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  1. Re:Why not? on Firefox to Drop Pre-Windows 2000 Support · · Score: 1

    I have a friend who has used 98 for ever. I've kept it updated and he uses Firefox. I've tweaked it and he's never gotten any kind of virus or malware. His wife upgraded to XP and even with all the updates and Symantec and Firefox she gets riddled with them. She had no problems with 98 but now has to use XP for Photoslop.

  2. Cheeese on The Molecular Secrets of Cream Cheese · · Score: 1

    Damn I want a boob and cream cheese treat now. Why did it have to be women in cream cheese?

  3. Whack the ceiling with a broom. on One Big Bang, Or Many? · · Score: 1

    Tell god enough sex already! Stop with the banging!

  4. I have No Script on Web 2.0 Recipes With PHP + DHTML · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No Script is Love

  5. Adblock string on One Second Ads Hoping To Grab Your Eyes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's the adblock string to keep these out?

  6. It's an ad. on Self-Serve Car Rental · · Score: 1

    Really bad rates, I have to pay up front for the privilegde and I can rent a car for 17/day here. How much did the ol Burrito get for this advertisement?

  7. Romero has lost it. on More Oblivion Re-Rating Fallout · · Score: 1

    Romero is full of *ht. Modding a game to have porn in it is the same as editing a movie and putting porn in it.

  8. Jay Leno on VW Beetle Fitted with a Jet Engine · · Score: 1

    He's using a jet not a rocket. Jay Leno has a jet powered motorcycle.
    Yawn.

  9. Existance is futile. on Biometrics Win Support From the Lazy · · Score: 1

    You can be disposed of yet still exist.
    You'll still be officially alive
    Don't be pissed.
    You'll still be voting in 9595
    All your base
    are belong to us.
    Decompose, at a slow pace.
    Don't make a stinking fuss.

  10. Discussion at google? on Verizon's Aggressive New Spam Filter Causing Problems · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  11. The new religious left. on Global Warming Dissenters Suppressed? · · Score: 1

    Nobody expects the Inquisition.

  12. Re:Obvious. on The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    The efficiency of the postoffice coupled with the compassion of the IRS and enforcement provided by the ATF.

    Even with healthcare I feel like a Canadian, I'm scheduled to *see* a surgeon in two months. I have no idea when that surgery might take place. I'd be better off without it, indigent care is good here. I'll take either over hellcare run by the same people that gave us the current mess.

    Sheesh.

  13. Re:Geothermal power is really important on Iceland To Drill Hole Into Volcano · · Score: 1

    You forget the indians in Canada whose protests were put down by the military. Some demockracy there.

  14. Re:Cheapest computer store in town on Answers from 'Our Man in Jordan' · · Score: 1

    Is that the one just past the redneck tree on the right? :-)

  15. Re:Metrics on The State of Online Advertising · · Score: 1

    Anyone who has used anonymouser knows what annoying unblockable ads are. Their service is worthwhile site. But that method will soon need to be blocked. It's way too annoying not to be killed like the vampiric soul sucking spawn of evil it is.

  16. Re:Is That All? on No New Series of Futurama · · Score: 1

    I think Segal has stated publicly he hated being type cast. He looked like that fat wine salesman in his last self made picutre. Debauchery must be fun.

  17. Re:This just in.... on Early Adopters Experiencing More Bugs? · · Score: 1

    http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_copybook.htm

    As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man --
    There are only four things certain since Social Progress began --
    That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mice,
    And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire --
    And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
    When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins
    As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn
    The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

  18. Fire Fire Fire proof on Early Adopters Experiencing More Bugs? · · Score: 1

    I tried to burn one of the 'wooden' particle board cabinets while burning a brush pile and what ever the chemicals used in it they'd put the fire out. It took diesel fuel to make it burn. This was a Zenith from the 80s or so.

    I've seen several brands over the years do insane things. One very old philips actually managed to burn through the bottom cabinet but what ever was in that particle board smothered the flame. This was a 70s cabinet I think. It still had the steel chassis but was 100 percent solid state.

  19. Re:Upgrading on Fedora Core 5 Available · · Score: 1

    But But But can't I just let the new OS load from the net. :-P

  20. More religious zealotry on Warmer Oceans linked to Stronger Hurricanes · · Score: 0, Troll

    More religious zealotry in the guise of science. I've heard the opposite of that from another source. Can this be moved to the religion section please.

  21. MS is spam pimpin on Vista May Put Anti-Spyware Companies Out · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think they need to worry one bit. I can't see MS as being competent to thwart spyware.

  22. silly C to unsillify linux ram reporting. on Gnome 2.14 Released · · Score: 1

    Run this then tell me how much memory it uses and how responsive it is.

    #include stdio.h
    #include stdlib.h
    #include unistd.h
    #include sys/types.h
    #include sys/stat.h
    #include fcntl.h
    #include math.h
    long long int *x;
    int main()
    {
    long long int i;
    long long int *p;
    long long int *q;
    int bignum=1024+256;
    p=x;
    printf("mallocing alot\n");
    p=malloc(1024*1024*bignum);
            if(p == NULL) {
            printf("error no more memory.\n");
            exit(1);
    }
    printf("entering loop\n");
    printf("Filling memory with 1's.\n");
    for (i=0; i (1024*1024*bignum)/8; i++){
    p[i] = 1;
    } /*printf("Comparing stored value to 1\n");
    for (i=0; i (1024*1024*bignum)/8; i++){
            if (p[i] != 1) {
            printf("compare error\n");
            }
    }*/
    printf("exiting loop\n");
    printf("malloc'd alot\n");
    printf("Done\n");
    sleep(5);
    printf("freeing memory\n");
    free(p);
    return(1);
    }

  23. How much more dumbed down is it now? on Gnome 2.14 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was so unusable I switched to KDE. I've not missed guhnome.

  24. Re:This is truly a sad day on Mandriva Fires Founder Gael Duval, Who Plans to Sue · · Score: 1

    Infocom LIVES!!!! I picked up the entire collection but will probably never get all the goodies that came with it. And I want a zorkmid coin!!!

    *sigh*

    I think it was destined to fade away.

  25. Could you pick a site that hates Darpa MORE? on This Week's Government Cyborg Animal · · Score: 1

    Sheesh and everyone here cheered the Darpa Grand Challenge.