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  1. Re:KISS on MIT Sues Frank Gehry Over Buggy $300M CS Building · · Score: 1

    It's not "Keep It Simple", it's "Sweat The Details". I think I'd rather have a KISS than an STD.
  2. Re:Graphical smilies suck on The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-) · · Score: 1

    Trogdor? Is that you?

  3. Re:HR could use some help... on Want To Work At Google? · · Score: 1

    I gone through the initial process with Google twice, with the same outcome. Theys said I don't got good grammer. I axed "Whats my momma's momma got to do with anything?"
  4. Re:here's one that's unbelievable on Hoarders vs. Deleters- What Your Inbox Says · · Score: 1

    You say that like it's a bad thing.

  5. Re:Not a resonable suggestion. on Gadgets, Then & Now · · Score: 1

    Imagine that - billboards that present a simplified "sound bite" version of the real story. If you go to the Tennessee DMV web site, you'll see that proof of financial responsibility is the law. Car insurance is just an easy way of complying with the law, but you're not being forced to buy insurance.

  6. Re:Don't worry about medical insurance on Gadgets, Then & Now · · Score: 1
    Tell that to the jerk who made an illegal U-turn in front of me while I was going 55+. My car, a Honda del Sol (small car) is now totaled. His truck, a full-size Dodge Ram, was damaged but probably repairable. At the accident scene, he showed proof of insurance to the police officer. Too bad for me it wasn't his insurance.

    Your medical insurance is there to protect YOU. Your car insurance is there to protect ME. That's why the gummint mandates car insurance but not health insurance.

  7. Re:In other news on Hotmail On Your Desktop · · Score: 1
    My money paid for what exactly? Another jet for some executive?

    Man, how much do they charge for e-mail!

  8. Re:SUAVs on Unmanned Aerial Drones Coming Soon Above U.S. · · Score: 1
    They can't outlaw Cheney's own sport
    Silly peasant.
    Shouldn't that be "Silly pheasant"?
  9. Re:Confusion! on The Beatles, Apple, and iTunes · · Score: 1

    It wasn't Ballmer. It was Bill Gates with "All you need is 640KB".

  10. Re:x86: Intel's biggest mistake on Intel Dumps Iitanium's x86 Hardware Compatibility · · Score: 1
    Yes it is, because MB means 1000 Kilobytes, and MiB means 1024 Kibibytes.

    If you're in the marketing department, then yes. Otherwise, the computer industry has historically used KB to refer to 1024B and MB to refer to 1024KB.

    Please don't insult the functionality of accuracy

    I'm not. I'm insulting the idiocy of hard drive marketers who decided to inflate their numbers rather than stick with accepted industry terminology.

  11. Re:Now ... on Trigonometry Redefined without Sines And Cosines · · Score: 2, Funny
    Once you know this, then integration and derivation of all sin/cos and derived functions boils down to algebra and derivation and integration of e, which is trivial.

    I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too small to contain.

  12. Re:This is a joke, right? on Five PC Innovations the Industry Should Get To · · Score: 1
    2. digital clock on laptops. I'd love to have an external LCD display showing the time, even when the machine's not on. hell, that'd even be useful on a desktop machine.

    My 3+ year old HP laptop (Pavilion N5495) has this. The front edge has a small LCD that can display date, time, or battery charge. It's right next to the buttons that control the CD player when the laptop is off.

  13. Has Strongbad seen this? on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 1

    After the Lappy 486 and Compy 386, Clocky should be right up his alley.

  14. Actually ninety nine zeros is what you get... on Google Fires Blogger? · · Score: 1

    when you take one zero away from a googol.

  15. Does it really take this long... on Decrypting Kryptos · · Score: 1

    to do ROT13?

  16. Re:The catch is.. on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Marsha Marsha Marsha!

  17. Re:shortcomings to sql? on An Alternative to SQL? · · Score: 1

    It is possible, just not using a standard RDMBS. I worked at a company a few years back that used Pick (multi-relational) databases. Being a SQL/RDBMS guy, I never quite 'got it', but have a look at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dhona/pick.html for an intro.

  18. Re:Alcohol Fuelcell on Centaur - a Four-wheeled Segway · · Score: 1
    Have a alcohol fuel cell onboard and you could fill up at the local liquor store.

    Honest officer, I wasn't drinking and driving. I was just topping off my fuel cell.

  19. Re:How much electricity? on Hamster-Powered Night Light · · Score: 1
    AFAIK the capybara is the biggest rodent.

    Actually, I think the ROUS's are bigger than these.