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  1. Re:And the reason was ... on Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In · · Score: 1

    Since when did Massachusetts join the EU? They said that it had been a good experiment, but that in the end they felt like coming back home, and that they expect other states will follow their lead.

  2. I just heard some sad news on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Ethical paragon Kenneth Lay was found dead in his Colorado home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to business culture. Truly an American icon.

  3. Re:Its remarkably easy to scam people on Portrait of an Identity Thief · · Score: 1
    As an honest American, I find that my desire to retain my freedom is pushing me closer and closer to a life of crime with each passing day.

    That's not +5, Funny. That's +5 Insightful/Sad.

  4. Yeah, it was safe... on Shuttle Launch Success · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yeah, it was a safe take-off. Apart from the 5 objects that fell off during the launch.

  5. Where to get them? on Bone Marrow Cells Repair Heart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see that totipotent stem cells (the best kind) are produced from the fusion of an egg and a sperm. It's a shame it requires an egg too - otherwise, I think I know how we at Slashdot could provide the world with an un-interuptable supply.

  6. Aren't the old mines deadly enough? on Networked Landmines Work Together · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Call me old fashioned, but aren't we having enough problems in the world with standard mines that don't move, to be thinking about making more deadly landmines?

  7. Re:Visibility is key on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1

    I wrote a reply, but I decided against posting it.

  8. Re:Visibility is key on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1
    My concience doesn't bother me one bit

    Yes, but doesn't your conscience bother you at all?

  9. Re:Blowing in the wind on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 4, Informative
    AllofMp3.com is operating illegally in other countries please bring your laws in line with ours or we'll continue to impose tarrifs on XXX Russian goods.

    Nyet, tovarish. The amount of gas that we get from Russia puts us in a very weak position when it comes to bargaining with them.

  10. Re:WGA unable to detect bad keys with legit COAs on Microsoft Sued Over WGA · · Score: 2, Funny
    Now, a few years down the road WGA is going to force me to reinstall--now that I have many important business apps installed.
    calum@womble ~ $ uname ; echo Ha Ha\!
    Linux
    Ha Ha!
    calum@womble ~ $
  11. Re:No free rides on Billions Donated to Charity · · Score: 1

    I'm sure his kids will get a few million each to "help them through" any tough times... :)

  12. Re:Sense of humor on Windows Live Messenger with VoIP · · Score: 1

    What?
    Was Parent post is a probably a textbook definition of FUD. really that funny? Perhaps I missed it on some level?

  13. Re:so... on Google Video Runs Ads & Shares the Profits · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But I don't want to watch American-targetted adverts (that are on every 5 minutes, from what I'm told).
    How will they handle international distribution?

  14. Re:No, Technology isn't magic. on Has My Cell Number Been Cloned? · · Score: 1

    I track my phone on my website.

  15. Slashdot should dual-stack too. on U.S. Government to Adopt IPv6 in 2008 · · Score: 1
    root@slashdot# modprobe ipv6 ; ifconfig eth0 2001:fff:aaaa::1/64
    Cmon, Slashdot. Call yourself a site for techies, and you're years behind the latest version of the protocol that runs the Internet? Get a tunnel broker if you can't get native. Just get on IPv6. It's not hard.
    Google, if you're reading this (of course you are), you could do the same too. In the UK? Get your 2^64 addresses here.

    Cue all the "we like things as they are" people moaning about how large the addresses are, and how they don't want their fridge to have an IP address, and how great NAT is.
  16. Gentoo! on 2006 Software War Map between FOSS and Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Where's Gentoo?! This map is false, inaccurate, misleading, and false! And inaccurate to boot.

  17. Re:FUD on Windows Live Messenger with VoIP · · Score: 1

    Fuck off, idiot. It's not my machine. I don't use it. I didn't install anything on it. I didn't say the problem was caused by the software. I didn't spend much of my time working out why.
    It might be coincidence. It might not. STFU, and GBTW.

  18. Strange problems once installed. on Windows Live Messenger with VoIP · · Score: 3, Informative

    A guy at work installed it on a trials machine, and that machine suffered weird problems. It could release, obtain, and renew a DHCP address, but couldn't ping anything, not even the gateway (which is also the switch that does the DHCP stuff).
    He rolled the system back, and it all works.

    There is a lot of different stuff on that machine though, so it **might** not be just due to that. I wonder if it hooks into the IP stack at some level, and that's what messed it up? Anyone else have any similar issues with it?

  19. Let me tell you on The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery · · Score: 0

    Let me tell you - as a person who has never had eye surgery - the flap won't come loose.
    Please trust me. I play a doctor on teh Intarwebs too. Tell them I said it would be alright.

  20. Re:DCCP on Linux 2.6.17 Released · · Score: 1
    Not much yet - there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg issue.

    Like IPv6 too then. I've been v6 enabled and hooked up for ages. Can't believe Google and Slashdot don't do v6 yet.

    I'm going to write an IPv6 DCCP webserver. That'll never get slashdotted!

  21. DCCP on Linux 2.6.17 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    DCCP - a kind of UDPv2
    Any applications out there using it yet?

  22. Damn them, indeed! on Shuttle to Launch Despite Objections · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yep, damn-the-torpedoes-full-speed-agead!

  23. £24.99 for 512/256. on How Much Should Broadband Cost? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    £24.99 for 512/256.
    But I stick with them because they have decent fast newsgroups with all the binaries. I'm talking about you, Zen.

    I rang up though, and asked for IPv6 connectivity. They said they didn't do it because there was no demand for it. I said, "Well, now there's demand for it", and they said that that didn't count.

    Next UK ISP with native IPv6, and newsgroups with binaries, and I'm off. You hear that, Zen? :)

  24. Coincidence on June Windows Update To Be Biggest in a Year · · Score: 1

    A company closed associated with ours (a very large telecoms company in Europe) seems to have fallen off the map since about 12.30 today.

    Coincidence?

  25. Piracetam on Psychopharm Going 'Mainstream' In Schools? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Piracetam seems to have few if any side-effects, and someone I know that took it says it really helped him cram info in before a tough Cisco exam.
    (No, it wasn't me.)