User: sharkey

Re:The problem with this kind of story is ...

On: E-voting Patches Skew Election?

... it's in Wired. Not on, say, Fox News.

So it's more likely to be factual?

Re:This is a disaster

On: E-voting Patches Skew Election?

Uh oh...what if I see only one dot?!?

Dude, you're voting for Buchanan!

Re:Some of the carvings found with the laser

On: Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning

Skimpy was here

What about Kilroy?

Re:Why are rich companies so dumb?

On: SCO gets $50 Million Investment

SCO owns the most predominant

Not just the predominant UNIX, but the MOST predominant!

Re:Worst-case scenario

On: SCO gets $50 Million Investment

because they might be able to actually pursue product-based revenue streams.

That is, if, and that's a big IF, they were at all interested in pursuing product-based revenue streams.

Re:You have a major problem.

On: Exchange 2003 vs. Sendmail Mail Routing?

Exchange 2003 requires Active Directory

Not only that, but it requires Windows 2003 AD, IIRC.

ObHomer

On: The Substance of Style

getting our food in the form of dreary-looking pills

Mmmmm...Soylent Green.

the NanoBGA EDEN-N

On: Transmeta Introduces The Efficeon

That was the name of the bird that stole Baby New Year in the Christmas puppet-motion special, wasn't it?

Re:Online Rights

On: Supreme Court Will Hear Pledge of Allegiance Case

there are no other blogs that will hire somebody that inept.

Where's JonKatz got to, these days?

Re:PC users rationale

On: Dell $38m Supercomputer [not] More Costly than VT's G5s

The Dells have twice as many mouse buttons, so THERE!

My mouse has 5 times as many buttons! I scoff at your 2-button DELL mouse.

Re:Shocking!

On: Dell $38m Supercomputer [not] More Costly than VT's G5s

Are they acutally implying that supercomputers built starting five years ago are actually more expensive per unit of computing power than supercomputers built today?

Except that the nodes are not 5 years old. The PowerEdge 1750s are new models as of this summer. The 2650s are certainly not more than 1-2 years old, either.

Hello, Hell?

On: Enterprise Grade Project Management Tools?

What the temperature? Cubs and Red Sox in the playoffs, and now an Ask Slashdot submitter actually LOOKED for an answer BEFORE Asking Slashdot?

CrackShot .22

On: What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using?

I still use my great-grandfather's .22 rifle (bought sometime between 1913 and WWII).

Re:Obligatory Dilbert quote..

On: PHBs Getting "Secret" IT Training

That's not a computer, it's the cardboard model that came with your desk.

Re:This is prime PHB material, but...

On: PHBs Getting "Secret" IT Training

And this is not ment in any condescending way.

Ahh, sarcasm. You left out the bit about spellcheck being on by default, though.

Re:How does this work?

On: Sharp to Sell 3D laptop for $3299

Do you need to cross your eyes the whole time you are working on the computer?

A $3000+ dynamic Magic Eye? Now I can get my Sunday Comics headache fix every day!

Re:My predictions for 2006

On: Longhorn in 2006

• Duke Nukem' Forever is expected RSN

Re:The Clone Wars and Episode III

On: "Star Wars: Clone Wars" coming to Cartoon Network

STAR WARS - Episode 2.5
Touched by a Gungan

Re:My number one question...

On: Ballmer Touts Focus on Security

did Steve Ballmer jump around like a fricking idiot this time screaming "Developers, developers!"

No, it was, "Shut Up!!! SHUT UP!!! SHUT UP!!!

Re:we'll focus on security .. this time we mean it

On: Ballmer Touts Focus on Security

If only Linux weren't so damn expensive.

It can be.

Boss: I have to LEARN!?!? You're fired!

Re:DRM support

On: What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

so we can play all our favorite programs and games.

You mean Autorun, right?

Re:Erm..Userfriendly UI?

On: What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

How about a userfriendly UI

Yeah, the "Start" button could be Dust Puppy, and when an app coredumps, Crud Puppy will pop up and smear grease on the inside of your screen.

Articles?

On: What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

Shouldn't this be an "Ask SCO"?

Re:Name of Element 111

On: Element 110 Now Darmstadtium

I think "Nobodycaresanymoreium" would be a great name for element 111...seems like one of those "because we can" things

How about "Nameinthesnowium"? Same category.

Does it matter?

On: NASA Flies First Laser-powered Aircraft

How far away can in-flight IP/LASER broadband be?

You know SCO will claim that it is their IP, and demand that all airline passengers must pay for a $699 license per engine ($1399 after next Wednesday).