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  1. Re:Recommendation for online gaming on World of Warcraft's Brand New Rootkit · · Score: 1

    How does it do on Beer?

  2. Re:Unlawful to record your home? on NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    It was his home. He authorized it. The police can't reasonably expect to not be taped if he has signs showing that it is there.

  3. Re:Are you kidding? on Zone Alarm Vs 180 Solutions: Zango hooks? · · Score: 1

    You could treat it like cookies. Have it ask you.
    If you just requested a web page, you can allow it.
    If it is trying to make the connection while you are at work, or asleep, it gets blocked.

  4. obligitory cluster joke on MIT Unveils Prototype for $100 Linux Laptop · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these ?

  5. Moon ? on NASA Plan to Return to the Moon · · Score: 1

    "That's no moon it's a space station"

  6. VooDoo Science on Our Brains Don't Work Like Computers · · Score: 1

    I can't believe the drivel that gets spouted by some of these so called scientists.
    Maybe they should be writing for the "National Inquier", they could put the articles next the the ones about Batboy and Bigfoot.

  7. Java ? on Java to Appear in Next-Gen DVD players · · Score: 1

    Oh great.
    As if starting a movie isn't slow enough as it is....

  8. Re:Next To Go: '+' Sign on Calculator Flaw Forces Recall in Virginia · · Score: 1

    Yeah, who knows where I'd be if I didn't know how to convert decimals to fractions.
    Oh wait, I'd be in the same high paying, technically challenging, engineering job.

  9. Re:New life? on Serenity Comic Book Series · · Score: 1

    Facts are meaningless.
    You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.

  10. I think Homer said it best .... on Planet Simpson · · Score: 1

    DOH!

  11. Only 9 years ? on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 1

    He's nothin' but a low-down, double-dealin', back-stabbin', larcenous, perverted worm!!
    Hangin's too good for him!!
    Burnin's too good for him!!
    He should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive!!!

  12. Hey ! on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1

    I can see my house from here.

  13. Re:use any old thing on Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It? · · Score: 1

    You were listening to your friend's 1000 watt stereo as he was melting the wires because of the power going through them ?
    Yep, its your ears....

  14. Re:One sentence license: on Creative Commons In the News · · Score: 1

    Not trying to nit-pick, but you can always sue.
    There might not have been a contract, but that means you *might* win the suit.

  15. Re:RTFA ;) on Wisconsin Governor Proposing Tax On Downloads · · Score: 1

    We have a voluntary tax in my state, we just call it the lottery.

  16. Re:Democrats vs. Republicans on Wisconsin Governor Proposing Tax On Downloads · · Score: 1

    Well, when my finances project a deficit, I have to stop spending money.
    It sounds a lot easiser than what he is proposing.

  17. Re:Not that big of a deal on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nobody deserves to get their Boxen hacked, even if they don't always use the best available defenses.
    That is like saying the rape victim is at fault "'cause she looked so sexy"

  18. Re:Good Move Microsoft!!!! on Microsoft to Disable Online Windows Activation · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've never heard that expression.
    The one I get a lot is "Hung like a Horse".

  19. Voodoo science on Smart People Choke Under Pressure · · Score: 1

    Just another person getting the results they want.
    This person wants to prove his superiority by showing people smarter than him will choke under pressure.
    It was the results he was looking for, and lo and behold, the results he got.
    What a waste of time.

  20. Re:Betamax? on The Lost 1984 Mac Video · · Score: 1

    Scan lines are not the same things as line of resolution.

  21. Mini Mac on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who got an mental image of Dr. Evil saying
    "..and I shall name him Mini Mac. "

  22. Re:Least of your worries on Where's My 10 Ghz PC? · · Score: 1

    Yeah ! And Video phones. Where is my video phone.
    Although, I'm not sure I would want to see what some people are doing while I'm talking to them on the phone.
    And, it would really hurt to crash a flying car.
    All the drunk drivers would be drunk flyers.
    Maybe it is a good thing we don't have these.

  23. Re:Update on LokiTorrent vs. MPAA · · Score: 1

    "That's no moon it's a space station"

  24. Re:Old School on 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of D&D · · Score: 1


    Your words cut me like a +6 vorpal sword of wounding.....

  25. Patent Abuse on Microsoft Patents 'IsNot', Enlists WTO · · Score: 1

    It's completely asinine that this sort of thing is legal.
    The entire purpose is to make money without actually doing anything, and the end result is that it stifles innovation.
    The patent system in this country needs a major overhaul.