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  1. Re:Well, interesting. on Salty Ocean On Europa Could Mean Life · · Score: 1
    It's like going downtown in a strange city and saying "Hey, we're downtown! There must be a good Chinese[-American] restaurant around here!"

    A sure thing, huh?
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  2. Re:Cartoon about these things on Personal Helicopter · · Score: 1
    I even have an autographed copy of the first book. :)

    Also, I believe that cartoon came out shortly after the first announcement about these personal helicopters.
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  3. It's Log! on SCO Change Their Name to Tarantella · · Score: 1
    Reminds of an old Onion story... "New Corporate Log Changes Everything".

    Of course it changes everything! Its Log!
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  4. Re:Playstation renamed on Nintendo's Dolphin Becomes The N-Cube · · Score: 1

    Sega follows with the new Z-Parallelepiped.
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  5. Re:Now there's no excuse! on Artificial Nose Works By Color · · Score: 2

    Even more useful, how about diapers?
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  6. Re:Ah, if only MST3k did major movies... on Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese · · Score: 1
    I would just love to see ID4 MST3K'd. The truly remarkable thing about that movie was that at almost every point in the movie, even if you assumed that everything up to that point happened, the next event wouldn't. If I ever could get myself to watch it again, I would like to make a list of those events, and why they make no sense.

    Amusingly, I saw the latex model of the alien at a showing of the "Special Effects" IMAX movie, and it was more lifelike than it looked in the movie.
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  7. Re:Ack! Significant whitespace! on C# Under The Microscope · · Score: 3
    I shudder when I think of programming with significant whitespace.

    You may not always be safe in C++. (Acrobat format ;)
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  8. Re:iPaq? on More On The Compaq iPAQ Linux Handheld · · Score: 3
    Great, they named it after a dead rapper.

    Wouldn't that be iiPaq?
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  9. Re:Super on Linux on a Wrist Watch? · · Score: 1
    > Digital watches have never been fashionable

    Actually, I think that they are a pretty neat idea.

    Man. You are so amazingly primitive.
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  10. Re:Come on Democratic Convention... on 2600 Staffer Arrested During Republican Convention · · Score: 1
    Gore is pretty close to an inanimate carbon rod....

    Cheap shot, i know...
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  11. TOS? on Java Security Hole Makes Netscape Into Web Server · · Score: 1

    What if running a server is against your TOS? Can a random person violate your terms of service? :)
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  12. Re:This will get worse. on Samba Runs Into Naming Problems In Germany · · Score: 1
    There are only so many short but pronouncable words that you can construct. There are billions of people on this planet, many of whom are naming things.

    I'd better hurry up and claim AWORLPOINGTONK, Inc.

    It's sorta short and pronouncable...
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  13. Re:Don't compromise, be an adult on Preventing Vendors From Playing The Blame Game? · · Score: 1

    And, of course, the obligatory Bush/Dick campaign stickers. I guess this year the choice is between sex and violence: Bush/Dick, or Gore.
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  14. Re:Well, of course. on Security Through Obscurity A GOOD Thing? · · Score: 1
    2. I, a third party, purchase every lock on the market as soon as it comes out. I hit the lock with every tool in my house in every combintation that I possibly can. I finally find a combination of tools that breaks the lock. I inform the company that the lock can be broken, with exact details on how the lock can be broken.

    2a. The company sues you under the DMCA after you foolishly admit to them that you bypassed their access control.
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  15. Re:It was the dawn.... on Houston, We have a Space Station! · · Score: 1
    Just as humans *are* aliens.

    At least to most of the galaxy's population.
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  16. Re:artists on Civil Disobedience and DeCSS · · Score: 1
    Artists will have no incentive to create.

    Some artists will have no incentive to create. I think the loss of that type of artist would be a small price to pay. If someone invented a Star Trek computer that could solve any problem if asked nicely, I (as a programmer) would probably be out of a job. But I'd think that computer was the coolest thing in the world, and I would test its (and my) limits on it for free. Heck, I'd probably pay.
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  17. Re:Private communication is easy. on Digital Voices From Rogue Nations? · · Score: 2
    All they need to do is know what to look for. Files going through email that are not in known formats, or worst yet, apear to be very random data,might raise red flags.

    They might raise red flags, huh?
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  18. I'm not a fan of this ruling, but... on Metabrowsing Controversy Continues · · Score: 2
    And that, good people, will directly affect anyone who uses the Internet to shop for the lowest available prices. (And if a Web site didn't offer the least expensive book, video or widget, you can bet your bippy it won't want to participate in a price comparison service.)

    So what's the problem?
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  19. Re:What other mutants were in the movie? on Slashdot Meets X-Men · · Score: 1

    Now THAT's a battle! Rouge vs. Magento! Jean Grey could help, too.
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  20. Re:knife fingers-- on Slashdot Meets X-Men · · Score: 1
    Aargh! Yes, that was definitely a low point in the movie. It went something like this

    "Know what happens when a Toad gets hit by lightening?"

    Pregnant on-screen pause while the audience prepares itself for a really cool line

    During that pregnant pause, I was trying to figure out how you could make a cool line out of "Their legs jerk around."

    Storm was definitely the weakest link.
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  21. Re:Countries... on ICANN Has Approved New TLDs · · Score: 1
    Why would I have to choose between Western & Kanji if the choice is obvious with a .uk appended ?

    That is an interesting thought. How about language codes, instead of country codes? It might make more sense...
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  22. Re:What about the sequel? on Getting Ready for The X-Men · · Score: 1

    Or XL-Men. Juggernaut and the Blob, anyone?
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  23. Re:Blackwatch? on Microsoft's 'Freedom to Innovate' Brochure · · Score: 1

    And the pedant says, that would be "Nightwatch."
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  24. REALLY Working out of a Gated Community on Who Works In Gated Communities? · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine worked an an ISP for a while which was actually run from a gated community. The owner bought two adjacent townhouses and cut a hole between their basements, and set up an ISP in their combined basement. I have a feeling that the homeowners association would not have liked it too much if they found out...
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  25. So, MS is getting a trademark on ".net" on Microsoft Announces .net · · Score: 1

    Hmmm.
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