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  1. Re:Their spider is awful on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    You get that too, eh? I've firewalled twiceler away on enough of our customer boxes that I've considered adding their crawler IPs to our overall ACL. Were it not for the strong feeling that some random customer would complain about it within five to ten minutes, I'd have already done so.

  2. This is great news. on SGI Arises From the Ashes · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Roger Zelazny on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    While I did greatly enjoy the Chronicles of Amber (even the three new books, aside from the poor editors, weren't bad), I'd suggest Donnerjack over the Amber series in so much as it deals with far geekier subject matter.

  4. Exporting the DMCA is a good idea. on CAFTA Treaty Exports DMCA · · Score: 1

    export DMCA
    sudo "rm -rf $DMCA"

  5. Re:Get a Firearm on How to Leave a Job on Good Terms? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he could try the inverse. Wear a three-piece Kevlar suit to the office ... just in case.

    It's not paranoia if everybody really is out to get you.

  6. Re:Who's next? on Sarge is Now Frozen · · Score: 1

    No, but I did think of ol' Captain America. Debianites assemble!

  7. Re:AdBlock = easier on Floaters are the New Pop-Ups · · Score: 1
    (I prefer "floater" as its alternative meaning in British is that of a turd in water)


    How does this definition not apply to this scenario as well?
  8. Re:Suse on Delta Compression for Linux Security Patches? · · Score: 1

    Sorcerer (and its derivatives, I'd imagine) have been doing this for about two, two-and-a-half years as well.

    xScruffx

  9. Re:OK, I'll ask the question on BSA Asks Kids to Name Copyright Weasel · · Score: 1

    And one day, I may even learn to depress all of the keys when typing a word like "causing."

    xScruffx

  10. Re:OK, I'll ask the question on BSA Asks Kids to Name Copyright Weasel · · Score: 2, Insightful
    So I guess we shouldn't teach our kids that stealing is wrong. Right? Wrong.
    We, the parents, most certainly should be teaching our kids not to be idiots.

    I know to a certainty that I'd rather not have to drag my ass out of bed at three-in-da-morn to bail my kids out of the local lockup.

    I also know that I want it to be me, not Fucker the Ferret, reminding them of why they ought not to be doing nefarious crap that would end up cauing me to have to drag ass out of bed at three-in-da-morn.

    xScruffx
  11. Re:MacOS Comparison on Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future? · · Score: 1

    Well, I have about half-a-dozen boxes running a developer release of QNX from a year or so ago. That's about 6 more than I have ever run MacOS or Syllable on (though looking at Syllable a while back was interesting).

    xScruffx

  12. It really doesn't matter... on Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? · · Score: 2, Funny
    I want to make a my first short film ...

    Forget about the equipment, writing, cast, so on. With an accent that thick, any movie that he makes is guaranteed to be brilliant.

    xScruffx
  13. Re:I Can Hear Gas Company Execs Shouting..... on Can Your Car Get 1,700 MPG? · · Score: 1
    although he did go to Rose-Hulman. ;)

    Are you sure that's the sort of thing you want to be spreading about your own father?

    I know that I don't ever plan to tell my offspring of my stint in Hautia.

    xScruffx
  14. Re:Stop eating microwave food on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I lost my reeboks, so I'm wearing a pair of old Acer monitors. So much for my deep, dark secret.

    xScruffx

  15. Re:My collection of dead monitors... on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume that the garbage collectors in your area are not working under a national union contract or anything. Max. weight lifted in one go, according to the members of the local chapter, is roughly 50 Lbs. That's like my right leg from the knee down.

    At any rate, be glad that the collectors in your area are willing to go that extra mile (or some such). We get one "heavy trash" pickup day per year around these parts.

    xScruffx

  16. Re:broken laser Printers, be gone! on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 2, Funny

    It happens every day in some areas. In those areas in which it does happen, we usually don't leave the items in plain sight. Typically speaking, we go to such great lengths as stuffing the items in question into darkly (or lightly, depending on the mood) colored plastic bags of gargantuan proportions. Occasionally, we go one step further and put these bags into large barrels or canisters. It seems like it's the same day every week, but I swear there's this couple of guys that just come by and swoop off with all of the good stuff. The bastards.

    xScruffx

  17. Re:I thought thats what ebay was for. on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 1

    Bestest Ebayer Evar!!! AAAAAA+++++++!!!!!!!!11!one

  18. Re:What's coming out of my basement? on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer · · Score: 1

    There's a funky odor coming out of my basement. Damned in-laws.

    xScruffx

  19. Re:Knee to the grindstone... on Large-Scale Paper-To-Digital Conversion? · · Score: 1

    Or he could ship the notes to me. I'll be happy to type 'em up (figures/formulae included).

    * Pops about two dozen Advil.

  20. Re:A bit confused on P-P-P-PowerBook for a S-S-S-Scammer... · · Score: 1

    Well, not necessarily. IVY Tech has a campus in Terre Haute. On the other hand, caseydk could have been a Woodsy. Then again, that would mean that there is a female slasher. On the other other hand, I was accepted to the Woods despite my Y-chromosome, but I opted for Rose. Then I quit. Too many sheltered souls there, too few who knew how to LEAVE CAMPUS ON OCCASION.

    xScruffx

  21. Re:VI is everywhere. on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    So are head, tail, and echo.

    xScruffx

  22. Re:Not true -- seriously! on MS Word File Reveals Changes to SCO's Plans · · Score: 1

    As somebody who attended university in Terre Haute, IN, this does nothing aside from confirm my belief that it is the Armpit of America.

    xScruffx

  23. No two ways about it. on Move Over Karaoke...Hello Movieoke · · Score: 1

    Somebody is going to Hell for this one.

    xScruffx

  24. Re:Everything is made cheap and unrepairable... on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    First thing I thought of when I saw the question was "why does the dude not put everything back into place and coat the whole damned thing in J.B. Weld?"

    That ought to make it look hideous enough to require covering the entire thing in duct tape, which is never a bad thing.

    xScruffx

  25. Re:"just a matter of time" on Interview with OpenBeOS Leader Michael Phipps · · Score: 1
    And, of course, there's Syllable, which works the way you want it to (a BeOS-like user-land on top of a Linux kernel.) So it's not as if OpenBeOS is preventing you from getting the OS you want.


    Well, not exactly. If memory serves, Syllable is an actual fork of Atheos. Perhaps you're thinking of Cosmoe.

    xScruffx