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  1. Re:Monty Python? on Does Having Fun Make IT More Enjoyable? · · Score: 1

    It's silly walks, not funny walks.

    Oops. Maybe I should have taken that course after all.

  2. Re:Monty Python? on Does Having Fun Make IT More Enjoyable? · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as "CS251: Introduction to Funny Walks" remains an elective, I'm fine with it.

  3. Re:Quality TV will diminish? Huh? on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions · · Score: 1

    I saw an ad for Sunlight last night.

    Guess I can't buy that, either.


    Buy sunlight? I get it for free.

    Hopefully, nobody from the SPAA will read this...

  4. Re:Where is the killer app? on Edubuntu - Linux For Young Human Beings! · · Score: 1

    Oregon Trail does work in Dosbox.

  5. Re:Let me guess: on Ports for Porn - Using Firewalls to Block Porn · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suggest ports for financial news, spam, penis enlarger advertisements, and so on.

    Spam already has a port... port 25.

  6. Re:This is really stupid on Ontario to Match U.S. DST Change · · Score: 1

    Or we could just redefine the length of an hour such that there are 28 hours for each rotation of the Earth.

  7. Re:YRO? on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why did Rehnquist not retire? Why did he stay when he was sick? Was he this sick?

    My guess is that the reason he didn't retire was that he knew he was going to die, and he didn't want the President and Senate fighting over his position while he was still alive.

  8. Re:I wonder if their info is superior to AccuWeath on Weather Service Becoming More Tech Friendly · · Score: 1

    It refreshes every few minutes, and when it refreshes, Firefox slows to a crawl.

  9. Re:I just encrypt disks full of white noise nowada on Modern History of Cryptography Techniques · · Score: 1

    If it's sufficient close to random then you can't compress it at all.

    True. In fact, in some cases, using compression on a random file will increase the size of the file rather than decrease it.

  10. Re:In korea on South Korean Scientists Clone Dog · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Korea, only dogs clone old people?

  11. Identifying when baseball is exciting on Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's pretty trivial to identify when baseball is exciting:

    bool is_baseball_exciting ()
    {
          return false;
    }

  12. Re:sigh on New Linux Kernel Development Process · · Score: 1

    If you people can't even write everyday English, let along meet the more stringent requirements imposed by programming languages, then no wonder software sucks so much.

    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

  13. Wrong article? on HP Embraces Linux for its Toughest Servers · · Score: 2, Informative

    The linked article doesn't seem to mention HP or Linux in any way...

  14. Re:Talkin' bout a revolution on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    I'm quite surprised. My rep was one of the few Republicans that voted against the bill.

  15. Re:I wonder.. on Do Not Call List Under Attack · · Score: 1

    This may not be a problem for those of you in a state like NY or Maryland

    If it's not a problem here in Maryland, then I really don't want to live in a state where it is. The damn Republican Party keeps calling here begging for money. It doesn't seem to matter to them how many times they're told no, though when I told them I was a registered Democrat, that seemed to fend them off for a while.

  16. Re:Why the IAFC is against the change on One Step Away from Changing Daylight Savings Time · · Score: 1

    Their job is to make laws. They just happen to be very good at their job. Too good at it, in fact.

  17. Re:Simplicity & Connectivity: Keys to the Desk on Desktop Linux Mass Migration · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The average American likes Windows because it is relatively simple to install

    The average American doesn't install Windows. They buy the computer with Windows preinstalled, and when their copy of Windows gets to the condition that it needs to be reinstalled, they throw out the computer and get another one.

  18. Re:The mindset of a typical University Admin. on Dell and Napster Going Directly to Colleges · · Score: 1

    Too many school networks are being used for slackware purposes.

    I was wondering why IS got mad at me for wasting bandwidth downloading Slackware CDs...

  19. On the subject of car analogies... on Why New OSes Don't Catch On · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Perhaps a better analogy would be of building a car from scratch, occasionally (in the case of Syllable) using parts from existing cars, such as Linux cars.

    Not disputing your point, just modifying the analogy...

  20. Re:I'm starting to get fed up on ICANN Won't Get DNS Root Servers · · Score: 1

    Wow ... this means that talking about 'the Internets' might actually become an accurate expression. This is what we pay politicians big bucks for - they're visionaries who shape the future. My support for the administration has risen to new heights.

    You owe me a new sarcasm detector. Mine just exploded.

  21. Re:Excellent news on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 1

    Anybody know where I can find a map of their world locations?

    Store locations

  22. Re:Who Has The Torrent? on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for x86 Leaked? · · Score: 1

    So... MacOSX on PPC running VirtualPC running MacOSX/x86, running PearPC.....

    My head hurts.

  23. Re:Why not? on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 1

    It's just like George Orewell predicted

    Did George Orwell predict bad spelling?

  24. Re:Lynx is safe on There Is No Safe Web Browser · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Lynx is safe on There Is No Safe Web Browser · · Score: 1

    There's w3m, but admittedly, I don't know much about it.