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  1. Great quote on Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola · · Score: 2, Funny

    "By cultivating a plant containing the patented gene and composed of the patented cells without license, [the Schmeisers] thus deprived Monsanto of the full enjoyment of its monopoly." Even better is that for some reason my brain was switched off and I kept reading Monsanto as Microsoft.

  2. Re:The shizzle: What is it? on Firefox/Thunderbird Plugins: Is Less More? · · Score: 1

    the shizzle == the sh*t

  3. Way to /. yourself! on Firefox/Thunderbird Plugins: Is Less More? · · Score: 1

    The author of this article has no one to blame but himself

  4. Re:Sure it can on Can Star Wars Episode III Be Saved? · · Score: 1

    Or Ctrl-click you insensitive clod!

  5. wait a minute on Nanobacteria Discovered? · · Score: 1

    "But if you go back to how we defined life prior to our knowing about DNA, our criteria was that things multiplied in culture. This is what we have." And before we had telescopes, we defined the Earth as the center of the universe. Scientific progress can't just be ignored to suit your own purposes.

  6. Re:Free Fees and you and me on Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Wi-Fi hotspots are an excuse for geeks to get out of the house, and while they're at Starbucks doing the same thing they do at home, why not pay $4.00 for a cup of coffee that would be $0.25 at home?

  7. An issue arising on Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One problem we're going to have to deal with is that unless all hotspots are united under one brand, it's going to get kind of annoying to have to pay subscription fees to each different place you want to use, ie: $15 a month to Starbucks, $15 a month to McD's, $15 a month to Candlestick park. I'm against monopolization of any industry, but I'd take it here over having to subscribe to a different place everywhere I went.

  8. Re:The Only Problem... on X-Prize Cup Site Chosen: New Mexico · · Score: 1

    They could put chimps into space but then they'd come back super intelligent. Believe you me, we don't need any more suit-wearing, cigar-smoking, roller-skating chimps.

  9. Re:"...very cool look" on Sony PC/DVR Incorporates 7 Tuners & 1TB HD · · Score: 1

    I in fact would love it if it was the size of a 2001 Monolith. And it played the theme when you turn it on.

  10. Re:Well.. on AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales · · Score: 1

    Instructions to install fan: 1.Open box, locate processor 2.Remove covering from CPU contact plate 3.Place fan over cpu and hook on side of clip into tabs. Careful not to put too much pressure on the CPU! 4.Hook the other side of the clip onto the otherside by PRESSING DOWN HARDER THAN YOU SHOULD DIRECTLY ON THE CPU. 5.Oh guess what you cracked the corner of your brand new AMD cpu. Please buy another one since this kind of user "failure" isn't covered by warranty. And don't tell me about CPU shims, they are available for like 2 models of AMD that aren't even current, and you shouldn't have to buy something like this in the first place.

  11. Well.. on AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales · · Score: 0, Troll

    of course their sales are greater than Intels. 1 out of every 3 people who installs a new AMD processor ends up crushing it with the fan because of poor design and has to buy a new one to replace it. This is why I will never buy AMD again.

  12. what if.. on This Robot Collects Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    ..they build a bomb that is set off by super-glue fumes? ruh-roh.

  13. I'm still waiting on Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash · · Score: 2, Informative

    I filed my claim in December and have yet to receive anything.

  14. Re:Give me Album Shuffle on The Joy of Random Shuffle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    iTunes also allows you to do this. Preferences>Advanced>Shuffle by: Song | Album I use album shuffle pretty much exclusivly, I wonder where this factors into the short attention span argument.

  15. Re:this is actually a serious post on Open Source Spreads Beyond Software · · Score: 1

    but open source, when applied to the rest of the world, is really just communism. mccarthy is rolling over in his grave right now.