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  1. uh on Bone-Headed IT Mistakes · · Score: 1

    I thought that "boot.ini" didn't arrive on Windows until NT4.0, 2000, and XP? (The article says "windows 3.1" - I call shenanigans)

  2. Re:i always wondered on NASA Awards Contract For Spacesuit of the Future · · Score: 1

    So *that's* where the billions of dollars go!

  3. Re:First! on Paper Stronger Than Cast Iron · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great, just what I need - newspapers that groan and snap when I try to read them.

  4. Re:So, it finally happened... on US Amazon.com Website Down For Over 1 Hour · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't you agree that link time is largely irrelevant (except in the situation of having to fix a critical bug that should have been discovered in testing anyway)?

    Being able to avoid the incessant act of compiling/linking is probably what leads to so much sub-par PHP code in the first place - you're less likely to be moulded into a mindset of getting it right the first time :)

  5. Re:vaporware until it's in my hands on Duke Nukem Forever Preview On Jace Hall Show · · Score: 1

    As a famous philosopher once said, Two out of three ain't bad.

  6. Re:Until they bother fixing critical bugs... on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not a major bug. It's just a bug.

  7. Re:How Long? on Happy Birthday! X86 Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hrm, I wonder what this HAL thing is ... must be a virus! I'd better remove it.

  8. Re:It was a good design... on Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, so you're suggesting that they need to adjust for inflation ... of the American population. :)

  9. Re:I wonder... on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement · · Score: 1

    yeah, uh, I dunno about you, but I haven't dared bring an important electronic device (aside from my camera and my cellphone) across the border - and I don't plan to start now. Encryption would likely equate to near-instant confiscation and detainment, if I refused to cooperate.

    If I urgently need a laptop while I'm on a trip, I'll bloody well buy one :)

  10. so ... on VoIP As a Solution To Rural Broadband · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's going to be Voice over IP over Voice? VoIPoV?

  11. Re:Obligatory Back to the Future joke on Supernova Birth Observed From Orbiting Telescope · · Score: 1

    That's Officer Thinking, Spaceball.

  12. Re:Why is this a surprise? on Nanotubes "As Deadly as Asbestos" · · Score: 1

    I tried asking Benzene, but he and I are not on speaking terms.

  13. heh on F/OSS Flat-File Database? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since the majority of the comments so far have pointed at SQLite, I'm kind of surprised that the post didn't come "from the sqlite dept." :)

  14. heh on Keeping Customer From Accessing My Database? · · Score: 1

    Well, if you don't want to just outright say no, you could make up a fake excuse.

    "Someone else was stupid once, and ruined it for everyone, and now we have a policy not to allow access to anyone."

  15. Re:Let the raging tardfight commence on Colossus Cipher Challenge Winner On Ada · · Score: 1

    I still think they should have gone with DOS-based batch files ... or Monad/Windows PowerShell :)

  16. misread it on Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing · · Score: 4, Funny

    I initially misread it as "Jet Powered Wang".

  17. Re:Favorite part of the story on Raytheon Exoskeleton Brings "Iron Man" to Life · · Score: 4, Funny

    "navigating rough terrain" is clearly a coded phrase meaning "flying around being badass and blowing shit up"

  18. Re:Oblig. Simpsons on Purdue Plans a 1-Day Supercomputer "Barnraising" · · Score: 1

    I think you mean "obligatory nitpick".

  19. Oblig. Simpsons on Purdue Plans a 1-Day Supercomputer "Barnraising" · · Score: 1

    'tis a fine pool, english, but a supercomputer it ain't.

  20. oh joy on Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search · · Score: 1

    Welcome to capitalism, baby.

    But seriously, if she pays the bill, she should also bill them (or sue for) an amount for services rendered; as I recall, numerous other crashes and oddities were uncovered in the search, despite not finding Fossett.

  21. Re:Close to comic on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    Tropical Depression Hawaiian Punch is going to be very angry at you.

  22. Re:Close to comic on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    And I bet you also don't support naming Tropical Depressions, do you? :)

    Names are for hurricanes!

  23. Re:Huh? on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    If he's an Iron Man, I get why he would be partially made of steel (since it's an alloy). However ... why does Iron Man have lead boots, in the song? :)

  24. Re:Close to comic on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    Have you not heard of tracking numbers and prediction markets?

  25. Re:Manual Resize Plugin on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 1

    Perfect! Why didn't they realize that conflicts like this are exactly what plugins were intended to address? :)