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  1. Re:How is that startling? on Mathematicians Study Effects of Gerrymandering On 2012 Election · · Score: 3, Interesting
  2. Re:Do they? on ACM Blames the PC For Driving Women Away From Computer Science · · Score: 2

    Check my math, okay?

    You've gone too far. You should have stopped when the answer was 42.

  3. Re:Well judged on China Censors "The Big Bang Theory" and Other Streaming Shows · · Score: 1

    As was that final season of The Practice - the James Spader year.

  4. Re:High-Frequency Trading on Aussie Telco Lays New Fiber For Microsecond Trading Boost · · Score: 1

    They usually have an intern ready, with his hand hovering over the big red "sell everything" button, waiting for just such an occurrence.

  5. Re:That's what America needs to be competitive! on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1


    So does time travel.

  6. Re:So this patent is good! on IBM Seeks Patent On Judging Programmers By Commits · · Score: 2

    or;;;;be;;;;;rated;;;;using;;;;;a;;;;code;;;;counter;;;;;that;;;;;only;;;;counts;;;;semicolons;;;;;
    [a true story]

  7. Re:She's alive on Lost Russian Mars Probe Phones Home · · Score: 1

    Wasn't that a Doctor Who story? Way back when the Doctor resembled Jon Pertwee?

  8. Re:At the risk of my nerd card... on Ask Slashdot: How/Where To Start Watching Dr. Who? · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because he was the first Doctor I saw, but I still think he was the best

    And so a new generation discovers the universal truth.

  9. Re:vim? really? on Common Traits of the Veteran Unix Admin · · Score: 1

    The colors clash with my decor.

  10. Re:prior art? on Paul Allen Amends Lawsuit Against Facebook, Apple · · Score: 1

    The AOL Instant Messenger software infringes by displaying information including, e.g., email

    The NextStep system on my desk has been doing this since at least 1991, which is before Interval Research was even founded. The Mail app icon changes whenever there's new mail available, in "an unobtrusive manner that does not distract the user from his primary interaction".

    Oh, wait, I've got it configured so that it also plays a barking dog sound when the mail arrives - not quite unobtrusive.

    I bet that's probably patented as well...

  11. Re:Sad day on Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Dies at 87 · · Score: 1

    and don't call me Shirley...

  12. Re:Last Post on The Doctor's Every Journey · · Score: 1

    Give 'em time, they'll come around.

  13. Re:Wasn't he the CEO during the pretexting scandal on HP CEO Resigns During Sexual Harassment Investigation · · Score: 1

    Followed the link, and what pops up? ... wait for it ... a full page HP printer ad.

    Classic.

  14. Re:Dear Sysadmin on Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 1

    My car doesn't require me to create a new key every 30 days.

  15. Re:No tab completion! on XKCD Deploys Command Line Interface · · Score: 1

    It's also the only way to figure out where to drop the magazine.

  16. Re:Why build one... on What Kind of Data Center Can You Build With $500M? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because they're not in my Congressional district?

  17. Add your favorite Sun anecdote here on IBM About To Buy Sun For $7 Billion · · Score: 1

    First heard this one way back when Sun flirted with OpenStep:

    "All the Wood Behind One Arrow"

  18. Re:Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Report on Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod · · Score: 1

    Or one of these

  19. I'm so old.... on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    ... I've done this several times.

    Weather names (tornado, hurricane, etc.)

    The Rugrats (angelica, tommy, chuckie, etc.)

    Doctor Who companions (zoe, romana, etc.)
    I almost had one project up to sv7, but the bean counters only bought six servers.

    My latest project had the workstations named after muscle cars of the '60s (Mustang, Camaro, Chevelle, etc) and the servers named after land-yachts (Fleetwood, Continental, etc).

  20. Re:Life on Earth on Is a 'Katrina-Like' Space Storm Brewing? · · Score: 1

    Or Druid. Don't know if I've got the room for one of their clocks, though.

  21. Re:Gross on First Flight of Jet Powered By Algae-Fuel · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they were smart, they'd make it smell like coconut suntan lotion.

    Mmmmm...

  22. Re:Losing Stuff in Space Memes on Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Obvious things on Artist Wants to Replace Lost Eyeball With Webcam · · Score: 1

    Alpha who?

    Alpha Centauri, that's who!

  24. Re:New Slashot Section on (Useful) Stupid Regex Tricks? · · Score: 1


    Only a Guardian has that much power.

  25. Re:BTRFS? on Ext4 Advances As Interim Step To Btrfs · · Score: 1

    Double-T is the name of a diner, hon.

    I think y'all meant double L...