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  1. Re:I don't know what's sadder... on Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films · · Score: 1

    But that would seperate the kid from his peers and possibly lead to him beind ostracised by the rest of the class, and we can't let that happen. That sort of thing should be reserved for the godless commies who refuse to say the "under God" part in the Pledge of Allegiance.

  2. Re:Contamination probably on Autonomous Robot Finds Life in Atacama Desert · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, the problem lies in finding a droid that understands the binary language of the moisture vaporators...

  3. Re:This just in: on China Tightens Rules For Educational BBSs · · Score: 1

    Camp X-Ray would be a better example for that sort of thing. As far as I know, the Abu Gharib prisoners aren't American citizens.

  4. Re:This just in: on China Tightens Rules For Educational BBSs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The difference is that China's currently bad, but slowly getting better, while the USA is currently good (at least relative to China) but getting worse.

    Personally, I'm just glad I don't live in either country.

  5. Re:Die, you bastard, die! on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 1

    Just make sure he doesn't run into any blind guys with sticks.

  6. Re:The Pacebo effect is controversial on 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense · · Score: 2

    The problem with group A is that it doesn't correct for optimistic / pessemistic attitudes in the test group (ie: results depend entirely on their subjective view of the test conditions).

    Make the test group large enough and that shouldn't be a problem. The optimists and pessimists will balance each other out.

  7. Re:You Must Be Linsux User Right ?? on Over a Million Zombie PCs · · Score: 1

    Along with the rest of Earth's heterosexual male population.

  8. Re:Yet another milestone in my Earth Destruction P on Lab-Made Fireball May Be a Black Hole · · Score: 1

    In astronomical terms, Mount Everest isn't that big.

  9. Re:In other news: on EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable · · Score: 1

    That would imply that the Solar system is only about 3.6 million years old. I think you need a few more digits there.

  10. Re:I can't even on Gmail Goes Public · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gmail lets you connect via POP3.

  11. Re:is it a good thing or a bad thing... on Tivo Signs Deal With Comcast · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well if your a TiVo shareholder ...

    You're point is well taken though,

    You're just trying to annoy me, aren't you?

  12. Re:What's the system called? on Sunlight in a Tube · · Score: 3, Funny

    You asked this on Slashdot?

  13. Re:hire some proof readers on Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System · · Score: 0

    Thank you for that very informative piece of information regarding the Enlish language. Now I'll be all set if I ever decide to go to Enland.

  14. Re:Video games taught me to read on Got Game · · Score: 1

    Congraturation!

  15. Re:My cell phone... on Samsung Cell Phone Features 3GB Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    I figure, if I'm going to be carrying a cell phone around with me anyway, I might as well get one that includes everything else I might want to carry around with me. Makes things easier.

  16. Re:Aditionally... WTF???!?!?!?! on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 1

    The IRS is a government-funded orginisation. Therefore, their funding comes from your tax dollars. Therefore, if their expenses go up then, all other things being equal, your taxes will go up. It's not that complicated, really.

  17. Re:Aditionally... WTF???!?!?!?! on Open Source Tax Products? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thereby increasing the workload on the IRS, forcing them to hire more people and raise your taxes.

    Good job there, buddy.

  18. Re:Bit of a strawman (I think), however... on Only 15% of Gamers are Internet Addicts · · Score: 1

    Alcohol addiction is far more serious than internet addiction. An internet addict is just wasing their time. An alcohol addict is destroying their body and potentially seriously hurting someone should they decide to get behind the wheel. There's also the fact that internet addictions are purely psychological, while alcohol is physically addictive and it is therefore much more difficult for an alcoholic to break the habit.

  19. Re:Poor management. on Interstellar Pioneers Facing Termination · · Score: -1, Troll

    Americans are idiots.

  20. Re:GNOME 2.10 on Gnome 2.10 Released · · Score: 1

    That's one too many. When I install a DE, I want a DE. I can install my mail app seperately, thankyouverymuch.

  21. Re:yes! on Gnome 2.10 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Probably because next to nothing in KDE works unless the whole bloody thing is installed (at least in my experience) while Gnome is far more modular. The difference between a Gnome app and a KDE app is that, while the Gnome app will typically require GTK and maybe a few other Gnome packages to be installed, but will still run fine without Gnome, I've yet to see a KDE app that doesn't require all of QT, kde-base and kde-libs to run. Considering how long it takes to compile those packages (Gnome is far better than KDE in that respect) it really annoys me that I have to either include them in my regular updates even though I never touch KDE, or forfeit every QT app out there. Unfortunately, I've had to make the choice, and I've chosen the latter. Damn KDE.

  22. Re:SourceForge Screenshots on Privateer Remake Complete · · Score: 0, Troll

    Rosebud is a sled!

  23. Re:Little off topic on Open Source Advocacy The Right Way · · Score: 1

    They've already made a couple. The GTK one is called Porthole. There's also a QT one but I can't remember the name off the top of my head. The problem is that the Portage spec is still evolving fairly rapidly, so if you use one of the graphical interfaces you run the chance that it'll suddenly become incompatible when they do the next update.

  24. Re:Hardware Wars on DC Power distribution - Nix the Transformers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the kittens are being killed off fast enough through other means.

  25. Re:I'm not going to take it anymore on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 1

    He has a TV. He just chooses to only use the video display portion of it.