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  1. i got it... on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    The inclined plane, the sphere, and the turnbuckle.

    Shoes are nice, too.

  2. Re:Aztec... on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    Not to go too TMI on you:

    The mask of the sun: Broderbund, by Ultrasoft. (C) 1982

    I uploaded the C64 English version to Arnold. The only other copy floating around was in German.

    Good game.

  3. Re:Wrong purpose on Dawn of the Airborne Laser · · Score: 1

    a defense for the laser

    You mean like white slacks and a silver rhinestone jacket?

  4. you know... on Microsoft to End DLL Confusion · · Score: 1

    The thicker and gummier the layers of paint, the easier they are to strip off with a heat gun.

  5. bubbles on Seven Rules For Spotting Bogus Science · · Score: 1

    Whew! I'm glad we're done with all that science.

    Now we can get back to studying the funk.

  6. Re:Reviews? on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay · · Score: 1

    I'm just happy to be a fucker!

  7. lots of work on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Before I go itemizing all my rare/out-of-print/hard to find books, I'd like to know what's going to happen to the data.

    Is this going to turn around and go commercial, or (as we're led to believe) be project Gutenburg-ish?

    If it's going to be open, can we get the DB on DVD, I'd certainly pay for a million-plus library of books that other people cared enough to index.

    Etc.

  8. makes zero sense on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    Makes zero sense when you are trying to remember what script does what.

    I can never remember the differences between my women, either.

  9. /etc/rc.d/rc.S on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it's not so bad if you move it to /etc/rcS.d

  10. Cower under a table? on Funding New Games · · Score: 1

    I thought you were supposed to throw money at a sequel and wear a blindfold.

    No, that's Hollywood. What am I thinking of?

  11. inexpensive...diamond on Biosensing With A DNA-Diamond-Silicon Sandwich · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did DeBeers finally go under?

    Sweet.

  12. Re:but... on Monitoring the Health of Your Penguin? · · Score: 1

    C'mon, get in the /. spirit!

    When in doubt, point at google and show the parent what a hater you can be.

    We all win!

  13. They can't have mine on IBM To Repair Smoking Monitors · · Score: 2, Funny

    I put it on the patch, it said it would try. I think it'd be a breach of trust to send it back.

  14. Re:Question on Lupin III Coming to Hollywood · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget the hair on the back of the hands.

    And that the girl's so top-heavy her head could fit in her torso about 3 times.

  15. Re:Hudson Hawk was bad? on Lupin III Coming to Hollywood · · Score: 1

    If you don't like the Hudson Hawk, you may turn out to be a rock.

    If I knew how, I'd make my phone ring like the handcuff beep.

  16. Re:Great Hackers on Getting Hacked Through Your Terminal · · Score: 1

    (sticks thumbs in suspenders)

    No need to worry, we all talk out of turn here.

    Hey wait, you've got a lower UID.

    No, no excuse.

  17. 1000 robot apiarists on Cyberbees Score MIT Prize · · Score: 1

    ...kicked the ground in unison and took their stinking RED ribbon and wouldn't give their parents a hug.

    Robot parents report they were testy whenever any of their robot friends asked how the meet went.

  18. Re:stenography on Program Hides Secret Messages in Executables · · Score: 1

    Stenography is cool, but the outlay for one of those chording keyboards, and then the willingness to learn a whole new way of typing - is a little much. Though you do get to hear all the juicy details of a trial, you also have to worry about your job being taken by a computer with voice recognition.

    Now, Steganography, that's also cool, but in a very different and special way.

  19. quick voltmeter on Your Most Damage-Resistant Hardware? · · Score: 1

    Put one hand in pocket.

    Touch supposed live/dead wire with back of finger.

    When muscle clenches, you break the circuit.

    If you're lucky, you'll have time to bat out your hair with your working arm.

  20. Great Hackers on Getting Hacked Through Your Terminal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Larry Wall's famous quote says Great Hacker virtues include Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.

    I would agree, and say that a Great Hacker would locate those killer ctrl codes, get a boatload of diagnostic information together, and hand all that over to the maintainer of the terminal program and then not sweat trying to figure it out themselves.

    Let someone that knows the code, and might be better able to divine what's up have a wonk at it. You could even check the diffs if it ever gets patched, and you were curious and had time to kill.

    Then, the Great Hacker would go and patch their own project to fix up the newest incoming bug report.

    Then, the Great Hacker would rest and eat of the Divine Pizza.

    And all would profit.

  21. Re:Old CP/M computers took a lickin', kept tickin' on Your Most Damage-Resistant Hardware? · · Score: 1

    No fricken doubt!

    We still have our Kaypro 4 & 6. They weigh at least 80lbs. I think they were milled out of a solid block of ore. Still boot - though we're running low on 5" floppies and ink for the inkjet. ;)

    Speaking of hatchbacks, I'm surprised someone hasn't made a hatchback out of one of those bastards.

  22. Two in the same day? on Ozone As Pesticide · · Score: 1

    Is ozone the hip new thing?

    Where can I invest in this "ozone"?

  23. Re:Nicely written! on Internet Traffic Still Growing Quickly · · Score: 1

    LOC==Lines of Code.

    Somewhere all the internet traffic is being turned into shareware?

    Like it makes more sense that this would be put in the Library of Congress. What's the Dewey Decimal for 'Flamebait'?

  24. IDNKTT on Wireless Mesh Networks · · Score: 1

    I don't know the technology, so maybe someone can enlighten me: How do mesh networks deal with spoofing or MITM-type attacks. That is, if it's an unreliable network, how does anyone know that the packets came from me?

  25. ah hollywood on Battlestar Galactica to Return · · Score: 1

    Boy, I'm glad Firefly was cancelled and forgotten about so there'd be room for this.

    Hey, maybe we should cut down on the reruns of shows that sucked when they first aired and actually do something that doesn't suck from the concept up.

    Let's bring back Kolchak: The Night Stalker, too. Oh wait.

    When's Bravo running another Kurosawa fest? My Tivo goes unused.