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  1. Re:BellSouth on Free Wi-fi Prompts BellSouth to Withdraw Donation · · Score: 1

    You have a point. (What? a /.er conceding a point!?!? ;)

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't, in a way.

  2. Re:BellSouth on Free Wi-fi Prompts BellSouth to Withdraw Donation · · Score: 1

    Federal and State governments shoud not compete with/undermine private industry.

    Ah, but what about effective monopolies providing substandard services at ridiculous prices?

  3. obligatory overused joke on Free Wi-fi Prompts BellSouth to Withdraw Donation · · Score: 1

    9. ???????
    10. PROFIT!!! (No, really!)

  4. Re:Makes no sense.. on World's Tallest Building Causing Earthquakes? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it was already on one foot, yes.

    /.ers seem to be ignoring the fact that there's an "ancient earthquake fault" (from the Guardian article) already there. The tower is just be reopening an old wound.

  5. Re:Global Warming! on Failing Ocean Current Raises Fears of Mini Ice Age · · Score: 1

    Why in the hell hasn't anyone found a chemical that promotes ozone expansion or reduces global warming?

    Well, we all know how things turned out when Sharper Image tried something similar with the Ionic Breeze... ;)

  6. Re:Nothing Deplorable about Betas on Why Does Beta Last So Long? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think Google leaves something in the beta stage until they can figure out how to make money with it. Maybe I'm wrong, but the only thing I can think of that's not in beta is Adsense (other than search, obviously).

  7. Re:PLEASE use nyud.net on NES Controller MP3 player hack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thus is the sort of thing we tend to find on Digg...a week ago!

    Seriously. Old news.

  8. Re:Kinda wondering how this will be supported. on Dotless Top Level Domains? · · Score: 1

    Yeah? Well, I used a bookmark you insensitive clod!

  9. Re:Highlights on First Silicon Laser · · Score: 1

    /well, when they figure that out, they'll let you know.

  10. Re:Google is Skynet? on Google's Secret Plans For All That Dark Fiber? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, that's exactly what they're doing. Minus the nuke. I hope.

  11. Re:I am INCREDIBLY offended by Sony's actions on Sony, Amazon Detail Rootkit CD Buybacks · · Score: 1

    Oh, well it's not like any of us actually buy CDs and DVDs anyway. ;)

  12. Re:Remember Hamlet in 15 minutes? on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    but it is geting harder and harder to find unabridged versions

    And that's why I really loved all those Walmart 2-for-$1 classics a few years ago. (Do they still have 'em? I haven't seen them in a long time.) 50 cents would get you an entire work of classic literature, "complete and unabridged". I count a good dozen of them on my shelf right now.

  13. Re:Remember Hamlet in 15 minutes? on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    I prefer Cliffs Rest myself, particularly late at night.

  14. Re:Teeters on the edge? on Literature Teeters on the Edge of a 'Gr8 Fall' · · Score: 1

    I can't believe I understood it.

  15. Re:The singularity on Software Predicts Music Success · · Score: 1

    Until I can shoot lasers out of my earlobes, no line has been crossed.

  16. Re:Friend of mine can do this on Rubik's Cube World Championships · · Score: 1

    You can actually buy sticker sets for Rubik's Cubes. There's also painted cubes and the like if you try google.

  17. Re:remember the way of the fry... on Defend Yourself in the Imminent Robot Rebellion · · Score: 1

    Oh, well if they're using Norton, then we have nothing to worry about. ;)

  18. Re:I host my own blog. on Data Center Move Goes Awry for TypePad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heck, while you're at it, you might as well just use dead-tree format. Hey that gives me an idea: Blank books with lined pages designed to facilitate low-readership blogging in a non-electronic manner.

    Hey, I might as well patent that. With the USPTO as it is, I might just get away with it. :P

  19. Re:Lemme get this straight... on Today's Fastest Retail LCD · · Score: 1

    Ah, but this is aimed at the folks on the racetrack. You don't want a Camry when racing.

  20. Greek or geek? on Ancient Greek Computer Reconstructed · · Score: 2, Funny

    statues lying on the seabed that made the greatest impression on him. He returned to the surface, removed his helmet, and gabbled that he had found a heap of dead, naked women.

    A computer AND pr0n? They need to check their spellings. This was most certainly a geek ship, not a Greek ship.

  21. Re:As long as you don't expect 3D accel. on VMWare Inc. Releases Free Virtual Machine Runtime · · Score: 1

    So this would be something that SwiftShader would be ideal for, then?

  22. Re:Doesn't matter on Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box · · Score: 1

    "...so long as your left ring finger is jammed into your belly button..."

    Please tell me that I'm not the only one who instinctively moved my left hand in that direction...

  23. Re:Fanless on A Fanless Graphics Card from ASUS · · Score: 1

    Well, check the brand name, according to the GP. ;)

  24. Re:Women on Solar-powered Handbag · · Score: 1

    You bring up a point that I feel many people may be forgetting in all of the debates on this subject. It could very well be that there are differences between men and women, as you stated. Perhaps it is the different horomones, or maybe brain chemistry or something. (IANAD - I don't know for sure; just stating a possibility.)

    Note that I'm not saying they're not equal - they are. They're just different. 5/5=6/6, but 5/5 is not the exact same as 6/6. (Perhaps a bad example, but hopefully the idea is conveyed.)

  25. Re:In essence on Review: Darkwatch · · Score: 1

    Where in Arkansas did you find that grade scale? I was in Arkansas through high school and never even HEARD of that grade scale anywhere. As far as I can remember, it's always been 0-59=F 60-69=D 70-79=C 80-89=B 90+=A