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  1. that's the trick on Cable TV Ruins Bhutan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That little swirl coats the glass in a fine film of vermouth. Almost not enough to notice. But it's there, and damn does it change things. A glass of gin is harsh and uncivilized, but a glass of gin with a hint of vermouth, ah, paradise.

    That swirl of vermouth is also the difference between a sophisticated gentleman enjoying a drink and a lousy bastard getting tanked on gin.

    Subtle distinction, I know.

  2. No, man on Cable TV Ruins Bhutan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've got the karma to burn, and somebody needs to set you straight.

    You will need:

    • Bombay Sapphire. Accept no substitute.
    • Martini Extra Dry Vermouth.

    Freeze everything.

    Pour some vermouth into your glass. Swirl it around and dump it out.

    Fill your glass with Sapphire. Add another drop for the homies.

    Sip. Reflect upon what a suave motherfucker you've just become.

  3. not so on CD Price-Fixing Suit Ruling · · Score: 4, Informative
    From CD Baby's report:
    Price of music on iTunes
    • Songs must be 99 cents each.
    • Full albums are recommended to be $9.99 or lower.
    • Album price must be less than or equal to the sum of their tracks. So if you have a 5-song album, it can't be more than $4.95 to buy the full-length album.
    • Apple strongly recommends going even lower than $9.99. They'd like to see that price drop to make the full-album purchase even more desirable.
    Almost all albums are $9.99, even if you're getting 15 tracks.
  4. right on Jackpot - James Gosling's Latest Project · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sure more people would recognize an obscure and now defunct editor more easily than they would a popular programming language.

  5. such as? on IRC Forum w/ CmdrTaco & Hemos Tonight at 8pm Eastern · · Score: 1

    I don't think I've ever seen an irc client with a spellchecker.

    It's generally understood that spelling isn't very important in IRC channels.

  6. dear sir, on IRC Forum w/ CmdrTaco & Hemos Tonight at 8pm Eastern · · Score: 5, Funny

    you take slashdot way too seriously.

    sincerely,
    everyone else

  7. Re:Huh? on QuarkXPress 6 For Mac OS X · · Score: 5, Informative

    Quark 6 was promised around that time. About two or three years ago.

    It wouldn't surprise me at all if their payroll company had to make out a million checks to "monkey." It's been so damned long that Quark 6 became statistically inevitable.

  8. vi doesn't do modules like that on Foundstone Shoe On Other Foot · · Score: 1

    You're thinking emacs.

    You should be thinking Vim, though.

  9. it was the conviction on Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children? · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    See, it's all bold and stuff. He really means it. The period says "and that's all that needs to be said about that." Whether or not this argument is sufficient is irrelevant. Just look at that conviction.

    If he had said "well, I suppose so," it wouldn't be insightful at all. No conviction, and more importantly no bold.

  10. the problem is on Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children? · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid...god damn, am I that old, that I'm talking like that?

    anyway. When I was a kid, Hustler was about as nasty as it got. I thought that what was going on in those glorious pages was about the nastiest thing I'd ever see. Stuff like severe s&m, bestiality, and clown porn wasn't behind the counter at the liquor store. You had to go to adults-only places to get the truly weird stuff.

    Nowadays that shit shows up in my inbox. It used to be that if you wanted it, you knew where to get it. Now it's being crammed down our throats.

  11. uhmm on Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think you've seen a lot of the porn out there.

    "Mommy, what's that lady doing to that horsie?"

    We aren't talking about playboy and cheesecake here. Some of it is wildly inappropriate stuff.

  12. it's $4 on Cable Modem Tax Proposed by FCC · · Score: 1

    For four dollars, I'm not willing to look up the number and spend half an hour finding someone who can answer that question.

  13. nope on Cable Modem Tax Proposed by FCC · · Score: 1

    When I get my bill from speakeasy, there's a USF charge on it. Somewhere around four bucks a month.

  14. simple on FreeBSD 5.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Because I can build a headless FreeBSD box for a few hundred dollars.

    I run a Mac desktop and laptop, but I don't have the bread to buy myself an XServe. FreeBSD on a cheap x86 handles all my server needs. Life is good.

  15. that's it, then on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 2, Funny

    We need waterproof GBAs!

    Now you're playing in the shower...Nintendo shower!

  16. I love my GBA SP on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My only real problem with it is that the hinge doesn't act as a switch. That seemed like a no-brainer to me. Close the GBA, it turns off. Instead we get a goofy little switch on the side.

    Oh, and the headphone adapter. What the hell is up with that?

  17. sure hope Apple adds this to iChat on New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Since iChat is one of the few "authorized" AIM clients, maybe it will get access to this.

  18. better for who? on A Solution For Making WiFi Cost Effective · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It may not be better for you, but it's certainly better for your ISP if you connect using PPPoE. IP space is getting pretty limited, and if they can service 10 customers with 4 IP addresses, all the better for them.

    You don't honestly think they took your convenience into consideration when making the decision to use PPPoE, do you?

  19. for better reception on Beyond Pringles: 802.11 Antenna From A Floppy Disk · · Score: 2, Funny

    just add porn.

  20. the actual quote on Putting the TV Broadcast Spectrum to Better Use? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because hey, free dummy."

    -- Jack Handey

  21. Re:but it's more humane! on Chicken Run · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's called Kobe beef, and damn is it tasty.

  22. Your idiotic anti-microsoft fervence on Microsoft Plans An Overhaul For Patch System · · Score: 3, Funny

    It embiggens the smallest open source advocate.

    If anything will topple Microsoft's dominance of the operating system market, it's an ascii middle finger.

    Bravo, good sir, you have done us all a service.

    Please attribute any typos in this post to the numerous tasty newcastles I have consumed.

  23. right on Archos Releases Portable Video/Image/MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    I'm just saying that iTunes is in fact a legal, not-adware mp3 encoder.

    The suggestion that legal mp3 encoders are adware is absurd.

  24. Re:because you're the only person using ogg vorbis on Archos Releases Portable Video/Image/MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    iTunes isn't adware.

    It's quite legal.

  25. because you're the only person using ogg vorbis on Archos Releases Portable Video/Image/MP3 Player · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ogg Vorbis is a niche format. It may be technically superior, but so was betamax. It's all about whether or not it gets player support. If it doesn't, all the superiority in the world won't save it.

    You may want to keep this in mind while you're busily converting all your CDs.