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  1. Maybe it wasn't just me on DJB Announces 44 Security Holes In *nix Software · · Score: 1

    I read that as "MCS 494: Unix Secretary Holes". Me going outside now.

  2. Why boot? on Boot Process Visualization · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You are supposed to leave them boxes on all of the time, like 99.999 % of the time.

  3. We have a new record! on Evolving Swarms with Swarmstreaming · · Score: 2, Funny

    16 mentions to the word "swarm" and it's derivatives in 4 paragraphs!

  4. Re:Who shoots first? on LEGO Star Wars Video Game · · Score: 2, Funny
    Can I make Han to shoot Greebo first?
    no, but you can make him shoot Greedo first...

    What? So you are saying there are two of them now?? This movie is getting out of hand!

  5. Who shoots first? on LEGO Star Wars Video Game · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can I make Han to shoot Greebo first?

  6. Re:It is not sad on Private Spaceflight Law Passes Senate · · Score: 1

    I do nt want a few tons of rocket crashing through my house.
    Hey, don't worry, no rocket is going to crash through your house, we are going to launch our rockets towards Canada. ;)

  7. Re:Two things on 1-Click Blooper Playback for Original Trilogy DVD · · Score: 1

    bug!?! bug you say? slashdot has no bu....File Size Limit Exceeded (core dumped)

  8. My humble proposal for a solution. on MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Someday · · Score: 1

    MD5 every single byte (or better yet every bit) in the file and put the result alongside the original file. Voila! No smartypants would ever attempt to temper with that, bwahahahahah!

  9. What's the point? on New ChromaLife 100 Canon Printer Inkset · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the print start to fade, you just print it again!

  10. In other news... on Gunshot Tracking Cameras to be Deployed in LA · · Score: 4, Funny

    An increase in gun-silencers sales has been reported.

  11. Re:Required In Soviet Russia Joke (bad) on Energia Reveals New Russian Spacecraft · · Score: 1
    here is another...

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA spacecraft REVEAL YOU!

  12. Re:Struggling Intel on Intel Quietly Adopts AMD's x86-64 · · Score: 1

    Still, AMD market cap (~8B) is dwarfed by Intel's (~150B).

  13. stupidco.com on Recycling Gone Wrong: The AOL Throne · · Score: 1

    What would you expect from a site named stupidco.com

  14. The naked truth is... on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 3, Funny

    The printer has a hidden GPS receiver (yes it works indoors even inside a cave, it's very sophisticated you know), every time you print something, the current location of the printer is also imprinted in yellow using a secret code impossible to detect by human eye. So, there you have it.

  15. Re:What I would like to see in SQL one day on A Complete Guide to Pivot Tables · · Score: 1

    Try MDX first.

  16. Doom's day year? on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force · · Score: 1

    Isn't 2012 supposed to be the year the world comes to an end, according to the Mayan IIRC.

  17. Re:I would... on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    10 LET A$ = RANDOM$ * 10
    15 LET B$ = ""
    20 PRINT "GUESS A NUMBER BETWEEN 1-10: ";
    30 INKEY$ B$
    40 IF B$ A$ THEN PRINT "WRONG" ELSE PRINT "CORRECT"
    50 GOTO 10

    This whole story is becoming really nauseating.

  18. Re:A small black spot on the Sun on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 1

    Been there done that. If Newton did it why we won't?

  19. Re:automatic transmission? on Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    Indeed, if you guys look at picture no. 13 from top to bottom, there are three pedals, clutch, break and gas. The description talks about auto transmission. What's up with that?

  20. Just like in India on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 1

    and any other 3rd world country.

  21. 'www.thinkpink.com could not be found.' on WebCrawler Turns 10 Today · · Score: -1, Troll

    am I not?

  22. Do I need to wear my 3D blue-red glasses? on Researchers Develop 3-D Search Engine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Haven't been used for a wile since like Jaws 3D.

  23. Any chances of this being a hoax? on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 1

    If it isn't wet how it is supposed to extinguish any fire?

  24. Re:karma whoring opportunity! :D on SCO Changes Tune, Again: Linux Now Just a Riff on Unix · · Score: 1

    >>compare their claim to those involving Harry Potter rip-offs and Vanilla Ice versus David Bowie and Queen.

    >This means nothing to me.... who wants to enlighten me and karma whore?

    Well, it's called false analogy.

  25. New poll on Microsoft Preps 'Janus' Music Copy-Prevention Scheme · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How old is going to be the first script-kiddy to hack Janus?
    A. 14-16
    B. 16-18
    C. 18-20
    D. CowboyNeal