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  1. On an entirely serious note... on Douglas Adams Back On Radio · · Score: 4
    Humor is American.

    The British have something known as humour which includes something called irony so called because it can get quite heavy.

    Without of course forgetting the /. teutonic link recently, the German word is .

    Oh, apparently they don't actually have a word for it.

    Unless you count buying Rover, and remaking the Mini so it looks Wagnerian.

    Ps, the humour has to shine in Britain, because the sun never does.

  2. Re:Sgt. Pooper on OS X As "This Generation's Sgt. Pepper" · · Score: 2

    ...but will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64-bit?

  3. Sgt. Pooper on OS X As "This Generation's Sgt. Pepper" · · Score: 1

    I have to admit it's getting better...

  4. Lengthy Microsoft on Government Responds To Microsoft's Appeal Process · · Score: 2
    Hey, we all have to wait (interminably, daily) for Microsoft.

    Why should the government be special?

  5. Did they have a cloaking device? on E-mail And Phone Snooping In The UK · · Score: 1
    So how many employers worry about the legality of snooping?

    Some unofficial access to email happens in most companies.

    Someone, somewhere can look at your stuff anyway, whether it's on your LAN, at your ISP, or anywhere else in the universe.

    I always treat my mail as though it might be read, one day, by someone else it wasn't intended for.

    If you've got nothing to hide, you can stop nervously looking over your shoulder, and remember that all comms methods are inherently insecure, but we don't generally worry until it gets on a computer.

    That may say more about us and our kind than about snoopers.

  6. Re:Lots of TLDs on New TLDs Proposed To ICANN · · Score: 1
    Ok, I'll start with .earth (better have .world and .globe).

    Next .mars, .venus and how about .planet?

    I guess .moon would be quite a good one, but I obviously wouldn't want .sun!

  7. Re:Babelfish for Katz? on Is The Virtual Community A Myth? · · Score: 1
    Ponzi is a feline with ego problems.

    : Ponzi Katz

  8. Re:Men? on Hawking On Earth's Lifespan · · Score: 1

    Volkswagen?

  9. Re:The patent jungle. on Barnes & Noble Challenges Amazon 1-Click Patent (UPDATED) · · Score: 1
    Surely Amazon aren't the first org ever to seek a preliminary injunction.

    Therefore they are infringing on someone else's idea.

    And anyway, who said bookselling was a free-for-all? It was around long before the web. Pay up, Amazon.

  10. Re:Could be sneakier on Hack-SDMI Boycott Explored · · Score: 1
    How about proving it can be cracked, but not supplying the info, not claiming the 10k, but suing for reverse-engineering your patented method?

    Watch that decimal point move to the right.

  11. Metallica - of course on Hack-SDMI Boycott Explored · · Score: 1
    How does this help Metallica?

    Their music sounds like watermarks anyway.

    Maybe removing the data, leaving silence would be an improvement.

    In fact, why not incorporate watermarks into all music from now on?

  12. billybobbing on Techies Rampant on Drugs · · Score: 1
    No offence meant

    I'm just re-interpreting the name for the upcoming century.

    One day there will be a million of us.

    billybobs unite!

  13. Obsequity on Your Holiday Present Wish List · · Score: 1
    How about a year's subscription to Wired?

    They'll love it!

  14. Re:I'm surprised they just realized this now on Techies Rampant on Drugs · · Score: 1
    No, you're getting mixed up.

    I know it was Sandra Bullock, but it was not Speed, but The Net.

    That really was a drug-induced view of computer technology.

  15. Re:The Future of Privacy on Are There Still Privacy Concerns With IPv6? · · Score: 1

    If I host it, can I keep/sell/abuse the information passing through my net please?

  16. Re:First! on Are There Still Privacy Concerns With IPv6? · · Score: 1
    Thankyou

    Another IP address to add to my list

  17. Re:Great Idea on Interesting Moderation Proposal · · Score: 1
    How many geeks would enjoy a simple system?

    Don't we all thrive on the fact that wherever there is any complication, there are people who we can mystify with our knowledge(=power)?

    Then again, make it too involved (by adding gambling and percentages) and you take the fun out of it all.

    I wouldn't reply to any comments until I'd run all the figures and percentages through a spreadsheet to see where I was going to be after the dice had stopped.

  18. Re:Password *Danger?* on Yup, Somebody Cracked Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I have learned that the real catch is that all new password changes (like the ones we've been advised to make immediately) are being captured by the white hats

  19. Re: ****ing Password on Yup, Somebody Cracked Slashdot · · Score: 1
    Shouldn't this have been on the filtering post?

    ***** to the ***s who *****d /.

  20. Re:I h4x0r3d /. on Extending UCITA To Printed Books? · · Score: 1
    How disappointing

    The interesting/useful/funny bit of your post spilled over onto the cd.

    How am I gonna fit /. into my cd drive?

  21. Groovy screen shots on Nintendo Unveils GAMECUBE At Spaceworld 2000 · · Score: 1
    These images are provided as examples of the type of graphics you may see on NINTENDO GAMECUBE. These images are not meant to imply that any games starring these characters are planned for a future release in either Japan or the U.S. But they sure look cool!

    What? Color graphix? Whatever next?

  22. The humanity on Massively Multiplayer Games On Consoles · · Score: 3

    Imagine: we could all interact with other human beings!

  23. Who knows kackers? on Secrets & Lies: Digital Security In A Networked World · · Score: 1
    Apparently, from the Amazon chapter 3 extract:

    Aristotle had some theoretical proof that women had fewer teeth than men. A hacker would have simply counted his wife s teeth. A good hacker would have counted his wife s teeth without her knowing about it, while she was asleep. A good bad hacker might remove some of them, just to prove a point.

    Who knows hackers with wives? Or girlfriends?

  24. What's everyone worried about? on Living Terrors · · Score: 1

    I run MSAV on my 2000 box - so I'm immune!