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  1. Re:Low power server / clusters? on ARM-Based Servers Coming In 2011 · · Score: 1
  2. Re:How Wario got *his* name on How Nintendo's Mario Got His Name · · Score: 3, Funny

    One day I will find a Westerner who learned Japanese for reasons other than casually dropping the fact into web forums.

    That would be me. Just thought I'd mention it.

  3. Re:Definately an on McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco · · Score: 1
    At least in Google's case, it didn't try to delete every website out there.

    Though the idea of an "Internet reboot" does sound tempting sometimes.

  4. Re:Property taxes fund the majority of schools on Amazon Fights For Privacy of Customer Records · · Score: 1
    I'll have made anywhere from 20-100% less than my peers...

    100% less? You work for nothing? That is pretty bad.

  5. Re:Too easy to circumvent on NSA Develops USB Storage Device Detector · · Score: 1

    Or just shoot all the users and get it over with.

  6. Re:Come to Verizon! on Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seidenberg: Yes. Verizon has put more fiber in from Boston to Washington than all the Western European countries combined.

    This is the one unarguably true statement he made. After all, why would Western European countries be putting in fiber from Boston to Washington to begin with? Seems a little out of the way.

  7. Re:Phew... on Exotic "Electroweak" Star Predicted · · Score: 1

    Actually, the article says Lady Gaga could last a few million years, not just "a second." Sorry.

  8. Re:Report to Congress on The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Passes Senate Panel · · Score: 2, Funny
    If Congress objects, all they have to do is send the President an email about it.

    Oh, wait.

  9. Re:Another idea on College To Save Money By Switching Email Font · · Score: 1

    Well, at least you're cutting their energy consumption.

  10. Re:All the NASA scientists couldn't think of that? on Balloon and Duct Tape Deliver Great Space Photos · · Score: 0, Redundant
  11. Re:Sequel on Filming For The Hobbit Begins In July · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, so you mean it will be a swimsuit episode? Oy!!

  12. Re:It's not a bug on HTC Android Phones Found With Malware Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    I don't see what's the big deal here. Verizon has been pre-installing malware on all their phones for years.

  13. Re:Scope on Law Prevents British Websites From Being Archived · · Score: 1

    That wasn't supposed to be archived! You're in big trouble with the UK government!

  14. Re:More images on Earliest "Writing" On 60,000-Year-Old Eggshells · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wish in articles like these they presented more of the source images, and in higher resolution.

    Unfortunately, they can't; early humans had established a 70,000-year copyright period. And their DMCA takedown notices come by club and bone-tipped arrow.

  15. Re:What we really need. on The Computer That Can Read Your Mind · · Score: 3, Funny

    Judging by the email I receive, most computers are already like that.

  16. Re:Uh... no. on Another Study Attacks Violent Video Games, Claims To Be "Conclusive" · · Score: 1
    You need to take two sets of people, test them, then put them into a secluded environment. One set has to do something besides gaming, and the other has to do nothing but gaming, and then see if you can measure any effects after, say, 6 months.

    "Into a secluded environment ..."? "Has to do something besides gaming ..."? I suspect you would see some pretty spectacular effects, but even more after 9 months than 6 months.

  17. Re:Electric Shock on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 1

    That's the answer! Just have 4chan design all the error messages. They would be guaranteed to be memorable. Also legally actionable perhaps, but that's a side issue.

  18. Re:Not random and not predictable? on Scientists Develop Financial Turing Test · · Score: 2, Funny

    You wouldn't happen to be a member of the California legislature, would you?

  19. Re:Entropy on Newspaper "Hacks Into" Aussie Gov't Website By Guessing URL · · Score: 1

    The newspaper didn't do any guessing at all. They were told the site name, and went directly to it. The site had links to all sorts of transportation plans, which the guys at the paper accessed. That's where the 3,727 number comes from - just the number of URI accesses listed in the web server log, most likely by other people in addition to the newspaper.

  20. Re:Ugh. on School Spying Scandal Gets Even More Bizarre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, Mike and Ikes are criminally delicious - this makes perfect sense.

  21. Re:Beta performance testing on Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 vs. Early Fedora 13 Benchmarks · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't worry; it's actually alpha (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2) vs. pre-alpha (2010-01-13 Rawhide nightly build). Much better.

  22. Re:Ugh on The LHC, Black Holes, and the Law · · Score: 1

    If you're wondering how qualified an assistant professor at a law school in North Dakota is to write about the LHC and black holes, let me just say I have been to Grand Forks, and it is the closest simulation to a black hole I have ever seen. So this guy is writing from experience.

  23. Re:WTF, why is a Carnot reference here? on Recycling Excess Heat From the Data Center · · Score: 2, Funny
    There is NO WORK being done.

    You know way too much about computers.

  24. Re:That's cool! on Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Developed · · Score: 1

    Though that outer layer of brick will add a little weight.

  25. This is good news! on Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade · · Score: 2, Funny
    I mean, in the "free as in beer" sense. Because if $17 is "free," then every beer I've had in my life was free!

    (Well, almost. I have had a couple of rare ones at the $25 level. But they were almost free.)