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  1. Re:Enough with the perky summaries on Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot · · Score: 1

    Pfft. Check this out - three ways to get your lit on:

    "MeryUnn und Jeem McMehun ooff Creepple-a Creek, Culuredu vere-a pleyeeng et zee Veeldvuud Ceseenu, Tooesdey, und heet un $11 meelliun jeckput oon a slut mecheene-a. Beffure-a peyeeng zee veennings, zee ceseenu toorned zee mecheene-a oofer tu zee Culuredu Gemeeng Deefisiun fur inspecshun. Effter deceeding thet zee veen ves dooe-a tu a melffooncshun, zee cuoople-a ves peeed oonly $1627.82 in veennings."

    "MaryAnn and Bo-Jangles McMahon uh Cripple Creek, Colo'ado wuz playin' at da damn Wildwood Casino, Tuesday, and hit an $11 million Buckwheatpot on some slot machine. What it is, Mama! Befo'e payin' de winnin's, de casino turned da damn machine ova' to de Colo'ado Gamin' Division fo' inspecshun. Afta' decidin' dat da damn win wuz due t'a malfuncshun, de codownle wuz paid only $1627.82 in winnin's."

    "MaryAnn and Jim McMahon of Cripple Creek, like, Colorado were playin' at thuh Wildwood Casino, man, Tuesday, like, wow, and hit an $11 million jackpot on a slot machine. Before payin' thuh winnin's, like, wow, the casino turned thuh machine over to thuh Colorado Gamin' Division for inspection. After decidin' that thuh win was due to a malfunction, fer shure, the couple was paid only $1627.82 in winnin's."

    Yeah, that's right - I went there!

  2. Re:Isn't this the SECOND time ... on Malfunction Costs Couple $11 Million Slot Machine Jackpot · · Score: 1

    DAMN YOU! I had FINALLY managed to remove EVERY LAST TVTROPES TAB from my browser! I've been clean for over a month! And then you had to bring that site BACK to my attention. It's like gambling - I just can't walk away! :(

  3. Re:The only amazing thing ... on BP Says "Top Kill" Operation Has Failed · · Score: 1

    In fact no one will probably remember this spill 100 years from now.

    Yeah, 'cuz nothing ever happened before.

  4. Re:GoogleCachingProxy on Google Offers Encrypted Web Search Option · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Yeah. That's it. on ImageLogr Scrapes "Billions" of Images Illegally · · Score: 1

    Old screenshot: genital warts image results (SFW).

    NO!!! ImageLogr will SCRAPE IT!!!!!! NOOOoooo!!!!!!....

  6. Re:What to do on Steam Client for Mac Launches, Linux Client On the Way · · Score: 1

    How is speeding evil? Illegal, yes. Evil? But I concur - Steam is WAY better then some other options out there - I personally enjoy the platform very much. YAY Steam on Linux!

  7. Re:Cross-platform on The Humble Indie Bundle · · Score: 1

    Yeah, God (or Science, or Beer, your choice!) forbid that we do something to raise the quality of life for terminally ill children. WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!? Child's Play may or may not be the best, but in my opinion, it's WAY above the worst. They spawned DBfH, FFS!

  8. Re:There's an xkcd for that on Baffled By the Obsession With Pretend-Business Games · · Score: 1

    So... am I to understand that it's got what plants crave?!?

  9. Re:Wrong business model on OnLive Remote Gaming Service Launches In June · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Really? Do NONE of us read? on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 1

    Are you serious? Do an inline search for xkcd.com in this page and you'll find plenty (9 at least by now, thanks to the two others above you who were trying to be funny).

  11. Re:Well, what a surprise on Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked In One Day · · Score: 1

    Why would the BSA ever be trigger happy against consumers? Isn't their name an acronym for Business Software Alliance? Consumers aren't businesses, by definition (or am I missing something?) Beyond that, you're right, right down the line.

  12. Really? Do NONE of us read? on Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter? · · Score: 3, Informative

    No less then *7* posts to the SAME XKCD COMIC?!? Christ, bad enough people don't RTFA, at LEAST read the fine comments!

  13. Re:what is a living molecule? on "Immortal Molecule" Evolves — How Close To Synthetic Life? · · Score: 1

    Ah, xkcd, I love thee so. :)

  14. Re:Facebook bloat on Really Misleading Ads From Broadband Providers · · Score: 1

    Right. BUT - As the parent to your post just said, 1.5 Mbps WILL cut it for them. NOT a dialup modem.

  15. Re:And for reference, Nintendo's Policy on Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points. Ethereal +1 for you!

  16. Re:Looks pretty shit on Google Releases Source To Chromium OS · · Score: 1

    Never before has so much wealth been spent on such little worth.

    CLEARLY, you didn't buy Windows Vista Ultimate.

  17. Re:Use Tax on Calling B.S. On Amazon's Taxation Arguments · · Score: 1

    I'll second this, actually. Here in Brattleboro VT they have their own custom 1% extra meals tax. Not quite the same, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a custom sales tax.

  18. Re:I have a better idea on The Sad State of the Mobile Web · · Score: 1

    OK, so at least there's some (crappy) consistency. :)

  19. Re:I have a better idea on The Sad State of the Mobile Web · · Score: 1

    Eh, I'll buy that. I'm curious - speaking of long loading Javascript, how does your DSi handle digg.com?

  20. Re:I have a better idea on The Sad State of the Mobile Web · · Score: 1

    Really? Huh, I wonder if the W518a is just a sweet web browsing phone then. I mean, it's not PERFECT, but it's perfectly usable.

  21. Re:I have a better idea on The Sad State of the Mobile Web · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually,i'm writing from my SE w518a and things look pretty good, all things considered.

  22. Re:Such dependancies annoy nLite users! on Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, I'll just echo Sakdoctor... Being able to make "rolling your own crypto" a good idea is for a VERY rare breed of person... and even they generally don't like to do it.

  23. Re:Rules for all on Supermarket Bans Jedi Knight · · Score: 1

    A Pancake vs. PitaBred? Foodfight - GO!

  24. Re:Full List on Why AT&T Killed iPhone Google Voice · · Score: 1

    Oh, fair enough, then. :)

  25. Re:Full List on Why AT&T Killed iPhone Google Voice · · Score: 1
    Oh, so the first TWO SENTENCES didn't tip you off to it not being VoIP, eh? :)

    Google Voice (formerly GrandCentral) is a free Google Internet service that provides a single phone number that forwards to other phone numbers. Google Voice is not a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application.