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  1. Re:As an unemployed bugle player on Gadgets for the Lazy · · Score: 1

    Ashley Simpson, is that you?

  2. Re:As an unemployed bugle player on Gadgets for the Lazy · · Score: 1

    I played at my father-in-law's funeral (Vietnam vet), and I have never been in the military. So perhaps this requirement can be waived by the family. That being said, I performed it antiphonally with a friend of the family who is in the Navy (still unusual, because the deceased was in the Air Force and had an Air Force personnel performing the flag ritual).

  3. Re:NPR is right wing... Fox is off the chart on Wal-mart's Wikipedia War · · Score: 1

    Wow-- you're leaning so far left that you think you're mainstream! You're like a human buffer overflow exploit!

  4. Re:Nothing to see here on Wal-mart's Wikipedia War · · Score: 1
    Did NPR report that US deaths in Iraq hit a 2-year low in March?
    Following which it immediatelty jumped up in April [usatoday.com].
    Irrelevant. Does NPR have a time machine? If not, then they have a duty to report news as it happens, and if increasing casualties are newsworthy then decreasing ones are as well.
  5. Re:This was bound to happen. on Wal-mart's Wikipedia War · · Score: 1

    So are most positive statements regarding Wal-Mart-- but the article indicates that we should silence one POV or another when necessary in order to maintain a "neutral" POV-- truth be damned.

  6. Re:This... on Phishers Get Phoney · · Score: 1
    I keep my cash in separate places
    But DEFINITELY not under my mattress! Or in the refrigerator. Or in that cookie jar. Nope, not me!
  7. Re:It's not just heat that's the problem. on Seven Mobile ATA Hard Drives Compared · · Score: 1

    That's why I bought a rear-wheel drive laptop! No torque steer!

  8. Re:What? on Seven Mobile ATA Hard Drives Compared · · Score: 0

    Do you wrok for Intel or something? Your current processor does a lot more per clock than the 100 MHz Pentium did.

  9. Re:Smithy Code? on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code · · Score: 1

    PC LOAD LETTER? What the f*** does that mean?

  10. Re:Danger for GNU/linux on Chinese Company Produces $150 Linux PC · · Score: 1

    The OLD version of SmartStart (5.x and below) used DOS and Windows. The current versions use Linux and the Mozilla browser is the interface.

  11. m1cr0 pump on Micro-Pump is Cool Idea for Future Computer Chips · · Score: 1
    I read "tiny micro pump" and stopped, thinking someone has spammed Slashdot with penis-enlargement scams ...

    "I'm tellin' ya baby, it's not mine!"

  12. Re:obligatory on Windows Nag Windows to Counter Piracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid you can't do that ...

  13. Re:obligatory on Windows Nag Windows to Counter Piracy · · Score: 4, Informative
    That's totally a misquote.

    How to uninstall Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications
    You can use Add or Remove Programs to view Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, but you cannot use Add or Remove Programs to remove the notifications.

  14. Re:Being hit by a (semi) truck on Low Emission Cars Continue to Gain Popularity · · Score: 1

    They totaled that? You must be joking! Fix the mirror and it'd pass inspection!

  15. Re:BMW C-1 on Low Emission Cars Continue to Gain Popularity · · Score: 1

    PA Gov. Rendell has never adequately explained why he signed a bill abolishing the helmet law, but left the seat belt law in place.

  16. Re:BMW C-1 on Low Emission Cars Continue to Gain Popularity · · Score: 1

    Alas, only crooks and cops (insert ironic statement here) have guns in the UK.

  17. Re:Text of the Bill. on Oklahoma Senate OKs Violent-Games Bill · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Since the bill doesn't define "holding hands" as sexual behavior (and who would? Even conservative private schools allow students to hold hands), you are wrong. It splits the general definition into three categories:
    1. Sexual intercourse (contact between opposites sexes)
    2. Homosexual (contact between same sexes)
    3. Masturbation (contact between you and... er... yourself)
  18. Re:I did. on IE The Great Microsoft Blunder? · · Score: 1

    INPUT

  19. Re:Definitely not 0 profit... on IE The Great Microsoft Blunder? · · Score: 1

    That's not much worse than older houses where above the first floor you had siding, lath, and plaster (and no insulation). I guess you might need a ladder and a hatchet.

  20. Re:Definitely not 0 profit... on IE The Great Microsoft Blunder? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you the type of guy who walks into Dunkin' Donuts, points at the Munchkins and says, "LIAR! If those were really donut holes, they'd be full of AIR!"

  21. Re:Damned Dirty Mod Points on The World's Deepest Dinosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    And pushing the joke too far gets you "-1, Offtopic". Oh, crap ...

  22. Re:Obligatory on The World's Deepest Dinosaur · · Score: 1
    You do realize I had to add you to my Friends list, just because of that joke?

    Sorry!

  23. Re:The most irritating aspect for me... on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 1

    We still have our guns here, so a bloody revolution is still bloody possible!

  24. Re:Sick! on Chinese Portals Pledge More Self-Policing · · Score: 1
    And culture creates a divide at this point: in some cultures, "an eye for an eye" is a perfectly acceptable idea
    It is in mine as well. Because this verse is almost universally misinterpreted to prescribe vengeance. It is clear from the context that it requires justice and appropriate penalties for a crime: no more, no less.

    Compare and contrast with Islamic cultures, where a thief's hand is cut off for stealing.

  25. Re:Concern for human rights is not a team sport on Chinese Portals Pledge More Self-Policing · · Score: 1
    Is that legitimate? Here's another parallel:
    "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton
    Does that statement make Hillary Clinton a communist? Of course! er, not... I mean.