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  1. seriously on If You Had To Vote Based On Candidates' Web Pages · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can you people come up with any dumber reasons who to vote for? Here is a selection of other things you might consider when voting:

    1. What did each candidate have for breakfast?
    2. Do they snore?
    3. Who does your dog bark at more?
    4. Do you get better tv reception when Bush is on or Kerry?
    5. Who would Leiutenant Worf vote for?

    Give me a break already!

  2. Re:English, motherfucka, do you speak it? on MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms · · Score: 1

    Hmm, plural of "locus" is "loci" - go figure...

  3. Re:Some things I don't understand about anti-matte on Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons · · Score: 1

    Anti-matter can't touch matter.. but you can build anti-matter containments.. even devices, but I suspect we are very far from this, as it takes a lot of anti-matter to create something on such a large scale.


    Hrmm, I suspect you'll want to create an Anti-matter universe around your anti-matter containing anti-matter container?
  4. very easy to do on Ask Jeeves Looks to Outshine Google · · Score: 1

    They can outshine Google very easily - by turning belly-up and exposing their squishy, shiny underside already!!

  5. Re:synergy! on Human-Powered Spam Filtering · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ah the good old times - the last company I worked for was called "Synergize Solutions". It was during the "boom" times so we had "free donuts Friday".

  6. Re:Most of that is probably from previous users on 1 Million Firefoxes in 4 Days · · Score: 1

    I beg to differ - I was skeptical at first as well but Firefox's market share has doubled to 16% over the last months. I like the browser the way it is but if there is something which needs improvement the Mozilla team is there to make improvements - unlike IE which has been completely abandoned and has not been updated in years (barring the stupid popup-stopper which came with SP2). It's the natural evolution of browsers - when Netscape started sucking compared to IE I swtiched IE, now that IE is sucking compared to Firefox I am switching to Firefox.

  7. Re:Google will give the answer on Google's Math Puzzle · · Score: 1

    And what will you do, I pray tell, when you google for all the puzzles and they invite you for an interview and lock you up in a room with 3 more of those puzzles and no computer to google with, hrmmm?

  8. Re:So, why not teeth? on Grow Your Own Replacement Bones · · Score: 1

    Actually real teeth have already been grown with limited success (i.e. it's still in the lab and not in the dentist office) - just google for some recent developments.

  9. need a GSM phone? on Mobile Phones w/ Support for Chinese Characters? · · Score: 1

    You need to figure out what the phone standard is in Japan - I think it's GSM but don't quote me on that. Then you need to talk to AT&T Wireless - they are the biggest company in the US supporting GSM.

  10. hotmail blows on Hotmail Means to Double Gmail Storage · · Score: 1

    I don't care if they gave me 20GB - Hotmail blows! Their interface is retarded and I keep getting those stupid emails from Hotmail Staff. In addition, Hotmail - much like IE - has long lagged behind other providers in the number and quality of features provided. So until they get their act together it's Yahoo and Google for me.

  11. not exclusive on Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That problem is not exclusive to Microsoft employees. It's not like MS specifically hires programmers who have no clue where the Pacific Ocean is. I mean, that's a pretty big ocean - it's kind of hard to miss it unless you've never ever in your life looked at a map. But I am digressing - let the Microsoft bashing begin!!

  12. how original! on Real Feels iTunes Backlash · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Here it is - from Real's site - the "real" reason why they stopped showing the names of people who singed up for the petition:


    PetitionOnline.com has temporarily disabled the display of email addresses for signatories who chose to make their address public.We have done this to reduce the spread of harmful new viruses which harvest email addresses from the web cache of infected computers. This will also prevent spammers from harvesting email addresses from this site.


    No, Siree Bob, it's not because people were signing the petition as "Real sucks"... it's not at all...
  13. Re:Huh on Anti-Phishing Tools · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Which moon do you live on? Think about spam for a second - it's been around for years and it almost doubles every year. It's become like the most-reviled thing on the internet. And there are STILL people who buy things through spammed ads.

    I don't believe the general populace will get the danger of phishing even if you aired 2 minute warnings every hour on the hour for a month during prime time TV.

    There's always going to be some sucker who falls for a phishing scam. They've become too sophisticated for the average user to detect anyway.

  14. I have a question on Netscape 7.2 Released · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What is this Netscape software you speak of?

  15. Re:what batteries do you use? on Sampling Short Sequences From Long MP3 Recordings? · · Score: 1

    Aaaah, finally a good use for those 100-pound fuel cells! Good exercise too!!

  16. Re:Name of place on It's Just the 'internet' Now? · · Score: 1

    Actually your grammar nazi skills are not as l33t as you seem to think. There is one exception to the rule - when an article is used in front of a proper noun to emphasize the "hipness" of a particular place or person. Such is "The Donald" as referring to Donald Trump, for example. This is no way an endorsement of the actual hipness of Mr.Trump.

  17. Re:Put it on the Moon. on U.S. Cancels Fusion Program · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually the two counties of choice are Japan and France.

  18. Re:Doesn't that seem a bit high? on Puberty Blues for the T.Rex · · Score: 1

    According to the most recent studies - and those are just some scientist's claims, mind you - the T Rex was a scavenger - in other words, it rarely if ever killed its own prey. Which in my opinion implies that it was an omnivore rather than a carnivore.

  19. in related news on Roxio To Concentrate on Online Music Business · · Score: 1

    Roxio is also purchasing the website fsckedcompany.com for an undisclosed amount. Investors are in trance.

  20. nerdy fool on How Powerful is the Turn-Off Power of Spam? · · Score: 0

    Why is there always some nerdy fool who thinks there is a technical solution to each one of society's problems? What's the name of that coalition going to be... "Geeky spam-haters for Bush"?

    My advice: if you want to help defeat the incumbent put your creative energy to better use.

  21. hold your horses on Open Source RFID Project · · Score: 1

    You are making one huge assumption here - that the blind masses don't mind your "enthusiastic" deployment of RFID. Long live the Big Brother spirit! The people and companies who have a vested interest in deploying RFID *will* do it sooner or later. But why help them make money? Unless YOU are the one who wants to benefit from the *open-source* efforts of others.

  22. works in BASIC too - sample script... on Debugging in Plain English? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    10 ASK("Are infinite loops a myth?")
    20 GOTO 10

  23. Re:What I want to know on Toyota Patents Winking, Laughing, Crying Car · · Score: 1

    In light of the recent movie "I, Robot" I'd like to remind you that we won't always have to drive cars ourselves. When cars become autonomous betcha there's gonna be a bunch of bored "drivers/passengers" looking for all kinds of diversions. At that time Toyota might even patent "A method for sumilating sex between vehicles"... They are just taking a preemptive patent on this one.

  24. Re:strange but I'm sure very common... on Reading Slashdot From Strange Locations · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would explain all the inspired posts on Slashdot...

  25. pardon my french on More on the Jackito Tactile PDA · · Score: 1

    .. but who was the marketing genius who put the words "Jackito" and "tactile" in the same sentence? Michael Jackson touching? WTF?