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  1. Re:It maters not what the review says on Review: Spore · · Score: 1

    Neither am I. Hence, the noble people of Sweden will be friends in the cause ;)

  2. Re:How is this for marketing? on Sony Pledges More Accurate Laptop Battery Figures · · Score: 1

    What state was mine in? I pushed the button and it said "BRAAAAAIIIINS!!!"

    It was in its regular, "on/awake" mode.

  3. Re:Its Marketing ... no information required on Seinfeld-Windows TV Ad Anything But 'Delicious' · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of the Streisand effect? Same idea, part of most marketing strategies is just getting something frickin' out there.

  4. Re:FS migration a la Reiser on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 1

    Wait, I don't have a wife. Anymore.

    There, fixed that for ya ;)

  5. Re:Disagree on Four SSDs Compared — OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone wake me up when there's a 1TB SSD for $250 that can do unlimited rewrite ops.

    Ah, finally! We've waited for you to go away forever, and here you offer it to us on a silver platter!

  6. Re:Three questions on Insects May Have Had a Hand In Dinosaur Extinction · · Score: 1

    The plague did a lot of damage to humans, though.

    Just imagine that AIDS becomes more widespread through the years, and we still can't cure it.

    The dinosaurs couldn't cure their diseases, so if something as devastating as AIDS came along, it would probably be assured destruction.

  7. Re:It's not a fucking barrier on IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier · · Score: 1

    But I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

    Of course not... Just look at his UID (not that mine is much better...)

  8. Re:That's a bullshit story, Sergey! on Has Google Lost Its Mojo? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But.... Who the heck is he? I wikipedia'd him, and found nothing. Reading his blog, he seemed like the main reason he left was because Google was giving stuff away for free. And that annoyed him. Made him feel incompetent.

  9. Re:My browser doesn't need to be awesome on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    'cuz it would have required too much testing or something. I'd guess old code didn't work too well w/ new code.

    http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/9-tweaks-for-firefox-3s-location-bar/

  10. Re:Screw FF3... on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Didn't have a clue wtf column bookmarks were. Googled it. First result: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3462

    Add-ons, baby. The beauty of Firefox ;)

  11. Re:Unavoidable with devices on Firefox SSL-Certificate Debate Rages On · · Score: 1

    But it *is* a poor security practice to use them on your website.

  12. Re:Obligatory... on Apple's IPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't defective by design imply a DRM story?

    Actually, it implies a Microsoft, DRM, or anything we don't like story. Which is why there is a defectivebydesign tag on this story ;-)

  13. Re:Just Remember... on Seattle Flushes $5M High-Tech Toilets · · Score: 1

    Except that they did need a janitor, because the self-cleaning mechanism got clogged. The joys of technology...

  14. Re:That's a nice canned post ya got there on NVIDIA Shows Interactive Ray Tracing On GPUs · · Score: 1

    That, and he's a subscriber.

  15. Re:A violent game. How shocking. on Violent Video Gaming Comes To the Wii · · Score: 1

    see any SpongeBob game.

    My roommate is actually interning at the Studio that makes a good number of those Sponge Bob games (yes, I do make fun of him) and he found it kooky how some things (though seemingly harmless) would be more likely to give them anything BUT an "E (for everyone)!" rating - but smashing other characters over the head with a golf club was perfectly acceptable, and wouldn't land them that awful E10+ rating.

  16. Re:WRONG!! on Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones · · Score: 1

    Scarier still - what if they had found it, and decided not to do anything?

  17. Re:Sure, and then.... on Let the Games Be Doped · · Score: 1

    Yes, and different kinds of athletes are better suited to different kinds of equipment. By making each athlete use the same bike, you make it about the equipment rather than the athletes.

  18. Re:Firmware? on Infineon Chipset May Be Cause of IPhone 3G Issues · · Score: 1

    RTFS:

    Some people will not experience these problems as it is only in areas where the radio signal weakens that the immaturity of the stack really shows.

  19. Re:that's ok on Infineon Chipset May Be Cause of IPhone 3G Issues · · Score: 1

    Not your fault, it's genetic.

    Kids today! What ever happened to blaming it on society?

    We evolved.

  20. Re:How much more of this until browsers adapt? on Russia and Georgia Engaged In a Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    You can indeed use \n

  21. Re:Slippery slope, fallacy or harbinger of doom? on Olympic Opening Ceremony Fireworks Were (Partly) Faked · · Score: 1

    And how the Giants made it there in the first place *ducks*

  22. Re:So what? on Olympic Opening Ceremony Fireworks Were (Partly) Faked · · Score: 2

    And by the way, doing it in CGI is also more environmentally friendly: compounds used in fireworks are not always of the most benign sort.

    Except that they also set off real fireworks which were, more or less, exactly the same as those digitally created. The only reason why most of the world saw the fakes was because they didn't want to stick a helicopter up in the sky only to be shot down by the fireworks.

  23. Re:who pays a cultist? on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm... I think I shall jion the navy... If only I knew what it meant to jion...

  24. Re:So 0+0=1! on Theorists Make Quantum Communications Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    I have, ever since I found out that -1 = 1.

  25. Re:Poor schmucks on Why Microsoft Cozied up to Open Source at OSCON · · Score: 1

    But those who have huge investments in Linux: IBM, Oracle, Redhat, aren't pushovers either.

    Fixed that for ya ;)