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  1. Re:"small scale MMO"? Jumbo shrimp! on BioWare On Why Making a Blockbuster Game Is a Poor Goal · · Score: 1

    Bonus points for the first person to make an MMO where all the characters are photons, and refer to it as "Masslessly-Mulitplayer"

  2. Re:Not Facebook! on Man Claims 84% of Facebook, Gets Order Blocking Assets · · Score: 1

    "Give me a few of your tired, some of your poor, and a reasonable proportion of your huddled masses ..."

  3. Re:ZFS was developed and trademarked by Sun on NetApp Threatens Sellers of Appliances Running ZFS · · Score: 1

    It's about patents - NetApp claim that ZFS contains their patented technology (that NetApp incorporated into their WAFL filesystem).

  4. Re:Footprints? on Could the Tumbleweed Rover Dominate Mars? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't be silly, those are obviously the footprints of the Martian gorillas.

  5. Re:Just like desktop linux. on Google Android — a Universe of Incompatible Devices · · Score: 1

    To be fair, an SSH client/terminal emulator isn't exactly stretching the limits of Windows APIs, as compared to e.g. GTA 4.

  6. Patent number in Kodak press release on Kodak Sues Apple & RIM Over Preview In Cameras · · Score: 1

    Kodak press release containing the patent number - 6,292,218 - and also stating that Kodak has won a ruling that the patent is valid and relevant in a similar case against Samsung.

  7. Re:illegal? on Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to be confused with "Tortoise interference", which severely disrupted the 2009 hare-racing world championship.

  8. Slight misunderstanding by the journalist on Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New Software · · Score: 3, Funny

    They were actually having a flamewar on LKML about what the best scheduler for the Linux kernel is.

  9. Difference from the T1/T2 on-chip cryptography? on Sun Plans Security Coprocessor For New Ultrasparc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As I understand it, the T1 and T2 chips both have on-chip crypto accelerators (one per core) already - what's the difference with the Rainbow Falls version?

  10. Re:King Canute tried and failed on Global Warming To Be Put On Trial? · · Score: 1

    I assume that you RTF link, and realised that the point Canute was making was that even the king couldn't make the tide turn on his command.</pedantry>

  11. Re:Oh the possibilities on NASA Successfully Tests Orion's New Crew Escape System · · Score: 1

    I used to wonder it the Windows 98 Critical Update Notification Utility was originally going to have been a Tool.

    Also, Sun supply the Solaris Crash Analysis Tool, and trust me - if you're googling for the documentation, make sure you turn Safe Search on ...

  12. Re:Already made one on New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes · · Score: 2, Funny

    /me turns on short_open_tag in php.ini, then cackles maniacally ...

  13. Re:Liquify what? on US Trustee Asks To Send SCO Into Chapter 7 · · Score: 1

    Let's freeze-dry Darl and sell him by the pound.

    "Why?"

    "Oh, it's got a million and one uses ... [sprinkles down pants] Ah, soothes the fire!"

  14. Re:Obvious solution... on Some Large Dinosaurs Survived the K-T Extinction · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Tyranno-saur-us, but did anyone ... [puts on shades] ... see them?"

    [The Who] Bwaaaaaaaaoooo ba ba! (etc)

  15. Re:Glassfish is a Must-Have for Oracle on Will Oracle Keep Funding Sun's Pet Java Projects? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wasn't that supposedly one of the main reasons that they bought BEA - to get Weblogic to merge with/replace OAS?

  16. Re:Congratulations! on Sci Fi Channel Becoming Less Geek-Centric "SyFy" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Er, which "cheek" do you mean?

  17. Re:Ze goggles! Zey do nothing! on Microsoft Shoots Own Foot In Iceland · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just say "414" and waggle your eyebrows suggestively ...

  18. Re:An echo chamber... on Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout · · Score: 1

    Oops, try that again with a real list (and a slight rewrite) ...

    No, it's not that at all. All they're trying to claim is that you can't sue them for copyright infringement for storing your content after you delete your account - i.e. it's more

    1. Write your content on Facebook.
    2. Delete Facebook account.
    3. Publish dead-tree book of your content.
    4. Realise Facebook still has your content available to users (e.g. if you mailed it to your BFF).
    5. Sue Facebook for copyright infringement.
    6. Facebook tell you to get stuffed, because you agreed to licence it to them.

    There's more of an issue when 4 is replaced by the following:

    4a. Facebook publish a "best of Facebook posts" book, containing your content.

  19. Re:An echo chamber... on Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout · · Score: 1

    No, it's not that at all. All they're trying to claim is that you can't sue them for copyright infringement for storing your content after you delete your account - i.e. it's more 1. Write your content on Facebook. 2. Delete Facebook account. 3. Publish dead-tree book of your content. 4. Realise Facebook still has your content available to users (e.g. if you mailed it to your BFF). 5. Sue Facebook for copyright infringement. 6. Facebook tell you to get stuffed, because you agreed to licence it to them. The issue might more be what happens when 4 is replaced by the following: 4a. Facebook publish a "best of Facebook posts" book, containing your content.

  20. Can you not just delete the files directly? on Flash Cookies, a Little-Known Privacy Threat · · Score: 5, Informative

    On Windows, presumably the shared objects are the files stored in %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects (usually c:\Documents And Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\... ) - can you not just delete the files directly?

  21. Re:More complaining and second-guessing on Disappointing Cancer Study Results Go Unreported · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The point of the story is that companies publish the successful trials on a drug, but don't publish failed trials on that same drug - i.e. they cherry-pick the results.

  22. Re:No antivirus? on Computer Virus Aboard the ISS · · Score: 5, Funny
    >p>To be fair, it's because they know the real reason that the Mir space station came down ...

    "Norton Antivirus has detected that the following file is infected with a virus:

    gyrocontrol.dll

    The infected file has been deleted

  23. Unfortunately for the seller ... on pizza.com Sold For $2.6m · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the domain transfer took more than 30 mins, so it was free.

  24. Re:You're confusing General license with Lesser on PlayStation 2 Game ICO Violates the GPL · · Score: 1

    Looking at the version numbers (0.2 on the Souceforge page vs 2.0.2 on the page linked by the original article, I think that's a different libarc.

  25. Re:Those who would give up... on Eavesdropping Helpful Against Terrorist Plot [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    Exactly, that's why they should make the law permanent - then it's not temporary safety that we're gaining, so that's all right. Er, hang on ... ?