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  1. Re:European Dates on This Rare Friday the 13th · · Score: 1

    He means the basic structure of the American flag. You know, the Star-Spangled Banner which has been in use since the Revolutionary War?

  2. Re:Commutivity on This Rare Friday the 13th · · Score: 1

    That last one is 6*9=42, not 6*7=42. Sheesh, haven't you read the books?

  3. Re:Easy one on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    Lessee, would that be Microsoft, who lets actual humans read your email?

  4. Re:Don't be an idiot on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    Google has an office in Kirkland which is near Seattle. And Microsoft has an office in Mountain View very close to Google's.

  5. Re:Obvious? on Impressive GPU Numbers From Folding@Home · · Score: 1

    Until you realize that Asus computers are made in the same Chinese factory as Apples, are cheaper for the same hardware, and aren't made of ugly white plastic. I can stand white plastic in small things like iPods but for a whole computer it's plain ugly.

  6. Re:Editing on Google Office To Get an API · · Score: 3, Funny

    Repeat after me: Grammar checkers are the kings of false positives and are practically useless. Grammar checkers are the kings of false positives and are practically useless.

  7. Re:Doomed to take second seat because... on A Look Inside Citizendium · · Score: 1

    All he said that was a lot of people know what a wiki is. Not that Wikipedia invented the wiki.

  8. Re:As a Wikipedia admin ... on A Look Inside Citizendium · · Score: 1
    Except that your articles will be immediately reverted back to their nonvandalized forms while Sanger's will remain empty.
    Fixed.
  9. Re:Enjoy single-purposeness when you can. on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    What if you don't like getting out and meeting people?

  10. Re:Good. on Microsoft Warns of PowerPoint Attack · · Score: 3, Funny

    UML diagrams make baby jesus cry.

  11. Re:It doesn't matter on North Korea Air Sample Shows Radiation · · Score: 1

    No you couldn't. A dirty bomb, yes, but a nuke, no. There's not nearly enough americium in a smoke detector for fission, plus I don't remember whether or not americium is fissible anyways.

  12. Re:If North Korea says so... on North Korea Air Sample Shows Radiation · · Score: 2, Informative

    Aside from the first one, which was the Iranian president and not Chavez, you're right, Chavez is a nasty left-wing fucker. But one thing is still true about him, this being pretty much the fundamental law of communism--he's still better than the nasty right-wing fucker who immediately preceded him(Lenin and the Tsars, Mao and Chiang Kai-shek, Castro and Batiste). Can't say that about Bush and his predecessor. Would you like me to go find the list of fascist dictators propped up by the United States? It's a pretty long list, and it's the reason people in Venezuela still love Chavez. Most of them experienced his predecessor.

  13. Re:Choreography! on North Korea Air Sample Shows Radiation · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps they have and Team America, especially that tired old "so ronery" joke, just isn't funny?

  14. Re:I have friends at both companies on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1
    That being said, where do you want to live? Microsoft - Redmond, Google - Mountain View
    Google has an office in Kirkland which is near both Seattle and Redmond, and Microsoft has an office in Mountain View a few blocks or so away from Google's. Not really a factor, except that the Redmond and Google's Mountain View will obviously have more Developers(if Microsoft, Developers! Developers! Developers!).
  15. Re:Advice from a professor... on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    More than an assload but less than a shitload.

  16. Re:verb conjugation and pirates on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    No, I think it predates the personhood of corporations. Either way, it also seems to apply to collectives that aren't corporations: Bands, specifically.

  17. Re:Seattle Rain on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    He had bipolar disorder. And his wife was Courtney Love--if my wife was Courtney Love I'd commit suicide too.

  18. Re:Advice from a professor... on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    Go look up 20% time. Google employees must spend about 20% of their time on their own projects. They really mean what they say.

  19. Re:Advice from a professor... on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, you can sue back for chair impact damages :D

  20. Re:Absolute Power on Open Source Foes In Bed With Abramoff · · Score: 1

    In the United States, the last federal referendum was never.

  21. Re:No, they're focussing on what makes them money on Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use · · Score: 1

    Microsoft makes impressionist paintings?

  22. Re:Two words... on Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use · · Score: 1
    - Play games (Tux Racer doesn't count)
    Your wish My command
    - Use Photoshop (don't say Gimp)
    Wine.
    - Use 3D Studio Max (yes, there are some alternatives, but 3ds Max is an industry standard)
    There are alternatives that will deal with 3DSMax files.
  23. Re:THREE words on Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers, Ban VM Use · · Score: 1

    IBM. Sun. Google. Yahoo. Amazon. And that's just for starters. In addition, what's a Linus network?

  24. Re:duh... marketing... how about windows on Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes · · Score: 1

    Sony or SanDisk maybe but the Zune is just a copy of the iPod, unless you count BROWN as an innovation. And Rio no longer exists.

  25. Re:How about... on Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes · · Score: 1

    How about: It includes a feature that's an incredibly huge power sink, so it's a shitty product.