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  1. Re:Media has it Wrong on Google Buys Finnish Paper Mill · · Score: 1

    ...for a small business paper would be perfectly fine...

    Yeah, only think of yourself!
    Nevermind that there is a whole world out there that *you* are only an insignificant part of.

    Let the rest of us/the world know what you need.

    If you have legal trouble they'll suddenly want EVERY backup tape you ever made as evidence..you need to have a system that PROVES only specific locations have legal documents

    Yes, pick and choose...ignore the real facts-SpinDoctor[tm] To the rescue!!!

    If it can't be released to the world/internets as is, then it is spin-doctored FUD. Period. Get over yourself. Really.

    Anything otherwise is just self-centered FUD.

    Stupid git!

  2. Re:Media has it Wrong on Google Buys Finnish Paper Mill · · Score: 1

    Having lived near a paper mill before, all I can say at this point is...I, for one welcome our new paperless(and less stinky) Overlords!!!
    All Hail google!!!(if they don't resume making paper!)

  3. Re:Have a nice Doomsday! on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 1

    So then enlighten me, asshat...because I am calling BullShit.

  4. Re:Exactly 1234567890 seconds? on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 1

    +2, pedant

    Don't forget to add 'up' * the effect.

    *keep adding to +*, pedant to P,GP,GGP, and OP posts- pass it up!

  5. Re:Have a nice Doomsday! on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and you think...

    Wow! You can read minds...over the internets!?!?

    Read mine please, because I don't understand my own thoughts!

    signed,
    Some Hippie on Peyote...'cause "...it definitely wasn't LSD!" [extreme sarcasm implied]

    Just because someone does not:

    a. Subscribe to the same reading list as you
    b. Does not share your beliefs
    c. Has better things to do than track your world view
    d. All of the above in addition to relevant points left out ...mean that you are the "End all" and "Know all" of information and doctrine/dogma for the rest of us.

    I will willingly admit to ignorance about the 'book' you were quoting, but I will entertain the question of it's application here as being relevant to the discussion.

    If it is a 'religious text', don't bother trying to 'enlighten' me, as it is all just mindless, psychotic, delusional ramblings as far as I am concerned. If not religious, then use this opportunity to 'educate us/the unwashed masses'.

  6. Re:FIRST on 1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah,man... just chill out dude.

    The gunshots you hear, you need not fear.

    Beware that outlier you don't hear that's here! - Burma Shave.

  7. Re:65% Women? Yeah that's accurate. on Study Finds Gamers Prefer Control, Competence Over Violence · · Score: 3, Funny

    Researchers have also have discovered that Laura Croft's breast size does not significantly change the appeal of the character...

    True, True...butt,

    Well, actually we are watching for a realistic bounce and jiggle on the oversized jugglies....and a nice butt....and a skimpy costume...and
    Uhmmm....gotta go....more research needed here...

    signed,
    Researchers

  8. Epic fail on bad analogy... on Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This makes about as much sense as someone buying a coach ticket on an airline complaining about not getting free drinks like First Class.

    No, it's not like that at all.

    Closer would be buying a First Class ticket, then being charged extra to move back into the almost empty coach section.

  9. Slapstick at it's finest!!! on Researchers Warn of Possible BitTorrent Meltdown · · Score: 1

    This whole campaign against copyright infringement has taken on comedic overtones of monumental proportions.

    I quit watching Saturday morning cartoons in lieu of keeping track of the MAFIAA's efforts to keep profitable buggywhip production going. It's like a Keystone Cops movie marathon.

    Two of my Grandfather's oft used phrases apply here:
    'Like trying to herd cats in a burning barn'
    and
    'Like trying to stuff a wet noodle up a wildcat's ass'

    Pure hilarity!

  10. Re:Ethics and cloning on Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome · · Score: 1

    I think it would be irresponsible to recreate Neanderthals without some idea of where they are going to fit in.

    Pr0n!

    How else do you explain Ron 'the Hedgehog' Jeremy?

  11. Re:what if on Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome · · Score: 1

    This is not my area of expertise, so YMMV...

    As far as I know, the surface area to mass ratio has more to do with it than density per se.

    Someone with more knowledge can step in here at any time....

     

  12. I know this one!!! *raises hand* on How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation? · · Score: 1

    The WWW approach would seem tailor made for this.

    1. First W: Whiskey!
    2. Second W: Women!
    3. Third W: Whips!
    4. ?????
    5. Profit! or at least a party that will be the talk of the office for years!

