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  1. Re:Wrongo, Mary Lou... on Pennsylvania Child Porn Act Overturned · · Score: 1

    People love witch hunts and shouting "BLOOD!". They want others demonized and tortured.

  2. Re:yhbt hand on Cooking for Engineers · · Score: 1
    But learning to interact with people is like learning anything, including Linux, Math and Science
    Only with "2 dimensional, steryotypical people".
  3. Re:And people wonder... on Cooking for Engineers · · Score: 1
    This method isn't foolproof, but with the simple act of getting the hell out of the house you will increase your odds of getting laid by 100%.
    Nice math there...
  4. Re:"In other news on Wall Street... on 3D Chocolate Printer Made from Legos? · · Score: 3, Funny

    At last we can share physical things, like we do with music now... MY PORSCHE, IT'S MELTING!!!

  5. Re:Uhmmm Yea....so whats new??? on Theora Codec Ported to Java · · Score: 1

    14 year old incredibly annoying advertisers. That explains a lot about the web.

  6. Re:Chess is the fairest games of all on Internet Chess Club Security Defeated · · Score: 1

    Or maybe he didn't cheat at all...

  7. Re:I want to see... on WinFS' Spot on Back Burner Nothing New · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Bob 3D

  8. Re:Maybe... on WinFS' Spot on Back Burner Nothing New · · Score: 1

    Windows Millenium Edition Classic?

  9. Re:Captain Obvious to the rescue on WinFS' Spot on Back Burner Nothing New · · Score: 1
    But people do, sort of:
    • .doc for all office files
    • .jpg for all image files
    • .mp3 for all sound files
  10. Re:"Everyone" on Unsung Heroes of Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    Ask IBM who Linux Torvaldes is.

  11. Re:Andromeda Strain? on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1
    Isn't this similar to the beginning of the movie, Andromeda Strain?
    Next you'll talk about the 3 laws of robotics from the movie "I, Robot" and the magic rings from the "The Lord of the Rigs" movies...

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    P.S.: Slashcode sucks.
  12. Re:Andromeda Strain? on Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed · · Score: 1
    Isn't this similar to the beginning of the movie, Andromeda Strain?

    Next you'll talk about the 3 laws of robotics from the movie "I, Robot" and the magic rings from the "The Lord of the Rigs" movies...
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  13. Re:My keyboard isn't broken, why fix it? on When Emulation Isn't Enough · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you use Emacs!?

  14. Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? on X.org X11 Server Release 6.8 · · Score: 1

    "If the monitor fills your field of vision you are too close."

  15. Re:Reminds of another essay on The Underground History of American Education · · Score: 1

    So I wasn't the only one who noticed.

  16. Re:Society necessitates it on The Underground History of American Education · · Score: 1
    Who'd work the phone support? Who'd flip the burgers?
    You know that YOU are the problem here? Why don't you stop regarding people as losers instead as the productive members of society they are?
  17. Re:Slashdot vs the shark on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    "Shark is slashdoted."

  18. Re:Finally-Three strikes. on The Death of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    1) Because they are used every day... 2) Dual Bios. 3) Never seen such a case.

  19. Re:...doesnt look good on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm not the parent poster, but it seems that the logic is something like this: 1) An author writes a novel, it's good, but does not catch on for some reason. The author gets almost no return from it and stops writing. This is why the creator should get a proper reward. 2) An author writes a novel, it's good, and catches on for some reason. The author gets millions and stops writing because he will recieve royalties for the rest of his life. This is why the creator should get overcompensated.

  20. Re:6gig of memory? on Weta Digital Supercomputer For Hire · · Score: 1

    Doom 3 Avalon: shoot the spyware and switch to the flashlight to read your documents!

  21. Re:Hurd??? on Database File System · · Score: 1

    Hurd just lacks the momentum that is needed for quick progress in the free software world. Sad.

  22. Re:Performance? on Database File System · · Score: 1

    Your mind may store data like in a relational database, but mine seems to work in a rather wiki-like way. :-/

  23. Re:Welcome to 1999, guys. on X.org Making Fast Progress · · Score: 0

    I say X has until recently ahead of both MS and Apple in the single most important feature for a graphical server: having "x" in the name. :-D

  24. Re:Meanwhile... on X.org Making Fast Progress · · Score: 1

    Support for real alpha transparency? I guess Internet Explorer really isn't part of the OS...

  25. Re:Cool... on Man Stalks Ex-girlfriend With GPS · · Score: 2, Funny
    Also, don't phones these days have GPS or something like it built in, that locates the phone based on triangulation with cell towers?
    You mean a transmiter? I think mobiles always had those...