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  1. Re:i7? on Intel Core I7 Launched, Nehalem and X58 Tested · · Score: 1

    i is used by mathematicians, physicists, and other riff raff.
    The EE crowd would call it Core 7j.

  2. Re:Anyone else see the cover and think... on Programming .NET 3.5 · · Score: 1

    If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck...

  3. Re:In other news, Texas secesseds on Poll Finds 23 Percent of Texans Think Obama is Muslim · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't worry. Those of us in Austin will lead the insurgency against the Republicans...
    just as soon as we do a couple of more bong hits.

  4. Re:Just like a drug dealer on Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa · · Score: 1

    I've heard that for years but have never seen it in practice.
    Dealers seem content to charge noobs and repeat customers.

    A better analogy would be an interest only adjustable rate mortgage.
    It starts off cheap then progresses to indentured servitude, and it's all perfectly legal.

  5. Re:Note to self: on Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans · · Score: 1

    - google "group robot porn"

    Another robosexual out of the closet.

  6. Re:Pointless, no wonder its underfunded on $29M To Start US Satellite Protection Program · · Score: 1

    ...first thing to go will be all the satellites.

    No GPS sats? My iPhone will still triangulate from the cell towers!
    So bring on WW3, I'm protected by the blessings of Saint Jobs!

  7. Re:Most important feature on User Interface of Major Oscilliscope Brands? · · Score: 0

    ...all it could display was straight diagonal lines.

    In nineteen dickety two that's the way we liked it!
    Damned hippies and their 'wavy gravy' lines.

  8. Re:Move to Arizona on Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can change it for better or worse...

    Random Daylight Savings Time!
    Are you late? Are you early?
    You'll never know unless you consult the weekly publication:
    "RDST: How Government Controls Daylight, and Why You Must Obey"

  9. Re:Not Punished for the Violence? on Dutch Court Punishes Theft of Virtual Property · · Score: 4, Funny

    It does seem odd. To make that fair the judge should have
    the bailiff beat the attackers with a night stick
    and then sentence them to a virtual jail.

  10. Re:Wow, goodwill is an asset? on Fedora 9 Would Cost $10.8B To Build From Scratch · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but when you die you will be reborn at Taco Bell *as* a burrito.
    That's karma!

  11. Re:I find it interesting, on Wikipedia For Schools DVD Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If the children are taught critical thinking, they will be aware that any source has the possibility of errors, just as any theory may be improved or disproved.

  12. Re:moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser be on A Look At Google's Newest Data Center · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...water will diffuse the light more rapidly than air

    I think in actual operation the sharks would poke their
    head out of the water (like Flipper the dolphin) to fire
    the laser. I'm pretty sure the sharks would require special
    goggles to aim accurately in the air.

  13. Outrage! on A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new Macbook doesn't have an 8" floppy?!?!
    I won't buy one then, wah, wah, waaaaaaahhhh!

  14. Re:Soon Trinity will be hacking the IRS dBase... on IRS Rolls Out Risky Tax Processing Systems · · Score: 2, Funny

    She still has to get past IRS Agent Smith.

    You hear that Mr. Anderson?...
    That is the sound of inevitability...
    It is the sound of your audit.

  15. Re:no compiler? on BSDanywhere Announces First Release · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What about something like a student lab. The system boots to an always clean environment, you do some programming exercises including compilation and save the results to a USB flash drive. Next student reboots so nothing nasty is left over from previous users (except filth sneezed onto the keyboard).

  16. no one was put at risk... on CERN Releases Analysis of LHC Incident · · Score: 1

    Some interns were sucked into a black hole created by the experiment,
    but in any undertaking this complex you must expect some minor setbacks.

    So they soldier on with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for the mission.

  17. Re:Looking at the pictures.. on First Official Photos From New Star Trek Movie · · Score: 1

    Shatner has always looked 40-something no matter what his real age was.

    Oh really?

  18. I guess I'm Che Guevara.

    In the year 2008 leftist revolutionaries will rise from the dead,
    post to slashdot, and then vote for Nader.

  19. Re:Missing option on Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap · · Score: 2, Funny

    S)pin! spin! spin! All the way down!

    Sounds like a status report from the McCain campaign.

  20. Re:Useless on Do Nerds Have Better Sperm? · · Score: 1

    Mac fan boys can use it to get a matte finish on their new Macbook displays.

  21. Re:That software has bugs, specifically on Cisco Ships Mexican Folk Music On VPN Client CD · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...chocolate-roach?

    Yes, right next to the Crunchy Frog.

  22. Re:dirty tricks on Election Dirty Tricks About To Begin · · Score: 1

    ...losing only the 'wrong' (Democrat) votes

    Diebold is only trying to help you find your inner Republican.

    Diebold Vototron: I have such enthusiasm for the mission and confidence in its success.

  23. Re:Skydiver on Researchers To Build Underwater Airplane · · Score: 1

    I love how the hyper secret organization SHADO
    cruised about in flashy vehicles like the SkyDiver,
    all of them labeled with a large SHADO logo.

    Man, that show had a *lot* of sideburns and 'groovy' music!

  24. Needs New Scripts? on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 2, Funny

    The *knock* *knock* : "Pizza Man!" meme won't work any more.

  25. Re:Time Based Charge on Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says · · Score: 1

    Here in Austin, they don't charge less at night but they do have a tiered rate that becomes very punitive as you use more. The first 500kwh is very cheap (if you use very little other customers subsidize you). By the time you get to the amount needed to run a car, it might be cheaper to buy gas.

    The City of Austin really likes it's tiered utility rates (water/electricity/trash pickup) to punish people for 'using too much and not being ecofriendly' so I wonder how this would play out in trying to introduce theoretically cleaner plug-in cars.