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  1. yeah they are mormonic on Sun Spokesman Says "We Screwed Up On Open Source" · · Score: 1

    I hear the upper management takes a lot of LDS. Some of them have been dropping it since the early 80s.

  2. Re:Summary For The Lazy on How to Save Mac OS X From Malware · · Score: 1

    the root of the problem is far, far deeper :( And by "deeper" you mean "between the keyboard and the chair"
  3. Gee on Artist/Astronomer Exhibits Photos Of Spy Satellites · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe if you guys tried spelling Berkeley right? Everyone knows where you're talking about but computers can be nitpicky about interpreting URLs...

  4. Mod Parent Up on Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History · · Score: 1

    +1 fascinating trivia. How sure can they be that it's a 47 digit number when it will take them so many years to figure out which 47 digit number it is?

  5. yeah but it wasn't just an affair on Man Selling His Life On eBay · · Score: 2, Funny

    Catching your wife in bed with another man is bad but not bad enough to sell your whole life. This guy must have caught her in bed with his best friend.
    Which is bad news for the person buying his life. Guess who's going to be your new best friend?!

  6. Wait a minute.... on Man Selling His Life On eBay · · Score: 1

    So if you buy his life you get to trade in yours?

  7. Not only that on Man Selling His Life On eBay · · Score: 1

    but is the guy selling the life never going to talk to his friends again?

  8. They should use this in Japan on Google Trends vs. Community Standards On Obscenity · · Score: 1

    For the mandatory obscenity checks described in the other article.

  9. did you see the byline? on Prior Art In Barracuda-Trend Micro Lawsuit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Posted by kawson on 17:19 Monday 23 June 2008....

  10. Like they say on What Does It Mean To Be an Open Source Author? · · Score: 2

    Open Source is the bomb! Linus-u Akbar!!!

  11. No no... on Android Phones Delayed · · Score: 0

    They're waiting for HURD to hit, erm, 0.3

  12. Re:Not sure how this is a bomb on Blogger Launches 'Google Bomb' At McCain · · Score: 1

    My point is, McCain actually said it; if he didn't think it would be used against him, he has a lot to learn about politics. As do you, apparently, if you think this level of "dishonesty" is that remarkable in American politics. And the thing is, if McCain doesn't want people to think he wants troops there forever, he should show less of a nonchalant attitude about how long they will be stuck there supporting what is widely perceived as a failed policy.

  13. Re:I don't trust the Chinese on ICANN Asked To Shut Down "Worst" Chinese Registrar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their eyes are a little bit too slanted for my taste. Actually, if you're going to taste them, it's best to remove them from the eyelid entirely. At that point, they're really indistinguishable from European eyes, but much more flavorful.

    After an hour or so, though, you need to eat another one.

  14. Re:Not sure how this is a bomb on Blogger Launches 'Google Bomb' At McCain · · Score: 1
    If it's "a bit" dishonest, it's a lot less so than the actual google bombs. I'm not saying this is the right thing to do, I'm just saying it's not a google bomb. And, in fact, it's only slightly different from what goes on anyway -- you have a blog, you don't like mccain, you post links to these articles, other people read those articles and find them worth linking to, they post to their blogs, and so on ... eventually if enough people think it's worthwhile, it climbs the google charts -- really, the only difference is that they're thinking about the google placing in the first place, which was bound to happen anyway.

    Oh and by the way, McCain actually did say the troops could be in Iraq for a hundred years. So for people who think that's important, that fact will be repeated.

  15. In other words on ICANN Asked To Shut Down "Worst" Chinese Registrar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ICANN has Chinese burglers?

  16. Martian ice is really big news, folks! on Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 4, Funny

    It means we finally have a suitable accompaniment for Martian scotch.

  17. Not sure how this is a bomb on Blogger Launches 'Google Bomb' At McCain · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's trying to manipulate google, sure, but in a more legit way than doing this: warmongering douchebag. The guy in the article is simply promoting 9 specific articles about McCain and suggesting that others link those articles as well to make sure they climb the search results. It's not that different from just passing the links around and telling people to make sure everyone they know reads them. Whereas doing this charming imposter doesn't just get more people to go to a link; it makes a clear association between that link and a phrase denigrating the object of the link.

  18. Necessary? We better get on it then! on Sandvine CEO Says Internet Monitoring a Necessity · · Score: 1

    Here's my whole wallet right now!!!!!!

  19. posting exploits of vulnerabilities on Safari "Carpet Bomb" Attack Still a Risk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Rios is withholding details of the new attack vector until Apple has had time to patch or respond to this issue. Seems sensible; I always thought this was standard practice with vulnerabilities. It helps ensure that at least the company who introduced the vulnerability has an opportunity to release a patch before the attack vectors are in the hands of every script kiddie around. It's definitely an approach the poster of this story should have considered.
  20. Re:Hotmail incompatible with me.... on Hotmail Full Version Incompatible With Firefox 3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess you could be a legacy user from way back when... Yeah, except that even way back when, hotmail was lame.
  21. Re:Well, I RTFA on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Another part of the problem with a study like this is identifying the various components of personality that make up the "bad" boy. Confidence, for example -- this is a quality that you might find statistically more of in "bad" boys, but I have seen "nice" guys do extremely well on the playing field without being mean or treating women like crap because they project confidence that the women they date find attractive. Or sense of humor -- again, "bad" boys who develop aggressive courting rituals based on ridiculing the girl they want to pick up are also a lot more funny than guys who talk about how nice the moon looks tonight. To me, those two qualities -- laughter and confidence -- are far more important than "badness" in getting laid.

  22. Mod parent up on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    I'm no casanova but in my experience, making a woman laugh is as close as you can get to making her cum using ordinary conversation. It doesn't matter that much what you look like, if you can do this, you will have her attention, and if you project confidence about yourself (or, really, about just about anything), she will date you. Studies like this are interesting but it's hard for them to tell us much that we don't already know intuitively since there are so many variables to control for, such as sense of humor.

  23. Re:MOD PARENT UP +Informative on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    yes I think so, that was the inspiration for the 2s and 3s ... the 4s were all my idea though ;)

  24. Oh please on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    Only wimps use optical media, _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it. Pfft, amateur. Real men do all backups using the carbon CPU.... just memorize the sequence of 1s and 0s on your hard drive, and restore the backup using only your voice and a 1200 baud modem with a phone cradle.
  25. MOD PARENT UP +Informative on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    This is correct information. Gold cables really help in two ways. First of all, when transferring bits, gold follows the golden rule, reducing the number of evil bits that go through, making it less likely that you will wind up with malware in your backups. Second, because of the higher conductivity of gold, you aren't just transferring 1s and 0s anymore; here at my freelance gig we're seeing many 2s, 3s, and even the occasional 4s being carried through the cable. You'll find that your resulting backups are even more accurate than the originals.