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  1. That was quick. on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They saw us coming around the corner!

    Server Error in '/' Application.

    Just a dot away from a PERFECT error message.

  2. My wishes??? on Breaking Google's DRM · · Score: 1, Funny

    the ability for a remote attacker to disable critical browser features like save, right-click, copy and cut against the user's wishes is a major security vulnerability in Moz/Firefox and should be fixed ASAP."

    IE (and windows for that matter) have been doing things that are against my wishes for years. I guess this is a cross-platform issue.

  3. How many VWs? on Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons · · Score: 1


    Big deal, I have been working on the same thing in my basement.

    I will let you know when I succeed.
    Actually, it's like baking a cake. Trust me, you'll just know.

  4. Reminds me of days gone by on Would You Hire A Hacker? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Of course, none of us were alive to see this, but when medicine was just starting out, the best doctors employed grave robbers to get bodies on which to practice and learn. It was against the law, and against the church, but they needed a place to learn without killing people. Now, I guess the question I ask is, would you want a doctor who had never seen the inside of a person to be the one helping your dear old mother?

  5. Guns. Lots of guns. on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    Kill one of them, and leave his body on the sidewalk, for the rest to see. Your crime problem will end. Your mom will be safe, because everyone will know about it (oh, she's the one with the crazy son, don't go there). It really works. In fact, Bubba let me keep my own pudding today, and Mitch says I'm all his, so no more gang-bangs (thank God, because my butt is getting pretty sore now). Life is looking up. In fact, maybe I'll even get a bitch of my own someday, instead of being one.

  6. Oh My God! on MIT Names First Female President · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I fscked her.

  7. Re:seriously on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1

    And he thus named the bucket, Episode I, The Phantom Menace.

  8. Re:Sue! on Ford Launches First American Hybrid · · Score: 1

    I can see the prosecution lawyer now: "Now let me see, you bought this car specifically because you knew it would kill the occupants of the other vehicle, and not your own?"

    In a word, yes. I've been hit by an SUV while I was a passenger in a small car (Shattered femur, broken hip, 4 broken ribs). I now drive a very large truck that get's bad mileage, SPECIFICALLY so it will be the other person that dies, and NOT ME. I'd rather be sued for that than be the paste they are cleaning off my bumper. No, I don't want anyone to die, but it is just plain stupid to only bring a knife to a gun fight.

  9. Rebranded Girlfriends on How Much Are You Paying For Electronics Labels? · · Score: 4, Funny

    This also applies to rebranded girlfriends. I have had more than a few, and have found that there are not too many manufacturers. What happens is the get built in groups at 3 factories in holland. The only thing they change is the trim level.

    I tested out the slick trim package, but it lacked a little in performance (and was quite expensive to repair).

    I then tested some budget models. Some performed well, but I was embarrased to be in them.

    Finally, there was a brand called "Wife". The trim was pleasing, but not flashy. Fairly low maintenance costs (buying beats leasing, because of the higher milage). I only wish I could point you to a dealer that carries them. Unfortunately, they go out of business as soon as the first deal in done. Sometimes they open up shop again, but who wants a used one?

  10. Math?? on The Traveling Salesman Problem Meets Starbucks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, he has had 7 years
    2555 days
    Thats an average of 1.5655577299412915851272015655577 starbucks per day.
    Opening 10 per week, and he is hitting 10.958904109589041095890410958899 per week.
    They have 8000 stores now.
    I calculate about 13 more years, and he should be able to enter maintenance.

    Therefore, he is ahead of the curve.

  11. Re:worst article post in a while on Requiem For A Motherboard · · Score: 1

    Actually, I kind of liked it. It reminded me of my first girlfriend. I slammed her down, and broke off this little white thingy. Then I scratched the living hell out of her back, squeezing her into my over crowded room in the basement of my mom's house. Then she just layed there. Well, I thought that was my chance, so I tried to push another little white thingy back into the slot, but she just layed there. Well, by this time my lungs were aching for air. I hope she's not dead. I just payed $200 for her. Man, what have I gotten myself into. For anyone reading this, don't knock little white things off your girlfriends either. More fragile than a motherboard in heat.

  12. Re:Finally a use for my 1GB Gmail invites... on Bulk Data Storage For The Common Man? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But if I mod it, I can't post to it (you won't know who I am)

    But if I post to it, I can't mod it (you won't be modded up)

    Infinite loop. Thank goodness the gmail account you will invite me to has enough space to handle infinity.

