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  1. Re:Few Questions on The Cost of 12 Days of Christmas · · Score: 1

    Or Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey Hens :)

  2. Omission? on Culture of UNIX and Windows Programmers · · Score: 1
    About slashdot: "slashdot-karma-whoring sectarianism..."
    He forgot "dupe-posting" :)
  3. Re:Not bad. on Saddam Hussein Arrested · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sorry, but weren't WMDs what this invasion was supposedly about?

    You misspelt "oil".
  4. python on Pigeons Faster than Internet · · Score: 1

    and for extra bandwidth, two pigeons could string a load of dvd-rs onto a strand of creeper.

    held under the dorsal guiding feathers, naturally...

  5. Re:myth 9: on Myths About Open Source Development · · Score: 1

    Depends on where you apply, and how well you market yourself. I have no qualifications past high school, but I've been a professional developer for going on four years.

    And yes, I have open source experience on my CV.

  6. Re:vibration? on Heads-Up Displays for Motorcyclists · · Score: 4, Funny
    On the track it would be rather usefull to keep a eye on the rpms easier.
    Ok, hands up everyone who thought he was talking about linux!
  7. Re:MODS on crack on Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again · · Score: 1

    yes, I meant mods. it's late, I'm full of wine. sorry folks.

  8. Admins on crack on Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again · · Score: 1

    Parent got modded from +1 to 0, as "overrated".

    Now I really have seen it all...

  9. Re:Biggest PC annoyance... on PC Annoyances · · Score: 1

    Nonsense. I've never come across an address which needs it, and intranet:8080 works fine for me.

    Most links created in web work are relative links, and so don't need it either.

  10. Re:Biggest PC annoyance... on PC Annoyances · · Score: 1
    You could just type the web address in the white box at the top instead of using a search engine...
    My ex-girlfriend used to insist on typing the "http://" before every URL. Slowly. So frustrating...

    Oh, and she's a web developer.
  11. Google News link on Buzz Advocates Lagrange Point Spaceport · · Score: 1

    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/opinion/05ALDR.h tml?ex=1071205200&en=90eb047cf8bd6794&ei=5062&part ner=GOOGLE

  12. Re:Googled on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 5, Informative

    and HTMLified.

  13. Re:So what exactly is it good for in the office? on IM Usage & Awareness Services · · Score: 1, Funny

    Um, how is text chat a security risk? A productivity risk, maybe, but security? Sure, someone could use it to send classified info to a friend outside the company. But they don't need IM to do this. People talk in pubs, on the phone, by email, hell I could just shout secrets out of my office window :-)

  14. Re:Hmmmmm on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 1
    Well I use AOL
    Hmm, you would say that though, wouldn't you...
  15. one more thing... on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the tea advocacy :-)

  16. Another popular move... on McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print · · Score: 1

    Apparently SCO has had to hire bodyguards for its execs.

    Job satisfaction, anyone?

  17. Re:I'm not sure this is so funny on McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print · · Score: 2
    She had trouble removing the lid so she put it between her legs for leverage.


    And this is the part which makes her an idiot.
  18. Re:wierd dimensions on Replace Your Music....Again · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know you've been using a word processor too long when it takes you several minutes to comprehend how justification could be anything other than "left", "center", "right" or "full" :-)

  19. Re:IN OTHER NEWS on Perens: Unite behind Debian, UserLinux · · Score: 1

    You forgot one: Darl McBride offered to pay people who chose not to pay any of the above.

  20. Re:Better than a USA-run Internet... on Imagine A UN-Run Internet · · Score: 1
    Where even criminals have civil rights.
    Unless they're at Guantanamo, right?
  21. Re:One Undisputable Troll Fact on Apple G5 Ads Banned In UK · · Score: 1
    Strait man? Is that a man in a straight jacket? Some guy who monitors ship traffic in the Strait Of Gibraltar? Mark Knopfler? Lesson 1, Grasshopper: if you're going to troll, at least spell it correctly.
    Yes indeed. I think you meant "straitjacket" :o)
  22. Re:Coupla comments: on Star Wars Original Trilogy Gets DVD Release Date · · Score: 1
    Hmm. Yoda always did disappear leaving his clothes behind when he died. Something I'm missing?
    Actually, he died in bed, under a blanket. The blanket remained, but the clothed Yoda disappeared.
  23. Re:2nd Drive on Best Redundant Storage for Home Use? · · Score: 1
    or accidently typing "apt-get upgrade" twice in a row.
    # apt-get upgrade
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

    # apt-get upgrade
    Reading Package Lists... Done
    Building Dependency Tree... Done
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

    What's the problem?
  24. Re:PS2 Mice - the test on How Not To Install Computer Hardware · · Score: 2, Funny

    The thing I never understood about this particular joke is - how did the poster submit the comment?

  25. Re:Baffling the spam-bots are easy... on Baffling the Spam Bots · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, but this would also baffle users who browse without JavaScript. There are lots of them, and they have a variety of good reasons for doing so.