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  1. Re:NETCRAFT CONFIRMS IT! on Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? · · Score: 1

    Much like The Game, I had conveniently forgotten that for quite a long time.

  2. Re:Too late, switched to Chrome on Firefox 27 Released: TLS 1.2 Support, SPDY 3.1, SocialAPI Improvements · · Score: 2

    Only because she's Free AND Open.

  3. Re:More HDMI dongle devices coming on Chromecast Now Open To Developers With the Google Cast SDK · · Score: 2

    Sometimes, quantity is a kind of quality.

  4. Re:I'm sorry, but on David Cameron Says Fictional Crime Proves Why Snooper's Charter Is Necessary · · Score: 1

    Wait, blaming Bush, Ashcroft, (and presumably Cheney) for the actions of the UK government?

  5. Re:You know what else we need on David Cameron Says Fictional Crime Proves Why Snooper's Charter Is Necessary · · Score: 2

    The 99% of shitheaded lawyers make the rest look awful.

  6. Re:Despite it's name on AMD Announces First ARM Processor · · Score: 4, Informative

    Where you even came up with an idea like that is beyond me.

    Obviously. BTW, isn't tonight a school night, kid?

  7. Re:Not a bad movie with an interesting side note on An OS You'll Love? AI Experts Weigh In On Her · · Score: 1

    I wanted to dislike this movie, but it actually wasn't bad at all. It's even more intresting if you compare it to "Lost in Translation"; another movie about romance post separation. Intrestingly enough, these two movies were two different takes on the same subject matter by a former couple, Spike Jonze and Sofia Copolla. Viewed from that perspective the comparison is even more interesting.

    And featured Scarlett Johansson...

  8. Re:Normalization of the Police State on DOJ Announces New Methods For Reporting National Security Requests · · Score: 2

    You have a much higher standard for a police state than I, or many of the people here.

    Plenty of people don't have a problem with jackbooted authority so long as the boot is on their foot rather than their neck. Bonus points if the boot is on the neck of some ill defined 'other'.

  9. Re:The real point of what Detroit has to offer... on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    That may be true, but if one goes to NYC, you must deal with those insufferable New Yorkers.

  10. Re:The Grand Canyon is not a "formation" on Grand Canyon Is "Frankenstein" of Geologic Formations · · Score: 1

    Geeks today aren't what they used to be.

    The user quality has certainly eroded, as has everything else around here.

    Even the grits have deteriorated.

    Once petrified, erosion was inevitable.

  11. Re:Not a Trusted Source on Hacker Says He Could Access 70,000 Healthcare.Gov Records In 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Let's be honest: the best 'sexy' is at least a little 'scuzzy'.

  12. Re:Throw money at it! on Hacker Says He Could Access 70,000 Healthcare.Gov Records In 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    The Republicans in the House have been trying to use various tactics to shut the US government down completely and then fund only those things that they think should be kept in place, at a rate of approximately once every 3-4 months, for the last 3 years.

    That is awesome....who do I vote for?

    Kodos.

  13. Re:Big deal. on Rosetta Probe Awakens, Prepares To Chase Comet · · Score: 1

    But Rosetta did it without coffee ;-)

    True, but given that GP is a /. poster, I'm guessing he fits in more masturbation in his wake up routine than Rosetta.

  14. Re:Alarm clock on Rosetta Probe Awakens, Prepares To Chase Comet · · Score: 1

    I think we just found the most complex and expensive alarm clock man has ever made. All that and I doubt it even has a snooze button.

    Think of this as the alarm clock you use when you have a 6am international flight, and absolutely must be up at 2am to get to the airport.

    Sometimes, snoozing is not an option.

    I bet Gene Krantz used an old school Baby Ben or similar.

  15. Re:eh? on Rosetta Probe Awakens, Prepares To Chase Comet · · Score: 1

    Yea, they're using a harpoon.

    This sounds more like something Wile E. Coyote dreamed up every day...

    I mean that in a good way.

  16. Re:ELIAAHM on CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen · · Score: 1

    Can you put it into a biker gang analogy for me, Dr. Flytrap?

  17. Re:AntiHydrogen ! on CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen · · Score: 1

    I thought a Led Zeppelin was more like a New Yardbird...

  18. Re:I'm waiting for anti-helium. on CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen · · Score: 1

    Note that it can settle in the lungs, if you inhale too much and can't exhale it you can suffocate. You won't feel it either because the CO2 will rise and exit the lungs. If you experiment with breathing it in, stand on your head after a few seconds and breathe out/in deeply.

    Sounds like a cue for the 'feel yourself breathing' copypasta.

  19. Re: [Ignorance] on CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen · · Score: 1

    Yeah, he rails against Internet anonymity and uses a pseudonym to post. He should make his post under his real name otherwise he's being a hypocrite.

    Shouldn't you be chasing down a refurbed WWII battleship?

  20. Re:Confusing copy. on CES 2014: A Bedbug Detector that Looks Interesting but has Detractors (Video) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. I wrote that for people with 3-digit IQs. I'll try to keep things simpler in the future.

    Give me a break. The criticism is well justified. The summary is truly horrific writing.

  21. Re:The trick has always been: WARRANTY. on Who Makes the Best Hard Disk Drives? · · Score: 1

    While I won't argue with the Blacks, they work great and I like them...

    Out of context, this sounds like you're getting ready to utter the most un-PC thing ever uttered.

  22. Re:last time on Canadian Health Scientists Resort To Sneaker Net After Funding Slashed · · Score: 3, Funny

    You probably should have worn more than a trench coat, and perhaps your first question shouldn't have been "is porn blocked on the library computers?"

  23. Re:Spell it out the first time on Linus Torvalds: Any CLA Is Fundamentally Broken · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please, you four digit guys are so old that Alzheimer's is kicking in and you don't really remember what things used to be like. People with five digit ID's, OTOH, have been around a while yet are still young and sexy without a brain full of swiss cheese.

  24. Re:That doesn't seem right. on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    If you tasted like bacon, you'd be tied up in a fattening pen at my uncle's house right now.

  25. Re:Use it, sure - it's not a bug, it's a feature on Examining the User-Reported Issues With Upgrading From GCC 4.7 To 4.8 · · Score: 1

    Obligatory XKCD

    That has got to be one of the most dead-on appropriate "obligatories" I've seen in a long time.

    For sure. Even as a long, long time Emacs user, I didn't know you could program it for that.

    For God's sake, you mean you've been doing 'M-x increase-CPU-temp' the whole time?