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  1. I love this stuff on Antimatter Space Drive · · Score: 0

    I wish I went to school for this sorta thang. i get a kick outta basement atom smashers and big-scale small-scale bubble chamber bloopers. Everything vibrates. Everything oscilates. Evreything, at once, goes around, and is the center, of something else. This can be represented in binary terms - duh. I wish I went to school for this sorta thang.

  2. Re:All Saddam's email are belong to us! on Saddam's Inbox Hacked · · Score: 0

    The United States is the ONLY nation that has used nuclear weapons against an enemy. I think I remmeber hearing something about civillian casualties as a result.

  3. Take it from me.... on Apple Won't Be At Macworld Boston · · Score: 0
    Nothing good moves from New York to Boston. We get all the transplanted dipshits driving on the sidewalks with thier Yankess hats on sideways. They are stinking up the place. What is worse than a Yankees fan at Fenway? A Yankees fan pretending to be a Mets fan for the day during Inter-league play....

    If MacWorld is moving from New York to Boston you can count on these things....

    Rude, inconsiderate jerks collecting for discussion at the bottom of the escalator.

    A know-it-all-I-am-better-than-you attitude

    Constant arguments on semantics when you know you've gotten your point across. New Yorkers argue for the sake of argument, not persuasion

    Tomatoes in your clam chowdah

    More goddamn Yankees hats

    If NY is so good, why do you live in Boston? Go away, you talk funny.
  4. Re:already out there on Windows/NetBIOS pop-up Spam: · · Score: 0
    You can view the System Log in the Event Viewer to enumerate the popup instances. Just filter for Source: Application Popup, Event ID :26

    There are tools available to help you dump and parse these event logs too. Winternals is a good site.

    HTH
  5. Re:Wrong on New RedHat Kernel Patch Illegal to Explain to U.S. Users · · Score: 0
    Oh please.... Congress v. 2004 is just going to be another room full of stuffed shirts. Some members the same, some new. In the end, nothing changes. The DMCA was bought and paid for by big biz. The gov is 0wn3d by big biz. And so are you.

    I think it is cute the way some people get all fired up for their canidates. As if their lives will change in any significant way if the "other" guy happens to win the election.

    Our elected officials are puppets, figureheads that give the general population a sense of choice or "say". It is the "system" that is firmly in charge. And that "system" is for sale.
  6. That must be why... on Reuters: 80% of Chinese Computers Virus Infected · · Score: 0, Informative

    That must be why the text looks like gibberish.

  7. petty squabbling? on The Rise and Fall of the Geek · · Score: 0
    petty squabbling

    The Kirk vs. Pickard debate is NOT petty squabbling.

  8. Re:He adopted his brother? on Shawn Fanning Interview · · Score: 0

    You're an asshole. Shawn is going to severely impact the best years of his life by taking on such a responsibility. He is an "acting" father to a young teen. That must be the toughest job on the planet. Especially when you're only 21. He went straight from teen to mid-aged adult. He isn't a moron. He's a fucking saint you dipshit.

  9. Big Dig won't solve anything on Boston's Big Dig Delayed Because of Programmers? · · Score: 0
    I commute I93 everyday. I doubt bigger roads with a better layout will solve anything. There are brief sections of highway with merging on-ramps. If the on-ramps are clear, some inconsiderate motorists in the right lane will dive into the on-ramp, pass you on the right, and force their way back into traffic. This generates a guaranteed bottleneck at every single on-ramp when traffic would otherwise flow. Basically, if its paved, its fair game - go for it. The painted lines mean nothing. Rules of the road mean nothing. Forget about common courtesy or common sense. NYC traffic is bad downtown, but we've got the most dangerous interstate traffic anywhere. Ohh the things I've seen would make great television.

    Uhh no officer, its not road rage. Its my survival instincts.

    I guess its a by-product of the years and years of detours and changing roadways. There is something inherently wrong with a system that has the slowpokes on the left and the speed demons on the right, unless, or course, you live in UK.
  10. Re:AOL is on drugs on AOL's new Linux PC · · Score: 0

    Would it also be cool for mom to call your cell phone 3 times a day... "I have to compile what?....Hold on , let me get a pen" - "Vorbis? Who is Vorbis?" - "dump the call stack? OK here goes...grunt/heave...SMASH!!!"

  11. Ad campaign? Huh? on Why Software Piracy is Good for Microsoft · · Score: 0

    I can see it now. Artists sitting in their stalled Bentley crying to the public for gas money. Or perhaps Mariah Carey is shown depressed and despondent in her mansion with last year's curtains and uphostlery. Maybe that kid in the boy band is forced to ride in coach on his way to the international space station.

    For the love of God! Please stop copying music! Can't you see the financial hardship suffered by our American idols? We can't have J'Lo going naked because she hasn't anything to wear.

    I've got about as much sympathy for the RIAA and the artist that sold their soul to them as I do for MLB players and the hardship that team owners have imposed. Did you know that A-Rod makes more money in a single AT BAT than I make all year? He gets 5 or 6 at bats every night.

    But I digress. If the RIAA et al had put the same ammount of energy into doing the right thing by helping consumers intead of trying to block them, they wouldn't be in such bad shape.

    I hope the whole thing goes in the shitter. Music and baseball. At this point, the only path to reform is a complete rebuild.

