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  1. Re:Or maybe support an Open Source option? on RealTek SDK Introduces Vulnerability In Some Routers · · Score: 2

    why not support a vendor that supports ... Open Source solutions?

    Because open source software sucks balls?

    Isn't that a feature ? :)

  2. Unpleasant pricks? on New Sampling Device Promises To Make Blood Tests Needle-Free · · Score: 2

    I know lots of those :(

  3. Re:FTFY on Microsoft Announces Device Guard For Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Kids these days - no clue !

  4. Re:Remember his name [Re:Alternate headline] on Turing Manuscript Sells For $1 Million · · Score: 1

    Derek Jacobi, just for the record. I think this was a BBC drama about 20 years ago? I agree it was very good

  5. Re:The mentally ill. on Verdict Reached In Boston Bombing Trial · · Score: 1

    Did you stop taking your meds again?

  6. We will soon have machines that will provide us with plastic cups filled with a liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

    Last time I tried tea from a machine ... i would say your future has already arrived

  7. Re:Color me surprised on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    Nothing wrong with the languages .. lousy benchmarks ... if they had been written in C with the same skill level they would have segfaulted!

  8. Re:Obvious on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    They also seem to be doing buffered writes, so they are not writing each byte to disk, one at a time. No JVM warmup time ... very flawed as benchmarks.

  9. Re:So much bullshit, so little time. on Developers and the Fear of Apple · · Score: 1

    So Apple users are too stupid/brainwashed to decide for themselves ? Oh, the irony!

  10. Re:eliminate extra sugar on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    Not in the office please. I had a colleague who used those across the desk from me, and the noise was infuriating.

  11. Re: Impossible Fair Trial on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I heard recently the US is a net exporter of energy, so maybe not.

  12. The death of delayed gratification on Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery Service In Baltimore and Miami · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And the birth of the ultimate impulse buy

  13. Re:I guess rms is truly wise. on The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty · · Score: 1

    But not the only tool for most ...

  14. Re:Another Oxymoron on Zuckerberg and Gates-Backed Startup Seeks To Shake Up African Education · · Score: 1

    Just moron - and that's the Anonymous Coward

  15. Re:Weak, sentimental, nonsense. on Lawsuit Over Quarter Horse's Clone May Redefine Animal Breeding · · Score: 1

    Diana Spencer 'IS' no-one, having been dead for sometime. She 'WAS' English

  16. Re:So? It's a good corporate move. on Is Microsoft Trying to Become "King of Search" With Cortana Strategy? · · Score: 1

    Are its results better than Google's?

  17. Re:Good god on Is Microsoft Trying to Become "King of Search" With Cortana Strategy? · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia suggests she is the voice of Cortana

  18. Good god on Is Microsoft Trying to Become "King of Search" With Cortana Strategy? · · Score: 0

    Anyone else seen the vomit-inducing ads for Cortana on UK TV? They're enough to put one off the whole idea.

  19. Re:only women with on The Role of a Nonprofit In Open Source Development · · Score: 1

    I doubt you've ever seen a real pair or tits except your mother's, loser

  20. Re:What about the Pima Indians? on The Role of a Nonprofit In Open Source Development · · Score: 1

    I doubt you've ever seen a real tit except your mother's, loser

  21. Re:bring back JC on BBC Returns To Making Computers For Schools · · Score: 1

    The guy's a prat and desreves what's coming

  22. Are there open source tools... on Open Source Hardware Approaching Critical Mass · · Score: 1

    ...to go with this? I'm aware of various schematic/pcb/mechanical packages, but I've yet to find any FPGA tools such as each vendor gives away to get you to use their devices.

  23. Re:back in my day on Turkish Ministry Recommends Banning Minecraft -- Over Violence · · Score: 1

    And I'm getting off your lawn, already

  24. Re:Will they ban soccer too? on Turkish Ministry Recommends Banning Minecraft -- Over Violence · · Score: 1

    Pig's bladders?

  25. Re:What's the story? on TSYNC Not a Hard Requirement For Google Chrome After All · · Score: 1

    Grow up