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  1. Re:I guess... on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    "by an American coder"

    Obviously, because they are the best, and no other nationality can be trusted.

  2. Re:It wouldn't do any good on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    "Maybe tax breaks for companies that hire American workers in America"

    Wouldn't that be like protectionism? How un-American.

  3. Re:I guess... on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    Hmmmmm. I'm sorry I didn't understand, I thought that you meant non-Americans can't comprehend English.

  4. Re:reduce costs? on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "so its okay to outsource jobs to reduce costs but not okay to lower salaries of the top management to reduce costs?

    WTF?
    You mean Milton Freidman was right after all?

  5. Re:I guess... on IBM Moving Developer Jobs Overseas · · Score: 1

    "My only question is, if you have questions with the code, aren't you going to need a translator for the comments?"

    Why don't you speak English?

  6. Re:RMS is trolling as usual on RMS Calls On Linux Developers To Replace BitKeeper · · Score: 1

    Yes I know

    You know shit, STFU.

  7. Very honourable on MPAA to Launch Anti-Piracy Commercials · · Score: 1

    "on all screens in more than 5,000 theaters across the United States"

    Move on! These suckers have already given up their five bucks, call them crooks and they won't come back no more.

  8. Re:Airplanes != Public, hence your leave your on Southeast To Start Video Monitoring Flights · · Score: 1

    "Yes. You aren't guaranteed freedom of speech on private property"
    br> I'm just thankful that I don't live in your twisted universe.

  9. Re:VAIO no-way on Sony's New Vaio PCG-TR1A: 12" Powerbook Killer? · · Score: 1

    "Do you guys get a bonus if you spend your coffee breaks shilling your companies' product?"

    If you'd call a sore ring a bonus, I guess it's a bonus.

  10. No responsibility on United Nuclear · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A few of these projects will instantly kill if precautions are not followed. Although we have personally conducted every experiment & built every project here, we assume no responsibility for your attempt to do so."

    I suppose a refund would be out of the question then.

  11. Re:we need satellites for this? on Satellite Driven Farming Equipment · · Score: 1

    Or by having a robot eye follow a white line.

    Or by the fat operatives going on a diet.

  12. Re:Need MSN Service on Instant Messaging Giveaway · · Score: 2, Funny

    "MSN Messenger lets you communicate with MSN subscribers and other passport users."

    Bit like group therapy then?

  13. Re:Zipped why? on On-line Documentary on Machinima · · Score: 1

    Because they use flawed operating systems that don't have tar with the -j option?

  14. I'll wait on New Sony Clie PEG-UX50 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The next one will surely have GPS, duct tape dispensor, phasor, bowie knife, ball of string, elastic band compartment and five loaves & two fishes.

  15. Not being an economist on Cheap Dial-Up ISPs Gain Ground · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the market for low-priced dial-up access is actually up in this weak economy

    ..but wouldn't this be for the same reasons that supermarkets have a higher turnover during an economic downturn? Or would you expect people to be more extravagant with their limited resources?

  16. Re:someting is wrong with this picture on Windows Vulnerabilities Revealed, Patched · · Score: 2, Funny

    4) ????

    5) PROFIT

  17. Re:What it's really about on A Search Engine For The Slower Net · · Score: 1

    It's not like the US at all

    I have have studied this situation closely and think that the reason why they called it Malawi and not US was to give people a hint that this may be the case, but then I could be wrong.

  18. Re:Hockey? on Linux Beer Hike in Slovakia · · Score: 1

    "Facts from CIA, The World Fact Book."

    ...and they both have terrorist training camps and WMD.

  19. Cursor Positions? on Scribus 1.0 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I noticed that they seem to be in inches. That may be OK for people stuck in the early 20th century, but what about the rest of us?

  20. Re:Not quite Quark on Scribus 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    True, but Microsoft Publisher has only really been popular with the under fives, and I can't see them switching to Macs, they're just not sensitive enough.

  21. Re:No thanks on The Mozilla Foundation · · Score: 1

    What? You mean all my donations have been misappropriated?

  22. Re:Not quite as funny as intended. on The Mozilla Foundation · · Score: 1

    "You're right! I can see Mozilla dying a slow, agonizing death just like those other useless OSS projects"

    As opposed to the alternatives which give thier users a slow agonising life.

  23. Re:It's Freedom Spam now on EU Rolls out Anti Spam Strategy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Spam, like the environment, is a global issue, unless a worldwide consensus can be achieved there is little point individual nations taking action unilaterally. As seen by the Kyoto Agreement it only take one greedy country to fuck up the quality of life of all those living elsewhere.

  24. Re:I haven't read the article on UCB Researchers Critique DRM, Compulsory Licensing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft establishes standards
    And what high standards they are too.

  25. Re:I haven't read the article on UCB Researchers Critique DRM, Compulsory Licensing · · Score: 1

    made publicly available by adobe

    So which meaning of proprietary are you using?