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  1. Re:Chinook wind on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    That's why they say that Alberta only has two seasons... each week.

  2. Re:no roadmap? on NZ Outfit Dumps Open Office For MS Office · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Unfortunately that road-map was not present at the strip club that the Microsoft sales rep took their CIO out to. Strangely the MS Office roadmap was, along with about three litres of something called 'Night Train'.

    As is usual with deals like this one, the CIO phoned in an order to switch back to MS Office about two days later and wasn't seen again until the following Thursday.

  3. Re:Really? on Aussies Sue Over Misleading Google Ads · · Score: 1

    No, Australia did not effect the rest of the world. That was done long ago.

    However their actions can affect any online entity which does business in Australia, and that includes Google.

  4. Re:All the wrong things... on A Flawed US Election Reform Bill · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's funny how the "Vote Those Bastards Out Of Office" act somehow fails to pass every time it comes up.

  5. Re:First announced exploit.. on Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Being Root · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somewhere a middle school English teacher is crying, and doesn't know why.

    Do you think this might be related to that incident where thousands of English teachers all burst into flames moments after the first SMS-enabled phone was released?

  6. Re:What the?! on Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Being Root · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Sell it on eBay... on Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend? · · Score: 1

    I assume that he already tried to return the phone, but couldn't get Apple to honour the warranty.

  8. Re:I do not think it means what you think it means on First "Real" Benchmark for PostgreSQL · · Score: 1

    As I recall, Oracle's choice of hardware consists of a very large chequebook and a stamp with your signature on it.

  9. Re:Ask No.2 how the night watch went. on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    I think that makes you the third kind of person.

  10. Re:First thing in the morning on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    If this is Windows XP, then the most likely thing is "Come back from hibernation mode without locking up or causing applications to crash". Overall it's fairly reliable, but I still need to beat my notebook with a stick or give it a cold reboot about once a week because of problems with sleep or hibernation.

    And that's not even counting the number of times that I have reached into my bag to find a very, very hot notebook inside which has been displaying a helpful "Getting ready to hibernate" message for the past two hours.

  11. Re:Sony wouldn't lie... on Sony Says UMD Is Here To Stay · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a pretty obvious progression:

    • "UMD denied by Sony CEO"
    • "Sony rejects UMD"
    • "Sony Spokesman says UMD a hoax"
  12. Re:Apollo13-style rescue mission? on Upcoming Film Based On Arthur C. Clarke Story · · Score: 1

    Are you suggesting that the Apollo astronauts didn't have any balls?

  13. Re:$87? Big deal! on iPhone Battery Replacement An Unwelcome Surprise · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's from Apple. When the battery wears out that's your cue to buy the new model.

  14. Re:HELP! I'm clueless on Second Life Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court · · Score: 1

    It's when you pretend you have a girlfriend.

    ...and that she has eight breasts and a tail.

  15. Re:Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! on Free the iPhone from AT&T · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool factor, User Interface, Wifi, Almost full featured browser, Full screen, Video player.

    I think the phrase you are looking for is "prosthetic eNis".

  16. Re:phew on iPhone Root Password Hacked in Three Days · · Score: 1

    Or

    netscapeengineers (mobile)
    areweenies (root)

  17. Educational Games on Serious Games - World of Borecraft? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, I can see it now. "Grand Theft Auto - Oregon Trail". "Where in the Halo is Carmen Sandiego?" "Mavis Beacon Teaches Ganking".

    How could it possibly go wrong?

  18. Re:This is News How? on No OLPCs for Cuba, Ever · · Score: 1

    He is a Canadian national who was living in Canada and running his own Canadian business within Canada, and was charged and convicted by a US court for doing so.

    No matter how much boldface you use, he committed his so-called "crimes" while living and working outside of the jurisdiction of US law and the fact that he continued to do it after moving to the US doesn't change that. If he broke a US law while working in the USA, then that's fine. However he was still charged under US law for things that he did outside of the USA. From a legal standpoint it makes about as much sense as having his US driver's license suspended because he drove on the wrong side of the road while visiting London.

  19. Re:This is News How? on No OLPCs for Cuba, Ever · · Score: 1

    Unless you are a director or officer of a Canadian corporation then it's not likely that you have violated the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (United States) Order.

    The act was passed as a reminder that the Canadian government likes to think that they have some kind of exclusive right to pass laws that affect Canadians living inside Canada, although the USA seems to disagree.

  20. Re:We all know how this is going to end on Pirates of the Burning Sea Signs With SOE For Publishing · · Score: 1

    That's about the same deal the Sigil Games signed for Vanguard.

    And golly, look what happened next. The game did poorly, Brad couldn't keep up his payments to the Sony Family so Guido and Nunzio had to drop by and break his knees. Suddenly the boys from Sony are running the show and starts taking a whole lot of hand in when things get patched, upgraded, or accidentally stuffed into a meat grinder.

    It's fine to wave around a piece of paper and crow about "a publisher in our time", but history shows that it doesn't always work out that way.

  21. Re:CGI is nice, but let's not forget ... on Blade Runner at 25, Why the F/X Still Matter · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...who will be digitally replaced with Hayden Christensen in the special edition.

  22. Re:Terraforming... on Scientist Calls Mars a Terraforming Target · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, obviously you need to lower the temperature in your closet to about 63 degrees below zero and then pump out 99% of the air, simulating the ideal growth environment found on Mars.

    After that, just stick some seeds in and watch them grow.

  23. Re:I'm confused on Lake Disappears into Andes · · Score: 1

    Or, much more likely, giant flying saucers took it.

  24. Re:They came from 2 mbit on College to Deploy First 802.11n Network · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Now I know my 802.11a 802.11b 802.11cs / Next time won't you changeyourSSIDfrom'linksys'andenablesomefreakingse curityonyouraccesspoint for me.

  25. Re:The lake will be returned... on Lake Disappears into Andes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really? Thanks to a shipping error, we've got hundreds of 'em over here.