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  1. Re:Windows Software Shop :-) on Why Buggy Software Gets Shipped · · Score: 1

    RTFM, then!. It's right there! And I know of about 10 other software programs where the "readme" listed known issues with workarounds.

  2. Re:Why is this on /. on Pirates Promise Improved Version of DaVinci Code · · Score: 2, Insightful
    draw Mickey mouse in any cartoon you'd like
    Mickey Mouse is a registered trademark of Disney; so no, you wouldn't. But you could reprint and sell the movies featuring him.
  3. Re:Good on you google! on Google News, Censorship or Responsible Journalism? · · Score: 1
    The fact that Mohammed consummated his marriage with A'isha when she was nine is well documented in the Hadiths.

    The linked articles are trollish, but one thing they are not are "hate speech." In order to be hate speech, I think the author would have to advocate harmful actions against the demographic in question. I don't think schadenfreude is enough. If you start just classifying every troll as "hate speech," you're only advocating censorship.

  4. Re:Google Bias on Google to Distribute Online Video Ads · · Score: 1

    The fact that you were modded down as "Flamebait" somewhat proves your point. That being said, you probably should have been modded down "Offtopic".

  5. Re:Not overly bad, combined with some others bad. on MS Word Zero-Day Exploit Found · · Score: 1
    That document was blocked a long time ago when someone else clicked on it and IT security stopped access to the IP at the firewall to prevent further spreading from the source.
    And we must do this because, of course, there is no such thing as virus scanning of emails.
  6. Re:Bits are TEH EVAL! on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    I suggest we just drop zero. That way, we can stop paying licensing fees on that Babylonian patent.

  7. Unit conversion! on IBM and Fuji Announce Tape Storage Breakthrough · · Score: 1
    A cartridge half the size of a typical VHS tape cartridge used in home recorders will be able to hold the text from eight million books that would fill 57 miles (92 kilometers) of bookshelves, according to researchers.
    Can anyone tell me how many "libraries of congress" or "station wagons of DLTs" that would be?
  8. Re:New ones yes; old ones no. on IBM and Fuji Announce Tape Storage Breakthrough · · Score: 1
    You can't add 8 GB more space to your hard disk. You can, however, buy another DDS2 tape for a few dollars.

    If one of your tapes dies, you throw it away and buy another for a few dollars. You don't have to throw away all your backups.

  9. Re:Let me be the first to say.... on Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite · · Score: 1

    They are required by the US DOT to withstand a 5 MPH impact. Of course, that says nothing about the pretty plastic cover which can be torn off by a pebble.

  10. Re:Let me be the first to say.... on Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite · · Score: 1

    Unibody design is good for both crash survival and weight reduction. But the crappy thin sheet metal is what ticks old folks off. I know this is for better fuel economy through weight savings, but it sure feels more like another ripoff when a basketball or slow-moving shopping cart (with plastic bumpers!) puts a half-inch deep dent in your $25,000 car.

  11. Re:Ah. on Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll see you and raise you an Office Space:

    [Scene An ATM machine. Peter gets out a receipt that says he has
    $305,326.13]

      [Scene Peter's car. Samir and Michael have obviously seen the
    receipt.]

    SAMIR
    Shit, shit, shit, shit. Son of a bitch! Shit! This is a - fuck! Son of
    a bitch! Shit!

    MICHAEL
    What happened?

    PETER
    You tell me, Michael, it's your software!

    SAMIR
    Yes, it's your software!

    PETER
    Corporate accounting is sure as hell going to notice 305, 3 (grabs the
    receipt) 26.13!! Michael!!

    MICHAEL
    Oh shit! They, they probably won't notice it's gone for another two or
    three days.

    PETER
    Michael! Michael! You said the thing was gonna take two years!

    SAMIR
    What happened?!

    PETER
    You said the thing was supposed to work.

    MICHAEL
    Well, technically it did work.

    PETER
    No it didn't!

    SAMIR
    It did not work, Michael, ok?!

    MICHAEL
    Ok! Ok!

    SAMIR
    Ok?!

