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  1. Re:News for Nerds??!! on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1

    It may surprise you, but most of us geeks also have sex.

    Your blow up doll doesn't count.

  2. Re:Applied skills on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1

    Maybe Wisconsin needs more babies.

    You can't let all that great dairy go to waste.

  3. Re:Why C? on C Programming Language Back At Number 1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    At least it's not Pascal or Fortran.

  4. Re:nr.11 on C Programming Language Back At Number 1 · · Score: 1

    But the Windows/Android fanbois keep saying developers are abandoning the Apple platforms.

  5. Re:See... on Star Wars To Air As Animated Sitcom · · Score: 1

    While Indiana Jones may be REMEMBERED...

    As a Spielberg movie.

  6. Re:Let's remember : The Orson Wells story is a hoa on Jordanian Mayor Angry Over "Alien Invasion" Prank · · Score: 1

    Not hard to believe considering people think that Fox News is actually "news."

  7. Re:So after 28 years... on After Discovery's Launch, What's Left For the Shuttle? · · Score: 1, Informative

    ...Because we all know that the 1960s were just a happy time!

    I guess you don't know the Apollo program was cut short due to Vietnam.

    There were many more moon shots scheduled when the program was shut down in order to send more resources to Vietnam.

  8. Re:Why the shock? 0% of the market is not worth it on Songbird Drops Linux Support · · Score: 1

    Old school Unix? MacOS? You must be joking?

    I say that as an old SunOS user that ignores his mini that sits under the desk.

    Funny considering that most of Sun's Solaris engineers use MacBook Pro's.

  9. Re:What is out there right now? on The Struggle To Keep Java Relevant · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what do people with piercings do now?

    Work at Starbucks.

  10. Re:Too nerdy. on Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession · · Score: 1

    I got guns.. ooooooh be scared. <insert scooby doo ghost laugh here>

    Especially when you're off your meds or you get drunk.

  11. Re:Too nerdy. on Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or you might be a red-neck

  12. Re:Her teachers were aware of it and did nothing.. on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Let me say it again: Suicide Is Irrational. Without extreme methods, you simply can't drive a mentally healthy person to suicide.

    Let me guess, YOU were the school bully.

    And you bullied anyone who didn't share your view of the world.

  13. Re:Depends on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Giving people detention is usually not effective because its a very weak deterrent.

    Also because they get to hang out with their friends in detention.

  14. Re:Good on Open Source, Open Standards Under Attack In Europe · · Score: 1

    And they sell themselves at rock bottom prices!!!

  15. Re:Well they don't. on Open Source, Open Standards Under Attack In Europe · · Score: 1

    Very insightful post.

  16. Re:What about Flash games and other stuff? on Adobe Not Worried About the Future of Flash · · Score: 1

    Flash isn't just about video, ...

    It's about annoying ads that take up bandwidth to download and slow down the browser.

  17. Re:Not conservative on Canadian Libraries Want $300,000 To Buy Games · · Score: 1

    Japanese doesn't exist on the internet?

  18. Re:How much IPv6 Hardware is there? on Major 'Net Players Mulling IPv6 Whitelist · · Score: 1

    > That may be true of ISP and carrier level hardware, but consumer level > routers do not.

    Most of which were supplied by the ISPs.

    Exactly. The vendors of all my home equipment have been shipping IPv6 compatible for years. Just waiting on the ISP.

  19. Re:ISPs are not wild about the idea. on Major 'Net Players Mulling IPv6 Whitelist · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but ALL of my equipment at home is IPv6 ready and has been for years. Just waiting on the ISPs.

  20. Re:Only hope has passed... on Will ACTA Be Found Unconstitutional? · · Score: 1

    You don't mention printing and mailing the letter.

    You don't actually think they actually look at e-mail do you?

  21. Re:Was to be exepected on Oracle/Sun Enforces Pay-For-Security-Updates Plan · · Score: 1

    I don't want to sound negative, but I was always worried about Oracle buying Sun, for how it would impact negatively on Sun's business.

    Like the fact that Sun doesn't exist anymore?

  22. Re:Bruce Campbell on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 1

    And if he screws up, we'll go out in glory.

  23. Re:So... WTF is "Free Public WiFi" really doing? on Auto-Scanning the Names People Choose For Their Wireless APs · · Score: 1

    I used to see that behavior at O'Reilly conferences all the time.

  24. Re:It's sad that $1.5 billion on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    And the drug trade?

  25. Re:Breaking News: Pyramid Schemes are Sketchy? on One Year Later, Zer01 Web Site Disappears · · Score: 1

    It works for Amway.