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  1. Re:The Biggest Problem With Linux on Groklaw Tries Their Own Linux Usability Study · · Score: 0

    until it applies the tried and true formula of Microsoft, AOL, and all of those massive software companies.
    i for one welcome are easy to use, excessively bloated, and dumbed down overlords.

  2. Re:EASIER SETUP! on Groklaw Tries Their Own Linux Usability Study · · Score: 2, Insightful

    this is so bloody true. once you start telling people how to do things, especially if they usually do it differently from you, they start to rely on being told how to do it.

    the solution? RTFM!

  3. Re:NO setup on Groklaw Tries Their Own Linux Usability Study · · Score: 0

    yeah, the world should be perfect too

  4. Re:Defeating some of the purpose? on SimChurch · · Score: 0

    certainly implies that you are not looking to get tips and tricks on the latest gadgets, linux distros, etc.
    actually, socializing is a big part of church. there's a guy at the church i attend that teaches a college cs course, he does some pretty interesting stuff. another guy hired me to write a web site.

  5. locations on Intel Ranks Colleges with Best Wireless Access · · Score: 0, Redundant

    gives me a better way to not pay attention
    so tell us, where did you post that article from?

  6. Re:The Illuminati will control you, sheep! on A La Carte Cable TV Channels? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    weak Bogon-Lyston Mind Control signal of approximately .02 nanowatts
    my tin-foil hat can block up to 3 nano watts in that range

  7. Re:Excellent on FCC Opens Wireless 3.6GHZ Band · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can Internet-up my cow herd.
    isn't that how tucows started?

  8. 80% less power on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 1

    i want an inventor that uses 80% less crack

  9. Re:Amazing idea on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 1

    for instance:
    Minato says that average efficiency on his motors is about 330 percent.
    as much as i'd like to believe it, i can't; this guy is a crackpot

  10. Re:news on Hubble Photo of Sedna Suprises Astronomers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    did you read the article? it said water-like fluid. not water.

  11. news on Hubble Photo of Sedna Suprises Astronomers · · Score: 5, Funny

    any other interesting things that didn't happen today?
    the sun rose so it can't be that....
    water is still wet...
    i'm baffled.

  12. naming on Intel Launches DRM-Enabled CPUs for Phones and Handhelds · · Score: 0

    they should call the phone version the "Crippler Chip"

  13. Re:The webserver shoulda been running apache... on Five Fundamental Problems with Open Source? · · Score: 1

    in a capitalist economy it's very hard for such an altruistic idea as open source (and free software? nothing's free!) to compete with big business.
    who are you kidding? avarice is what drives a capitalist economy, and open source software is free (seriously, i haven't paid a cent for any software on my computer). so you have a bunch of greedy people. which do you think they will pay for, expensive software that is easier to use, or free (really) software that gets the job done?

  14. sequence on Rocket Science vs. Barry Bonds · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. get killed by your friend in everquest
    2. get back at him by hitting two home runs
    3. take down the espn servers by linking it to slashdot
    4. ???
    5. profit!

  15. 2.0.49 on SecurityFocus Updates 2 Apache Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    it doesn't say whether httpd-2.0.49 is or is not vulnerable.

  16. Re:Stake your claim! on Russian Group Plans Manned Mars Mission By 2011 · · Score: 1

    it would be a colder war if Russia claimed land on mars

  17. Re:redundancy on Russian Group Plans Manned Mars Mission By 2011 · · Score: 1

    you must not be familiar with the Russian way of building things

  18. Re:Headphone Jack Repair on iPod Mini Design Flaw? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    there was a comment up a few that said to desolder the jack, put epoxy between the jack and the board, then resolder the jack. flux wouldn't hurt either, so long as you clean it off when done. wd40 would only work because it's a cleaning agent. have you tried cleaning the jack/plugs?

  19. Re:so what... on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1

    why on earth is that modded troll? and -1 at that. he brings up a great point.

  20. Re:so what... on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1

    significant number of other viable merchants besides Wal Mart.
    open source is the other merchant to microsoft. and i'm sure there are others as well, like the unix oses: hp/ux aix system V etc.

  21. Re:Hey a DUAL Purpose steadicam on Build Your Own Steadicam · · Score: 3, Funny

    when shooting ghetto style
    i'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with cameras

  22. Re:What I'd like to know... on Build Your Own Steadicam · · Score: 1

    he probably used epoxy putty

  23. drive covers on Exotic Wood Computer Cases · · Score: 2, Interesting

    what happens when you put in a cdrom drive,
    do they have a special cover for it?
    if they don't, it'll change the look in a bad way

  24. undergrads quote on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    person: what's that?
    nerd: it's an old apple, i use it to hack gov. servers, because nothing else is compatible

  25. Re:Let us have a crack at it! on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 1

    because then someone might crack it