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  1. Re:Well... on One In Five Windows Installs Is Non-Genuine · · Score: 1

    That sounds so reasonable! I really enjoy spending a half an hour doing this every time. Thats how long it took me the last time I went through phone activation.

  2. Re:$ick $cience on Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes · · Score: 1

    I wonder why...

  3. Re:Even if this one isn't real... on WinXP on a Mac, Hoax? · · Score: 1

    For work... For games... So you don't have to run through an virtual machine...

  4. Re:Just shop at the outlets on Rise of the Small Brands · · Score: 1

    I think you mean "Abbibas"!

  5. Re:This makes me feel so old and so sad on Retrofit Your Web Pages For Wireless Compatibility · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, that's an Adobe plugin test. Try this.

  6. Re:Depends where you live on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Fortunately in Europe we also have a system of public transport which most environment minded people (like myself) prefer to use rather than pretend we are doing our bit through the purchase of a new car.

    Okay, I'll try to explain again more clearly, why I find this statement offensive.

    I'm considering buying a hybrid right now. Why? Because I live in Carrborro, NC. USA. There isn't any serious public transport, though we are working on it. I'm not pretending buying a hybrid would save more energy than a rail system. But it helps. When I've lived in American cities with such systems, I've always used them. But your statement isn't realistic, and I have to get to work somehow.

    I was called a fool in a reaction to my reply, but I think your comment is condesending.

  7. Re:Depends where you live on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thanks for the barb at the end! That was nice.

    I'm definitely going to purchase a mass transit system instead of a hybrid vehicle this time.
    Meanwhile, you can pretend that your mass transit doesn't burn fossil fuels...

  8. Re:I couldn't disagree more on Open Source Forming a Dot Com Bubble? · · Score: 0

    How about IBM? They use open source and produce profit. MYSQL, JBoss...

    By the way. Phydeaux is over priced!

  9. Re:Is a document format the answer? on Indirect Documents At Last · · Score: 1


    Don't worry about the technological challenges of how it will work, that's a problem we have yet to solve. Think about the awesome possibilities if we had it and it worked


    Are you kidding?

  10. Re:Condoms on Insect Substance Synthesized For Science · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stop projecting

  11. Re:so all its all thanks to the kernel? on Linus's Baby Comes of Age · · Score: 2, Informative

    If I'm not mistaken, you have been able to burn using IDE since kernel 2.6

  12. Re:Burn out at work is not always work related! on Pay vs. Happiness · · Score: 1

    This is a really strange concept of god you have. I am my own god, in a sense, but I don't find myself battling people all the time. I find it easy enough to adopt a polytheist attitude towards them. :/

  13. Re:Questions on IE More Secure Than Mozilla? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It may be true that Mozilla browsers will continue to have new technologies that create new bugs. However, IE 6 has been stagnant for years now and the only changes have been security patches. Yet it still has many critical vulnerabilities *and* these are tied to the OS as well.

  14. Re:svg release schedule? on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    How interesting... It works for me. Try again maybe.

  15. Re:To have the right... on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    Sadly, the game's author didn't take the time to find out what their intentions were before launching his all-out attack ...

    I think this should read: Sadly, the Fuddrucker webmaster didn't take the time to declare what their intentions were before using an offsite resource...

  16. Re:Geomagnetic reversal happens, but aliens don't on Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors · · Score: 1

    You expect someone who still believes in the Rapture to apply logic to their situation?

  17. Re: Son of iPod? on Bill Gates Swears Vow Against 'Son of iPod' · · Score: 1

    I'm not totally sure about this, but I believe san and sama are honorifics.

  18. Re:Go away, you're not 21 on Intel Cutting Linux Out of Content Market · · Score: 1

    I bet you can find a health clinic where they give them out for free!

  19. Use of sources on The Death of Folders? · · Score: 1

    I think the article makes interesting points but also think they could have picked a better source than the people who designed the interface of wmplayer. Talk about an interface nightmare.

    I'm assuming they worked on the recent versions though.

  20. Re:What's not to get? on A Decade of PHP · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I'm ignorant, but isn't LOAD for C64?

  21. Re:Just because we can do a thing... on Rail Guns Closer to Reality · · Score: 1

    That reminds me of a Pink Floyd song

  22. Re:Nicest Shut down? on First Google Maps Hack Takedown · · Score: 1

    What if a favourable response was thirdcoming?

    Sorry!

  23. Re:Better than the Simpsons on Futurama May Strike Back (on DVD) · · Score: 1

    A.K.A stand for "Also Known As".

  24. Re:Slashdot has changed... on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 1

    I'm hoping this gives me the drivers for ndisloader

  25. Re:Wouldn't this require a time-portal thingy? on Could TNG Stunt Casting Save 'Enterprise'? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for an honest reponse. My comment wasn't meant to be flamebait, it was a serious question.