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  1. It looks like you're confusing the subject of your comment with the beginning your actual comment. Would you like some help?

  2. I'm not sure it is possible to say the words Microsoft and security in the same sentence.

    "the words Microsoft and security in the same sentence."

    It's possible, I just did it.

    Actually that sounds like a punch line to a geek joke.

    "the words Microsoft and security in the same sentence."

    I don't get the joke.

  3. Re: bittorrent on Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you read my post too fast and didn't catch the "rough approximation" joke, and the moderator didn't either.

  4. Re: bittorrent on Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    That's point 3 exactly.

  5. Toyota Unveils Project Portal 2.0 on Toyota Unveils Project Portal 2.0 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Semi Truck (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it come with on-board GLaDOS?

  6. Re: bittorrent on Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually, 3D printers do work exactly like that.

    1. Download a file from the internet (or alternatively, design your own part).
    2. Hit print.
    3. Get an rough approximation of the part you wanted.

  7. Re:what else is revived on Commodore's Amiga Is Being Revived In Newly Updated Hardware (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    As TurboStar said above, there was no SID in the Amiga.
    The SID chip was inside the Commodore 64.

  8. This means Bitcoin's value will go up to one million dollars!

    And Dogecoin to the moon, by association!

  9. No person said "I wish my smartphone display had a cutout area where nothing can be displayed", ever .

  10. Re:Shame he got caught. on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    heavy use of sodium chloride... in their drinks?

    you're kidding, right?

  11. Re: Shame he got caught. on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course I did. We went to McDonald's every week-end!

  12. Well, shipping is free if you're a Prime member...

  13. I'm impressed on DHS Forms New Cyber Hub To Protect Critical US Infrastructure (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's the word "cyber" in the name of their unit, that means they're good!

  14. Re:Rigged? on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why are you talking about the last U.S.A. elections?

  15. Re:OK I'm not the only one on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Not me. I read it as "even a family of morans".

    I don't know why.

  16. Re:Why is a new article about a 2001 arrest news? on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 2

    Oh, I see. Let me start my Nintendo Gamecube to put me in the right context.

  17. Re:Shame he got caught. on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 0

    I've heard McDonald's puts huge amounts of dihydrogen monoxide in their drinks.

  18. Re:Shame he got caught. on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't think you are seeing this clearly. The only clowns here are the customers.

  19. Re:the best people on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    A family of Mormons, not a family of morons.

  20. Android = Google = ads = tracking
    Chrome = Google = ads = tracking
    ChromeOS = Google = ads = tracking
    Chromebook = Google = ads = tracking
    Windows 10 = tracking

    The only sane choices left are macOS, Linux and BSD. And since Apple have gone completely insane on the hardware Mac side of things, that leaves Linux and BSD. And we're heard for years that BSD is dying, so that leaves systemD... I mean Linux as the only possible choice.

  21. Meanwhile, Apple are castrating their computers a bit more every year while increasing their prices.

    Let's see how this ends.

  22. Too bad on Google Bans Android Phones From Having Three or More Notches (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They could have refused notches completely and mock Apple for doing something so ugly and impractical.

  23. Re:We don't have a usable desktop operating system on With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a matter of laziness, but rather incompetence.

    Can't it be both?

  24. Re:Now this is the /. I remember! on Doug Grindstaff, 'Star Trek' Sound Effects Maestro, Dies At 87 (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Given that this is a Star Trek-related thread, here's something to enhance your last sentence (SFW).

  25. Re:No one has ever went wrong naming their product on Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox and Wants Your Feedback (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Too late, there's already a planet with that name.