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  1. Re:Power consumption? on Help Slashdot Test Our New Data Center · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're all quad core machines. 18 of 'em have 2 quad core processors, and the other 4 lack the extra processor but get more RAM.

    It's sorta like, there's 22 guys. 18 of 'em ain't missing nothing, but the other four only have one nut but have more endurance. Though the analogy is a bit off.

  2. Cowboyneal on To Whom Should I Donate? · · Score: 1

    is THE anonymous Coward

  3. Re:Yeah right, that's what it was... on Coding Flaws Caused Moody's Debt Rating Errors · · Score: 1

    Yes! All those heretical programmers should burn! Burn them, burn them alive! It's THEIR fault I defaulted on my loan!

    It's suddenly getting warmer in here...

  4. Re:Who is responsible for maintenance? on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahhhhh, Bush fire. That would be pretty funny, seeing him running around, flapping his arms, screa... oh, wrong bush...

  5. Re:er? on $100 Roku Netflix Player Targets Apple TV · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm hoping it's just licensing issues that's causing them to not be able to offer the "many more titles".

    And backing up a copy of the movie would be irrelevant with this service, as you could watch it at any time, as many times as you want.

    That is, if they continue to stay in business (and they likely will).

  6. Re:Wow... on Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wasn't a Google employee who supplied the wrong IP, it was an Airtel employee who gave the wrong name.

  7. Re:W T F on Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day · · Score: 1

    You actually paid for "up to xxx Kbps"

  8. Re:"Gag the Internet" on Mormon Church Goes After WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Maybe because, were you to become interested in a religion, and thought about converting, you'd want to know what you were getting into?

    Or, at least, have the ability to know what you were getting into. When there's hidden knowledge, you can't possibly know what you're getting into.

  9. Re:Issues. on 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    It's like a newspaper. A lot of the slant comes from what they choose to report, and what they choose what *not* to report.

    It's a hell of a lot less noticeable, but a hell of a lot more effective.

  10. Re:Papertrails on US State Dept. Loses Anti-Terrorist Program Laptops · · Score: 1

    Even if someone was responsible, chances are they'd just get promoted.

    For example, a coworker was telling me about a supervisor she had. Didn't show up at all to work. What happened? She got hired somewhere else, with a pay raise, and a glowing review from her boss.

    Why? Because it's easier to pass someone to some other place than to fire them (paper work, have to document their ineptitude, etc. etc.).

    The lady that didn't show up at all, at her new job, somehow managed to embed hundreds/thousands of SSNs in an email she sent out to a student body. Wasn't fired for that, either.

  11. Re:Wrong Shuttle or wrong image name? on Data Recovered From Space Shuttle Columbia HDD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because they were/are challenged?

  12. Re:Ban them from using phones on First Caller-ID Spoofers Punished · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'd be a little bit more gracious. "any guy caught urinating in public should not be allowed to use his penis for a period of 6 months, or for the remainder of his life, whichever is shorter." Imagine the piss you'd take at the end...

  13. Re:No Bibles unless you are over 18. on Oregon's New Censorship Law Challenged In Court · · Score: 1

    So the real reason for Oregon wanting to push this law through comes out...

  14. Re:Language stacks galore! on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript · · Score: 1

    in Windows! .... or not.

  15. Re:Oh *PLEASE* on Pentagon Manipulating TV Analysts · · Score: 1

    Now, which one of these (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program#Program_participants) would you happen to be? My thinking, though, is that if you hire a military analyst, you're going to want somebody that knows it inside and out. Most likely, these are the guys that have been in the military, and likely have some stock in military contractors.

  16. Re:No and No. I fought it earlier today. on Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses? · · Score: 1

    RAID-1 arrays and dual-head cards with two screens is hardly the masses.

  17. Re:Maybe I'm in the wrong field on Physics Journal May Reconsider Wikipedia Ban · · Score: 2

    No, looks like you're in the right field...

  18. Re:FTP is BAD! About DAMN time THAT makes press on FTP Hacking on the Rise · · Score: 1

    It's like sending your tax return to the IRS in a clear envelope with your name birth date and SS # showing. Ah, shit. My mother's maiden name and bank account number are showing too. I'm boned, aren't I? :(

    Just plan STUPID! Well I already knew that.
  19. Re:Who cares on Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations · · Score: 1

    Well, the article is around a year old, but at that time they had ~70% of the mp3 player market share.

    http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_has_723_percent_of_mp3_player_market_in_february/

    My guess is that it's probably risen a bit in the past year, too.

  20. Re:Like Volkswagen on Jimmy Wales Faces Allegations of Corruption · · Score: 1
    Apparently you missed it when he said, "Not that I'm equating Wales with Hitler, just using an extreme case to make my point."

    What's really sad is that when we talk about the head of SCO or Microsoft, we require much more evil before we start throwing rocks than we do for Google or Wikipedia I think most people start throwing rocks at Google because the unofficial official motto of Google is "Do no evil".

    Note (not that you'll pay any attention to it): I'm not trying to take a side, one way or the other. Just pointing stuff out (and my brief analysis).

  21. Re:BAD idea. on Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution · · Score: 1

    Actually, a public school teacher. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1094835/posts

  22. Re:Nothing wrong on Time for a Vista Do-Over? · · Score: 1

    Actually, given the fact that his family has "succumbed to constipation," I'd say that he's restricting the throughput of the toilet. It'd be my guess that he's using the "Allow/Deny" feature of Vista, and it's taking a long time for the screen to pop up.

  23. Re:shouldn't undermine Opera's case on Firefox's Market Share Hits 28% in Europe · · Score: 1

    Is that close to 30% of Windows users, or 30% of all web browsers?

  24. Re:Hoover, anyone? on Technical Risks of the US Protect America Act · · Score: 1

    Who's to say Hoover was wiretapping at the same time this guy was working at Bell?

  25. Re:SeaMonkey is Netscape on Mozilla Celebrates Its 10th Birthday · · Score: 1

    If Firefox is the light-weight relative, then SeaMonkey must be a 2 ton obese gorilla...