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  1. Re:Any major security issues?? on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    Well, if the company goes away a program mutates into a virus and you have to delete it or it will erase your screen.

  2. Good for Linux Desktop on Microsoft Pays $536M to Novell · · Score: 1

    Maybe now they can change the "eval" flag to "fully free"

  3. What about the Lesbians? on FCC's Powell vs. Howard Stern on KGO-AM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did Howard forget to bring them up? What kind of Stern shows this ?!?!

  4. The Pythagorean Theorem on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I use this in day-to-day life probably more than anything else. Helpful for calculating my home theater projector screen sizes when I need to one-up friedns that get new televisions.

  5. How about a Button to Turn Off People on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 3, Funny

    And their cell phones. And not as noisy as a machine gun.

  6. Just Give In on MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms · · Score: 1

    Maybe if we gave the virus writers what they want they will leave us alone. I tired of the senseless mass killing of computers... you'd think they were doing this for fun.

  7. Re:One nice new thing in Firefox on "Phishing" Attacks to Increase · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but at least you are transmitting all your personal info to just that thief in a secure fashion, and it won't be picked up by other thieves.

  8. Re:I don't have thousands of dollars, Y.I.C.! on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    See, the best kept secret in the industry is projectors. I have a hi-def capable projector, projecting on a 76" screen with a stunning picture, with OTA hi-def signal processed through a satellite receiver with a built-in decoder, all had for $1300. No way I'm paying $800 or a few grand for some dinky (in comparison) set.

    Plus I'm pumping the DVD player, PS2, and XBox through it.

  9. Choices? on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    so consumers have a choice -- between analog (black borders on the sides of their digital TVs) and digital (black borders on the top and bottom of their analog TV)

    Oh geez, someone who hasn't watched a show in high definition must have written this... watching television in better resolution than DVD is a much different experience than black bar placement.

  10. I'll just use them all up here... on Astronaut Wants Space Program With No Frills · · Score: 0, Troll

    'We need lean and mean spaceships with no frills', such as toilets or kitchen.

    This new policy would really piss me off.

    This would throw the entire manned space program into the shitter.

    What will NASA cook up next?

    How do they want astronauts to eat? Hang a marshmallow out the port hole to glom off the rocket exhaust?

    These ideas are really crappy.

    Sure... suggest not having toilet paper on spaceships AFTER you retire, hmm?

  11. Re:What about those concerned with privacy? on Whois Record Falsification Closer To Illegality · · Score: 1

    Yes. You are depriving the company supported by the SPAM of revenue, according to the logic used by the RIAA, and, as a result, should be fine the sum total amount of all lost penis enlargement sales that would have resulted if you provided the correct contact information in your WHOIS registration and not committed fraud.

    I'm a girl you insensitive clod!

  12. Wanted so Bad to Find a Midnight Sale... on Star Wars DVD Box Set Released · · Score: 1

    ...so I could sell the copy I got early to some hapless Star Wars junkie at around 10p for $100. He could then skitter away and watch the movie, muttering something about "the precious" on his way home.

    This sig is my best one.

  13. Process for Takeover on Mozilla's Goodger on Firefox's Future · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) Take 90% of browser market share

    2) Integrate into Windows Explorer and tell judges it can't be ripped out

    My best sig is this one.

  14. Has Nicholas Petrelli Already Said He Hates It? on GNOME 2.8 Released · · Score: 1

    Looking for the editorial preview rather than waiting ofr it in the mail...

  15. Re:The Originals on Star Wars DVD Set Previews/Reviews · · Score: 1

    And yes, overseas from everywhere :)

  16. The Originals on Star Wars DVD Set Previews/Reviews · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid I'll be waiting for the day when George reconsiders and releases the untouched originals."

    Well, if you really want them you can get them from overseas. Didn't say they are official releases but hey, George is only losing out if you are preventing a sale of an identical item, and an identical item doesn't exist on DVD.

  17. Re:When they had enough... on Sybase Releases Free Enterprise Database on Linux · · Score: 1

    The same thing that happened with Interbase when Borland open-sourced it and then pulled it back... there will be a source fork and then you have to worry about compatibility. PITA.

  18. Talk about Deja Vu... on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1

    We just witnessed the fall of man in Genesis.

    My best sig is this one.

  19. Why not buy a 3rd-party printer for the OEM toner? on Lexmark Recalls 40,000 Laser Printers · · Score: 1

    That would turn the tables a bit on the normal Lexmark materials issue.

  20. Re:Did they account for weight differential? on Capturing Genesis · · Score: 1

    Only if Earth loses its entire atmosphere at the exact moment the capsule comes down.

  21. Did they account for weight differential? on Capturing Genesis · · Score: 1, Funny

    If it's the boy Spock in there, they might get an extra pass at it.

  22. They can use the leftover money on Hurricane Threatens Shuttle Program · · Score: 1, Insightful

    to buy a decent Beowulf cluster to calculate and design whatever is needed for the space elevator.

  23. The Joy of Updating isn't the Update Itself... on Windows XP To Get Longhorn Technologies · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but the joy of hacking the latest Microsoft license registration procedure.

    My best sig is this one.

  24. A New Role Model on MIT Names First Female President · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hopefully now we'll finally churn out some more geek and gamr grlz.

  25. We'll Call 'em Self-Owns on Virtual Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    What better way to market a phone-based girlfriend.

    My best sig is this one.