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  1. Re:One word: Enron on How Vulnerable Is Our Power Grid? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Only on Fox, and they call everything they don't like socialism.

  2. Re:Oh no! on US Navy Was Ordered To Listen For Martian Broadcast · · Score: 1

    You were abducted?

  3. So now it's four pieces? on Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two · · Score: 5, Informative
  4. Re:meta-trolling on Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root · · Score: 1

    They have advertising on slashdot?

  5. Re:sysctl vm.mmap_min_addr on Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root · · Score: 1

    That's weird, because 9.04 gives: vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536 and so did the 9.10 desktop version a few posts up...
    Anyway, you can fix it with 'systcl -w'.

  6. sysctl vm.mmap_min_addr on Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root · · Score: 3, Informative

    If the result is non-zero the vulnerability doesn't exist.
    'Most deployed versions of linux'?.
    So far only some unpatched RHEL versions allow this local exploit, even the Centos rip-off doesn't have it.

  7. Re:And tons of carbon enter the air on Cracking PGP In the Cloud · · Score: 3, Funny

    No problem, I've got a monitor full with post-it notes. So my policy must be excellent.

  8. Re:Noah's flood and a massive deluge on Giant Rift In Africa Will Create a New Ocean · · Score: 0, Troll

    The point being that ethnic cleansing is ok?

  9. Re:To be fair? on Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car · · Score: 1

    In the morning it is here as well (as opposed to the stalled lane)

  10. Re:Speak simply on Speech-to-Speech Translator Developed For iPhone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I tried "je n'aime pas du chocolat" and got "I do not like chocolate".
    It manages to map your incorrect French phrases into incorrect English with similar errors. I'm really impressed by the software...

  11. Re:Why 6,000 languages? on Speech-to-Speech Translator Developed For iPhone · · Score: 3, Funny

    We use the other languages to make fun of you.

  12. Re:The death of photography makes it possible on Xerox Claims Printable Electronics Breakthrough · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Investing in silver? Why does that ring a bell?

  13. Re:To be fair? on Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car · · Score: 2, Funny

    The driver of the Tesla Roadster kept the speed as close to 55 kmph as he could
    Yup, that must have been that guy in the left lane this morning.

  14. Re:Thatcher and Argentina on Trojan Kill Switches In Military Technology · · Score: 1

    She didn't do a very good job at it then: read up on your recent history

  15. Re:I'm a rocket, man! on Ares 1-X Ready On Pad, Launch Set For 1200 GMT · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm combining your
    10 trillion of printed from nothing US $dollars
    with
    who just transfer the trillions to Europe
    And I have to wonder: Don't those two issues cancel out?

  16. Re:How do you debunk a myth? on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 1

    we should coddle the weak-minded fools
    Yes, although it's more generally called 'respect peoples deepest religious beliefs'.

  17. Re:What a Troll! on Microsoft Freeloading In Washington State Courts · · Score: 1

    But then I cannot choose to 'live' in three different places simultaneously for tax purposes, legal purposes and other perks.
    Don't anthropomorphize corporations, they don't like it.

  18. Re:Can we finally start denying it again? on Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog · · Score: 1

    Well, given that many owners of Hummers cannot afford the fuel anymore that is no surprise.

  19. Re:This is great ! on Tilera To Release 100-Core Processor · · Score: 4, Informative

    The 'stock' kernel is ready for 512 cpu's. SGI had a 2048-core single image Linux kernel six years ago.

  20. Re:Er... on Internet Archive Puts 1.6M E-Books On OLPC Laptops · · Score: 1

    Why would they want to leave out their biggest customer?
    They may decide to cut their losses when they realize the odds for getting the debts paid off.

  21. Re:I mis-remember it on What If They Turned Off the Internet? · · Score: 1

    You must be imagining everything, since the internet has been shut off since 1998.

  22. Re:What next...? on Music Rights Holders Sue YouTube Again · · Score: 1

    You have less experience with Germans than some people.

  23. Re:Take it to the extremes on Music Rights Holders Sue YouTube Again · · Score: 1

    Right, because the inane drivel that needs the current messed up copyright system to be profitable is art?

  24. Re:Wish i was surprised... on Dutch Gov't Has No Idea How To Delete Tapped Calls · · Score: 1

    Somehow I think things could get worse:
    Imagine the same attitude and objectives, but now with competent staff...

  25. Re:WTF?? on 125 Years of Longitude 0 0' 00" At Greenwich · · Score: 1

    Days start at 25 o'clock and end at 49 o'clock?