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  1. Re:No one lives for ever ... on Apple's Life After Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    The Mac's been around for 24 years now... which other computer (outside of geek circles) has been more fashionable during that time?

    The iPod's been around for 7 years now... which other MP3 player (outside of geek circles) has been more fashionable during that time?

  2. Re:Really? on Apple's Life After Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    I've been finding Jobs' keynotes less charismatic of late. I find it unendearing that he gets annoyed when the audience fails to clap at times he anticipates they should. When you start to believe in your own cult of personality, it's time to move on, and congratulations to him for doing just that.

  3. Re:Really? on Apple's Life After Steve Jobs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There isn't a feature of an iPod which isn't done by somebody else.

    -1, Yet Another Linux User Who Thinks That Quantity Is More Important Than Quality

  4. Re:Only in America. on Oprah Sued For Infringing "Touch and Feel" Patent · · Score: 1

    +1, Inane Yet For Some Reason Still Successful Reverse Psychology

  5. Re:They needed to put a park there. on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Build a city; they will come ;)

  6. Re:What natural setting? on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Trousers weren't around when humans were still in their "formative years" of evolution. But I wouldn't use that as the basis for making any claim that wearing trousers is bad for humans.

  7. Re:They needed to put a park there. on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Besides, where else would they put a park? In the middle of the countryside upstate?

  8. Re:What natural setting? on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Humans evolved to be in communities, but not in cities.

    [CITATION NEEDED]

    My opinion

    [AH, I SEE]

  9. Re:More intrusive ads for the same revenue? on How Web Advertising May Go · · Score: 1

    Speaking of porn, what really amuses me is those adverts which claim to be able to put you in touch with real girls in your area. There must be a lot of geographically disparate twins signing up to these sites, because the girls that live in London when I'm in London look exactly the same as the girls that live in Manchester when I'm in Manchester!

  10. Re:Obligatory English lesson. on Steve Jobs Issues Update On His Health · · Score: 1

    And another one, especially for you:

    You loosen something that is too tight. You let loose the hounds. You never "loose" anything.

  11. Re:Wording is correct on Steve Jobs Issues Update On His Health · · Score: 1

    If his weight had been too tight, he would be loosening, not loosing, it.

  12. Re:Warning, Y2.1K bug. on The Exact Cause of the Zune Meltdown · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find that most "Hello World" examples use standard libraries (e.g. helloworld.c uses printf).

  13. Re:Brilliant on Developing "Eyes-Free" Gadgets and Applications · · Score: 1

    You've really never come across something more innovative than this?

  14. Goodness gracious me on What Carriers Don't Want You To Know About Texting · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next you'll be telling me that when you buy Coca-Cola, you're mostly just getting sugar and water!

  15. Re:who cares on As Christmas Bonus, Google Hands Out "Dogfood" · · Score: 1

    People won't stop getting internet access, but people aren't Google's customers; they are its product. Where do you think Google's money comes from?

  16. Re:Best place to work in America? on As Christmas Bonus, Google Hands Out "Dogfood" · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd like to pretend that there was some sort of power-of-dollar pun in my original post. But the truth is I'm drunk.

  17. Best place to work in America? on As Christmas Bonus, Google Hands Out "Dogfood" · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is the UK. Here, a $180-dollar value bonus is worth considerably more than it was last year!

  18. Re:Sounds like... on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    [girl doesn't even bother rolling dice]

    Girl: Nope.

  19. Re:No Personality? on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 2

    Mod parent up -- nice animation! (And no Rickroll)

  20. Re:Lifespan isn't the most critical. on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    Humanity has been able to carry on numerous projects on a bigger scale than the average human's lifespan.

    It's a wonder that drosophilae haven't got it together yet.

  21. Re:Correlation is not causation on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    But some people who love to say that understand do statistics and scientific research methods. Which just goes to show.

  22. Re:Personality on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 2, Funny

    To make your intent clearer, you could have posted:

    Correct! I just found out about this myself from a Linguistics major at UCLA who just happens to be my girlfriend. Which is to say: I have a girlfriend. Big me up.

  23. Re:Personality on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    That might be her definition of personality. Sounds like my definition of tedium.

  24. Re:Security through obscurity on Court Allows Arkansas To Hide Wikipedia Edits · · Score: 1

    "Security through obscurity" does not mean "Keep your password secret".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity

  25. Re:Microsoft on Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? · · Score: 1

    [apparently not]