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  1. My pimple's bigger than that on Mediterranean Might Have Filled In Months · · Score: 1

    " ...with 40 cm of rock eroding and the water level rising by 10 m per day at its peak..."

    40 centimeters ain't much of anything. I doubt it would allow much of the Atlantic Ocean to get in.

    Unless, of course, the blurb author meant 40 cubic miles in which case we're talking about one big hole.

    But, if that's the case, using the same terminology the water lever was rising by 10 miles per day.

    Help, I'm surrounded by ignoramuses.

  2. To trial? on Virgin Media To Trial Filesharing Monitoring In UK · · Score: 1

    To trial? To trial?

    What's wrong with "to try"?

    God, what is happening to our language?

  3. Gimme a sec to get back off the floor... on Australian Govt. Proposes Internet "Panic Button" For Kids · · Score: 1

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    How about a button for when my ass begins to itch?

  4. Foggy idea? on Server Failure Destroys Sidekick Users' Backup Data · · Score: 2

    Cloud computing?

    That ain't no cloud. That's the fog obscuring the view of sanity.

    IT has been trying this crap ever since the emergence of personal computers.

  5. Border fence? on California Publishes Television Efficiency Standards For 2011 · · Score: 1

    While the federal is pretending to construct fences along our border with Mexico, do you think it's possible to have fences erected along the California border too?

  6. Re:If the link worked... on AMC Releasing a New "The Prisoner" In November · · Score: 1

    Install Windows.

  7. Too large on Swarms of Solar-Powered Microbots On the Way · · Score: 1

    It's too large to be a microrobot.

  8. Scrum? on Highly-Paid Developers As ScrumMasters? · · Score: 1

    Maybe I could understand the question if you told me what "scrum" means.

  9. Then use Windows, dammit. on Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software? · · Score: 1

    If the best software only runs under Windows, then, dammit, buy it and run it under Windows.

    You don't buy a car and expect to fly it to Denver, do you? No, stupid, you buy an airplane to do that.

  10. Russia's ocean? on Northern Sea Route Through Arctic Becomes a Reality · · Score: 1

    "...Russia's Arctic ocean"
    Excuse me, dipshits. That is not Russia's ocean. It's an international ocean belonging to all.

  11. A Christian too? on Game Show Looks To Convert Atheists · · Score: 1

    In addition to the rabbi, priest, imam, etc., they should include a Christian. That would greatly increase the chance of a conversion.

  12. Fantom? on Bohemian Rhapsody On Old Hardware · · Score: 1

    'There are millions of computers sitting idle at home consuming fantom electricity.

    Fantom? As in "Phantom of the Opera" or that old comic "The Phantom"? Nah, can't be. Not spelled the same.

    But, if in fact phantom was intended by the author, just what in hell is phantom electricity?

  13. The Beast on Skin-Based Display Screens From Nanotech Tattoos · · Score: 1

    Now, I guess, the Beast can make his mark interactive. (For the ignorant, refer to The Revelation of St. John the Divine.)

  14. Kicked off Internet by fiat on AT&T Has Begun Issuing RIAA Takedown Notices · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Note that the accused is just that: the accused. Being accused of piracy is enough to get you kicked off the Internet. No trial. No jury. No judge. To AT&T and others, to be accused is to be guilty. God help us all.

  15. Wild about exploits on Oops! Missed One Fix — Windows Attacks Under Way · · Score: 1

    " At this point in time it does not appear to be wildly used"

    I think the author meant to say "widely", don't you?

  16. Capitalists will win on Is Open Source Software a Race To Zero? · · Score: 1

    "Open source" is the communists' method of software production and distribution: steal someone else's work and then give it away.

    Capitalism, however, rewards the industrious and promotes further advancement.

    Obviously capitalism will win.

  17. Re:Damn on The Shady Business Practices of Classmates.com · · Score: 1

    Mails?

  18. Re:you mis-spelled "polygraph" on The Greatest Scientific Hoaxes? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You misspelled misspelled.

  19. President Hussein's agenda on Blogger.com Banned In Turkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    We'll be seeing the same thing happening in the United States after Barry Hussein O'bama is elected President

    Hussein has already banned interviews with a TV station in Florida because the station's reporter had the gall to ask Joe "The Senator" Biden some tough questions.

  20. Power grids? on New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do I constantly find stories about how our power grids, nuclear energy sites, military bases, Federal government, etc., etc., will be taken down by Internet hackers? Please don't tell me that all of those resouces are accessible over the Internet. Why in God's name would put such resources on the Interet?

  21. Baby talk on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    "...send me a mail"

    And not long ago a "mail" used to be a "letter".

    Why do we now resort to baby talk?

  22. Picking nit(wits) on City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website · · Score: 1

    Have the true Slashdotters abandoned slashdot.org leaving the web site to only nitwits?
    I read the first dozen or so posts on this subject and they are all off-topic moronic chatter.
    I've done the best that I can with a reference to Jennifer's problem by posting several links to http://www.sheboyganpolice.com/ on the web site http://www.spelledsideways.com./

  23. Controlling the Islamic thugs. on The Electronic Bastille · · Score: 0, Troll

    More power to the database people. This will be one method of controlling those young Islamic thugs who like to terrorize Paris.

  24. Electronic voting's cousin? on Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Are these electronic passports related to electronic voting?
    It's becoming obvious that low-tech paper is preferable in both elections and passports.

  25. Re:COBOL. on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 1

    Don't knock the 6502. The best assembly program I ever wrote was written for the 6502 on the Vic 20. It controlled a radio transceiver to send and receive Morse code. The incoming Morse code was decoded and displayed as ASCII characters on the screen. Talk about timing issues!