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  1. Re:Wow! on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    But it STILL won't provide full support for PNGs or CSS1.

  2. Re:news flash: on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1
    computers in the future will be better than the ones we have now.

    And they will be so expensive that only the five richest Kings of Europe will be able to afford them.

  3. Re:undisclosed specs on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 2, Funny

    And a holo-deck. Those terabytes are needed to store all the data required to render 7 of 9 perfectly down to the last pink detail.

  4. Re:Damn... on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    If you think that's neat, just WAIT until you see the mapping on the Queen of Spade's bumps!

  5. Re:And that will be the standard computer on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 2, Funny
    Duke Nukem Forever as a Tetris game... that would rock.

    It's time to stack blocks and chew bubblegum. And I'm all outta gum.

  6. Re:Really? Because all this time I thought that... on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    Ahhh, but they are still working on it! Soon it will surpass emacs altogether, check out Bugzilla Bug 122411.

    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224 11

    Copy'n'paste because /. referrers are blocked.

  7. ObSimpsons on Rescuers Prep for Hybrid Car Accidents · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm an ELECTRIC car. I don't go very fast or very far, and when folks see you driving me, they'll think you're gay.

  8. Re:City sized? on City-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Fall · · Score: 1
    will pass withing a few moon units.

    But HOW MANY is a few? A Moon Unit is not very big, particularly on a cosmic scale.

  9. Re:If you reconfigure the modulators on Gas Plasma Antennas Help Wi-Fi Security · · Score: 0

    Too bad it'll likely require 1.21 jiggawatts of power to reach out past a few feet.

  10. Re:This is really bad. on Sprint Routers Stolen; NYC Internet Outage Ensues · · Score: 1
    Then, if your hosting company isn't full of morons,

    Well, since it's already been established that it was Sprint and Verizon that got pwned...

  11. Re:Boo hoo on Core CSS (2nd ed.) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. IE will exhibit the "n00b-expected" behaviour, while Opera will display the links as defined by the standards. IIRC, Firefox will display as the standards suggest as well.

  12. Re:Oh, and the name is staying Thunderbird on Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 Released · · Score: 1

    At least until noon.

  13. Re:I Use X Windows on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too bad I'm too busy drinking beer and watching porn to attend to your request.

  14. Re:uh? on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1
    This patent is on long button presses on "limited power computing devices".

    Wouldn't it be shorter and simpler just to say "on Windows"?

  15. Re:6-line perl script here on MIT Student Grills Valenti on Fair Use · · Score: 1
    (beware slashdot's line wraping)

    Intentional play on what Slashcode does to posts, or just a mispelling? You be the judge!

  16. Re:Smart Breeding? on Smart Breeding to Beat Biotechnology? · · Score: 1

    It said in-TER-breeding. RFTA there fella!

  17. Oh yeah? on Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot · · Score: 1

    How hot is it?

    *rimshot*

  18. Re:Once a month...? on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like he already did.

  19. Re:My First 10... on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1
    Every installation of Windows naturally degrades along a logarithmic curve until it becomes annoying,

    Would you like to take a tour of Windows XP?

    then unbearable,

    Wireless network found.
    Wireless network found.
    Wireless network found.

    then unusable.

    NTLDR NOT FOUND

  20. Re:Glance-able technology on Text Messaging-Enabled Crystal Chandelier Shown In Milan · · Score: 1
    Do you pull up a web page to see what time it is

    No, I hit "~" to bring down the console, then enter "!time" and convert to my timezone.


    I can quit playing ET anytime, really, I swear it.

  21. Re:The flagship... on D&D Is 30 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Stone knife which instantly stoned an enemy on a succesful hit

    Mangar's not here, man.

  22. Re:Spell checker on Summer Is Coming; Will Your Mousing Hand Survive? · · Score: 1

    Wirtn buy CmdrTaco? Byte ur tongle! Caan yew emagin wht splling wuld be liak ef yew let Taco spll-chk ur werk?

  23. Re:why more ram anyway? on A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles · · Score: 1
    why would any one need more than 512 mb ram any way?

    Because 512 millibits is damn little. Why, even my Commodore had 64 kilobytes!

  24. Re:Nonsense! on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 1
    Just like if through some quirk of quantum physics Vin Diesel and all his works were to suddenly go out of phase on this plane it would be an okay thing.

    Just be glad you GOT a movie on the plane. Last two cross-country flights I've been on haven't had one (America West).

  25. Re:I've seen the rushes and they're cool! on Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project · · Score: 3, Funny
    Jamie Kirk ... makes out with one of the local girls.

    Who is then strangely killed by a bouncing apparition that looks suspiciously like a flashlight shining through a shower curtain.