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  1. Re:What about 10.3.9? on Mac OS X Tiger Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    The only issue is marketing -- may confuse some people -- not that the 10.3.9 release is played up in any way.

    Is there something in 10.3.9 you desire more than Tiger?

  2. Mmm... on NASA's Deep Impact Moved Into Cruise Phase · · Score: 2, Funny

    At completion of the bake-out procedure, test images were taken through the HRI.

    Sound's trippy. I'll bring the snacks.

  3. Aw goddamnit! on Web Browsing on Your PSP · · Score: 1

    Another browser to code compliant CSS for. IE gives me enough migraines.

    (^_^)

  4. I'm sure the merchandiser thought, on Family Guy Video Game in the Works · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got an idea, an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about.

  5. A few things an MS search engine must overcome: on MSN Search Roundup · · Score: 2, Insightful

    -Who would leave Google if it works? Their only hope is to integrate it into IE after the next update. -They seem to lack highlighted cache pages so far. Most of my computer illiterate friends -Is this cost effective for them? Google is built on farms of cheap computers running Linux. I would bet that Google's research team (linguists, comp scientists, et al) is a more expensive investment than their hardware. -Google's speed is unmatched and Google will always work to make their's faster than competition. It's hard to do better than instant.

  6. Who needs intentional humor on Humor in Games? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone set us up the bomb
    or
    The President has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?

  7. Some speculation: on Google-branded Firefox? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A lot of critics didn't expect the Gmail thing to fly, claiming they were going the way of Yahoo and other portals -- but Google surprised us with revolutionary features and a completely slick but quick interface.

    A lot of people thought advertising on the Internet was dead, but AdSense revived it.

    A lot of mainstream media thought tracking our usage was an invasion of our privacy -- but Google has only strengthened its capabilities and products using our data in a productive manner.

    When we speculate on Google's pending product releases, we seem to always forget to take into account that there will be something totally new attached to it --- making the product near-revolutionary.

  8. Propelled by digital media on The File Sharing Report · · Score: 2, Interesting
    A majority of users who purchased a TV series did so after downloading a few episodes from a file-sharing network. Users became consumers after they purchased the series for shows they became hooked on, or at least liked. The most common reasons for purchase fell into the following categories:
    * For better quality recordings
    * For a medium they can easily watch on their TV
    * To avoid lengthy downloads
    * To own the complete set
    * The medium became available

    This will not apply with the advent of savvier customers who own a DVD burner (for ripping and creation), the spread of digital tv, and increases in bandwidth. It is feasible to download a high quality episode or two now, but full seasons at high quality are still too large -- but not so out of reach once your connection speed is quadrupled in coming years.

  9. "XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps" on XP SP2 Can Slow Down Business Apps · · Score: 1, Funny

    That sounds like an awesome feature, what else can it do?!

  10. Will someone hep me? on Human-powered Helicopter Fails to Lift Off · · Score: 0

    But before the rotors were able to produce enough buoyant force they hit each other.
    What does that mean

  11. I predict... on 3D Monitor · · Score: 0

    a renaissance in the usage of hidden goatse links.

  12. Re:FireFox on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Well, firefox was able to grab my interest before IE. Even with the new features, I will stick with firefox because of the community that maintains it.

    I totally hear that. Browsing is definitely an area where innovation is to be embraced, not quarantined and hardened. The promise of always being ahead of IE technology is enough to keep me with Mozilla.

  13. Now I know what they were. on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 0

    I was just in Osaka (last week), and I noticed some smaller school children who had this small clear electronics-looking box on one of their backpacks' shoulder straps. students at the same school tend to have the same backpacks and atire, so that would explain why I saw so few -- not totally widespread yet.

  14. I don't get any unity or value from MS... on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 0

    I choose not to use windows (although I'm still bound to a WinXP box with the current state of ATI's linux support and with the awesomeness of Unreal Tournament 2004) because it offers me nothing.

    When I finish a shiny new WindowsXP installation, I'm left with an insecure, restless, and useless set of half-assed applications. Out of the box, its not able to protect itself from viral threats, its not the best at defragmenting itself, and it has no killer core-apps like my PowerBook would have after a new OS X installation. It reminds me of my sister and her inability to change her own diapers as an infant as well as her lack of essential life skills at that age.

    Because all the good things must be purchased (or ultimately pirated) I consider it a real hassle to set up XP the 'right' way and I now use a PowerBook as my primary machine and linux for anything I don't have to interface with (file server, experimenting boxes, etc)

  15. 28 Days Later... on Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80% Of Spam · · Score: 0, Funny

    Everyone will have been evacuated from the Windows world.

  16. Re:Wait... on Slackware Chooses X.org Server Over XFree86 · · Score: 0

    No, this is more of a formality for us Slackers.

  17. The Denver Post underestimated the cost... on No $50 iPod Clone From Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...because they failed to account for human resources required by the team responsible for porting Clippy to an embedded device.

  18. I work with... on Apple to Award Workgroup Clusters to Scientists · · Score: 0, Funny

    "...skin. Yeah that's right. I study female skin exposure and do extensive analysis using digital photographs and videos. I need a powerful computing solution to work with some of my experimental data."

  19. No big surprise... on Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP SP2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I would imagine any of the decision makers are probably using pirated copies themselves.

    Who do you think the B4llm3r who created the torrent at SuprNova is?

  20. Barrier #7 on Six Barriers to Open Source Adoption · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The developers' faces.

  21. Newlyweds in 5 years. on WiFi Phone Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you hear me now?

    'No honey! Did you unfilter the MAC address?'

    Yes.

    'Did you enable DHCP?'

    Ah, thats it! Alright, got it!

  22. Safe-for-work encyclopedias are still valuable on How The Web Ruined The Encyclopedia Business · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd pay money for an encyclopedia that didn't have an entry about goatse.

  23. Re:ok on Firebird Relational Database 1.5 Final Out · · Score: 1

    it could do without the curses, but other than that, I completely agree.

  24. accuracy is not an issue on Internet Job Boards a Bunch of Hype? · · Score: 1

    I used to poke around the vault.com forums for random information, and I can firmly say that investment bankers DO in fact spend more time talking about hiding places in the office to sneak naps than about compensation and business.

  25. slackware users out there on Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel · · Score: 5, Informative

    I found this sticky at linuxquestions.org's forums to be most helpful in doing an easy and straightforward 2.6 compile on a slackware system. LinuxQuestions.org