  13. In psychotherapy session... on Moonlight 1.0 Brings Silverlight Content To Linux · · Score: 1

    *looks over eyeglasses at 'weston(16146)' laying on shrink's couch*

    So, weston (16146), how does this make you really feel?

    [I joke!]

  14. Re:So how are they going to release these cats on F.E.A.R. 2 To Be Advertised On Cats In London · · Score: 1

    A catapult, silly!

  15. Re:Will it fly? on Dell Selling Dual-Boot Laptops · · Score: 1

    Go farther up the thread, I think here where he mentions FAT file systems.

    Because VMs running on FAT-based file systems suck.

  16. Re:Will it fly? on Dell Selling Dual-Boot Laptops · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu 6.04 was Dapper Drake, not Hardy Heron. :-)

    NTFS did seem spotty on 6.04, but on 8.04 (Hardy Heron)and newer, NTFS support has been seamless and fully functional IMO. (may have happened sooner- I don't remember which version upgrade removed NTFS-3G)

  17. Not looking in the right place...;-) on US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Check the resident BOFH's stash closet...he will probably cut you a good deal on buying them back if you ask nice.

  18. Re:PrezBO's security on The Real Risks of Obama's BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    Well, it worked in my case. :-)
    The thought of Cheney becoming POTUS kept me far from D.C. and rifles at the same time.

    With all of the silly rumours flying around Oklahoma about Obama never making it in the door of the Whitehouse due to assassins, my only reply to any of that was:
    Whatever, as long as they shoot Palin FIRST, I did not really care who was assassinating who, or why....just PLEASE shoot Palin first!!!

    *note to NSA and FBI: I am uhmm, joking. Yeah, that's it...Joking!....see :-)*

  19. 'Deliverance' soundtrack missing from video... on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, that video makes me want to hang my head in shame as a US citizen. And we wonder why things are so fouled up?

    Whew! A little 'chlorine in the gene pool' is desperately needed now, more than ever.

  20. Re:Not yet on New Tool Promises To Passively ldentify BitTorrent Files · · Score: 2, Informative

    Which article did you read? The one linked in the summary says the method is fast, and it makes no mention of encryption.

    Well, this article claims that it is too slow @100Mb/s for ISP and law enforcement use. And it is defeated by encryption.(yes, that is the same article that is linked in the summary!)
    FTA:

    Even if the legal framework were to allow the technology, it is not quite ready to go. Tests of the system, details of which will be published later this year in a book called Advances in Digital Forensics V, showed that it was effective at detecting 99 percent of illicit files, but only at speeds of 100 megabits per second.

    That's too slow for commercial or law-enforcement purposes, according to Anderson. Schulze agrees: "One gigabit per second or ten gigabits per second are required today to monitor a network." He also says that it is unclear whether the system might produce false positives, incorrectly labeling legitimate files as illegal.

    Another drawback is that the system cannot cope with encrypted files. "Today, about 25 percent of BitTorrent traffic is encrypted," says Schulze. If such a tool became widely used, then anyone with something to hide would almost certainly switch to using encryption, he says.

    [emphasis mine]

    Admittedly, this was all on the second page of TFA, but it is there.

  21. Re:In bed with Google on Federal Officials and YouTube Nearing a Deal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why does the federal government need an official video channel anyway?

    How else do you suggest they set up and start the 'Ministry of Truth'?

    Just keep your eye on how comments and replies are handled on that channel...

  22. Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... on Senator Diane Feinstein Trying to Kill Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    She hasn't turned anything. Hasn't changed her stripes a bit over the decades. She always has been a vocal advocate for Nanny State legislation and regulation.

    Are you just now noticing this about her?

  23. Re:Jesus Christ! on Vodafone Hands Data To Egyptian Police · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the 'new, improved corporate America'.
    It's easy: just remember this one thought:
    "Hurray for me, and fsck you!"

    See, isn't that easy to remember?

    What the hell happened to the ethics of Americans? This is no longer the country I grew up in. It makes me sick.

    It is still here, you just have to search harder for it unfortunately.

    If any of your grand-parents are still alive, ask them about it. You may be surprised to find out they know exactly how you are feeling right now.

  24. Painful word choice!! on New Success For Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd hate to have that same problem when jerking off.

    You might want to rephrase that....

  25. Re:To hell with them! on Author's Guild Says Kindle's Text-To-Speech Software Illegal · · Score: 1

    We can test this.

    Pull my finger!