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  1. 12.04 LTS on Ubuntu 11.10 ('Oneiric Ocelot') Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    The release after this is going to be called Precise Pangolin, which is an ant eater thing:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

  2. Re:I Can See the Future Now... on Valve Boss Expects Apple To Challenge Game Consoles · · Score: 1

    and after dying 25 times against a boss I finally win

    If you think it only takes 25 attempts to kill a boss then you've clearly never played Dark Souls :)

  3. Finally! on Valve Boss Expects Apple To Challenge Game Consoles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pippin 2 here we come!

  4. Re:Icons get re-organized on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it does that. I got around it by taking screenshots of where everything was before I did the update.

  5. The end? on BlackBerry Outage Spreads To North America · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Seriously though, this couldn't have come at a worse time. Like the summary says, the iPhone 4S is just about to be released, and I imagine a lot of angry Blackberry owners are going to run out and buy one.

    Personally though, I'd advice them to think twice and to get an Android phone since I don't think the iPhone reception issues have really been addressed and they'd just be going from one device with reception but no internet access to a device that sports the exact opposite.

  6. Oblig. on BlackBerry Outage Spreads To North America · · Score: 4, Funny

    What did one Blackberry owner say to the other?

    Nothing!

  7. Civil Suit on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    does someone know what is going on?

    Yes, it's patented by Apple.

  8. iPods on Zune Dead, Then Not Dead, Then Officially Dead · · Score: 1

    I'm not surprised, everyone has iPods these days, even Carter Pewterschmidt.

  9. Re:Texture popping on id Software Releases RAGE · · Score: 1

    Anyways, sounds like the game was designed for consoles first anyway

    Motorstorm was the inspiration for the game.

  10. Imaginary scenario on Intel Drops MeeGo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Board members: MeeGo, we need to talk
    MeeGo: MeeGo is listening?
    Board members: It's not working out, we're going to have to let you go
    MeeGo: We go?
    Board members: No, just you
    MeeGo: Me go?
    Board members: Yes, MeeGo, you go
    MeeGo: MeeGo go?
    Board members: (sigh) Just get out

  11. Re:... walks into a bar. on Faster-Than-Light Particle Results To Be Re-Tested · · Score: 1

    Either I'm missing something or this joke isn't correct.

    How does the barman see the neutrino before it enters the bar? If anything, the Neutrino will walk into the bar, have a drink and leave before the barman notices it arriving.

  12. Re:Worrisome on Brain Imaging Reveals the Movies In Our Mind · · Score: 1

    You'll be long dead by the time this technology becomes useful.

  13. No problem on Pakistan Seeks To Block Facebook Again · · Score: 1

    Given FB's latest round of changes (Facebook in Facebook), I imagine it won't be long before everyone pisses off and Pakistan will have to start blocking Google+ instead.

  14. Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support on Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps · · Score: 1

    No problem, I was going to use my fingers anyway.

    *Bada boom tish*

  15. Daily Mail alert! on Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and drug cartels kidnapping busloads of people and forcing them into gladiator-style contests to the death

    Links to The Daily Mail, which is nearly as bad as a Goatse link.

  16. Re:Can't wait to make these criminals billionaires on Facebook To Put Off IPO Until Late 2012 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I love this one (emphasis mine)

    Facebook permanently records everything you do, even what you look at, even items that are "deleted". And presumably gives them to the CIA.

    And presumably to Al-Qaeda and North Korea as well. Get a grip, Richard.

  17. Threat on 50 New Exoplanets Found, Billions More Await · · Score: 3, Funny

    The problem is that if these planets do indeed harbour life, it could be at least as technologically advanced, if not more than us. This means that they pose a threat to our planet.

    I say that we concentrate all our efforts into building space faring vehicles capable of travelling to these planets with the soul intent of destroying them. Before they destroy us.

    If you find this too ridiculous then imagine Rick Perry saying it :)

  18. Re:Next step on Has Cleverbot Passed the Turing Test? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice try, Cleverbot.

  19. On /. by the end of the day on After Firing CEO, Yahoo Puts Itself Up For Sale · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Microsoft buys Yahoo

  20. Re:The problem for UK IT graduates on British CS Majors Doing Badly In the Jobs Market · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I am stupid for not leaving

    You're not. Wait for the redundancy pay and then, in your next interview, you can tell them that you were made redundant from your last position. I've always found interviewers are sympathetic to this.

    I know what you mean though. In my last job, my boss was such a prick that he still made me sit in on a call on my last day to give my opinion on a project that I wasn't going to be involved in in a few hour's time because they'd outsourced it and given me my notice. Incredibly, he couldn't understand why I was so disinterested in talking about it.

  21. Re:Women - better in theory than practice on Why Nobody Wants You On OKCupid · · Score: 2

    I can't comment on the homosexual side of things, I presume that there is less nagging and hormones in general

    Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

    Wrong, 'cos gay or straight, you're still in a relationship!

  22. Re:And the Hardiest organism is? on Earth Ejecta Could Seed Life On Europa · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find it's the Waterbear

  23. Mostly Agile on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Look Like In 10 Years? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There will be a lot more agile shops, most of them implementing extreme programming, and making the developer feel even more like they're just part of a production line.

    Don't get me wrong, I think parts of Agile are OK, but I've been to far too many interviews in the past where the interviewer thinks that Agile is the be all and end all of programming.

  24. Oblig Penny Arcade on 3DS and Vita Face Tough Battle Against Smartphones · · Score: 0

    http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/08/01

    Sums it up pretty nicely.

  25. Re:Disable 3g or iphone doesn't ring on In Rural UK, Old 2G Phones Beat 3G Smarphones For Connectivity · · Score: 2

    Completely agree. I leave my iPhone's 3G off most of the time now since I've noticed that when it is enabled I get little to no signal. It's so bad that sometimes my phone will suddenly start beeping with all the calls that I missed because it was unable to get a signal and has only just managed to connect. I nearly missed out on a job because of the wretched thing dropping my calls.

    My housemate's Android phone is on the same network as me and has zero problems. Only 1 more week to go until I can upgrade and chuck this POS in the bin.