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  1. Re:How is it a mob at all? on Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs · · Score: 1

    Pfft. "Flash Mob" has been in use for a couple of years now, you're simply behind the times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

    If there's a word you don't know, look it up. How else do you learn new things?

  2. Re:Yeah... Ok on Utah Mulls a Database of Bar Customers · · Score: 1

    I think I'd notice the firing squad lining up, which would make me pretty nervous.

    I thought the person getting executed wore a blindfold for that reason?

    Eh, sounds like the only sensible thing is to bring back the guillotine: instant death, none of this sloppy drug cocktail injection or electric chair frying BS to worry about. Just keep the blade sharp.

  3. Bill Gates' influence? on MySQL Co-Founder Monty Widenius Quits Sun · · Score: 0

    "The company will work on the Malaria project, a storage engine Widenius and others developed, he wrote."

  4. Re:Wow, they are lucky. on Charter Cable Capping Usage Nationwide This Month · · Score: 1

    Eh, whatever. I've got the Extreme ROgers package, and don't remember the last time I even went above 50% of my mothly usage.

  5. Re:Counter-intuitive on Web Rescues Un-Aired Super Bowl Ads · · Score: 1

    If all you do is worry about "trusting" everything, you might as well give up living altogether.

  6. Re:Slashdot on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    Where I took an Power Animator course, the SGI machines were all named after Architects, alphabetically around the room. We only had 14 or so, so it wasn't like any of the students were maintaining them. Easy to figure out which one was which.

    At work, they're all location/usage/number, like XXXWEB03 or ZZZDBP14, etc.

  7. Quick question on Google Privacy Counsel Facing Criminal Charges · · Score: 3, Funny

    When did Google remove the video, and how soon was it after receiving the request? It's hard to figure out from your post.

  8. Re:Which to get? on Difficult Times For SF Magazines · · Score: 1

    Omni. Can't beat lurid descriptions of time travellers watching dinosaurs mate in the hot jungle.

  9. Re:They did the same thing on Lexx on Red Dwarf To Return, Find Earth · · Score: 1

    Tom Baker-era, he went to Earth with Romana II (fap fap)

  10. Re:People don't upgrade from what they're given on Windows 7 To Be "Thoroughly" Tested For Antitrust Compliance · · Score: 1

    Install Linux, problem solved?

  11. Re:I've got a better idea on Please No, Not a Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, to truly appreciate Shakespeare, you really need to hear it in the original Klingon.

  12. Re:It's a tad more complicated on How the US Lost Its China Complaint On IP · · Score: 1

    And more importantly: Congress is still the ultimate decider on whether any treaties/agreements become the law of the land. How many treaties have Presidents signed over the years that Congress has vetoed, rendering them null and void by the letter of the law?

  13. Even better on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It doesn't have to be 50/50 by any means, simply vote for a non-incumbent. Change is good :)

  14. Re:It's not just about "cool" on Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business? · · Score: 1

    Screen had the exact same resolution as the iPod, so not really much of a selling point except to those who don't read the actual specs.

  15. "bigger screen" on Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business? · · Score: 1

    Maybe physically, I recall the Zune defenders exclaiming the virtues of its "wide screen", but it had the exact same resolution as the iPods of the time. More FUD for people who don't read spec sheets.

  16. VMWare on Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a case for VMWare. I used it for a course because I was more used to Visio than OmniGraffle, and at school we had Visio, so everyone could open the documents. If she doesn't have a lot of RAM for her Mac, just get more, it's cheap! :)

  17. Re:I would like to hear from a lawyer on this.. on Personality Testing For Employment · · Score: 1

    There's a fine line between Genius, Madness, and Eccentricity; I like to think I've got a foot firmly planted on both.

  18. Re:Soundstage on Mars on Chandrayaan Maps Apollo Missions · · Score: 1

    And yet they've never explained why the three musketeers always used swords.

  19. Re:The reason for SI units on The Technology Behind the Magic Yellow Line · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What possible difference could it make whether or not you can personally directly measure the base units?

  20. Re:"Orgone Generators" on Hippies Say WiFi Network Is Harming Their Chakras · · Score: 1

    That's cuz you've been paid off by the phone company, man.

  21. Re:Bad economics on $30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Minesweeper is good against bosses... on Playing Tetris Is Good For You · · Score: 1

    A good shareholder lawsuit.

  23. Re:I prefer ubuntu ninjitsu on Ubuntu Kung Fu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fedora CDs can only be wielded by Oddjob!

  24. Re:Update, or rebuild completely. Renovation = Rui on Resurrecting Old Games, What Works? · · Score: 1

    What 'allegedly' are you talking about? "Star Wars" was and always will be 'Episode 4.' Lucas imagined it as harking back to the origial Buck Rogers serials, where you'd be dropped into the middle of the story and have to just accept the exposition as it came.

  25. Yeah,,, on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 1

    But that was the 1970s, people were tougher back then.