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  1. Re:All I need... on Surfing With Your Commodore 64 · · Score: 2

    Man, you have the datassette player? Lucky bastard. I never could afford that. Anyone know where I can get a ROM cart with this on it?

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  2. Re:FUD on Computer and Technology Show · · Score: 2

    He didn't suggest that they'd have anything on them. Haven't you ever gotten an MS CD at a show? They're even less useful than a RightFAX demo CD.

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  3. Re:Sorry whiners, Microsoft was right this time. on Computer and Technology Show · · Score: 2

    So how does the activities of a group of people OUTSIDE the building interfere with the Microsoft activities within the building in the Microsoft booths, or block access to the aisles?

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  4. Re:Good Times Virus on Organic Screens, Coming Soon · · Score: 2

    Guess this means I'll have to put on "protection" before my late night "browsing" activities.

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  5. Re:Subtitles preferred on Could Square Re-Dub the "Final Fantasy" Movie? · · Score: 2

    Exactly! The dubbing is what made all the Godzilla movies the comic successes that they were.

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  6. Re:All wheel steering on Gadget-Heavy Trucks For Fun And Mayhem · · Score: 2

    ...the SmarTruck (wtf kinda name is that, anyway?)...

    Maybe that's where they bought it: "Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart."

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  7. Explorer, huh? on Gadget-Heavy Trucks For Fun And Mayhem · · Score: 2

    Guess it'll only be deployed in areas that have gas stations every 30 miles.

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  8. Re:A better hack... on Themes.org Cracked · · Score: 2

    But if the cracker replaced the colors on /. with ones that DON'T hurt a human's eyes, who's to say that it would be a totally bad thing?

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  9. Re:Where are these so-called zingers? on RMS Says Free Software Is Good · · Score: 2

    Did he also happen to cite the fact that so many of these companies are going tits up lately?

    Are we to infer that you believe the opposite; ie., that companies who make proprietary software do not go out of business?

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  10. Opera Software taking action. on UK Government Locks Out Non-MS Browsers · · Score: 3

    Since we're referring to a Reg article on this, here is another dealing with the reactions of Opera Software

    Basically, they are going to take issue with this, directly with Andrew Pinder, the UK "e-envoy."

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  11. The Hacker FAQ on How Do You Fight A Dress Code? · · Score: 2

    Don't forget the FAQ. which addresses dress codes in regards to hackers, amongst other things. See Section 1.1.

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  12. Once again, John Belushi has the answer on What Do You Do To Relieve Lower Back Pain? · · Score: 2

    "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."

    Bluto WAS in Pre-Med, after all.

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  13. Re:Imagine the broadcast storms... on O'Reilly's IPv6 Overview · · Score: 2

    Just run Window 9x, and let NetBIOS take care of it all!

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  14. FOX Special on Moon Mission Anniversary · · Score: 3

    This Sunday on FOX, immediately following "Malcolm in the Middle," FOX will air its new, shockingly revealing investigative report, "Did John F. Kennedy Really Think We Have A Moon, Did He Ever Give A Speech That Mentioned The Moon, And Do We Really Have A Moon Or Is It Just Another NASA Hoax?"

    Notable guests providing testimony wil be some invetigative reporter somewhere, a man who used to pull weeds outside the Oval Office, and some guy that made a camera purchased by JFK.

    SEE: The evidence NASA doesn't want you to see!
    SEE: Our gardener provide observations that THE MOON IS NOT ALWAYS THERE AT NIGHT!

    Only on FOX!

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  15. Re:Ban FDISK as well on RIAA Trains Legal Sights On Aimster · · Score: 2

    You can't mean that! FDISK is the most useful troubleshooting tool available for Windows! Case in point:

    "Now enter C:\FDISK. Say yes for large filesystems. Now hit 4. Hit ENTER. Hit ENTER. Hit Enter. Hit Y. Hit Enter. Hit ESC. Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL. What, you Don't have a C:\> prompt? That sounds like a PC problem, you'll need to contact the people who sold it to you."

    Works like a charm.

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  16. Security tip on Security - Logitech Wireless Mice & Keyboards Can Be Sniffed · · Score: 2

    Obvious security tip: if you have these keyboards attached to machines that may access secure data, consider moving them back to the wired standbys until a more secure wireless options present itself.

    Good idea. I'll zap off right now and get this new keyboard off my IIS E-Commerce server. I sure wouldn't want my customers credit cards to get stolen because of some deviant sitting outside my office and sniffing me.

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  17. Re:well... on "For Use on Free Operating Systems, Only!" · · Score: 2

    Actually, he was trying to say, "Linux is Free, use it on Linux only," but misspelled it and wrote, How do you feel on the subject?

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  18. Adult Entertainment on Regulator Challenges DVD Zoning · · Score: 2

    Region-free seems to be one of the selling points of porn DVDs. The ones I have seen on the shelf have a "Region Free" notice displayed prominently on the front of the case.

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  19. Kent Brockman on Earth Day And Lifecycle Environmental Costs · · Score: 2

    A quick quote from the Emmy-winning host of Smart Line:

    "Well, if 70-degree days in the middle of winter are the `price' of car pollution, you'll forgive me if I keep my old Pontiac."

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  20. Re:CmdrTaco replaced by Shell Script? on Study on DoS Activity In The Internet · · Score: 2

    So CmdrTaco is posting as Hemos now?

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  21. Slight confusion.... on Is Gaming Too Much Skin, Not Enough Good Clean Fun? · · Score: 2

    A blond in a G-string has got herself contorted 15 feet above this city with her ass bent so far back behind her, she can fit her head straight through.

    I read this and my first thought wasn't of Q3:A or Half-Life, but of a Britney Spears concert.

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  22. Read the story, read the story on "Not a Mini-Spy" · · Score: 1

    I read the story comment, and wondered why anybody would wear a Furby all day, and HOW the Furby would be worn. Then I read the story.

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  23. Lawsuit on Got Tracks? · · Score: 2

    Better watch out. With a name like Mattrack, there's a good chance that Mattel's lawyers will be going after them. It's good thing they didn't call them Tracks'R'Us, or they would be a target for Geoffrey.

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  24. Re:See Through Walls?!?!?!??? on Asus Dropping See Through Drivers · · Score: 2

    You and me both, pal. Another heads up, those X-Ray glasses sold in comic books don't work either.

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  25. A couple jump to mind... on Finding Humor in Trademarks(tm)? · · Score: 2

    "Drivers Wanted." - Volkswagon. It's been years since they've been looking, and they still haven't found any, at least judging by the people in the commercials.

    "Software for the Agile Business" - Microsoft. 'Nuff said.

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