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  1. Children, children! on Firebird Name Debate Enters a New Stage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Play nice now. Little Johnny, time out for you! No email priviledges, go sit in the corner.

  2. Re:OH NO! How much longer... on Hypernova Erupts as Global Telescopes Scramble · · Score: 1

    Never trust a sane puppeteer

  3. Sounds like a Jazz Fusion band... on Newly Discovered Fault Under L.A. · · Score: 1

    Puente Hills Blind Thrust System ...tonight only at the Hep-Cat Club!

  4. Re:Why Not on Meteor Over Midwest · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, you see, it's because a VW bug seems kinda harmless. Like, if they said it was the size of a Lincoln Navigator people would freak out. Or if they used the example of a car of relative size to a VW bug, like, say a Pinto, people would have visions of gas tanks exploding. :end sarcasm:

  5. Whether cheaters prosper is not the issue... on Cheating Online Gamers · · Score: 1

    The issue is that cheaters make games less fun and less entertaining for the people that are not willing to stoop to that level.

  6. Re:Ah-hah! on Pancake Physics to Cut Batter Splatter · · Score: 2, Funny

    The angular velocity of the object equals the square root of Pi, times the gravity divided by the distance the pancake is from the elbow times four - that is how to get the pancake back in the pan.

    Would that be an African or European swallow?

  7. Redundant? on The Taste of Pain · · Score: 1

    It was the first comment making such a statement!

  8. Existentialism on Build Your Own Weather Balloon · · Score: 1

    if a dupe falls in the forest and nobody is there to first post it, was it really a fish in the first place?

  9. Re:worst. joke. ever. ;-) on Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    "no Homerssss, we can have one, sorry Homer."

  10. Re:Summary: "Hey Microsoft: Embrace Open Source" on Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft · · Score: 3, Funny

    What would it take to put a clause in the GNU license that says "except Microsoft" ;-).

    That would be the "No Homers" clause.

  11. This is nothing new... on Microsoft Sends Broken Stylesheets to Opera · · Score: 1

    I have seen different versions of drivers for download displayed depending on the browser.

    Specifically, and this was a year or two ago, I tried to download the Intellipoint mouse drivers in Mozilla, I was displayed a 3.x version...which I couldn't download, the link would just reload the page. I also tried it in Netscape and got the same issue. I then copied the URL, opened it in IE5 and was displayed a 4.x version, which I downloaded successfully.

    They use browser version check routines, but not for cross-broswer compatibility...for IN-compatibility!

  12. The answer is simple... on Dealing with Employers Who Perform Credit Checks? · · Score: 1

    Don't take the job! Tell them you can't work for them if they're that paranoid.

    I once interviewed for a company that attempted to do a credit check until I asked them why, then they backed off. They still did a ciminal check, which I didn't mind. After six or so interviews, I eventually didn't take the job because they wanted me to sign a salary agreement without letting me take it home and review it prior to signing. Very fishy business!

  13. Kinda off-topic, but... on Why VHS Was Better Than Betamax · · Score: 1

    it's strange seeing VHS referred to in the past-tense. I still have tons of VHS tapes and a working VCR!

  14. Whaddya mean you're looking at another product?!?! on Microsoft Loses Showdown in Houston · · Score: 1

    Haines complained to Tatro and other council members, they say, that Piper misled him by not spelling out that the city was looking for an Office replacement. Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake, in a recent interview, called the proposal process "controversial and questionable." She would not be more specific. Haines declined interview requests.

    They're so certain that they have their clients in their pocket, they just couldn't conceive that Houston would consider another alternative.
    Probably one of the wisest choices my city council has made in years, nay, decades! I shouldn't be so hard on them, there are some good council members in Houston.

  15. Hey!! on Multimedia Windowpanes · · Score: 1

    Why are those people in that house looking at me through there living room window and laughing?!?!? I'm not an animal! I am a man! Please stop tormenting me....

    oh, wait, they're watching comedy on one of those new window-tv's. *walks away embarrased*

  16. Re:In Soviet Russia... on APC Recalls 2.1 Million UPS Units · · Score: 1

    they would have "disappeared" Yakoff Smirnoff and his body would have quietly decayed in the Siberian tundra.

  17. TV's do NOT belong in cars! on Low Profile Satellite TV Antennas for Vehicles · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's just way too much of a distraction, even if it's just in the backseat to placate your screaming little brats with Disney's latest brainrot!

  18. This really seems to be common sense... on Ring Of Stars Found Around Milky Way · · Score: 1

    admittedly, I hadn't thought of it until seeing this article.

    We keep finding new moons around our gas giants, new planets further out in our solar system, so why shouldn't there be stray stars out beyond the "perimeter" of our galaxy (or others for that matter).

    I suppose the "dark matter" speculation is that there are possibly many stars floating around between galaxies, too small and far away to be visible... all alone, with no massive gravity wells to keep them company. sigh ...so sad

  19. Re:Why? on XPde: Cloning the XP Interface · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know that, dicksmack. I still had problems with, expecially with NT4/2000 admin tools.

  20. Why? on XPde: Cloning the XP Interface · · Score: 1

    What exactly is the point here?

    My laptop at work came pre-instaled with XP, I gave it 1 month before I finally got sick of it and wiped it and installed Win2k.

    The XP interface is way too clunky. It's all rounded and hard-candy shaped, and not to mention dog-slow! And this is on a decently fast system.

  21. Wait a minute... on Scientific American Reviews 'Simputer' PDA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the slashback article: "We are a poor country. We cannot develop operating systems and platforms on our own."
    Hmm, seems like they are doing ok in this instance.

  22. Re:Bug reporting? on Mozilla: The Good And The Bad · · Score: 1

    I think I would rather have the whole download saved on my server than have to download an older version and still have to re-download all those freakin pathces every time I reinstall.

  23. What if... on NASA Wasting Time and Money on Moon Landing Doubters · · Score: 1

    you gave all the morons that want so badly to believe that we never really went to the moon some rocks and clubs and let them live in caves on an island somewhere. Since they can't seem to accept that technology, by it's very nature, evolves then maybe they aren't ready for anything more advanced than stone age tech.

    One more thing, a bit off topic... I really loved it when Aldrin popped that guy in the face!

  24. Re:poseurs.... on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    British punk, Cal hardcore, NYHC... whatever, it was all pretty cool.

    But don't forget Texas punk: Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, The Dicks, Ed Hall. Ed Hall a bit "post-punk", but still a way cool band.
    Crank up the way-back machine!

  25. Ohhhh, riiiight.... on Car Cellphone Bans Driving Bluetooth · · Score: 1

    Because looking at a computer screen while driving is FAR safer than talking on the phone while driving!