    MICHAEL
    Ok! Ok! I must have, I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place
    or something. Shit. I always do that. I always mess up some mundane
    detail.

    PETER
    Oh! What is this fairly mundane detail, Michael?!!!!!

    Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.9). Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.9). Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 13.9).

  12. Re:Old recipe for stopping diarrhea on Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes · · Score: 1
    But isn't this precisely what Bush proposed banning outright in his last State Of The Union address? Human chimeras? That's what this rice is, right, a human/rice chimera.
    Err... no it's not. It's a VEGETABLE. Nice straw man, though.
  13. Re:Old recipe for stopping diarrhea on Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes · · Score: 1
    So what? Are they asking anyone to write checks to them to fund the research? If they're truly interested in helping the world AND making a little money along the way (the two are not mutually exclusive), they'll donate the product or sell it very cheaply to the non-profit charity orgs who are currently distributing food and medicine where it's needed. If not, then they will fail.

    If the corporations don't create these products, who will? The government? You might as well hire the fox to guard the henhouse-- and pay his salary out of taxes to boot.

  14. Re:Horray! on Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes · · Score: 1

    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Some people think it's funny, but it's really hot and runny!

    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Some people think it's gross, but it's really good on toast!

    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Don't drink the water here, or it's fire out your rear!

    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    When there's fire in your ass, you just scoot it on the grass!

    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    Diarrhea! (poot poot)
    When you're sitting on the bowl, shooting fire out yer hole!

  15. Re:Condoleeza? on Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes · · Score: 1

    And -5, Racist (some joke about Aunt Condie's Wild Rice in there somewhere).

  16. Re:Theology on Blue Security Gives up the Fight · · Score: 1

    Your argument is flawed, because you have changed the argument; equating "hate" with "admonition" and "love" with "permissiveness". If I correct my child, it does not mean I don't love him or her. Indeed, it's usually the opposite. While some people express their views with hate, others do so because they are genuinely concerned. It is possible to tell someone you think they are doing something wrong without hating them!

  17. Re:Incredibility on US Releasing 9/11 Flight 77 Pentagon Crash Tape · · Score: 1
    When lying liars lie
    %SLASH-E-STUSMAL, "Stuart Smalley" talking points detected, read aborted
  18. Re:To Interject for a moment on Tanenbaum-Torvalds Microkernel Debate Continues · · Score: 1

    Real life includes 24-7 environments where spectacular crashes, which cause real monetary losses in the form of downtime, don't stack up too well against a fault-tolerant alternative.

  19. Re:That's why God made CAPITAL letters on Why Emails Are Misunderstood · · Score: 1
    Why limit your ellipses to three periods? Use two, five, ten........ whatever..

    Now you're ready for TEH INTERWEB!

  20. Re:Oh well... on Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds complex. I am impressed that Linus was able to "modify it to work on his PC." Imagine if he had to build it from SCRATCH!

  21. Re:security over privacy on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Yeah, well... on Ken Kutaragi's Famous Last Words · · Score: 1
    Fancy restaurants were all the rage, because it wasn't about being full, it was about impressing people. Then again, everyone had head lice in the 1600's.
    Hey-- their pet monkeys need to eat, too! And 16th century menus were notably lacking in items containing bananas or red ants!
  23. Re:You should be thankful. on Handling Corporate Laptop Theft Gracefully · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, thousands of sysadmins use auditing procedures and technology to secure their data BEFORE it gets stolen, and they don't get any awards.

  24. Re:security over privacy on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 1
    In your example, there is already a perfectly functional system in place for dealing with a murderer in your house - calling the police and getting the blue hell out of there.
    I was never very good at sleeping with one eye open.
  25. Re:Yay! For the USA! on Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying · · Score: 1
    So fighting in Iraq is fighting for the freedom of Americans? Huh? Can you elaborate? I frankly see no connection.
    Saddam Huseein sponsored terrorists, allowed them to form training camps in Iraq, and monetarily rewarded the families of terrorists. Terrorists who operate not just in the middle east, but in our homeland after slipping through the wet tissue paper that protects our borders.