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  1. Correction on 'Harry Potter' Offered (Legitimately) on the Net · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Although we all know what you mean, in a grammar/troll guide you have to be uber-careful. Hence, I suggest you replace the fragment "Your grammar too." with the full sentence "The same goes for your grammar too." or an equivalent.

    HTH!

  2. I'll just get the story going shall I? on Ask Eric Blossom about Software-Defined Radio · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thought you'd like that.

  3. Hold the fuck on on BBC Hails "fair" Microsoft XP SP1 · · Score: 1, Funny
    That BBC article is accurate. Why should they talk about peripheral issues in that article? It is not pertinent to the subject at hand - the story is that MS have started implementing the proposed changes.

    If people have a problem with the EULA then that's a separate article.

  4. Re:This is indeed great news. on UT 2003 Client For Linux? · · Score: 0
    Oh, stop spouting FUD. X and Linux are both open source. There are thousands of eyes looking over the source code, if there were any bugs that required a reboot then they'd have been found by now, as they say "many eyes make all bugs shallow".

    As a personal example, when my parents went away for a weekend I booted the family computer into Linux and left it running over the entire weekend that they were away, and there was not a single error. I think you must have faulty hardware if it crashes like you said.

  5. Better on Blender Community Rescues Sources · · Score: 0
    Yes, that's more feasible certainly. Unfortunately, ~90% (Statistics collected by gazbo's statistics co.) of the userbase will be happy with the basic platform.

    Then, you will be fighting for the remaining 10% with one or two other suppliers, over whom you have little or no competitive advantage. It's workable, but you're never going to make a killing.

    Sure you may like the ethics, but really it's not the best way of running a business (and this from a man who believes in business ethics)

  6. Re:I still wonder where the millions went though on Blender Community Rescues Sources · · Score: 0
    Good God, man! Do you people still think that selling services is profitable compared with selling a product?

    Will you please spend some time in the real business world. Please.

  7. Jolly gosh darn it! on Blender Community Rescues Sources · · Score: -1, Troll

    Splendid bit of luck there, eh what?

  8. Re:the famous slashdot grammar & spelling trol on The Warriors Stood in the Shape of a Heart · · Score: 0
    I thank you immensely for this instructive guide. The obvious missing information is a description of apostrophes and their usage. I realise that online grammar guides to apostrophes are two-a-penny, but if you wish to create a comprehensive guide then this is essential.

    I agree with everything that Erpo wrote. I'd just like to add that while it is acceptable for minor mistakes to be made by people commenting, the same is not true for editors; it is their job to ensure that posts have correct grammar and spelling.

  9. [ot] Cornstarch Vs Cornflour on Finding the Viscosity of Pitch · · Score: 0
    From what I can tell, Cornflour is what it is called here in the UK, and Cornstarch in the USA. Don't know if that's accurate, but it's how it seems to me.

    And yes, the more you make the better but it seemed like it was asking for trouble to tell people to add large amounts of water, as they'd be surprised at how little is needed. Otherwise they'd end up with a large pot of liquid with no amazing powers except the ability to thicken sauces...

  10. Far more fun on Finding the Viscosity of Pitch · · Score: 2, Interesting
    You can actually creat a strange behaving liquid using cornflour. Just put a spoon in a glass, and add a tiny amount of water, then stir it in. Repeat until, well, it feels strange. You'll end up with a mass that you can stab with a spoon and it'll bounce right off the surface. However, you can pour it.

    It's also strange to pur it onto a table - itpours out of the glass like treacle would, but then it breaks on contact with the table. Then, it liquifies again, very reminiscent of Terminator, when the shattered metal melts.

  11. Well, Sparky on Scientists Discover What Makes Geckos Stick · · Score: 0
    First person makes a comment with a minor grammar error. Second person anally corrects him. Third person tries to correct him despite there not actually being an error. I point out to them that they are in fact wrong.

    So....what part of this is me being anal about grammar - bearing in mind that I was sticking up for the one whose grammar had been criticised?

    I'm not sure about malformed funny bones, however I'm pretty sure that you need to work on your m4d c0mpr3h3n510n 5k1llz.

  12. Re:What's next ??? on P4 2.80GHz Overclocked to 3.917GHz · · Score: 0
    Yes, I never go further than handling liquid CO2. Yup, I'm always pouring liquid CO2. I find it enjoyable, almost sublime. BWAHAHA!

    Ah, my second (and therefore final) post of the day, but it was spent mocking someone. My mother would be proud. Assuming she's not being screwed by truckers.

  13. Re:WOW! on P4 2.80GHz Overclocked to 3.917GHz · · Score: 0

    Excuse me, not meaning to brag but credit where credit's due.

  14. Re:Linux Drinking Game on Linuxbierwanderung Among The Heather · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Ooh! First we were told in advance that this was going to happen, now we are being told that this is happening!

    I can't wait for next week when we get told that this happened - it'll be like "The tenses for beginners!"

    I'm so excited I'll end all of my sentences with an exclamation mark!

  15. Re:Sponsored... on Scientists Discover What Makes Geckos Stick · · Score: 0
    No, it's a noun. Note it is in quotes - he is talking about the word 'with' and not the meaning of the word, which is indeed a preposition.

    Too complex for you?

  16. Oh baby! on John Gilmore and Maddog Hall discuss .ORG bids · · Score: 0

    No comment

  17. LOLOL!!! on Watercooling Made Easy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    LOL!!!ROFL!!!!11

    ASL?

  18. Re:It's been a few days since the last one on AGP Texture Download Problem Revealed · · Score: -1, Troll
    No, you're thinking of my sister.

    My mother's (note possessive apostrophe that was missing in your post) vaginal puss tastes nutty with a tang of lemon.

  19. Surely not on AGP Texture Download Problem Revealed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2 in a row? Where is everyone.

  20. It's been a few days since the last one on AGP Texture Download Problem Revealed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So it tastes that much sweeter

  21. Re:The Archive on User Friendly 1.0 · · Score: 0

    In what way was that the best strip?

  22. Re:FP on User Friendly 1.0 · · Score: 0
    Let's be honest, UF blows goats. I mean it - everyone is expected to find it funny, and thinks they find it funny, but I have seen maybe one strip ever that was even worth reading.

    Go read Dilbert for christ's sake. UF is just an extremely low quality rip-off of Dilbert anyway.

  23. D00d! on First Man To Mars? · · Score: 0
    You're trying to troll the wrong person here. Do you have another nick that I'd recognise, btw?

    And yes, Orangemen do look like utter 'tards.

  24. Two points: on First Man To Mars? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Firstly: YHBT pretty fucking badly.

    Secondly: You know nothing about the situation in Ireland. What do you think would happen if a referendum were held asking those from Northern Ireland if they wanted reunification? I'll give you a clue - it wouldn't be a staggering success for Sinn Fein.

    Northern Ireland is nothing but trouble for the UK. Not just the violence and terrorist attacks, but unemployment. We'd get rid of it in a flash if we could, but it would be the start of even worse violence.

    On that subject (and on you saying it's unfair to call them terrorists) have you ever heard of punishment shooting/beatings? They happen a lot. Deal drugs in an estate with an IRA drug dealer? Expect to wake up in hospital with no kneecaps. No, really.

    Oh, go and watch CNN and ask them for a black and white solution to the problem. But take my word for it, in Ireland there is no wrong/right side, and no easy solution, it is just one big shade of gray.

    PS. I admit readily that certain loyalist paramilitaries are just as bad as their IRA counterparts.

  25. Re:How To Lay A Girl on First Man To Mars? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dude, I thought I was pretty shit in bed. Compared to the techniques here I'm a fucking sex God!