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  1. Re:TFS - obviously written by a hardware guy on Programming Error Doomed Russian Mars Probe · · Score: 1

    It was a f***ing data request interrupt with only two ways to reset the interrupt:

    1. strobe data out to the device (thereby triggering another interrupt)
    2. Master reset.

    That sounds like a f***ing hardware issue to me.

  2. Re:Sample Text on Global Christianity and the Rise of the Cellphone · · Score: 1

    AIFM (Association of Israeli Fishermen): BLOODY SPLITTERS!!!!

  3. Re:Obvious answer.... on IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns · · Score: 1

    Send him to Gitmo!!! He's obviously an Terrorist Evildoer(tm) bent on destroying the American Economy!!!

  4. Re:IBM, Outsourcing and auto judging of code quali on IBM Seeks Patent On Judging Programmers By Commits · · Score: 1

    Code that doesn't need to be touched again because it just works is good code.

    The flip side of that is code that doesn't *get* touched because everyone is afraid to modify it.

  5. Re:Always about Size on Virtual Reality Helmet Designed For Deep Space Surgery · · Score: 2

    I think GP was reading too much James Blish recently, and got a bit... "spindizzy".

  6. Snakes on a space-plane would be a disaster. on Virtual Reality Helmet Designed For Deep Space Surgery · · Score: 2

    A new movie with Samuel L. Jackson

    I'm sick and tired of these mother-f**ing SNAKES ON THIS Mother-F***ING SPACE PLANE!!!

  7. Re:"Loaded and inflammatory" on RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair" · · Score: 1

    Copyright terrorism?

    Copyright child abuse?

    Won't *SOMEBODY* think of the children?

  8. Re:This is a bit bollocks... on Lenovo Ordered To Refund 'Microsoft Tax' · · Score: 1

    Glad you liked it.

  9. Re:TFS - obviously written by a hardware guy on Programming Error Doomed Russian Mars Probe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You laugh, but how many of you low level guys had to work around buggy hardware?

    I once sent a memo to my boss that I was doing the equivalent of "working around a burnt out lightbulb in software".

    E.g.: How many hardware guys does it take to change a lightbulb? None, we'll just have the software work around it.

  10. Re:This is a bit bollocks... on Lenovo Ordered To Refund 'Microsoft Tax' · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not really. It's an OEM version of Windows, so MS says, "Deal with Lenovo". If the user declines the license agreement, it says he can return Windows for a full refund.

    Blame MS for pushing off onto the OEMs.

  11. Re:Awesome on Alzheimer's Transmission Pathway Discovered · · Score: 2

    Yep. When my grandmother died, after a long bout with Alzheimer's, my reaction was, "That's not her. That's a thing that *used to be* her."

  12. Re:Egad! It's the 1950's!!! on Next-Gen Spacesuits · · Score: 1

    Honey, does this spacesuit make me look fat?

  13. Re:Commerce maximalists? on FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, States Rights are enshrined in the 10th Amendment. The 14th establishes some federal powers over the States.

  14. Re:They aren't wrong on Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has anyone ever seen ColdWetDog and whoever is the current head of AlQaeda in the same room?

  15. Re:The power of privacy on Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do you want ME to know everything you do?

    Apparently most people on Facebook and Twitter do want that.

  16. Re:Read before you sign on Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement · · Score: 1

    And of course, now the Slovenian ambassador will become part of the first Human Cent-iPad.

  17. It was peer pressure on Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dudes, like... you know... all the cool countries were signing it, and they were like, you know... "Sign it, man! Go ahead! It'll be fun!"

    So, like, I signed it but now I'm like, really sorry and everything, you know? So we're cool, right?

  18. Re:"Firefox n released"... on Firefox 10 Released · · Score: 1

    And nothing of value was *returned*.

  19. Re:In Another Newsflash on NASA Studying Solar Powered "Space Tugboat" · · Score: 1

    299792458 m/s. It's not just a good idea... IT'S THE LAW!!!

  20. Re:No. The petition asked for the wrong thing. on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 0

    The correct request for a petition would be to impeach Dodd for high crimes and misdemeanors.

    Except for the small fact that Dodd is no longer a sitting US Senator. He's the head of the MPAA.

  21. Re:well not exactly on Why Linux Vendors Need To Sell More Than Linux · · Score: 2

    Did you try urpmi? That's the equivalent to apt-get for Mandriva and Mageia.

  22. Smooth bore rifle? on Self-Guided Bullet Can Hit Targets a Mile Away · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Isn't that an oxymoron?

  23. Re:No on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 0

    In fact, forget the blackjack!

  24. Re:gotta love it on Righthaven Redux — With a Difference · · Score: 1, Redundant

    No you wouldn't!!!

  25. Re:why no chapman! on Monty Python Crew To Reunite For Movie · · Score: 2

    He is an EX-PYTHON!!!