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  1. Re:Letter from Ballmer to Yahoo! Board on Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion For Yahoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, Ballmer: I can help with your goal of making "a more efficient" company. Instead of using buzzwords like "this proposal represents a compelling value realization event for your shareholders", you could say something like "this is a good deal for your shareholders."

    Eliminating unnecessary, extraneous keystrokes on a corporate scale represents a compelling efficiency realization event for your shareholders.

    So there. :P

  2. Re:Prior art? on Smartphones Patented — Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute Later · · Score: 5, Funny

    everyone?

  3. Re:Still running on Commodore 64 Still Beloved After All These Years · · Score: 1

    I can still hear the disk drive's head banging that game caused during loading. SubLogic Flight Simulator. Man, that was fun. I remember flying around and suddenly you'd be frozen in mid-air for 30 seconds while the 1541 loaded the next set of scenery.

  4. Re:come on... on Microsoft Wants OLPC System to Run Windows XP · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, kid! Here's your free laptop containing Windows XP source code!

    Wait! [yanks it away]

    Not so fast...you'll need to sign this non-disclosure agreement...

  5. Re:linksys nslu2 on Best Home Network NAS · · Score: 1

    I had a terrible time with the nslu2. Dismal response time and performance. (And to add insult to injury, the two USB drive enclosures I had did an insufficient job of cooling. One 250mb drive over-heated.)

    I never did exceed 2.5 megabytes/sec with the nslu2, and it's communication with the Mac was about half of that. After about a year with it, I finally gave up.

    Sorry to be a downer here, but that's my take.

  6. One thing's for sure on Vote To Eliminate Leap Seconds · · Score: 2, Informative

    No matter how this is resolved, in the end Microsoft will screw-up the time zone patch.

  7. But can it copy more than 16,400 files? on OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...or does that cost extra?

  8. Lunch, eh? on Study Proves Having Fat Friends Makes You Fat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tomorrow I'm having lunch with my best buddy, Steve Ballmer. Should I be worried?

  9. 600673 on Google Launches Free Wireless Broadband · · Score: 1

    Took me all day, but that's GOOGLE, upside down. Ahhh...I love the new Slashdottit! Ratings System.

    Please tell me I'm not like the last person on Earth to notice that. :-\

  10. Re:omg on World's First Gold Farming RPG · · Score: 1

    No.

  11. Annoying game sounds on World's First Gold Farming RPG · · Score: 1

    ...that I'll be hearing in my nightmares for the next 6 months:

    snatch...snatch snatch snatch.....snatch.....snatch.....snatch snatch....

    Somebody kill me.

  12. SlashRating on The Pirate Bay Finds Permanent Home · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jenny, I got you number on the wall.

  13. Re:april fools on Google Launches Free Wireless Broadband · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm...maybe you could subnet through your shower.

    No?

  14. Re:Oh yeah... on Top 10 April Fools Stories · · Score: 1

    "...in Safari, the new voting doohickey completely and unavoidably obscures the left chunk of the story's blurb."

    It doesn't on my Safari... Hmmm... are you, perchance, using the Safari that comes with Vista?

    (I kid...)

  15. Re:"slashdottit!"? on Top 10 April Fools Stories · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While you're at it, would you mind taking care of my eyes, too?

    (bleehhhhh....)

  16. Slashdottit! on Top 10 April Fools Stories · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on guys/gals...let's not make fun of Slashdottit! It's "scientifically perfect".

    It may also be magically delicious, but that remains to be seen.

  17. Re:related: Live ID/Hotmail for Office 2007 on Microsoft Not Dropping Hotmail Name · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm a bit behind the 8-ball here, but are you serious? They require you get a Windows Live ID in order to install their software? That's total crap! They suck!

  18. Hell frozen over? on Texas Bill For Open Documents · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never thought I'd say something like this, but GO TEXAS!

  19. Re:Surprisingly, this is not the end of the world. on Viacom Claims Copyright On Irrlicht Video · · Score: 1

    And yet, if it happened to you.....

  20. ZDNet on Graph of Linux Vs. Windows System Calls · · Score: 1

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: the minute I see a link pointing to ZDNet, I immediately dismiss it. They're all about getting people to see advertisements on their website. Anything that gets them there is AOK, no matter how ridiculous it is.

    Just my opinion.

  21. Re:Non-PDF? on Confidential Microsoft Emails Posted Online · · Score: 3, Informative

    Many courts across the country require PDF format for exhibits. That way, exhibits can be retrieved from court websites and emailed to and fro by counsel and court.

  22. Microsoft brand FUD on Confidential Microsoft Emails Posted Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    I love this:

    From exhibit PX 851, a memo from bradsi to billg and steveb (among others) regarding alleged "bugs" in DR DOS as found by Microsoft commissioned NSTL:

    "We are engaged in a FUD campaign to let the press know about some of the bugs. We'll provide info a few bugs at a time to stretch it out."

    Ahhhh...Microsoft(r) Time-Released FUD(tm). Gotta love it. :-)

  23. Dimmer switches? on California Proposes to Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    I lived in a condominium where half of the lights were on dimmer switches. I have yet to find a CFL bulb that works with dimmer switches. Plus, I've read that CFL bulbs should not be put in high-humidity areas like bathrooms. On the other hand, in all places where I am able to put it CFL bulbs, I have. I don't know how much it cuts my electricity bill, but it sure does cut down the heat. Now, if only I could unload my displaced conventional bulbs on some schmoe for $1 each...I'd have $15! Whee!

  24. Re:Sounds like a joke on OS Comparisons From the BBC · · Score: 1

    Well, we all know the Vista user will be involved in a crash...

  25. Re:That stampede sound you are hearing.... on Professor Michael Geist on Vista's Fine Print · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's the weight of the runners...

    "...Developers! Developers! Developers!..."