive in April · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is Mac OS X Tiger going to have J2SE 5 "Tiger" as well? I don't see much mention about Java except a little in the XCode area. They don't mention a version at all. Maybe I just missed it.

  22. Well... on Forbes Lists Top Corporate Hate Web Sites · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what a capitulation scheme is.

    They probably meant "odd capitalization scheme." YoU THiNk, hUh?

    Actually, at first I read it as "odd copulation schemes," which makes a lot more sense, doesn't it? * fp

  23. Re:Good move... on Chicago To Consider City-Wide Wireless Network · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, I keep telling them that it build character! They still end up crying.

  24. Good move... on Chicago To Consider City-Wide Wireless Network · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, that'll also have the effect of putting more people on the internet, which will result in Googles having to have to beef up their search indices on "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Bears", "Ditka", and "Polish Sausage".

    How will MSN respond? fp

  25. Indeed... on Long-Awaited BitTorrent 4.0 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...which is significant considering that about a third of all Internet traffic is currently torrent data.

    Too bad it's all broken copies of LG3D.