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  1. Chewbacca DEFENSE? on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 1

    Everyone likes referring to the Chewbacca defense, but SCO are the plantiffs in the IBM lawsuit.

  2. If you have no one on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 2, Funny

    If have noone - you are sad indeed.

    The loners of this world disagree.

  3. PHB on IBM Wants to Port Office to Linux · · Score: 1, Informative
  4. Re:Ignore your own references often? on The Simpsons Movie · · Score: 1

    It's very funny, but it's not really the type of humor that made the Simpsons as great as it was.

    Says you.

  5. Re:What a way to build Karma.. on Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66 Billion · · Score: 1

    Great-grandparent is currently modded:

    60% funny
    30% overrated (and rightfully so)
    10% insightful

    Does the 10% insightful improve the poster's karma?

  6. MOD PARENT -1, spoiled brat on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    I had 1% transferred in 5 seconds, file complete in 105 seconds. None of the mirrors were responsive.

  7. Your sig? on HP Discusses Anti-Counterfeiting Measures · · Score: 1

    What exactly is your sig all about?

  8. Java availability on Mac OS X? on Java SDK 1.5 'Tiger' Beta Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Hey there.

    I was wondering if you have any info on 3rd party SDKs or JREs for Mac OS X.

    Specifically I was pretty annoyed that no official 1.4 JRE was ever made available for Mac OS 10.1, and now I strongly suspect that no official 1.5 JRE will be available for Mac OS 10.2

  9. On the spoke? on Half-Life 2 Targeted for Summer Release · · Score: 1

    killing ur doods on teh spoke!!!!!!!

    On the spoke? What's that?

  10. Turnabout is fair play on Introducing Linux to Joe Average · · Score: 1
    Free speech does not exist in Portland unless your speech happens to appear on the approved "progressive dogma" list.
    Perhaps you haven't heard of your precious President Bush's Free Speech Zones.
  11. Say what? on Microsoft's Mac Business Unit · · Score: 1

    I predict that they will open the Linux BU 2 years after Linux has made Microsoft totally irrelevent.

    Uhm, but wouldn't that mean the MS Linux Business Unit would already exist?

  12. Longhorn in C# on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, IIUC, MS intends to write large sections of Longhorn in C#.

    Maybe that's why it's not due until 2006: they have to wait for commodity hardware to get fast enough to run it responsively.

  13. Chris Belthoff, Sophos press contact on SCO Offers $250K Bounty for MyDoom Author's Arrest · · Score: 1

    chris.belthoff@sophos.com

  14. Flamebait. on A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    They're probably more effective workers too, being devoid of western egos.

    Flamebait.

  15. Make cheating a crime? on GameShark Backs Away From Online Cheat Codes · · Score: 1

    I wonder how fast cheating in multiplayer games would stop when faced with the threat of a few months in a federal pound-me-in-the-ass-prison.

    Obviously the big concern would be false positives. A concern so big this would never happen... I sure as hell don't trust VAC with that responsibility.

    Discuss.

  16. Bullshit questions on Joel Rants About Resumes · · Score: 1

    If I'm asked that question in an interview, I make sure to ask the interviewer 'What's the worst thing about working for xyz corp' when they ask if I have any questions!

    I'll have to remember that! Excellent.

  17. Dingleberries on TiVo Buys Super Secret Strangeberry · · Score: 1

    You know, I used to use that term quite often.

    Now that I know the other meaning I don't think it has a place in my vocabulary anymore.

  18. SuSE == no ISO on Review Of LinuxWorld 2004 · · Score: 1

    a SuSE 8 full distro (thanks SuSE)

    Seems a lot of people think highly of SuSE.

    I'd like to try their distro sometime. A shame they refuse (or can't due to licensing conflicts) to make their goods more readily available via ISO disc images.

  19. Warning: RDF in use on America's Army - Development, Impact Analyzed · · Score: 1

    i still play AA because it's a decent game.

    Compared to MS Solitaire? Sure.

  20. Don't knock it... on Google Social Network: Orkut · · Score: 1

    An invitation-only society will always become cannabalistic and/or inbred.

    Inbreeding beats the hell out of no breeding...

  21. Re:RTFA! on Is Your Silver-based Thermal Paste Really Silver? · · Score: 1

    You know, I'd love to RTFA. I really, really would. Sadly it seems that overclockers.com is currently being DDoSed...

  22. "Scroll wheel" on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sorry, but a scroll wheel is what sits between my left and right mouse buttons. Pick another name OKTHXBYE

  23. RTFA on Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rumors · · Score: 1

    From the Hotdog piece that TheForce quoted:

    but his contract also stipulates that he'd be required to appear in Episodes 7, 8, and 9.

    "He'd" - I know some /. readers have a hard time expanding contractions (should've != "should of"), so I'll spell this one out for you.

    "he'd be required" = "he WOULD be required"...

    The interpretation that strikes me first is the following:

    He WOULD be required to appear in episodes 7, 8, and 9 ***IF*** they were made.

    Now then, if the language used was "he'll be required to appear" - THAT would be a different ballgame. "He WILL be required to appear..."

  24. TuxRacer? on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1
    I personally think Linux is popular because of... TuxRacer...
    TuxRacer? TuxRacer?

    I find it hard to believe anyone would invest the time to learn how to run Linux so they could play TuxRacer...

    If they want an OS more stable and secure than Win32, FOSS software, and so on, that's understandable - but only an insane person would install an OS for a game as primitive as TuxRacer.

    Methinks you need to take a step back from the precipice of zealotry.
  25. Re:Hrm on USAF Wants To Find Steganographic Content · · Score: 2, Funny
    It would be a bit like having a universal decryption algorithm...

    No sweat. Didn't you see Sneakers?