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  1. Re:shouldn't be legal on The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker · · Score: 1

    I think breaking into cars and homes, and running over innocent bystanders, and going on murderous rages are all illegal acts in most states in the US (can't account for Alaska). I could be wrong though.

  2. Re:Silverblight and Mono. on Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac · · Score: 1

    In other news, it turns out twitter has a fifteenth account under the name "dedazo"

  3. offtopic but important on Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Q: What do you call a person of short stature who rides a horse and plays CDs on the radio?

    A: A compact compact disk disk jockey jockey!

  4. The answer is obvious on Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent · · Score: 1

    This is hilarious on SOOO many levels. I don't even know who to root for in this story! Help me Slashdot, should I go for Hallburton, the Patent Office, the trolls?

    Apple, of course!

  5. Re:states rights! on Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I could've sworn that non-competes were illegal in California

    I could've sworn IBM was in New York.

    The US Constitution explictly states one state cannot discharge your contractual obligations made legally in another state.

    I could have sworn that "Constitution" thing was made illegal by the Patriot Act.

  6. did the study only measure reliability? on Study Finds iPhone Twice As Reliable As BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    Twice as reliable is pretty cool but did the study measure form factor or anything like that? I want to know how many times cuter the iPhone is than the blackberry.

  7. Re:Who.... on Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised · · Score: 1

    Well, sure there's always a chance that there's all kinds of stuff on there, but in terms of "the evolution of policy positions," what is there really to keep secret? Someone mentioned blackmail -- that's certainly a possibility but that wouldn't be about the "evolution of policy positions" at all.

  8. Re:Is that all? The IntarTubes have a solution! on Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised · · Score: 1

    Ted Stevens gets re-elected

    I know they're still counting absentees, but it looks like this is coming to pass. I've never been to alaska so I admit I don't understand, but how the hell did he convince voters of anything at this point? "The Internet is a series of tubes, and I've been convicted of a series of felonies... vote for me, while I'm still alive!"

  9. "Caribou Barbie"? That's insulting. on Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised · · Score: 3, Funny

    Her proper nickname is "Bible Spice".

  10. Re:Who.... on Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To be fair, the article says the hackers were gathering "information on the evolution of both camps' policy positions", not secret foreign policy plans. But this still begs the question of your conclusion, since presumably that information is available to anyone with access to newspapers and the internet anyway. As you say, the more private version of this info might be useful to the other campaign but it's not going to be that interesting to foreign adversaries.

  11. Re:terrorist! on Morris Worm Turning 20 · · Score: 1

    You know, Obama did pal around with Morris when he was 8. McCain was going to bring this up, but he was worried that Obama would bring up the fact that McCain was boyhood friends with John Wilkes Booth.

  12. Re:Steve's plans for world domination? on Apple Plans To Make Chips For Handhelds · · Score: 1

    Steve's more like Henry Ford than Big Brother.

    So you're saying Steve Jobs is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist?

  13. easy on How To Make Money With Free Software · · Score: 0

    1. Use free software to collect poop^W^W create porn
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!

  14. Re:I've heard there was a secret chord on Math Prof Uncovers Secret Chord · · Score: 1

    The only shreks I've ever seen around here had frickin laser beams attached to their heads!

  15. oh yeah? That's nothing! on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 1

    Once I locked myself out of my DeLorean, and the locksmith was able to make a copy of the key using only two pieces of wood, a knitting needle, and a half gram of coke.

  16. Re:Still have mine.... on CueCat Patent Granted, Finally · · Score: 1

    What do I do with the box of these that a frustrated Radio Shack manager gave me?

    Whatever you do, don't open it! I opened mine and it was dead :/

  17. Re:Brilliant!! on CueCat Patent Granted, Finally · · Score: 1

    The difference here is its more convenient instead of less.

    Well, where's the fun in that? Silly Japanese.

  18. I still use one on CueCat Patent Granted, Finally · · Score: 1

    It's a great little barcode scanner for simple jobs. I keep track of books and DVDs with it. Where I work we have a rather sizeable library and we purchased a barcode scanner for the same purpose that cost upwards of $150 ... and it doesn't really work any better than the declawed cuecat.

  19. At least we'll be able to look good while clicking on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 1

    I hear there's a great new clothing store for people our age. It's called Forever 41.

  20. Re:5T$ and growing from republican policies. on Couch Potato Gene Identified In Fruit Flies · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your grand children will suffer mainly from the Bush legacy. Not fruit file research.

    Yes but fruit file research will suffer for other reasons; mostly because it's very difficult to get all those oddly shaped fruits into manila folders.

  21. Re:This is why we are $10T in debt on Couch Potato Gene Identified In Fruit Flies · · Score: 1

    Great... so the U.S. will soon become another Canada - universal free everything, and good at nothing.

    Such as regulating banks?

    No, no. Such as educating our children! No, wait... umm, such as providing decent health care to all!! No, no, that's not right either... hmmm, such as winning the war on terrorism!! No, wait, we suck at that too; maybe I meant the war on drugs!! Crap, we lost that one too... Oh I know this .... oh yeah -- exporting crappy caricatures of ourselves on television!!! Hah! America rules!! (the US-America that is). Take that, great white north!!

  22. Re:Required for Liberal control of populace on Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please let me know who the "socialist/communist" candidate is in this election so that I can be sure to vote against him or her. Thanks. Oh yes and I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  23. Re:13 mil for a tld? on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 0

    1. Pay $13 million
    2. ???
    3. Get Rich!

    Where Step 2 is "if you can afford 13 million for a TLD, you're already rich, asshole!"

  24. me too on Stellar Seismologists Record "Music" From Stars · · Score: 1

    I also interpreted "stars" as "celebrities" and just figured this was about a new remix album by DJ Seismologist

  25. Re:exactly right on Soaring, Cryptography, and Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that Iran wants to see dead Iranian children? You're a moron. Iran may be a theocracy but as I said before, even theocratic states behave like states in the international arena -- if they don't, they don't survive. Iran has survived precisely because of its statecraft, not because of its theocracy, which may serve internal purposes but plays no role on the international stage. As I said before, look at Iran's behavior in the past century.