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  1. taxes on No EZ Fix For The IRS · · Score: 2, Funny

    cost overruns of over $200 million
    next time i'm off by $200 million while paying taxes, they'll understand

  2. Re:There's one more figure not figured... on 2003 CD Sales Officially Down 7.6 Percent · · Score: 1
    Hey, you kids and your [darn] rap music! Shaddup!!
    are you so sure it's music?

  3. Re:We can respond... on Linux Distributions Respond to Forrester · · Score: 3, Insightful

    do we listen?

  4. ummmm.... on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 0

    duh?

  5. Re:We can only hope WMA will win! on New Tool Cracks Apple's FairPlay DRM · · Score: 0

    remember the dakota digital camera?

    http://www.cexx.org/dakota/
    http://revjim.net/w iki/DakotaDigitalCamera

    i just got through wiring one, and i have to hand it to those hackers.

  6. Re:Sometimes, PHBs serve a purpose... on Still More on Open Source Usability · · Score: 0

    i rather like the command line. the servers i run would be really slow with the high overhead of a gui, and personally, after getting used to the command line i'm faster with it than with a gui.

  7. lenses on Moore's Law Limits Pushed Back Again · · Score: 0

    what does the water do that couldn't be done with lenses? it's just magnifying the wafer. it might be hard to get the water to spread evenly and have no optical defects, but they must have gotten over that.

  8. {mini,nano}-itx on Inexpensive Dashboard PC · · Score: 1, Interesting
    why not build it yourself? the dc-dc converters for nano and mini itx boards are commercially available or easily made, the boards are cheap, and an lcd shouldn't be too hard to find.
    i'll bet you could build one for like 500 usd

  9. Re:droves? on Making Things Easy Is Hard · · Score: 0

    maybe he meant troves. that way they'd be easier to categorize... i think the idea was stolen from freshmeat

  10. raid on PDTP - The Best of Both FTP and BitTorrent? · · Score: 4, Funny

    R.A.I.D. == redundant array of intolerable diversions
    or at least on april fool's day....

  11. Re:Ok people... on Apple's Rumored PowerPod · · Score: 0

    definately april fools. the second powerpod's buttons are sideways and on the left. apple is smart, and they wouldn't release two versions just for button positions, and even if they did, the buttons and wheel would be on the right because most people are right handed.

  12. reviews on PeopleAggregator - An Open Source Social Network · · Score: 0

    anybody have a link to reviews of this thing?
    or better yet, a personal experience with it

  13. Re:That's right! on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 0

    these idealfoods people
    don't they fight hunger? why would that effect your surfing?

  14. Re:Burn! on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 0

    when I have a laser death canon on the mooon
    Dr. Evil already beat you to it.

  15. Re:Over and Over and Over on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 0

    you guys and girls are being paid for nothing
    that's because they are in a government that doesn't work errrr... so i've heard

  16. Re:Real Soon Now... ? on Nuclear Fusion Real Soon Now · · Score: 0

    when sarcasm was in style

  17. Re:Social Evolution of Corporate Power on PIRATE Act Introduced in Congress · · Score: 0

    About corporate power? We can do nothing.
    maybe the people who work for corporations could...

  18. Re:If you click Microsoft's ads on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 0

    does Microsoft have to pay more?
    actually, i think it takes money off their debt to the EU.

  19. Re:heh, yahoo: most popular destination on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 0

    Or maybe Yahoo! is the Internet's most popular destination
    ok, but only after slashdot.

  20. Re:Hah! on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 0

    I will make sure I never have an online experience again!
    then they've already won, it's just like the terrorists

  21. Re:Sad thing is... on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 0

    the great unwashed computer users
    and here i was under the impression that it was the *nix users who didn't shower

  22. communism on Ballmer On Microsoft's Search Goofs · · Score: 0

    if the U.S. went socialist, would advertising still be around?

  23. Re:Bankrupt the RIAA on Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers · · Score: 0

    i'm pretty sure settlements are out of court affairs. like the advice in the Bible: try to make amends before it gets to court

  24. competition on Gnome.org Compromised? · · Score: -1, Troll

    i'm willing to bet it was the kde people

  25. Re:Arrrghhh!!! My eyes! on Apache 1.3.x vs. 2.0.x: The Debate Returns · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What the [heck] were you people thinking?!
    we were thinking it would be cheaper if we did the color schemes ourselves instead of hiring a design consultant.