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  1. Communism? on Chinese Worm Creator Gets High-Paying Job Offer In Prison · · Score: 1

    I thought this was a Communist country. What happened to "to each according to his needs?" Does a hacker need millions of yuan?

  2. Surprise search engine choice! on Firefox Working to Fix Memory Leaks · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Well, at least this project discovered a new way to find pr0n:

    Robert Sayre created a script to load random pages and see whether they cause leaks. The random URLs come from the Yahoo directory (biased toward older, top-level pages), del.icio.us (biased toward newer, geeky pages), and AltaVista (biased toward pornography).
  3. Re:xpdf etc on Zero-day Exploit in PDF With Adobe Reader · · Score: 1

    Like the GP poster said, obviously there IS GREAT CALL FOR THEM, as many organizations are using them! Would you rather they send out proprietary Word documents to fill out and print? Because you can't have text entry fields in a plain text file or even an RTF.

  4. Hint to editors... on Zero-day Exploit in PDF With Adobe Reader · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the story's a day old before you report it, it's no longer a "zero-day" exploit.

  5. Re:Is this news? on Velociraptor Had Feathers · · Score: 1

    Cassowary vs. Croc: who would win? Discuss.

  6. Re:Why not cooperate? on Man Wins Partial Victory In Circuit City Arrest · · Score: 1

    George Washington, not the other asshats
    George Wallace?
  7. Re:Big improvement on the way on Real-time Raytracing For PC Games Almost A Reality · · Score: 1

    The resolution on your Amiga was about 1/8 that of a modern PC, used 4096 colors, and that game was certainly NOT raytraced. I've seen an Amiga 4000 and a 1200 render ray tracings: it takes all day to do a few seconds at 60 fps.

  8. Re:Its really because the US wants the domain ... on Soviet Union TLD Owners Snub ICANN · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is one crappy war of imperialism. The USA hasn't annexed a single nation yet!

  9. Re:John Titor Predicted it on Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're going to cite a fictional crackpot as a reliable source, then I'm going to make the claim that pain ray guns will be used by Christians against the forces of the Beast.

  10. Re:Blimey! on Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun · · Score: 2, Funny
    • Ninjas rule! *fnzownt*
  11. Re:Only one thing to do then .. on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    That's not including things like black powder guns which are not legally considered firearms and hence aren't actually tracked as such.
    Really? Heck, in the People's Republic of New Jersey, they consider Airsoft guns weapons. Wikipedia claims that's only in Camden and Newark, but I have already heard of someone doing time for having an unregistered Airsoft gun-- a toy!
  12. Re:Only one thing to do then .. on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 1

    What if I were to declare that PGP's primary purpose is to hide criminal activity? It certainly can be used for such. Many people in law enforcement would agree. Maybe you simply use PGP to secure your personal or business data, but that's just you.

  13. Re:Whole article, not 5 pages on Blogger Objects To Accusations Surrounding Vista DRM · · Score: 1

    I think pipelining and branch prediction, among other enhancements, allow more instructions per cycle.

  14. Re: Foreigner on Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the contrary, it will be cold as ice

    You're as cold as ice, create a 30 M. wide hole
    Just a block of ice, hot as a meteorite is cold

    I've seen it before, it happens a lot
    Crash on some villagers, trash all they've got
    They look out the door to see a rock in the sky
    A big stinky mess, makes the poor suckers die
  15. Re:Only one thing to do then .. on Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session · · Score: 2, Funny

    And gun control. Oh wait...

  16. Re:That's the least of the problems with Iran toda on Iran Blocks, Unblocks Access to Google · · Score: 1

    Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

  17. Re:And yet on Iran Blocks, Unblocks Access to Google · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Tell me: exactly who do you believe is in charge of the legitimate government of Iraq? Hint: we're not at war with them.

  18. Re:Armed Citizens In the Modern World on Iran Blocks, Unblocks Access to Google · · Score: 1

    Or disable a tank, but, the average farmer, tribesman, stockbroker, pimp
    Speak for yo'self, foo'! My pimp hand is very strong.
  19. Re:Censorship is the last resort of a failing regi on Iran Blocks, Unblocks Access to Google · · Score: 1

    Iran is in a desperate attempt to return to old school biblical times
    I'd just like to point out that the Islamic theocracy in Iran has absolutely nothing to do with the Bible. If you disagree, try reading the Bible and contrasting its ideas regarding women to those in the Qur'an.
  20. Re:The Kilogram is not losing weight on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 1

    I never have mod points when I need them.

  21. Re:The metre must be shrinking then... on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but I think you mean 3.2808399 foot-long feet.

  22. Re:Not any more on Kilogram Reference Losing Weight · · Score: 2, Funny

    Clearly, the kilogram reference should be constructed of cesium-133. This will remove all ambiguity.

  23. Re:New business model on eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million · · Score: 1

    Unless the car was worth over $10,000, you should not have been taxed.

  24. Re:More seriously, though on Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference · · Score: 2, Informative

    What sort of a dick rides a bike without a helmet?
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks.
  25. Re:Thank God! on Japan Launches Lunar Orbiter Mission · · Score: 1

    That's like trying to find your Ralph Nader campaign lawn banner from Google Earth. The resolution isn't high enough.