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  1. Re:Phatbot comes from Germany, too on Sasser Author Under Arrest, Say German Police · · Score: 1

    See here in German and the Google translation.

    According to the Monty Python fraudulent phrase book you get:
    "May I squeeze your buttocks, bouncy, bouncy?"

  2. Re:Go figure... on The Politics of the Video Game · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In 1987, Ronald Reagan's message appeared at the start of arcade games.
    Along with the words of wisdom from FBI director William Sessions.

    Today, the only place you still see the "Just Say No" campaign is on the
    plastic urinal cheese holders in public restrooms.

  3. Twice your rate as Sophomore on Reasonable Salary for Entry Level Programmers? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    If someone couldn't command $20-25 on hourly projects two years before graduation,
    then "entry level programmer" is an overstatement.

    An employer is either paying for immediate results or potential. Designers and architects
    carry around portfolios to show prospective employers -- why not programmers?

  4. Re:Virtual prayer on SimChurch · · Score: 1

    As long as there are some ASCII flowers, I'll feel at home.

    Need those Easter Lillies or Christmas Poinsettias to be recognizable to the non-regulars.

  5. Arsenic -- in parts per trillion on Spammer Sentencing Guidelines Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps administor 1 ppt of arsenic for every 1 spam?

    2,500,000 spams would yield near-immediate results
    while half a million parts per trillion would be a slower,
    but more painful death for the spammer later that week.

  6. XM Radio's foray into local traffic and weather on ClearChannel Complains About XM, Sirius Radio · · Score: 1

    In the fourth largest US market, Clear Channel took the #1 AM radio station
    from being "News Radio 740" into the world of three hour syndicated shows.

    That's a whole lot less local traffic and weather than they profess to care about.

    Of course ClearChannel still pretends and professes the station to be a news
    channel rather than the one-sided political medium they planned and executed.

  7. Better solved by economists and politicians on Massachusetts Considering Desalination Plants · · Score: 1

    In West Texas and Mexico, solutions are not coming entirely from scientists and engineers.

    Officials from both countries are beginning to price water much closer to its actual cost,
    rather than the artificially supported and politically expedient previous cost levels.

    You find alternative methods become cost-effective when costs are real!

  8. Hit 'em where it hurts on Zero Install: The Future of Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Back in the early 1990s when Microsoft started pouring more money into Windows than DOS,
    rule #1 put sales and complexity above easy installs, easy backups, and easy uninstalls.

    It was unAmerican if you could unarchive FOO.SEA or FOO.ARC or FOO.ZIP into directory
    [FOO] containing FOO.SRC, FOO.INI, FOO.EXE and FOO.DOC

    But Windows could drop little icons on the desktop so users could find FOOBLOAT.EXE !

  9. Fake addresses necessary on ICANN Cracks Down on Invalid WHOIS Data · · Score: 3, Funny

    The spam kings don't mind having to leave valid contact info,
    but obviously draw the line on accurate email addresses that
    would leave them open to receiving UCE.

  10. Don't worry, be happy on US Expands Fingerprint and Mugshot Program for Visitors · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ...huge database of digital mugshots and digital fingerprints,
    which will be kept forever - hope we have enough RAM.

    In ten years the zoom on digital motion cameras will be good enough to grab your fingerprints on-the-fly.
    The algorithms we create for facial recognition will uniquely identify a person with under a dozen factors.
    And in ten years those 2 marks will be easily stored and manipulated in just the CPU cache at the rate of 100/ms

  11. Re:Obvious? on A Quick Look at Longhorn Build 4053 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is everyone talking like Grandma's 15 month old PC from Christmas of 2002 will be running this Windows 2007?

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  12. Re:Obvious? on A Quick Look at Longhorn Build 4053 · · Score: 0

    there's nothing in MS's history to indicate that they would have a problem releasing an OS that consumes 512MB

    It's not like this hardware currently costs hundreds of bucks and Microsoft is taking a chance -- try fifty bucks, right now.

