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  1. Re:I don't see the problem. on Internet Tax Imminent? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    States seem to be able to survive without this extra tax. They don't need any more of our money. Maybe they should try working within their means instead of seeing their citizens as resources to be harvested for cash like crops.

  2. Re:Good! on Internet Tax Imminent? · · Score: 1

    Porn isn't the oldest business but it is related.

  3. Re:Say what? on Internet Tax Imminent? · · Score: 1

    That is why I use a credit union. Far, far fewer fees.

  4. Arrested on Space Elevator Company LiftPort In Trouble · · Score: 1

    They were caught by police while trying to escape in a prototype elevator by hitting the "Bang Zoom to the Moon, Alice!" button.

  5. I hope they are playing Pac Man on Wounded Soldiers Find Videogames Good Therapy · · Score: 1

    What's with all of the nightmares in post-op? That post-traumatic stress treament using Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat isn't working out, is it?

  6. Re:AMD's response on Intel Shows Off 80-core Processor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kilts becomes AMD CEO:

    81 cores? Fuck that! We're going to 100 cores and putting a goddamn window on the CPU so all of the fan boys can watch the electrons flow. Then we're going to put the ethernet connection DIRECTLY on the chip. Ya, you heard me right, a connector right on the damn chip. You disagree? Great, I need your soon to be empty cube to store my prototypes you pussy.

    Wait! Brace yourself, I've got another one. A speaker slapped onto the CPU. You hear that? That is the sound of genius and of every command to the CPU being broadcast. The bling-bling crowd will eat that shit up like a cupcake at a fat camp. Let Intel suck on THAT for a while.

  7. Re:Deja vu all over again on Intel Shows Off 80-core Processor · · Score: 1

    Will this save me from getting owned in online games? 50000 FPS should do the trick.

  8. Why? on The IT Department as Corporate Snoop? · · Score: 3, Funny

    The last thing I want to do after spending 8 hours on my company's network is spend my personal time trying to get back onto my company's network.

  9. Re:Flamebait on Robot for India's Moon Mission by IIT Kanpur · · Score: 1

    They're even outsourcing NASA now! I wonder if the engineers had to train their replacements?

    (disclaimer: JOKE)

  10. Re:That's the British way on Doctor Who To Be Axed, Again · · Score: 1

    Seinfeld did that.

  11. Re:Pinch of salt on Doctor Who To Be Axed, Again · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I haven't gotten to the article yet, I'm still on page 3.

  12. Re:give hima real punishment... on Spammer Robert Soloway Arrested · · Score: 1

    He's going to send out an apology. He just needs your email address.

  13. "deviant thinkers"? on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 1

    "a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers"

    Aren't they running the country already?

  14. Boring Weather on Team Discovers "Throttle" For Solar Wind · · Score: 1

    The problem with solar weather is that every day is the same, hot and sunny.

  15. Re:A different mode of transportation on Electrical Field Treats Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    Why did this get modded funny?

  16. Re:it can't be! on Electrical Field Treats Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    Heat can change the shape of proteins and they control the expression of genes so it could have a mutagenic effect. I just doubt the intensity of the radiation would come close to that level.

  17. Re:The articles want to be free. on Electrical Field Treats Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that all those times I've wished the rude person using their cell phone near me or on the road to drop dead really will?

  18. Re:our brains aren't wired to think in parallel on Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually I parallel process when I read most Slashdot comments. Right now for instance I was reading your comment but thinking about cupcakes. Ummm, cupcakes...

  19. Re:So what? on Bookstore Owner Burns Books · · Score: 1

    If they are Harlequin romance novels then I say let me get some marshmellows.

  20. Oblig Simpsons Quote on MacGyver Physics · · Score: 4, Funny

    Patty & Selma: "Love me, love MacGyver."

  21. Re:It's a TV Show on "Jericho" Fans Send Over Nine Tons of Nuts to CBS · · Score: 1

    I'd never even heard of "Jericho" until now so I could care less but "Jericho is being replaced by a show about 40 CHILDREN, UNSUPERVISED, in New Mexico rebuilding a ghost town.", now THAT is something I need to see! It's about time they made a reality TV version of Lord of the Flies. I'm taking bets on which episode they first start resorting to cannibalism.

    Right now a homeless shelter and an army unit are saying the same thing, "What the hell are we going to do with a ton of peanuts?"

    I kid! I kid!

  22. Re:The 8 reasons not to use mysql on 8 Reasons Not To Use MySQL (And 5 To Adopt It) · · Score: 1

    Seeing as you seem to know a thing or two about MySQL...

    So how does its procedural code, trigger capability, and user defined functions compare to Oracle?
    Is it possible to port between them without jumping through too many hoops?
    Does MySQL support partitioning?
    How about performance with large dbs?

  23. Re:That's not the target audience on 8 Reasons Not To Use MySQL (And 5 To Adopt It) · · Score: 1

    Of course if you want to make your product (that runs on a db backend) available to MySQL users then your decision has been made for you already.

  24. Re:I feel screwed just by walking in the door on Best Buy Accused of Overcharging · · Score: 1

    Thanks A. Coward. Actually I do get around s&h most of the time (i.e places like ZipZoomFly.com). But for things that are hard to find you usually have to pay s&h because no one else sells them. Even on Amazon if you buy used books they don't qualify for the free shipping they offer.

  25. Re:subject on Best Buy Accused of Overcharging · · Score: 1

    Sounds like every oriental rug store I've ever seen around where I live. They are perpetually "Going Out of Business!!!". I swear, one place was going out of business for about 5 years. Maybe the owner meant "Going Out of Business in 50 Years When I Retire!!!"