User: Bob McCown

Re:What about C#?

On: Fast, Open Alternative to Java

A moderator with cranial-rectal inversion[1], I believe.

[1]also known as 'head-up-ass syndrome'

Re:"Cheese"?

On: Browser Spyware: Watching Where You Linger

Wasn't even aware that cheese could move.

You havent looked in my fridge lately...

Re:Use smart settings to avoid this:

On: Browser Spyware: Watching Where You Linger

but to block automatic loading of all images that aren't from the same server as the HTML page itself.

This would torpedo Akamai, and anyone that has a globally balanced network.

Re:Moral implications...

On: Learning Java Through Violence

And seventeen is a perfect age for us to get a youngin into Uncle Sams Misguided Children. Learn 'em to shoulder an M1 and an M16 and blast those little commie bastards. Ah, the young are so impressionable.
</zealot>

Re:Every home... er, maybe not just yet...

On: Robot Family in Every Home?

Hey, we should get Speilberg to make a movie about this!

Re:China

On: Robot Family in Every Home?

So they will start eating robot dogs instead of real ones?

Thats one way to increase the iron in your diet...

Re:old addage

On: Are GUI Dev Tools More Advanced than CLI Counterparts?

[down] one
[down] two
[down] three...

Re:They actually succeeded...

On: Bouncing UK Children Cause Earthquake

Damn, why do I never have modpoints when I REALLY want em? This is funny...

Re:Who the crap is Charley Pride?

On: Record Companies Sued Over Charley Pride CD

He can't rap worth a damn though.

Allah is truly merciful.

Hrm...

On: Microsoft Research Turns 10

"Make a list of your favorite things, and you will find that many of them are fuzzy."

<beavis>
Real Time fur...
</beavis>

Star Trek Programming

On: Star Trek Enterprise Tidbits

do
{
if( current_time >= start_time + 45 )
{
solution = PARTICLE_OF_THE_WEEK;
FinishUp();
}
sleep(60_SECONDS);
} while (viewers_still_watching_this_drek);

Re:The USA is doomed anyways

On: Clark Withholds $60 Million Pledge to Stanford

Thats because GE makes out refridgerators, not Lucas Electronics...

Hey

On: Get Your New Handheld...in Butter.

If we were to make one of these the same way, would that be an iMac and cheese?

Hrm..

On: Get Your New Handheld...in Butter.

I can't believe its not Palm!

But arent mice...

On: Mice Headed for Mars?

...the ones responsible for creating earth to begin with? Maybe the Vogon fleet is on the way, and they're being safe.

Re:If we aren't supposed to try this at home

On: The Delights of Chemistry

Obviously you arent supposed to try this at *YOUR* home. Try your friends home, instead!

Hey Tom, watch this!*

*Also spoken before many Darwin Award candidates last moves.

Where's the kaboom?

On: The Delights of Chemistry

There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom?

Uh, here it is, complete with instructions..

Re:Re-evaluation of domain names

On: ICANN At-Large Study

I had something similar happen to me this morning. Was looking for Cheat Code Central and typed in cheatcodecentral.com by mistake (forgot what the original domain was). AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hmm...

On: P2P Goes To War

I thought Morpheus could only deliver music and pr0n. If I can get grenades and tanks now, I should really download the latest version!

Re:Childhood

On: Why Can't LEGO Click?

AH, that would be why Ive been playing QPong

Re:A Cubicle with Genuine People Personality?

On: The Ultimate Cubicle

I'm reminded of the doors -- "Please enjoy your trip through this door

Or the elevators!

Share and Enjoy!

Re:The Ultimate Cubicle

On: The Ultimate Cubicle

Cubes are just working areas for 8 hours of your day, not little appartments where you sleep

You've never worked at a startup...

Re:Barking up the wrong tree

On: How To Create a Linux Network for Peanuts

MCSE = Must Consult Someone Experienced

Direct from the "one true source"

On: Keyloggers Now Classified Technology

CROWD
A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!
VILLAGER #1
We have found a witch. May we burn her?
CROWD
Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
BEDEVERE
How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2
She looks like one.
CROWD
Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE
Bring her forward.
WITCH
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE
Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH
They dressed me up like this.
CROWD
Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH
And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE
Well?
VILLAGER #1
Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE
The nose?
VILLAGER #1
And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2
Yeah!
CROWD
We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE
Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1
No!
VILLAGERS #2 and #3
No. No.
VILLAGER #2
No.
VILLAGER #1
No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3
No.
VILLAGER #1
Yes.
VILLAGER #2
Yes.
VILLAGER #1
Yes. Yeah, a bit.
VILLAGER #3
A bit.
VILLAGERS #1 and #2
A bit.
VILLAGER #3
A bit.
VILLAGER #1
She has got a wart.
RANDOM
[cough]
BEDEVERE
What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3
Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE
A newt?
VILLAGER #3
I got better.
VILLAGER #2
Burn her anyway!
VILLAGER #1
Burn!
CROWD
Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...
BEDEVERE
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
VILLAGER #1
Are there?
VILLAGER #2
Ah?
VILLAGER #1
What are they?
CROWD
Tell us! Tell us!...
BEDEVERE
Tell me. What do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2
Burn!
VILLAGER #1
Burn!
CROWD
Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BEDEVERE
And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1
More witches!
VILLAGER #3
Shh!
VILLAGER #2
Wood!
BEDEVERE
So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3
B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE
Good! Heh heh.
CROWD
Oh, yeah. Oh.
BEDEVERE
So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1
Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE
Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1
Oh, yeah.
RANDOM
Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
BEDEVERE
Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1
No. No.
VILLAGER #2
No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1
Throw her into the pond!
CROWD
The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE
What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1
Bread!
VILLAGER #2
Apples!
VILLAGER #3
Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1
Cider!
VILLAGER #2
Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1
Cherries!
VILLAGER #2
Mud!
VILLAGER #3
Churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2
Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR
A duck!
CROWD
Oooh.
BEDEVERE
Exactly. So, logically...
VILLAGER #1
If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE
And therefore?
VILLAGER #2
A witch!
VILLAGER #1
A witch!
CROWD
A witch! A witch!...
VILLAGER #4
Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BEDEVERE
We shall use my largest scales.
CROWD
Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...
BEDEVERE
Right. Remove the supports!
[whop]
[clunk]
[creak]
CROWD
A witch! A witch! A witch!
WITCH
It's a fair cop.
VILLAGER #3
Burn her!
CROWD
Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
BEDEVERE
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
ARTHUR
I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
BEDEVERE
My liege!
ARTHUR
Good Sir Knight, will you come with me to Camelot and join us at the Round Table?
BEDEVERE
My liege! I would be honored.
ARTHUR
What is your name?
BEDEVERE
'Bedevere', my liege.
ARTHUR
Then I dub you 'Sir Bedevere, Knight of the Round Table'.

Re:Radio Shack

On: Budget Satellite

True if you want leakage, but for something like BEAM robotics, their transistors SUCK royally. Often times they arent even labeled correctly. Get your stuff from Digikey for quality (and inexpensive) electronics.