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  1. If THAT didn't inspire confidence... on Linux For Losers According To De Raadt · · Score: 1

    The thing is, almost certainly the only reason you don't see similar comments in the Windows kernel source is because the source is not available.

    Not technically available, but in the "stolen" Windows code we find comments like these:

    First excerpt: "The (expletive deleted) alpha cpp compiler seems to (expletive deleted) the (expletive deleted) type "LPITEMIDLIST", so to work around the (expletive deleted) peice of (expletive deleted) compiler we pass the last param as an void *instead of a LPITEMIDLIST."
    Second excerpt: "!!!!!!!IF YOU CHANGE TABS TO SPACES, YOU WILL BE KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DOING SO (expletive deleted) THE BUILD PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


    So, I'm just saying that it happens everywhere.

  2. Re:Uninspiring on Mame Working on the PSP · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm pretty sure it can run any mame game.
    Per the Fine Article:

    "Only works with Omega Fighter at this time. Left and Right on Dpad is OK :)
    ...
    [NOTES]
    There is no sound. Any games with a bit-depth not equal to 8 will not work. This emulator has the drivers for: omegaf, darius, nova2001, and vanguard."


    So, it looks like CmdrTaco still needs "to go to such great lengths to play Pac-Man next time." (Or he can just put regulara MAME on his notebook.)

  3. Re:Whats wrong... on PSP Emulation Madness · · Score: 1

    Next step, GBA games.

    Actual next step - PSP games.

    Of course, I'm just speaking from the perspective of someone whose PSP has turned into a carrying case for the Lumines UMD.

    Yup, I paid $300 for... Tetris.

    D'oh!

  4. Apres Georges... on New Lucas Headquarters To Open in San Francisco · · Score: 1

    Lucasfilm President Micheline Chau says, "We do have to exist after George. He's not going to live forever. The man's in his early 60s."

    I hear that Rick Berman and Brannon Braga are available...

  5. 80 year old man ... used to call me "Tiger" on Judge Denies TigerDirect's Request for Injunction · · Score: 2, Funny

    Old Man: Hey, muscly arm, why the long face?
    Chris: It's this girl. I can't talk to her. It's like girls are a different species or something.
    Old Man: Who needs them? You like Popsicles?
    Chris: Well, sure.
    Old Man: Then you need to come on down to the cellar. I got a whole freezer full of Popsicles.
    Chris: No, thanks. I gotta get going.
    Old Man: Don't make me beg now.
    Chris: You're funny. Bye.
    Old Man: Get your fat ass back here.

  6. IHBT^2 on Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Okay, just so we're all clear here, it's my understanding that the great-grandparent post is referencing Pastor Martin Niemöller:
    First they came for the Jews
    and I did not speak out
    because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for the Communists
    and I did not speak out
    because I was not a Communist.
    Then they came for the trade unionists
    and I did not speak out
    because I was not a trade unionist.
    Then they came for me
    and there was no one left
    to speak out for me.
    That being said, the post
    First they came for the sex offenders
    and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a sex offender.
    Then they came for the brown immigrants
    and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a brown immigrant.
    Then they came for the dissidents
    and I didn't speak up because I wasn't dissident.
    Then they came for me
    and there was no one left to speak up for me.
    is offensive in that it compares the actual plight of persecuted Jews and Christians in Nazi Germany* - that is, that they were shipped off to concentration camps to die because of their religion - to the inconvenience to be suffered by people who have been convicted by a jury of (according to the Fine Article) "sex crimes against children 11 and younger". He then goes on to compare "brown immigrants" (which seems racist to me, on the face of the argument) to the same group (people who enjoy sexual congress with pre-11 year olds), along with dissidents, who certainly deserve and enjoy protection of their behavior in the United States.

    If he's not comparing pederasty to being a Jew or Christian in Nazi Germany, or being a "brown immigrant" (particularly in Florida, where this article references) or being a dissident, and if he is not fairly explicitly comparing the United States to Nazi Germany*, then I have missed the point (if any) of the great-grandparent and apologize.

    All of that being said, I think that the point is pretty sophmoric, and that if I haven't missed the point, my original analysis stands.

    * (note invocation of Godwin's law)
  7. Re:What about the little brown ones? on Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh. Okay. The fuckwit grandparent poster compares Jews to pederasts, and I'm the troll.

    Good to know the level of discourse here. IHBT.

  8. What about the little brown ones? on Tracking Sex Offenders via GPS for Life · · Score: 0, Troll

    You think that being a dissident or a "brown immigrant" (whatever that is) is the same as being a pederast?

    Man, you're pretty fucked up.

  9. I didn't... on Serenity Screenings Sell Out · · Score: 1

    I didn't get tickets, but I would be interested in talking to someone who might have bought tickets for the Austin show, who might have bought them as an investment...

  10. If you care about Kevin Smith's opinion, that is. on Kevin Smith Previews Revenge of the Sith · · Score: 1

    Is he honestly going to tell us if this movie sucks?

