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  1. Re:Fedora 13 on Microsoft's Chief Exec For Latin America Says 'Open' Means 'Incompetent' · · Score: 1

    Still have some Jack Daniels left. Want some?

    In fairness, he did say Bourbon.
    Jack is Tennessee Whiskey, it is not bourbon. Per Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Part 5, Section 5.22
    http://www.distill.com/specs/USA10.html

  2. Re:Again paranoia rules the roost on Police Publish 'An Introduction To PEDO BEAR' · · Score: 1

    the odds of your kid getting killed by an SUV dwarf

    An SUV Dwarf, you say? What, pray tell, does one of those horrible creatures look like?

  3. Re:"Brief"? on Assange Asks For New Lawyer, Denies Blaming CIA · · Score: 1

    * disclaimer: this is in the context of American English, but I'm pretty sure that "brief" doesn't mean "lawyer" in any of the others...

    I've heard it used as slang for a lawyer. Mainly in the UK. Urban Dictionary seems to know it as well.
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brief&defid=398664

  4. Re:Meanwhile, to get an adult view on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    I'll bet you knew that already but were either confused or pretending to be.

    Sorry, you lose. Collect your consolation prize from the Civilian Affairs Officer.
    Troll on, my son.

  5. Re:Meanwhile, to get an adult view on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    Stranger, I don't know you from Adam. And I've no idea whether you live in a country with a militarized national police force or not without checking. And I certainly don't know that you live in the US and that you believe that the police are not civilians.
    And then you insult me and my intelligence by suggesting that I wasn't trying to be an adult.
    You are an assuming jackass, as best I can tell from my years as an adult. Your interpretation is the only one that is reasonable. Charming.

  6. Re:Meanwhile, to get an adult view on Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 · · Score: 1

    What do law enforcement think about civilians carrying concealed and loaded firearms in crowded public places?

    Here in the United States, the law enforcement ARE civilians. Some of them don't like to be reminded of this, but any concurrent military service notwithstanding, LEO are not in the military.

  7. So, who said it first? on Ex-SF Admin Terry Childs Gets 4-Year Sentence · · Score: 1

    Quoting Carlos Mencia "How the fuck is this news?".

    Who said it first, though? I know that guy steals most of his act...

  8. Re:Android needs a sandbox. on Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions · · Score: 1

    Assuming you are not a troll, yes.
    I was downloading at least as far back as DOS 2.1 on my own hardware and on earlier versions as well.
    And now you know...

  9. Re:Hey TalkTalk! It's My Life! on UK ISP TalkTalk Caught Monitoring Its Customers · · Score: 1

    That's Talk Talk, from the album Talk Talk, the band is Talk Talk.

  10. TMI on Pentagon Workers Tied To Child Porn · · Score: 1

    we will be left making fallacious assumptions

    Hey man, they didn't say what kind of pictures they found.
    Oh fallacious, sorry.

  11. Agreed! on RIAA Accounting — How Labels Avoid Paying Musicians · · Score: 1

    Courtney Love.

    Both, I believe, 10+ years old.

    Have you seen her? She is WAY older than 10!

  12. Phil, is that you? on NetApp Threatens Sellers of Appliances Running ZFS · · Score: 1

    I can sue Sue

    -ssudio!

  13. Re:Read-only switch for USB sticks? on Photo Kiosks Infecting Customers' USB Devices · · Score: 1

    If the customer inserts a CDROM there is no chance of it being written to if the kiosk doesn't have a writer device.

    Uh, no. If the customer inserts a CDROM, there is no chance of it being written to because its a CDROM, or Compact Disc Read Only Memory...

  14. Read his replies in this thread. on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 1

    This man is clearly an ego-stroking troll. A rare breed, if I ever there was one! ;)

  15. 48207? on Statewide Franchise Illegal? Detroit Sues Comcast · · Score: 1

    People who know people that live there?
    People who live there?
    Canadians, who can see them by looking North into the U.S. from Windsor, ON? (Yes, that's correct, I've done it.)

  16. I suspect.. on SCOTUS Rules Petiton Signatures Are Public Record · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I suspect this is modded funny and not insightful because there are some people around these parts that think the 1st amendment to the Constitution is hugely important and that people that might feel the same way about the 2nd amendment to the Constitution are "wacko."

    And they have mod points...and they use them.

  17. 1 Infinite Loop on iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Wreaking Havoc On Apple Store · · Score: 1

    It's their address, I'm sure they can make an App for that!

    And then, of course, they can put the App in the Apple App Store next to the Apple Store App.



    I'm not the pheasant plucker...

  18. Re:Yay!!!! on Sega To Bring Dreamcast Titles to PSN, Xbox Live · · Score: 1

    The Dreamcast is already in HD, for certain values of HD (ie. 640x480@60hz)

    Actually, that's EDTV.

  19. Re:They are willing to do the needful on Why Are Indian Kids So Good At Spelling? · · Score: 1

    In high school English we had an exercise called "Letter writing". They teach you how to write (or kiss ass) your higher ups (be it Government officials, or Headmaster, or your boss). Every letter will have "kindly", several pleases, most importantly will end with yours obediently. When I came to US for grad school, I saw no one using those crap, I stopped using them.

    Sounds like you did the needful thing. ;-)

  20. Re:i'm sick of the fallacy of the slippery slope on Bill Gives Feds "Emergency" Powers To Secure Civilian Nets · · Score: 1

    If I were a Mormon, I'd already be planning my ad campaign for the 2020 election season....

    You are...
    http://www.freestrongamerica.com/

  21. Road...or tracks? on iPad Bait and Switch — No More Unlimited Data Plan · · Score: 1

    (Sprint probably wont make it)...they know where this road goes and they are trying really hard to change course to keep from getting right back to where they all started

    In Sprint's case, that road is actually train tracks...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad

  22. Re:Less is More $ on Revenge of the Cable Customer · · Score: 1

    So it's more like going out to dinner and not paying an extra $25 to receive "free" dessert included with purchase of a bunch of appetizers that I didn't want anyhow.

    Another satisfied Chili's customer!

  23. How about a watch? on Tetris Clones Pulled From Android Market · · Score: 1

    I mean whoever wrote Pacman, etc.. never thought they would be able eventually to play it on a phone.

    Why not, we were playing it on watches in the 80s?
    http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Nelsonic/PacMan.htm

  24. Less is More $ on Revenge of the Cable Customer · · Score: 1

    You can get cable Internet and not pay for TV. I am, anyhow. True, I pay an extra $10/mo

    Don't you find it odd that you are paying an extra $10 per month to not receive a service?

    Kind of like going out to dinner and paying an extra $5 so that you don't have to eat dessert...

  25. PCMCIA was a winner! on Theora Development Continues Apace, VP8 Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
    And SCSI was SASI! Or was that the other way around? I think I remember wet SCSI being able to hot mount disks.

    Sex sells!