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  1. Re:Too big and bulky? on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1
    That thing runs windows.

    I said PDA., meaning Personal Digital Assistant, not PDN (Personal Digital Nightmare).

  2. Re:Anyone else... on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1
    Very few of his predictions have ever been accurate. I'm surprised that Apple's stock didn't go UP when this bit was published.

    Especially since Apple is working with Motorola already.

  3. Re:Too big and bulky? on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 1

    After they made Palm Vx they broke the mold. No PDA has ever come close in terms of form factor. Too bad they stopped making them before USB. Otherwise I would still be using mine.

  4. Re:Obviously! on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: 1

    That is the Apple Reality Distortion Field at work again. There is no amount of secret browser code that will make this site look great (unless the code secretly redirects all traffic from slashdot.org to apple.com).

  5. Re:Um on Safari vs. KHTML · · Score: 1
    Is an unrealized danger of OSS that others may take your project in a direction you didn't intend?
    It's not unrealized, lots of projects have forked before.

    It's not even a "danger" -- isn't this part of the basic premise of open source, that different coders will add new things and take a project in new directions?

  6. Re:BE CAREFUL on Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos) · · Score: 2, Funny
    You're selling your mini because you don't know how to change a system preference? How about reinstalling from scratch?

    Never mind, scratch that. Can I buy your new iMac after you mess up some of the settings on that one too? It can fund your new G5 ;)

  7. a Mac tablet on Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A MacOSX tablet would rock. Tablets may not be that exciting by themselves but with OSX? UNIX wherever you are, turn the thing into a terminal and watch videos on it streamed off your mac mini in the other room; instant on feature lets you use it to take notes at lectures; capture video with built in videocam; use your soon to be released ipod/motorola phone combo thingy as a remote control to change the channel, etc. Sure, it's all stuff you can do with a mini laptop and a TV set now but when Apple does this it will be much snappier, trust me ;)

  8. FrSIRT? on Apple iTunes Hit With a New Critical Flaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they get the FrSIRT post in when they published this vulnerability?

  9. One thing left out of the report on Testing Out Cell-Phone Viruses on a Prius · · Score: 1

    Right before the car crashed, it spoke to the driver, saying, "Hi! How are you? I send you crashing into this wall in order to have your advice. See you later. Thanks"

  10. Re:You're violating my rights! on Internet Hunting Banned in California · · Score: 1

    And here I am, using my legs like a sucker!

  11. Re:i hate to sound like a total dunce on Microsoft to Introduce Faster Security Disclosures · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a big cone shaped hat you have to put on before you sit in the corner.

  12. now that's useful on Encrypted Fileserver with Bittorrent Web Interface · · Score: 2, Funny

    encrypted mp3s sound so much better than regular ones.

  13. Re:Obvious transhuman consequences left out on Artificial Retinas Bring Vision Back To The Blind · · Score: 5, Funny
    Transhumanism is like libertarianism

    You mean it's an unworkable fantasy dreamed up by conservatives who smoke pot?

    Sounds about right to me.

  14. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these on Artificial Retinas Bring Vision Back To The Blind · · Score: 1

    Screw that. Imagine reading Beowulf with your improved vision!!

  15. Diversity? on The Art and Design of Quake 4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    we have a lot of diversity throughout the entire game

    Just what we need; a politically correct multicultural FPS!

  16. Re:Editor desperately needed at NewScientist.com on Vacuum-Controlled Elevator Developed · · Score: 1
    No no no.

    These are mechanical breaks -- periods where operation is interrupted; like a coffee break or lunch break. Basically, when there is a sudden loss of pressure, the elevator takes a break, just like I would do if there was a disaster about to occur that might be blamed on me if I were around.

  17. huh? on Qualcomm Adopts Linux for 3G Handsets · · Score: 1
    If you're going to smoke the stuff (I won't, I value my neurons too much), you should at least learn how to spell it.

    In what way does proper spelling aid the transportation of cannabis to the lungs?

    If you're going to spell the stuff you should at least try smoking it.

  18. Re:Oh, right, error code -36! on File Sharing Difficulties Frustrate Tiger Admins · · Score: 1
    ...you can see lots of stuff on the blue screen. Sometimes, just googling one line in there will get you an answer.

    How do you use google while you have a blue screen?

  19. yeah man why can't macs say something useful on File Sharing Difficulties Frustrate Tiger Admins · · Score: 1

    Like "Fatal Exception Error 0028:C156DAD1"

  20. Water is nice but on Mars Express Begins Search for Water on Mars · · Score: 1

    When do they begin the search for Scotch?

  21. Re:Ugh on Publisher Wiley's Books Pulled from Apple Stores · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that would be no freaking way. Apple moving to Intel would be huge. It ain't happening.

  22. You don't understand on Publisher Wiley's Books Pulled from Apple Stores · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's different when Apple pulls something like this.

    It's much.... snappier.

  23. Jobs replies on Publisher Wiley's Books Pulled from Apple Stores · · Score: 3, Funny
    Mr. Jobs, meet Mr. Murphy. He also has a law you should know about.

    Mr. Murphy, meet the Apple Legal Department. They know a thing or two about interpreting the law to my advantage.

  24. GNU/Hurd on World Intellectual Property Day · · Score: 4, Funny
    There is no stable release (but it is still under rapid development).

    Interesting. Please share your definition of "rapid" with the rest of us.

  25. Re:Examples? on World Intellectual Property Day · · Score: 1
    Even under the current license, it "plays fewer games"

    No doubt. The state of gaming applications on Minix is even more dismal than on MacOS!