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  1. Re:I wonder on Starcraft · · Score: 2

    Except for the marketing types... and not only do they know you're an octopus, but they know what subspecies you are, and which kind of mason jar you like to get your lobsters and crabs out of.

  2. Re:UFOs - a skeptics view on Starcraft · · Score: 1

    Oh, and moderators? Don't mod that comment unless you've actually read \i{The Demon-Haunted World}.

  3. Re:UFOs - a skeptics view on Starcraft · · Score: 2

    You take that back, or I'll have the invisible dragon in my garage eat you!

  4. Laura Croft on Video Game Award Show Announced · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I know who Lara Croft is, but who is "Laura Croft"? And why does she matter to video game junkies?

  5. Re:More FUD on GNU-Darwin Dropping Cocoa, PPC Support · · Score: 2

    I merely state that there are restrictions on using GPL software.

    No, there are no restrictions on using GPL software. There are restrictions on distributing GPL software and modified GPL software.

    Key difference.

  6. Re:W bunch can't do much about it... on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 2

    I'm surprised nobody campaigned in 2000 on no-call lists. What's more likely to get a vote: "I will save education!" or "I will stop the telemarketer from calling you!" ??

    Because then they couldn't call you to tell you to vote for them!

  7. Re:Are these guys evil or what? on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 2

    Shouldn't Eisner be somewhere on that board, not to mention Sen. Hollings (D-Disney^WS.C.)?

    I'd mention billg, but why bother?

  8. Re:Constitutional rights on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 2

    Uh, if you answer the phone during sex, I suspect that your SO may be willing to give you "enhanced privacy" ... i.e. without his/her/its company.

  9. Re:I would... on Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts? · · Score: 2

    Uh, dude? It's Yahoo!. I doubt that they'd even notice a slashdotting.

  10. Re:Remotely Sturdy on Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10 · · Score: 2

    To hell with Jumpman, I'm looking for a version of Choplifter that will run under Linux!

  11. Only problem is.. on Dashboard Linux - 1 Year Later · · Score: 2

    The cops pull you over for overclocking!

  12. Re:KQ, anyone? on Top Ten Most Collectible Video Games · · Score: 2

    Don't know about the original, but these guys have done a remake of both KQ1 and KQ2.

  13. Re:Note that 'Collectable' don't exactly mean 'Goo on Top Ten Most Collectible Video Games · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, back at UCSC in the early '80s (83-84), I had some buddies who were working on an FPH&S (First Person Hack & Slash) game, running on ASCII terminals (ADM3a at 1200 bps anyone)?

  14. Re:My concerns on ElcomSoft Verdict: Not Guilty · · Score: 2

    Nope. This was a criminal prosecution, so Double Jeopardy applies.

  15. Re:Ok, someone fill me in on ElcomSoft Verdict: Not Guilty · · Score: 2, Funny

    What exactly did we win?

    A Free Dmitri?

    Thank you! I'll be here till Thursday!

  16. Re:Yay for binary modules on Vanishing Features Of The 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 2

    You can get a new winmodem though, one that has modern and compatible Linux drivers for the chipset.

    No he can't. RTFP. He's a student (hence not much spare cash) with a laptop that has a built-in winmodem.

  17. Re:A Better Question... on Whither America's Technological Edge? · · Score: 2

    Speaking from experience -- and yes, I did win his money, just not all of it -- you have to be damned smart. You also have to be able to take some ribbing and give it right back. Humorless people need not apply.

  18. Re:ISS: largely worthless for science on NASA Consider "Demanning" Space Station · · Score: 2

    Access to Progress supply ships.

  19. Re:I would...but one voice gets drowned out on Keeping An Eye On Total Information Awareness · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I know I'm being a nitpicking a$$hole here, but if that was how the question was worded, exactly, only C would be correct. A date in 2003 or 2004 could not have already passed as indicated by the word 'was'. Sorry.

    BZZZZZT! And thank you for playing! Here's your lovely parting gift.

    You just fell victim to the (newly named) "Reverse Y2K syndrome".

    9/11/03 = 9/11/1903 or 9/11/1803 or ...
    9/11/04 = 9/11/1904 or 9/11/1804 or ...

  20. So Now... on FBI To Use Ad Banners to Find Criminals · · Score: 2

    Not only are we thieves if we block banner ads, but now we're aiding terrorists too! And by the Bush Doctrine, that makes us Evil Terrorists(tm) as well!

  21. Re:I found out who bought them - my neighbors! on IAB Recommends Larger Web Advertising · · Score: 2

    the same people that think that AOL is "the internet",

    But AOL IS the Internet! They said so on their TV ad, so it must be true!!!

  22. Re:Quality of IBM AT 20 MB hard drives was POOR!` on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 2

    Yeah, the CMS drives sucked, but we those were shipped with the original (309?) 6MHz AT.

    We got our 339s (8MHz, 101Key) in early '87, just before they dropped the product line. They had switched drive vendors by then.

  23. Re:Solid State on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 2

    Everything past the old IBM XT's have been plastic disposable junk

    I'd argue that it's the ATs. (pick pick pick). We had some genuine blue 8MHz AT-339s in our lab. They ran for 13 years straight before we retired them. They were controlling test equipment.

  24. Not only that, but... on Russia's Role in the ISS in Trouble · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I heard the Lone Gunmen are dead!

  25. Re:Great! -Murphy on Andy Grove Says End Of Moore's Law At Hand · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think Silverman's Paradox applies here...

    "If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will."