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  1. Re:other solution: flash 8) on Stopping Spambots: A Spambot Trap · · Score: 2
    I really hope that's a joke....

    Tom.

  2. Re:Like I care on Alan Cox: The Battle for the Desktop · · Score: 2
    You pretentious little twat!

    Tom.

  3. Re:Sure on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 2
    Well, who'd want a token ring?

    Tom.

  4. Re:Of course the government should use open source on Advocating Open Source Within the Gov't · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Man, don't be such a fuckwit! Not everyone's out there for the big buck, a few of us actually want to feel like they're making a difference.


    Tom.

  5. Carpe Diem... on Advocating Open Source Within the Gov't · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Carpe Diem... to quote Buffy:

    "Fish of the day?"

    (And yes, of course I bloody well know what it means)

    Tom.

  6. ./ time... on Chip Rosenthal Wins Unicom Domain Name Case · · Score: 3, Informative
    I followed the "Reply-to Munging Considered Harmful" link, and after about 20 lines, the page stops loading. Press refresh, and I see a 404....? Huh?

    Try the main page, and I see it now says:

    I am Slashdotted

    Sorry ... this web site is Slashdotted at the moment.

    Here is the Google cache version of my main page.

    Until my new shipment of bandwidth arrives, you may want to visit the Save Unicom.Com web site.

    Okay, the google cache for his main page is at: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ta1nhhNpbHMC: www.unicom.com/+&hl=en. If you really want a good read, look at the Save Unicom.Com web site he mentions.

    Tom.

  7. Re:Has Bill Gates written any code... on Carmack: Lord of the Games · · Score: 1
    Look on the HD of any standard NT4 machine. That's right, qbasic is installed (along with gorrilas.bas and nibbles.bas) as part of NT4....

    Tom.

  8. Don't forget the humble apostrophe! on Blender Releases Linux 3D Web Plugin · · Score: 2, Funny
    Okay guys, I think we've forgotten to use our friend the apostrophe a couple of times here:
    1. Community's (instead of communitys)
    2. Browser's (instead of browsers)
    Simple enough, we're talking possessive, not plural. Just doing the job the Grammar Nazi's not awake to do right now.... ;-)

    Tom.

  9. Re:The the web is "about." on The End of Cyber BS · · Score: 2
    Formatting, my friend, formatting. And don't forget that Preview is your friend - but I guess you've already realised this.

    Tom.

  10. Re:extras on Hitchhiker's Guide DVD to be released on January 28 · · Score: 2
    Well, it was repeated on Radio 4 last September... I wish I'd recorded it, but I missed the first episode...

    You can always buy the series from the BBC - but I'd spend the money on the Lord of The Rings CD set instead. The radio series of that was, well, superlative. It too is being rebroadcast (Radio 4, Sat 2.30-3.30pm, GMT of course).

    Tom.

  11. Re:They're no worse than the average... on Security Flaws May Be Microsoft's Undoing · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Umm... I'm sure you really mean illogical and ungrammatical. But then, you must be right, given your mission statement. Or maybe (just maybe) you're actually not a suitable person to criticise other people's grammatical errors?

    I sacrifice my karma on tha altar of smugness...

    Tom.

  12. Re:Blair's Love affair with Microsoft on UK Government Solicits Advice On Open Source · · Score: 2
    Oh no it doesn't, you stupid twat! Really, if all you're doing is whoring for karma, you can at least try to say something noteworthy. Oh, I forgot, this is /. Down with MS, that must be worth a point or two.

    Tom.

  13. Re:That's funny. on Why Free Software is a Hard Sell · · Score: 2
    Oh, PLEASE come and sort out the sodding pcmcia on my laptop then!! Really, I'm having no small probs with Debian on my lappy. Having said that, it look me only an hour or so to get X up and running, so I should feel happy about that at least....

    Tom.

  14. How will you cope with Bill's high CHR? on Talk to the Man Who Wants to Oversee Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny
    Given Bill's score of 20 CHR (as reported by The Onion), how do you see yourself not being beguiled by his silver tongue and god-like personality?

    Would you require that some of his magic itenms (e.g. his "Polo Shirt of Thalkettoth, which grants a +5 saving throw against anti-trust litigation") be taken away from him?

    Tom.

  15. Re:Time to pull out the Phil K. Dick! on Oxford Dictionary Does Science Fiction · · Score: 1
    So I hope you've done something about it and told them - or are you just the type to winge about something, sit of your arse and woder why it doesn't get fixed? Don't tell us, tell them!

    Tom.

  16. Re:There's some here! on Oxford Dictionary Does Science Fiction · · Score: 2
    "There's some here!"

    Don't you mean "There are some here"?

    Tom.

  17. Re:Stanislaw Lem on Oxford Dictionary Does Science Fiction · · Score: 2
    What this book and its successor, "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" do is take place names and fit meanings to them, eg:

    Sompting: The act of involuntarilty dribbling on your pillow in your sleep
    Lusby: The above bra bulge of a woman who insists she's actually a cup size smaller than she really is.

    Tom.

  18. Re:Old Timers vs. Newbies on 2001 UCLA Internet Census · · Score: 2
    Hmm....

    I suspect that the union of the sets of "New Users" who play games, visit chatrooms and download music is greater than a similar union of sets "Old Users", performing these activities.

    In that respect, the statement "experienced Interneters are less likely to use chatrooms, play games, and download music than their newbie counterparts" looks to be valid. Let's face it, you're nit-picking, and that pettiness over 0.8% is pathetic.

    If there's anything appalling about the statement you've taken exception to, it's the way that the noun "Internet" appears to have been made into a verb. Interneters, indeed....

    Tom.

  19. Re:And as you can see, it's not using even... on A GEANT Leap Forward In Networking For Research · · Score: 2
    Good point. Hey, you know that 512Mb RAM you just bought? Looks like you're not using all of it, must have been a waste of money.

    Think forward planning.

    Tom.

  20. Re:oh man on A GEANT Leap Forward In Networking For Research · · Score: 1
    ...multi-gagabyte...

    What, like McDonalds, several retches per mouthful of food?

    Tom.

  21. Re:GEANT? on A GEANT Leap Forward In Networking For Research · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Twat.

    Tom.

  22. Re:This is old on VA Linux Now VA Software · · Score: 2
    Ye gods, are you really that thick? The article you refer to states that they will change their name, and now we're being told they have changed their name. Yes, there is a difference.

    Tom.

  23. Re:Some detective work... on Slashback: Authors, Innards, Boson · · Score: 2
    What does it prove? He has a suspended license therefore he is responsible for the hoax? I don't get your warped logic. (To quote the AC parent).


    Just what I was thinking. Yes, you're very clever and all that, and we're all in awe of your investigative skills (oh yes, really), but what you're saying, in itslef means nothing.


    Tom.

  24. Re:But do they use decimal? on Laser for Satellite to Satellite Communications · · Score: 2
    Because all your bases.....

    Tom.

  25. UK site appears to work under Opera! on French Government Online-Why Isn't the U.S.? · · Score: 2
    Good grief, this really suprises me - the UK site works under Opera (Win32), without making my browser pretend to be IE5.x!

    Admittedly, I haven't actually filled in the forms properly (tax return? No thanks! TV license? No thanks!), but it all looks pretty good.

    Tom.