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  1. Re:The implementation is not the issue on British Court Issues Bizarre Copyright Ruling · · Score: 1

    Does Winamp infringe on Media Player (or some other similar app)?

    No...

    An anyone here think of anything conceptually orginal that MS have created???

    There were plenty of Word Processors, Multimedia players (Even Dos based), Spreadsheets, Paint programs, Database GUI's, windowed file managers and desktops...

    Microsoft just 'Innovate' over the top of other peoples concepts.

    Some of these people should try and sue!!! :-)

  2. Re:Biggest security hole in any corporation... on Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? · · Score: 1

    The fastest way to look like someone important: Carry a clipboard.

    You also have to have that arm swing going.

    At my work we call it the 'Industry Walk'

  3. Re:Missing Servers on Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Region 1 DVD's not allowed??

    Since when??

    Region Free DVD players are legal in Australia (Thank you Alan Fels!!)

  4. All over the world.... on Build Your Own Lava Lamp · · Score: 1

    Breaking News:

    All over the world, intelligence agencies are reporting localized explosions which the CIA believe to be part of a terrorist plot.
    The source has been traced to the undergound web site 'The Slashdot' in which people were encoraged to build an incendery device with the following instructions:

    1. For the Blobby bit, use a wax based solution

    2. For the fluid, use something of lesser density (Petroleum would be a good start)

    3. Place in sealed glass container

    4. Heat over Bunsen Burner

    Police spoke to one of the bomb makers and he said he was 'trying to get laid by chikz0rz'

  5. Re:Close! on Consumer Electronics Industry: Linux is the Future · · Score: 1

    As an aside,,, Thse AXIS cameras/video servers are da bomb...

    I use them and Cyclades linux based terminal servers at work just to piss of the resident MCSE's!!!

    Plus they are way cool!!

    Our design gurus claim we ship an all MS platform then I cough and point out that the most reliable parts of the system are actually running the penguin!!!

  6. Misquote from the PJ's on Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness · · Score: 1

    I like my coffee like I like my women

    Now, who here wants a big-assed coffee????

  7. Innovation??? on New Microsoft Mouse Scrolls Both Ways · · Score: 1

    I've had a Honeywell (SM3???) mouse that's had this feature for at least 4 years.

    I can't see where the innovation is.

    Can someone explain how this is news????

  8. Oranges Vs Apples Vs Bananas on The Failures Of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    I think windows fails the test on MY network

    Can't seem to get it to co-operate with my NFS shares....

    There is a BSD box, a few Linux Boxes and a Solaris Box that all seem to be able to do this trivial task.....

    MAybe Windows is the OS with the problem????

  9. Re:Clarification Please! on Kinko's Spy Case Illustrates Public Terminal Risk · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's what I thought too... they used a lowecase k so I was thinking kinko=pervert or something..

    Jiang was charged with installing keystroke loggers to record passwords in 14 differnet kinkos in New York.

    Make that statement seem so much worse if you saw it like I did.... :]

  10. Clarification Please! on Kinko's Spy Case Illustrates Public Terminal Risk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For us non-US'ers:

    What is a Kinkos????

    Thanks!

  11. Pirates Patents Interview.. on RIAA Now Targets Pirates' Parents · · Score: 2, Funny

    RIAA: You son has been stealing Music from our artists

    PIRATE DAD: YARR!!! He is such a little scallywag YARRR.... I'll have to make him walk the plank!


    Well, thats what I thought when I saw the title.....

  12. Re:Screen captures? on Disney to Make Movies Available Online · · Score: 1

    I think *I* know all the lines to Monster's Inc. now :)

    As I was reading your comment, my 2 year old is in the next room watching MI.. freaky..

    Like you, I think I can recite the whole dialog without hesitating...

    MIKE WOZOWSKI!!!!

    Cheers

  13. Obl. Simpsons Misquote on Amphibious RVing for the Masses · · Score: 1


    Yarr

    This RV is really.......Yarr
    </sea_captain>

    or:

    <cletus the slack jawed yocal>
    Hey Brandine, go scrape off some of them there barney-cools so's that we can have some of that thur fancy seafood likes they have at thu happy eater...
    </cletus the slack jawed yocal>

  14. I just read it. on Digitized Gutenberg Bible Available · · Score: 1

    Man,
    I just read this books and boy does its main character (some latino guy called Heyzoos El Christ) get a hard time of it!

    I beleve there is a sequel being written by Steven King at the moment.
    I hope all goes well for the main character, he seemed to have a pretty cool view of things (but man, don't fsck with his dad!!)

    Also some tips on carpentry in the later chapters..

    I give it 4 Stars..

  15. Re:In contrast, Salon.com's "Air Osama" article on X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism · · Score: 1

    an uber-realistic arcade machine for flying jumbo jets

    Right....., if they come across an airplane with a dinky little red joysick and 3 red punch/kick buttons beside it, then Look Out Everyone!!!!...........

    Hopefully they run out of coins before they can do too much damage....

    uber-realistic indeed....sheesh..

  16. My Suggestion: on French Government Bans Term 'E-Mail' · · Score: 1

    Oui-Mail..

    I think that'll work niceley.

  17. Re:You already can on Wal-Mart Cancels RFID Trial · · Score: 1

    You can go to any vet and have your pet "chipped"

    Can you get the chip modded to give the cat a few more horse power like I can for my car's chip???

    Or maybe give my horse more some catpower...... hmmmm

  18. Re:"Worthless Navigation Systems" on Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget · · Score: 1

    do they actually make magnesium framed mountain bikes

    [badjoke] Yup

    You just gotta keep 'em out of the rain!! :]

    [/badjoke]

  19. Re:OT on Water Basketball Robot · · Score: 1

    Yes your right, I guess I should check my facts before I fire off random replies on /.

    Why bother???

    No-one else does...

    Thats part of why /. works!

  20. Re:This just proves that it's NOT about money. on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    >>>remove the pain...

    >>Enter Sybok.

    >That sounds painfull...



    Only for Sybok......

  21. It is a conspiracy on Roswell Declassified · · Score: 1

    I believe all the saucer crash buffs got together at one point and consipred to fill ugly designed web sites full of auful quality .gif pictures and lots of awful colored text.

    Possibly more <blink> tags on these pages than should be allowed.

  22. Re:evil people, are the luckiest people on Trepia: A Buddy List Of Strangers · · Score: 4, Funny

    how am i supposed to find that good looking girl next door now, huh?

    Umm, go next door and knock on the door???

    Bizarre Concept, I know, but try it

  23. Re:Damnit on Aimee Deep Interview · · Score: 1

    She has found my hidden porn archives twice already

    Hey dude the Windows +h attrib aint worht squat nowadays with all these fancy guis..

    Thats why (COUGH)Someone I Know(/COUGH) uses multi log ins on his Win2k & Linux Boxes..

    Use chmod 700 on the dirs!!!

  24. Re:Problems With This Idea on Phoenix Unveils Anti-Theft BIOS · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've traced the computer back to an IP address of 127.0.0.1, some ISP called 'localhost'... Look, I can ping it from here!!!! Nuke it now!!! ..... DOH!

  25. OT:De facto vs. De jure on Are Standards Groups Stifling Innovation? · · Score: 1

    I went to a restaurant one day that had "Soup Du Jour of the day" on the menu.