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  1. Re:naturally... on Nerds Make Better Lovers · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah! You too? Out of that whole damn series that's the one seen I remember so well... in fact the only scene I remember. "When he called her pasty-face..." Since then I don't like her at all, that's the first adjective that crops up in my head about her.

  2. Re:naturally... on Nerds Make Better Lovers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey someone with points mod this guy up to insightful!!!

  3. Re:Colossal waste of money? on Google to Map San Francisco in 3D · · Score: 1

    Most people outside Google can't see the point in anything that it does until it's too late ;-) so you're excused. Otherwise their stock market would have tripled again!

  4. Re:Google is great! on Google Takes Top Spot From Time Warner · · Score: 1
    I'd rephrase the start of your statement as:

    "I am glad that a company that "does know evil" is better off than a company that does nothing but evil

  5. Re:Obligitory Slashdot Discussion on World's Biggest Hacker Held · · Score: 1

    What? Who weighs how many pounds? I just woke up... "Martha! Will you check the news if that sucker we framed got caught yet? Otherwise give the FBI another tip and this time don't leave the ZIP code out honey! You know they "operate" from America!"

  6. Re:It's a question of exchange rates on India Will Need to Recruit 120,000 Foreigners · · Score: 1

    You know what, I'll actually agree with you. I was definitely talking through my ass for that one.

  7. Re:Not new.. on Disposable Camcorder · · Score: 1

    Like my 8 year old HP laptop whose hdd has slowed down to a crawl, its battery doesn't charge, the fdd is dead, the cdrom does not read - so on you get the picture. In short, when the device starts to perform *below* its expected level.

  8. Re:It's a question of exchange rates on India Will Need to Recruit 120,000 Foreigners · · Score: 2, Informative

    How long were you in Bangalore? I am guessing one week, max.

    To answer your questions:

    An avg programmer (engineer) starts at Rs. 20,000/month ~$500/mo

    A programmer of 5-6 years might earn $1000/mo. Peaking at $2000/mo - assuming he does not become a Manager.

    Now compare this:

    4 Tomatoes in the US cost $3 ~Rs 150.
    For that price you get 40 tomatoes in India.

    So in this respect India is a better standard of living.

    However, any commodity that comes from the outside will always be more expensive for India's because of the large inflated cost additives.

    My point? I forgot it myself. But hope this information adds up to something :-/

  9. Re:Ummmm, on Intel Readying Dual-Core Desktop Chip · · Score: 1

    I saw an elephant drops it's dump on my little cousin in the vegetable market - my cousin was 4 years old and standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was quite funny really... I wish they had digital camera's back then :-(

  10. Re:Ummmm, on Intel Readying Dual-Core Desktop Chip · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if you all thought you had seen the end of the cow fwds, here is a
    revelation- another one. The last line rings so true...

    INFOSYSism
    You have a thousand poor cows. You put them on a nice campus, and send them one at a time to the US for milking.

    WIPROism
    GE has a cow. You take 49% of the milk.

    DELLism
    Intel has a Goat. Samsung has a Camel. Buy milk from both and sell it as Cow's milk.

    IBMism
    You have old stubborn cows. You sell them as pet dogs to unsuspecting small businessmen.

    MICROSOFTism
    You have a cow. Force the world to buy milk from you. Spend a million dollars to feed poorer cows.

    SUNism
    You have a bull. It doesn't give milk. You hate Microsoft.

    ORACLEism
    You have a cow. You don't know which side to milk, so you sell tools to help milk cows.

    SAPism
    You don't have a cow. You sell milking solutions for cows implimented by milking consultants.

    APPLEism
    You have a cow. You sell iMilk.

    SONYism
    You have a cow. You spend 50 million dollars to develop the world's thinnest milk.

    HPism
    You don't know if what you have is a cow. You sell complete milking solutions through Authorized Resellers only.

    GEism
    You have a donkey. People think you have a 100-year old cow. If someone finds out, that's his imagination at work.

