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  1. Re:Stick a Fork In Them on SCO Wants Summary Ruling, Wants To Appeal Unix Ownership Decision · · Score: 1

    their stock is around 60 cents and was at 44 cents.

    Holy shit! It's going up!!

  2. ummm, 6? on Don't Let Your Boss Catch You Reading This · · Score: 1

    6. CowboyNeal

  3. ninjas on Can Apple + AT&T Shut Down iPhone Unlockers? · · Score: 1

    Do you disbelieve Steve Jobs' ability to accomplish this task?

    Never underestimate the power of the Reality Distortion Field.

  4. Re:... and the Daily Show is off this week. on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1

    Wow - they don't have Bittorrent in the Netherlands?

  5. where is it? on NeoOffice 2.2.1 Available For Mac · · Score: 1

    The link you have says Not Found, and other links that come up on google point there also. Anyone know where it went?

  6. Stupid kid on Teen Hacks $84 Million Porn Filter in 30 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Once his parents read about this on slashdot the jig will be up.

  7. Insightful? on Can Open Source Give Comfort To the Enemy? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let me get this straight ... your point is, whitey is gonna lose to the terrorists no matter what, so his best bet is to jump on a fucking space ship and colonize some distant galaxy?

  8. 25 years? on Can Open Source Give Comfort To the Enemy? · · Score: 1

    That is, if you care about spending the next 25 years in federal prison. But these prisons you speak of, they allow conjugal visits there, right?
  9. Zeus IS God! on Study: Martian Soil Has Signs of Life · · Score: 1

    Read the Iliad.

  10. No he can't do that either on Pirate Banned From Using Linux · · Score: 1

    The Court order also requires him to eschew alcohol and other intoxicants. I agree, though, in general, if you have to use Windows, it is much better to do so drunk.

  11. question from an audiophile on The "Loudness War" and the Future of Music · · Score: 1

    Many people experienced improved sound quality from using a special pen to draw round the outside of their CDs. Where can I get one of these special pens?!
  12. Re:The drug profile of my neighborhood's sewage on Drug Testing Entire Cities at Once · · Score: 1

    Agreed on the Sauza, good stuff if you're on a budget. But check out Milagro -- their silver is only about $25 a bottle, and it's as good as many that run 2-3 times the price; certainly better than Don Julio or Patron.... Agreed on Cuervo too but their Tradicional is drinkable, and their Reserva is pretty good. A lot of higher end tequilas are also made out of that house.

  13. digging through sewage on Drug Testing Entire Cities at Once · · Score: 1

    deployment of this type of surveilance would be kept plenty busy hunting down gross point sources Ummm, yes digging through all that sewage would be pretty gross alright.
  14. Re:The drug profile of my neighborhood's sewage on Drug Testing Entire Cities at Once · · Score: 2, Funny

    Corzo!!!
    Followed perhaps by Corazon, then Milagro....

    Please, take Sammy Hagar's tequila off your list. Never drink tequila with a rhyming name.

  15. Re:Why should *every* song say "fuck"? on Wal-Mart Ditches DRM, Keeps Censorship · · Score: 1

    I don't see why a store that also sells toys and teen clothes would want to carry "50 cents" in the next isle. The thing is, they do carry "50 cents" in the next aisle; they just carry a version that bleeps out the word "fuck" but nevertheless contains the same exploitive, misogynist, violent gangsta message. The problem with all this censorship is not only that it backfires (making the uncensored version all the more desirable, and enhancing 50 cent's credibility as a thug and an outlaw), but also that it doesn't address the problem in the first place. The problem is that this underlying message (of black criminality, of abuse of women, of a puerile sexual obsession, and of glorified violence) is the message that the major record labels have decided is "what the people want." It is the message that is promoted in commercial hip-hop on radio stations and so forth. I don't think any of it should be censored but I do think a realistic dialogue about this message needs to be had by the industry as well as by local communities. Unfortunately, instead of having that dialogue, companies censor the word "fuck" and pretend they've done their job.
  16. Re:Is is disclosed? on Wal-Mart Ditches DRM, Keeps Censorship · · Score: 3, Funny

    Beer is bad? Game hunting with guns is bad? yes, but game hunting with beer is good! just ask Dick Cheney!!
  17. Typo in the story on Star Wars Fan Puts Himself in Carbonite · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's spelled "virginity," not "nerd-cred."

  18. Re:not an error on A Trip Down Computer Memory Lane · · Score: 1

    "Expensive tools"? I don't know how much it cost, but it didn't look like it was worth more than five bucks, and I doubt I spent more than that on it at the time. At the time it was easy to get one (most companies that sold ram for the thing sent along the tool with the ram), so I'm not sure I agree with your point about Apple trying to keep joe sixpack from opening the box.

  19. Re:ummm... on Forbes 400 Targeted by ID Thieves · · Score: 1

    ...exactly my point. you have a lot more dying of heart disease on either list, particularly on the first.

  20. not an error on A Trip Down Computer Memory Lane · · Score: 1

    For the SE and Plus and probably some others, you needed the "Mac Cracker" in addition to the long T-15. The cracker was a spring loaded device that pushed parts of the case outward in order to open it.

  21. ummm... on Forbes 400 Targeted by ID Thieves · · Score: 1

    Approximately $3040 is spent on AIDS research for every one death caused by the disease. In comparison, only $37 is spent on cardiovascular disease per death caused by the disease. How many people die of AIDS a year? How many of CV disease? Which one has been around for much longer and is much better understood? Are we looking at figures worldwide or in the US? A statement like this, while it sounds significant, is ultimately pretty meaningless. And that source hardly looks objective.
  22. good point on Fox Hacks Fark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Paypal would inform him right away if his account had been compromised. In fact, this happened to me and paypal informed me in an email; the email had a link to a website where I could enter my paypal password and fix the problem.

    I'm not sure where all my money went though.

  23. Re:Cold Boxes on How to Reach 200 MPH on Hydrogen Fuel Cells · · Score: 1

    you forgot to mention idiot ;)

  24. Re:Heretic! on The Heretical Freeman Dyson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep; he did.
    BR>And that sounds like heresy to me! Burn him!!

  25. Re:Collapse on Why Make a Sequel of the Napster Wars? · · Score: 1

    but I suspect that not shutting down Napster would have led to the industry's collapse as well. which means that Napster had nothing to do with it either way - the industry collapsed because it refused to change with the times, not because of any impact Napster had. Napster showed the way for a different business model that might save them -- they chose to sue the messenger and ignore the message.