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  1. Re:This is kinda cool... on America's Hams Embrace Linux · · Score: 3, Interesting

    right, because all the cool kids are firing up their rigs and blasting the morse code while they hop their lowriders down the street.

    gimmie a break dude, what non-geeky person do you know that would consider hooking up a bunch of electronics so they can talk to people around the world at 5wpm? not to mention all the configuration necessary, tweaking the radio, the feedlines, the antenna...

    it really takes a special breed of person to be a HAM.

  2. Re:What a nice guy though on The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) · · Score: 1

    nah, there have been actually good hollywood plots, i think most current hollywood plots is a better qualification

  3. zuh? on Practical C++ Programming, Second Edition · · Score: 1

    >My favorite diagram is Figure 7-1. "Software life cycle," on page 88; I emphasize with the dinosaur.

    i emphasize with yelling or CAPS, but if this dinosaur thing get the point across, bully for you.

    did you perhaps mean empathise?
    (while attempting to steal a definion from dictionary.com i was asked to purchase a premium account to obtain a definition. sad really.)

  4. Dont they watch movies in .jp? on Japanese Deploying Powered Exoskeletons for Elderly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    picking a name like HAL?

    im sorry dave, i cant move your leg.

    does it have a big glowing red eye? (the site appears to be slashdotted)

  5. Re:Discount GC too soon? on The State of the Game Console Wars · · Score: 1

    dont forget FZero and the best looking version Soul Calibur 2

  6. Re:Cash vs. coupons on Apple to Accept Returns of Mac OS X on Some G3s · · Score: 1

    because apple isnt intent on screwing their customers, duh

  7. Re:New Name on ATI Wins Bid For Next Xbox · · Score: 1

    that would be more action than some of their engineers have had their entire life

  8. Re:memory wipe? on Renegade Reverse Engineering - John Woo Style · · Score: 1

    you made a conscious decision to watch that?

    sorry, a memory wipe is enough to fix your problem...

  9. Re:seems like an easy project on Roomba Competitor Slightly Lacking · · Score: 1

    itll be a while yet, but there is already BSD port... ...which just goes to further my theory - Germans love David Hassle - wait wait, i mean BSD runs on everything!

  10. Re:If SCO loses, can you ask for a refund? on SCO Wants $699 for Linux Systems · · Score: 1

    subpeona, thats how.

    dont think they wont say "look its linux, lets sue and assume its 2.4"

    SCO is plenty litigious as it is.

    also, fat chance with that refund. the check is in the mail. we swear. no really, it is.

  11. Re:SCO quote on SCO "Disappointed" by Red Hat Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    SCO: all your litigation are belong to us!!
    RH: move 'lawyer'
    RH: for great justice

    i know i know, -1 redundant

  12. Re:Whua!? on SCO "Disappointed" by Red Hat Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    references to "newhart" do not register on the /. scale of funny. sorry. i laughed.

    FWIW imdb says that their names were spelled darryl.

    id suggest making him an honorary darryl, but larry, darryl, darryl, and darryl just sounds odd

  13. Re:Imagine a beowulf cluster of these. on Slashdot T-Shirt Contest Winners! · · Score: 1

    that still couldnt keep the stink that weeks of unwashed use leaves on your clothes, no matter how much you wish it would.

  14. Re:DSL? on Slashdot T-Shirt Contest Winners! · · Score: 1

    you forgot "you insensitive clod" dude.

    and since i have cable, should there be one with a coax connector on the end of the syringe? i think rj45 would be better, since its significantly geekier than rj-11 anyway.

  15. Re:iPhoto Is Nice... on iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual · · Score: 3, Funny

    care to explain why youd rather use 8715309821375981 different programs when one will suffice?

  16. Re:In 20 years... on Universities Mull Official Role In Music Distribution · · Score: 1

    wake up and smell the capitalism - your university IS a corporate identity, and you are just a number they manage like so much cattle.

    what, me bitter?

  17. Re:change in "fair use" laws on Cringely Tries Snapster 2.0 · · Score: 1

    you are. which means (as i understand it, IANAL) that you can each listen to it, but only one of you at a time. so while multiple physical copies can, and most likely do exist, if he puts it in his car head unit, and you have the mp3s on your computer, they cannot be both played at the same time.

    enforcing that is another issue entirely.

  18. Re:Its a shame, but... on Windows Firmware Update 1.3 Added · · Score: 1

    thatd be a trick, selling it for more than you paid for it, years later.

  19. countdown has begun on Disposable Digital Cameras Have Arrived · · Score: 1

    until these are hacked up like cuecats so that people never have to take them back to ritz.

  20. Re:Hmm!~ on SBC Fights RIAA Over DMCA Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    thats what you get for listening to dave matthews.

  21. Re:Security by obscurity, cool. on ABIT's Secure IDE Motherboard · · Score: 1

    eh. given the way ABIT deals with RMA boards, you are just as likely to get your own board back as someone else equally broken board, as long as it powers on.

  22. so let me get this straight on X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism · · Score: 1

    you actually expected the plane to fly the same way in real life as it did in the computer?

    i have this bridge up for sale, its in brooklyn, so itd be a bit of a drive for you...but its a great deal!

  23. Re:fast food workers on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1

    impossible. robots would never screw your order up once they got it in the system. nor would they gives you fridgid fries. nor would they smell of feces (although that might just be the food, sometimes its hard to tell).

  24. Re:Am I happy... on U.S. Biometric Passports By Late 2004 · · Score: 1

    unless, as noted in the post immediately preceeding yours, the government asks for it back

    Your passport is government property, and as such can be revoked/recalled at any time.

  25. Re:Just another excuse... on DVD Player With DVI Output · · Score: 1

    "gestguy" is non-comission and has been since a very long time ago. the guy was getting her to buy monster cables because a) they are better and b) they make his numbers better and he might not get yelled at by his manager at closing

    the discount is 5% over cost (which gets "fudged" sometimes i think)

    if you think that monster cables are just to line the pockets, check out the other brands. their cables are marked up similarly, sometimes with an even higher percentage. cables in general are used to line the pockets of retailers. as are batteries, paper, ink cartridges, games, hoses, service plans, etc. appalled by the markup? check out the garment industry. youll have an aneurism.

    and the reason its 5% over cost instead of 10 or 15% off is because laptops are sold (in the store at least) on a very slim margin, usually close to or less than 5%. basically so you dont buy a couple of expensive things and shoot the revenue for the store in the foot.