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  1. Re:the word you're looking for is on UK Authorities Accused of Inciting Illegal Protest · · Score: 2

    Agent provocateur

    Not to be confused with the Enfant Provocateur, who bears some similarity, but who generally lacks an overarching goal or purpose.

  2. Re:Sure it was lost. on NASA Seeks Ham Operators' Help To Test NanoSail-D · · Score: 1

    Or in a Safe Place, as my family likes to say.

  3. Re:They better... on World of StarCraft Mod Gets C&D From Blizzard · · Score: 1

    Thank you for bringing the this matter to our attention. The appropriate information has been forwarded to our legal department.

    Have a Nice Day.

  4. Re:So what GS is saying is.... on Goldman Sachs Says No Facebook Shares For US Investors · · Score: 1

    Corruption can take place in any economic system (communist countries are notorious for graft, too) and that is exactly what this is an example of. Don't make this a conservative/liberal thing, when it most definitely is not.

    Seems to be more of a human thing, I'd say.

  5. Re:On the hate for Facebook... on Facebook Opens Up Home Addresses and Phone Numbers · · Score: 2

    I really miss embedded midi.

  6. Re:They should already know! on Advice On Teaching Linux To CS Freshmen? · · Score: 2

    Sure. By the time someone is 17 or 18 years old, they either know Linux or they don't. At that age, they've got their lot in life and if they haven't picked up Linux stuff by now, fuck 'em. Damn, you sir are an ignorant asshole.

    Or a deep-cover Microsoft salesman.

  7. Re:Is there a Wikipedia page for this? on The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade · · Score: 1

    Wikispoofs.com/net/org/info/us/me/etc. seems to be available. And the name is pretty catchy. Somebody should get on this.

  8. Re:Founder Hoax on The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade · · Score: 1

    And sometimes the women, too. But that's also kind of a toss-up.

  9. Re:Founder Hoax on The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade · · Score: 1

    Hoax or not, it's important to remember: he who manages to get his name on a thing get the fame, notoriety, press, and occasionally the money. But not always the money.

  10. Re:He could always... on Patriot Act Up For Renewal, Nobody Notices · · Score: 1

    You know what they say: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

    - or -

    tl;dr: Status Quo is God. Or something like that. I have trouble remembering prophetic messages from the Eternal one, and the prescription doesn't seem to be helping.

  11. Re:Real enterprises very cautious with WiFi. on First Ceiling Light Internet Systems Installed · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for an open-source alternative to the LCARS interface.

  12. Washing Windows?? on MySpace Lays Off 47% of Employees · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that he's got a package labeled 'parachute' neatly stored near his desk, just in(evitably) case.

  13. Re:Blog on Spam Volume Spikes After Holiday Respite · · Score: 2

    Even Spam can't be everywhere at once.

  14. Re:And for those not interested in reading TFA on Hubble Confirms Nature of Mysterious Green Blob · · Score: 2

    I read the word and wondered if Douglas Adams wrote the article.

  15. Re:Can't believe they released this shit on Microsoft Looking Into Windows Phone 7's 'Excessive' Data Use · · Score: 1

    He wears a turtleneck? I thought that was part of his skin.

    See, I was thinking it was some kind of black sandtrout.

  16. Re:Really, Slashdot? on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    It was certainly fascinating to watch the story evolve amongst the social and news media. Perhaps if someone could work in that angle...

  17. Re:Aww poor Assange has to deal with leakers. on The Guardian's Complicated Relationship With Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    All that said, my command of TOS and Enterprise is imperfect, so I apologize if I jumped the disruptor on the matter.

  18. Re:Aww poor Assange has to deal with leakers. on The Guardian's Complicated Relationship With Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Saavik was the only female officer addressed as "Mister". Uhura and Nurse Chapel don't get the 'Mr.' treatment to my knowledge, to say nothing of Captain "Yes Ma'am" Janeway (or Dr. Crusher, or Jadzia Dax, or Valeris [I'm reasonably sure] etc...).

    Have you checked the Use By date on that Geek Hat of yours, "Mister"?

  19. Re:More Likely... on PS3 Root Key Found · · Score: 1

    A plague of lawyers, who then initiate protracted custody battles for all the firstborn sons?

  20. Re:More Likely... on PS3 Root Key Found · · Score: 1

    Are they definitely accountants? The seem to have a bit of a banker-ly air about them (in the British sense, that is). [Perhaps you could find out by asking them if they know anyone who's been Recalled to Life lately...]

  21. "Blackbirds Fall from Sky Dead"? on Thousands of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Dead · · Score: 1

    Call me Captain Pedantic, but I'd say it pays to punctuate. But then again, I've never had to write headlines under a deadline (I presume), so perhaps I can never know the pressures under which such compromises are made.

  22. Re:That's what I was going to say on Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped · · Score: 1

    I don't buy Microsoft products until they're Professional. Then you know it's good!

  23. Re:That's what I was going to say on Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped · · Score: 1

    How about from W, through S, to H.

    Gee, that's some pretty sharp curvature, isn't it?

  24. Re:I still use Hotmail on Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped · · Score: 2

    As it is, it's always full of spam for porn and online pharmacies.

    You know, I'm still waiting for someone to combine the two.

  25. Re:Or maybe... on IBM Files the Patent Troll Patent · · Score: 2

    I for one welcome our new Recursive Overlords...