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  1. Re:technical assistance on Five Technologies Iran Is Using To Censor the Net · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware of that, thank you for letting me know of their response.

  2. Re:technical assistance on Five Technologies Iran Is Using To Censor the Net · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe it was reported that Nokia and Siemens had sold/developed some of the filtering equipment being used by the Iranian government. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/nokia-siemens-boycott/

  3. Re:Mid-range Apple Notebooks on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    Profit margins. Also, it's not their style to cut back on quality in order to lower the price tag. Apple doesn't do cheap.

  4. Re:A moment to admire your country on Malaysian Blogger On Trial For Sedition · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or maybe it's a taste of what it might become without such criticism.

  5. Re:goose, gander, etc. on China's All-Seeing Eye · · Score: 1

    Look at Russia? Look at the USA and UK! All those "I don't mind, I've got nothing to hide" idiots who are more than willing to give away their freedom and privacy for a fake sense of security.

  6. Re:cant wait for those 64gb iPod Touch's... on Apple Prepares For the Coming iPod Slump · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I need a gift ;)

  7. Re:I wish I had a button... on Steve Jobs Hates Buttons · · Score: 1

    But you do. Keep the Menu and the Centre buttons pressed simultaneously for a couple of seconds; that'll make the iPod reboot itself.

  8. Re:Pollution = hurting other people on What Earth Without People Would Look Like · · Score: 5, Funny
    When the gender ratio exceeds 3:1 mass situational homosexuality begins to kick in.

    Something tells me it's not a very good idea to hang around slashdot then. :P
  9. In other news... on The 10 Tech People Who Don't Matter · · Score: 5, Funny

    An innocent bypasser was killed in Redmond today by a mysterious falling chair...

  10. Re:Hmmm... on Robot Dogs Evolve Their Own Language · · Score: 1

    Had you actually "learned" your grammar correctly, you would have known that 'learnt' is a chiefly British variation of the past and past participle of learn.

  11. OMG! Ponies! on Duke Nukem Forever Update · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It seems like the guys at 3DR really DO have a problem with release dates.

    How can anyone expect these guys to release the game if they can't even release their April Fools' Day joke on time! You're 12 days late! =P

  12. Re:craigSlist on Craigslist to Start Charging for Some Listings · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the information, I'm sure that half of the slashdot population is now heading over to craiglist.com (without the s).

  13. Re:Movie Like Games on IBM's Radical Cell Processor · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Charlie's Angels being the first to be announced.

  14. Mozilla Address Book on Thunderbird 1.5 Arrives · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Great, now if only they could actually put some work into improving the Mozilla Address Book...

  15. Re:Nice... on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 0

    Perhaps you mean the uncultural imperialism? :P

  16. Re:1/r^2 kills this on Solar Flares Shield Astronauts from Cosmic Rays · · Score: 0

    Thank you! :)

  17. Beowulf on Weta Digital Grows Cluster · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Can anyone imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?! Oh, wait...

  18. The Mandatory Audiophile Joke on Sonic Torpedo Defense · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I bet those would sound a lot better with a gold CAT5 cable. :P

  19. Bad Example on Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's no different if I went out and bought a Microsoft program and started sharing it with everyone in my apartment.

    I think they picked a bad example there. :P

  20. Notebook? on A Cheap and Portable Word Processor? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't know about you but I simply use a good old-fashioned paper notebook.

  21. Re:Lets me be the first to say on Tweaking the CAN-SPAM Act · · Score: 2, Funny

    - "Baked beans are off!"
    - "Can I have spam instead?"
    - "You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam and spam?!"
    - "Yes."
    - "Blaaarght"

  22. You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam (...)? on Tweaking the CAN-SPAM Act · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...; ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.

  23. Whoohooo! on Tweaking the CAN-SPAM Act · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "It is also proposing to shorten from 10 days to three the time a sender may take before honouring a recipient's opt-out request;"

    Yeah, so now they only have 3 days to sell my address to 100 other spam lists.

  24. Yeah, and Windows will be secure on Google Might Disappear in Five Years · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hasn't he also mentioned that Windows would be secure? :P

  25. Microsoft anyone? on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    Didn't Microsoft team up with general motors recently? *snickers*