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  1. MOD PARENT DOWN!! on Inside MySpace.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    For the love of god! MOD PARENT DOWN!

  2. Re:Great on Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia · · Score: 1

    It is indeed better to wear "jandals" than "gummies" if you're "hooning" about in a "fizz boat". But for the love of god don't suggest that sentence is pure gobbledegook to your kiwi girlfriend or she'll soon be a pissed-off "sheila".

  3. Romani ite domum... on Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia · · Score: 1

    History tells us the Romans forced the locals to speak Latin. Quod erat demonstrandum.

  4. Merely "Guaging" popular feeling... on Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed · · Score: 1

    But will No Holes Barred, be released on HD-DVD?

  5. In the words of Dr. Fox... on When Celebrities Speak on Science · · Score: 1
    Genetically, paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me. Now that is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
    -- Dr. Fox, Brass Eye
  6. Re:New Title to Earn? on Possible Serious Security Flaw In ATMs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew a guy, went around resetting pins all over town, name 'o Brunswick, hella a guy.

  7. e:He website is damn UGLY!! on Slashdot's Vastu · · Score: 0

    It's so t of like a dine .

  8. Golgafrinchan Ark B on Windows XP SP1 Support Ends Tuesday · · Score: 1
    "Well," said the Captain, picking his way through the words carefully, "I think as far as I can remember we were programmed to crash on it."

    "Crash?" shouted Ford and Arthur.

    "Er, yes," said the Captain, "yes, it's all part of the plan I think. There was a terribly good reason for it which I can't quite remember at the moment. It was something to do with... er..."

    Ford exploded.

    "You're a load of useless bloody loonies!" he shouted.

    "Ah yes, that was it," beamed the Captain, "that was the reason."
  9. Re:Well, nice, but... on Top Ten Geek Wallets · · Score: 1

    Mine does, though there's no coin holder/closable coin pocket.I can put a small amount of coins in the note(bill) pocket and they don't escape into my jeans pocket. Even if you take it out and turn it upside down, when it's closed, the coins don't fall out. I did put a flap in mine that I intended to put coins behind to stop them falling out when the wallet was upside down but I haven't really needed to use it.

    It has space for my driving license (with see-through window), 4-5 credit cards, plenty of notes (bills), my swiss-army card, my FSF bootable membership card (LNX-Bootable Business Card) and several business cards.

    The only real problem is some lifting and peeling, but it's duct/duck/gaffer tape...I don't have to be a machinist/seamstress to repair it :o)

  10. Sure...clone the things... on Soft Tissue Discovered In T-Rex Bone · · Score: 1

    ...just don't let it drive a mini!

  11. In the bathroom at work.... on When a Tech 'Breakthrough' Isn't Really · · Score: 1
    ...I read this in New Scientist...
    WHAT makes a scientific paper "surprising" or "unexpected"? Michal Jasienski believes the rapid increase in the frequency of these words in papers' titles is simply a bid by the authors to stand out amid the deluge of publications."

    "If grabbing attention is the goal, it is not working. Jasienski took a sample of 100 "surprising" papers and found that on average they were cited by other researchers no more often than 100 matched papers from the same journals."
    ...just the other day. Something to ponder on.
  12. Re:Poison Database on Can Banks Shift Phishing Losses to Customers? · · Score: 1

    Link? Are you going to release this as OSS? :o)

  13. Re:not true: "morons get what they deserve" on Can Banks Shift Phishing Losses to Customers? · · Score: 1

    So, you just turned up when your friend was about to drive home didja? Or is it more likely that this hypothetical you was in the pub/club with said friend while they were drinking and should know a helluva lot better?

    Regardless, this is a non sequitur, the original suggestion is that you would be negligent if you knowingly got into a car with a drunk driver, if you have no way of knowing that the person was drunk...of course you wouldn't be responsible..

    Brain: Duuuuh, I know, let's ignore the argument in hand and make up our own that we know we can win, sound good?
    Body: Hyuck, let's do it!

  14. Re:"Backup copies" on ScummVM Developers Barred From Using PayPal · · Score: 1

    Ditto Monkey Island & MI2, still presented the copy protection, but any answer gets you through. I still regret ever parting with my Amiga and copy of Zool, it came with a code-wheel for copy protection. But you try telling kids of today that...

  15. Well, when I were a lad... on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    The lock were carved out of a mastedon bone while t' mastedon were still alive, and the key had to be gnawed from the distal phalanx of me index finger!

    But you try telling that to kids of today.

  16. Re:Insecure on SHA-1 Collisions for Meaningful Messages · · Score: 1

    They never did have a character called Encrypted-ness did they?

  17. Re:ahem on The NYT's OS-Restrictive Video Policies · · Score: 1
    All I can see is that their current online video authoring package isn't very good
    From TFA..and yes, even from TFS, videos on the NYT's site's front page work just fine under GNU/Linux/Firefox/Macromedia Flashplayer Plugin. If they have a current online video authoring package that is good enough to produce videos for all on the front page, why not use it on the rest of the site?

    Ok, it's not a good plan to not have it working in linux, but lets be honest, how many of the people working at nyt have anything but windows at their desk?
    If the restriction is purely technical, then they must have some means to determine which flashplayer/OS/browser combos work with which videos. They obviously take all the fully compliant videos and put them on the front page and put any others elsewhere on the site...oh wait, that makes no sense.

    You may be right saying this will only affect a small percentage of people, but this is completely arbitrary. It could work for firefox/GNU/Linux as proved by the videos on the front page.
  18. Re:Memorable Quotes: on Discussing a Private Buyout of Microsoft · · Score: 2

    BOFH dude. BOFH. I still read Userfriendly, but when I do, I'm thinking about the BOFH.

  19. Re:don't think so... on Irish Company Claims Free Energy · · Score: 1
    (...)fleece VC investors of hard-earned cash?

    Hard-earned?
    Hope springs eternal, but so does stupidity.
    Quite.
  20. Re:Woo Woo science on Under the Hood of Quantum Computing · · Score: 0
    any approach thus far is good at (a) or (b), but not both.
    Ooh, Heisenberg-approaches!
    Or does he?...
  21. No, no, no... on Eavesdropping on a Botnet · · Score: 1

    He has it wrong, you have to take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

  22. Re:TrueCrypt? on Locking Up Linux, Creating a Cryptobook · · Score: 1

    It is a crime in the UK to refuse to give up encryption keys. The original maximum sentence I believe was 2 years, but now, with the "new" threat of terrorism (No-one else remember manchester & brighton? Anyone?) they want to increase that. So this guy can be locked away for even longer, because he's obviously got encrypted plans for a dirty bomb on his hard drive.

    I'll leave the US as an exercise for another.

  23. Really? on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 2, Informative

    Restricting the use of capitals to important information like drug names, patient names or DISEASED RIGHT KIDNEY, might make more sense? :)
    A single capital starting a Proper Noun is simple to pick out if everything else is in lower case...

  24. Three words.... on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    Duct tape.[1] Tape the shift key down. Jeez...it's not rocket sci...ah...I see.


    [1] A.K.A. Duck tape

  25. Re:Why not foo? on One Laptop Per Child Gets 4 Million Laptop Order · · Score: 1

    if (!foo){
    why++;
    }