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  1. WTF? on GNOME 2.20 Released · · Score: 1

    But I do know this much: C, C++, and Python are not the future of desktops. The language is irrelevant.

  2. Zim can do the same thing, but better on GNOME 2.20 Released · · Score: 1

    http://pardus-larus.student.utwente.nl/~pardus/projects/zim/

  3. Re:NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 1

    The singularity assumes intelligence and knowledge can increase basically infinitely. Hence, singularity... Which is utter bollocks.

    It may well be possible to make a machine more intelligent than a human... God knows most of us are stupid, but that does not make a singularity.

  4. Excuse the language on Examining Presidential Candidates' Tech Agendas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But, FUCK the tech agenda.

    I want to know what they're going to do about the monetary system instability and the oil peak that's coming Real Soon Now.

  5. Re:And I predict that in 10-15 years time.... on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 1

    humans do it exponentially Life does it exponentially... Till it runs out of resource.

  6. NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! on End of Moore's Law in 10-15 years? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Moore's law will continue until THE SINGULARITY takes US ALL!!!!!!

    Or at least, that's what the singularity nuts claim. Sorry people, there are limits on this planet.

  7. I can see it now on Internet Security Moving Toward 'White List' · · Score: 4, Funny

    This application has not been signed by Microsoft. Do you want to run this application? Yes/No

    Are you sure you want to run this application? Yes/No

    Are you really sure you want to run this application? Yes/No

    I mean, if it's not Microsoft, it's not really "official", what makes you sure you should be running this application. You probably shouldn't. There's a nice Microsoft alternative which is "official". Wouldn't you like to download that instead? Yes/No

  8. Re:Just give me.... on Mozilla Creates New Internet Mail and Communications Company · · Score: 1

    multisync
    funambol

    HTH.

  9. This is stupid on Fork the Linux Kernel? · · Score: 1

    Want to fork the kernel? Go right ahead.

  10. Re:Only one thing to do then .. on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    Tells you volumes about the intellect of the average voter...

  11. Hmmmm... on Workers Cause More Problems Than Viruses · · Score: 1

    Cool! A use for all that non lethal weaponry the US military has been developing.

  12. Really? on Workers Cause More Problems Than Viruses · · Score: 1

    Viruses made it to the top spot at one point?

  13. Re:How far we've come on Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean that Vista should really be renamed Windows 1999 ?

  14. And yet on Iran Blocks, Unblocks Access to Google · · Score: 1

    The Afghans beat Russia, as the Iraqis are beating America.

  15. Why did everyone completely ignore ISO? on One Less Reason to Adopt IPv6? · · Score: 1

    I mentioned this when IPv6 was being touted as a good idea, years back. What's up with the OSI protocols? NIH I guess. Lets all re-invent the wheel instead.

    And look, nobody wants the new wheel anyway.

    Meh. Get of my lawn. Go on, the lot of you.

  16. If ... on Big Brother Really Is Watching Us All · · Score: 1

    The question is ...

    "If it was found that surveillance cameras reduce crime, stop terrorists and made apple pie free, would you support their installation?"

  17. Re:Ineffective on Big Brother Really Is Watching Us All · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually most trained professionals generally maintain calm when preparing to kill someone. Bollocks they do. Maybe if they're snipers, but the rest are just as hyped up as the rest of us. They may be better able to control the effect on their performance, but the adrenalin and the associated heart rate response are there all the same.
  18. The obvious units on Comcast Slightly Clarifies High Speed Extreme Use Policy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Libraries of Congress...

    Or British Libraries for Imperial.

  19. Sometimes I think we should just all give up on Guido and Bruce Eckel Discuss Python 3000 · · Score: 1

    And learn LISP.

  20. Ewww. You sick puppy. on Owning a Wireless Camera, Its User and Its Network · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Slashdot, that "hot girl that lives upstairs" is probably going to be their mother... Hell, the best interpretation is that it's their sister.

  21. Part of the problem is conventional medicine on Science vs. Homeopathy · · Score: 1

    It ignores the placebo effect.

  22. Eh? Costs risen? on OLPC Cost Rises To $188 Per Laptop · · Score: 1

    So if your currency devalues. Have the costs really risen? Surely the costs are constant and the amount of value you have has fallen.

  23. Just wait till the banks data gets munged on The Many Paths To Data Corruption · · Score: 1

    That'll get fixed lickety split.

  24. Re:0-60 in less than a second on Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a drag bike. After you do the quarter mile you slow down & stop.

  25. Re:Radioactive decay? on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 1

    That's what I reckon it'll be.