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  1. Looks like on The Tenth Planet Shrinks Under Hubble's Gaze · · Score: 1
    "Now, some are calling to demote Pluto and kill Xena."

    The War on Terrible Planet Names has begun ;).

  2. Re:first thing I'd get on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Open office is fucking gash, seriously. It'll do the job if you don't want or can't afford MS Office, but to suggest it in a list of best apps on Windows is a farce. It slow, huge, buggy, terrible user interface etc. Example 1 - Write a 'Word' (or 'text' - ugh) document and numbered headings (1.1, 1.1.1). Get to the end of 50 page document and after review find you need to add more sections in the middle. Attempt to add more sections. Find that adding new numbers doesn't change work properly, causing you to have to manually edit 50 pages of numbers. Import into Word in a desperate attempt to finish your document. Find that the document structure is so broken Word can't fix it. Tear your hair out.

  3. Re:Fine, but... on Opera Embedding BitTorrent Client · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Ambitious targets on City of Vienna Chooses Linux · · Score: 1
    "That's a very ambitious target if they are only offering it, not saying "you will use this"."

    Linux advocates in ambitious targets shocker ;) - we're trying to take on a multi-billion pound company here - we *must* be ambitious.

  5. Re:ok on Build Your Own Chat-Cord · · Score: 1
    I think everyone has gone straight to the article before they post - yeah right ;).

    Or maybe the site is hosted via a line using this phonce cord?

  6. Re:How to increase Linux penetration on Grokster Case Aftermath: Busy times Ahead for EFF · · Score: 0
    Or we could perhaps make it *good*?

    If people only use it to save money it's hardly the most glowing recommendation is it?

  7. OR... on Cometary Fireworks Go Off Without Hitch · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Impact was estimated to have released 19 Gigajoules of energy, or the equivalent of 4.5 tons of TNT."

    Or the equivalent of a Supersized meal from McDonalds...

  8. Re:It's a tool, not a piece of art on Windows Software Ugly, Boring & Uninspired · · Score: 1

    Excitement is created by 'newness' No-one wants 'newness' in user interface controls which keep them from the functionality of the software!

  9. Re:Greatest Beams... on Greatest Beams In Movie History · · Score: 0, Troll
    Surely Rocco Silfredi has the greatest beam in movie history?

    NSFW image link

  10. In summary on Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. · · Score: 3, Insightful
    There are people as good as or better than you who'll do your job for less. We used to think we could 'add value' by being better than the 'code-monkeys' abroad, but I don't think this is any longer the case.

    The short future is projects managed in US but implemented abroad - the far future is too scary to think about at all - they're gonna take all our jobs :(.

  11. Re:How do they make money on free software? on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 0, Redundant
    HOW DO THEY MAKE MONEY ON FREE SOFTWARE?

    (Sorry) filter-bypasser: dsf sdf ds fd sf sd dfdsfdsfsdfsdfsdfds

  12. Windows on Big Retailers Timid About Selling Linux Boxen · · Score: 2, Informative
    or even life-knowledgeable clerks would be a start!

    Wal-mart has been selling Linux boxes for years though, so why is this news?

  13. Review on Corsair to Continue Receiving Samsung TCCD Memory · · Score: 2, Informative

    A review of these chips compaing performance on AMD and Intel processors!

  14. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Firefox Faces Trademark Issues · · Score: 0
    Indeed - Install here

    Posted from Mozilla Webpanda

  15. Re:So, uh, during that hushed silence on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 0

    It's totally silent in my office the whole time - that's sociable engineers for you!

  16. Re:Deal on Inside the OpenSolaris Source Code · · Score: 0

    Mock if you want but our manager was saying bandwidth for a looooong time before todays Dilbert arrived. We've now stuck today's up on the project board.

  17. Deal on Inside the OpenSolaris Source Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll stop using swearwords in my code when my manager stops using ridiculous buzzwords like 'bandwidth' and 'drill down'.

  18. Re:Odd Fascination on Inside the OpenSolaris Source Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Agreed. In my work placements at University I was putting 'funny' comments and debug output in code. I got pulled aside by the manager and told it was definately not on. I thought he was being a bit boring at the time but now looking back I can see it was a geat piece of advice.

  19. Re:Extraction of.... on NIAC Selects 2005 Phase I Winners · · Score: 1, Funny
    Nah, s'Beatles isn't it?

    Magnetic fe-ulds for-ever!

  20. Re:Website lockin! Yay! on NIAC Selects 2005 Phase I Winners · · Score: 0

    Well, Mozilla Firefox only opens one popup behind the main window and let me back straight out :).

  21. Not Pamela Anderson? on Britney is #1 Virus Celebrity · · Score: 0
  22. Re:So secure on Spoofing Flaw Resurfaces in Mozilla Browsers · · Score: 0
    You can dump FireFox if you want not to use it because of security problems. But what's your chance with IE?

    That's funny. I, and millions of others, use Firefox on Windows. So, what exactly are you talking about?

  23. John Hopkins on Invading Privacy for School Credit · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  24. Re:Filthy on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 0

    Er, yeah, apart from he hasn't reviewed it yet.

  25. Re:clueless local media outlets on Massachusetts Drops Hammer on Spam Gang · · Score: -1, Troll

    Writes poster on clueless news outlet that believes Linux is taking over the desktop...