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  1. Re:Intelligent Design? on From Carnivore to Herbivore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah.. the species just decided to be a Buddhist instead...

  2. Re:'hello mum' on The Sharpest Ever Global Earth Map · · Score: 1

    I'm looking forward to one of those satelites that can analyse the exact atomic structure of everything it passes by.

    Way to go for the pr0n download... 3 billion subjects to choose from :D

  3. Re:Several exploits on Apple Release Mega Patch to Fix 19 Flaws · · Score: 1

    Please point to a report about any Macs that were rooted due to this exploit. Surely out of the millions of Macs out there, at least one was rooted if it's so easy.

    In other news, Osama spotted BBQ beef steaks outside a cave in the mountainous areas of Iraq!

    Just because a report doesn't exist does not mean that something doesn't exist.

  4. Re:Sounds like a great idea on The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because we all know how well pale, 120 pound geeks clean streets in 100+ degree weather!

    120 pounds isn't awfully heavy you know.. in fact many of those mythical creatures (girls) come close to 54kg...

  5. Re:Robin Hood-Apples verses Apple Juice. on CMU Professor's Rebuttal Against RIAA Propaganda · · Score: 1

    Well considering that a burned CD/DVD is an exact copy while a cassette recording isn't. I don't think that you can do an exact comparison. While the complaint is the same, the end results may not be.

    And even your 320kbps mp3s are exact copies of the original recording.. NOT.

  6. Re:so does unemployment on Annual Fee For Your Comment? · · Score: 1


    I am just graduating from college and got 3 job offers easily. I am going for one in Germany(I'm a USian). After poking through your site I stumbled on your resume. That may be a good reason you aren't getting offers, your resume in a word..sucks.


    My next assignment would be writing a resume.. and I'm pretty sure many /.ers are a bunch of long haired hobos living in their parents' basements..

    Why don't you give some quality advice?

  7. Re:New business plan... on RIAA File-Sharing Lawsuits Top 10,000 People Sued · · Score: 1


    Until the guys who first downloaded the tracks from you (legal copying, with license to distribute) come forward, give evidence you publicly released your music, and you get a class action from 10,037 people for (slander/libel - I can never remember which is which).


    Simple, make them agree to a "EULA" when they download the music!

  8. Re:Suppose you had 10GB of primary memory... on Samsung HDD Merges Flash, Conventional Storage · · Score: 1

    The thing is, you wouldn't want to use volatile memory as write cache (even if you run Linux, some might cut the electricity), even if it works nice for reading. Having a flash memory integrated with the hard drive gives you the possibility to have all your data safely stored, and not staying in cache for 10+ minutes.

    But the thing about flash memory is that they wear out after a certain number of write cycles. You wouldn't want to use that for your cache too!

  9. Re:so what? on One-Third Of Companies Monitoring Email · · Score: 1

    fire up your browser and use your gmail acc.

    No real escape, if they really want to be tight about it they can point to their web proxy logs and demand to know why you have been using gmail from the company terminal.

  10. Re:Hmmm..... on Near-Perfect Einstein Ring Discovered · · Score: 2, Funny

    See, now they have a really good reason to get up there and maintain Hubble. I mean seriously, what better reason than to focus hubble on that Einstein ring and get a very upclose view of a distant galaxy

    What if we see people dressed in white and dancing amongst the clouds?

    *imagines*

    OMG! The righties will eat us alive! I'd say we blow up Hubble right now!

  11. Re:Cool! on Using Diamonds to Create Unhackable Code · · Score: 1

    But what happens if you need to bend the diamond cables??

  12. Re:258$ "stealing" tax?!? on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyway, who is to say they won't turn around and start using this as a precedent?

    After all, people use their ISP connections to "steal" their music, buy hard drives to store their "stolen" music, buy CPUs to run media player applications to listen to their "stolen" music.... etc

    Where will they draw the line? When will they stop?

    Besides, why do they just tax the iPod only? What about other mp3 players? What about cell phones with mp3 capabilities? Heck, what about pocket PCs and other PDAs even?

    I think Apple's popularity has came back to bite Apple in their gonads...

