User: sconeu

Re:radiation and solar flares a serious problem

On: When On the Moon and Mars, Move Underground

Another idea is have the ship use an umbrella
You mean like this?

Re:It's about being truthful

On: Windows vs. Ubuntu — Dell's Verdict

Because all these people told me that Windows 7 was "their" idea.

Re:what about a weird-arch linux?

On: Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever

Dammit!!

I mean 0x22 0x11 0x44 0x33

Re:How long since you were in school?

On: TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again

You had lookouts? We had to give someone to the sabertooth tiger every night, just to keep him happy!

Re:what about a weird-arch linux?

On: Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever

architecture with strange byte order (non-LSB/MSB)

You mean like the PDP-11?

0x11223344 was stored in memory as 0x33 0x44 0x11 0x22

Cue the "cloud computing" jokes in

On: Zephyr Solar Plane Tops 7 Days Aloft

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Re:Euro

On: India's New Rupee Symbol Won't Show On Computers

Been there, done that

Re:Even Baking Ads Into Their Analogies

On: Recomputing the Sky

Besides, I'd rather play Super Mario Brothers (even on 1985 era equipment) than Halo 2 any day.

Re:Wrong Direction

On: Senate Bill Adds Shuttle Flight, New Shuttle-Derived Vehicle

And that falls under "short of a war", Bruce. ARPA was a DoD entity, not a civilian entity.

Re:physics lab now illegal?

On: Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic?

You, sir, are a pusher!

Please remain where you are, the Oklahoma State Police will be there shortly.

Re:Seriously?

On: Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic?

That's why I only use Oxygen Dihydride.

Re:Jenkem

On: Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic?

We must obviously forbid people from creating human feces!

Re:Deal with the real pirates

On: Don't Stop File-Sharing, Says Former Pink Floyd Manager

Hey, they're helping to fight global warming!

There's someone on my pipe and it's not me...

On: Don't Stop File-Sharing, Says Former Pink Floyd Manager

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Re:Where's Steve Austin?

On: NASA's Juno, Armored Tank Heading For Jupiter

He was selling IBM laptops a while ago.

Re:Old Aggie joke

On: OpenSolaris Governing Board Closing Shop?

Why did the three Aggies go to the Xmas party dressed as firemen?

Because the three wise men came from afar.

(read it out loud, it makes more sense).

Re:Evangelicals require more than others

On: Given Truth, the Misinformed Believe Lies More

However, there isn't really a way for anyone to prove or disprove the existence of a higher power creating humans.

Which by definition removes the concept of a "higher power creating humans" from the realm of science.

Re:I love the wording in the above translation.

On: Chile First To Approve Net Neutrality Law

sure

Sounds like you need

On: Nerds Still More Likely To Get Bullied

OMG!!! PONIES!!!!

Re:The key to not getting beaten up as a nerd

On: Nerds Still More Likely To Get Bullied

Only if they're named "Orlando Bloom" in real life.

Unfortunately for South Korea

On: South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ

North Korea has Old Glory Robot Insurance

Re:Promises

On: FTC Warns Site Not To Sell Personal Data

Selling it might then be considered no different than the sale of stolen goods (which even a BK court cannot do).

Tell that to SCO and Judge Gross

Re:Let us take care of it

On: Retrieving a Stolen Laptop By IP Address Alone?

DISCLAIMER: I do not condone or endorse violence against the person in possession of the laptop.

If the person who has it is accessing CorporalKlinger's gmail account, using Klinger's password, he has
to know it's stolen.

Speaking of which, CorporalKlinger, have you tried using Google as your sledgehammer? This guy has got to be in violation of some Google TOS and some computer fraud law by accessing your Gmail account.

Re:Well, that's it, then

On: Senators Want Big Rocket Instead of New Tech, Commercial Transportation

I believe that's Neil only. Buzz likes the Obama plan, and as far as I know, Collins has been silent on the matter.

Re:How can this problem even exist?

On: Long-Term Liability For One-Time Security Breaches?

What if you're trying to get your first mobile phone?