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  1. Re:Steve is now a Type-1 Diabetic :-( on Steve Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery · · Score: 0, Funny

    I guess he'll introduce an Apple Insulin pump now. But it will only take proprietary, Apple-approved GRM (Genetic Rights Management) insulin, which you can buy for 99 cents per injection, or pay $9.99 for an entire day's worth.

  2. Woz on Apple Not Too Harmonious with Real · · Score: 0

    "We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod."

    Oh, as if you're company wasn't started by somebody who used the "tactitcs and ethics of a hacker" to build the Apple I.

  3. Re:So far I have attempted the following: SCSI on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 0

    Actually, SCSI is hot-swappable if you're careful. First, unmount the drive. Second, remove power from the drive. Third, disconnect the SCSI connection to the drive.

  4. Linux on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 0

    I have an iPaq 3650 running Familiar 0.7.2. I use Opie as the UI. I've installed a PDF reader, an internet browser/HTML reader and the OPIE ebook reader. I read e-texts from Project Gutenberg with the text reader all the time. The joypad on the iPaq is a godsend for this kind of activity. I read ebooks on it when it ran WinCE, but not as much. Any ebook reader should, in my opinion, have a joypad.

  5. Re: Re:Whats the big deal? on More on the Jackito Tactile PDA · · Score: 0

    For $600, you could get a Zarus.
    Thumb keyboard, color touchscreen, CF and SD slots, WiFi, 400Mhz XScale and 64Mb RAM. Sure beats the hell out of a Jackito.

  6. Re:My school did not on Software Monoculture in Schools? · · Score: 0

    So, do we award Comrade Anonymous Coward the Order of the Red Daemon or the Hero of the Open-Source Movement medal?

  7. Re:progress on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 0

    "Be careful. If the ID is injected I am sure a kidnapper would have no qualms about removing it with a knife."
    Hell, if I was chipped, I'd have no qualms about removing it with a knife.
    And is the chip de-activated when the kid turns 18?
    Besides, this seems like those employment chips or whatever in Futurama .

  8. Mistranslation on CeCILL: La Licence Francaise Du Logiciel Libre · · Score: 0

    "I, for one, welcome our nouvelle overlord of freedom."
    It's nouveau, not nouvelle because the word for software ("logicel") is masculine in French.

  9. Re:Unique? on Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA · · Score: 0

    "I always thought Axe was for metrosexuals."
    I always thought Axe was for making flamethrowers.

  10. Re:It is not the first. on Commercial DVD Software Comes to Linux · · Score: 0

    But that's only avadable to Linspire/Lindows users.

  11. Radar sig? on Homemade CD Shooter? · · Score: 0

    If launched in significant quantities at the right altitude, would a flock of CDs register on radar?

  12. Re:Ruskies to the Rescue on ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's great. But as far as earth-orbit human spaceflight, our record isn't that good. Yes, we went to the moon, but we did not establish anything permanent. Instead, Nixon decided to waste money on the shuttle when he should have extended Apollo.

  13. Ruskies to the Rescue on ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Once again, when NASA gets cold feet and shows how incompitent they are when it comes to Human Spaceflight, the Russians save the day. Astronauts are going up there on Russian rockets and repair the station in Russian suits. Jeez. Why can't we do something right for once?

  14. Re:An important difference on Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? · · Score: 1

    A $299 diffrence.

  15. PDA's on Apple Releases Rendezvous for Linux, Java, Windows · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm waiting for Rendevous for WinCE and Palm. I know that the Java version is probably for PDAs, but a native client would be nice.

  16. What Are I reading? on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    -2600
    -Wired
    -Time
    -Linux Format
    -National Geographic

  17. Re:Already needs an upgrade. on Airport Monitoring of Travellers via Blackberry · · Score: 1

    "Truly, it's the missing 2% that we should really be worried about. I'm guessing there's a noticeable lack of CEOs, politicians, and others who can buy, wheedle or threaten their way out of the database."

    Not to mention those in the Witness Protection Program, Police/FBI informants, etc.

  18. Re:So crime does pay then? on Cut-Rate Windows 'XP Starter Edition' in Thailand · · Score: 2, Funny

    "1) dinner, with a beer: 80 Baht ($2)
    2) 3 star hotel: 1000 Baht ($25)
    3) Taxi to the airport: 400 Baht ($10)
    4) Commuter train: 10 Baht (25 cents)
    5) Recent LEGITIMATE video games: 400+ Baht ($10)
    6) Recent LEGITIMATE DVDs: 200+ Baht ($5)"
    Seeing Microsoft make a better product in response to competition? Priceless.

  19. DARPA Challenge on Build Your Own FreeBSD-powered Motorcycle · · Score: 3, Funny

    As I remember, one of the contestants for the DARPA challenge was/is a motorcycle/dirt bike with a dual Athalon-64 driving it.
    All this guy needs now is Kismet and a wireless card.

  20. Huh? on Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source · · Score: 2, Funny

    But they already have a (cracked) open source version of NT, don't they?

  21. Re:Finally! on Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source · · Score: 2, Funny

    " The article said two projects. The other one is probably MS-Bob."
    No, it's probably that Hound from WinHEC that you see whenever you search for files in Windows.
    And the weirdest thing happened when I started to read this item the first time: my XP machine BSOD'd.

  22. Re:Right on on Microsoft Sues Brazilian Official for Defamation · · Score: 1

    If MS sue'd this brazilian guy and succeeded wouldn't that create legal ground for RedHat (or some other linux company) to sue MS over the cancer statement? Not unless a Brazilian Linux company filed the charges.
    But if RedHat, SuSE or some other Linux company had an office in Brazil, could they sue?

  23. The new theme... on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    looks alot like IE!

  24. Re: Huh? on Seagate Rolls Out 400 GB SATA Drives · · Score: 1

    I really haven't heard of bus-powered portable drives in this capacity before.
    But that's just me.

  25. Re:Give me a better reason to move to Austin! on Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot · · Score: 1

    Well, I live in Dallas, crime capitol of the country.
    We're number one! We're number one!