  13. Call me OPTIMISTIC! on Bacteria Made to Behave as Computers · · Score: 1

    Well, remember what made VHS take off for the home consumers?

    Now imagine this same technology applied here.. who needs those rubber blow up dolls, soon we can just buy these huge cement-mix-sized sacks of chemicals, mix them together in a bathtub, and watch them assemble themselves into a girl shaped object!

  14. Re:And to think I used to worry about this... on Microsoft Scales Down Palladium · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Heck, Microsoft cannot even secure its own "proprietary" gaming console, why did we ever fear that they'd lock down all of our computers?!

    I know it was meant to be a joke.. but who knows, all these incidents might actually spur them to *gasp* learn about their mistakes and actually make an uncrackable system.

    For all I know, the latest WMV DRM has not been cracked yet... and if Palladium were as good as that we might be in for quite a bit of trouble...

  15. Re:Cashing in on ... on Gates Calls for Increase in Tech Labor Supply · · Score: 1

    Could that be BECAUSE of Microsoft's presence?

    Think of it like this:
    50,000 X coders get paid $40k a year
    1 X Bill Gates gets paid $maxint a year

    Ave? $94k

    The people in the upper rungs of society are making way too much relative to the common man...

  16. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. on World Intellectual Property Day · · Score: 1

    Why not give out free copies of Office and XP as part of CopyNight celebrations?

  17. Re:Quick! on China Locks in its Net-Citizenry · · Score: 0

    Porn Video: haam di (hah-mm dee)
    Horny: haam suup (hah-mm s-uh-p) literally salty and wet


    That's cantonese, not chinese..

    Anyway, why would you bother with Chinese porn anyway? There are lots of it in the US... :D

  18. Re:Jack of All Trades, Master of Copying! on Longhorn Beta is Disappointing · · Score: 1

    Is it just me?

    The first thing that struck me was "Damned.. those Windows look just like those in MacOS, with the shiny look and all.."

  19. Re:Taboo subjects on Microsoft To Add A Black Box To Windows · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely right. {turns to the grandparent poster} Don't you know that pushing your religion on others isn't allowed in a Democratic society?

    Think of it in the sense of "Oh God... I'm cumming!"

    Grow a sense of humor man!

  20. Re:What will happen on Adobe Blasts Nikon's Closed File Format · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Nikon has well known products but so does Adobe. What if Adobe prints in a huge black font in its manual, product box or emails to customers the message that unfortuantely due to lack of cooperation from Nikon they will not provide opening and editing of Nikon RAW files. Maybe someone (or many!) avid Adobe Photoshop users will eventually want to upgrade thier digital camera, and I wonder if they would remember that Nikon RAW files don't "work" in Photoshop and choose another camera. A little far fetched but still possible.


    Clearly you have never purchased a serious camera before. I'm only an amateur, but even then my last purchase racked up to about $5000.

    Often pros spend $10,000 on a single lens.

    Heck, the Canon 1Ds costs $12,000

    Are you telling me that these serious users will ditch their whole platform, sell off their equipment at rip off prices, just because Adobe doesn't support their favourite brand's file format?

    Please.. be realistic.

  21. Re:I don't know abou this... on Microsoft to Launch 64-bit Windows on Monday · · Score: 1

    "Perhaps someday the world will have 3 computers..."

  22. Re:Cool on Fat Geeks Healthier Than You Thought · · Score: 1

    I dunno. Boobs are fun!

    Of course they are! But only if they belong to another person... preferably a girl!

  23. Re:Definition of Irony: on World's Largest Nanotube Model · · Score: 1

    Hey! I just invented the World's best solar powered torchlight!

  24. Re:Life is easy... on MPAA Under Investigation for Illegal NYPD Payoffs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damned! If only they'd accept paypal too!

  25. Re:New product in the works? on Microsoft's 911 Patent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I really find it disgusting how patents can be filed with no implementation in sight. So how does Microsoft intend to provide such a service?

    Or did they file to patent to blackmail^Wpersuade the Government into buying their products because theirs is the only chip on the block?