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  1. I hate when that happens. on A Mob Of One · · Score: 1

    That reminds me of the night we got sprayed for Med-Flies. I got dosed with Malathion twice in one night by the helicopters. Your tax dollars at work.

  2. Re:publicity stunt on Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? · · Score: 1

    I thought SP1 was the actual beta, as always.

  3. Re:Global Warming on NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission Fails · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, IIRC, the last expensive atmospheric satellite failed at launch as well. Gives ME pause...

  4. Re:Why mock this ? on The Chinese (Web Servers) Are Coming · · Score: 1

    I like your geocities page and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
    Dumb as a brick, I installed MS ME.

  5. Neck-and-neck on The Chinese (Web Servers) Are Coming · · Score: 3, Insightful

    LOL- good to see MS prompted to fight for its second place standing.

  6. Re:And make it relative! on Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet Detected · · Score: 1

    More like narrow chisels.

  7. Re:WHAT'S THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT THIS SUPERNOVA? on Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet Detected · · Score: 1

    This seems several orders of magnitude beyond most of the energy measurement terms I'm familiar with. One could use scientific notation, but for a few of us, X to the Xtillionth GigaJoules is a little too abstract. This is not too ambiguous for me.

  8. Re:Not the government.. on Why Doesn't the IWF Notify Those Whom They Block? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a familiar program, is it CIA-Sponsored?

  9. Re:Mere mortals need more toy budget on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    I've been wrestling this idea around as a sound studio solution, and it seems that an external storage unit makes the most sense, with a DRAM card for the currently working files. Almost affordable, anyway.

  10. Toy budget on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    Most of us can't afford to worry about this, but does the Fusion-io suffer from this issue?

  11. Re:NSFW on Boy Killed By Exploding Office Chair · · Score: 1

    The bottom of the page has a link to another unlucky kid with a protruding arrow. You have been warned

  12. Re:Let me just put it out there... on Atlantis Seekers Given Thrill by Google Ocean · · Score: 1

    Why?

  13. Re:The SUN is always an entertaining read ... on Atlantis Seekers Given Thrill by Google Ocean · · Score: 1

    You clicked that? The Davester was kind enough to warn us NSFW. I, for one, spared myself.

  14. Re:I, for one, welcome our new Insect Overlords on DARPA Creates Remote Controlled Insects · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This sounds far too inexpensive to trust our Fearless Leaders with. The only thing that has saved us so far is the cost of deployment.

  15. Re:Not the government.. on Why Doesn't the IWF Notify Those Whom They Block? · · Score: 1

    Umm... So this *is* the government in every respect except...
    Call me thick, the insight is not penetrating my cranial barrier.

  16. Re:IWF's epic fail: blocked text and NOT image on Why Doesn't the IWF Notify Those Whom They Block? · · Score: 1

    Epic Irony.

  17. Re:Not the government.. on Why Doesn't the IWF Notify Those Whom They Block? · · Score: 1

    I thought this consortium was designed to prevent the government from stepping in and instituting the usual measures to ruin everyone's life. (Except the "criminals" who will evolve a new generation of counter-measures and carry on as always with their unpopular activities.) This is merely one of the anticipated benefits of the program, brought to the public's attention.

  18. Filthy Speech Movement Troll on Why Doesn't the IWF Notify Those Whom They Block? · · Score: 1

    In order for speech to be labeled Free, I don't believe it should be restricted. We of course, don't have any free societies on this planet, AFAIK. This is the tyranny of the majority, as outlawed by the U.S. Constitution, then democratically instituted by the ignorant masses. I realize TFA refers to GB Malarkey, it's the same as here, histrionics &c. used to promote government bloat, if not also the usual Black Helicopter stuff.

  19. Re:Damn it.. on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    I have a Selectric I inherited from Professor LaVey, I like to hear the hum. What I want is a glossy B&W of a hot typist in the classic workstation pose. Actually, at the moment, both my old Ms are in the attic right now and I'm using the Little Woman's MS split-deck thing. It's like a slanted fret Rickenbacker, kinda grows on you.

  20. Re:Regulation on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    When I go out to the boonies to shoot at stuff, I always stock up on that shitty Chinese ammo. When you mostly fire for effect, and heat stress testing the receiver, it hurts to pay two bucks a pop.

  21. Re:Film at 11... on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    Didn't we sign "Free Trade" agreements outlawing this kind of reactionary populist stuff? Between a Clinton and two Bushes, I'm sure that someone has solved that issue.

  22. Re:Piracy on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    This is where I can live with myself and cross the line, don't tell anybody. I sorta jack up the hood and roll a new car under it every once in a while.

  23. Re:No, a taste of things to come on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    Do you think your Fearless Leaders have better plans for you? Uncle Barack can't save us.

  24. Re:Do not bite, it's a gimmick! on Canadian Federal Government Mulling Open Source? · · Score: 1

    I suppose he thinks that stuff in Windsor is all foreign-owned?

  25. Stereotypes on Canadian Federal Government Mulling Open Source? · · Score: 3, Funny

    It may not be PC, and I reckon I'll be labelled a troll, but the word on the streets is the Canadians use more common sense than us.