    I wonder what his reviews of Jersey Girl would've sounded like? Besides, isn't he taking the Lucasesque step of raping his own franchise by revisiting Clerks (The Passion of the Clerks) after closing the books on his "Askewniverse"?

    Of course, I'm just bitching about movies on the internet, so what do I know? Embrace the mechanical spider.

  11. Re:Sink plunger? on Daleks Return to Dr Who · · Score: 1
    > Its trademark 'sink plunger' attachment also reveals a terrifying new function.
    Is it just me or does that sound terrifyingly sexual?
    You're not the only one: on first reading, I thought it said "stink plunger"
  12. Star Trek as a western? Unpossible! on Enterprise Finale Synopsis Released · · Score: 1

    For an interesting exercise think about how you would rewrite "High Noon" as a Star Trek episode.

    As Original Series, Episode 56: Spectre Of The Gun?

  13. obDailyShow reply on Old Film to DVD Transfers Examined · · Score: 1

    "And no, Mister Youngman, I will not take your wife, as I already have one of my own."

  14. Re:Always .... on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    About the only thing you could really do would be to proxy-hop from one proxy to the next, routing all traffic through umpteen (yes umpteen) proxies-- thereby making it difficult to track down the traffic. But who really has the time and bandwidth for that?

    Of course, if you're running Firefox as a web browser, you could get the switchproxy extension. SwitchProxy is a FireFox extension that allows you to switch between anonymous proxy servers at a chosen interval.

  15. Sense in the courts? on Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional · · Score: 1
    From the article:
    "By denigrating evolution, the school board appears to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative theory, creationism or variations thereof, even though the sticker does not specifically reference any alternative theories," U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said.
    That's an interesting interpretation. To apply it here, couldn't you say that "by denigrating the idea that Linux is a derivative of SCO, Slashdotters appear to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative operating system, Microsoft Windows or variations thereof, even though the website does not specifically reference any alternative operating systems." (At least not in the anti-SCO tirades.)

    I'm not sure that this qualifies as "a bit of sense in the courts," so much as broad and overreaching leglislation by fiat. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
  16. From the Fine Article on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Q: What do you say to a lawyer with an IQ of 50?
    A: Good morning, Your Honor.

    Q: How do you tell if a lawyer is lying?
    A: His lips are moving.

    Q: Why do they bury lawyers 100 feet into the ground?
    A: Because down deep, they're good people.

    Q: What's the difference between a vulture and a lawyer?
    A: Wing tips.

  17. Start 'em up! on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you call a thousand lawyers on the ocean floor?

    A good start.

  18. Re:The iDildo! on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1


    The iDildo! ...the iPod shuffle, is shaped like a long, thin rectangle with beveled edges... -Man in Spandex (775950)

    If your penis is a long, thin rectangle with beveled edges, maybe it's time to give up on the spandex, Plastic Man. :^)

  19. WoW appropriate on Steam on World of Warcraft Shatters Sales Records · · Score: 1


    Tell me about it! There is not a copy of WoW to be had within a hundred miles of Austin, and I can't imagine paying ~$100 on eBay for "serial number by email, media and packaging by mail when we get around to it" just to play it today.

    As much of a pain in the rear as Steam is - intrusive, must check with the Steam servers every time I want to play a game, worry that when Valve goes under, EA won't maintain servers - this is one case where it would actually be appropriate. After all, this is just a piece of client software for a server-based game: why can't I just download it and give Blizzard my credit card number to play the game?

  20. Re:There goes on US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33 Million · · Score: 1

    There goes another Canadian icon to the US...

    You mean Commodore or Shatner?

  21. Re:Vote with dollars on MPAA to Sue BitTorrent Tracker Servers · · Score: 1

    Additionally, ads are appearing in front of DVD movies

    'Course, if it's a VHS tape, you can use a pair of scissors... Snip!


    Depending on how much it pisses you off, you could do the same with a DVD, using dvdshrink.

  22. Re:Cookie on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 1

    The article did mention that the size would be comparable to a Milano cookie.

    What kind of Milano cookie?

  23. God bless Alan Bean on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 2, Informative


    Control: "Flight, try SCE to Aux."

    Bean: "I know that one!"

  24. Re:How to irritate a TiVo owner on TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button · · Score: 1

    2. Okay then, why not use skip-ahead 30 seconds button or random-access? Oh, TiVo doesn't have that either

    TiVo undocumented 30-second skip solution:
    SELECT PLAY SELECT 3 0 SELECT

    (Maybe I should 'preview' before I get a snarky 'tude.).

  25. Re:How to irritate a TiVo owner on TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button · · Score: 1

    2. Okay then, why not use skip-ahead 30 seconds button or random-access? Oh, TiVo doesn't have that either

    TiVo undocumented 30-second skip solution:


    Have a nice day, Replay-boy.