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  1. FYI on Microsoft Blasted For Lax Security · · Score: 1
    Might as well dedicate an entire section of Slashdot to their exploits. At least then I could turn it off in my preferences.

    Check the box next to "Microsoft" on your preferences page.

  2. Re:What ? No Odessy ?! on Dismal Console Failures · · Score: 1

    You're kidding, right? The kids who had the Odyssey were the most popular on our block, until we got the Odyssey2, which blew it away.

  3. Re:Don't trust 'em.. on Corporate KDE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't trust the Germans, they make potato cannons.

    Don't worry, France is between us and them. There's no way Germany could get past the French, right?

  4. Not the same, is it? on Grants and Donations for a Summer Computer Camp? · · Score: 2, Funny

    "And this one time, at computer camp, I stuck a degaussing wand in my pussy!"

  5. Re:Can't say I agree. on Sen. Feingold Reintroduces Radio Competition Bill · · Score: 1
    What part of "Congress shall make no law..." are they having trouble with?

    The same part they always have had trouble with, the "N" word.

  6. Re:Imagine... on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 2, Funny
    Imagine Dirty Harry working in a fast food restaurant...

    "I know what you're thinking, 'Did he use beef juice, or only vegetable oil?' Well, seeing as how these are McDonald's French Fries, the most prolific French Fries in the world, you have to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"

  7. Re:Genetic engineering doesn't require technology. on Nicotine-Free Cigs, Genetically Engineered · · Score: 1

    Rephrased:

    All you have to do is take one elephant with traits you want and one pig with traits you want and get them good and drunk.

  8. Re:Great idea... on .org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL · · Score: 3, Funny

    erm.. which slashdot are you using?

    Try reading during the day. When Slashdot takes 5-10 minutes to respond to a connection request, I'd say that's pretty damn slow. It's quite a bit faster at night. The daily slow-down is more an indictment of Taco's implementation than anything else, I suppose. Since Taco implemented this new interation of Slashdot Math (20+30+30=100), the site's been nearly unreadable during the US day.

  9. Re:Great idea... on .org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll note Slashdot uses MySQL and is very happy.

    You misspelled "real fucking slow".

  10. Already done. on Mission: Infiltrate the P2P Network · · Score: 1, Funny

    infiltrate peer-to-peer networks with low-quality audio and video files

    See for yourself. Search for "Spice Girls", "N'Sync", "Britney Spears", etc. using your favorite P2P client. You don't get much lower quality than that.

  11. Gotta be a fake. on 4-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hear that there's a new shopping center opening in Springfield.

  12. Cruelty to animals? on Review Of Upcoming Projection Keyboards · · Score: 1
    From the article:

    Website - Bearbones. No developer kit.

    Seems like the bones from a full-grown bear would be too big to easily fit on a desk. Are they killing bear cubs to build these things? What is PETA going to say?

  13. Re:at least they're cutting back on Music Biz Predicts 6% Decline in '03 · · Score: 1

    holding their global conference in the south of france.

    Doesn't cost THAT much:
    Hotel Manager: "Zee conferenze roomz are nnnn francz." Music Rep: "You'll let us have 'em for 5 dollars a day, or I'll kick you in the NUTS." Hotel Manager: "OK, OK, we zurrender."

  14. APC and Dell? on APC Recalls 2.1 Million UPS Units · · Score: 1

    Let me guess, APC is also making the batteries for Dell laptops bound for South Africa.

  15. Re:Not too comprehensive on The New Face of Global Competition · · Score: 1

    classic theory taught by Mel Brooks in "The Mythical Man Month" where he talks about how you cannot draw a linear conclusion on the quality of code based upon the diagonal matrix of time vs lines written.

    I prefer the theory put forth by Mel Brooks that you shouldn't use an abnormal brain when bringing a dead man back to life.

  16. Re:Payload on Taking Linux to New Heights · · Score: 1

    Actually, Payload is a pilot for the Joes.

  17. Sooo.... on Snood, the Simple Game · · Score: 2

    Woz likes Snoodling, huh?

  18. Re:Cobalt Raq updates on Sun Opens First Linux Competency Center · · Score: 2

    That, coupled with the inordinate delay in patching OpenSSL when slapper appeared makes me a tad more unhappy than I used to be.

    No kidding. Fix out from OpenSSL.org in June, and Sun still hasn't gotten it packaged and published yet.

  19. Re:Islamic Spam on US Military Uses Spam, Internet Explorer · · Score: 2
    nobody is quite sure what Mohammed looked like because the artists of the time weren't allowed to paint his face.

    Yeah, right. Here's a picture.

  20. Re:The Linux on Linux-Based Bar-Monkey · · Score: 2
    Windows:
    • 1 oz. Jagermeister
    • 2 oz. Tequila (wells)
    • 1 oz. Triple Sec
    • 1 dirty jock strap
    • 6 tbsp sugar
    • Mt. Dew or Jolt
    • Highball (or other 8 oz.) glass
    • 1 sparkly foil parasol, the largest you can find
    • Glitter & glue
    • Ice - Cubed, not crushed
    Strain tequila through dirty jock into cocktail mixer to represent purity level of code. Add Jagermeister for the expected gag factor. Pour in Triple Sec to add that hint of fruit, but it's not Apple, uh-uh, no way. Add suger and shake violently.

    Fill glass about halfway with ice cubes, pur drink into glass. Top off with Mt. Dew.

    Use glitter to write START on sparkly parasol, place in glass. Serve.

    (Lip of glass may be garnished with aresenic to "protect the recipe")

  21. Re:Well on Microsoft Shows Off Watch, Portable Media Player · · Score: 2

    everybody knows the boat is leeking

    You don't need a boat to grow leeks. A trowel does make it easier to plant them, though.

  22. Re:Wow. on MPEG 4, Windows Media 9 At War · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So if they bundle WMP9 with a monopoly product and then set the licensing at a loss making level then that's unfair,

    Hell, they can leave out the bundling. Use the profits from Windows, Office, etc. to make it possible to undercut the competition for WMP2 is dumping in and of itself. The bundling is the kick in the nuts for the enemy who's already cut off at the keeps due to the MS product dumping.

  23. Re:My top ten on Top Ten Software Innovators? · · Score: 2

    Dmitri Sklyarov
    Jon Johannsen

  24. Re:Non-shooting Boba Fett on Star Wars Action Figures · · Score: 2
    upset it was when I lost Chewbacca's gun in the dark 70s shag carpet

    At least he was still alive! We lost Chewie out the car window on a busy street. When we went back, he had been dismembered, the poor bastard.

  25. Translation... on Making the HDTV Vision Quest? · · Score: 2

    Granted an 8' foot wide front projection system is probably over kill for my bedroom, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

    Bigger-than-life porn.