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  1. Re:And tomorrow they'll announce on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    I could have sworn they announced it next weekend

    I don't usually grammar nazi, but don't you mean "they wioll haven be announced it next weekend"?

  2. Re:Won't happen to Google News on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    I'd post an insightful and thoughtful reply, but I have to go do a panic bailout of my investment portfolio.

    Excuse me...

  3. What's the big deal? on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    The account and transcripts of their landing on Europa were published over 25 years ago.

  4. Re:In soviet Russia.. on Russian Town Puts Giant Smiley On Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Howdy-Ho!

  5. Who knew? on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 1

    Well, Wikipedia for one knows about more than just blue for a STOP error.

  6. Re:Jones Day Is Based In Cleveland on Chicago Law Firm Sues Over Hyperlink To Trademarked Name · · Score: 1

    Pretend I linked your name to "Asshole."

    Just so long as you don't link it to "lawyer".

  7. Re:Cartoon battlefield on US Congress Funds Laser Weapons · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the battles of the future will be fought in space, or possibly at the top of very tall mountains, by robots.

  8. Damn straight! on New Diablo 3 Images; Design Wins Over Darkness · · Score: 1

    ...would lose the best part of their raison d'etre if put in monochrome palettes inclined to black.

    And we all know what inclined-to-black gameplay looks like, don't we?

  9. Re:Here's Some Pure Gold, Gratis on Graduate Student Defends Right To Own Chicago2016.com · · Score: 1

    IllinoisNazis2016.com would probably fit too.

  10. Re:Ignorant title on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Welcome to Slashdot! Always nice to see new faces here.

  11. Re:Not much you can do on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that more or less dangerous than dihydrogen monoxide?

  12. Re:Bugger.... on Computer With UK Bank Customer Data Sold On eBay · · Score: 1

    I was just going to pick up a cheep 1U server for a Mod Project!

    Bird watching?

  13. Personally speaking on Gamepark Holdings Officially Announces the WIZ Handheld · · Score: 1

    I'm holding out for the BLACULA handheld.

  14. Re:26th? on Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future · · Score: 1

    You say that like it's a bad thing!

  15. Re:Without country on Russia and Georgia Engaged In a Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    What's to stop widespread vigilante justice against either side?

    TRON. It's a security program itself, actually. It monitors all contacts between our system and other systems. If it finds anything going on that's not scheduled, it shuts it down. It can watchdog the Georgia Dome as well.

  16. Re:KDE? on OpenGL 3.0 Released, Developers Furious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I'm waiting for OpenGL 3.11 for Workgroups.

  17. Re:Reason why? on 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1,000 · · Score: 1

    Kind of like in "The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio", except he used a shopping cart?

  18. Re:Is it me on The Internet Meme Timeline · · Score: 1

    And 2 guys 1 horse.

  19. Re:Unbelievable on Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista · · Score: 1

    Not the other way around?

  20. Not complete on "New" Words From the Geek Culture · · Score: 1

    Unless "shitcock" is in there, it's NOT comprehensive.

  21. Check your spelling! on Nokia to Acquire and Open Source Symbian · · Score: 1

    With or without the "M", the product still vibrates.

  22. Re:American pie on Google Trends vs. Community Standards On Obscenity · · Score: 1

    So, um, what DOES third base feel like?

  23. Re:Not a thief on Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief · · Score: 1

    Have you ever spoofed a MAC address?

    Yes, so that I could use my Linksys WRT54G between my Windows PC and Comcast, my ISP.

    Have you ever connected to an access point that did not broadcast its SSID?

    Yes again, I have turned off SSID broadcast on my WRT54G.

    Based on my answers, apparently I would be a criminal in the Netherlands for doing no more than hooking my own equipment up to my ISP and taking one small step to making it NOT annouce itself to the world at large.

  24. Re:Opera 9.50 is Also Out on A Few Firefox 3 Followups · · Score: 1

    Any specific theme? All the ones I've looked at don't restore the fully functional back button, they just change the theme of the IE7 style back/forward junk.

  25. Re:Opera 9.50 is Also Out on A Few Firefox 3 Followups · · Score: 1

    Plus, Opera has a Back button and a Forward button. The first thing I noticed in FF3 was the shitty IE7 styled "Back Forward" control.