  13. Re:No Bluetooth on AT&T Wireless Phone "Upgrades" Aren't · · Score: 0

    It's a good bet that when your wireless company offers you an upgrade ... that you end up with less than you had going in.

    At the minimum, you enlisted for 12 more months of service and will owe extra money if you quit when your original term was up.

  14. Re:Waste of tax dollars on WebTV 911 Hacker... Cyber Terrorist? · · Score: 0

    'this relied entirely upon the studity of the user'

    Once again proving, that regular Slashdot users are immune to this kind of "attack" ...

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    Pick one daily and mail as a joke a day:
    http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes
    http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

    You too can be branded a cyberterrorist.

  15. Re:Traders or Traitors? on Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders · · Score: 0

    You can't leak the source. You can't dump the code. You can't even take it on P2P.

    But for now, you can still do a major dump on an original Windows CD and take a P2P leak on the thing while you're at it.

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    Bad Karma alert!
    Do not mod comment!
    It only encourages more!

  16. Re:Intel wouldn't ditch Itanium... on Intel 64-bit Announcements at IDF · · Score: 0

    I hardly think that a G5 compares to a Power4. Care to back up your ass [snip]

    But will the Intel product be IBM compatible ... or just an AMD clone?

  17. Re:Whom indeed? on Today Is SCO's Deadline To Sue Linux User · · Score: 0

    It might prop the stock up for a little while.

    SCO still hasn't figured out the the dot-com bust ... a business model
    based on hypothetical future earnings from a non-viable product.


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    A virtual storefront for a virtual company:
    www.sco.com/store

  18. Re:Sue ME!!! on Today Is SCO's Deadline To Sue Linux User · · Score: 0

    SCO must want to win in the court of public opinion.


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    But where do we claim the $250,000.00 if www.sco.com is still down?

  19. Re:Replacement. on WB Cancels Angel · · Score: 0

    The first syndication milestone is at the end of the third season, so 65 shows can air weekdays for three months without repeat.

    Now at 104 episodes, smaller markets will be able to show a pair of them every weekend for a year ... again without reruns.

  20. Re:CHOCOLATE! on What to Get My Geek for Valentine's Day? · · Score: 0

    With only a hundred buck budget for the partner-is-geek (PIG), about the only thing other than chocolate for two to share
    is the $14.99 Microtouch personal groomer.

    But WAIT! Order online and it is only $9.95!!

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    The forty free additional accessories don't
    include the $49.99 leather case shown on tv

  21. Re:Terrorist Clause on FBI Can Inspect Bank Records w/o Court Orders · · Score: 0
    Terrorist Clause flies in under the radar every December 24th, pelting the rooftops of all Christians.

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    If you are against the Patriot Act,
    what exactly does that make you?

  22. Re:Why not on Memo Confirms IBM Move To Linux Desktop? · · Score: 0

    IBM Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2.

    "If you're an OS/2 user, you've chosen the OS/2 platform for its reliability, stability, and strong support of mission-critical applications, and you're interested in using the best tools available."

    Just replace one word for the latest mantra...

  23. Re:red and green on First Stereograms of Mars from Spirit · · Score: 0

    see why you put up those red and green pictures

    The average person is more likely to own a pair of those glasses than to recognize that Mars is the Red planet.
    But they all seem to know that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus ...

  24. Re:Overseas on Ohio Also Passes Law Against Recording In Cinema · · Score: 1

    In 1983 Ohio saw fit to make it illegal to sell Stolichnaya vodka in the state, after the incident with Korean Airlines flight 007.

    I don't think anyone got arrested for that one either ...

  25. Re:Not quite as spectacular as advertised on GM's OnStar System Hacked · · Score: 1

    I think GM would have a hard time convincing a judge

    General Motors has good attorneys. They'd probably start off by saying they knocked off $100 from the real cost, since On-Star assists the GMAC repo guys.


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    I'm sorry, Dave.
    I cannot open your door for you.