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  1. I was there in 1983... on WarGames and the Great Hacking Scare of 1983 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and I can tell you the tellers were not that friendly.
    ATMs and on-line banking are blissfully free of surly humans wearing disco outfits.

  2. Re:Damnit, why did the USSR have to collapse? on McCain Supports Warrantless Domestic Surveillance · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...where do we send them to fight that?

    I'm thinking Aruba, armed with gaudy print shirts and mai tais.
    After all the shit they been through recently, they deserve a break.

  3. Re:...but Hillary still won't leave. on Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination · · Score: 1

    Sweet Zombie Jesus...what will it take to make this woman go away???

    BRAAAAINZ!

  4. Re:Standards on Toshiba Going After Blu-ray? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... no wait

    Too late. Standard Approved.

    Includes Section 12.4.56.2 Option 'PlayLike1970-8Track'

  5. Re:Brazier on Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can · · Score: 1

    /*
    * Tannenbaum is a penguin's bitch.
    * I have discovered a truly wonderful proof of this,
    * but 80 columns is too narrow to hold it.
    */

  6. Re:cooking fires on Previously Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed · · Score: 1

    There is precedence.
    Wasn't it Jaws 3 where the shark ate a helicopter?
    It literally jumped out of the water and grabbed the helicopter pontoon and dragged it down.

    Jumping the shark, so to speak.

  7. Re:It won't matter. on Brazil Appeals OOXML Decision · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...the worst possible combination of attributes for a governing body to have

    What about making errors quickly and not fixing problems at all? (see Bush, GW)

  8. Re:slashdotted on MediaDefender's BitTorrent-Based DOS Takes Down Revision3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Browsing and posting to Slashdot?

  9. Re:too big on Review of the Model M-Inspired Unicomp Customizer Keyboard · · Score: 1

    You should look at the Apple bluetooth wireless keyboard. It trims out the numeric keypad, is high quality, looks great, and the feel of the keys is a dream (though not the loud clicky feel this article is talking about). I've been using it on a Windows PC with no problems. It really saves desktop space and removes the need to stretch your arm far to the right to use the mouse. The only stumbling point might be that some editing keys have also been removed (home/end), but I've become used to key combination replacements.

  10. Re:And just like that... on Brain Interface Lets Monkeys Control Prosthetic Limbs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll call Bruce Campbell!

    Add Glen Campbell and make it 'Monkey Robot Overlords: The Musical!'

  11. Re:workers on How Does a Poor Economy Affect Tech Innovation? · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...unless you really enjoy the taste of ramen noodles.

    Ramen noodles have taste?

  12. Re:Let me get my tin foil hat on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe they haven't heard of the sun

    Yes they have, but they call it the day-star and it burns them.
    Apparently they are allergic to it as well.

  13. Re:location, location, location on The Case for Lunar Property Rights · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not seeing a lot that you can do on the moon.

    Escape proof prisons beyond the rule of law (ala Gitmo)?

  14. Re:Chiming in on Tech's 10 Worst Entry-Level Jobs · · Score: 4, Funny

    insist that their diagnosis must be correct...

    Don't waste my time with scripts boy!
    I *know* the electrons have leaked out of my computer,
    and if you would just send me a fresh jar I could refill it myself.

  15. Re:Missing some subtle pun? on New Linux Distribution — Exherbo, Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    Østergaard must have been on weed...

    Maybe that's why he misspelled the name.
    It should have been ExherbØ (code name: Biting Moose)

  16. Re:Cool.... on New Linux Distribution — Exherbo, Announced · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...hasn't gotten much beyond the "writing a list" stage

    1. Get mad
    2. Make a list
    3. Get article on or post to /.
    4. ???
    5. Profit!

    Sounds like half way there to me.

  17. Re:Just like compiler warnings... on Do Static Source Code Analysis Tools Really Work? · · Score: 1

    So what product did you say you were working on?

    OS/3 - The Empire Strikes Back

  18. Re:My wife on Using Magnets To Turn Off the Brain's Speech Center · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...ground it with a wire

    I now have a mental image of a paranoid nerd tethered to a point like a dog in a yard. Instead of barking at passers by, he babbles about faked moon landings and Monty Python sketches.

  19. Re:Good to see on Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope · · Score: 1

    If it costs $0, it's free.

    That's only true for sufficiently small values of zero.

    This factette has been provided by the Office of Scientific Inquiry (formerly Office of Strategic Influence).

  20. Re:kindergarten on The Worst Workspaces In Tech · · Score: 1

    You should have joined in by making hand turkeys with only a middle 'feather'.
    You are never too old for arts and crafts!

  21. Re:Stupid Questions on Archive.org Defeats FBI's Demand For User Information · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought you couldn't discuss a NSL...

    You are probably thinking of Fight Club, the US government is committed to transparency and the rule of law.

  22. Re:Though is some places? on Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search · · Score: 1

    ...lives on an island with Elvis, Jims Hendrix and Morrisson, Tupac, and Steve Irwin

    Where they party every night with Herve Villechaize.

  23. Picture of 'New' Rack? on OpenBSD 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Everyone should click on the picture of their 'new rack' in the lower right of the page.
    Looks like some truly ancient hardware... are those SS-20s?

  24. Re:what other ideas of his will come to pass? on DARPA Working On Arthur C. Clarke Weapon Idea · · Score: 1

    A local (Austin) driver was so stupid he managed to go 3D with his truck.
    At high speed a pickup flipped over a concrete barrier on an elevated bridge and landed upside down killing the driver. Given the type of vehicle and the large size of the barrier it almost defies belief that doing so is physically possible. Never underestimate the awesome power of stupidity.

    On the other hand, for a brief moment he got a 'flying car'.

  25. Re:Extreme? on Extreme Linux Server Available to North America · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you can forget about fans

    Even if they have cool looking LEDs on them?
    Nothing is more EXTREME than a fan with LEDs.