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  1. Re:A little perspective here? on How To Destroy a Black Hole · · Score: 1

    There is a 50/50 chance that would destroy the world!

  2. Re:Well on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    Back to write, me and a buddy made a hobby out of write-ing mp3s to each others consoles mid-vi session until we noticed another user named 'leet', who was never continuously logged in for more than a few minutes without getting mp3'ed and screwing his console.

  3. Re:My idea for a document format on Opera CTO Hits Back at Microsoft's Standards Push · · Score: 1

    I think theres always going to be value in having applications and documents as distinct types. Letting documents execute arbitrary code means you must either trust the author more or build incredible security into the VM. Thats why TeX files are not for publishing, and DVI files are. I have yet to hear of a virus that exploited the DVI format to spread.

  4. Re:well this is where they are on Pluto Probe Snaps Jupiter Pictures · · Score: 1

    depending on who you ask, that could mean anything less than 1e6

  5. Re:Crime & Punishment on New Congressional Bill Makes DMCA Look Tame · · Score: 1

    I dont know about you, but I saw that on the history channel recently. That channel rocks.

  6. Processed Fruit = Vegetable on Making Files Available Breaking the Law? · · Score: 1

    Somewhere in this country, at this very moment, a lawyer is arguing that ... that ketchup is a vegetable...

    Which is totally insane, because a tomato is a fruit!Yay for pedantery

  7. lame comment follows on New Possible Record Prime Number Found · · Score: 1

    2^2-1 = 3
    3 == 11

    I guess you are wrong and all primes really do follow the form 2^2-1 !!!! Fields Medals for everyone!!!!

  8. 12 Old Ladies per Murdered Bum on Open Source Worse than Flying · · Score: 1

    I never knew about that rule! Now I finally have free reign to really shorten the lines at soup kitchens.

  9. Shit on Papers On Real-Time And Embedded Linux · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think you were looking for "shit"

    I have concluded that this is high quality shit.

  10. not Netgear WG311v2 on 802.11 for Linux Non-Geeks? · · Score: 1

    I grabbed a WG311 thinking it was a v1 with the atheros chipset, and realized I had a v2 after I had mailed off the rebates. I got screwed. There might be support for it soon from acx100.sf.net, but for now there is no acx111 support that anyone will but their name on without a beta tacked on it too.

  11. Re:first freedom post on California Class Action Suit Sony Over Rootkit DRM · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You got a problem with French Post?

  12. Re:So let me get this straight on Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld · · Score: 1

    The reason why this worm exist is due to the wide deployment of Linux http servers with this specific vulnerability. There just aren't many Mac OS X web servers out there to bother with them.

    What about:

    The reason why this worm exist is due to the wide deployment of Windows Desktops with this specific vulnerability. There just aren't many Linux Desktops out there to bother with them.

    Sure, it lacks the first sentence. But the hive-mind here does not like that argument.

  13. Re:Sounds like BS on The Car That Makes Its Own Fuel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forced hot air from press releases?

  14. Re:Dollars to doughnuts... on Federal Court Shuts Down Pay As You Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean "I bet the jury was told not to consider the validity of the patent." Not that I RTFA, or even the whole summary. But the jury can consider whatever it wants. It can ignore laws it does not like. Jurors are just told to do things, and they assume the Judge has the authority to tell them to do those things and that not doing so is wrong.

  15. Re:What is the colour of the bear? on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    well cover me in shit and call me stupid. i bow to your superiority.

  16. Re:What is the colour of the bear? on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    If you are at the south pole, you cannot go south. You MUST start at the north pole.

  17. Fox News is the only news I watch on Microsoft Spinning Against OpenDocument Via Fox News · · Score: 1

    Fox News is the only news I watch. It is so obviously biased you do not need to watch other networks to guess what other perspectives might be. I think it is quite obvious that Fox News blindly supports Republicans. I refuse to provide an example. I ask you to provide a counterexample.

  18. Not Their Job on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1

    The "Why" does not matter. Do you agree that it is true?

    Living up to that expectation is well within reach. Dell and friends could easily just slap in a second HD and enable RAID 1 on every new computer. Might raise the price a bit, but people would be getting the experience they expect.

    Imagine this: Instead of having to start from scratch with a new HD, your computer pops up a window saying "Hardware failure, please contact Dell at 800-555-5555, problem reference 123-45, customer id 678-901-234". So you call, some indian dude says "Oh, lucky you, the component that failed is under warranty! Take your computer to the local Dell shop or ship it to 1234 fake street austin, TX. Tell them the problem reference number and your customer id and your problem will be fixed within one day."

    I realize that is a starry eyed tale of customer service, but thats how it should be. Actually, it should be even better, but I do not want to give myself a hard-on.

  19. Re:I work 14 hour days most of the time on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1
    Like everything else in life, only you can ultimately be responsible for such things.

    You mean I am responsible for everything? (Really, explain, I think I might need to relearn how to read.)

    I do not have a contract. I have faith in the corporate desire to continue bombarding me with advertisements. I also have a misplaced faith in the goodwill of men.

  20. Re:I work 14 hour days most of the time on Online Music Stores Compared · · Score: 1
    Seriously, what is this "I want others to take responsibility of my data, and back it up for me, because I'm too lazy to do it myself!"-mentality?

    It is how most people seem to think their computing experience should work. I rely on my various email providers to back up my data. I do not pay for my email service. I believe that as my end of the deal (be subjected to advertising 24/7) I should at least get to absolve myself of a great deal of personal responsibility.

  21. ITS FUNNY on KOffice Developers Reply to Yates · · Score: 1

    that means moderate insightful, dumbasses!

  22. WARNING! PEOPLE CAN PUBLISH INFORMATION! on Has Google Peaked? · · Score: 1

    No, the point was that the world needs a google specific law to curb their upcoming evil. Bitch.

  23. robots.txt on Has Google Peaked? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    hey fucktard, robots.txt

  24. Me Too! on E-Mail Snafu Sparks Spam Attack On Journalists · · Score: 1, Funny

    Student services at my school set up a list for all employees, and I got to laugh for about a week while people sent messages to the list telling people to stop sending messages to the list. Over 90% of the messages read something like "Come on people, stop sending stuff to the list, you are just adding to the problem". Some people just cannot comprehend the irony and hypocrisy of doing that. It was the Best Week Ever.

  25. Re:Nice! on Gameboy Emulator Released for PSP · · Score: 1

    They lose money on the PSP's current prices? How much would it cost if Sony broke even?