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  1. Re:interpersonal skills on Is Computer Science Still Worth It? · · Score: 1
    A SENIOR DBA is going to need to be the later, not the former. There are only 168 hours in the week.
    And hopefully you won't be awake all 168.
  2. Re:17.5% tax = outrageous on Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund · · Score: 1

    So...tempted...to make a joke about British dental hygiene...

  3. Re:Why not sell them "clean" on Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund · · Score: 1

    You're assuming that there was a store with a big Apple on the front of it.

  4. Re:Chinese opposite to the West on Chinese GPS System To Be Offered Free · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Power is flowing from the people to groups unaccountable to the people. This is happening in both nations.

  5. Re:United States on Chinese GPS System To Be Offered Free · · Score: 1

    I thought it was just a joke about the population.
    And the America thing wasn't as funny because the number wasn't as large.

  6. Re:halo on Splinter Cell's Multiplayer Map Design · · Score: 1

    The same reason de_dust is so popular in Counter-Strike.

  7. Re:firing offences on Novell Gets $348 Million From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I don't think grandparent was being serious.

  8. Re:Gentoo is actually very user-friendly ... on Novell Gets $348 Million From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    This is, of course, completely irrelevant to the joke. Gentoo is percieved as a techie distro and do you really think Bill and Steve would know the truth?

  9. Re:cam i underline that comment? on Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported · · Score: 1

    Then write in somebody. Surely there's at least one person in the whole world whom you don't hate!

  10. Re:cam i underline that comment? on Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported · · Score: 1

    I can't vote. I'm only 16. Can i still complain?

  11. Re:Yes, DRM is inherently evil on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 1

    Yet another reason why he's banned from speaking at crypto conferences.

  12. Re:Office2007 on Every Vista Computer Gets Its Own Domain Name · · Score: 1

    ...delete select all.

  13. Re:For the LAST time... on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 1

    No, but we need clear terms that mean what they actually mean in all arguments. Ambiguity isn't really beautiful when you have to agree on what terms mean before you can actually debate. And that doesn't change the fact that identity "theft", "theft" of services, and "stealing" elections are as much about theft as somebody would park on a "park"way.

  14. Re:You've done it on Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported · · Score: 1
    one person can tamper with one paper ballot at a time.
    There's a reason why election fraud is often called ballot box stuffing.
    Man is the most fallible machine and if Diebold didn't pledge to deliver the election to Bush I'd trust them more than the most fallible machine.
  15. Re:Do you have a newsletter? on Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported · · Score: 1

    But what if I don't like either candidate and want to write somebody in?

  16. Re:War, economy, abortion, jobs.... gaming on Gaming Politics To Watch Today · · Score: 1

    The Supreme Court disagrees with you.

  17. Re:I Don't Understand on Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands · · Score: 1

    If you die in Canada, you die in REAL LIFE!

  18. Re:For the LAST time... on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 1

    Hint: Legal arguments aren't poetry or drama.
    If Shakespeare attempted to make a legal argument in iambic pentameter he would probably be laughed out of the court.

  19. Re:For the LAST time... on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 1

    A single subject-verb disagreement made at six in the morning is much less important than the destruction of logical definitions.

  20. Re:Thanks for the advice on The 13 Enemies of the Internet · · Score: 1

    I didn't, but Diebold counted it as such anyways!

    (Okay, my state uses paper ballots, and I'm not old enough to vote anyways, but that's irrelevant)

  21. Re:Dear Fellow Americans, on The 13 Enemies of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Robin Williams tried that. The voting machines glitched and elected him even though that shouldn't've happened.

  22. Re:For the LAST time... on Piracy Stats Don't Add Up · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Identity infringement is NOT theft, you still have your identity!!! Calling it "identity theft" is playing right into the hands of giant corperashuns.
    That's called "fraud", which isn't theft. Fraud and theft are different crimes, just as copyright infringement and theft are different crimes.
    Election infringement is NOT theft, you still have your election after all!!! Calling this a "stolen" election is playing right into the hands of giant corperashuns.
    That's called election fraud. That's fraud, which is not theft.
    Service infringement is NOT theft, you still have your services after all!!! Calling it "theft of services" is playing right into the hands of giant corperashuns.
    Fraud.

    Calling those theft are just helping ruin the English language.
  23. Re:Well.... on Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch · · Score: 1

    NASA doesn't control ICBM countermeasures.

  24. Re:How Many Times? on Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch · · Score: 1

    ...
    Bottled water is pretty much just tap water put in a bottle. Unless you buy Dasani in which case they add salt.
    If you want to be safe, buy a purifier like Pur or Brita.

  25. Re:Rogue season. on 2006 NetHack Tournament · · Score: 1

    What would be the analogue of Elmer Fudd season?