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  1. Re:Robotic Women? on Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean like:

    \documentstyle{redhead}
    \begin{woman}
    \height{5ft8in}
    \end{woman}

  2. Re:Yes! Furlongs per Fortnight on Google: The Missing Manual · · Score: 2

    At least make it a proper link.....

  3. Re:Outsourcing is evil.. on Microsoft Outsourcing High-Level Work · · Score: 1

    Slashdot Hint #3:

    Remove the "it." from the beginning of the link to make the evil colors go away.

    Works for "games." too!

  4. Re:A couple of factors are important here... on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1


    I don't think so. Canada is only one tenth the population of the US, and has a far lower per capita GDP than the US has (Canadian per capita GDP is the sama as Korea actually), yet Canada (and Korea) both still have far wider broadband deployments than the US.


    Yeah, but "[r]oughly 80 percent of Canada's 31 million population resides within 100 miles of the U.S. border"

    and "40 percent of Canada's land is largely undeveloped."

    Almost every part of the United States is populated, though thinly. A significant percent of the US population is really rural. 82 million rural residents is almost 3 times the population of Canada, and near to a third of the US! Broadband to the cities is already available, it's the outlying towns that are hard to reach.

    See Rural Maps for more information

  5. Re:So far I have attempted the following: on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 1

    My father hotswapped in a P3 processor into a dual proc board while it was on.

    But it had to be rebooted before Linux saw the second CPU.

    Other than that, no failures.

    My iPod has also been bounced around, has a dent right next to the hold switch.

    Powerbook has a dent next to the battery, but still keeps working just fine.

  6. Re:Clickity clack keyboards on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 1

    Hmmm (looks at his ModelM connected to USB port on his PowerBook).

    If you're willing to go to PS/2 (or maybe us an adapter), then you can get a PS/2 to USB adapter, and it works just fine.

    Contact me for more info if you're interested.

  7. Re:Verification, Cryptography and the Internet on How To Lose An Election · · Score: 1

    "Hey youse! Youse gonna vote right, eh?"

    "Uh, I guess...."

    "Yes, youse! Youse bring me proof you voted right, or I bust your caps!"

    "But what if I forget my passphrase?"

    "Then I'll bust you twice! Now GIT!"

  8. Re:Oh really on Open Source a National Security Threat · · Score: 3, Funny
    How about all those darn "easter eggs" floating around in Windows and Office and other programs?


    The idea of an easter egg in missle guidance software is amusing, at least.

    "Now see here, Joe, lemme show you a little trick. You fire this here missle directly at the sun and that enables the solitare game!"
  9. Re:Why did google even bother? on Google Loses Domain Fight Over Froogles.com · · Score: 1

    Here's whois info on froogle.com:

    Created on..............: 2001-Sep-11.


    OMG! Google is teh terrorist!
  10. Re:I don't get these kinds of predictions on SETI Predicts We'll Find ETs by 2020 · · Score: 1

    [obFunnyErrorPost]

    And because of this, nuclear fission is only 20 years away. *sigh*

    Psst! Hey buddy, I can show you the Technology of 2020, here, today!

  11. Re:hello on New Numbers on Linux Market Share Soon · · Score: 1

    Isn't Mac OS X now on a BSD core?

    [cue Mac/BSD/Linux/Elvis is dead/dying/on life support/in a 7-eleven in Texas]

  12. Re:There is an american flag on the moon. on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    Well, la de da. Your textbook is factually wrong.

    The moon has a side that always faces the EARTH, not the sun.

  13. Re:Might possibly upgrade... on Official Doom 3 Benchmarks Released · · Score: 1

    I remember when CPUs would top a grand for the latest and greatest, but now you can get that for a third of that.


    Hmmm?

  14. Re:Nothing is stopping you from doing this. on Linux Distros with CVS/RCS for Config Files? · · Score: 1

    Uh, try adding a CVS directory to /etc/rc3.d and see what happens. Things go boom in the boot, as it were.

  15. I smell something like apples around here... on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 1

    Interesting that this was announced the day that Office Depot begins selling Apple computers......

  16. Re:How many of these purchases were virtual? on iTMS Sells 100,000,000th Song · · Score: 1

    None. The "virtual entries" would only count if you sent it right after the 99,999,999 song, for example. See the rules for details. Section 5 is where it's at.

  17. Re:Let's not forget... on A Six-Step Plan for Apple · · Score: 1

    Oh, I know that. It's just that in today's computing enviroment, everyone knows that you should "never trust the client."

    But some are deceived by rootsquash, etc.

    Personally, I use NFS because it is relatively fast. To secure things, I'll use gpg.

  18. Re:Let's not forget... on A Six-Step Plan for Apple · · Score: 1

    A properly-configured NFS server will treat a remote root user just like any other non-privileged user, ie. someone logged in as "root" can only modify those files owned by root.


    Actually, a properly configured NFS server still is not protected.

    Because if you're root on your box, you can become and UID you need to. And then you can access the files owned by that UID. Even rootsquash doesn't prevent that. :)
  19. Re:I'm really curious... on Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings · · Score: 1

    $3 early bird (before 4PM), $5 afterwards.

    Very nice.

    Santa Paula 7. Not very good sound equipment. Saw Spiderman 2 there.

  20. Re:Camino? Use Firefox instead. on Friday Mac Release Roundup · · Score: 1

    Let the great and powerful Google lead you to happiness.

    I have found it, and will give it to you, since you asked so nicely.

    PithHelmet

    It's like adblock for Safari, but nicer.

  21. Re:Camino is fantastic - at Javascript! on Friday Mac Release Roundup · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Mozilla 1.7rc1 on Linux 2.6 (2.4 GHz) 111.36 seconds (status bar test climbs 1 by 1)

    Firefox 0.8 OS X 10.3.4 (1.33GHz) 36.08 (but the first test seemed to jump by 100s.)

    Safari 1.2 (same Mac) 44.98 seconds (but there is NO STATUS BAR to update!)

    Camino 0.8 (same Mac) 11.31 seconds (but no red windows, no status bar update)

    Camino is teh Winnar!

  22. Re:This probably makes ESR Drool on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be:

    burning hot dead fingers?

  23. Re:I tought... on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is "Fab 4" in England?

  24. Re:Great... on New Walkman-Branded Hard Disk Player · · Score: 1

    I used to do exactly that, until I got my iPod.

    Most Amtrak trains provide 120V, so it worked just fine.

    Looked a little silly, though.

  25. Re:Pictures? on Mobile Cell Phone Towers For Disaster Relief · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You know that you could have made that search be one link, right?

    Autoredirect after 10 seconds.