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  1. Re:Known for quite some time... on Password Security Not Easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    There will always be that one person who will use their first name and last initial

    Yeah. Bunch of idiots. That's why I drop the last initial.

  2. Re:First things on The Japanese/American Tech Deficit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Many hot game titles are available here first

    That's not true. Newest games are available first on the streets of Taiwan.

  3. Re:So is an iron... on Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness here, I used to have a roomie who actually ironed his clothes when he was wearing them.

    It was my first job out of college. I was boiling some water on the hot plate. When the water started boiling, I realized there was a little too much water and so I picked the vessel to drain some of it. As I was doing that, I caught my roomie moving the iron all over his body. I was like "Dude, what's going on man?" and he is like "I am ironing my clothes. I do it all the time". I swear to God I almost dropped that vessel in my hand. Somehow managed to put it back on the hot plate and was rolling on the floor and my roomie stood there with a look on his face that said "Are you crazy?". I can't forget that moment.

    Yeah. I moved out pretty soon after that.

  4. Hmmmm on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    The U.S. performance was about the same as Poland, Hungary and Spain

    That should make your President happy! ;)

  5. Re:Very, very old, obligatory joke on Daring to Dream: Apple & IBM · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am thinking iBM ;)

  6. Doc on Search Engines for Handwritten Documents · · Score: 3, Funny

    Huh? Well, lets see how well it keeps up with my doctor's handwriting...

  7. Conspiracy Theory on Adieu to Ken Jennings · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think maybe Jerry Seinfeld paid him off for the publicity. Think about it. The DVDs just came out for the first three seasons which apparently are not the best of the lot. The fourth and the fifth seasons are the real juicy ones. They want to milk it as much as they can. So the whole Seinfeld cast is on Oprah. Jerry is all over the TV these days. What better way to generate publicity than to make sure that Ken Jennings loss show will be one of the highest watched Jeopardy shows. So, they make all those Seinfeld categories and offer Ken another million or two to go down. Now Ken also knows that he might not be able to keep his streak for long. A lot of 'nerds' must have realized that it is definitely a way to make money using their memory skills and they have surely gotten to reading/learning/memorizing things already. A couple of mil right away is always more appealing.

    Yeah. Ken Jennings went down on Seinfeld's bribe.

    Now I need to go get some beer ;0

  8. A la Austin Powers on Things To Do Before You Die · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Threesome with Japanese twins"

    Amen.

  9. Re:Coupled with a pay per view model... on Coming soon: Google TV? · · Score: 5, Informative

    search with a pay per view service on TV shows

    I use http://www.tvtorrents.net/ to catch up on my tv

  10. Interface hall of shame on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Dimmed menus on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 4, Informative

    I agree. That is one of the first things that I disable on a Win2000 box.

    Right click on the Taskbar and open up Properties. Then uncheck the 'Use Personalized Menus' box to disable it.

  12. Re:At least the .org's still accessible! on Bush Website Blocked Outside N. America · · Score: 0

    Apparently, hot air does have weight.

  13. Re:So? on 40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret · · Score: 1

    Complete Albums as single mp3 files. I use them a lot. Make a playlist of all albums and set them on shuffle. So you get to listen a complete album from start to end and also keep the 'guessing' mode which I like.

  14. Re:You read it here first! on New Apple iPod with Photo Capabilities · · Score: 2, Funny

    iAgree

  15. Re:Canada too, eh? on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do not mix price and quality. Higher price doesn't necessarily mean higher quality.

  16. Re:Ancient Egypt? on Online Game Event Sparks Player Riot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it was more of "Hey Mommy, who is your Daddy?" when he actually wanted to say Mummy which somehow doesn't quite sound right anyway.

  17. Re:Misleading article on Windows vs. Linux Security, Once More · · Score: 3, Funny

    They funded this too. But this time they forgot to check the "Study in favor of Windows" checkbox.

    *evil grin*

  18. Re:So... on Windows vs. Linux Security, Once More · · Score: 4, Funny

    Amazing that it took a report to tell us what we already know

    We already knew this. This report is for them.

  19. Re:Take two hydrogen atoms and call me in the morn on Would You Drink This Water? · · Score: 2, Funny

    An H2O molecule is an H2O molecule, is an H2O molecule

    The next time your beer tastes 'funky' and your roomie is smiling...

  20. Whooaa on Would You Drink This Water? · · Score: 4, Funny

    it gushes from the toilets of Singapore instead of a bubbling spring

    That is DISGUSTING. I don't think I will be drinking any water today. And thanks for adding 'gushing'.

  21. Re:And it's name is: on Government Linux Gaming Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    If one chose 'city under seige', I believe Steven S might be tough to beat!

  22. Re:Lurking privacy concern on Google Desktop Search Under Fire · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are blaming the violet light maker when it finds those 'stains' on your bed sheet. The stains were already there. You just didn't know and now you are pissed that everybody found out!

  23. Oh come on on Google Desktop Search Under Fire · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First of all, GDS does not bypass security or username/passwords. These files are accessible via the IE cache using Windows Explorer anyway. The index is stored in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Desktop Search

    Plus, why are these people have rights to install GDS on library computers? The libraries need to take notice by using a policy control to begin with.

    Its a GOOGLE DESKTOP SEARCH tool. It says SEARCH in a screaming font. If that doesn't ring these people's bells, then they need to buy hi-fidelity headphones that are used by chronic deaf.

    Blaming the kinfe company when the kid cut itself playing with the knife.

  24. Re:nonsense on Replacing TCP? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    TCP may be old, but it can go on for another 50 years wothout any problem.

    Somehow, the title of your post is appropriate for the subject of your mesaage.
    Did you pull that 50 years out of your..... you know.

    Change is not going to happen overnight. They are suggesting a better protocol which is still in the labs for the most part.

    Remember how long since IPv6 is out? And now check what we are still using. It's all about changing it gradually.

  25. Re:Marketing for Open Source? on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The newspaper campaign is not entirely about switching instanatly. Its about 'recognition'.

    Next time the executives are playing golf and one of us techies who was lucky to be there mentions Firefox in some offtopic conversation, the exeucutive might respond: "Right. Right. I remember something like that in NYT a couple of weeks ago. Remind me again in the office tomorrow".

    And then you know that you have made a breakthrough.
    Remember the golden mantra of marketing: Its all about brand recognition.