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  1. Re:Should that be millisoccer ? on Get Ready For ... Nanosoccer! · · Score: 1

    They couldn't use Microsoccer; that's already been trademarked by the Evil Empire.

    Then again, hasn't Apple trademarked every conceivable word that begins with "nano"... ?

  2. Re:Power savings on Google's Floating Datahaven · · Score: 1

    Oh, great. Now I'm going to hear that Devo song in my head the rest of the day.

  3. Timely! on Software, Tools, Or Techniques For UI Review? · · Score: 1

    We've got one of those reviews scheduled for tomorrow.

    For four hours.

    "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"

  4. Re:You're doing it wrong. on Scrabulous Is Dead, Hasbro's Version Brain-Dead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    cluck cluck cluuck, cluck cluck cluck cluck cluuuck cluck

    - psycho chicken

  5. Re:What the.... on User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace · · Score: 1

    I guess Pete Moss and Calvin N. Hobbes better behave themselves.

  6. Re:Big Deal! on VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and cupholders. It needs more cupholders.

  7. Re:Glasnost on Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless, of course, your ISP is blocking that, too...

  8. Re:pinball is the video game for old people on The Last Pinball Machine Factory · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Plus that special "clack" when you won a free game.

    Ahh, Dave's Hot Dogs. So much time wasted, and me, too!

  9. Re:The RIAA gets dumber by the day... on RIAA Sues Homeless Man · · Score: 1

    Maybe he's one of the lucky 12% ...

    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/041608-survey-12-percent-of-consumers.html?t51hb/

    ... or an innocent victim, perhaps?

  10. Re:existing competence?! on Blockbuster Working on Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    What hilarity? They're the absolute best at never having the movie I'm looking for...

  11. Re:but seriously on MS Clearflow To Help Drivers Avoid Traffic Jams · · Score: 1

    Stop driving on my lawn, you damn kids!

  12. evolution on Alligator Blood May Be Source of New Antibiotics · · Score: 1

    Scientists believe that this is an evolutionary adaptation to promote quick wound healing, as alligators are often injured during fierce territorial battles."

    By extension, this would mean that my brother and I are immune to just about everything.

  13. Re:Call me old and grumpy on Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11 · · Score: 1

    One year for each eye.

  14. Re:He's an idiot on Customer Loses Xbox 360 Artwork During Repair · · Score: 1
  15. Eduction? on Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement · · Score: 5, Interesting


    ... but at least I can pretend to have a Harvard eduction.

    I was all set to make a snide comment about the esteemed Mr. Taco's spelling and/or typing abilities, perhaps combined with a Billy Gates Harvard dropout reference, but then I Googled "eduction":

    Eduction

    *Sigh* I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader.

  16. Re:Limited real-world relevance on Speedcabling - Untangling For Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    Isn't this part of Cisco's CCIE exam?

  17. Re:FAA. on George Lawrence Photography Revisited · · Score: 1


    Maybe they could have asked this guy for some help: http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html/

  18. Re:Total Crap on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1
  19. Could be a good thing on Microsoft Will Stream Ads To Grocery Carts · · Score: 1

    Maybe they would stop rearranging the store quite so often, if they had to reprogram the carts.

    Then again, who says they'd even care...

  20. Re:A slogan on Toshiba Builds Ultra-Small Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    tides come and go

    Isn't that what you want to have happen if you're generating power from tidal action?

  21. Re:Wrong on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 1

    I knew I should have kept that '65 Mustang...

  22. Re:Computerworld Developers on Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth · · Score: 1

    Different syntax, but controlling an App's settings via command line was a feature during the glory days of NeXTstep... Egad, fifteen years ago!

  23. Re:Go slashdot on Little Old Lady Hammers Comcast · · Score: 1

    Time of this event hitting the Washington Post: today!

  24. Re:Count Two on Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format? · · Score: 1

    Does anybody but MS even use rich text anymore?
    We do. It flies right past the email filtering nazis, who seem to impound about a third of ".doc" attachments.

  25. Re:Urgh. on Why ISS Computers Failed · · Score: 1

    They also decided to rig a thermal barrier out of a surplus reference book and all-purpose gray tape.
    Reference book? Isn't that kinda bulky for space travel.

    This would have been much more appropriate: http://imdb.com/title/tt0286915/