  12. Re:If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. on Microsoft Buys Rare · · Score: 0
    OS/2 was superior to Windows.

    And according the Open Sores software crowd in here....

    ...Linux is superior to Windows.

    Hmmm.... I guess your Linux days are numbered. Better run out and get that MCSE.

  13. Re:Can't read it -- Ad in the way on David Sorkin on Internet Law and Spam · · Score: 0
    Speaking of cellphones...

    I've been getting telemarketing calls on my mobile phone. I've asked them to stop repeatedly.

    I get a call today, "unknown ID" and was about to jump down the person's throat when she interrupted me and informed me she was from my carrier/service provider. "Thank Goodness" I said and proceeded to complain to her about the recent rash of unsolicited calls on my cell. She informs me that type of activity is forbidden by law and I should file a complaint. Next, she begins her sales pitch by asking me if I've had a chance to read the junk mail they sent me about a new minute plan...

    WTF?!?!?!?!?
  14. What about the... on Rings Around Earth From Ancient Meteorites · · Score: 0

    Ring around my wallet from ancient condom?

  15. Re:It's OVER. He LOST. Go AWAY. on New Closed Source Voting Systems Malfunction · · Score: 0
    Would that federal ban be anything like the Florida State Troopers banning blacks from the polls on election day?

    Bush did win. But only because his brother made sure florida went to the right. You don't see the Good Ol' Boys at work here? Open your eyes and close your open sores software.

  16. Re:Non-sequitor on Bruce Perens Canned by HP · · Score: 0
    It is about time someone on this site equated Microsoft with "a breath of fresh air"

    How refreshing

  17. the "L" in EULA... on BBC Hails "fair" Microsoft XP SP1 · · Score: 0

    stand for "License". The software license is purchased by your company. They own the license. They are on the hook. Not you.

  18. sucker punched on Air Bags for Planetary Defense · · Score: 0

    Don't bring tinfoil to a fist fight.

  19. Sun's Java waffle on "MS Killed Java" (on the Client) JL Founder · · Score: 0

    To Microsoft: "Take it out! No wait.. put it in"

    To ISO: "Here you go! No wait... give it back"

    Bah! You don't like it? phuck off and use something else. If Sun allowed Java to be stadardized we could blame Microsoft. But since they reneged, it is their own damn fault.
  20. What the hell are you talking about? on Slashback: Galeon, Forgent, Platformation · · Score: 0

    get a life

  21. open sores and lepers on How to Test Your T1? · · Score: 0

    If you want to test your T1, unplug the token-ring cable and count the number of tokens that fall out.

    Just remember to put them back when you're done counting.

    Do you like my new sig?

  22. Re:Who's Tom Brokaw? on If You Hack NBC, You Don't Get to Meet Tom Brokaw · · Score: 0

    I had a thought the other day. (No, it didn't hurt wise guy) With the comming age of digital TV, a nice feature would be to arrange your own "news set". Allow the audio to come through unaltered, and allow the video "clips" to play normally, but switch the talking heads with your favorite cartoon char, actress, a jpg of your dog or kid. Change the background to outer space, a busy intersection, or a strip club. Imagine Britney Spears giving you the sports scores while dodging bullets in Tora Bora. w00t!

  23. Paper Engineer on Is Branding the Future of Open Source? · · Score: 0



    You can become a certified JBoss Group Authorized Consultant in exchange of $5000.




    JBoss get a very solid network of consultants which make the JBoss brand even more solid



    JBoss get a network of consultant that can afford $5000/year. Not a "very solid network" of them.



    How is this any different from the paper engineers holding MCSE certs et al?



    "Hi. I am fancy-boy open sores guru. See my biz card logo? JBoss. Does that give you a chubby? It should. It means I am a member of a very exclusive community. Shouldn't you be on your knees?"

  24. Splish Splash on The Golden Age of Cup Manufacturing · · Score: 0

    What could be better that taking a quick dip on a hot summer day before drinking the contents of your personal swimming pool.

    How long before 7-Eleven is sued over a drowning incident?

    Drinkable liquid is usually pretty heavy. Will the 80 oz buckets come with shoulder straps?

    I guess automobile cup holders will be the empty seat next to the driver. Don't forget to buckle-up. No, not the driver, he might drown in his own vehicle. Buckle-up you ocean-sized bucket-o-high-fructose-corn-syrup instead.

    When you're done with your drink, you can use the empty cup as:

    1. An emergency toilet. You're gonna need it.

    2. A jacuzzi. Just get someone to blow bubbles through a straw.

    3. A container for transporting barn animals, the morbidly obese, or the Dallas Cowboys offensive line.

    4. Tip it upside down and create your own eco-shpere. Gee... its humid in here.

    5. Fill it to the rim and use it as a displacement measuring tool for automobile engines.

    6. Inside, two or more players could invent a new racketball-type game.

    7. Emergency shelter in case of rain, nuclear fallout, or country-western music.

    8. Cut a hole in the bottom and you've got yourself a mega-phone.

    9. A place for all your eggs.

    10. Bring it to the beach to make life-sized sand castles.

  25. Re:80 ounces of Jolt! on The Golden Age of Cup Manufacturing · · Score: 0

    Settle down Beavis!

    Bitchslap!