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  1. I agree on Virginia Tech Announces Supercomputer Plans · · Score: 1

    I just graduated from there and that website, while not ugly, is non-sensically arranged and the search comes up with some of the most ridiculous links. The department does have some nice clusters already set up though as well as a sweet 3d visualization studio!

  2. Re:Wait, wait, wait... on Small Webcasters Sue RIAA · · Score: 1

    Like the original legislation, no set amount was included in the new bill, but it effectively ratified private negotiations between a small group called the Voice of Webcasters and the RIAA, which set royalty rates at a percentage of revenue instead of a flat fee per song. Larger companies such as America Online would continue paying the fee determined by the Library of Congress.

    Percentage of revenue for the small guys... Reading, it's fundamental.

  3. Wait, wait, wait... on Small Webcasters Sue RIAA · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Internet radio stations make money!?! Seriously though, if you make money off other people's stuff, you should pay them money. A percentage of these tiny station's meagre profits have to be a pittance, to be paid in twenty installments of one-twentyith of a pittance.

  4. Those pictures... on Close Mars Means Close-Up Pictures · · Score: 1

    are quite underwhelming, don't they use this thing to look at black holes burping? You'd think posting a sweet close-up would help their funding a little.

  5. Think of the poor TV writers... on Executive Secretary In Every Computer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the office comedy going to go without a sassy (often latino, to spice things up) secretary? If windows starts sassing me or using a big thick fake accent, I'm fdisking.

  6. Pasta Maker on Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness · · Score: 1, Funny
    My buddy's Mom bought a pasta maker once and for some reason he had watched the instructional video that came with the thing. The video was completely normal except for the narrator, who kept making extremely sarcastic comments about the product and the video itself.

    Examples:
    There was a woman performing the things as he said them. He introduced her by saying, "Jane, who told us on her resume that her hobbies were stroking kitchen appliances."
    And he referred to a metal measuring cup as, "A space age one-of-a-kind measuring tool"

  7. Yeah... on SCO Says IBM is Beating Up on Them · · Score: 5, Funny

    did you guys get your checks from IBM today? My hourly on posting anti-SCO stuff has gone through the roof!

  8. Snake Metaphor on Learning Robots · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's just something a little evil sounding about dropping snakes from the sky to use on your enemies. Especially in conjunction with another article with Adam and Eve references.

  9. Two evils on FTC Chief Bashes Anti-Spam Bills · · Score: 2, Informative
  10. Virginia Beach on Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    Virginia Beach, Va., installed the software on closed-circuit cameras along the city's boardwalk last summer. That's hilarious, I wonder if ODB ever cleared up his record down there or if he would set off an alarm.

  11. Read my new book! on Masters of Doom · · Score: 1, Funny
  12. Only in Japan... on Junji Hirayama 's Home Flight Simulator · · Score: 5, Funny

    could this guy do this and still have a wife at the end of it.

  13. Maybe... on Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004 · · Score: 1

    they found a new bug, that's created only when patching all of the old bugs. A mutated superbug that's immune to all other... uhh... (troll) get linux.

  14. Sounds like... on RPC DCOM Cleanup Worm Appears · · Score: 1

    some admin got sick of applying patches and figured the same bad decisions that got people into the situation could get them out again.

  15. Re:what's in a name on Palm Reveals New Name · · Score: 1

    Yeah, two years just to rip off RealPlayer. Is their next product going to be called the IPalm?

  16. Artistic Differences? on No Magic In A Knight's Tour · · Score: 1, Funny

    Magic knight's not touring? What am I gonna do with these damn tickets...

  17. muhuahaha.... on Verizon Rolling Out Nextel-Like PTT Service · · Score: 1

    You'd think this guy copyrighted the term trademark or trademarked the patent process!

  18. Small and cylindrical? on US Military Develops P2P Wireless Network Sniffer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Radar Tech: Sir! The radar, sir! It appears to be... jammed!
    Dark Helmet: Jammed... Raspberry!

  19. Re:What were "the first three Power Mac G3 models" on Apple to Accept Returns of Mac OS X on Some G3s · · Score: 1

    Here's the problem with associating brands and colors. I'm glad I didn't get the first day orientation on how to use my brand new OfficePhone 2.Black.with.Headrest.Thingy .

  20. Human Nature on Cognitive Machines Help Decision-Making · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The good thing about these systems is allowing them in an advisory capacity. I think it's just human instinct to want something to do all your work for you, but luckily it's also human instinct not to fully trust machines. This is why I don't think people will ever have cars that totally drive themselves or computers that decide when your nukes launch. It's not that they don't have the potential to do these jobs, it's just that there's always the feeling that human error is more reliable than computer error.

  21. Con Edison's LavaRnd Response Memo on Power Outages Strike East Coast · · Score: 1

    To: New York
    From: Con Edison
    Date: Thu Aug 14 13:53:39 2003
    Subject: Power Outages

    Having the based paradigm that is business, it follows that a year two thousand compliance is going to take the issue off-line. We're making forward progress towards projected by implementing a benefit that is both ethical and massively parallel.

  22. One vision on Stimulated Gamma Decay Weapons · · Score: 1

    Is a gun that makes people poo themselves too much to ask? Radiation is always the go-to weapon, nothing says I don't like you like feces...

  23. Damn those Dukes! on Free Software as a Public Good · · Score: 1

    Can I be the Boss Hog of Open Source? I already met Congressman Cooter at his museum!

  24. Only testing blockbusters on The Perfect Formula For Box Office Success · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd like to see the gross earning stats on all of these movies, as well as movies that really bombed. I'm sure there are some real bunkerbusters out there that met this fantastically depressing formula.

  25. Black Mesa? on Radio Shack Selling Subway Cars on eBay · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reminds me of the plot to Half Life... Are they selling a reactor that'll open a portal to some big headed lightning monster?