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  1. Re:Monolithic on Get To Know Mach, the Kernel of Mac OS X · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I can't believe people are modding you up for this."

    I can. Maybe you're too young to remember when the term monolithic was commonly used to describe a kernel which, instead of using loadable modules, was linked as a single binary image. This was, and is, a valid use of the word. Here's an example.

    The first time I heard someone say that Solaris is monolithic, I thought that they were saying that, like SysVR3, it didn't support loadable modules. I didn't realize that, with the development of microkernels, the term "monolithic kernel" had started to be used in a different context.

  2. blood type on Human Blood For Electrical Power · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this only work for B+?

  3. Re:On whores on Maureen O'Gara No Longer Welcome at LinuxWorld · · Score: 1

    "blowjob for $7.95"

    I heard it was $6.99.

  4. Re:[OT] Re:Did they steal the editor too? on More on Last Year's Cisco Source Code Theft · · Score: 1

    "Proper grammer is admirable,"

    Good spelling is overrated.

  5. Re:Ready for the spin... on Microsoft to Share 'Spare' Tech with Startups · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a cookbook!

  6. Re:So now we're gonna slashdot 'em? on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    This is the one I remember from the seventies.

  7. Re:So now we're gonna slashdot 'em? on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    Excellent sig, but I think the actual Tom Waits quote is "I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy." The version you have comes from a song Dr. Demento used to play.

  8. Re:They took yer job! on Lawsuit Says GPL is a Price-Fixing Scheme · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, we'll make up for it with high volume.

  9. Re:The REAL solution on New Computer Powered By PoE · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is. From the article you referenced"

    "These more powerful systems will take a decade to reach showrooms in any number."

  10. Re:Full of shit on BountyQuest CEO Patenting Lighting Toilet Water · · Score: 0

    68. A system of claim 67, wherein the sharks swim in synchronization with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

  11. Re:Full of shit on BountyQuest CEO Patenting Lighting Toilet Water · · Score: 1, Funny

    67. A system for providing illumination for a toilet, comprising: a school of sharks with frickin' lasers beams attached to their heads.

  12. New sales slogan on Trend Micro Bug Hits Several Important Computers · · Score: 5, Funny

    With Trend Micro, viruses are the least of your worries.

  13. Re:Good primer on aspect-oriented programming? on Aspect-Oriented Programming Considered Harmful · · Score: 5, Funny
  14. Re:I've always loved popcorn ... on Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn · · Score: 1

    s/father/pop/

  15. Re:What is the crime? on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 1

    it's pretty sleazy to use that position to monitor chatrooms until the girls become "barely legal" and then go for it

    When Bill Clinton appointed Monica to his, uh, staff, he showed the kids of the day that it's not how sleazy you are that matters; it's whether you lie to congress about it.

  16. Re:Hits the nail on the head on A 2nd Core to Keep Windows Chugging Along? · · Score: 1

    "This means that unless you are clever about how you divide the work, you aren't going to get much out of it."

    Isn't that what the scheduler does?

  17. I wonder what he would say... on Verizon CEO Calls Municipal Wi-Fi 'a Dumb Idea' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    if municipalities considered contracting with verizon for installation or maintenance work on the system.

    "Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house?"

    Uh, because it's not covered in tinfoil? Because my am/fm radio works? Because my friends' phones work here? Because not every cell system sucks as hard as verizon?

    Seidenberg gets an F in PR.

  18. Re:What was the punchline? on What Happened to Simputer? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "gift" is too a verb....

    It's the verb that keeps on verbing.

  19. Re:What N. Korea in 2010? on S. Korea Considers Using Armed Robots Along DMZ · · Score: 1

    "Does anyone REALLY think we are going to let N. Korea to continue to exist in it's current regime."

    Please define "we". The way I see it, North Korea is China's responsibility. Sanctions against China might convince them to do something about the lunatic Kim Jung Il.

  20. Re:The Robot Apocalypse draws one step nearer... on S. Korea Considers Using Armed Robots Along DMZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Still, it's probably a better idea than landmines.

  21. Re:I could be wrong... on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    Much better than mod points, ty!

  22. Re:I'm still tired and coffee'd up to my eyeballs! on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 2, Funny

    He'd probably shove a lightning rod up yours.

  23. Re:how about just.... on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    I'm hear today to speak out against congress lapdancing. Congress lapdancing is a terrible idea. Stuffy old men grinding their hips for money is disgusting, even for a politician. Why, the next thing you know they'll be making pornographic movies. Now, who would want to watch that?

  24. Re:I could be wrong... on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 5, Funny

    The extra 's' is for extra "savings".

  25. Re:With All Due Respect... on Metafor: Translating Natural Language to Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I wish that people spoke mathematically rather than poor and ambiguous languages"

    You fail it.