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  1. 20{01,10} on Arthur C. Clarke Talks With The Onion · · Score: 4, Funny
    O: Have you seen the movie recently at all?

    ACC: No. I want to look at it again, and also 2010, which I did with [director] Peter Hyams, and which was also quite good. I can't remember when I did last see it.


    What's his address? I'll mail him the damn DVDs.
  2. Why not? on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit · · Score: 1
    They don't have a prayer, so why not shoot for the moon?

    Monday:
    "Today SCO has added charges of rape, murder, and grand theft auto to its long list of complaints against IBM."

    "These aren't even addressable in civil court, explains the presiding judge. SCO seems to think it can press criminal charges against IBM now. I'm going to play along for a bit, because I think the real humor has yet to come. I've heard their paralegals are researching treason and that they are thinking of accusing them of bringing Mad Cow Disease to the US."

  3. In Soviet Russia, RFID... on The Trouble with RFID · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd continue, but this will be modded down just based on the title.

  4. Re:Marketing Genius on KISS · · Score: 1
    ...deliver later...


    Or, more often, not even later.
  5. template on Microsoft-Funded Linux Studies Benefit ... Microsoft · · Score: 1
    $ORGANIZATION_A funded study shows $ORGANIZATION_A's product far superior to $ORGANIZATION_B's product. News at $TIME.


    Big $EXPLETIVEing deal.

    I am happily surprised that it made the front page of a Seattle paper, though.
  6. Re:Great family guy moment... on Local News Anchor Feels Pain from Afar · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are correct.

  7. Uh-Oh on Verisign to run National RFID Directory · · Score: 1

    As anyone who has had to deal with Verisign knows, this is bad news.

  8. Everyone knows what's actually on the moon... on Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon, Mars · · Score: 1

    Let me guess: W thinks that the world is running out of cheese and is launching a preemptive strike to make sure that the US controls the lunar motherload.

  9. Re:So the real question is.... on Black Holes No More -- Introducing the Gravastar · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You're very clever, young man, very clever. But it's turtles all the way around.

  10. Re:Hmmm on Paul Mockapetris On The Future of DNS · · Score: 1

    I'll laugh at the parent of this comment and of the other replies, but I won't enjoy it.

  11. Re:Solar? on Wind Turbines Kill a Few Birds · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's hardly a victimless energy source. We all know that the Sun is only able to continue emitting energy by consuming a steady stream of kittens.

  12. Re:Distributed by CDR Copies on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that was the impression I got.

  13. Re:Distributed by CDR Copies on Israel's Finance Ministry To Distribute OpenOffice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually, it's possible that is being done with government sanction. I once spoke with a high-up Microsoft exec who said that at that time (mid 90s), the Chinese government was their chief concern as far as piracy goes. According to him, they went all out by even copying the holograms on the license certs.

  14. Re:DMCA? on SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters · · Score: 1
    At least some of those files ("signal.h" for instance) contain lines like:
    #ifdef __KERNEL__
    #include <linux/types.h>
    #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
    ...which I doubt were in any SCO files.

    Also, most of this "code" is just the definition of constants, so its an interface not code.
  15. The twelve pains of Christmas on Christmas Lighting in Abundance · · Score: 2, Funny
    One light goes out, THEY ALL GO OUT!

    --Bob Rivers Comedy Group
  16. Re:What's the problem? on TiVo Goes After Sites Hosting Image Backups · · Score: 1
    How is this different to somebody hosting Windows ISOs?


    Well, for starters, no one wants the Windows ISOs...
  17. Re:imagine the movie? on Mafia Tech Support · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't kid yourself -- it's not that organized.

  18. Giggity Giggity Giggity! on Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy" · · Score: 1

    Heh-Allll Rrrriiiight...

  19. No builtin 802.11 or Bluetooth? on Sharp Zaurus SL-C860 Announced For Japan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was really hoping for builtin wireless access like in the SL-6000.

  20. Re:What are these? on Sun Donation Spurs Linux Cluster at Purdue · · Score: 1

    Definately SGI something. I think there's one Onyx and one Origin X000 (the rightmost two cabs; X meaning I can't tell what model). Could be two Origin machines, I don't know enough to tell for sure.

  21. Re:Sneakiness on Memory Hole Un-Redacts Redacted DOJ Memo · · Score: 1
    Or maybe that's just what he wants us to think...


    Perhaps, but in any case, you are clearly in on it.
  22. yup on Gator Forces Site To Remove 'Spyware' Label · · Score: 1
    i know this is going to be a post filled with hundreds of these, so i might as well jump on board too:

    in my opinion, gator qualifies as what i consider to be spyware.
  23. Yay for tight browser integration on New P2P Battle is Heating Up · · Score: 1

    Since IE is so tightly integrated, won't this mean a big "Installing this software could be a security and privacy risk." whenever you install Windows?

    That would be hi-larious.

    Then again, any time I apt-get something I'll have to see the same warning.

  24. oh son of a ***** on SCO gets $50 Million Investment · · Score: 1

    you can't imagine the stream of obscenities that i just shouted

  25. phew! on SCO Backing Off Linux Invoice Plan · · Score: 2, Funny

    boy, am i relieved! i was getting really worried there for a while.

    no... no wait... no, actually, my policy is still that they can kiss my ass. yeah, that's it. sometimes i forget my policy on that.