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  1. True, but... on Bill Gates Gives $750M To AIDS Fund · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...this still doesn't make up for IE6.

  2. You never know... on Hackers Manipulated Railway Computers, TSA Memo Says · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...when someone might hijack a train and crash it into a skyscraper.

  3. Careful now. on Adafruit's Open-source Wearable Platform, Flora · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is your first step towards becoming an aug. Soon you'll be forced to save the human race from the very man who inveted this technology (and eat a lot of candy bars along the way.)

  4. No, and here's why. on Is Facebook Becoming a Central Bank? · · Score: 5, Insightful
  5. Re:First Bing, now this? on Microsoft Pushes For Gay Marriage In Washington State · · Score: 1

    If caring about the well-being of your employees is "taking sides," then there is something very, very wrong in this country.

  6. Re:First Bing, now this? on Microsoft Pushes For Gay Marriage In Washington State · · Score: 1

    "I wonder if they will deter as many potential employees as entice new ones."

    Is that really a bad thing? What kind of person would want to work at a company where the corporate culture embrasses bigotry?

  7. First Bing, now this? on Microsoft Pushes For Gay Marriage In Washington State · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quit copying Google, and get some original ideas, Microsoft.

    (Seriously though, more companies should be fighting for their employees.)

  8. Explain this to an American programmer on EU To Sign ACTA Later This Month · · Score: 3, Interesting

    These types of EU processes seem very convoluted to an outsider, as lawmaking processes often do. Can somebody give me a flow chart or a UML diagram? Or even pseudocode is fine.

  9. Re:Citizenship not required? on Man Charged With Stealing Code From Federal Reserve Bank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Initech has had trouble finding people who can write bank software lately, especially after their building burned down.

  10. Re:Violates human rights? on Sir Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out On SOPA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why *shouldn't* the internet be a right? Is there some compelling reason we should restrict our civil liberties instead of expanding them to meet the reality of today's world?

  11. Re:Welcome To Yesterday's News on Jerry Yang Resigns From Yahoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yesterday's news about yesterday's companies!

  12. Wow! on Samsung Reinvents Windows (Not the OS) With Touchscreen Display · · Score: 2

    I'll finally be able to see the dust in the back corner of my cubicle!

  13. I think... on Tackling Open Source's Gender Issues · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...that says more about *you* than the female sex.

  14. Re:La Nina? on Flu + La Nina = Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's what happened when I tried to submit the story. That's why I removed the accent.

  15. No. on The Pirate Bay To Stop Serving Torrent Files · · Score: 1

    If I'm not mistaken, EMule has accepted Magnet links for years. So did EDonkey 2000. So have various Gnutella clients.

    Those very same Manget URIs on Pirate Bay will work with any of those existing file sharing clients.

  16. Which begs the question... on The Pirate Bay To Stop Serving Torrent Files · · Score: 5, Informative

    What the hell is a Magnet URI?

    You could read Wikipedia but the short answer is that it's a file hash, meaning there's no centralized server; just a description of the file that can be downloaded automatically from various decentralized file sharing networks.

  17. Actually... on PC-BSD 9.0 Release · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Considering how many Macbooks I've seen at coffee shops lately, that might not be far off.

  18. Not sure about this one. on Introversion and Solitude Increase Productivity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being alone doesn't mean I'm more productive -- it could mean I'm spending all day posting on Slashdot.

  19. Not sure if serious on IPv6-Only Is Becoming Viable · · Score: 3, Informative

    Are you trolling, or horribly confused between domain names and IP addresses?

  20. About that. on Ubuntu Tablet OS To Take On Android, iOS · · Score: 1

    "...you shouldn't expect any to ship in the next six months to a year."

    And? She never said Ubuntu tablets would be on sale tomorrow.

    Tablets are still a new thing and they don't seem to be going away anytime soon. As long as the market still exists a year from now, they Canonical has plenty of time to hammer out OEM deals (if they haven't already.) There are desktops, laptops, and netbooks sold with Ubuntu pre-installed. As tablets become a commodity item I don't see why they'd be any different.

  21. Based on my experience with Mandriva on Shareholder Fight Threatens Mandriva SA · · Score: 1

    I'd say the real threat to Mandriva is Mandriva itself.

  22. Photoshopped on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Nokia's Smartphone Division? · · Score: 4, Funny

    This story has been photoshopped. You can tell by the pixels and the smoke coming out of the track.

  23. He doesn't care? on Judge Doesn't Care About Supreme Court GPS Case · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was this Judge Honey Badger, by any chance?

  24. It still works. on What's Keeping You On XP? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it ain't broke, why fix it? It's not like I'm running a nuclear reactor at home on my XP box.

  25. Re:Libertarians? on Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats? · · Score: 1

    Vigalante justice is a libertarian principle now?