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  1. This post should include something about goats... on For Us, The Living, by Robert A. Heinlein · · Score: 1
    Anonymous Coward is the Samuel Pepys of the digital age.

    Be afraid for the future, very afraid!

  2. "We, the Living?" on For Us, The Living, by Robert A. Heinlein · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What year did Ayn Rand publish "We, the Living"? This title sounds awfully similar.

    And we all know that Heinlien was notorious as a raving libertarian looney. Hell, he's practically slashdot's patron saint.

  3. You call yourself geeks?!!! Sheesh... on For Us, The Living, by Robert A. Heinlein · · Score: 2, Funny
    Actually, Heinlein & Hubbard were talking, and Heinlein said that the starting a religion was a sure way to get rich.

    Hubbard went out and did it.

  4. You've GOTTA be trolling! on Virginia Arrests Man For Spamming · · Score: 1

    Wrong, she's a goddess!

  5. Better than the alternative punishment.... on Virginia Arrests Man For Spamming · · Score: 1

    Releasing him, but the Smoking Gun gets his arrest report. Nothing worse that 10,000 nerds carrying a grudge for the rest of your life. You might as well just drop out of society completely.

  6. OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD!!! on Warflying 2013 Access Points in Los Angeles · · Score: 1

    That was a thing of insanely terrible beauty, man. Come on, mods, even your piggy little souls must have been touched by that! MOD THAT GUY UP!!!! Sweet gibbering Jesus, that was fuckin' awsome!

  7. Re:Duh, the problem's distributed by definition. on Electronic Voting in the News · · Score: 1
    (I'm not really trying to be a smartass here, reallly...)

    How many (volunteer) pollworkers take part in a national election? Does any actually have figures on this?

    I would guess 5-10 / precinct, and probably 25,000 precincts nationwide, so I don't think my estimate could be off by too much. Now, if most precincts are only staffed by two little old grannies all day long, then obviously my estimate's way off.

  8. Duh, the problem's distributed by definition. on Electronic Voting in the News · · Score: 1
    How fast can 250,000 people read 160 pieces of paper? How fast can the precinct add up 100 numbers? How fast can each state add up 1000 numbers? How fast can the totals for all 50 states be added up?

    Yeesh. We could do this quickly and accurately with PAPER and PENCIL, people!

  9. Ahhhh!!!! Bad spelling! That explains it all! on New IE Bug Hides Real Site Address · · Score: 1
    So bad spelling / grammar is the red flag of a bogus site, eh? That makes it all clear now, obviously someones h4xx0r3d our DNS and I've been reading the fake slashdot all these years!!!

    So now, all we need a patch to spell / grammar check the page and set the network zone on the status bar to the skull and crossbones when the errors exceed a certain threshold.

  10. Your assessment is not entirely fair... on The Definitive Episode 3 Spoiler Synopsis · · Score: 1

    You would eat the delicious Butterfinger Bites whether or not you went to see the crappy movie. So you really shouldn't include that in the expense of seeing such an abject failure of a film. Granted, they are still overpriced.

  11. This sums up the media wars completely. on The Definitive Episode 3 Spoiler Synopsis · · Score: 1
    "the wierd thing is that 4 years ago I was lined up in front of the Zeigfield in NYC for 3 weeks awaiting the release of what I was sure would be the greatest movie ever made.

    Now I can barely bring myself to skim the synopsis for ep 3.

    Thanks George Lucas for showing me just how meaningless most of my childhood was.

    I'll probably download ep 3 anyway..."

    And the media companies probably think people like sTalking_Goat are their problem, rather than people like George Lucas.

  12. You cherished childhood memories raped for $$$$!! on The Definitive Episode 3 Spoiler Synopsis · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Thanks for ruining the movie..."

    Seeing his recent track record, I'm sure George Lucas took care of that already.

  13. Do you take e-gold? on Give the Gift of Slashdot · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'll only subscribe if I can blatently troll and have unlimited karma!

    Oh, and a complimentary First Post to sweeten the deal!

  14. You've GOT to be kidding! on Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    Asprin & Gatorade before you pass out.
    You'll be fresh as a daisy in the morning!

  15. It's like pig latin. on Sun Negotiating With Wal-Mart Over Java Desktop · · Score: 2, Funny
    I may get modded down for this, but:

    "But that's precisely the point! Sun is trying to associate their new Linux/GNOME distribution with the Java brand"

    But, then, shouldn't they have followed standard GNOME protocol and renamed it GN AVA DESKTOP?!!!

  16. Confusion to the enemy! on SCO Ordered to Produce Evidence · · Score: 1

    You dope! We're geeks here! We settle things with Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock, Lizard!!!

  17. There oughta be a law! on SCOrched Earth · · Score: 1
    Is there the equivalent of the Baker act[*] for corporations?
    There should be.

    [*] The Baker act is the Florida law that allows for the involuntary committment to a mental institution.

  18. Correction: on The Most Incorrect Assumptions In Computing? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    "This data processing stuff is all a fad" -- Spencer Tracey, in The Desk Set

    I just know that was driving you all nuts.

  19. Re:Bill Gates once said... on The Most Incorrect Assumptions In Computing? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    "This data processing thing is a fad" -- Gene Kelly

  20. Re:i have a story with a moral too on The Blind Men and the Elephant · · Score: 1
    Maybe I can illuminate the situation. In my tribe, we tell the following story:

    "Once upon a time, three friars decided to open a floral business. Everything went well for a time, but as things progressed, the other florists in the town got tired of the men of God stealing business from them. So, one day, the local Rotary club hired the local blacksmith, Hugh, to run the friars out of town. Which he did. With extreme prejudice.

    The moral of the story, of course is Hugh, and only Hugh can prevent florist friars"

    Of course, my clan are notorious sterno drinkers, so that might have something to do with it. I hope you find this little anecdote to be enlightening.

  21. Re:I'm not surprised Ed said that... on New Battlestar Galactica Premieres Monday · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Oh, that's ok then, as long as we get to see tits being squashed together in crappy lycra suits!"

    Jesus H Christ on a bicycle and his black bastard brother Bart! Why didn't they do it right then and remake "Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century"?!!! Goddamn that was every 14-year-old's dream!! mmmmmmmmm.... Erin Grey.... And Twiki & Dr Theopolis for the robosexuals out there.

    Honestly, I will never be able to fathom the depths of stupidity of Hollywood. And they think their consumers are dumb!!!

  22. Re:Harming the local economy... on MIT Students Get an Education in Software Development · · Score: 1
    Too bad that here in America, we don't have the "socialist" (sarcasm there) welfare state that you Germans have. Maybe if we actually woke up and were willing to pay the taxes to support such a regime, when our jobs were outsourced, the CEOs who profited from that decision would be paying the cost in taxes.

    I doubt that'll ever happen.

  23. Re:Wouldn't it have been a bummer if on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1

    Sheeeit.... If I have to do something twice, I find a way to automate it. One hundered-ninety six times? Yikes!

  24. The answer is: on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1

    0.

  25. Re:The desktop on Java Desktop System Review · · Score: 1
    Eh, you know what they say:

    s/K/Gn/

    Profit!