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  1. Re:Congratulations! You just lost! on New Security Group Hedges Bets And Builds Hedges · · Score: 1

    You forgot to mention one another point that an attacker would reply with:

    4. That sounds like a challenge! You're on.

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  2. Re:I'm Sure the Chinese Will Love This.... on Norway Bans Spam · · Score: 1

    (Me? I bounce Chinese-relayed spam with "550 - Free Tibet" or "550 - Falun Gong thanks you", followed by a random set of characters. Makes the relay operator sweat, confuses the PRC gov't. Win-win.)

    Thank you. That really punched my giggle button.

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  3. Re:Spelling mistake in the title, LOL on RAID Solutions For Terrabyte Databases? · · Score: 1

    Maybe MS is replacing the Terra Server.

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  4. Problem solved. on AMD Starts Shipping Mobile Durons · · Score: 1

    The replacements for those marketing flacks who were sacked responded with lightning speed, and shipped aan adhesive-backed overlay for the already published ads, intended to head off the consumer backlash. These are to be placed over the previous slogans in all adds, replacing the possibly insulting text with "Runs Winders Grate!" in large red letters.

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  5. Re:Mobile durons? on AMD Starts Shipping Mobile Durons · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe you could get a VERY small buffer for your Dremel tool, and polish all the pins 'til they're shiny. Make sure you hang it up out of reach of the $CHILD_PROCESS, though.

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  6. Re:...but not at Apple... on AMD Starts Shipping Mobile Durons · · Score: 1

    "In fact, it'd be really, really cool and worthy of our notice...if it had more than one mouse button! AW-HAW-HAW-HAW! *snort*"

    Don't you mean PROPER mouse buttons?

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  7. Re:Keanu... on 'Matrix' Sequels In Trouble? · · Score: 1

    Dude, that busted ankle is totally not righteous!
    Bill, dude man, your stepmom's a babe!

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  8. Plot continuity? Ha on 'Matrix' Sequels In Trouble? · · Score: 1

    He is the One, and he is supposed to be able to move in and out of the Matrix at will. Of course, at the end of the movie, it's much more dramatic if he needs to get to the proper telephone in time, rather than just "moving out at will."

    Rest assured, the plot of the first movie can be broken enough to permit Neo to not be able to do the things he is able to do.

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  9. Professor Frink on The Ultimate PC Case - Continued · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else flash on Frinks "Visible Computer" from the Simpson's?

    "Oh, no, the hard drive is crashing at an ALARMING speed!"

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  10. "News" on Linux PPC Boots On The Powerbook G4 Titanium · · Score: 2

    So Slashdot is going to change its name? Henceforth, it will be known as,

    Slashdot
    For Nerds. Stuff that matters.


    No more "News" for Nerds, no way.

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  11. It seems that everything's gone wrong on Space Diving · · Score: 1

    Blame Canada! Blame Canada! With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too!

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  12. Re:Only the beginning... on Government Takes Control Of The Net; 2000 In Review · · Score: 2

    Absoulutely! Also, computers must not be allowed within 1000 feet of a school, must not be allowed in government buildings or shopping centers unless carried by law enforcement officers. Computers cannot be permitted on airplanes. Purchase of more than one computer by a single person in a month needs to be illegal. High-capcity hard drives are an incentive to commit crimes. Hard drives greater than ten gigabytes in capacity may only be purchased or owned by government agencies, and may not be bought or sold by/to private citizens unless they are older than an abritrary date to be selected later. A purchase of a computer must incur a ten working day waiting period, as most people who buy a computer want to commit a crime now, and are not willing to wait ten working days.

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  13. Microsoft .CON Marketing Slogan on ICANN, new TLDs, and Congress? · · Score: 1

    We are the .CON company!
    We put the CON in .CON!

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  14. Huh on Laser-equipped 747 · · Score: 1

    I guess it really WILL be a "Blue Screen of Death."

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  15. Re:Turn another turn on FCC Approves AOL-Time Warner Merger · · Score: 2

    You load 16 tons .... what do you get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go,
    I owe my soul to the company store.

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  16. Ballot Box Assistant? on Microsoft, Unisys & Dell To Make New Voting System · · Score: 1

    Would it be modelled after a hanging chad? I bet the Democrats will have an animated tombstone, in the Raising The Dead To Gain More Votes Wizard.

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  17. Whoa on Class Action Lawsuit Against VA · · Score: 2

    Wait a minute! I was looking forward to watching a lawyer cross-examine a stack of CDs. Or, perhaps someone will slap together a box using Festival to pipe an Eliza program quoting from fortune-mod to respond to questions:

    "Mr. Linux, what can you tell me of the conversation that took place in the VA Linux Systems boardroom on August 28, 1999 at 1500?"

    "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. --Mark Twain"

    "Mr. Linux, may I remind you that this is a court of law?"

    "Old musicians never die, they just decompose."

    "And just what do you mean by that remark?"

    "Q: What do you call a blind, deaf-mute, quadraplegic Virginian? A: Trustworthy."

    And so forth, into the night...

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  18. Screws on Helix Code Changes Name To Ximian · · Score: 1

    Just call me "Frank."

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  19. Re:He's right, definitely on topic. on The History Is In The Shirts · · Score: 1

    Kind of depends on your point of view, I guess. I know some guys who think it's the height of humor to teach their kids all sorts of inappropriate phrases and gestures, since kids can get away with it around strangers.

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  20. From the "I-just-made-it-up" file on Helix Code Changes Name To Ximian · · Score: 1

    Ximian - (noun): A monkey that has drunk way to much "ZIMA." Usually followed by an urp-Xplat, which is the normal offspring of drinking more than one "ZIMA."

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  21. Re:It just the first step... on Helix Code Changes Name To Ximian · · Score: 3

    Followed immediately by Cro-Mag-Gnome.

    Don't bother booing. I just cut my own ears off to teach myself a lesson for that, and I won't be able to hear.

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  22. Re:Ximian? on Helix Code Changes Name To Ximian · · Score: 1

    Does make you think of a thousand monkeys, working at a thousand Xterms, doesn't it?

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  23. Re:HEMI is more important than Linux! on Linux Powered Dodge · · Score: 1

    Not a problem. Welding the doors shut is an afternoon project, but if you can find one that was used on the show, you have a better than even chance of them already being welded shut.

    I think it's J.M. Whitney that sold, and still sells the horn used on the show. The biggest problem is 8.1 miles per gallon of 102 octane gasoline. The 440 Magnum is a sweet performer, but it eats like a line-backer.

    The biggest problem remains finding one, at a price the Significant Other will allow. Especially now, with a Significant Rug Rat around.

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  24. Re:Uncanny on Whistler "Anti-Piracy" Tools Tie OS To Machine · · Score: 1

    You should really get on them about it. As far as I'm concerned, charging you for a product that you ordered, then shipping an inferior one is bait-and-switch. You should talk to the Better Business Bureau.

    Now, when they say they will pick up the incorrect part, and ship out a the right one, that's different. I've gotten 3 CD-ROM drives and a winmodem for nothing because they never picked them up, but shipped them to us by mistake. The drives I can use, I think I'll cast the winmodem in Lucite, and use it for what it's best at, a paperweight.

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  25. Ximian? on Helix Code Changes Name To Ximian · · Score: 1

    Why is it that the first thing that popped into my head was "Itanium?"

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