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  1. Re:Cognitive dissonance is on Monkeys and Cognitive Dissonance · · Score: 1

    Ahh..
    I see that you also are suffering cognitive dissonance...

  2. Cognitive dissonance is on Monkeys and Cognitive Dissonance · · Score: 1

    .. the explanation for why I love to read Slashdot, even though I'm a Republican.

  3. Re:Old technology and kids. on Deconstructing the PC Revolution · · Score: 2, Funny

    What really freaks the kids out is a 45.
    'Specially when you point it right at them.

    Oh wait. Is there a different kind of "45"?

  4. Yawn. on Wal-Mart's Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs · · Score: 1

    Even if you're confused by the similar appearance, the $2.98 price should clue you in that this is NOT a Wii...

  5. I hate the cellphone carriers on Why Everyone Should Hate Cellphone Carriers · · Score: 1

    ... that carry them into the restaurant, or the movies.

  6. Re:Right of life, liberty, and cable on FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments · · Score: 1

    Right!

    Because life without cable TV is just as horrible as starving to death.

    And besides, Jesus probably wouldn't want anybody to watch TV, given the crap that passes for entertainment these days.

  7. Re:Could be worse on US Democrats Accidentally Publish Whistleblowers' Email Addresses · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So here are our options:
    1) Incompetence, or
    2) Malice.

    We're screwed.

  8. Re:The old packet vs circuit argument? on ARPANet Co-Founder Predicts An Internet Crisis · · Score: 1

    You mean, like UDP instead of TCP?

  9. Subsumed? on A Technology Report From A San Diego Fire Shelter · · Score: 1

    I think he meant consumed.

  10. I, for one, on World Series Ticket Sales Overwhelm Servers · · Score: 1

    ... will welcome our new Ticket Server Overload!

  11. The way to stop scalpers on World Series Ticket Sales Overwhelm Servers · · Score: 1

    .. is to sell the tickets for their actual market value, removing the incentive to scalp.

  12. Re:1 big assumption here! on United Makes Plans to Drop 'Baggage Neutrality' · · Score: 1

    In that case, they lose yours first.

  13. Damn! on IFPI Domain Dispute Likely to Go To Court · · Score: 1

    I read the summary too fast. I thought IFPI.ORG was pointed to a pornographic site...

  14. Re:Why can't I buy a digital-to-NTSC set-top box? on Why Can't I Buy A CableCARD Ready Set-Top Box? · · Score: 1

    That's cool.

    I really like the "digital HDTV" antenna they have advertised as an accessory. I wonder how the antenna distinguishes between digital and analog signals?

  15. Is Best Buy stupid? on Switch to Digital Television Picking up Steam · · Score: 1

    or is the cheap TV set competition from Wal-Mart just too tough for them?

  16. Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth on Best Way To Teach Oneself Math? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Obligatory Family Guy Quote on US Faces $100 Billion Fine For Web Gambling Ban · · Score: 1

    I'll send you a certified cashier's check for $4.00, and I'll trust you to wire back the balance via Western Union.

  18. Re:Hmmmm.... on US Faces $100 Billion Fine For Web Gambling Ban · · Score: 1

    > You don't have to cheat to make a lot of money as a gambling company.

    That's true.
    Gambling (er, um, "gaming" I mean) is a tax on stupid people, and man, oh man, there are a lot of stupid people in this world.

  19. I prefer on Low-tech Inventions That Help Change Lives · · Score: 1

    ... Popular Mechanic's older, hi tech solutions.

  20. Shouldn't have much effect. on eBay Sellers Seething Over Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    Who clicks on the ads anyway?
    I mean, except for the people who get paid to click the ads.

  21. Another case of on US Scientist Creates Artificial Life · · Score: 1, Funny

    Artificial Intelligent Design!

  22. Are these the same audiofiles.. on James Randi Posts $1M Award On Speaker Cables · · Score: 1

    ... that think CDs sound "grainy" compared to LPs because of the 44.1 kHz time quantization and 16 bit amplitude quantization?

  23. Re:Thank God, this will shut up the liberals on Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks 30 Percent · · Score: 1

    CFCs had to phased put because Monsanto's patent expired. Now they have a patent on something newer that won't be dangerous to the ozone layer until it's patent expires.

  24. Re:It's a message from the aliens: on Powerful Blast Confuses Astronomers · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's German for, "The spammer, the", right?

  25. Re:Burma? on How Burmese Dissidents Crack Censorship · · Score: 1

    If I had taken more time to find a Burma-Shave poem, I coulda used this one that's more Slashdot-appropriate....

    These signs
    We gladly
    Dedicate
    To men who've had
    No date of late

    Burma-Shave