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  1. Re:In the future... on Scientists Sort Semiconducting Nanotubes by Size · · Score: 1

    Some of us remmeber the old tube testers (with the bins of new tubes underneath).

  2. Re:From 11 to 451... on New Top500 List Released at Supercomputing '06 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, your cluster is on fire!!!!

  3. Re:Unpredictable on Dealing with Phishing · · Score: 1

    So, Stef, you paid off Mike?

  4. Re:Now THAT is a lot better... on EU Prepared to Fine Microsoft $2.5 Million Per Day · · Score: 1

    Delete the words "the pursuit of" from your amended Declaration.

  5. Identity Protection on Kent State Banning Athletes from Using Facebook · · Score: 1

    "Athletics Director Laing Kennedy recently told student-athletes they have until Aug. 1 to remove their Facebook profiles, citing a need to protect both their identities..."

    Of course, they don't care if "ordinary" students have their identities stolen, are stalked, or whatever... just their star athletes.

  6. Re:negative outcomes? on Lab Tuned to Gravity's 'Ripples' · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Before Planck, there wasn't any "plausible alternative hypothesis" to solve ultraviolet catastrophe. In that situation, what we simply say is "we dont' have a good theory to explain this... yet."

  7. Belgium??? on Belgium Chooses OpenDocument · · Score: 1

    Now we know what tool to use when we write our Serious Screenplays.

  8. ObSimpsons on Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new Ball Recognizing Robotic Dog Overlords.

  9. Re:Who needs comedy central? on Futurama Returns · · Score: 4, Funny

    it costs 1-2 million dollars to produce each episode of Futurama

    That's because some episodes are painstakingly drawn before a live audience!

  10. Re:And to think... on ReactOS 0.3 RC1 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    and the obligatory "dupe".

    Which the editors would never use!

  11. Re:We'll See on Creative Commons Add-In for Office Released · · Score: 1

    There's an analysis of the tool's EULA over at Groklaw. Amazingly enough, the tool isn't CC, as far as I can tell.

  12. Re:Ah, but there's a catch... on SCO to Unix developers, We want you back · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great pun! Mod parent funny!

  13. Re:Grinding your eyeball? on The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery · · Score: 1

    I've wanted eye surgery ever since the Northridge Quake, when I couldn't find my glasses.

    Unfortunately, my eye doctor says that my corneas are too thin for it. :-(

  14. Re:Forgot Mac on Blurring the Line Between Laptops and Desktops · · Score: 1

    Well, if he didn't get the win, then I'll take I'll take Paul Lynde for the block!

  15. Re:The Market for This? on Blurring the Line Between Laptops and Desktops · · Score: 1

    Sony have some nice portables. If only they had a decent operating system...

    And decent management. I refuse to buy any Sony equipment due to the Rootkit fiasco.

  16. Re:Oh crap. . . on Why Apple Backed out from India? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once they do, they get $20 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE WIDOW OF GEN. SESE MOBUTU!

    [this put in to defeat the lameness filter]
    [this put in to defeat the lameness filter]

  17. Re:Unconstitutionality approaching. on WA Law Means Linking to Gambling Websites Illegal · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you mean? If we allow online gambling, the terrorists have won! Won't you Think Of The Children(tm)?

  18. Re:Identity "Theft"? on PayPal Security Flaw Allows Identity Theft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, it's a hell of a lot closer the theft than copyright infringement.

    By using my identity (and credit and ....) , the fraudster has impinged upon my ability to use it freely.

  19. Re:Lines of Code? on Why Vista Release Date Really Slipped · · Score: 1


    That's illegal. ISO/IEC 14882:2003 (The ISO Standard for C++) Paragraph 3.6.1/2 says that main *shall* have a return type of type "int".
    </PEDANTIC>

  20. Re:150 CD book on Replacement for Jewel Cases? · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFS. He said that a wallet wasn't an option.

  21. Re:The most effective solution... on Best Server Storage Setup? · · Score: 1

    Troika (now part of QLogic) has the Accelera FC SAN virtualization appliance. It does in-fabric virtualization at wire speed.

  22. Small Furry Creatures on New Crater On Moon Caught On Video · · Score: 1

    They're *real* small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

  23. ObPython on RIAA Claims P2P Has Been Contained · · Score: 1

    No, it's shaped like a banana!

  24. Re:unlikely on Password Complexity in the Enterprise? · · Score: 1


    no real enterprise security shop would condone such a moronic password policy.


    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Or corporate stupidity, for that matter.

  25. Re:Will the other half buy it? on Improving Noise Analysis with the Sound of Silence · · Score: 1

    And if you don't know what's wrong, I'm certainly not going to tell you!