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  1. Did you mean to leave out ... on Linux Headed For Smartphone Domination? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    MCI (formerly WorldCom)? I realize they're still in bankruptcy, but let's face it: they're too big for the government to let them collapse (and it keeps giving them contracts). I'd say that's a blood-filled stone if ever I saw one.

  2. At long last ... on Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation · · Score: 2, Funny

    the national nightmare is over. Finally, the screeners can roam the wilderness, free and unripped.

  3. Actually, it's both on Electronic Burglary in the Senate · · Score: 1

    Microsofties are both the last to know about exploits AND the last to acknowledge said exploits.

  4. You're forgetting: on Electronic Burglary in the Senate · · Score: 3, Funny
    Microsofties are usually the last ones to know about exploits. They find out about exploits even after kids hanging around Radio Shack in hopes of being considered 1337 have already grown tired of them.

  5. 1.5 gig? FM radio? USB 2.0? OGG!?! on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I realize they're pricey, but stop running and accept that you'll eventually pay extra to get an iPod. Stop running to the ends of the earth for every "iPod-killer" to come down the block. The amount of money you'll spend on each new pale substitute will be so much more than you'd spend on the iPod, which works so well with iTunes. This is an intervention, my friend.

  6. ..a way to woo the ladies.. on Sun Sparc 5 Nostalgia · · Score: 1

    Exactly what sort of "ladies" find themselves woo'd by a Sun Ultra 5?

  7. Considering the current economic "recovery" ... on Forbes Sympathizes with Poor, Abused Fax.com · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    which somehow has ended up with 2.5 million less jobs then when it started, Forbes, which supports W despite it's knowledge that the economy grows faster, generates more incomes and profits, a lower unemployment rate and a higher stock market with any Democrat as President, wants to make sure that all those poor, unfortunate spammers/junk faxers still have jobs so that they can pay for further tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and contracts for Halliburton. Is that so wrong? Oh, wait, yes it is.

  8. to cause customers and potential customers ... on SCO Files Suit Against Novell Over System V Ownership · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Novell has made false statements with the intent to cause customers and potential customers to not do business with SCO.

    No, Darl. It's all of the false statements that YOU have made that is causing customers and potential customers to not do business with SCO.

  9. Questioning the pace of discovery of WMD ... on 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 2, Insightful
    means the terrorists have won and that you are a tree-hugging, latte-drinking, body-pierced, tax-raising, gay-marrying enemy combatant. You might as well be questioning how we can be in the middle of a "recovery" if it is jobless, or how we are much safer now even though our military is spread far too thin and we've had to resort to not allowing people to quit at the end of their terms of service.

    Step away from the computer and await the relocation experts from Guantanamo.

  10. Crossed the chasm ... on Digital Rights Managment Year in Review · · Score: 2, Funny
    and made it firmly into the bowling alley. ?!?

    What the ...huh? I realize I haven't bowled in a year or two, but how many of them now have chasms that need crossing to enter? Perhaps this is an element of the declining league membership: with Americans in poorer shape, quite a few more are incapable of chasm crossing to even get into the bowling alleys. Perhaps this whole chasm requirement should be rethought.

  11. The Ministry of Truth feels your comments are ... on SCO Fails to Produce Evidence · · Score: 4, Funny
    doubleplusungood. Representatives of the Ashcroft Ministry of Love will be stopping by later to take you on a vacation to sunny Guantanamo Bay where you can relearn to love Big W.

    Oh, and the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units.

  12. Don't forget ... on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 2, Funny
    Patriot Act
    Clean Skies Initiative
    I'm a compassionate conservative.

    Or my favorite:
    I was elected President of the United States.

  13. Won't be moving back to Finland on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 4, Funny
    I definitely won't be moving back to Finland though.

    Or is it "Can't move back to Finland"? Has he crossed the Finnish mafia once too often? Did he wake up to find smelt heads in his bed? What's the REAL story here?

  14. "Mike's New Car" (from Monsters Inc) on Spirit Rolls on Mars · · Score: 1
    Six wheel drive!

    It's like unleashing a panther.

  15. Did anybody else have their browser hang ... on SCO Expands Licensing Money Chase Worldwide · · Score: 1

    and eventually crash every time they tried to access SCOs notice of compliance PDF file? I've tried it ten ways to Tuesday and I have yet to read it.

  16. Excuse me: Ben Affleck AND Jason Lee played ... on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 1

    two different characters in the same movie.

  17. By the way: Anybody have a copy of ... on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 1

    the Paul Lynde Halloween Special? How good was it? Not only did it have Margaret Hamilton and feature Kiss playing "Beth", but it was written by Alan Thicke.

  18. There SHOULD be a sequel! on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sorry but the possibility of reuniting KISS and Anthony Zerbe is worth any sum of money. We already waited too long to include Don Steele. Let's not put this off any longer!

  19. Oddly, Carmine played different characters ... on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 3, Interesting

    in Godfather II (Carmine Rosato) and Godfather III (Albert Volpe) according to the IMDB. Coppola must be so embarrassed now.

  20. "You geeks sure do ... on When Geeks Go Camping · · Score: 2, Funny
    have purty mouths. Can you squeal like a pig?"

    I'll stick with the city, thank you very much.

  21. That's it then on RFID Casino Chips · · Score: 2, Funny
    Craps in Louie's garage from now on.

    No more Wayne Newton. No more free drinks (except a swig from that bottle of Thunderbird that Louie always has lying around). And not even a remotely comparable level of hookers.

    I'm going to go cry now.

  22. Why yes, they did on Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Darl, David, here is your great big can of whup-ass and your world of pain.

    "Thank you sir, can I have another?"

  23. Copyright Protection Technology on New Sony Minidisc Players · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the PDF:

    4) Copyright Protection Technology
    To prevent an illegal copying of digital content, "Hi-MD" incorporates OpenMG and MagicGate technology, already adopted in Memory Stick and Net MD for content management to ensure that music content stored on a "Hi-MD" disc will be encrypted. "Hi-MD" also conforms to the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS).

  24. "relevant to a national security investigation" on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 1
    The new law (see Section 374 of the act), however, lets the FBI acquire these records through an administrative procedure whereby an FBI field agent simply drafts a so-called national security letter stating the information is relevant to a national security investigation.

    I feel so much more secure now then I did before Dec. 13, 2003. I, for one, welcome our new financial overlords.

  25. You don't need a Mac to view Quicktime on A Look Inside Virginia Tech's New Super Computer · · Score: 1

    You can VLC or mplayer to view Quicktime movies on Linux. Unless they're too difficult for you to figure out.