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  1. Re:Lets hope ... on Airships to Patrol Venezuela's Skies · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it crashes, they'll all say:

    oh, la humanidad!

  2. Re:Pat Benatar said it best on Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think Wham! said it better with "wake me up, before you go-go".

  3. Re:Awesome book reader! on Linux Based Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Is flash available on the Nokia? If so, I'm curious if the ipk would work on my Zaurus 6000.

  4. Re:BES users potentially not affected? on Blackberry Network is Down · · Score: 4, Funny

    RIM lost their primary NOC last night. Your BES transmits data to their NOC including mailflow routing and SRP information. This issue affects the Americas entirely and is currently fixed for Sprint and Nextel. GPRS/EEDGE providers are still unable to contact back to RIM at the present time.

    I'll LOL if RIM is FOOBAR and can't GBTW but my PHB won't ROFL that the BOFH at RIM is AFK. LBC, 213.

  5. Re:RIM on RIMM's LEGO Machines Test Blackberry · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a fit of Samuel L. Jackson inspiration, it could mean Research In Motherfuckin' Motion.

  6. Re:hm on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84 · · Score: 1

    Bill remains silent on the matter, too.

  7. Re:a little less love on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I guess I shouldn't do this:

    *

  8. Re:Remember.. on Principal Cancels Classes, Sues Over MySpace Prank · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as you remembered to eat a Mentos and smile before hand, you'll get away scot-free.

  9. Re:Servicing the other? on Satellites Mating Via Robotic Arm · · Score: 1

    So NextSat gave ASTRO a reach-around?

    Rut-roh Rorge!

  10. Re:Been there, almost on Woman's House Robbed After Fake Craigslist Post · · Score: 1

    Particularly when it involves stealing things like the hot water heater and kitchen sink, things which, without, the home is now completely worthless.

    Whoa, settle down, Beavis. Her insurance policy should pick up the damages.

  11. Re:Fucking monarchies on Thailand Bans YouTube · · Score: 1

    Let's show them what we and the Gimp think of them throwing people in prison for 10 years for vandalism.

    The Gimp is sleeping.

  12. Re:they should be so lucky... on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 1

    but wouldn't it make sense to bend over backwards to [i]keep[/i] your best staff? why not dispose of some of the obscenely overpaid suits?

    The obscenely overpaid suits are the ones that call the shots. None of them are willing to can themselves for the greater good. You might as well expect a cop to write himself a speeding ticket.

  13. Re:Wake up to a little bit reality here pal on Can Large Corporations Buy "Cool?" · · Score: 1

    Let John Hughes explain:

    Brian Johnson: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...

    Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...

    Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...

    Claire Standish: ...a princess...

    John Bender: ...and a criminal...

    Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question?... Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.


  14. Re:No more recommendations from me on Best Buy Acquires SpeakEasy · · Score: 1

    Best Buy I've never had anything but shitty service from.

    Best Buy is fine if you don't intend to have any problems other than simple returns. Even then, you can still get screwed. My friend bought the Lego Star Wars game for the DS from BB. The game would lock up, not change levels, etc. Sure enough, a google search revealed that the game was shipped bug-ridden.

    BB refused to refund or exchange for a different title. All they would do is let him exchange it for the same title that would surely have the same bugs. He wound up just leaving the store in disgust.

  15. Re:This must change on IT and A National Security Letter Gag Order · · Score: 1

    We should have 140,000 people in jail right now for talking about them, nothing else could demonstrate how abusive these letters are.

    Given how the US has the largest prison population per capita on the face of the earth, going to jail in protest of these letters is about as effective as taking sand to the beach. Even then, those who defy the orders will be painted as terrorist lovers who stand in way of the GWOT, rather than true patriots taking a stand against a government abuse.

    You can't win if you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

  16. Re:Job Sites on Which IT Careers Are Hot and Which are Not? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would expect the ones with the most job openings would be the "hottest" jobs.

    Not as much as you'd think. A good portion of openings I've seen there are from headhunter agencies that put up phony jobs for clients that don't exist. This gives them a pool of resumes to boast to their own clients about.

    Out of all the career books I've read, Ask The Headhunter is the one that struck a chord with me. His take on Monster/Careerbuilder, while old, still holds true.

  17. Re:Wow. on John W. Backus Dies at 82; Developed FORTRAN · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm even more inclined to thank him for playing both Mr. Howell and Mr. Magoo.

  18. Re:That is SO COOL. on High Schooler Is Awarded $100,000 For Research · · Score: 1

    I made baking soda volcanoes too, where the hell is my 100 grand? That could buy a lot of vinegar and Arm & Hammer.

  19. Re:Who controls *my* television? on Who Controls Your Television? · · Score: 1

    Good, maybe he can realign the dish while he's at it.

  20. Re:And yesterday Captain America was shot to death on Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Welcome back, Tricky Dick!

    The tactics (and some of the players) never really left, they've only refined the techniques and the spin to explain it away to an apathetic public. At least Nixon stepped down when he was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

  21. Re:strange on Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades · · Score: 1

    If your nation had the Swedish Bikini Team, you'd find a way to keep tabs on them too.

  22. Re:What spam? on SEC Halts Trading on Spam Driven Stocks · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately I'm a little thin on the details, but I distinctly remember reading that at least one of the big investment banks has a team that does exactly that. i.e. monitoring the 'net to try and pick up as quickly as possible on pump'n'dump stocks in order to maximize any remaining value from from the spammers activities.

    Given how many of the pump n dump boiler room schemes are Mob-backed, I'm surprised that this bank hasn't been visited by goons protecting their turf. Getting between the mafia and their money is about as sensible as punching a baby bear in front of its mother.

  23. Re:Captain America dead at 66 on Captain America Dead at 66 · · Score: 1

    But you know what: we voted in a new House and Senate who will hopefully change America back to the way I think it should be. How's that for an honest statement.

    The late, great Bill Hicks said it best:

    I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. "I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." "Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!"

  24. Re:Three laws on South Korea Drafting Ethical Code for Robotic Age · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget the fourth law

    4. A robot must make wisecracks if in a film with Steve Guttenburg.

  25. Re:After the novelty wears off on $100k For Kenobi's Cloak · · Score: 1

    Something like this is a hardcore rich collector's museum piece, not something that would even be sullied by human hands or by wearing it.

    Sort of like how a comic collector nut will buy a comic, only to put it in special bags to preserve it, never actually reading it, lest it become less than mint in any way.