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  1. However on Ebert, Gillmor on the Music Industry · · Score: 5, Informative
    If enough people boycott their products, then it won't matter what they claim. They either recognize the boycott, or go out of business.

    For that to happen, the 12 year old girls will have to be convinced of the importance of the boycott, so that they will stop buying CDs by BoyBandOfTheWeek and J'Britney.

    Maybe we could find a way to make buying CDs uncool.

  2. But remember on Laurence 'Green Card' Canter Has No Regrets · · Score: 2

    Both slash and scoop are written in perl.

  3. Proof that Perl is Evil on Laurence 'Green Card' Canter Has No Regrets · · Score: 4, Funny
    It was with a fairly simple script, a Perl script,

    That's right, the first usenet spam was sent with a Perl script. We must stop the spread of tools, such as perl, that allow this sort of evil.

    And, since perl makes no attempt to stop spam, or evil hackers copying DVD's, we must souppport the CBDTPAYHBTYHLHAND legislation that will put a stop to the evil that is perl!

  4. That's based on on He Writes Back · · Score: 2
  5. Re:Did you setup a bnetd server to play on? on Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos · · Score: 2

    Damn, I wanted to make that comment.

  6. Or... on Science Grid Genesis · · Score: 2

    Win 2004. With all the options.

  7. self-heating rations on Self-Heating Can · · Score: 2

    They're unpopular with soldiers because the rations have less flavor when cold.

  8. Harcourt Fenton Mudd on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 2
    Was the guy in Star Trek. Harvey is probably one of his ancestors.

    I can't believe I remembered that.

  9. Effect on topo maps on North Pole is Leaving Canada · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most, if not all, topographic maps have the difference between True north and magnetic north noted on them. This is so that people navigating by compass don't get lost. If the magnetic pole is moving that fast, then the maps are going to have to be updated much more frequently.

  10. Probelm that OS/2 had on Codeweavers' CrossOver Plugin Reviewed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WINE isn't an IBM product. It isn't being sold at twice the cost of the MS product (rather the opposite, in fact). OS/2's problem wasn't that Windows ran Windows programs better (it didn't) it was that IBM sold it at retail for $250 when Win+DOS was less than $100. IBM's sales force couldn't have sold space heaters in Point Barrow Alaska. IBM killed OS/2. MS just let them.

  11. (verb) the (buzzword) and embrace the (noun) on Resident Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure, but I think that's illegal here in Virginia.

  12. When you get home... on Resident Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

    You will be greeted by the fire department. They will say something about a large explosion and/or fire in the vicinity of your DSL connection. Then the people from the phone company will stop by...

  13. 60,000 work vocabulary on Sony's New Bi-Pedal Robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmmmm. So. It can do 6E4 different jobs? But can it be voice controlled? That's what I want, a robot with a 60,000 word vocabulary.

  14. Don't drop it into the sun! on Larsen Ice Shelf Collapses · · Score: 2

    We might need it someday. What for? I don't know. The ancient Greeks couldn't see much use for that nasty black tar stuff.

  15. What's really fun on It's Not About Lines of Code · · Score: 2
    I'm looking through his code and I see one of the few comments.

    It reads: /* Why did I do this?*/

    Which did make it easy to find the bug I was hunting...

  16. Fred Fastfinger on It's Not About Lines of Code · · Score: 2
    Imagine his code ... contains no comments at all ... The next programmer to take over Fred's code will find it impenetrable

    Amen, brother. I was the poor bastard who was the "next programmer". Fixing "Fred's" poorly written and worse documented code did do wonders for my skills, however.

  17. A couple of minutes on Laptop Anti-Theft Devices · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have this vision of a stripped laptop on cinderblocks.

  18. And on Consumer Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 1
    Can we portscan bears?

    *ducks* *runs*

  19. high quality recordings on Consumer Technology Bill of Rights? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Unless you're an audiophile do you care how much better the sound quality could be? How many people find MP3 to be Good Enough(TM)?

    I usually listen to music in the car. Between road noise, wind noise (especially in summer when the windows are down), and engine noise the sound quality is never going to be that good anyway.

  20. selfdestruct chemicals on Cracking the Smartcards · · Score: 2

    And you carry this in your wallet? Sounds dangerous. The chemical I know of that can reliably and quickly destroy silicon is hydroflouric acid. Not stuff you want in your pocket.

  21. I've still got those books on Interview with Gary Gygax · · Score: 2

    Player's Handbook, DM's Guide, Monster Manual.

  22. But it is on The Incredible Shrinking Motherboard · · Score: 2, Redundant

    (170mm)^2.

  23. Re:Uh, it's not that small on The Incredible Shrinking Motherboard · · Score: 2

    Still, compared to the average motherboard, it's pretty small. Not quite PC104, but close. Certainly useable in lots of embedded applications.

  24. Hey now! on Hardware Review: Rio Central · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can feed my own shoes and tie myself!

  25. Yep on Google Juice · · Score: 2

    My sig at another site, which contains "Reunite Gondwanaland", is the third link returned from google. And the fourth link, too.