User: Tolkien

Re:Going back to sleep now...

On: Google Releases Source To Chromium OS

Thus the emergence of the word "underwhelmed".

Re:Performance gap but not Conformance gap

On: Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9

The leopard changed its' spots, the longhorn didn't... uh... doesn't... uh... wait...

Re:Wallpaper anchored in demo

On: Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Developed

I saw what you mean, it's a shame they didn't make that realization because the product will suffer failures accordingly. Such a simple test case too.

Re:Forget bombs, think hurricanes and tornados!

On: Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Developed

Houses will still get blown away, but the occupants will only have to worry about the floor dropping out from under them.

Re:Wow, 4 million passwords per second...

On: US Government Using PS3s To Break Encryption

Unless they nail it on the first go. :)

Re:Low'ing price in face of competition not a "tri

On: Free Software For All Russian Schools In Jeopardy

How do you lower beyond free-as-in-speech?

Re:Release Notes

On: MythTV 0.22 Released

MythPhone removed? Why would it ever exist? How does it work? Do you speak into the tv speakers or something?

Re:.01 Really?

On: MythTV 0.22 Released

Again, you've been influenced by one too many marketing reps.

Re:.01 Really?

On: MythTV 0.22 Released

You've been influenced by one too many marketing reps.

Re:At least wasn't responsible for

On: What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity?

No, but were responsible for "At least wasn't responsible for".

Awesome screenshots!

On: Ubuntu 9.10 Officially Released

Check out the screenshots of the new Ubuntu Software Centre!

Re:You've...

On: Apple Discontinues ZFS Project

I've never played Planescape.

New tech? No. More intelligent people.

On: Should a New Technology Change the Patent System?

Without having even glanced at the summary, I have your new technology right here:

if (patent.isBraindeadObvious()) {
  patentOffice.deny(patent);
}

Re:Github project taking up the slack

On: Apple Discontinues ZFS Project

Why is it every time I see Github with a lowercase "H" I always read it as Gith tub?

Re:Uh, why just TI?

On: EFF Warns TI Not To Harass Calculator Hobbyists

I've contributed money. Can I bitch?

Re:Just watched the video...

On: Star Guard — an Old-School Platformer Done Right

I tried this game out after seeing your post and it suffers from the same fucking retarded UI problem inherent in every fast-paced flash game that uses the mouse. The fucking right-mouse-button-bringing-up-the-flash-menu was my #1 killer. When will people learn? Argh.

Re:Wow

On: Who Wants To Be a Billionaire Coder?

That's subjective.

Re:wow

On: Blueprint For a Quantum Electric Motor

Looks like yours is corrupt already. :)

Re:Great!

On: Google Offering Print Versions of Online Books

Print will never die.

Re:Again - people were paid to study this?

On: Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid

Heh. She's not morbidly obese though. Larger than average, yes. obese, hardly. You've been watching too much tv.

Re:Some counterpoints

On: Copyright Troubles For Sony

"Sony's Advocate" would also have been acceptable.

Re:Again - people were paid to study this?

On: Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid

She's not fat, she looks fine. I'd do 'er.

32 levels of traffic prioritization

On: Military To Spend $42M To Build Advanced Network Control

32 levels of traffic prioritization? That sounds like prioritization by bitshift.

I call dibs on Priority 0!

Re:The Song

On: Tetris Improves Your Brain

It works!

After reading your post my trunk-loading capabilities increased ten-fold.

Re:Not Really a Robot

On: Robotic Mold

By your description it sounds like this would be the beginnings of some sort of primordial ooze, if it weren't for us messing with it.