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  1. Choosing a password. on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enter a new password: ***** [penis]

    Sorry, your password is not long enough.
    Enter a new password:

  2. It's all about the bandwidth on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 1

    Back in my college days, Napster and Gnutella was banned by the computing and networking services not because of the legalities, but because all the students in the dorms running this stuff were pounding the crap out of the network. They also limited the number of hits your personal website could have in a day.

  3. Re:Linux Evangelism on Open Source Advocacy The Right Way · · Score: 1

    Aye! If it ain't PICO, it's crrrap!

  4. Re:A few bugs in this release on Firefox 1.0.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I agree. My grandma isn't going to know how to delete the previous installation and re-install. The automatic update feature needs to WORK and 1.0.1 should NOT be rolled out on automatic update until it does, even if it has to disable some extensions! That's better than having the whole thing crash!

  5. Re:cane toads on Microbes Alive After Being Frozen for 32,000 Years · · Score: 1

    For those who don't know about Cane Toads... http://www.fdrproject.org/pages/toads.htm

  6. When Redhat screwed up... on Red Hat Promises A More Vibrant Fedora · · Score: 1

    Did I not call it?
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=84550&threshol d=1&commentsort=0&tid=110&tid=106&tid=163&mode=thr ead&cid=7379049

    Yes, very sad day. The free Red Hat Linux may not have been bringing in cash, but how well can enterprise do on its own? I mean, if all the redhat linux hackers out there switch to a different flavor, won't they bring that flavor to the workplace as well? Feel's like this is the death of redhat.

  7. Re:Origin on Martian Sea Discovered · · Score: 1

    and what if C-A-T really spelled dog

  8. Re:Science Blog on The Return Of The Pop-Up Ad · · Score: 1

    As mentioned in the parent, here's a link that causes a pop-up in firefox.
    http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/ffp.swf?url =http://google.com

  9. Firefox commemorative coins on Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much one of those would go for on e-bay... Hrm

  10. Re:I'm pissed. on Grand Theft Auto Led Teen to Kill · · Score: 1

    It is difficult for a family to pay the bills with just one parent working. When two people get together, not only does income double, but so does the debt. And in order to get by, you have to decide which is cheaper. Day care or staying home.

  11. Re:Graphology is an ass. on Bill Gates Handwriting Analyzed · · Score: 1

    I don't think I would have taken the job.

  12. Re:How would you grade XML? on Does the World Need Binary XML? · · Score: 1

    4. It shall be easy to write programs which process XML documents.
    Grade: F


    AMEN!

  13. Re:First Data Recieved via Cassini! on Huygens Probe Lands on Titan · · Score: 1

    I have translated and it reads: All your base are belong to us

  14. Re:The reason for this stuff is clear. on Coming Soon: Self-Heating Coffee · · Score: 1

    Hehehe.. He censored 'bloody' and said "buggered".. cool..

  15. Re:I've said it before, and I'll say it again on PHP Vulnerabilities Announced · · Score: 1

    Yup, because it is a *LOT* harder to install, and administer. It's all scary black magic, and down right confusing.

    Installing Tomcat isn't difficult at all. I'm all for the J2EE solution over LAMP anyday! Development is quick, applications are scaleable and secure, easier to maintain, and allows better design (business logic seperated from interface). But that's just my opinion.

  16. Re:Hidden Image or Subliminal Ad? on Firefox New York Times Ad Hits the Presses · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm.. My paper didn't work. Maybe mine is broke. I'll go get another.

  17. Re:My solution is... on Cell Phones In The Air? · · Score: 1

    I think all smokers are. I know I see people turn there noses up at me all the time. I wanted to point out something that I've noticed among us smokers though. We have a special bond. If one person lights up, the other smokers will follow. For example. I was outside of the airport terminal waiting on a shuttle bus to arrive and feening pretty bad. Several people around but noone smoking. I wasn't sure if it was a no smoking zone or what because there wasn't any ashtrays and there was a overhead thingy. but i hadn't had one in hours and figured, screw it... I'm outside. So I lit one up. Shortly after, three or four people walked over near my area and lit one up too. I guess my point is, I will sometimes find myself looking for confirmation from other smokers in certain situations and it was then that I realized other smokers do too. If we're all smoking together, then the non-smokers can't single out someone to harass. Safety in numbers.. or something. lol

  18. A PIVOT TABLE IS... on A Complete Guide to Pivot Tables · · Score: 1

    A link for those of you who are too lazy to google the info themselves...

  19. Re:Da Vinci's Code on The Real da Vinci Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    No Way! The Da Vinci Code is the best book I've read in a long time! I liked it so much, I've picked up the Angels and Demons one too. I can't wait for the movie to come out!

  20. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1

    Firefox 0.6 you could have maybe made this statement. I haven't had any issues after 0.8 release. I was so impressed with 1.0PR, I e-mailed all my friends that its out and its awsome. Even the non-techies friends are loving it. I personally don't think firefox needs an ad in the New York Times. Word of mouth is the best advertising there is. And Firefox has a real good buzz going.

    I use firefox at home and at work and i rarely bump into any problems. Yahoo launchcast is the only one I can think of off the top of my head that didn't work correctly for me recently. Was even surprised when one of our vendors are using firefox. Web Development team cringes at having to support a new browser, but so far they everything works perfectly.

    The public IS changing.

  21. Re:A little O/T.. seeding life? on New Clue for Life on Mars? · · Score: 1

    Ever wonder if we were seeded by an alien race?

  22. Re:How to advocate tabbed browsing on Batch-o-Moz: Firefox, Thunderbird, Suite Released · · Score: 1

    All too familiar with that glazed over look. I'll have to remember that MS Excel analogy!

  23. Re:Wopmay on Mars Rovers Find More Evidence of Water · · Score: 1

    That was my thought too. Its a fossilzed martian terd.

  24. Re:watching Star Wars and an adult vs. as a kid on Star Wars on DVD · · Score: 1

    You didn't notice the bad acting when you were a kid either.

  25. What's wrong with the SE's? on Star Wars on DVD · · Score: 1

    If I was as the store to purchase Star Wars, and there was 2 boxed sets on the self... One the original version, and one of the special edition, I'd buy the special edition. But that's just me. Guess I'm just not a die-hard fan.