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  1. Re:Only link that matters on 'Robin Sage' Social Hoax Duped Military, Security Pros · · Score: 1
    Actually they should have done both. I think it would be interesting to see which people would friend the two personas.
    You would then have four groups:
    • Those who friend everyone.
    • Those who friend random hot women they don't know.
    • Those who think the random hot women are spammers, but think they might actually know the other one somehow.
    • Those who friend only the people they actually know.
  2. Re:Perhaps copyright needs to be more like tradema on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    I wish it would happen for Frisbee. No one knows what I mean when I mention an Ultimate disc.

  3. Re:Ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? on Things You Drink Can Be Used To Track You · · Score: 2, Funny

    I only drink the blood of my enemies.

    And occasionally a strawberry Yoo-hoo.

  4. Re:everybody back to 4th grade, please. on Apple, AT&T Sued Over iPhone 4 Antennas · · Score: 1

    I don't think he'll get the desired affect.

  5. Re:Why so discriminating? on Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays · · Score: 1

    It's not selective as in other passages contradict it. It's selective as in there are other passages they ignore on unrelated topics. Such a list could go on quite long, but take for example passages about how slavery is okay.

  6. Re:Where do I sign up for that job? on Arlington National Cemetery's Many IT Flaws · · Score: 1

    "Arson Smith bid twice that amount, I'm sure he'll do a better job."
    "...isn't there something fishy about the way his name sounds though..."
    "Hush you, I've made my decision!"
    "..."

  7. Re:Inoffensive websites on Pakistan To Scour Google, Yahoo For Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    I don't know... that site shows me:

    It works!

    I'm sure someone could find that offensive.

  8. Re:Is there a way to block Pakistan? on Pakistan To Scour Google, Yahoo For Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    This is pretty good.

  9. Re:Not Enough Testing on SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You don't have to wait 100 years if it fails early.

  10. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on How HTML5 Will Change the Web · · Score: 1

    Why can't it be in a per-user folder inside their profile ?

    It is, at least for Chrome on Windows XP:
    C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage
    And file size is limited to 5MB per domain.

  11. Re:First Post! on Why Being Wrong Makes Humans So Smart · · Score: 1

    So you're even more wrong than you think.

    So is that an insult or a compliment?

  12. Re:Well.. on Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Includes Passwords, Email Content · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Much, if not most, of polite human society throughout history is based on pretending you didn't overhear coversations between people.

    Which is what Google did. If they had actually used that information, then in the analogy it would be someone overhearing something the shouldn't have and then going home and saying "OMG, listen to this gossip! ...". But Google didn't do anything with that information they "overheard".

  13. Re:I don't know what the complaint is about? on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 1

    Help push all the browsers to support HTML5 and just use
    <input type="email" name="user_email" />

  14. Re:And that attitude is the whole problem on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 1

    True, but a CHAR(32) will perform better when you go to retrieve the information from the database, as long as there are no VARCHAR columns in the table. It won't be significant for small databases, but it is something to think about.

  15. Re:Tray 3? on HP and Yahoo To Spam Your Printer · · Score: 1

    Mini Cooper should team up with those advertisements. That way when people ask you why you drive such a small car you can say, "I'm compensating for something."

  16. Re:The first planned spam... on HP and Yahoo To Spam Your Printer · · Score: 1

    read once and recycle.

    Well aren't you just the cutest little optimist. Yes you are!
    </AdultTalkingToBabyVoice>

  17. Thorough Summary on US Sues Oracle Over Alleged Overcharging · · Score: 1

    The summary pretty much restates the entire article...except for listing the people who declined to comment on the situation.

  18. Re:Not a 400% Increase on Univ. of California Faculty May Boycott Nature Publisher · · Score: 1

    They are confusing additive versus multiplicative increases. Yes, they could have said a 300% increase, but what I think they meant was 400% of (times) the original price.

  19. Re:Ubisoft : DRM isn't about piracy but used games on Blizzard Boss Says Restrictive DRM Is a Waste of Time · · Score: 1

    No one plays offline and alone.

    This is Slashdot...

  20. So? on XBMC Discontinues Xbox Support · · Score: 1

    I still have an X-Box with XBMC from 2003 which works fine. I keep it at my girlfriend's house however, since I have new and shinier toys at mine.

    Let the developers focus on the new stuff.

  21. Overshadowing on A Playable PAC-MAN On Google Doodle · · Score: 1

    This doodle may overshadow the Official PAC-MAN 30th Anniversary Destination.

    Yes, because google.com can handle being /.ed, pacman.com not so much.

  22. Re:Mohammed on YouTube Blocked In Pakistan · · Score: 3, Funny

    not supposed to eat any port products

    What if the ham came from the starboard side of the ship?

  23. Re:Imagine this... on Australia Air Travelers' Laptops To Be Searched For Porn · · Score: 1

    I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1.

    if (!isSigShown) showSigs()
    return Re:Imagine this... (Score:-1, Offtopic)

  24. Re:I'm not worried about those hacks on Hacking Automotive Systems · · Score: 1

    But how will you know if someone has had physical access to your car? Opening a car door isn't that difficult, and I'm sure AAA aren't the only ones with the good tools to do it quickly.

  25. Re:USAF to Sony: on US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update · · Score: 1

    err, twice