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  1. Re:Update Rollups every 6 months please! on Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    This is a bizarre point of view. Why should some poor bastard in every IT department have to maintain his own homebrew image of XP?

    Also, why does it take five reboots to get up to date? Every Linux distro I've used in recent memory can do it in one go.

    -Peter

  2. Re:Also, dudas, 'chinaman' is not the preferred .. on Patent Chief Decries Continued Downward Spiral of Patent Quality · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Also, dudas, 'chinaman' is not the preferred .. on Patent Chief Decries Continued Downward Spiral of Patent Quality · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, no, not exactly. It's a complicated case, eldavojohn. Lotta ins. Lotta outs. And a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's--

    He wanted compensation for the first rug. He wanted the second one back. The one that held sentimental value for Maude.

    -Peter

  4. Re:Ya gotta be careful on Dealing With an IT Bully · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you've confused monkeys with idiots.

    Man, I love monkeys.

    -Peter

  5. Queue on Run Google App Engine Apps On Amazon's Cloud · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Rolling Stones.

    -Peter

    PS: Remember, there's no "I don't get it." moderation option.

  6. Site Back Up on Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer · · Score: 1

    Looks like the site is back up, and they took it down to change "OpenMac" to "Open Computer".

    -Peter

  7. Re:Ya gotta be careful on Dealing With an IT Bully · · Score: 1

    But my work depends on the idiot's work, which is chronically fucked up. I can't embiggen my position at my company under these circumstances.

    Also, please don't verb verb.

    -Peter

  8. Re:Ya gotta be careful on Dealing With an IT Bully · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nothing you say to an idiot is productive.

    -Peter

  9. Re:really? on In Australia, Bosses May Get Power To Snoop On Emails · · Score: 1

    Yes, but surely not the work you're being paid to do.

    -Peter

  10. Re:I sometimes feel sorry for the RedHat brand on Red Hat Seeks Limits on Software Patents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you saying that the Linux community is like the Bluths, and Red Had is Michael?

    Let's see how far we can take that.

    RMS as Oscar
    Linus as George
    Slackware as GOB
    Ubuntu as Lindsey
    Debian as Tobias
    Linspire as Buster
    SuSE as George Michael
    Novell as Carl Weathers (as Himself)
    Knoppix as Maeby
    Bruce Perens as the Narrator
    Microsoft as Wayne Jarvis
    BSDs as the Sitwells

    I can't figure out who to cast as Zuckerkorn, Bob Loblaw, or Rita.

    -Peter

  11. Re:Does anybody know what the armor does? on Imperial Storm Troopers Skirmish in Latest IP Battle · · Score: 1
    A few notes on Batman.

    1. He's insane.
    2. He was suicidal at the time he came up with the costume (at least in Frank Miller's version.)
    3. He's a fictional character in a fictional world, and the suit is part of the fictional psychology he uses to intimidate fictional criminals.


    -Peter

    PS: For some reason my ordered list isn't getting numbered int the preview . . .
  12. One Question on 3D Self-Replicating Printer to be Released Under GNU License · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can this printer print a printer so large it, in fact, can't print it?

    -Peter

  13. Re:Most PCs are fast enough on Inside Intel's $20M Multicore Research Program · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No production car can even approach 400mph. Not even close. You'd be doing very well to spend half a million on a "production car" that can crack 400kmph.

    That leaves out the questions of range (you'd be lucky to get three miles to the gallon), and, you know, being able to actually maneuver on the public roads at that speed.

    You're nuts.

    -Peter

  14. Re:Why GPS on you cell phone. on 3G iPhone Going Into Production In May · · Score: 2

    You never meet up with friends at a place you don't know? Or change Doctors? Or have a job interview? Or an unexpected change of plans?

    If the Yellow Pages, or whatever you're using, is doing the job for you that's great. But I don't see why you should pooh-pooh a tool that other people (such as myself) find so damn handy.

    -Peter

  15. Re:This is going to sound strange... on A Fond Look at Some Obsolete Ports · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but did it help make the drive work?

    -Peter

  16. Re:Who could forget "Desert Bus"? on The 30 Dumbest Video Game Titles In History · · Score: 1

    You left out the important point that the bus pulls a little bit.

    -Peter

  17. Re:The wussification of a people is complete.... on Roleplayers Seek Removal of Nerf Gun Ban · · Score: 1

    What trigger-happy land do you live in, where the cops just start bustin' caps at anyone behaving in any way they don't immediately understand? Seriously, wherever it is they need to FIX THEIR FUCKING TRAINING PROGRAM.

    -Peter

  18. Re:In numbers I can understand, please on The Arthur C. Clarke Gamma Ray Burst · · Score: 1

    Nearly two!

    -Peter

  19. Re:2 words on Cubicle Security For Laptops, Electronics? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't it obvious? A normal-sized 'fridge.

    -Peter

  20. Re:NO IT DOES NOT on Does It Suck To Be An Engineering Student? · · Score: 1

    Tuck your chin next time.

    -Peter

  21. Re:Remember what happened last time on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 5, Informative

    Would it kill you to provide a link?

    -Peter

  22. Re:Comics as real literature on Reading Comics · · Score: 1

    I take it that this is your review

    It's nowhere near the top by any sorting option. You probably should have linked to it.

    -Peter

  23. Re:Redundancy? on Will Mars be a One-way Trip? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The human will be redundant in and of himself. He's symbolic, not operational!

    -Peter

  24. Re:Quotes on Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features Revealed · · Score: 1

    Oops. No it doesn't. Looks like it's the some old crap after all.

    -Peter

  25. Quotes on Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features Revealed · · Score: 1

    Finally got the download. Still doesn't support the Q tag correctly. On the up side it supports the application\xhtml+xml MIME type now!

    -Peter