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  1. Re:I would prefer... on Video Game Adaptation In the Works For A Song of Fire and Ice · · Score: 4, Informative

    You may want to read Neil Gaiman's comments on the issue, as it seems the grandparent poster has.

    Although I think that R. K. Milholland's take on a similar issue is right on target too.

  2. Re:So what happens.... on Minor Damage Found On Space Shuttle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then you are obviously in a Michael Bay movie, where logic and physics are thrown out the door. Mayhem, shakycam and explosions usually follow.

    But that's okay, because all of the NASA engineers will be replaced by supermodels. But they'll be wearing glasses so that you'll know they're very smart.

  3. What's the point? on The Road to Big Brother · · Score: 1

    The book notes that two CCTV schemes were sold to UK police in 2001 with the premise that they would eliminate crime and increase the number of visitors by 225,000 a year. Any police department that would believe such a marketing claim, without pilot testing and proof of concept should themselves be arrested for ineptitude.

    Okay, so the reviewer has only now figured out the same thing that the entire population of London has known for years. What does this have to do with the book?

  4. Re:Seems wrong to me on Space Shuttle Atlantis Will Carry Basketballs Into Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think that Gus Grissom would have had an answer for that question.

  5. Re:Awesome on Law of Armed Conflict To Apply To Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    Not quite, but it does mean that an American kiddie who defaced cnn.com would be guilty of High Treason.

  6. Re:Not quite unchanged on Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, has Apple responded by removing 'The Downward Spiral' from iTunes, so that iPhone users would not be subjected to objectionable content?

    Huh. I guess not.

  7. Re:Word count on OpenOffice 3.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Not quite, but it does have overlining and Shuswap language support.

    Is that good enough?

  8. Re:I propose... on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    Or, for extra cutesy, the "Dukey Nukey".

  9. Re:I want to hear more... on Duke Nukem For Never · · Score: 1

    I would kill to have an ex-employee give a tell all interview about what the hell was going on for the last ten years or so.

    Let's just say it was "Just a few more turns" of Civilization.

    And let's just say you're going to notice a sudden drop in the number of daytime posts around here.

  10. Re:I read the bug reports that he was pissed at on Debian Switching From Glibc To Eglibc · · Score: 1

    yanking your libc seems a bit much for a pissing match

    That and it can make you go blind.

  11. What more can you say? on A History of Rogue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Without Rogue there would be no Nethack and no Dwarf Fortress.

    And I could probably have used all that time to write a frakkin' book or something, instead of zapping ghosts with a wand of polymorph or dropping merchant caravans into lava just to see what would happen.

  12. Re:Imagination. on A History of Rogue · · Score: 1

    I enjoy playing World of Warcraft, but nothing I've encountered there has excited me more than killing the wizard of Yendor and beginning the dangerous ascent back up to victory.

    That's probably because killing the wizard of Yendor was actually challenging.

  13. Re:Stick with Windows 98? Tell me HOW! on First Look At Windows 7 On an Entry-Level Netbook · · Score: 1

    Now please explain to me where I can get drivers for my ASUS EeePC 901 that will drive the video card, sound card, webcam, ethernet, bluetooth, and wifi...

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/, obviously.

  14. Re:+1 Vote for Mexican Flu on Let's Rename Swine Flu As "Colbert Flu" · · Score: 1

    Then the obvious choice would be to name it the "Freedom Flu".

  15. Re:where have I heard this before? on Canadian Pirates Sell Spurious Songs — In 1897 · · Score: 4, Funny

    While Rush has great musicianship, Neil Peart's lyrics are usually very derivative.

    Exactly. Rush is Canadian, so naturally they steal music. Haven't you been paying attention to what the mafiaa is telling you?

  16. Re:Computers? on Think-Tank Warns of Internet "Brownouts" Starting Next Year · · Score: 1

    Maybe whoever WTFA doesn't know the difference between a computer and a network.

    So that's what John Gage has been up to since he left Sun...

  17. Let's ask the experts on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1

    So, free Windows 7 for a year? What would Frank, the Homeless Guy say about that?

    Personally I'm going to hold out for Blake's 7 instead.

  18. Re:Impressive... on Phorm "Edited and Approved" UK Government Advice · · Score: 5, Informative

    Even more accurately, this is what it looks like when a Director of a private sector company also works in the public sector. For the very ministry responsible for regulating the company he sits on the board of.

    It's not so much the fox guarding the hen-house as it is the fox being awarded an exclusive construction contract for every hen-house in the country.

  19. Re:Dupe? on RMS Says "Software As a Service" Is Non-free · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or perhaps he could just run GNU/Linux on, say, an OpenSPARC based system.

    It's not like nobody has ever thought of this before.

  20. Re:Solar flares, eh? on What We Can Do About Massive Solar Flares · · Score: 2, Funny

    Xenon, where's my money? Borno.

  21. Re:Is my off-line data safe? on What We Can Do About Massive Solar Flares · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. All of your porn will be safe.

  22. Re:Tiger direct sucks on Dell Sues Tiger Direct For Misleading Customers · · Score: 1

    Try actually reading their policies. FedEx and UPS don't "only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico." NewEgg does.

    Do I need to draw a Venn diagram?

  23. Re:Tiger direct sucks on Dell Sues Tiger Direct For Misleading Customers · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That would be a nice idea if newegg.com actually delivered anywhere useful.

  24. Re:Police Abuse Videos on Cops To Start CrimeTube To Report Offenses · · Score: 4

    No, they just send someone over to arrest you for taking photographs of a police officer.

    No spin is necessary as you are clearly a terrorist.

  25. Re:screenshots? on Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    See? Some days it just saves a lot of time to bring your own straw man along.