    RELIANCEism
    You don't yet have a cow. You sell empty cans to people for Rs. 501, because Dhirubhai wanted everyone to have milk.

    CITIBANKism
    Welcome to citibank. If you have a cow, press one.
    If you have a bull, press two... stay on the line if you would like our customer care officer to milk it for you...

    TATAism
    You have a very old cow. You re-brand it as TATA Indicow.

  11. Replace your windows with MAC? on Dvorak Says Apple Move to Intel Will Harm Linux · · Score: 1

    If Apple moves to the Intel architecture, does that mean that I can now format my windows and install MAC? How does it spell for all the games and gfx drivers out there? Can companies just port really popular older games to the MAC? Also is the MAC on intel going to be any better for gaming compared to Mac on ppc?

  12. Make a printer with a large cartidge on U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Lexmark Case · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It seems to me that everytime you buy 4 printer cartridges, you've already paid the price for a new printer (inkjets). So why not just build a printer with a really large cartridge size and then expect people to throw the entire printer away. Make the cartidge non-removable of course... but then again I am not in the printer business and last I heard HP is still chugging along...

  13. Google Suggest query! on NPR Talks Skyhooks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have been using Google Suggest for a while now. I was wondering what is the criteria or threshold of search popularity for a phrase/word before it enters the Google Suggest database?

  14. Re:So where can I download it? on Simulated Universe · · Score: 1
    yeah... when is the worldwind plug-in for it coming :-)

    ...and while you're at - set me up with some cache-packs please!

  15. Re:Spineless? (was Re: Ruling is Important) on Judge Rules Offering != Distributing · · Score: 1

    what isp is this? any scope of shifting to it in MI? :-)

  16. Re:DRM? on Apple Switching To Intel Chips In 2006 · · Score: 1

    You can say the same thing about Apple too, they both make a *great* team.

  17. Re:Batteries? on Batteries Becoming Limiting Step For Portable Toys · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey! Don't throw Madonna in there! She's *my* all-time hot b*tch - put like Sheryl Crow instead.

  18. Kudos! - *my* machine is now a [Windows] WHORE!? on Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes · · Score: 1

    "Cat got *delete-delete" tongue?"

  19. Re:Ahem. on Are CRTs History? · · Score: 1

    You must be American. Back in Europe and East (Not counting Japan who defected to 110v a loooong time ago) we are still to poor to afford 19" LCD's for homes compared to CRT prices.

  20. Re:Survey says, on 60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets · · Score: 1

    That explains where these 60% of Americans were during last years election - busy looking in the sky.

  21. Are we alone?! on Feds Shut Down Elite Torrents · · Score: 1
    Is there no politician with the *balls* to stand up for the people and say that the IP and litigationism in the US is really fucked up!? Looks like after Social Security and Medical Insurance (whoa! now we didn't see that one coming) messed this is going to be the "buzzword" for the next elections.

    Of course the way the US is headed I wouldn't be surprised if the current U.S. Regime performs a "coupe d'etat" to stay in power.

  22. Re:Encryption use != evil on PGP Ruled as Relevant For Criminal Case · · Score: 1
    HOW DOES A FIRST-WORLD, DEVELOPED COUNTRY HAVE SO MANY FUCKTARDS RULING ON ITS *PRIME* LAWS!?!?

    In this day and age there shouldn't even be any situation like this. I thought the US Govt and its "people" should have got their rear-in-gear after the VCR vs. MPAA court case 20 years ago!

  23. Re:Guyana.... on Really Remote Internet Access · · Score: 1

    I guess this dude is prolly the guy sending *his* live jungle feeds everytime ya login to JungleRumble.com

  24. Re:bi directional satellite? on Really Remote Internet Access · · Score: 1

    dude... are you sure that is bps and not kbps?

  25. Re:setting up Skype for phone service on Really Remote Internet Access · · Score: 1

    just make sure you use a Dvorak keyboard - it will kill that horrible 480ms lag time by making up for it with exponentialy increased finger-keyboard response.