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  1. 97% on Macrovision Releases DVD Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    97%, huh? That sounds suspiciously like Windows' marketshare...

  2. Re:I take issue with the submitter on Dvorak on Google and Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    That's not from the submitter. The submitter's comments are in italics. That quote was CowboyNeal's editorial comment...

  3. next generation on Starcraft: Ghost for Next-Gen Consoles? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    well, considering the game media has been referring to the ps2, xbox and gc as "next generation consoles" for the past few years, i don't think it's exactly fair for them to lay into blizzard for announcing that sc:ghost is coming out for the "next generation consoles." using that moniker was very short-sighted on everyone's part...

  4. Re:Other Effects? on Images of Ocean Floor Show Effects of Tsunami · · Score: 1

    Considering these environments are formed around the oceaenic spreading centers, I'm more than certain they're used to this type of activity...Nothing to worry about here...

  5. 1500m??? on Images of Ocean Floor Show Effects of Tsunami · · Score: 4, Informative

    From TF(/.d)A:
    The collision has forced up spectacular large thrust ridges up to 1500 m high...

    New ridges nearly a mile high?!? Well, that certainly explains the little wave it made...

  6. just think on MS Security Chief Says Windows is Safer Than Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just think...If MS were to not release *any* security patches at all, they could use that figure as absolute proof that Windows is more secure than anything else out there!

  7. How about Windows? on Number of People Involved in Your Linux Distro? · · Score: 1

    And how many active developers do they currently have chugging away on the Windows source? IE? WMP?

  8. Re:MS gains from distractions on PC Users Fight Distractions to Work · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Precisely my point. How many users out there (not /.ers, obviously) ended up signing up for a Passport account just to make that MSN Messenger thing stop bugging them at login?

  9. any chance on PC Users Fight Distractions to Work · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any chance that MS will actually pay any attention to the research being done there in this field? I highly doubt it...

  10. huh? on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "A vulnerability is not a vulnerability till somebody discovers it..."

    Huh? So if someone inadvertently takes advantage of a vulnerability, it's not really a vulnerability because they didn't explicitly know they were taking advantage of it?

  11. Re:Why? For Check out lines? on Identifying World's Species With Genetic Bar Codes · · Score: 1

    People studying drug metabolism in your lab? Can I be a test subject?

  12. or... on Mac mini Maximized With 3.5" Drives · · Score: 1, Redundant

    or you could just slap a drive in a firewire case and use that instead...

  13. Re:Slippery Slope... on FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought this was what Jesux was for...

  14. Re:Red and Green on Integrating OSS Graphics Apps · · Score: 1

    This is why any sort of decent interface would have the words "YES" and "NO" as responses to the question and not colored buttons...

    Also, yes/no questions should have buttons with yes/no answers on them, not "OK" and "Cancel"

  15. Re:Probable Cause on Google Fires Blogger? · · Score: 1

    Broke his MBA? Huh?

  16. Picture on The Sub-$100 Laptop? · · Score: 0

    Picture available here.

  17. Re:My Life is Dilbert on Same Part, Same Supplier, Different Prices · · Score: 1

    Speaking as as a person who has been charge of those who support the hardware on these things...

    Sounds like a fancy way of saying "I'm a PHB"

  18. No XBox 1337? on Next Generation Xbox To Be Called Xbox 360? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm surprised they're not calling it the XBox 1337...

  19. Re:Hiding data ...pfft on Secret Data: Steganography v Steganalysis · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't get it...Could someone please tell me what the secret message is?

  20. Re:Number sounds wrong on Spam Costs U.S. Companies $22B Annually · · Score: 4, Funny

    That number sounds wrong, how could spam cost anyone billions when all they have to do is hit the delete key!!!

    In other news, the replacement keyboard industry has announced increased sales of about $22 billion dollars a year...

  21. Re:Engineer? on Linux in a World Where Windows 3.0 Never Happened · · Score: 1

    That doesn't matter. A PhD or MD is a "Doctor" not an "Engineer" and even then, MS can't be bestowing the title of "Engineer" on people.

    You're right. It would be far more apt for MS to be calling people MS Certified Systems Doctors...

  22. Re:Who is to say someone else wouldn't have on Linux in a World Where Windows 3.0 Never Happened · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apple did briefly explore that route (mkLinux - linux on the mach kernel). Instead, they used their experience there, along with that little bit of technology they acquired known as NeXTSTEP to make OSX...

  23. Re:If Windows had never existed on the home deskto on Linux in a World Where Windows 3.0 Never Happened · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And then they would've been slapped with a "look and feel" lawsuit that they wouldn't have had the resources to fight off...

  24. Re:SEO on Climbing up the Search Ladder · · Score: 1

    Did you read the summary? There is only one first page

    Yeah, but Google seems to have a lot of page 0s...

  25. Re:Coolest thing is overview poster on Amateurs Beat Space Agencies To Titan Pictures · · Score: 1

    Nice collage (as a collage), but man, someone teach that guy something about proper font usage! I swear I thought I was looking at one of those MagicEye 3D things when I was trying to read the lower right-hand corner...