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  1. Re:Que the "Can you hear me now" jokes on Verizon Drops 10,000 911 Calls During Blizzard · · Score: 1

    That's a rather modest proposal.

  2. Re:Cabinet art on Smithsonian To Feature Video Game History · · Score: 1

    I saw that, however I didn't see sports games in the area where you could vote on which games to include. That was at 3:15 this morning, so I fully admit that I may have missed them.

  3. Re:Manufacturers don't want it on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    Nice trick about the credit card. I'll keep that in mind should I ever have to open up my MB.

    But still, I have to wonder about all of the whining. These are rather trivial tasks to perform on physical objects. I would hate to think of the consternation that would ensue if any of them bought furniture at Ikea (iKea?) I imagine they'd have a freaking heart attack at a carburetor refurb or the frame-off resto of a Porsche 928.

  4. Re:Genuinely surprised on Former Senator Chris Dodd Set To Head MPAA · · Score: 1

    A well earned 'insightful' mod.

  5. Re:In before fanboyism on German Foreign Office Going Back To Windows · · Score: 0

    Too late! Oh, wait, Linux fanboyism or Windows fanboyism? Hell, the fp looks like Mac fanboyism for deity's sake...

  6. Genuinely surprised on Former Senator Chris Dodd Set To Head MPAA · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always figured he was on the take and owned by the banking industry. So is he on loan to the motion picture industry, or are they the actual owners of record? Or perhaps a time-sharing sort of deal?

  7. Re:Manufacturers don't want it on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    Au contraire. We acknowledge that our use case is unusual, but we also believe it to be superior.

    That makes you half right, anyway.

  8. Re:Cabinet art on Smithsonian To Feature Video Game History · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No such luck. Just looked at the choices. If they are any indication, the exhibit will be solely for home based games featuring changeable media (cartridges or discs). No arcade games.

    And while I don't generally care for them, they ignored the 'sports game' genre. Don't recall seeing any racing titles.

  9. Re:Cabinet art on Smithsonian To Feature Video Game History · · Score: 1

    It's the Smithsonian. They're usually pretty good about such things. It'll probably get short shrift compared to the games themselves, but we should see a bit of good stuff.

  10. Re:No one's surprised. on Huge Amounts of Oil Found On Gulf of Mexico Floor · · Score: 1

    Why would the competition help you out with lower prices when they can also raise their prices and make their shareholders happy.

    Price elasticity.

  11. Re:I've always wondered... on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    Is that you Randall?

  12. Re:Missing the point on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    Yes, we all saw 'Clerks'.

  13. Re:I tried to read it on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    Are you intentionally missing the point that others are trying to explain? Every single thing you 'know' about middle Earth comes from the same potentially tainted source.

  14. Re:After reading the first few pages of his novel on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    Given how cartoonishly the antagonists in LoTR were portrayed, it would take a very deft author to avoid seeming over the top if the positions were reversed.

  15. Re:Manufacturers don't want it on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    You're new here. Slashdotters think that their particular use case and vision of computing is identical to that of millions and millions of businesses and consumers. This despite the fact that everyone they go (went) to school with was 'teh stoopid' and probably a 'Windoze using luser' who watches neither anime nor Star Trek, and is thus different from and inferior to them in every way.

  16. Re:Manufacturers don't want it on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    After all this time, how do you still find the patience to answer jedediah's ignorance regarding Apple products?

  17. Re:um... on Apple To Unveil Light Peak, New MacBook Pros This Week? · · Score: 1

    Oh come on! Why don't you address the real question here - why is Steve Jobs competing in a jailhouse rodeo competition tomorrow afternoon? Is this really appropriate behavior for someone that is so close to death?

    After staying on your mom for 8 seconds last night, it shouldn't be any big deal to get on another 1000 lb. cow.

  18. Re:just what we need $30+ adapters and powered hub on Apple To Unveil Light Peak, New MacBook Pros This Week? · · Score: 1

    Weird. My God was doing just fine with stone tablets until some old Jew busted them all up. Guess that's why he sent his son around to kick some ass.

  19. Re:Netflix (and Kindle) on iPad are in danger on Motorola Xoom Won't Have Flash Support At Launch · · Score: 1

    [Citation needed]

  20. Re:fuck slashdot on R-Rating Sunk BioShock Movie Plans · · Score: 2

    your buggy captchas suck, i wont even try to re-post.

    And nothing of value was lost.

  21. Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 1

    Muslims not only have all that, they also throw in the Djinn, which are, believe it or not, God's creation from a parallel universe, and do have free will. (Although it's pretty stupid to worship them or ask them for anything, as they are usually not helpful in any manner.)

    Who are not helpful in any manner, muslims or the Djinn?

  22. Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 1

    Fuck that noise. Any God worth worshipping would be a boomkin.

  23. Re:But Worse Than Distributing on Android? on Apple To Keep 30% of Magazine Subscription Revenue · · Score: 1

    Looking at the first google result for "2009 Design News 'Golden Mousetrap' Awards" I can safely say that while I have no idea what any of that crap is, I'm doubting that the products are sold with hipster TV ads or big tittied blonde comfort girls.

  24. Hate to be a grammar Nazi but... on Microsoft's New Plan For Keeping the Internet Safe · · Score: 1

    You misspelled Linux. Funnily, it came out as Microsoft. Go figure. A Freudian slip perhaps?

    FTFY. Monocultures are bad, m'kay?

  25. Re:Depends what you're selling. on How Your Username May Betray You · · Score: 1

    One sales droid's abject terror is another sales droid's golden opportunity.

    Or golden shower.