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  1. Re:Deals on Hulu and Warner Music Sign Deal For Music Content · · Score: 1

    Wait, you mean that two songs sounding the same isn't only annoying, it actually constitutes a crime?

  2. No takers? on Cyber-Security Czar To Be Named · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not a single democrat willing to take the job...
    The party has just crawled up one notch in my esteem.

  3. Re:Cryogenics? on New Antifreeze Molecule Isolated In Alaskan Beetle · · Score: 1

    Xylomannan occurs naturally in the cell walls of red algae, so recombination genes for plants are already available...

  4. Re:How is VIA Nano in comparison? on Intel's New Atom D510 Benchmark Tested · · Score: 1

    I guess you will have to wait until VIA pays for a review as well.

  5. Re:Not the same label on Facebook Campaign Decides UK Christmas Music Charts · · Score: 1

    completely against what they stand for
    They oppose money?

  6. Re:but what are the hardware costs? on $26 of Software Defeats American Military · · Score: 1

    jngpu bhg gurl'er ba gb hf

  7. Re:Conveniently forgetting the details on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    Which of those constituted the crime for which the laptop was summarily excuted?

  8. Re:I'm gonna miss yellowstone.. on Yellowstone Supervolcano Larger Than First Thought · · Score: 1

    Well, at least you give us an option; I've heard worse.
    From North America as well.

  9. Re:Does it run Linux? on Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack · · Score: 1

    I guess it still doesn't run on x86_64 with installing a lot of 32 bit junk.

  10. Re:Not worth the money? on Extended Warranty Purchases Up 10% This Year · · Score: 1

    As mentioned by others: A reasonable time is set by law and depends on the price of the product; 3 years for a laptop is normal but for a (new) house the warranty period for construction errors may extend to 20 years.

  11. Re:Not worth the money? on Extended Warranty Purchases Up 10% This Year · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I never accept those extended offers; If you have a bad device and it breaks within the reasonable period that you may expect it to work you don't need the extended warranty.
    If you expect to beat the insurance company at a game they set up themselves you might be better off gambling with the insurance premium in a casino.

  12. Re:As someone who works with outsourced Chinese la on Microsoft Steals Code From Microblogging Startup · · Score: 1

    Ok, so when Microsoft steals chinese code it must be Microsoft chinese doing the stealing, so it doesn't count?
    Does that myopic trick work with the profits for Microsoft as well, as in "profits made in foreign countries do not count"?

  13. Re:I just wonder on $860 Million In Fines Handed Out For LCD Price-Fixing · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Outrageous on Documentation Compliance Means MS Can Resume Collecting Protocol Royalties · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hah, You just wait until there's a story about jellied eels, smoked beer or lutefisk.

  15. Re:"The technology" on Microsoft Expands exFAT Multimedia Licensing · · Score: 1

    It's relative to the user. It's just like "a challenge", when you're an incompetent idiot everything looks like one.

  16. Re:Why? on Microsoft Expands exFAT Multimedia Licensing · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think UDF might cover all of exFat's use cases, with no patents pending and secret specifications involved.
    So where's the profit in that?

  17. Re:The Internet is The Internet on FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't blame us parents, this is the FTC talking about control.

  18. Re:That's cool and all... on IBM's Newest Mainframe Is All Linux · · Score: 1

    Windows for PPC64 is finally available?

  19. Re:A view from Asia-Pacific on Linux Reaches 32% Netbook Market Share · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you don't like to upset anyone, you must have a hell of a time introducing yourself mr. Lands.

  20. Re:No Turkey for you... on Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan · · Score: 1

    You may be right, lab animals live a lot longer if they are kept on a starvation diet. The effect for humans seems to be limited to only a couple of years.

  21. Re:Simple! on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    Well, that is exactly what you should do according to the law around here. The retailer is obliged to take in old equipment and have it recycled (and receives a small handling fee for that).

  22. Re:Donate on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    Except that in this case the donation has a negative value, so you probably want to donate it to an organiztion you don't really like.

  23. Re:It Hurts on The Voynich Manuscript May Have Been Decoded · · Score: 1

    Her story may be incorrect, but you clearly haven't seen wild garlic on your farm
    http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/rhubarb-and-mustard/Wild%20garlic.jpg

  24. Re:Dear Slashdot on Ethics of Releasing Non-Malicious Linux Malware? · · Score: 1

    Did I mention I am a pirate ninja? :)
    The whole evening, and to everbody in the bar. If you're the drunken bore I think you are ;)

  25. Re:Well, then... on Should You Be Paid For Being On Call? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I've heard of plenty, but I understand the US has voluntarily gotten rid of any useful unions long ago.