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  1. Re:This time, its the Americans... on Hubble Camera Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    Okay, we sold the Brits a few guns. I remember the invasion of Britain failing because they didn't surrender and not because they violently fought back.

  2. Re:This time, its the Americans... on Hubble Camera Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    We did kick the ass of the Japanese. But all we did in Germany was come in late and claim we should get one of the four zones of the country.

  3. Re:iTunes on Slashback: ITunes, Debian, ATMs · · Score: 1

    Do you realize how close to Godwin's Law that is? :P

  4. Re:a real WTF moment... on NSA Publication Indices Declassified · · Score: 1

    Nah, the contact is in Cheyenne Mountain. Area 51 is just where the technology is sent.

  5. Re:Microsoft Is A Great OS on What Gartner Is Telling Your Boss · · Score: 1

    Use a distro that isn't RedHat. That will solve that problem. But you think Microsoft is an OS so you're screwed either way.

  6. Re:So why do the WSJ and Fortune call it albatross on Blue-ray 'Not a Burden' For Sony · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, the albatross was good luck until some sailor killed it. Yes, I read a poem.

  7. Re:Smarter and Smaller. At least one's a good bet. on BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC · · Score: 1

    The man memorizing the book would be like the computer putting the program in RAM.

  8. Re:2 things. on Is Microsoft Using RIAA Legal Tactics? · · Score: 1

    Unless, of course, the singularity has DRM.

  9. Re:Yogurt is already smarter than me on BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC · · Score: 1

    And that's not incense.

  10. Re:5th amendment? on Is Microsoft Using RIAA Legal Tactics? · · Score: 1

    Well, the second amendment is still relevant. But the rest of the Constitution...

  11. Re:Why have 8 strong ox? on Intel's "Terascale" Vision · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because the chickens actually work better now and most oxen are now really just three chickens yoked together--hell, most chickens are three chickens yoked together!

  12. It's whom! on Another ATM Maker Pwned by Googling · · Score: 1

    Samantha Carter: Actually, it's what.

  13. Re:wrong crowd on When a Tech 'Breakthrough' Isn't Really · · Score: 1

    UNIX was horrible. GNU and Linux made it usable.

  14. Re:WAAAAHHHHH on The Myth of the 40 Hour Game · · Score: 1

    Some of us like plot and don't like being forced to take too long to get to it. But you seem to only like mindless killing.

  15. Re:only americans suffer from brain diseases on Genetic Mapping of Mouse Brain Complete · · Score: 1

    No, it's the bugs in the Constitution.

  16. Re:That is why I cannot support Nintendo here on Square Enix Supports Sony, But Not Too Much · · Score: 1

    Have you actually seen Microsoft documentation? Microsoft itself doesn't know half its API because it refuses to document it for political reasons.

  17. Re:Wiizilla? on Wii Opera Browser is Free Until Next Year · · Score: 1

    What part of "for a price" do you not understand?

  18. Re:What's next, a free version Firefox? on Wii Opera Browser is Free Until Next Year · · Score: 1

    We have always been at war with Eurasia!

  19. Re:Those Ancient Internal combustion engines ... on Study Finds World Warmth Edging to Ancient Levels · · Score: 1
    but you are aware that there's no strong evidence either way to suggest that Atlantis really existed
    Well, we found it in the Pegasus Galaxy ;)
    (I'll be damned if this isn't the perfect place to make a Stargate joke--you're talking about Atlantis, and the title has the word "Ancient" in it referring to technology.)
  20. Re:Mmm, social darwinism. on Study Finds World Warmth Edging to Ancient Levels · · Score: 1
    Did he/she pursue a masters degree in college, for example? Did he/she devote much of his/her spare time to learning new things?
    Was he physically able to even go to college, or was he forced to drop out in order to support his family? Did he even have spare time?
  21. Re:Historical Data Readings on Study Finds World Warmth Edging to Ancient Levels · · Score: 1

    I think an Infinite Improbability Drive would be better than a bigger towel in that case.

  22. Re:Let's talk about plastic discs holding 12 songs on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1
    1) Sound better
    I can barely hear the sound difference between iTunes'(both iTMS and ripped) AACs and the CD.
    2) Album oriented rather than song oriented. If you don't understand the difference or why one would be better, it's just an indicator of your tastes. (Not to say you lack taste, it's just not the same as everyone else's.)
    I can play a full album on my iPod just fine. The biggest problem for that is that iTunes gift cards(no other online music has a prepaid card so they're nonissues, don't bring up DRM) are fifteen dollars and not a multiple of ten.
    3) Permanence. Again, if you're only interested in the latest hits it won't matter if it vanishes in a hard drive crash.
    Tell that to all the CDs of mine that got scratched beyond usability.
  23. Re:analogy on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1
    oh, wait, they've posted new records? Nevermind.
    That record was released fifteen years ago!
  24. Re:Nonsense! on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1

    And yet CD sales still went up during the Napster days.

  25. That is why I cannot support Nintendo here on Square Enix Supports Sony, But Not Too Much · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't want a console to go back to the days where Nintendo was censor maximus. Nintendo also seems to have the most locked-down dev platform(Sony's is the most open because even though it uses a DRM format it runs on Linux and so homebrew can be done much more easily)