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  1. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 2

    But you would need a few upper case words in there to get the full Shatner effect.

  2. So let me try to understand this on Ask Slashdot: Old Dogs vs. New Technology? · · Score: 1

    XP is new technology? You may have more serious problems than you posed in your query. Otherwise, no offense, but nobody likes a smart arse and you may just be experiencing the bog standard resentment felt by disillusioned co-workers who couldn't be arsed to do the bare minimum. Very common in many work places and you can either accept that and learn to fit in (not recommended) or try to find an environment more suited to your energetic work ethic. That said, if the job is worth keeping in other ways it may be worth a bit of introspection to find ways of doing what you do that are less annoying to your fellows. Don't know the full story, but usually when someone makes himself out to be an awesome whizz-kid the truth is somewhat different. Working with people can be difficult. You may need to learn to deal with the personalities and you can't expect them to love your awesomeness just because you think they should. Good luck.

  3. Re:Standard Scientology practice on Church of Scientology Enlisting Followers In Censorship · · Score: 1

    'tenets' please.

  4. Re:More data needed. on Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz · · Score: 1

    No. Territory, resources, power. The other stuff you mention is just incidental.

  5. Re:Inevitably... on Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz · · Score: 0

    'By-standard' eh? Not a word. You want 'bystander'.

  6. Re:horde, not hoard on US Election Year, Still No Voting Reform · · Score: 1

    I think to use 'horde' the units of the horde need to be animate at least, preferably human. Problems hardly qualify. 'Slew' or 'fucktonne' might have been better choices!

  7. Re:Hoard of Problems? on US Election Year, Still No Voting Reform · · Score: 1

    Neither! Next!

  8. Re:horde, not hoard on US Election Year, Still No Voting Reform · · Score: 1

    Actually neither word works in this context. Look them up.

  9. Re:Blizzard distributes patches via Bittorrent on BitTorrent Usage Increases In Europe, Following the Pirate Bay Blockade · · Score: 1

    Yes, and the damp (or humidity if it were actually warmer) makes it a whole lot worse.

  10. Re:use the same system for slot machines on 7,000 Irish e-Voting Machines To Be Scrapped · · Score: 1

    No. They won't both work.

  11. Re:use the same system for slot machines on 7,000 Irish e-Voting Machines To Be Scrapped · · Score: 1

    the word you want is 'affect'.

  12. Re:Is that serious, or a straw man? on ADA May Force Netflix To Provide Closed Captioning On Content · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the Backstroke of the West reference. I totally missed that at the time. Good fun!

  13. Re:Mixed feelings on ADA May Force Netflix To Provide Closed Captioning On Content · · Score: 0

    Gooooooaaaaaalllll!

  14. Re:Nice Idea on Hip Hop Artists Developing Open Source Beat Making Software · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'll get off your lawn. Yours is a really narrow minded view. The fact is, both 'real' musicians and people who can't play at all benefit greatly from the myriad of music software and hardware that have come along in the past 20 years. Using your logic (no pun intended) we should remove technology from music completely and go back to only using our voices, clapping our hands and banging rock and sticks. Think about a piano for example. It is a technological marvel. Should we ban it just because it makes it too easy and the musician doesn't even have to pluck or strike the strings? I consider myself a real musician and I am very happy indeed to make use of whatever tools are available.

  15. The it? on U.S. East Coast a Hotspot of Sea-Level Rise · · Score: 1

    So, let me try to understand this summary: What is being said is that Information Technology is some how bound up in this rising sea level problem. I don't get it. And, uh, the rising sea level makes it hotter too? Hotspot? Really, I'm not actually as confused as the summary.

  16. Re:These people are morons! on Fundamentalist Schools Using "Nessie" To Disprove Evolution · · Score: 1

    Well done sir, well done. I am humbled.

  17. Re:These people are morons! on Fundamentalist Schools Using "Nessie" To Disprove Evolution · · Score: 2

    'thats'? Touche!

  18. Isn't this a good thing? on Fundamentalist Schools Using "Nessie" To Disprove Evolution · · Score: 2

    It can only serve to further discredit the people who peddle this pseudo-scientific nonsense.

  19. Re:Extradition? WTF? on Jimmy Wales Calls UK Government To Halt O'Dwyer Extradition · · Score: 1

    Ah, poor Noone. He is much burdened with worldly cares.

  20. Re:In the US they call it Scouts. on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    Food?

  21. Re:Gap on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    I think you the verb.

  22. Re:Holy crap! on Gamera II Team Smashes Previous Best Human-Powered Helicopter Flight Time · · Score: 1

    What could possibly go wrong? Oh, the inanity.

  23. Re:Forget Star Trek, go with Doctor Who on Ask Slashdot: How To Introduce Someone To Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    That's almost what I did except I haven't got past the first few minutes of the first Tom Baker episode. Too much else to watch and I need a break from Dr. Who. Eccleston and Tennant were great, but Smith is patchy. Hope the new season is better.

  24. Re:First things first! on Ask Slashdot: How To Introduce Someone To Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    His mom kidnapped the girl and took her at knifepoint to his basement. Just like any good mom would do.

  25. Re:Khaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!! on Ask Slashdot: How To Introduce Someone To Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    Love TOS. Watched it when I was a teenager and recently watched them all again. Great stuff. I don't have much time for the others Star Trek efforts though.