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  1. Re:Sears "business systems" on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    I don't know if there were any repercussions for Sears.

    -jcr

    They aren't allowed to sell Macs any longer...

  2. Re:Three Points on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    I hope you've had a discussion with your son's friend that if he ever behaves that way in your presence again, you will escort him to his own parents' house by beating his ass the whole way over.

  3. Re:Three Points on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    Did he say where he was located? In DC, he'd be toast at those rates. In parts of SC, he could be doing ok for himself.

    The entire country isn't your mom's basement, troll.

  4. Re:People fall for... obvious frauds on Confessions of a Computer Repairman · · Score: 1

    Pfft. Nothing new. Insurance scams were all the rage in ancient Greece.

    The scams involved the common practice of bottomry.

    No, it does not mean what you think. :)

    To be fair, you DID use the words "Greece" and "bottomry" in close conjunction...

  5. Re:At least it happened to Sony on Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return · · Score: 1

    ...the average person has no idea.

    That's what they get for not reading Slashdot...

    Feature, not bug. All us non-functioning hi-IQ types have fucked this place up enough, what happens if the hoi polloi show up?

    Oh, yeah, that.

  6. Re:Why is the whole network linked to credit cards on Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return · · Score: 1

    Which of those activities has anyone ever been forced to do?

    In western civilization, ~2011, making something attractive is the same as forcing someone.

  7. Re:A bit behind on Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return · · Score: 1

    I had hoped they would include the maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunsiwck, PEI) in their definition of 'northeast', but, sadly, no. I'm in Nova Scotia and was only able to download the update.

    Uhh, wouldn't that be southeast? Geez, you guys don't want to be our 52nd state (don't forget Puerto Rico) until there's a slim chance it might help you out.

    Give us the Tim Horton's, you keep the French, and we'll see about that software update.

  8. Re:The problems go much deeper on Sony Releases PS3 3.61 Update Ahead of PSN's Imminent Return · · Score: 1

    Recharge time. Duh.

  9. Re:Don't let One Distributor Control eBooks! on Amazon Removes Yaoi Manga Titles From Kindle Store · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What we see now is a less tech-savvy public that would rather pull all their media from central distributors anyway, because they are ignorant of the alternatives. This is why DRM is being thrust upon us without a mass uproar.

    Why do nerds always seem to not understand that people might not be ignorant: they might be apathetic. The theoretical losses due to DRM are outweighed by the perceived benefits. Here's a hint: indifference curve. Yours is not mine.

  10. Re:Couldn't you define it in the summary? on Amazon Removes Yaoi Manga Titles From Kindle Store · · Score: 1

    Awesome.... awesome to the max.

    Not as awesome as dickwolves, but IRL trolling is always win.

  11. Re:This superinjuction on Judge Issues Gag Order For Twitter · · Score: 1

    This superinjunction is only vaild in UK. Everywhere else it does not have any legal meaning. So it can save too be ignored if you are not in the UK.

    If all the Brits who had character or personal integrity hadn't headed for other shores (US, Aus, CA, etc.) over the past 300 years, maybe they'd grow a pair and ignore it in the UK, no matter the consequences. Of course, these spineless turds let themselves get shamed into dying in horrendous ways.

    (Sorry for spelling errors. Firefox Spell check does not work on slashdot with the new comment boxes.)

    Slashdot is broken. S^2D^2 for 10+ years.

  12. All these comments on Volunteer 'Cyber Scouts' Censor Web In Thailand · · Score: 1

    All these comments, and not a single one regarding his enlightened view of the sexes. It is a puzzlement.

  13. Re:Seems like the distributor needs to be slapped on Unarchiver Provides LGPL RARv3 Extraction Tool · · Score: 1

    And sometimes, nerds like to watch movies where both mommies and both daddys are in the same room giving each other special hugs. But they like to watch them for free, so they wind up downloading the movie as a 50 part .RAR file.

    Just wait till you get to the ones with two daddies and two mommies and everyone is getting special hugs. That's when it gets kinda juicy.

    Yeah, but I gotta draw the line at 50 daddies and one mommy.

  14. Re:Why only Somalians? on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is USA fighting only somali pirates and not for example nigerian pirates? A cynical person might note that it's because Somalia's coast has oil.

    Because we're working with this Nigerian prince who is helping us with our financial crisis. We've sent him the PIN for the Federal Reserve accounts and Obama's signature so that he can transfer some money over. Getting violent could fuck up the sweet, sweet payday that is coming any day now.

  15. Re:Forgot the Marines' Hymn? on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    What part of "to the coast of Tripoli" baffles you?

    Shores, bubba. That's "to the shores of Tripoli". Sheesh.

    C'mon, you corrected a rant like that? I bet you're the guy who bitched because Blutarski mentioned the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor.

  16. Re:The problem is a lack of will power on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    I think you will find it was Shakespeare who said "the first thing we do is kill all the lawyers!"

    Sometimes the old ways are the best!

    Most likely, some douchebag attorney will tell you how you are interpreting that line incorrectly. I'm here to pre-emptively say right on!

  17. Re:The problem is a lack of will power on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 2

    I know that chick. She keeps telling me I need to get hooked up to an e-meter and need my body thetans purged.

  18. Re:put in music with the lyric, "Yvan eht Nioj" on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    the only music going in this game is by Toto.

    How can it be the Navy without an appearance by Kenny Loggins and/or the Village People?

  19. Re:Embarrassment rather than dislike of open sourc on Android Honeycomb Will Not Be Open Sourced · · Score: 1

    These comments seem very much to indicate that the source code issue, as I think most people expected, is less of a "we don't want people using this code for their purposes" and more of a "we think this code is horrible and don't want anyone laughing at it."

    So it's the Malda excuse?

  20. Re:Seems like the distributor needs to be slapped on Unarchiver Provides LGPL RARv3 Extraction Tool · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because, you see, some children have two daddies or two mommies instead of a mommy and daddy.

    And sometimes, nerds like to watch movies where both mommies and both daddys are in the same room giving each other special hugs. But they like to watch them for free, so they wind up downloading the movie as a 50 part .RAR file.

  21. Re:What? on The Frankentablet: Windows and Android Mashup · · Score: 1

    Can anyone explain what is the difference between 2.2 and 3.0 that would make the latter 'tabletized'? I haven't used Android enough to know what this could possibly mean.

  22. Re:What? on The Frankentablet: Windows and Android Mashup · · Score: 1

    Atom is like driving a poor-man's $15,000 Civic.... even if it's a 2012 model, it won't be as fast as the 2002 P4 ferrari.

    Throw them both off a cliff...

    Coincidentally, that's what one should probably do with this tablet.

  23. Re:This can only mean one thing on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    They didn't do it then because they didn't have the technology. They want to go down that road for more moneys.

  24. Re:This is incredibly offtopic, but... on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    triple annoying when said behavior ALSO SCROLLS YOU TO THE TOP OF THE FUCKING THREAD and applies to clicks INSIDE A FUCKING EDIT BOX in which you're' composing a reply, causing it to scroll about a light-year below the bottom of the screen with every click

    /signed

    Fuck Malda.

  25. Re:Licensing on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    Why do you post anonymous? Oh yes, because you're a troll.

    Why don't you answer him? Oh yes, because you're a eurofag with a heightened sense of entitlement.