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  1. You don't say. on UK Can't Read Its Own ID Cards · · Score: 4, Funny

    Britain has no readers that are able to the cards' microchip

    Hey, we all know how hard it can be to a card's microchip.

  2. Never owned a server, but... on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a series of Macs before I became a diehard Linux guy. I didn't know I could name the first one, but then came Mac and Cheese, Mac Truck and Fanfare for the Common Mac (around the time of Copeland).

    Why? Because I could.

  3. Re:Wondering what a Sectera is? on Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera) · · Score: 1

    Oh, man, I was hoping this administration would be less secterian than the last one.

  4. A two-horse race? on US CTO Choice Down To a Two-Horse Race · · Score: 1

    Well, which one has more horse sense?

  5. Re:sucks for the employees on Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think there was a factory in Argentina where the union kept the shop going after the owners went bust.

    Actually, there were close to 200 of them. You can learn quite a lot about it here, and in a couple of months, you should be able to buy my translation of The Silent Change, which is mentioned there.

  6. Re:Internet Inflection Point on Software Development Predictions For 2009 · · Score: 1

    The Internet has entered a long-term inflection point.

    So, it's now Internét?

  7. Re:Summary on Look What's Cooking At Microsoft Labs · · Score: 1

    Code name: Pictionaire
    I'm not exactly sure what this is.

    This is a gaming environment with a stylus interface. The way it works is the user generates input by creating a Drawing®. The computer gets a set amount of time to correctly interpret the Drawing®. If it does so, it wins! If not, another process gets a turn.

  8. Re:Sea Boundaries on Has HavenCo's Data Haven Shut Down? · · Score: 1

    Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to buy your novel.

  9. Re:Filmed? Those look more like video to me. on Dropped Shuttle Toolbag Filmed From Earth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but it weirds language.

  10. Re:Bullshit. Plain utter bullshit. on Microsoft Blames Add-Ons For Browser Woes · · Score: 1

    I'll second that. More than once, I've seen people browsing using a third of the screen.

    I wish I was exaggerating.

  11. Holy shit, people. on Lunar Oxygen and Water Production Tech Tested · · Score: 1

    It was a joke, already.

  12. Re:in-situ resource utilization field test in Hawa on Lunar Oxygen and Water Production Tech Tested · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you demanded the hypothetical membership card of everyone who didn't RTFA, you'd be here alone.

  13. in-situ resource utilization field test in Hawaii. on Lunar Oxygen and Water Production Tech Tested · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because if there's one place on Earth that resembles the surface of the moon, it's Hawaii.

  14. Re:That's a terrible headline? on Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany · · Score: 1

    No, but I have it on good authority they have gray elephants in Denmark.

  15. Summary of the article on Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction · · Score: 4, Informative

    We could all die!!! But we probably won't. At least not right away.

  16. Will 2009 be the first year of the E-President? on The First E-President · · Score: 1, Funny

    No.

  17. Re:I'd try... on Recovering Moldy Electronics? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your Walgreens sells good beer? Maybe I should give them another chance.

    I'm confused about the 91% part. I'm also confused about beer not leaving a residue.

  18. Re:Super-8, 4-track and 8-track on Build a Cheap Media-Reading PC? · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's nothing. Wait 'til they get to the wax cylinders and player-piano sheets I have.

  19. Re:Microsoft is just misunderstood. on Microsoft's Ethical Guidelines · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Man: Look, I came here for an argument, I'm not going to just stand...
    Q: Oh, oh, I'm sorry, but this is abuse.
    M: Oh, I see, well, that explains it.
    Q: Ah yes, you want Linux, just along the corridor.
    M: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry.
    Q: Not at all.
    M: Thank you. Stupid git!!

  20. Re:OSS Standards on Microsoft Bids To Take Over Open Document Format · · Score: 1

    Ya know, there's only one way to have a non-corruptible standards committee for file formats.

    Let the FSF design file formats.

    And no, I'm not kidding. They know what it means to create one thing for one purpose, and have it do its job very well, but also have the results be reusable.

  21. As a member of the Green Party, on US House Adopts New Third-Party Web Site Rules · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I couldn't be happier that members of Congress are finally allowed to check third parties out. We have all kinds of fresh ideas they could appropriate.

  22. Alert me when it runs on Mac and/or Linux. on Google Chrome Spinoff 'Iron' For Privacy Fanatics · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I promise not to make "dupe" comments.

  23. I say we give 'em what they want. on Chicago Law Firm Sues Over Hyperlink To Trademarked Name · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You don't want us to drive traffic to your site? Fine by me.

  24. Re:Guilty until innocent on Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector · · Score: 1

    Hey, if C+ is good enough for the White House, it oughta be good enough for airport security.

  25. This is consistent. on Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Back in the day, before the rise of Linux, I remember reading analysts who said that the entire history of the retail computer industry consisted of everyone imitating Apple. Windows 95 was the biggest example, but there have been others. This is one.

    Oh, I should be clear -- the reason they don't catch more flak for this imitation is that they don't do all that good a job at it. I haven't seen the ad yet, but I suspect this is also consistent.