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  1. This is their third try. on USAF Unveils Supercomputer Made of 1,760 PS3s · · Score: 5, Funny

    Previous efforts included a supercomputer made up of 1760 Wiis, but the resulting cluster had less computing power than the researchers' mobile phones and had to be abandoned.

    A second attempt at putting together a cluster of 1760 X-Boxes was scuttled when investigations showed no less than 600 of them were showing Red Rings of Doom at any given time.

    The Air Force team is confident that using PS3s is a better idea due to their size, weight, and the fact that nobody can find any games that they want to play on them anyway.

    (Are there any fanboys I haven't offended with this? I'm trying to be thorough.)

  2. Re:Missing the Point, entirely on Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties · · Score: 1

    Okay, now you know the shape of the weapon, but who are you going to show that picture to?

  3. That's an easy one on The Odd Variations On 3G Per-Megabyte Pricing · · Score: 4, Informative

    So why does the price of a 3G megabyte vary based on the device used to send or receive it?

    Because you keep paying it. Next question?

  4. Re:I assume everything I do is tracked on Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Real Time Credit Card Activity · · Score: 2

    As Zuckerberg said, "There is no privacy in the modern world, Learn to live with it."

    You misspelled "Scott McNealy", and he said it in January of 1999 when Zuckerberg was still in High School.

  5. Re:Copyrights Gone Wild!!! on Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call · · Score: 1

    If the author wants his family to have an income when she's dead, she should --

    ...find a different line of work, one which pays money up front instead of giving the vague promise of possible royalties years in the future.

  6. Re:Why make it complicated? on Attack of the Trojan Printers · · Score: 2

    Periodically scanning for rouge WIFI access points on your company's campus would prevent this sort of thing from happening.

    But would that help you find magenta and teal access points as well?

  7. Re:Unverified quote on Apple Bans Android Magazine App From App Store · · Score: 1

    You're right. If that had really been from Apple it would end with "Sent from my iPhone".

  8. That makes sense, really. on Linux Radio · · Score: 1

    All of the other Numbers Stations have been shutting down. They had to go somewhere.

  9. Re:And I though slashdot articles were badly writt on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout · · Score: 1

    Well dammit, tell him to get the telephoto lens out of his hand...

    And not to photograph sensitive documents with it.

  10. Re:That's because profiling (like that) fails. on The Sensible Body Scan Alternative · · Score: 1

    The day you exclude 80 year old invalids from the same scans as everyone else is the day that the terrorists start recruiting 80 year old invalids.

    Which is why The Terrorists(tm) are now recruiting US Congressmen.

  11. Re:Quoting for the purpose of refuting on Righthaven To Explain Why Reposting Isn't Fair Use · · Score: 1

    You can't quote to refute a work.

    I'm going to have to ask for some corroboration from a legal authority on this statement, as I find it difficult to reconcile with my understanding of copyright law.

    Or, in simpler words, Torts or Get The Frack Out.

  12. Re:5 word summary: on Righthaven To Explain Why Reposting Isn't Fair Use · · Score: 1

    "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"

    Or, if you prefer the story in a more visual form, Wolf!.

    (NSFW)

  13. Re:Private Certificate Authority on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 1

    Remotely update large numbers of workstations without having to sit at every desk in the company is just one of those things that sysadmins do. If you can't do that then you should focus on learning how to do it first and worry about how SSL certificates work later.

  14. Remember to put "Twitter" in every headline on A Single Re-Tweet Lands Chinese Woman in Labor Camp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because "Being an anti-government activist lands Chinese woman in labour camp" isn't nearly exciting enough.

  15. Legible? But what were they trying to write? on The World's Smallest Legible Font · · Score: 1

    "When in the poutse of human events it becanes necessarv far pne people to dissoke the pollitical bands which have comectef then widh pnother amd oo assinne annony dne power of the oaritv the soparare anf oquol statipn fo whiich the Lows of Wature anif of Nowre's Gof..."

    If that's what the text is supposed to say, then heck yes it's a resounding succeff.

  16. To dig up a little-used movie quote... on The Return of the Microsoft Kin · · Score: 1

    Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day! Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day!

  17. Re:pessimistic view on Can Windows, OS X and Fedora All Work Together? · · Score: 1

    But they all worked together, didn't they?

  18. Re:I can just imagine his commanding officer. on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It's my first day!"

  19. Re:Obvious Explanation on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 1

    And they are all in clear violation of several International Treaties on Thermodynamics, which state that mass can neither be created nor destroyed.

  20. Re:Life imitates art on Mystery Missile Launched Near LA · · Score: 1

    It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.

  21. Re:One man's problem... on Is Your Laptop Cooking Your Testicles? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree, only the poor and dumb should reproduce on a massive scale.

    Does that include people dumb enough to rely on a "laptop" computer for birth control?

  22. It's all part of the plan on Ubuntu Dumps X For Unity On Wayland · · Score: 1

    Once the switch to Wayland is made, Canonical will change its name to the Wayland-Ubuntu Corporation,

  23. Re:GPL viotation, on With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall! · · Score: 1

    The GPL has a few things to say about providing access to source code, even if you're just distributing unmodified works.

  24. Re:Did anyone notice.. on 2010 Election Results Are In · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Where else would you go to find fair and balanced reporting?

  25. Let me see if I'm following the math here... on The Galaxy May Have Billions of Habitable Planets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You take a number which you don't know very well, so you estimate it. Then multiply it by a factor which you really don't know, so you just guess that. Next you multiply the result by another number which you may never know, so you just pull that one out of /dev/random, and multiply them all together.

    And wow, you get a result that you like! That's amazing!