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  1. Re:Anyone named Bruno instantly hired on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, it's just enough to kick you into the 25% tax bracket (or the 28%, if Obama's tax plan goes into effect).

  2. Re:Anyone named Bruno instantly hired on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 1

    OS/2 fans used to do that back in the 1990s and it didn't work then either... unless by "work" you mean "appear really lame and obnoxious."

  3. Re:Ok, so logically... on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    Horsese.cx. You fail at the internet.

  4. Re:Wow, to the newlywed guy! on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    It's spelled Revelation. And Nostradamus didn't write about the horses; that imagery belongs solely to the Bible.

  5. Re:Great post on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    A lot of people seem to think that free speech extends to non-public places. A public forum like Slashdot is still owned by someone (in this case, OSTG) and that someone has the right to refuse entry.

    Except for reasons of race, religion, sex, politics, sexual orientation, dress, etc... gee, I guess using the word "right' here is ironic.

  6. Re:The story keeps changing. on San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it can only run on Mac OS 9.

  7. Re:Malice and stupidity. on San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network · · Score: 1

    That would certainly explain Congress' 14% approval rating.

  8. Re:Religions and their Back-Stories on YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Xenu and alien souls... Joseph Smith and the disappearing gold tablets... the resurrection of Christ... they're all dodgy, silly stories.

    Then where's the body? We know Jesus was executed because we have other sources such as Tacitus and Josephus. If the religious or political authorities in Jerusalem took it, they could have easily produced it and ended the Christian "cult" right there. If the early believers had taken it, would they have been willing to die for what they knew was a lie?

    As for the golden tablets, only Joseph Smith claimed to have seen them. Only L. Ron Hubbard claimed to have knowledge of the events recorded in OT3. The Bible, which stands up textual criticism at least with its many corroborating MS, claims that hundreds saw Jesus alive after his execution and while no secular sources confirm this, at least none give evidence to deny it.

  9. Re:I'll be hard... on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 1

    Ordinarily, I'm game for an invigorating horsewhipping, but I already have enough projects at work so I'll have to sit on my clever killer-fs joke.

  10. Re:while funny, on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    You believe everything Obama campaign ads tell you, huh?

  11. Re:Hell yes. on Should IT Unionize? · · Score: 1

    Telecommuting doesn't mean being available 24/7 any more than owning a car means you must drive it into work at any time.

  12. Re:1906 on Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off · · Score: 1

    CO2 is the problem, the climate was working fine with the water vapor.

    This is a "straw that broke the camel's back" issue we have here. If we know that water vapor causes 70% of the greenhouse effect and carbon dioxide only about 10%, then doubling the concentration of carbon dioxide won't do much-- will it?

  13. Re:1906 on Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off · · Score: 3, Informative

    If the carbon dioxide makes up only 0.04% of the atmosphere (which it is), increasing it to 0.05% won't make a difference in the water vapor.

  14. Re:1906 on Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ah yes, the Global Warming Industry - last year earning a billion trillion dollars by harvesting the energy from the frustration of having to separate the recyclables.

    Recycling (except for aluminum cans and papers) uses more energy and costs more than creating new material. It is bad for the earth and bad for the economy.

  15. Re:1906 on Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off · · Score: 1

    There's mad cash to be made in asking people to drive cars powered by your company's non-petroleum energy sources or run their AC on your company's non-fossil-fuel energy sources.

    Fixed that for you.

  16. Re:1906 on Huge Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I agree wholeheartedly with what you have written, you have to keep in mind that it would be somewhat impossible to directly proof cause and effect on such a scale as this. It would be better to error, I think, on the side of caution and simply reduce pollution

    The problem is that this is unacceptable to the Climate Change movement. Any heretics are branded "deniers" and derided as backwards, retarded, and ignorant. Either that, or they simply continue redefining carbon dioxide-- which makes up less than 0.04% of the atmosphere-- as a pollutant, even though it is beneficial to green plants.

  17. Re:I use Paytrust on Pitfalls of Automated Bill Payment · · Score: 1

    I thought Lot was the dude whose wife got salinated, not a fresh tomato(es).

  18. Re:Republican bashing??? It's ILLEGAL!!! on In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure no intelligent people are blaming this on Republicans because Minneapolis is a very liberal city. That would be silly, wouldn't it?

  19. Re:Black? Niggles? on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, if so many weren't too niggardly to purchase a legit copy of Windows, this wouldn't be a problem!

  20. Re:He's from the Czech on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 4, Informative

    You must be missing the first punchline, which is, "Looks like the bitch got Hungary."

  21. Re:Vista is pants on Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund · · Score: 1

    Ok. But what about the plastic cock?

  22. Re:The Genius of Hertzfeld, Et Al on Andy Hertzfeld Shares His Thoughts on 25 Years of the Mac · · Score: 1

    The PS/2 used a variety of CPUs, but none of them was the 8088 that the XT and PC used. The model 25 used an 8086 and the 30 used a 286.

  23. Re:Wait a minute on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find Japan has found a solution to their population population (which is what we're effectively talking about, population decline) and that is to create Robots.

    They eat old people's medicine for fuel. And when they grab you with those metal claws, you can't break free; because they're made of metal, and robots are strong.

    They also push people down stairs to protect them.

  24. Re:Wait a minute on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 1

    I thought kids had stronger immune systems.

    No, just inexperienced.

    This allows them to fight off things their bodies haven't encountered yet.

    So do adult immune systems, or else we'd all die of the common cold, pneumonia, flu, etc.

    Get chicken pox as an adult and you're in serious trouble.
    As a kids disease, its just a week off of school.

    Adults have more complications, but you're not "in serious trouble."

  25. Re:Right... on Websites Still Failing Basic Privacy Practices · · Score: 1

    I've never seen a rebate that small before. Anything under $2 usually doesn't require mailing; they're called "coupons."