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  1. Re:Oh really? on Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about the first amendment? It is a free speech issue.

  2. Oh really? on Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Note that this is not a free speech issue, even though the blog was hosted on a non-company server, because Microsoft is not, yet, the government.

    So, if I forcibly tie you up and gag you, it is not a free speech issue, because I am not the government, right?

  3. Re:What's the point here? on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 2, Informative

    If we were to switch from burning prehistoric plants to modern ones (i.e. veg oil) then we would no longer be adding to carbon emissions by driving cars because the growing plants consume as much C02 as a car generates.

    Some people will have you believe that this is pointless because we couldn't grow enough oilseed rape or whatever. I say let's try it and find out.

    My next car will be a big, inefficient, carbon neutral monster.

  4. This means nothing to me. on "Virtual Bridge" Between London, Vienna Et Al. · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ah! Vienna.

  5. Re:Useful, but easy to get around. on Can Watermarking Help Find GPL Violations? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Absolutely right.

    Furthermore, you could automate the process by writing a script to do things like randomising white space, replacing variable names, and even rewriting simple flow control constructs.

    I would suggest that if it is deemed important to be able to establish the originator of the code, then the originator should publish it as theirs as soon as it is written, or at least give it to an independent witness for safekeeping.

  6. Re:Whidbey? on C# 2.0 Spec Released · · Score: 1

    Almost certainly a corruption of Whitby (white bay).

  7. Re:Sea Number/Sea Sharp on C# 2.0 Spec Released · · Score: 1

    You: "Hi, I Program in Sea Sharp!"
    Me: ?
    You: "C sharp? Wouldn't this be the same thing as C with a plus? A C# is C + a semitone."
    Me: "What?"
    You: "Doesn't C Number conflict? You're naming..."
    Me: "Yawn"
    You: "Drone, blab, And then I say X and then someone else says Y and I say but hey what about j# - what does *that* mean? blah..."
    Me: *snore*
    You: "twitter"

  8. Gah! on Build Your Own Electronic Key Card Lock · · Score: 1

    What use is a keycard lock without a giant stainless steel door protecting a diabolical evil invention clothed in dry ice and lit by a dull green glow?!

  9. lies, damned lies and statistics... on Bill Gates: Windows Patched Faster than Linux · · Score: 1
    Either he's lying or woefully misinformed; their recent performance seems to be more on the order of 3+ months, or over 2000 hours.

    ...or the average he's talking about is over a longer period than your expert anecdotal analysis, Neal.

  10. Re:I think you'll find... on Could 'Fire Paste' Replace Shuttle Tiles? · · Score: 1

    A throwaway joke. Don't let it bother you.

  11. I think you'll find... on Could 'Fire Paste' Replace Shuttle Tiles? · · Score: 1

    That
    "It can stand up to the heat of re-entry to the earth's atmosphere, and then they can simply wash it off."

    is derived from

    "I can smear it on my face like this, it can stand up to the heat of this blowtorch, like this, and then I can simply wash it off. Wow. I'm sold! Call now and quote this number..."

  12. Re:Take the Pepsi challenge. on Color Laser Printer Recommendations? · · Score: 1
    If the person who helped you was really helpful. Find their manager. Tell the manager how helpful they were, and how they were insturmental in your company's decision to make this purchase. It might be nice to write a short letter to corporate too.

    ...then why not stick around and watch as their manager spends the afternoon bullying them.

  13. Two words: on Monkeys Play Videogames With Their Mind · · Score: 1

    Donkey Kong.

  14. Re:MO No Call List on Successful Do-Not-Call Complaints? · · Score: 1
    DELETE FROM call_list WHERE phone IN (SELECT phone FROM AGList)

    UPDATE call_list SET phone = phone + 1
    GO
    UPDATE call_list SET first_name='MIKE', last_name='HUNT'
    GO

    ;)

  15. Re:You want a REAL bike, not a toy on Toys for Transport? · · Score: 1

    They have ingenious rear-wheel suspension

    A rubber door stop between the seat stays and down tube.
    They also have ingenious revolving 'wheels' and ingenious leather 'saddles'

    Seriously, though, they are bloody good bikes. Always fancied the Moulton APB myself, though it is not a true folder and therefore not so useful for the train.

  16. Free as in beer on Free (as in beer) Windows Flowcharting? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can confirm that the hitherto unconfirmed phenomenon of true, free beer does exist. I actually experienced it first hand yesterday in London.

  17. Interesting on Roll Your Own Yahoo! News RSS Feeds · · Score: 2, Funny

    one of Yahoo's employee's has hacked together a way roll your own Yahoo! News rss feed.

    In other news, one of Slashdot's employee's has hacked together a way roll your own misconstructed sentences.

  18. Re:Don't think so. on Hitchhiker's Guide Movie Greenlighted · · Score: 1

    The ideas are brilliant, which is why it was successful as a radio show, book and TV show. So why shouldn't it be an equally, or more, successful movie?

  19. Re:funding on Scientists Discover Why the Cookie Crumbles · · Score: 1

    The Hokey Pokey is not what it's all about. It is, in fact, all about the Hokey Cokey.

    Hokey pokey is a kind of crunchy, crumbly sweetmeat made with golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda.

    For example;
    Q: What goes in and out and smells of urine?
    A: Old folks doing the Hokey Cokey

  20. Re:Interesting! on Schrodinger's Cat Closer To Reality? · · Score: 1

    You are so not original.

  21. Interesting! on Schrodinger's Cat Closer To Reality? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quantum superposition is the phenomenon in which a photon passing through a beam splitter to takes two paths at once, inconceivable in the macroscopic world.

    Whereas Slashdot is the phenomenon in which a sentence takes two paths at once.

  22. Next on Slashdot... on How To Add An External Antenna To AirPort Base Station · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wiping your backside - a howto with easy to follow diagrams.

    I mean - did this really need the photostory treatment?

  23. Re:I have ARRIVED!!! on How Do You Punch In? · · Score: 1

    You have no idea how often this happens.

  24. I have ARRIVED!!! on How Do You Punch In? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BOW before me!

  25. Re:Damnit it's not a trilogy on The L0tR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, yeah! And the bible! It's not one book its several too! I hate it when people call it a book! Let's get together and start a club!

    Tosser.