User: Big_Monkey_Bird

Re:Bet the Fremen didn't have to deal with patents

On: Frank Herbert's Moisture Traps May Be a Reality

C.H.O.A.M. is only one letter away from CHOAD.

Re:author is a rookie - didn't list OS/2 cult

On: The Biggest Cults In Tech

agreed Every forum used to have "OMG, OS/2 runs DOS better than DOS! It runs Windows better than Windows!" Here's a REXX script about how awesome OS/2 is...

Re:Now what am I going to do?

On: ARIN Letter Says Two More Years of IPv4

There's a new NetBSD out...

KT Extinction?

On: Some Large Dinosaurs Survived the K-T Extinction

I'm under the impression the K-T Perry extinction was due to girl dinosaurs kissing. And then liked it

I believe it

On: Baby Chicks Have Innate Mathematical Skills

I believe it. I once had a chicken kick my ass at tic-tac-toe

SNR

On: Data Preservation and How Ancient Egypt Got It Right

And the Egyptians didn't have the signal-to-noise ratio, with images of cats saying "I CAN HAZ BASTET?" Or Horus' Tweeting "OMG My brother Set is such a dick!"

Pulling Muscles from a Shell

On: Shell Ditches Wind, Solar, and Hydro

I'm not saying they're cheap, but when Shell asked me out for dinner, they wanted to go dutch.

Re:purell

On: Why Kindle 2's Screen Took 12 Years and $150 Million

We're coming to steal your cheese. But you can keep your crap beer.

Re:cccp

On: Russia To Develop a National Operating System

I wish I had mod points as well.

Re:If you think that's bad

On: Tech Publisher O'Reilly Slashes Jobs

I read it as "extorting"

Tim O'RLY?

On: Tech Publisher O'Reilly Slashes Jobs

Any more cutbacks, and they'll fire the Garamond typeface.

Hmm

On: Synchrotron Gets Sci-Fi Writer In Residence

I heard him on the CBC once. I haven't heard someone so full of himself for quite some time.

Re:It's not so bad

On: Abused IT Workers Ready To Quit

"So what you say you do here?"

"I have PEOPLE SKILLS! I am good with people. Can't you understand that???"

Re:Damn

On: Why Climbers Die On Mount Everest

Or they could be stabbed. At least mountaineering gets you into the open air.

Re:Huh?

On: New .tel TLD Now In Use

http://go.tel/it_on_the_mountain

The EMACS equivalent of "."

On: (Stupid) Useful Emacs Tricks?

Is there an EMACS equivalent of vi's "."? A repeat-last-command sort of deal?

Re:They should make the city underwater...

On: Fictional Town "Eureka" To Become Real?

That's your solution to everything: Live under the sea.

Re:Interesting ...I'd think it would've been...

On: New Algorithm Boosts Network Efficiency

But then, what's the point?

Re:MST3K will not be appreciated by future geeks

On: IRiffs Takes MST3k Open Source

"What, a V-2 rocket? He could have had a V-8!"

I don't know about future geeks, but this made me laugh right now.

Re:Absence of real competitors

On: Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future

I think 8-track ... (click) ... is a cool format.

Re:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

On: Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles?

Argh. No. Never. The important part is I am not bitter.

I never had patience for them.

On: Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles?

I never had patience for puzzles. I wasted so much time trying to catch that damn babelfish as it shoots out of the dispenser. Grrrr.

Re:Try NEETS book series online

On: Best Electronics Kits For Adults?

Since I am Canadian, would it be espionage to score these?

LEGOS LEGOS LEGOS!

On: LEGO Brick 50th Anniversary

I'll always call them LEGOS. I want money for using that clandestine photo of me on their 50th anniversary set.

No room for Bender, huh?

On: NASA Wants Fast Moonbuggies and Solid Lunar Lander

Fine then. I'm going build my own lunar lander. With blackjack, and hookers. In fact, forget the lunar lander and the blackjack. Ah, screw the whole thing.