  13. And on A Video Projector That Fits In Your Pocket · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Is that a video projecter in your pocket, or are you just glad to read slashdot?

  14. Dreams!!! on New Radar Sees Through Walls · · Score: 1

    Dreams do come true. I'll take four of them. One for the condo, one for the store, one for work, one for the truck.

    Although, if a P4 is a weapon, this thing is the bomb!

  15. Frodo Wants one on U.S. Navy to Deploy Rail Guns by 2011 · · Score: 1

    Just think about Lord of the Rings with one of these.

    CH 1 - Frodo gets ring
    CH 2 - Merry and Pippen kill every Orc within 250 miles (including those fsckin nazgul at the BrandyWine bridge).
    CH 3 - Waltz into Mt. Doom, Drop ring, drink ale.

    Scouring of the Shire left out due to time constraints. 10 minute films are just too long.

  16. Bummer on First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered · · Score: 1

    I wanted to be the first to say that this is the second phone virus. I then would have had fun saying that Michael reads slashdot on his phone, which is why he didn't see the first story. However, all I get to do is say "Me Too". Brings me right back to the early 90's.

  17. So let me get this straight on Flaw in Florida E-Voting Machines · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Really, I am confused. (according to the article, that I actually read for once) The only way to fix this is to hook up a laptop supplied by Jeb Bush to the machine, to have it verify what is happening? Yeah, much better than a hanging chad. Thanks.

  18. What School? on Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest · · Score: 4, Funny

    Torvalds says he and his family will make the move after his children finish school next week

    Shouldn't that be Finnish school?

    Thanks, I'll be here all week. Please tip your servers.

  19. Re:Just like to point out... on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 1

    Because if they just try and withdraw from it, they are admiting they had no basis to sue in the first place. That would buy space in the steel hotel faster than continuing.

  20. Re:Stop stealing the photons I'm emitting on Look Inside A PC-killing WIPO Treaty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, that fluorecent dye in detergent is to make you show up better on the spy sattelites on a warm day. When tracking just heat, they can get confused from the heat coming off pavement, but painting you (actually, your clothes) in a dye is like sticking an animal tag on your ear. Clear as a bell. The only way to counteract it is to run around naked (unless you used soap in the shower which also contains the dye). Wrapping yourself in tinfoil is also effective.

    Spack

  21. Riddle me this on Is Swap Necessary? · · Score: 1

    Ok, I have a responsiveness question on this subject. This annoyance has gotten worse over the years.

    Install a RedHat AS 3.0 system, using generic settings (normal amounts of swap and such. Log into X and open up a terminal session. Run "free" in that terminal.

    Start any other program you want, and it will probably start pretty quick. (time it)

    Reboot, and open up the same terminal session and run free again.

    Walk away from the system and come back the next day.

    Walk up to it, and run free in that exact same terminal.

    What you will see is that most of the memory is now used (I'm assuming it is the active disk cache).

    Now, start the same app you started yesterday after running free

    It will take at least twice as long to start (probably more).

    You can write a quick program that will use all the memory in the machine (huge perl array or something). This will free all the memory, and starting other apps will be fast again, until the system sits idle for a while.

    I have done this with different versions, and different systems, but the results are always the same. A system sitting idle uses up all the resources.

    Now, my question. How the heck are people getting months of uptime when the performance appears so bad just sitting overnight? Also, how the heck do you stop this, and why is it designed to be so hyperactive when sitting idle? This is one of my biggest frustrations in linux, because the responsiveness goes to poop all the time (performance is poop as well).

  22. Hackers! on The Economics of Executing Virus Writers · · Score: 1


    Hackers.

    Kill em all, and let God sort it out!

  23. Re:God no... on Tuning Linux VM swapping · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I would like to thank God for this being so intuative. It was right on the tip of my tounge the whole time.

  24. Re:Breached Privelidge... on MS Word File Reveals Changes to SCO's Plans · · Score: 1

    I am going to guess that it would be allowed in court. I say that because the judge in the SCO case has told IBM to submit non-public contributions to Linux for discovery. Of course, everyone know there is no such thing, but for the sake of argument, this would slip in the same way.

    SCO Sues it's lawyers, that would be fun!

  25. This does not work!!! on SCO Licenses Now Available · · Score: 1

    Just for a joke, I clicked through to try to buy this. No, I was not really going to, I just didn't think they could be that stupid. The links point to the old site (sco.com). No shop, no nothing. It seemd mydoom prevented any of these sales. (wow, that means I actually read a linked article on slashdot, I must go wash).