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  1. I supressed mine. on Genetic Mutations Allowed Humans To Be Artistic · · Score: 1

    So that I might blend in.

    It's not working.

  2. Re:Well this is really interesting ... on Abandoned & Little Used Airfields · · Score: 1

    If your engine is certed for it (like say, a Cessna 172b of my father's...) you can just pull it up to any old Texaco and fill it with auto fuel.

  3. Platypus wings... on The Platypus: Good For You · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hot and Spicy, or Extra Crispy?

    Venom? No thanks. Well, on the side for my little girl.

  4. firefly on Audioscrobbler (Anyone Remember Firefly?) · · Score: 4, Funny

    A pox on fox for cancelling a show that rox!

    Seriously - I thought this was going to be about how the music you then upload helps you have adventures in Reaver territory.

    Ok! Ok, I'm moving on...

  5. Using FVWM right now... on Gestures For The Linux Desktop · · Score: 1

    Except for whatever reason, they call them 'strokes'... But I love that you get to program them yourself. It doesn't have to be hard to open a browser or whatever. Mine are all straight lines - I don't use that many different apps that I can't just call up a terminal and go from there...

    Shrink all your borders to 1 pixel, then it's just a SMOP and you've got your power user sooper desktop.

    I bind all the meta keys to window ops, so you can move windows around with a CTRL-click from anywhere. Heaven.

  6. Re:(much worse) translation from a human being on Swiss Tax Office distributes Mozilla and OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Americans: We're more than just idiots!

    ACs: Nope, we're still trolls.

    ;)

  7. There is no killing in this game. on A Tale in the Desert · · Score: 1

    Though, mimicking ancient egypt to the extreme, there's truckloads of pulling-brains-out-through-the-nose and packing-the-body-cavity-with-resin-and-herbs.

  8. Re:(much worse) translation from a human being on Swiss Tax Office distributes Mozilla and OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    That's why I can't read the output. I'd wondered - hey, thanks!

    Everyone look at the dumb fucker!

  9. (much worse) translation from a human being on Swiss Tax Office distributes Mozilla and OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    > man filter
    ...
    > cat news_report | chef | less

    Sveess refunooe-a oofffeece-a deestribootes OopunOfffeece-a und Muzeella. Bork! Bork! Bork!


    It takes a guru...

  10. the rest of their history has been a joke... on Command and Conquer Generals Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could you amend that to recent history?

    Some of us still remember MULE, Mail Order Monsters, Marble Madness, Seven Cities of Gold, Arctic Fox, Skate or Die, Racing Destruction Set, Archon, etc.

    I hate sports games too - but EA was once something, man.

  11. Other shots? on Linux Movies Picture Gallery · · Score: 1

    Anyone have action photos of the servers that send me all this wonderful porn?

  12. The big picture... on Programmers and the "Big Picture"? · · Score: 1

    ...is the view without the windows.

    Strikes again!?

  13. Hubertus Bigend / Hubert Shrump on Pattern Recognition · · Score: 1

    We are NOT amused.

  14. Re:The VISA application for the US on Stupid Security · · Score: 1

    Proving that the accused is a liar is a powerful force in criminal trials.

    Also probably helps that it's a federal crime to knowingly lie on one of them babies. ;)

  15. not quite CS... on What is Your Best Tech Joke? · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Mathematician, a Biologist, and a Statician are watching people going in and coming out of the building on the other side of the street. First they see two people going in - after awhile three people come out.

    The Biologist concludes, "They're mating!"

    The Statician says, "No, no, no - The measurement wasn't accurate."

    The Mathematician says, "If someone else goes in, it'll be empty."

  16. Why is an opinion's origin important? on Shared Source vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    First of all: I agree w/ you that logically, the source of a quote shouldn't matter. In a perfect world, it'd happen all the time. However, people don't work that way. Or at least, I'm willing to admit I don't.

    Some people respond to authority differently - I know that when someone I respect says something authoritative, that I am less apt to question it. Which is why:
    1) I don't put people on my foes list
    2) I set my foes-of-friends to a +2 bonus, so I can get some dissent and think for myself

    I figure that's almost as good as having to read every AC. ;)

  17. Re:Classic Slashdot... on Virex 7.2 Hazardous to Fink's Health · · Score: 3, Funny

    You probaly shouldn't install a software product.

    You forgot:

    Those without software product (insanely long version number) are laughing pretty hard about (previously mentioned obscure technical issue), but I'm sure it's just a matter of time (link to NYT) before (other product) takes over the (misspelled, over-used catchphrase)! Update: There's a fix (link to server on fire) out, involving some knowledge of (obscure acronym one other person knows - they punch wildly into the air and scream). It's a 40(new method of measuring disk space necessary here) download - better fire up the T1!

  18. Re:with the money and time on Build Your Own LCD Bus Schedule · · Score: 1

    Hey -- if I can buy a car that will get me chicks for the price of an LCD display (with backlight) and some spare phone wire and some Perl... Can I get a less petty chick for an old mouse, some burned-out RAM, and a wireless keyboard?

    I'll even throw in some 8" floppies -- for the discriminating retro-tech pimp.

  19. uhhh... on Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus · · Score: 1

    but wouldn't a hardware logger make having to dick with the BIOS a moot point? I mean, we were going to mess with it so we could install it in software, right?

    let's stay focussed, here -- on this... conceptual exercize.

  20. ...biographical information... on US Immigration Implements Biometric-based Border · · Score: 1

    Took metal shop in high school, got a B.

    Drove a blue nissan for awhile, but then started working at the A&P and moved up to a Fury III.

    Enjoys long walks on the beach.


  21. Re:What?? on The Search for Secret Shuttle Parts · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind he was keeping a denegrating tone throughout.

    With their wee little cut and paste, aren't they grown up? Aren't they? Yes they are!

  22. Food for thought: on Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it's a x86 box (does any other manufacturer use the PS/2 keyboard cord?), all you need is one of these babies. That'll catch the BIOS password (when/if it gets typed in) and all.

    Ouch.

    Of course, to do it right you'd probably need to power-cycle the machine (hate to fry the mobo while doing this...). Maybe try to get one right next to yours -- bump the power cord out of it...

    But we're just talking here, aren't we friend?

  23. "gleamed" on Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As in "he made it gleam by scrubbing it."

    "gleaned"
    As in "she gleaned through the dupes, only to find improper usage of 'gleamed'."

    "frustration"

  24. Although it did not become the fatal wound, on Pyromaniac Cosplay · · Score: 1

    it owed the minor burn...

    Meaning is not recognized

  25. Who cares that this scientist is Dutch? on Benford on Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    I do. I don't want 40% of my $500 million going to cheap cigars and funny boots.