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  1. Re:Stupid & dangerous on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 1

    Either way, I don't think that anybody involved is going to get a winning score in Police Quest.

  2. Re:Stupid & dangerous on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 1

    It's usually not all that difficult to tell the difference between a police raid and a home invasion.

    Right. In a home invasion, the attackers aren't wearing uniforms, don't identify themselves as police, smash up nearby parked cars just because they're there, set fire to your house, kill your dog and then joke about it.

    No, wait. That's the police. My bad.

    I guess if you're lucky it will just be a home invasion.

  3. Re:SSH and a keyboard. on Steve Jobs Announces iPhone SDK · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps a regular size lap and a Beowulf cluster of iPhones...

    Now that would be an awesome utility belt...

    Thank you, Techno Bill.

  4. Re:Oh really... on Mom Blasts Ballmer Over Kid's Vista Experience · · Score: 2, Insightful

    >

    Uh, Vista is easier to install than XP.

    And it's even easier for me to install a waffle covered with maple syrup in my DVD player, but that won't make it work any better.

  5. Re:Answer: Linux will never be GPL3. on Linux Kernel v2.6.23 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course you realize that no project which launches with that kind of announcement could ever expect to succeed.

    I mean, really. What are the chances?

  6. Re:See also xkcd comic "Online Communities" on Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd · · Score: 1

    If you don't know already, you probably really don't want to find out.

  7. Re:Server Farm in a Trailer Park? on Google Patents Shipping-Container Data Centers · · Score: 1

    You see, it's not a tube, it's a series of trucks.

  8. More Headlines Like This, Please on Interpol Unscrambles Doctored Photo In Manhunt · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Interpol Unscrambles Doctored Photo In Manhunt"

    "Interpol Unlocks Les Paul in Guitar Hero II"

    "Interpol Tracks Down Level -1 in Super Mario Bros."

    "Interpol Acquires 'Marathon Man' Achievement in Halo III"

    "Interpol Microwaves Weird Ed's Hamster in Maniac Mansion"

  9. Re:Stealth? I doubt! on Japanese Stealth Fighter Announced as 'Return of the Zero' · · Score: 1

    I'm going to perform surgery on a torpedo. You never know...

  10. Re:jabber/xmpp? on Facebook Gets New Integrated IM Client · · Score: 1

    Yeah! And the best part is that you wouldn't even have to sign up for a Facebook account, and you wouldn't be targetted by Facebook advertising, and best of all Face book couldn't possibly make a single dime off of you!

    Why _wouldn't_ the owners of the Facebook business not want to do that?

  11. Re:getting gouged by whom? on Getting Gouged by Geeks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Please, it's bad enough that 'podcast' is trying to become a noun. Don't let it move in on verb territory too.

  12. Re:Only the RIAA could match this stupidity on Copy Protection Backfires on Blu-ray · · Score: 1
    Excellent. Now only we are protected from the horror that is Catwoman.

    Unleash the sequels!

  13. Re:unsubscribe on Microsoft Working On Health Information 'Vault' System · · Score: 1

    HIPPA is useless for dictating real life data security situations. ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY USELESS.

    Absolutely. That's what HIPAA is for.

  14. Re:Attendance on UC Berkeley Posts Full Lectures to YouTube · · Score: 1

    That's okay. I posted a video of myself sleeping to YouTube so all of my professors can watch it instead of having me come out to class.

  15. Re:Welcome? on Virtual Robots Fooled By Visual Illusions · · Score: 1

    Definitely. That's why every time I design a Kill-bot, I make sure that it has a pre-programmed kill limit.

  16. But that's not all on Google May Blur Canadian Faces and License Plates · · Score: 3, Funny

    In accordance with Bill 101, Google will also be changing all of the signs to read in French first, with English in smaller type beneath.

  17. Re:This points to a wider problem... on Debian Refuses To Push Timezone Update For NZ DST · · Score: 2, Funny

    if you want to save energy, there are better things to mandate -- CFL usage

    Absolutely. There is nothing more wasteful of energy than the lengthy overtimes, fourth downs and tiny fields used by the NFL. Playing by CFL rules is just good for everybody.

  18. Re:Pressure the UN? on Satellite Images Used to Monitor Burmese Junta · · Score: 1

    That would be because the UN doesn't do everything that the USA wants it to.

    Clearly it must be pointless.

  19. Re:the logical answer on Cyber Crime A Distant #3 Priority for FBI · · Score: 2, Informative

    First off, as others have pointed out, you are assuming that there are only ten priorities.

    Second, and more importantly, you need to read the article summary again and try to see which weasel words apply to which statements.

    [...] the agency is dedicating about 5.5 percent of its field agents to combating cyber crime, the FBI's stated Number Three priority, The Washington Post reports. Take away the agents dedicated to catching child predators online -- a program that accounts for the vast majority of the department's prosecutorial victories -- and about 3.6 percent of the FBI's agents are dedicated to cyber crime, the report notes.
    The number three priority takes 5.5% of field agents. The 3.6% number is just a conveniently small fraction of that which was chosen because it looks better in headlines.

    Did you know that if you take away all of the right handed agents who speak English as a first language, there would be only 10% of all FBI agents even showing up to work in the morning? If showing up for work in the morning claims just over ten percent of its active agents, how many agents and FBI resources are dedicated to doing anything for the rest of the day?

  20. That's an easy one. on Why Do Commercial Offerings Use Linux, But Not Support Linux Users? · · Score: 1

    They probably saved millions of dollars using a free kernel and didn't think to support Linux users.

    That's because they saved millions more dollars not developing and testing a whole different set of end user software that only a handful of customers were going to use.

  21. Re:So that means... on MMO Bans Men Playing As Women · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just put on your robe and wizard hat. What you do after that is up to you.

  22. Re:Doesn't work... on MMO Bans Men Playing As Women · · Score: 1

    It could be enough to drive away both of their remaining players.

  23. Re:won't work on Google Testing "My World" Second Life Rival? · · Score: 1

    "I've always loved you."

  24. Re:won't work on Google Testing "My World" Second Life Rival? · · Score: 1

    Not me. My home address is 1060 West Addison.

  25. Re:Problem? on Device Reduces Stress While Gaming · · Score: 1

    A stress-reinforcing feedback loop might be common at first, but I suspect you actually learn to relax when you get clear feedback from working yourself up.

    Yes. You might learn to not play the silly little flying dragon game that works so hard to get you stressed out.