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  1. You should be more thankful to this guy on Happy 100th To The Vacuum Tube · · Score: 1

    In 1922, Leo Deforest invented the audion tube, which allowed sound amplification.

  2. Holy "missing the point" Batman on Nintendo Apologizes to SuicideGirls · · Score: 1
    1) It's humor. You should learn to recognize it.

    2) I am grown up, and as such, can recognize humor.

    3) If a little comment on /. gets you that worked up, you need a vacation. Take your family to the islands and chill for a while before you give yourself a heart attack.

  3. Um... on Round-Up Ready Coca Plants · · Score: 1
    Canis familiaris

    I think the correct spelling is:

    "Cannabis familiaris"

    *ducks*

  4. Sheesh. on Nintendo Apologizes to SuicideGirls · · Score: 1
    Just bribe your friendly neighborhood IT dork.

    You could probably get unrestricted web access for the price of a green laser pointer.

  5. For the record on Nintendo Apologizes to SuicideGirls · · Score: 1
    I just want to say this about Suicide Girls:

    [Homer voice]

    uuuuuuhhhhh.....Suuuiiiiccciiiidddeee Giirrrllllssssss...*drool*

    [/Homer voice]

  6. You are quite correct, sir on Dell Teams Up With SUSE · · Score: 1
    Businesses have a simple request: use the right tool for the job.

    At this point, that means Windows on the desktop and Linux/UNIX for the server.

    Hopefully, the desktop developers in the Linux arena will continue their efforts to provide a desktop solution that not only works well (which already exists) but that can convince managers to invest time and money into switching to Linux on the desktop.

  7. Oh, on Waterproof MP3 Player Uses Bone Conduction · · Score: 1
    about the same effect on quality when my boss kicks that extra layer of fat on my ass.

    :)

  8. Best Equation Ever... on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1
    A * D = O

    A => ass in kg
    D => Entry angle in degrees
    O => Wave vector of highly saline, large volume of H2O

    In other words,

    "The Mass of the Ass times the Angle of the Dangle equals the Motion of the Ocean."

    :)

  9. Two Words on Titan's Alien Thunder · · Score: 1

    Synthetic Oil

  10. Re:This is fine and well, but... on To Mars and Back in Ninety Days · · Score: 5, Funny
    Rumors are not fact.

    That's not what I heard.

  11. That was on Dilbert's Ultimate House · · Score: 1

    the funniest stuff I've ever read. Ever.

  12. How about the on The Secret Behind the iPod Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1
    up and down buttons on your TV for:

    Channels
    Volume
    Menus
    etc.

  13. I couldn't remember what on Lexar JumpDrive Password Scheme Cracked · · Score: 5, Funny
    "redundant" meant...until I got the Jerry Jackson memory system.

    I was always forgetting important things, like the meaning of the word "redundant." But thanks to the Joe Johnson memory system, I can now remember things like the meaning of the word "redundant." Thanks, Jack!

    Copyright 2004, Jake Johannson Memory systems.

  14. Dude, on Lexar JumpDrive Password Scheme Cracked · · Score: 5, Funny

    EVERYTHING violates the DMCA. Everything. Even talking about violating the DMCA violates the DMCA.

  15. Do you mean on 3com to Compete with Cisco · · Score: 1

    their history of quickly finding problems and fixing them?

  16. OK on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1
    I'll check the ruling if you will agree to this:

    Next time a cop asks you for your ID - and they ask people to show ID *ALL THE FREAKIN TIME* - tell him/her you don't have to give them your ID because the Supreme Court says you don't.

    I would love to be there to see the look on your face just before the nightstick impacts your skull.

  17. We on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1
    already live in a Police State. Just try not giving your ID to a police officer when they ask for it and you will soon realize how far this nonsense has gone.

    "Where are your PAPERS?"

  18. Come on, mods on The Technology Hype Cycle · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The parent is not flamebait.

    Get a grip.

  19. That's right, on The Technology Hype Cycle · · Score: 1
    but price that same shoe at $200, and you goose-egg, my friend.

    That's what happened to This little piece of equipment.

  20. Already done on SF Author Robert J. Sawyer Looks at 2014 · · Score: 1

    My Audi A6 had an air purification system in it.

  21. However on Cray CTO Says Cray Computers Are Great · · Score: 1

    if you can get a big enough cluster that will get the work done faster than the supercomputer and still be cheaper, doesn't this override the inefficiency factor?

  22. re: sig on Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming · · Score: 1
    "Ah, good 'ole fish hooks...also bring a 'tear' to the eye."

    :)

  23. I'm not sure on Google Goes Public at $85/share · · Score: 1

    why you are feeling disappointed and disenfranchised. Could you explain a bit more please?

  24. Easy on Epson's 12 Gram Flying Robot · · Score: 1
    PayPal

    Money's in the account, crack is on it's way!!!!

  25. Pftp on Microsoft Funded Study Cinches 10yr Deal · · Score: 2, Funny
    A billion is more than a trillion, numbnuts.

    Oh, wait.

    Fuck. Sorry.