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  1. Re:Hmm... on Open Source Adeona Tracks Lost & Stolen Laptops · · Score: 1

    A Funny moderation doesn't affect the poster's karma. Many moderators find this feature lame and will use Interesting, Insightful, or Informative instead.

    The only good use of Funny is to encourage discussion of a post that you find undeserving of a karma boost.

  2. Re:None of it will matter on Researchers Improve Solar Cell Performance · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's an ambitious plan. Have you already started decaying?

  3. Re:Longest duration in a movie theater? on The Secret History of Star Wars · · Score: 1

    I think the original, first Star Wars movie, shown in 1977, was the longest running movie in theater history. I don't have any statistics to back this up (and I don't want to search on it from work), but I'm guessing that Rocky Horror has it beat.
  4. Re:hehe on Tesla Motors Opens Retail Store · · Score: 1

    one small mistake and you get fied. Fie on you!

    See?
  5. Re:Thank you Jack Thompson on MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene · · Score: 1

    Next could you evaluate Mohammad Ali versus Anti-lock brakes for us? I am the safest!
  6. Re:Memory on Whitehouse Emails Were Lost Due to "Upgrade" · · Score: 1

    The problem is that, often, it doesn't hurt enough.

  7. Re:Great but... on Google Earth 4.3 Offers a Number of New Features · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see this turning into a real boontoggle.

  8. Re:obligatory quote... on US Army Furthers Development of Robotic Suits · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Obligatory" in this case meaning "incorrect".

    It's "Get away from her, you bitch!"

  9. Re:No carry ons... on Strict Order Boarding Would Get Planes in the Sky Faster · · Score: 1

    I was kept me out there for 4 months. When do was here get back you?
  10. Re:The Fossil Computer on Ye Olde World Charm · · Score: 2, Funny

    GIGO indeed.

  11. Re:WTF? on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    Aha. Good idea.

    I was thinking it might also be possible to run MSIEXEC /x [product code] /quiet in a Startup script.

  12. Re:WTF? on Microsoft Forces Desktop Search On Windows Update · · Score: 1

    Would you be willing to share what those ninja group policy edits were?

  13. Re:the name's BILL... on Subterranean Slashdot Email Blues · · Score: 1

    Hey wait a minute! My name is Bill Robinson... are you giving my info to someone else? I just may have to come down there and put a foot in someone's ass or a chip in their brain!
    Whoa, take it easy there Bojangles.
  14. some thoughts about your writing on America's First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant · · Score: 1

    The word is "you're". It's a contraction of "you are". "Your" is a possessive pronoun.

    Also, it's customary to capitalize the first word in a sentence. This makes it easier for a reader to identify where a new thought is beginning.

    Consider using a spellchecker. You could install Firefox 2.0+ for inline checking or just refer to dictionary.com when in doubt. The latter only takes a couple of seconds.

    All of these things would greatly contribute to your posts' readability.

  15. Re:This is funny on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    Nobody here has yet thought to say "Wake up."
    Yes, not a single person has said that.
  16. Re:"By winning, he's lost." on Man Sues Gateway Because He Can't Read EULA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heck, try getting one when you can't even spell diploma.

  17. Re:Is "Bernard" pronounced like "burnèd"? on Unicode Encoding Flaw Widespread · · Score: 1

    Brits tend to pronounce it BURN-urd, whereas Americans favor bur-NARD.

  18. Re:The deleted section from the sample on Documents Reveal US Incompetence with Word, Iraq · · Score: 1

    I did write this headline. Nobody would that the CPA was competent with Microsoft Word.
    I believe you.
  19. Re:Calendar Quote on Would You Install Pirated Software at Work? · · Score: 1

    Funny, my little desk calendar had the quote "a man willing to steel for me, is a man willing to steel from me".
    By any chance did this calendar have pictures of Jerome Bettis and Ben Roethlisberger on it?

  20. Re:We've all been there. Don't be too pious, here. on Tech Magazine Loses June Issue, No Backup · · Score: 4, Funny

    RAID does not save you if a bugler steals your machine.
    But can he carry my server and his horn at the same time?
  21. Re:Google's requirement of academic background on Want To Work At Google? · · Score: 1

    What just because you think your smart you don't have to play by the rules?

    Granted I learned almost NOTHING during my 4 years in school but I played by the rules and got that piece of paper, which is why I am in the game, and your still living with your mom because you believe her when she says you are the smartest boy in the world and that your @$$ is special and different from everyone elses.
    Ha-ha!
  22. Re:Robots good at checking pipes on Robots to Crawl Under the City · · Score: 1

    So when do we get the SMART borscht and SMART cake?

  23. Re:See also on The Geekiest Animals in History · · Score: 1

    A small illiterate rodent which apparently feeds on apostrophes.

  24. Re:If you have to ask... on Deconstructing a Pump-and-Dump Spam Botnet · · Score: 1
    I agree with most of what you wrote, but

    1) Get rid of XP. If you're going to run Windows, then run Server 2003. Try to get your company to pay for it if you can.
    On the desktop? Who's going to spring for that? And anyone who knows how to correctly configure 2003 already knows how to avoid getting into trouble using XP. I just don't see the logic behind this suggestion.

    Use RegMon and FileMon in SysInternals to determine what the application is trying to access and give your user (or the Users group) the appropriate permissions on those files/registry keys.
    Just so you know, these were recently re-issued by Microsoft in a combined (and supposedly re-written) version called Process Monitor. The old utilities will still work fine, but the new one appears to be a little slicker.
  25. Re:What I don't understand is on The US Navy Says Goodbye to the Tomcat · · Score: 1
    My company use a plane mounted digital camera that cost $1.2, and compared to the SR-71 the imagery sucks.
    Well, what do you expect for a buck twenty?