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  1. Re:Sure AVG's not slimy... on AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet · · Score: 1

    or a .50 cal to get rid your "rodent" problem.

    A shotgun works fine too!

  2. Re:Aaahh... Nonsense... on What Makes Something "Better Than Free"? · · Score: 1

    "Your Local Trio of Drunks" using their armpits as only instruments

    Well, that sounds like the thing that should not be...

  3. Re:Burying the record companies on MTV: 2007 Borked the Music Industry · · Score: 1

    Go to concerts/pubs/etc
    Is this off the root directory?
    Of course not! It's under /usr/share!
  4. Re:Questions from evil mastermind on Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm..... Sage ..... Mulching ...... I know! I am the Prince of Chichester!

  5. Re:Oh! on Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software · · Score: 1

    $ ">"!
    -sh: >!: command not found

  6. Re:We have 3 options here on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's OK, it's intelligent design.

  7. Re:So, uhhhh, when.... on US May Invoke "State Secrets" To Stop Banking Suit · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah - we make the best movies ...
    (inhales coffee) Aaaarghh... choke ... cough ...
  8. Re:Copying is OK on Nokia's iPhone, No Seriously · · Score: 1

    I think you are forgetting that there is also copyright on the composition as well as the performance. There is also the question of "substantial similarity", see e.g. the tale of George Harrison and "My Sweet Lord".

  9. Re:This sounds familiar on Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found · · Score: 1

    I spent about 6 months on 'hack' from the SCO Xenix games disk. Then at the maze level (circa 25) it dumped core. I couldn't believe my eyes.

  10. Re:Elton Has It Backwards on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music · · Score: 1

    Mod parent insightful!

  11. Re:Obligatory Planet of the Apes on The Human Mutation · · Score: 1
    Or ...

    "Yes, now there is a God." -- Frederic Brown
  12. Re:Perl versus Python on What is the Best Bug-as-a-Feature? · · Score: 1

    Significant figures have always been stupid compared to propagation of error anyway.
    Hear! Hear! However...
    (4 - .5) * (1200 - 50) = 4025
    (4 + .5) * (1200 + 50) = 5625

    so the range of error is potentially somewhat greater.
    Technically you should determine probability distributions for your error terms, and derive confidence intervals with 90%, 95%, 99% etc probability as required.
    btw as others have noted, 1200 implies 1200 +- 0.5; 1200 +- 50 should be written as 1.2*10^3

  13. Re:But... on The Sci-Fi Movie Stigma · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when people invest in a movie to make money. Not to make a movie.

  14. Re:Wait, what? on The Sci-Fi Movie Stigma · · Score: 1

    It actually does properly lend itself as an ET-style tale
    "Oh Jesus! Oh God! Oh Jesus! Mary mother Jesus of Nazareth!" -- Bean

    As far as I can tell, this film is infected with the taint of the other great destroyer of SF film - Spielberg.
    The story explores the concept of consensus reality and the development of adult modes of thinking, in fairly dense philosophical discussion. Examples:

    "Children are difficult from the mature animal because they think in another way.... The thought processes of an infant are completely unimaginable"

    This is *not* a kids' story!

    Going from there to "...all we need to save the future Earth is a little girl's teardrop containing the crucial DNA." is a textbook example of travesty.

  15. Re:Large collections on Windows Live OneCare Can Eat Your Email · · Score: 1

    Yep. Thank goodness there was only one Library of Alexandria, or we'd be sloppin' over with crappy old scrolls!

  16. Re:Home School / Education Choice on Kansas Adopts New Science Standards · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope that I am able to homeschool my upcoming child. I've had the amazing opportunity to meet a family that has made it work. It opened my eyes to the possibility of unthinkable things.. like a middle school girl that you don't want to choke to death after 4 minutes. That's saying something.
    So, you want to choke young girls to death? Well, that certainly is saying something.
  17. Re:or are they - on Vista a Threat to Internet Freedom? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are now wearing +3 breeches of security.--More--
    The unicorn kicks!--More--
    Your nuts are unaffected.

  18. Re:Becuase People don't know what they want! on Why Software is Hard · · Score: 1
    Let's follow the scenario a little further ...

    Mr. User then says you're just bullshitting him with this "API" crap and gets a 1 week quote from a cowboy team.

    At which point we have various branching decision paths, all of which result in misery for all concerned.

  19. Re:ugh on Largest Twin Prime Yet Discovered · · Score: 1
    (cancer cure yes, cure for aliens no, just finding aliens)

    It is truly sad that no-one cares about the plight of those poor souls infected by aliens.

  20. Re:just what I've always said on A Press Junket To Redmond · · Score: 1
    Microsoft's thud cannot come too soon...

    Speak for yourself. I'll wait for Thud SP1.

  21. Re:SCO to Judge on Judge To SCO — Quit Whining · · Score: 3, Funny
    the letter "r" from "othe" .... Ah! I understand!

    The rothe hits! The rothe hits! You die...

  22. Re:Why would you need a voting machine for 80 vote on Man's Vote for Himself Missing In E-Vote Count · · Score: 1

    IRV is just an example I could get over in a couple of sentences, and it does improve the chances for the third party candidates. None of these methods are "perfect" anyway.

  23. Re:Why would you need a voting machine for 80 vote on Man's Vote for Himself Missing In E-Vote Count · · Score: 1
    A preferential voting system is a fairly successful method for resolving these disputes.

    Roughly speaking, when you fill out your ballot, you can essentially say: "I want this candidate to win, but if they don't, I'd rather have X than Y". On counting, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated from the running, and their second preferences are distributed to the remaining candidates, until one has a clear majority. Needing to count third or later preferences is rare but can affect close races.

  24. Re:How it would go on Software Dev Cycle As Part of CS Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    "We will have to estimate the impact" would probably work for taxi-driving too.

  25. Re:My favorite Python joke on Core Python Programming · · Score: 1

    Right! This thread's got silly. So I'm stopping it.