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  1. Re:English Scotty??? on Simon Pegg to Play Scotty · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!"

    -"You Scots sure are a contentious people."

    "You just made an enemy for life!"

  2. Re:I already have a tuner... on Self-Tuning Electric Guitar · · Score: 2, Funny

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    This one goes to 11.

  3. Re:Darn... on Telecom Companies Seek Retroactive Immunity · · Score: 1

    > But these guys were just following cues from the NSA. If anything, that why I think they shouldn't be given immunity. Let them be an example for future CEO's and boards; You WILL get sued into oblivion if you are an accomplice in violating the rights of your customers across the board. If they go bankrupt, great. They'll eventually come out of bankruptcy. The telecoms get too much leeway as is. They've been allowed to nearly reform into Ma Bell anyway in the name of "competition" and "deregulation". You think that would be a clue to what happens when you just look the other way and let them run rampant: You get screwed.

  4. Re:Why shocking? on Telecom Companies Seek Retroactive Immunity · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The telecoms SHOULD have to pay. Strong armed or not, they knew the possible consequences of their actions and chose the easier route. Why should they be immunized from the inevitable results of their cowardice?

  5. Re:Photos of the fleeing reporter on Dateline NBC Mole Outed At DefCon · · Score: 0

    THAT's what she did wrong. White shirt under the black button up. No one wears white shirts at Defcon.

  6. Re:That's the article... on Analyst Says Blu-ray DRM Safe For 10 Years · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Like RedWizzard said:

    Like Kesch said:

    As an AC noted:

    A link to a forum that quotes a magazine quoting a guy... something doesn't seem right here.

    There's a lot of quotation involved here.
    There is indeed a lot of quotation going on. There is indeed a fuck of lot of quotation going on. I'm sick of all this fucking quotation, aren't you?
  7. Re:Anybody know what the "abuse" was? on Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service · · Score: 1

    I think the "abuse" is that the Tribune Company bleeds money, and the new owner isn't looking to put money into an essentially free service.

  8. Re:Red Sox suck!! on Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate · · Score: 1

    I got news for you both. The Yankees AND the Red Sox suck. Put 'em both in the AL Central, and they're fighting for third place tops.

  9. Re:i have to concur on Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know how ambiguous that is really. I did an informal survey of about 100 websites, and as far as I can tell, everyone is naked on the internet. Especially if they're 18 year old female coeds.

  10. Re:Won't make a difference on U.S. Publishes Guide To Building Atom Bombs To Web · · Score: 1

    not to mention, unless you get the calculations right, you can kill yourself in every stage of the process of making the bullet and target.

  11. Re:What's the big deal? on U.S. Publishes Guide To Building Atom Bombs To Web · · Score: 1
    Actually, if you bothered READING the article...well, let me just quote it for you.

    But in recent weeks, the site has posted some documents that weapons experts say present a danger themselves: detailed accounts of Iraq's secret nuclear research before the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The documents, the experts say, constitute a basic guide to building an atom bomb.


    Note that it says the WMD's they were developing prior to the 1991 Gulf war, not the current Iraq war.
  12. Re:what is an "atom bomb to web"? on U.S. Publishes Guide To Building Atom Bombs To Web · · Score: 1

    I thought that poker chips clogged the tubes?

  13. Re:cut the vapourware crap on Demo Virus For Mac OS X Released · · Score: 1

    I want a pony...and some ice cream.

  14. Re:Well, duh! on iPod Owners Not As Loyal To Brand As Mac Owners · · Score: 1

    http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/

    They'll replace it for 59 bucks, or you can buy a battery online from several places and do it yourself. It's not impossible.

    Most of these devices do not have replaceable batteries. Apparently, they all have that "to hell with the customer" attitude.

  15. Re:Harley Davidson and Apple in same business on iPod Owners Not As Loyal To Brand As Mac Owners · · Score: 1

    Pish posh. You can bring your motorcycle into your cubicle if you try hard enough.

    Perhaps we have a different definition of "biker", but the fellows that ride around in packs around here would probably shoot anyone that called their Harley a piece of crap.

  16. Re:Misunderstandings on Jobs Unfazed by Zune · · Score: 1
    Um, no ... it's called foreplay.
    Sticking it in her ear? Sounds more like a felony to me.
  17. Re:As a local, I feel entitled to respond ... on Indiana Tries to Pass Game Law Again · · Score: 1

    I really don't know what you're talking about. Indiana is one of the most progressive places in the country! Why, just look at some of these pieces of progressive legislation that would make "blue" states like New York and California proud!

    http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billi nfo?year=2006&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB &docno=1087 House Bill 1087, concerning the Squirrel hunting season

    http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billi nfo?year=2006&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB &docno=1135House Bill 1135, requiring retailers who happen to sell booze display it in a separate room so the Godly don't have to look at it

    http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billi nfo?year=2006&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB &docno=1159House Bill 1159, making sure that you can't vote if you are unlucky enough to lose your Driver's license on Election Day

    And finally...
    http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billi nfo?year=2006&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB &docno=1096 House Bill 1096, making abortions a Class C felony

  18. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    really? cause it kinda seems to me like i'm viewing this page in safari, with a metric crapload (cause, you know, that's slightly bigger than a standard crapload) of tabs open. ctrl+click isn't really an inconvenience. you're just USED to right click.

  19. Re:kvm switch on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    iogear makes some sexay ones, but they're not cheap cheap.

  20. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    first off, it's control+click, and second, it's no harder than using the right mouse button. it's just a matter of habit, you get just as used to control+click after a while as you are used to right click. plus, really, you don't need it nearly as often anyway. it's not like you can't buy a nice two or more button usb mouse and use it with a mac. it's no different than chucking the piece of crap mouse that most manufacturers include with pc's out the window and plugging in your favorite mouse de jour.

  21. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    no, not as cute, but quite handy for those endogeeks among us (like me) who are trying to lose our protective layer of padding cultivated by hours and hours of sitting in the monitor's warm glowing comforting glowing glow. that's about the perfect sized thing to take to the gym.