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  1. Re:wHy is it always cost. on InfoWorld on Switching to Linux · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see you come up with something that you can't put a price on.

    SCO Linux License: $699

    SCO Legal Fees for IBM Lawsuit: $5,000,000

    Watching SCO getting raped in court by IBM's Lawyers: Priceless

  2. Sounds cool on MIT Roofnet · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I am concerned as to the Santa friendliness of this chimney internet access. Will I still be able to get my presents if I access the internet this way.

  3. Anyone else on Freedom of Speech in Software · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Read that as Stalins Freedom of Speech in Software and wonder what the fuck would Stalin know abouts Freedom of anything.

  4. Re:chickenwire? on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 2, Funny

    A bunch of chickens are fed a large amount of cocaine and then show a video of the life and works of Buckminster Fuller. They are then let loose in a wire factory and hey presto Chicken Wire.

  5. Re:No way! on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 2, Funny

    We prefer to be called Gnomes of Small Stature you insensitive clod

  6. Hmmm on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont see anything there about how babies are made

  7. Screw Lava on Build Your Own Lava Lamp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want a full on Volcano Lamp

  8. Not suing companies on SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not enought Linux companies are making money so instead they are going to take a leaf from the RIAA handbook on how to win friends and influence people by hitting all Linux using students with massive lawsuits thus forcing the students to settle and hand over their first 10 years salary after graduation as a penalty

  9. Unfortunately on Computer Game Improves Children's Hearing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This does not change the fact that kids only listen to what they want to hear

  10. Re:lie on Symantec Adds Product Activation · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dunno. Its pretty popular on Kazaa

  11. Strange on Fastest US Supercomputer Runs Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being the Department of Energy I though they would have used AMD chips so they could use the excess heat to drive a power plant.

  12. Re:beta testers on Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date · · Score: 1

    Go on, take a guess

  13. For the love of god on Beyond Binary Computing? · · Score: 2, Funny

    will someone please think of the dialogs we will have to implement for this extended logic.

    There will be no more

    Yes No Cancel

    Now it will be

    Yes No Maybe Cancel

    Yes No Maybe Dont_Know Cancel

    Yes No Yes(but I mean no) No (but I mean yes) Maybe Cancel......

  14. Poll Tax II on UK to Put Monitors in Every Car? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With the disclaimer that the Sun is a rag and can't really be believed I can imagine this would be met with a similar response to the Poll tax in the UK. Why should people stand for such blatent money grabbing government interference in their day to day lives.

  15. I am convinced on Ministry of NanoEthics? · · Score: 5, Funny

    that in the future we will have nano technology embedded within us to enforce RIAA etc type infringements by punishments such as inducing bouts of uncontrolled urination and defecation in public. People will see you crap yourself at the touch of a button and say 'ahh he must have been using P2P again'

  16. Re:Totally fair. on Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs · · Score: 1

    I donate 10 Million dollars a year to mine. Does that qualify me for a rebate ?

  17. So on Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs · · Score: 1

    if you lan and internal phone system (obviously its another communication network) are seperate will you be taxed twice ?

  18. Great, just what we need on Drink Coffee, Support Mozilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    a gigantic lizard jumped up on caffeine

  19. The burning question on Supercomputer Breaks the $100/GFLOPS Barrier · · Score: 2, Funny

    though is how many mp3's are these students sharing on this monster ?

  20. Re:Open Source Fund to buy out these companies? on Corel Goes Private · · Score: 1

    Or am I just insane ?

    Not just insane but completely off the sanity radar

  21. So this is how it starts on Learning Robots · · Score: 3, Funny

    First of all its 'ahh look at the cute robot playing in the garden and learning how to survive on flowers'. Then its 'AHHHH please Mr. T1000 let me survive, please dont point that pulse rifle at me'.

  22. Its been my experience on Ph.Ds in IT - Good or Bad for a Career? · · Score: 1

    and my preference when interviewing to select people with solid commercial experience rather that mostly academic backgrounds. I suppose for specialised applications a Phd will be a benifit but not for the vast majority of positions.

  23. Re:Two schools of thought about blackouts... on Blackout Week Continues · · Score: 0

    LOL Excellent comeback

  24. OK on PS2 Exploit Allows Running of Unsigned Code · · Score: 1

    The guy only tested one one machine (far as I can tell), but still I know its is a very cool hack but I mean really does it make a difference ? These machines are purchased as gaming platforms, not as the first step to world domination. Nice to know but is it more fun for the majority to play games or run 'unsigned code'

  25. Re:Coincidence? on Superconductors as Electrical Grid Surge Suppressors · · Score: 1

    Give it a rest with the conspiracy theories and the 'if only we can link microsoft to this' nonsense. There were known problems with the grid so obviously its management would have been looking for solutions to resolve this. In this case its not like they destroyed the power grid becasue they have a fix waiting, the technology still has to be developed fully.