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  1. Here's an chilling thought . . . on Senate Hearing On Laptop Seizures At US Border · · Score: 1

    Many, many bad men conspire to place rude images of underage children on many, many laptops where they are up front and obvious. Bad men come through customs, laptops are seized and 20-30 minutes later the laptops containing 8oz of C4 go boom. Seize my data at your peril say the Bad men in a later interview. "So, how is your Microsoft & American Airlines stock doing, Biff? Really? A recession, hmm? Really? Tourism is down too? Shit."

  2. Re:Good for him on Stephen Hawking Turned Down Knighthood · · Score: 1

    You must be from the USA. Still peeved about missing out on that whole monarchy bit, wot? Ah well, you can just call ME Sir and you don't need anyone's permission. Oh, btw, the offer of a knighthood is made ONCE - if the potential recipient declines the honour it is never offered again.

  3. It's a fiendish trick I tell you. on Super-Sensitive Spray-On Explosive Detector · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a month anyone NOT detectable by this absurd theater will be assumed to be a no-good-nik because they DON'T set it off.

  4. Re:Pressure the UN? on Satellite Images Used to Monitor Burmese Junta · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the Europeans remember that during both World Wars the USA was, shall we say, a little tardy in showing up? This may cause them to become anxious because the USA, being a young and inexperienced Republic, tends to shoot dictators first and ask the UN for permission later!

  5. There are at least two Ontarios on Acer May Be Bugging Computers · · Score: 1

    Which one are you on about?

  6. Distinctly American? on More E-mail, Fewer Mailboxes · · Score: 1

    I'll bet our iconic neighbourhood Canada Post carrier would disagree.

  7. Re:What's wrong with Quebec? on Build a Better Netflix, Win a Million Dollars? · · Score: 1

    Wrong? With Quebec? The one in/near/joined to Canada? I believe Provincial laws keep Quebecers safe from the evils of this type of thing.

  8. Re:Never say never on The Segway, Five Years Later · · Score: 1

    Let the bf1942 mods commence!

  9. Re:Whales on Stephen Colbert Wikipedia Prank Backfires · · Score: 1

    Yeah, man! Erie rocks, Huron discos.

  10. Re:The last thing the world needs is more landmine on Networked Landmines Work Together · · Score: 1

    Same deal. If edgar the engineer fails to account for his mines at the close of hostilities, regardless where they have scampered off to, he is in violation of various protocols and will be hung by the neck until dead. Less making up new rules people and more enforcing the old rules. Landmine ban my ass . . .

  11. Imperialists! on Explorer Destroyer · · Score: 1

    ". . . as a bonus, you can potentially make some money via Google's Firefox referral program." . . . unless you're in Canada and ineligible for this referral program. C'mon Google, your regular adsense program works here howza about this one?

  12. Re:LibraryThing on Solving the Home Library Problem? · · Score: 1

    I would be willing to bet my hat that more Library professionals use LibraryThing than any other system. But, best of all, any book lover can easily use LibraryThing because it is intuitive, cheap and backed up by a nice community willing to help, learn and discuss.

  13. Re:have you tried Library Thing? on Solving the Home Library Problem? · · Score: 1

    Look again. Fields can be edited. Most of the books I own are just slightly different from what I have found when cataloguing via LibraryThing so I merely edit the data to match my specific book.

  14. Re:Basic due diligence? on Phishing Site Using Valid SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    The fact that a human is NOT involved proves to me that Geotrust is merely taking the money without checking squat. Computer allegory writh 'ums usually only spot one in three obvious spelling errors.

  15. Thirsty People Feel More Pain on Thirsty People Feel More Pain · · Score: 1

    This just in . . . Water deliveries to Abu Ghraib prison have been reduced in recent days. Un-atributed sources explain, "Its . . . uh . . . a motivation exercise!"

  16. Re:Why is this a surprise to anybody? on U.S. Plan To Fight The Internet Revealed · · Score: 1

    Looking at the operation from a strictly military point of view I believe it would be a tad easier to subdue Canada don't you think? Small population, tiny Armed Forces and, if you believe the polls (and election results) out west, a percentage of folks who would happily welcome our new Red (state) overlords.

  17. Re:Why is this a surprise to anybody? on U.S. Plan To Fight The Internet Revealed · · Score: 1

    In the event of civil insurrection such as a Quebec seperation WITH mailbox bombs (again) and anything resembling terrorism I have no doubt that some US lawmaker would advocate the occupation of Canada to protect the US. How many FOX viewers would support the idea is known only to Geraldo.

  18. Norton? on Google Unveils The Google Pack · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Norton AV has been crapping out for awhile now and I suspect that Google was able to partner with them on the cheap. OTOH many corporations still use Norton AV so perhaps Google has plans involving the big boys. Just to PO Steve B, hehehe. Watch out for that chair!

  19. Re:Book recommendation and a discussion question on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 0

    politics.

  20. Re:A quick rant about Firefox on Dell Pre-Installing Firefox in UK · · Score: 0

    nice .sig - who said it?

  21. Rumour Willis . . . on Opera Purchase Rumour Control · · Score: 0

    . . . has claimed, I heard from an anonymoose source here in Canuckistan, that Oprah just bought Macindows. Believe it!

  22. Re:This is stupid. Maybe not on Google to Buy Opera? · · Score: 0

    Agreed. I bought (gasp) Opera for both my laptop and cell phone because both worked well. Opera now has a Mini version that is even better then the original version for Symbian 60 devices. I would expect Google to take advantage of this Mini to spread the local concept they seen to have embraced to cell phones. My understanding is that unlike other contries the US is not heavily into WAP and browsing the 'net on cell phones - this purchase by Google could spur the users to clamour for providers to make it happen.

  23. Re:Meanwhile, in Toronto . . . on Zombie Lurch · · Score: 1, Funny

    All your garbage cans are belong to us

  24. Meanwhile, in Toronto . . . on Zombie Lurch · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Canada Rocks on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Ontario sucks . . . but thank christ we're not those insufferable pricks in BC. Tsunami bait fer sure.