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  1. Re:lol on Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater" · · Score: 0

    It means that people trust Microsoft more than mothers in general. Or they just hate mothers more.

  2. Re:Headlines are superfluous on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 0
    #866112 +(1393)-

    <glyph> For example - if you came in here asking "how do I use a jackhammer" we might ask "why do you need to use a jackhammer"

    <glyph> If the answer to the latter question is "to knock my grandmother's head off to let out the evil spirits that gave her cancer", then maybe the problem is actually unrelated to jackhammers

  3. Re:My first hand experience on Modern Warfare 2 on Verizon Changes FiOS AUP, -1, Offtopic · · Score: 0

    The dog is on fire.

  4. Re:does this mean war? on Treasured "Moon Rock" Is Petrified Wood · · Score: 0

    Rijk rolled!

  5. Re:WoW for Linux? on Blizzard Answers Your Questions, From Blizzcon · · Score: 0

    An open source WoW client would lead to more farming bots.

  6. then/than on ASIMO to Conduct Symphony Orchestra · · Score: 0

    ...a better performance than...

  7. Re:This is why people prefer commercial software on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 0

    Even though the page doesn't mention it, the compatibility pack even works with Office 97.

  8. Re:Command and Conquer/Dune and SimCity on Apricot Team Selected For Fully Open Source 3D Game · · Score: 0

    For a CnC/Dune style game: http://www.boswars.org/

  9. Re:Parent is an illiterate moron. on Quantum Crypto in the Real World · · Score: 0

    As Winston Churchill reputedly said: "This is the sort of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put."

  10. Re:Graphical smilies suck on The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-) · · Score: 0

    heh. clbuttic!

  11. Re:OT on iTunes Uncovers Musical Hoax · · Score: 0

    "ce n'est pas ma femme" ?

  12. Re:i for one on Giant Rabbits To Feed North Korea · · Score: 3, Funny
    *wipes dust from title*

    "Giant Rabbits To Feed On North Korea"

  13. Re:I always knew I was right! on Google Used To Diagnose Disease · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did he ever give you a prescription for 'more cowbell'?

  14. Re:Makes sense on PS3 Apparently A Computer · · Score: 1
    ...more satisfying then those game pads

    ...selling at less then half the price

    ...better understanding of the market then we do

    Item #9 please?

  15. Re:Slashdot through the looking glass? on 20 Things You Won't Like About Vista · · Score: 1
    Oh man I'm having a metaphor Thursday.

    I never could get the hang of metaphor Thursdays.

  16. Re:What? on John Seigenthaler Sr. Criticises Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Wow! It says he invented Al Gore!

  17. Re:Is there an free or open source version of on The Place Of Modern MIDI Music? · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://lmms.sourceforge.net/

    Linux MultiMedia Studio - "...aims to be a free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed- source) programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by creating cool loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples, having more fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more."

  18. Coins problem on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    The coins are on fire?

  19. Re:Asus? on A Look Inside the Labs of Asus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Can you be more specific? I run linux and use mostly Asus hardware and I can't say any of it has cause any trouble.

  20. Re:Almost? on Fab · · Score: 1

    and Earl Grey tea.

  21. Re:Wouldn't it be nicer.... on Closed Source -> Charges Dismissed? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those people are quilty as hell.

    mmmm quilty.

  22. Re:Forget c++, REXX is KING! on O'Reilly on the Virtues of Rexx · · Score: 1

    Parent is funny. Why has it been modded off-topic?

    Possibly because it didn't mention REXX other than in the subject line.

  23. Re:Misleading article.. on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 1

    Aside from that, this doesnt suprise me, as the bottleneck was not the tech itself, but the input methods. And having 3 or 4 letters per key is NOT efficient.
    And 26 per key is better?

    I think the whole comparison is pointless when you take the learning curves into account.

  24. Re:How can it be future compatible? on Open Document Format Approved · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the extension is. odf ?

    I believe the extensions are:
    .odt - OpenDocument text
    .ods - OpenDocument spreadsheet
    .odp - OpenDocument presentation
    .odg - OpenDocument drawing/graphics

  25. Re:Math++ on Fortress: The Successor to Fortran? · · Score: 1

    The dog is on fire.