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  1. Re:But what about the cost of e-ink? on Freescale's Cheap Chip Could Mean Sub-$99 E-Readers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gasp - you might even buy PDFs from a competitor!

    Yes, you might. And then you can load them directly through USB. Onto your Kindle, without paying Amazon a penny for the privilege. Funny how that works.

  2. Ummmmm... on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 1

    "My car was recently targeted by a massive recall after five people died and many more were injured due to serious problems with the control software. Since my car has good floor mats I somehow think that I am safe from this and would like to ignore this recall and keep driving despite the danger. Do you all think this is a good idea?"

    If that's actually the question that you are asking, and not just the result of a more coherent argument being cut apart by overly zealous editing, then I think it would be a good idea for all of us if you stopped driving altogether.

  3. And the parenting of the year award goes to... on Senators Blast NASA For Lacking Vision · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA: "Hey, look what we can do!"

    Senate: "F*@$! Look how much money that costs! Stop that!"

    NASA: "Um, well, we can do this too..."

    Congress: "That's too &%$*!#@ dangerous! Shut it down! Shut it down!"

    NASA: "Well, maybe we could try this... it doesn't cost quite so much, and it's safer. Is that okay?"

    Senate: "I guess so. And take your sister with you."

    NASA: "All right. Here goes..."

    Congress: "That's TOO LOUD! Knock it off, and go to your room!"

    NASA: *SULK*

    Senate: "Why doesn't NASA DO anything? They have no ambition, and lack vision. Where did they go wrong?"

  4. Re:Feature, not a bug. on GoDaddy Wants Your Root Password · · Score: 1

    sudo -i

    Why waste characters?

  5. Re:Pirates are communists? on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 1

    But now you are saying we are like Che Guevara?

    What, you mean you make T-Shirts?

  6. And, you know what? on Saturn Moon Could Be Hospitable To Life · · Score: 1, Funny

    They probably still have better broadband there than in the US.

  7. Re:ER... Why? on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    You know for a tech site I always find it hilarious everyone always runs to the highest price version of Windows when using it in their argument

    This, from somebody who was going to spend $500 or more on a notebook for someone whose computing needs were easily satisfied by an Inspiron 1150?

    Perhaps you should have tried Google and a simple search to turn up hundreds of deals.

  8. Re:Mandriva Linux on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    I also site this article in Linux magazine: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7643/1.html

    "Site" is a noun. It means a physical location. When verbed it refers to the act of placing something in a site.

    The word which refers to quoting a source or mentioning something in support of your statement is to "cite". See also the word "citation", which you may have heard once or twice.

    If you're not familiar with the difference, please look them up as a favour to the Ghost of the English Language.

  9. Re:ER... Why? on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Parents were relieved because I saved them from spending $500 on a new laptop.

    But surely they paid the $199 for that copy of Windows 7 you installed on her old notebook, right?

  10. Re:Ubuntu on Which Linux For Non-Techie Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    If you look closely you can still see the Teletubbies on that hill.

  11. Re:Reason on Windows 7 Memory Usage Critic Outed As Fraud · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's also an anagram for Rig bar chat. Anything to stir controversy, then...

    And since what he did was rig a bar _chart_, we know that the culprit must be from Boston. Let's travel there and see if we can find another clue leading to Carmen Sandiego.

  12. Re:Life Imagined As One Big RPG on Life Imagined As One Big RPG · · Score: 1

    Because you spend your days crawling around on the outer shell of an unguided missile traveling at over a hundred thousand kilometers per hour?

  13. Re:And? on How To Play HD Video On a Netbook · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If only there were some kind of manual for programs like mplayer. Then you might know where to go to find that kind of information.

  14. Re:how is this different on Owners Smash iPhones To Get Upgrades, Says Insurance Company · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about bad advice? I suggest filling it with peanut butter and threatening allergic people with it.

    On an airplane. Bonus points if you use a jar of peanut butter labeled in Arabic.

  15. Re:Yes and No on "Logan's Run" Syndrome In Programming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    On the other hand, the guy with thirty years experience probably expects to leave the office at the end of the day and not work overnight and on weekends. The guy with one year of .NET experience may even believe tales like "We're going to have to put in a few extra hours to finish this project, but we'll make it up to you after we ship", "That's the way everybody in the industry does this" and "I'd hate to see you have to leave the company because you didn't want to be a team player".

    While the more experienced developer is obviously a valuable addition to a well run team, Junior is much easier for a dysfunctional team to exploit, throw away and then replace next year.

  16. Re:This isn't news... on 64-Bit Flash Player For Linux Finally In Alpha · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How's the PowerPC Linux port of Flash coming, Adobe? right...

    The amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc ports all seem to be coming along...

    Oh wait, you wanted _Adobe_ to do something about it? I'm pretty sure they fired the only developer who understood their codebase years ago.

  17. Re:The Apple Experience on Apple Bans Jailbreakers From the App Store · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cynic in me would say she's wearing way too much makeup.

    And a black turtleneck.

  18. Re:Green ? on "Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shush, you. It's no fun making fun of Canadians when you just go bringing up facts about how much better things are up there.

    Now let's get back to talking about how their nuclear plants always explode, their hockey teams always lose and their health care system is stuck in the stone age, okay?

  19. Mosquitoes don't surf on Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love the smell of mosquito lasers in the morning... The smell, you know that burning insect smell... Smells like, victory.

  20. This will be a nice change from the status quo, on Simulated Hack To Test US Government Response · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...where "Political Hacks Interfere With US Government Response".

  21. Re:Look, stars! Dozens of them! on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    I can't object to statements about things I'm not familiar with.

    And yet, here you are on Slashdot. How does that work?

  22. Re:Look, stars! Dozens of them! on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    There are no canals on Mars. It's an optical illusion.

    But The Mote in God's Eye isn't?

    I guess we all pick and choose our reality.

  23. Look, stars! Dozens of them! on What Objects To Focus On For School Astronomy? · · Score: 1

    That kind of depends on where you are. If you're viewing from way out on the edge of town with nothing but farmland in all directions then you'll be able to see some pretty impressive things like the rings of Saturn, Jupiter's moons, the canals on Mars, the mote in Murcheson's Eye, C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate... That kind of thing.

    On the other hand if you're in downtown LA you might want to show them some of the stars in the Big Dipper, or see how much of Orion's belt you can make out. After that it's time to head back into the classroom and have a nice long lesson about Light Pollution.

  24. Re:Oblig. on Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot · · Score: 4, Funny

    You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.

    Get in there, you big furry oaf! I don't care how it smells. GET IN THERE!

  25. Re:Needs a sidekick on Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms · · Score: 1

    *whoosh*

    So the robots would be a big problem, but you have no trouble with Paul having a CG sidekick with big floppy ears and a strangely Jamaican accent?