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  1. Diaspora on Facebook Is Down · · Score: 1

    Maybe one of the latest commits to Diaspora launched a massive denial of service attack against it :)

    Seriously though, it was down for less than 30 minutes, how is this news?

  2. Re:Yeah! on Deleting Certain Gene Makes Mice Smarter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, let's make lab mice smarter! What could possibly go wrong?

    Not much

  3. Re:Hey Adobe! on Adobe Releases New 64-Bit Flash Plugin For Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm really sorry, that's just a knee jerk reaction every time I see the words "Linux" and "Flash" in the title of a Slashdot article.

  4. Hey Adobe! on Adobe Releases New 64-Bit Flash Plugin For Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where the hell's the 64 bit version?!

  5. Eh? on How Good Software Makes Us Stupid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What about the people who have to write the good software?

  6. Hotmail on Best Way To Archive Emails For Later Searching? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why should Gmail get all the attention?

  7. Blocking on Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released · · Score: 1

    From the looks of things, the entire jailbreak is reliant on the PS3 being cold booted and the user having to press eject as the PS3 powers on to make it read the code from the USB key. If Sony can block this through a firmware update then that's the end of the jailbreak isn't it?

    Obviously the user simply doesn't update their PS3...

  8. Coming up next on Assange Rape Case Reopened · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now the case has been reopened to investigate 'molestation charges.'

    The case will then be dropped.

    It will then be reopened to investigate 'looking at boobs, whilst pulling out his shirt collar and making a phwooar face', which will also be dropped.

    Don't worry, they'll get him even if they have to resort to the testimony of a girl who was pushed over by him in the playground when they were both 4 years old.

  9. $7.7 billion in cash on Intel Buys McAfee · · Score: 1

    I guess they brought it in suitcases. Reminds me of the Austin Powers deleted scene.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgOYMCtv1aw

  10. 10 years?! on Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain · · Score: 3, Funny

    His latest claim is that we'll be able to reverse engineer the human brain within a decade

    Amateur. I could put something together to simulate the human brain in about 8 months.

    (Plus another 3 minutes at the start)

  11. Re:A bit early for leaving on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, let's just write this one off as a practice planet. We won't make the same mistakes again since we're human after all :)

  12. Re:Are they exact? on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can we be sure all those digits are correct?

    Use it to draw a circle. If the circle ends up looking more square than round then you know they've made a mistake. Seriously, do I have to do everything around here?

  13. Terrific on The Sun Unleashes Coronal Mass Ejection At Earth · · Score: 0

    And knowing our luck it'll hit us straight in the eye.

  14. I hate IE8 on Microsoft's Ad Team Trumps IE Developers' Privacy Aims · · Score: 3, Interesting

    IE8 fails for me for one simple reason, that stupid button to remove an entry from the address bar. The number of times I've clicked on the drop down button, moved the cursor down to the line I want and clicked, only for it to remove the entry rather than navigating to it. Why they couldn't they have put that icon on the left side instead is beyond me.

    Granted I only use IE8 for testing our in-house software but it's still a hair pulling experience.

  15. Name change on UK ISP TalkTalk Caught Monitoring Its Customers · · Score: 2, Funny

    (You may want to sit down before reading on, or at least steady yourself against something)

    (Ready?)

    Maybe they should change their name to Watch Watch instead.

  16. Limits? on Swedish Pirate Party Launches ISP · · Score: 2

    How much will it be per month? How much can I transfer per month? Is there a time when downloading is unlimited (such as weekends or between 10pm and 8am). Will they throttle the line during peak hours? What speed can I expect?

    Logging my BT transfers is the least of my concerns when choosing an ISP.

  17. Don't Stop File-Sharing on Don't Stop File-Sharing, Says Former Pink Floyd Manager · · Score: 1

    And Don't Stop Believin', says Journey (and the cast of Glee)

  18. Re:Whatever. on PS3 To Gain Support For 3-D Movies On Blu-Ray and YouTube · · Score: 1

    I can't buy Deathspank on PSN yet.

    Yes you can, it came out today (in Europe anyway).

  19. Wow on The Unstoppable 'Tech Support' Scam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How dumb do you have to be to fall for this one? The kind of people falling for these must be same ones who fall for the "suspicious activity in your bank account" scam.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  20. Re:Anything about "racially motivated" on UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OK, sure. Now are you going to the job they did or are you "too proud" and will just keep claiming benefits instead?

  21. Why I prefer physical media on Most Console Gamers Still Prefer Physical Media · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because I can trade it in when I'm done.

  22. Passwords on New Tool Reveals Internet Passwords · · Score: 2, Funny

    And it's for this reason that I write all my passwords down on the back of my hand.

    I've already addressed the problem of them washing off by using using permanent marker. And not bathing.

  23. So on iPhone 4 News Roundup · · Score: 1

    the long and short of it is that I should just jailbreak my iPhone instead?

  24. Translation on Petaflops? DARPA Seeks Quintillion-Flop Computers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to run Crysis 2 in software rendering mode

  25. Obligitory Simpsons on New Wii Menu Update Targets Homebrew Again · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because unauthorized channels or firmware may impair game play or the Wii console, updating to Wii Menu version 4.3 will check for and automatically remove such unauthorized files. There are some behind the scenes enhancements that do not affect any prominently-used features or menus but will improve system performance.

    Oh no, I said the quiet bit loud and the loud bit quiet!