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  1. Re:Lazy Developers on The State of X.Org · · Score: 1

    You're... saying that I should buy a Mac?

    Actually, I'm not really that interested in what you're saying; I don't like to get any Zealot on me.

  2. Re:Phoronix will pay to fix X on The State of X.Org · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I have your Compound after The Man comes for you?

  3. Re:Grow up. on Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In the Lab · · Score: 1

    . In the meantime, we will have wasted our time, and ceded any moral high ground, by lowering ourselves to the level of 5-year-old "ha ha told you so ha ha ha!" nonsense.

    They started it.

  4. Re:McCain is right on Global Warming on Of Late, Fewer Sunspots Than Usual · · Score: 1

    Carbon Dioxide poisoning anyone?

    No, no-one.

  5. Re:STILL Nope on No, David Pogue, Ebook Piracy Is Not a Given · · Score: 1

    I guess I'd be pretty angry too if I'd just realised that I'd said "document (or an audio or video track)" when what I really mean was apparently "computer program", but I'll give you a free pass on this one because you're clearly having some serious self esteem issues. Have you thought about accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour?

  6. Re:Visual Studio still seems to be selling on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    Dunno, I only use it for C and C++. The theming is all configurable. :)

  7. Re:Visual Studio still seems to be selling on Open Source Killing Commercial Developer Tools · · Score: 1

    Also, Source Insight is still in business. $240 a seat, and it's a source editor, not an IDE. I think it's a steal at that price, but then I don't undervalue my time, or over-value the worth of editors/IDEs that require you to "invest" hours of time to learn hundreds of macros and shortcuts.

    I'm sure that people trying to sell crappy half assed editors will be having a tough time of it, but there is a market: they're just not good enough to compete in it.

  8. Re:An everyone game? on A Veteran GM's First Impressions of D&D 4th Edition · · Score: 1

    Speaking of idiots, the only mention of "aggro" that I can find in the review is that 4e doesn't have it.

  9. Re:Nope on No, David Pogue, Ebook Piracy Is Not a Given · · Score: 1

    You can call it whatever you like, but it's still a DMCA violation.

    No, no it isn't.

    I guess since this is Slashdot, your nuanced "argument" wins over my citation of statute. EPIC FAIL on my part.

  10. Re:This thing resembles R2D2... on Conference Robot Connects Offices in Different Countries · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, note to "anonymous reader": when astroturfing your products, it's probably best not to make comparisons that will result in mockage. Although if that was actually your goal, then MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

  11. Re:Should be criminal anyway on Graphics Advances Make Identifying Real Images Difficult · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Tofo encourages the slaughter of chickens?

  12. Re:Converting is not pirating on No, David Pogue, Ebook Piracy Is Not a Given · · Score: 1

    Changing a document (or an audio or video track) to another format is not pirating, even if you circumvent copy protection in the process.

    You can call it whatever you like, but it's still a DMCA violation. Go directly to jail, do not pass Go, and so on.

  13. Re:It will fall down on Does Antimatter Fall Up Or Down? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit; you just need to reverse the polarity of the Space-Time flow.

  14. Re:Nah on Kurzweil on the Future · · Score: 1

    The current stock pickers are Artificially Dumb, since the main driver (avoiding big losses) is predicting just how irrational all the other stock pickers - meat or silicon - are going to be. That's not really a direction that we want to explore without a Common Sense Override, since sooner or later we'll hit on the perfect feedback loop which will sell the entire global economy for $3.50 to an Elbonian day trader.

  15. Re:Not x86 on NVIDIA Enters the Mobile CPU Market · · Score: 1

    No, no, with new Microsofts you never turn anything off. When your internets stop working, you have to buy a new TV, and it comes with a whole new Microsofts.

  16. Re:Heh, pirates ahoy! on The One-Use, Self-Destructing DVD Returns · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Good point, because the Federal government just hates prying into what we do in the privacy of our own homes.

  17. Re:Faith in the Singularity on IEEE Special Report On the Singularity · · Score: 1
    How delightfully amusing it must be to have an goal of achieving enlightenment through an increase of knowledge, science and technology. That's obviously farcical compared to the Xtian stairway to heaven, i.e. be magically raised from the grave, slaughter everyone who opposes you in a final orgy of destruction - be sure to murder your quota of unbaptised heathen zombie children - then get back to living like Adam and Eve, i.e. as ignorant naked beasts.

    In your version, what's the dental cover like in paradise?

  18. Re:hmmm. on IEEE Special Report On the Singularity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would they want to interact with normal world? Would they prefer a virtual world?

    Surely that's not even a serious question. If I could choose between hanging out with you meatsicles, or living in a perfect copy of meatspace but with a flawless copy of the flawless Alyson Hannigan oiled up and duct-taped to a water-bed, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when and how much.

  19. Re:Default Browser on Firefox Appears Ready to Crack 20% Share Next Month · · Score: 1

    Start -> Run -> www.mozilla.org

  20. Re:Welcome to our world on Time Warner Cable Tries Metering Internet Use · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bear in mind that the USA is run by and for big business, not the 'consumers'. Politicians rely on "campaign contributions" to fund their business-class lifestyles, and when they've blown through that money, there are plenty of "lobbyists" ready to pay for access to them. The mind blowing costs of running a political campaign practically assures that most victorious politicians are corrupt.

    While the breaking up of the old AT&T was a pretense that a telco monopoly wouldn't be tolerated, it just resulted in regional monopolies instead, and the eventual result was that the "Baby Bells" just re-merged into three companies that now form an effective cartel.

  21. Re:Welcome to our world on Time Warner Cable Tries Metering Internet Use · · Score: 1

    They can't charge you for zombie traffic when your machine got infected from other machines on their own network

    We may have different definitions of what "can't" means. Have you read your Terms Of Service recently? You probably should.

  22. Re:Head Mouse on OCZ's Brain Mouse Hits the Store · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent up for linking to an article that contains the phrase "Dr. Schutte frags with his mind".

  23. Re:Pointless on Toshiba Going After Blu-ray? · · Score: 1

    Well, God damn. My hyperbole needs defragged.

  24. Re:This has GOT to be a hoax! on Toshiba Going After Blu-ray? · · Score: 1

    You may want to look up "purveyor".

    Do you happen to know if the PS3 is atypical in upscaling DVDs? It seems like the last thing that Blu Ray purveyors would want is for Blu Ray players to reduce the difference in perceived quality between the two formats.

  25. Re:Seriously people? on Bye Bye Bananas — the Return of Panama Disease · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When you're disappointed by something you read on Slashdot, it's probably time to bring some meaning to your life. Since having kids is clearly out, I suggest that you respond in the affirmative next time you're offered a free personality test.