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  1. Re:GNU vs. Linux on What Actually Makes Up "Linux"? · · Score: 2

    Linux is in its newest incarnation ~25mg of tared and g/b2/zip'ed source code

    How do you get the mass of a bzipped tarball? Is there some way to relate file size, or lines of code to milligrams (mg)? I have to say, though, ~25mg sounds like a pretty small mass to me.

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  2. Re:BIOS spying on you on Phoenix BIOS Phones Home? · · Score: 2

    flashing your bios, which is quite a dangerous operation for the common user

    That's pretty sick, dude. Can't you just visit a pr0n site to get your kick? I do agree that it's dangerous, there are all sorts of sharp corners inside a PC to catch nude skin on.

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  3. Re:well... on "sucks".com Sites Win Legal Victory · · Score: 2

    How about "fuck-network-solutions-in-the-ass.com"? Network Solutions reports that it is available for registration, and they also suugest that I register "myfuck-network-solutions-in-the-ass.com", "fuck-network-solutions-in-the-ass.net", and "fuck-network-solutions-in-the-asscentral.com"

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  4. Re:Rich kids on "sucks".com Sites Win Legal Victory · · Score: 2

    Yep. Cooties.com is already taken. E-Cooties.com seems to still be available, though. I wonder what they would sell.

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  5. Re:Just goes to show... on "sucks".com Sites Win Legal Victory · · Score: 2

    "Dubya" went his route. He seems to agree with a lot of folks that Bush Blows.

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  6. Oh, Lord. on VA Layoff Rumors · · Score: 2

    Now I know I've had too much to drink tonight. I parsed that as "Maybe we should put some plans together for shaving Slashdot..."

    Pardon me while I try to keep my dinner down.

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  7. Re:I just saw cmdrtaco on VA Layoff Rumors · · Score: 2

    Man, he must be desperate to throw away his sign that said, "Will post inflammatory fluff accompanied by illiterate commentary for food."

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  8. Doubt it on VA Layoff Rumors · · Score: 5

    Taco wouldn't last an hour. Those menus have to have correct spelling on them, dude. Who is going to buy a Bag Moc, Kwertor Pondar, or Phillay 'A' Phist?

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  9. Re:And Microsoft can't date announcment correctly. on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    You just don't understand "Microsoft Time", man. In Microsoft Time, there was never a printing of "The Road Ahead" that dismissed the importance of the Internet. Microsoft Time is completely and totally subjective, governed by the whimsies of Bill Gates, his wife, his daughter, that nice man on the corner that calls him "Mistuh Gates, Suh," and the value of the sum of the build numbers of the Release to Manufacturing of all versions of Windows 9x running on the DOS code-base that was officially declared dead with the release of the Windows OS that "Makes a Grown Man Cry" multiplied by the pequininos lucky number and divided by PI then raised to Avogadro's number.

    So you see, Microsoft is right in what they claim the date is, and it's a user error that occured during the installation of MS Office Professional that makes it appear incorrect.

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  10. Re:That Sinking Feeling on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    You left out, "Oh, she's unsinkable, so the lifeboats are for show, and can only accomodate a fraction of the passengers."

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  11. Re:Remember, Free Software Sinks Ships on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    Maybe, but Leonardo DiCraplio sinks films.

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  12. Makes me chuckle on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    NT applications...provide damage control

    At my $ORK_PLACE, it's usually the other way around.

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  13. Oxymoron? on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    no more unlimited futures

    Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I guess in "unlimited futures" savings accounts and wads of cash stuffed into mattresses are "off limits."

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  14. Re:Coming to a Slash Dot near you on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 2

    Followed closely by: 'But it doesn't have Rover(tm), the cute, MS-BOB-based, animated pooch that will help you figure out how to type words into the "Look For File Named"(tm) field in the "Search"(tm) Window(tm).'

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  15. Chief Hacking Officer on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 3

    Oh, man. I'll forgo my raise next year if only they would offically declare me the Chief Hacking Officer. (It's almost as influential as Senior Shouting Officer amongst the Vogons, you know.)

    If I were a Chief Hacking Officer, I could make broad assumptions like declaring that each domain that uses IIS only has one computer serving pages for it. I could be in article posted to Slashdot! What more could any sane geek want?

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  16. Re:Government Funded Internet Access? on National Broadband Access · · Score: 2

    Nice idea, but here in the US they'd probably want the States to raise their drinking age again to get the Federal funding, just like they did with the Interstates. Before you know it, I'll be an underage drinker again.

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  17. Re:I'm surprised... on Star Wars Episode I DVD - October 16, 2001 · · Score: 3

    It WAS self-defense. Greedo had already stated that he was going to kill Han. What the change did was change the Han Solo character from a man who will do what he has to, (and have a good one-liner to follow), to one that waits until he is scared into action.

    Aside from all that, the addition of Greedo's shot was pathetic. It was amateurish, and made the special effects on the Sci-Fi Channel look polished in comparison. Lucas should have stuck with what was in the script, and not tried to cozy up to the bleeding-heart, keeping-yourself-alive-is-a-crime crowd.

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  18. Re:Actual DVD release schedule... on Star Wars Episode I DVD - October 16, 2001 · · Score: 2

    Star Wards? Is that a futuristic department store that began it's life as Montgomery Ward's?

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  19. Re:55mph... on Rental Car + GPS = Speeding Ticket · · Score: 3

    I agree. Unfortunately, *every* time I tell a police officer this, I get slapped with a ticket.

    Really. What ELSE do you say to the cop? I just get handed a ticket if I get pulled over, no hitting involved.

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  20. Re:Quick Quips on Duke's All Out of Gum · · Score: 4

    All your babes are belong to me!

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  21. Re:us-centric on Duke's All Out of Gum · · Score: 4

    They HAVE to exclude Florida. If they didn't, any Democrats who didn't win may take them to court, claiming the entry form was unclear on how to type in the entry, and demand a new contest.

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  22. Re:Only the "cookbook dotcom'ers" were laid off. on Former Dot-Com Workers Crowd Homeless Shelters · · Score: 3

    ramp up the TPS count

    Yesssss, you see, it's just that, hmm, we're, ummm, putting new, ummm, coversheets on the, ummm, TPS reports now.

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  23. Move to INDY on Former Dot-Com Workers Crowd Homeless Shelters · · Score: 2

    Almost every single McDonald's, Wendy's, White Castle, Wal-Mart, Meijer's, etc. have "Now Hiring" signs up. I was at Kohl's (dept. store) yesterday, and they're hiring third shift right now. Maybe a person won't be able to buy 6-figure cars and 7-figure homes working at that kind of job, but they'll be able to eat. Are there no jobs out there in fact, or are these "dot-commers" unwilling to work at anything but their first choice of employment?

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  24. Re:Square watermelons? on Signs of the Apocalypse · · Score: 2

    Does it matter what shape the kittens are, as long as they taste good? Mmmmm.....Chinese food.

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  25. Re:Can't wait for Disney's version of on Disney and Anime Plagiarism? · · Score: 3

    Hmmmm. What song will the Death Rape machine sing? And will Elton John be the voice?

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