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  1. Re:XP Works on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, Grandma's PC and all the other kiosk implementations of XP will most certainly not be meticulously maintained in this fashion. They simply won't.

  2. Re:I think I've seen this plan on Japanese Firm Proposes Microwave-Linked Solar Plant On the Moon · · Score: 1

    I'd mod this funny...

  3. To require? on Government To Require Vehicle-to-vehicle Communication · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "To require" and "to propose" are two different things.

  4. Re:Ick is right on Researchers Try To "Close the Nutrient Cycle" Through Better Waste Recycling · · Score: 1

    You do realize that not all people live in cities, correct?

  5. Re:Community centres used to be like this on Public Libraries Tinker With Offering Makerspaces · · Score: 1

    You missed the point. Overzeetops time is money, son! Wasting it to fix a t.v. is unacceptable - cuts into /. time.

  6. Re:Google is fucking Skynet on Google Begins To Merge Google+, Gmail Contacts · · Score: 1

    An interesting enough point, I agree, but I don't see the need for profanity.

  7. Re:Put a fork in it, it's done. on FBI Edits Mission Statement: Removes Law Enforcement As 'Primary' Purpose · · Score: 1

    Ha. Good one. Do you really believe this?

  8. Re:That is awesome on Linksys Resurrects WRT54G In a New Router · · Score: 1

    Linksys routers still sell well. Cisco sold the whole bag, not just the WRT54G. Cisco has nothing to do with this.

  9. Re:That is awesome on Linksys Resurrects WRT54G In a New Router · · Score: 2

    Why do you think Cisco will win out here? The first sentence of TFA clearly states that Belkin bought Linksys from Cisco a year ago.

  10. Re:The US played a huge part in delaying India on India Launches Indigenous Cryogenic Rocket · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't believe the U.S. would do such a thing to the India.

  11. Re:Did not read article yet, but... on Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace · · Score: 1

    Black Hole A leaves the station at noon, travelling at the speed of light. Black Hole B leaves.... I was never good at those.

  12. Re:Devil's Advocate on FCC Chair: It's Ok For ISPs To Discriminate Traffic · · Score: 1

    Sure. You set QoS on your router.

  13. Re:Mysterious quantum mechanical connection? on A Link Between Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement · · Score: 1

    I believe Einstein thought that the state was predetermined, much like you described. We've since found that he was wrong. But I ain't no physicist....

  14. Re:Form over Function? Really? on Ask Slashdot: Recommendations For Beautiful Network Cable Trays? · · Score: 1

    I thought proximity to power cables causes interference in network cabling? Or is that old news?

  15. Re:What percentage will be upgraded? on D-Link Patches Critical Vulnerability In Older Routers · · Score: 1

    I know of no ISP in the last 5 years that doesn't offer routers. Easy money every month. To not offer them is leaving a lot of cash on the table - these companies know better at this point. I even worked for a local (rural) telecom about 4 years ago, and we offered them then.

  16. Re:really? on UK Gov't Plans To Censor "Extremist" Websites Via Orders To ISPs · · Score: 2

    To be fair, "freedom of speech" does not imply freedom from consequences of said speech, nor should it.

  17. Re:Ethanol is a crock nobody wants on Can the US Be Weaned Off Ethanol? · · Score: 1

    Actually, you do have a choice. Some stations carry conventional gasoline, not E10.

  18. Re:CNC machines can do that already on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 1

    And magnets. How do they work?

  19. Re:The 55-week wait for holiday movies on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    This ruined my Arbor Day too!

  20. Re:Not many sticks left on Blockbuster To Close Remaining US Locations · · Score: 1

    These days most telcos charge more for dialup than DSL to move laggards off.

  21. Re:The NRA must be pleased on Gunman Opens Fire At LAX · · Score: 2

    I thought it wasn't an assault rifle?

  22. Re:Great... on Gunman Opens Fire At LAX · · Score: 1

    The SKS is not, nor ever was, an "assault rifle".

  23. Re:Looks European.... cue the conspiracy... on New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod this up.

  24. 36 years old here... on The Death of the American Drive-in · · Score: 1

    Our local drive-in recently shut down (it was one of the older ones and had fallen into disrepair). Until then, I always enjoyed going. Sometimes, quality is more than resolution or sound. Going to the drive-in was fun in and of itself. Bring a fresh pizza, some beers, a little grass, and a young woman. You simply can't beat the experience. Especially these days, when so many younger people have never been to one before. I'll miss it.

  25. Re:how old, where from? Heard of marijuana? on What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? · · Score: 1

    I'm from the US and am plenty old to know that high heat destroys psilocybin. People don't smoke mushrooms, my man. Maybe kids try it, but quickly learn that it is a waste of time. And marijuana and shrooms are vastly different. Sorry pal.