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  1. Re:Divide and conquer on Two Open Document Standards Better Than One? · · Score: 1

    It's the same thing in Latin, so it doesn't matter. (Latin doesn't have articles)

  2. Fluffy Puff Inc. to Buy Bubs' Concession Stand? on Manufacturer Picked For $100 Laptop · · Score: 1

    from the everybody-everybody dept.

    ...That would make an awesome April Fools story.

  3. Re:It's Rama! on New Object Found at Edge of Solar System · · Score: 1
    Non-satirical use of the words virii or boxen is considered flamebait.
    Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what a virius is too...
  4. Re:you had to bring that up on New Object Found at Edge of Solar System · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Latin for "Bush" is "Frutex". It's also a derogatory term, roughly meaning "blockhead" or "nitwit". Fitting, isn't it?

  5. Re:the title is misleading on Yahoo Tops Portal Market In Visitors · · Score: 1

    This just confirms what many of us have known all along...Americans have a higher concentration of idiots than anywhere else.

  6. Re:Not quite correct either on Interview with Jimbo Wales · · Score: 1
    No. If you order Bratwurst for two in English it's "bratwursts", not Bratwürste. If you are going to more than one party in Germany it's "Partys", not parties. When using neologisms in a language that language's rules are applied.
    Actually, it depends. For example, for words borrowed from Latin, the Latin plurals are often used--note indices/indexes and foci/focuses.
  7. Re:The ugly truth on 360 Launches In Japan · · Score: 1

    Interesting, most accounts of Japan show most Japanese as being America-obsessed--I think I'll trust the guy who puts his identity up.

  8. Re:Patriot Act on Legal Battles Over Cellphone Tracking · · Score: 1

    1) Green Day, last I checked, writes their own lyrics.
    2) His comment seemed a lot less flamebaitish than yours.
    3) Oh, I can't think of anything else.

  9. Re:Beaten? on Kansas Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns · · Score: 1

    Holy overblown and incorrect extrapolation, Batman! I didn't mention those because the SBV were a closer parallel to this situation(people claiming someone inflicted wounds on themself)...why am I explaining myself to an AC again?

  10. Re:Beaten? on Kansas Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns · · Score: 1

    Your memory must be pretty bad then, because if I recall correctly, they were the smearers...

  11. Re:Beaten? on Kansas Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns · · Score: 1
    Does smear have no bounds in this country?
    You must not be American... have you heard of the Swift Boat Veterans for 'Truth'?
  12. Re:Facilitators on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    They take a bold stance against war. They're possibly sacrificing their artistic popularity and credibility to make a point. You had better shape up and learn to appreciate them right fucking now.
    You're right, except for the bold. Green Day's popularity was very low before the release of American Idiot because of Warning. In the way of popularity, they didn't have much to lose. And my experiences with haters of the band on IRC have shown me that you won't be convincing them. It gets pointless to try, just let their stupid posts get moderated down to -1 and let it go.
  13. Re:Is this a good thing? on India Hits Back in 'Bio-Piracy' Battle · · Score: 1
    Kaa's Law: In any sufficiently large group of people most are idiots.
    Isn't that just a corollary of Sturgeon's Law?
  14. Re:Bill Gates cloned!! on Film Documents Software Creation · · Score: 2, Informative
    I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
    "To be" is a verb. So there's still a verb in your sentence. Nice try though. You could make it "I becoming gerund" though.
  15. Re:Great for Electricity but... on Artificial Tornadoes · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty far to the left, and I'm going to say this about Chernobyl: The Soviets caused it. As in, the chances of it happening again are very low.
    The reasons nukes aren't done much in the US aren't environmental. They're all economic.

  16. Re:Nature will work it out on World's Tallest Building Causing Earthquakes? · · Score: 1

    It was a cat5 out on the gulf, and the storm surge and such, which caused the real damage, were consistent with a cat5.

  17. Re:Wow, Dell! on PCWorld Dubs Firefox Best Product of 2005 · · Score: 1

    Look at your sibling post. Opera's 88. ;)

  18. Re:Vem behöver dessa? on Hands on With the PSP Talkman Translator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not all of us have that translator, you insensitive clod!

  19. Re:Genuine Post? on Chinese Bloggers vs. The BBC · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was just continuing the joke. If somebody gets this far they should hopefully have figured this out.

  20. Re:By the same token... on U.K. Says Botnets Good Sign · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, evolution will be banned in America, we'd have to be "Intelligently Redesigned".

  21. Re:Genuine Post? on Chinese Bloggers vs. The BBC · · Score: 1

    How do we know that you aren't part of a plot by the Chinese government to make it look like the US government's attempting to negate slashdot's coverage of the Chinese freedom-of-speech issues?

  22. Re:This should improve Open Source quality. on Freesound Reaches 10,000 Files · · Score: 1

    No, I think the codebases are audited against puerile(from the Latin puer, pueri, m, meaning boy) farty-pants.

  23. Re:Gentoo on Why Slackware Still Matters · · Score: 1

    Translated: "Yes, because Gentoo is the new elite distro. Slachere"

  24. Re:Slackware is the best on Why Slackware Still Matters · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not all Linuces are descended from those two. Gentoo, for example. But you're right in that many of them are.

  25. Re:Never stay up past 11:35am on Another Belated Microsoft Memo · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, if it was a baleeted memo, it would be "Dear Bill Gates, How do you type with boxing gloves on?"