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  1. Re:Yeah, but... on Solar System in a Can May Reveal Hidden Dimensions · · Score: 1

    Oh, sure, just blithely bring facts into the discussion. I won't stand for it, no sir.

  2. Re:So? Grandma isn't my problem on Does Sophos' Switch Argument Hold Water? · · Score: 1

    The fact that I have a router has nothing to do with my choice of OS. It's simple common sense.

    It's only simple and common in a complicated area full of fairly rare skill. Let's not confused something you learned with something everyone just knows, okay?

  3. Re:Never going to happen on Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? · · Score: 1

    But are you cunning?

  4. Re:I like ebay less and less. on eBay Bans Google Payments · · Score: 1

    But you named the competition. You just don't like the terms.

    Using the service regularly makes complainting ineffectual. You've voted with your dollars, and they are louder than your voice.

  5. Re:How Convenient... on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Either scenario seems equally likely, and much more likely than 'Ken keeled over because he couldn't keep his LDLs in check'.

    It's only 'much more likely' if you're a paranoia spewing Slashdot fool.

  6. Re:I don't know how they do it. on Your Favorite Support Anecdote · · Score: 1

    And the shitty condescending attitudes the IT guys give everyone for not sharing the specialization probably has nothing at all to do with it.

  7. Re:good for the EU on EU Fines for Microsoft Approved, Off the Record · · Score: 1

    -1, Insightful. You win.

    It amuses me, how many people don't understand this and think of government as some benevolent protective force.

  8. Re:Just want to say... on Shuttle Launch Success · · Score: 1

    Wow, you need a hug.

  9. Re:Pesky users on Q&A with Firefox's Blake Ross · · Score: 1

    Safari has an interesting habit of shutting itself down on my macs. I guess that's about as good as restarting Firefox.

  10. Re:So, did he get X-ray vision? on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain · · Score: 1

    Why is it so hard to get a woman off?

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    Who cares?

  11. The Redefinition Coalition on The Man Behind MySpace · · Score: 4, Funny

    They pinched the best bits of everybody else's sites and put them together in a manner that made sense.

    I'm going to send these guys a few pages out of the dictionary so they can start to figure out where they went wrong.

  12. Re:Damn typical slashdot stories on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, babbling, yes. Very good. You've got the chant down, now you just need to figure out when it's applicable.

  13. Re:Touche on YouTube Killer (Media Portal w/ Revenue Sharing) · · Score: 1

    I'm missing the touche. Do you get different comments?

  14. Re:Why Can't We Leave The Internet Alone? on U.S. Calls For Public Meeting on ICANN Replacement · · Score: 2, Funny

    That was about as disjointed a paragraph as I've ever read. Are you high?

  15. Hippo critt? on Dropping Linux Helped Restore Corel Profitability · · Score: 1

    So it's a good thing, except when Microsoft does it. Fantastic. I'll keep that in mind.

  16. Re:Only on slashdot... on Another Microsoft Exec Joins Google · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because people like to feel superior to other people. This is especially true amongst nerds, who tend to have serious inferiority complexes.

  17. Re:if the records exist, RIAA or anyone can subpoe on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    If your computer has been subpoenaed and you destroy it, then you've not avoided jail time at all, because that would be illegal.

    I'd like to know what kind of legal situation would arise where it's preferable to destroy the data and go to jail instead of handing it over. You'd have to be covering something pretty bad, and forgive me for saying so, but I have no sympathy there.

  18. Re:Erm ok? on Anonymous Online Publication - Fad or Trend? · · Score: 1

    Your computer is broadcasting your IP!

  19. I wish this weren't my serious answer on How can a Developer Estimate Times? · · Score: 0

    I take guesses, try to schedule a bunch of things sequentially, multiply everything by 2.5, and then wheedle the features out of the release in a series of drawn-out arguments with the users. I tend to miss individual goals, but overall everything works out.

    Also, I stopped worrying about being right. By the time people worry about it, it's typically too late to do anything useful to fix it anyway.

    With your situation, all I can figure is that it'll get better over time, as you gain familiarity with the system. Estimating is always largely guesswork, and only information leads to good guesses.

  20. Re:Deploying FireFox via GPO on Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3 · · Score: 1

    Is it the random profile directory name breaking things? Or does Windows not carry the user's profile directory around in a roaming situation? I have very little experience with roaming profiles under Windows, so I'm kinda flying blind here.

    Sorry I don't have an immediate good answer, but it does seem like there should be a solution.

  21. Re:and 640 K... on EXT4 Is Coming · · Score: 1

    So then I went and did the math. I rounded my initial numbers up and my answer down, because I'm a conservative. I made the assumption of 200 trillion cells in the human body, and 7 billion people on earth. That would allow for 220 terabits of information to be stored for each cell.

    If the current administration did that, I'd applaud the technical achievement.

    And now I've taken this entirely too far. Just remember, it does one good to keep in mind that really big numbers don't fit into human consciousness too well.

  22. Re:and 640 K... on EXT4 Is Coming · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, I'd suspect that if such amounts of storage were to become available, the current administration here in America could fill it up.

    They wouldn't fill it up if they individually tracked every cell in every human's body.

    Actually, I could be wrong about that, I didn't do the math. It just sounded like a pithy retort in my mind.

  23. Re:does not install on Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Correct usage would be if his results were the opposite of what was expected (it worked), or his meaning was the opposite of what he said (he expected it to work). Maybe other stuff, I don't know anymore. These damned Slashdot irony wars have burned the meaning clean out of my brain.

  24. Re:Pills that treat every major disease costs $0.2 on The Cost of the iPod · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anything to back that one up? I can't and won't say it's wrong, but that's one hell of a sweeping statement to throw out there without even hinting as to its origin.

  25. Re:What has digg got against qj.net? on 1.50 Downgrader for 2.50/2.60 PSPs Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's probably a conspiracy. You should break out a rakish hat and start investigating like an old-timey journalist.