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  1. I was just about to say... on Dutch Commission Deals Blow To Electronic Voting · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...that it was risky for a commission to be dealing blow, but then I realized that dealing blow is probably legal in the Netherlands. Not sure who this Electronic Voting guy is either, but from the dorky name, I'll venture a guess that he's some kind of rapper.

  2. Just rename the product on OLPC Cost Rises To $188 Per Laptop · · Score: 1

    Nah, they'll just use the FUBU ("For Us By Us") naming and call it "For Kids By Kids".

  3. Re:Nothing new here on "Lifesaver Bottle" Filters Viruses Out of Water · · Score: 1

    You do realize that 15nm is .015 microns, right?

    Not necessarily. Maybe he works at Verizon.

  4. Re:needless prefixing on Top Irritating Words Spawned by Internet · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with fucking annoying people? At least you're getting laid, right?

  5. Re:I've come close on New WiFi Link Distance Record · · Score: 1

    You live in an 8 floor* house?

    * Assuming 3 meters per floor. Also including basement.

  6. Missing detail. on Vertical Farming · · Score: 1

    Anyone who's worked in even the most windowed office building knows that only the spaces next to the windows get the light.

    But, like with office workers, the plan is for the farmers to also employ additional techniques in order to boost the growth, namely achievement awards and "Vegetable of the Month" plaques.

  7. Re:Right, the next headline will be... on What Microsoft Could Learn from OSS and Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah, I thought I'd rather point out your missing punctuation:

    Hippy's "Show Soldiers": How to Clean Rifles

    Noone gives better rifle cleaning lectures than Hippy's very own show soldiers!

  8. Re:Any OS X builds? on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait · · Score: 1

    See my post earlier in the discussion for a great Emacs for OS X.

  9. Re:Um, mirrors don't have it on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait · · Score: 1

    Get this one instead. It's updated reasonably often, and has thus far been rock stable here. It also comes with a bunch of packages included, but isn't configured into oblivion like Aquamacs.

  10. Re:brokeback editor on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I'm wary of any editor that takes the commands through the colon. Add on a Brokeback reference, and my homometer is going haywire!

    I kid, I kid... I personally use both Emacs and Vim

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  11. Electric toothbrush? on Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads · · Score: 1

    Hmm. I don't see how your teeth would get cleaner using this product. It may even shake some of your fillings out! Ah... That'll make you go to your dentist, who'll then clean your teeth while you're there fixing your fillings. OK, I see your reasoning now! Never mind.

  12. Re:Cold War, take... Two? on Russian Journalists Quit Over Censorship · · Score: 1

    Well, I vote that we'll henceforth refer to this as the Nippy War!

  13. No, not Sealand on The Pirate Bay To Create YouTube Competitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll probably locate the servers in Arrrgentina, Arrrmenia, and Arrruba.

  14. Re:Time for a Change on Symantec Updates Cause Chaos in China · · Score: 1

    Yes, I realize the pirated Windows market is huge in China as well... but it's still a massive market for Microsoft to lose because of the accidental actions of one of their "trusted third parties".

    Yes, I realize that it takes a while to count to 244, but that doesn't make it a "massive" number. ;)

  15. Re:Eggs in one basket on Cisco Routers to Blame for Japan Net Outtage · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I guess now they'll be supplementing with some Belking and D-Link routers as well.

  16. Re:I learned a long time ago... on Documents Reveal US Incompetence with Word, Iraq · · Score: 1

    C-A, C-C, C-N, C-V, A-F, A

    Hey, a fellow Emacs user! For those who don't know Emacs, that was the command for inserting an "A" into the document.

  17. Re:7 articles on Vista sales on Vista's 40 Million License Sales In Context · · Score: 1

    Well, the way porn seems to evolve, by now some probably even finds it mundane and only watch if the horse is wearing makeup and a tutu.

  18. Re:It is all about data transfer speed... on Holographic Storage Slated to Hit Market This Fall · · Score: 1

    But 160Mbit/s is only 20MB/s, at which speed it will take about 8.5 hours to fill the drive. Surely using a new hard drive or RAID at >70MB/s, or a decent tape system, must be much better for backing up on? Though, I guess at $18k one could afford to use a hard drive RAID system to do snapshot on before writing to the holographic storage.

  19. I agree! on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    Totally can't wait to see the Bollywood remake of this one!

  20. Re:Yes... on US Senators Question Indian Firms Over H-1Bs · · Score: 1

    not just in tech, but in health care, accounting, etc

    That is indeed a brilliant plan. What better way to cut health care costs than to make it prohibitively expensive for the patient to travel to their doctor? On the positive side, those who can afford to go see their doctor would get the opportunity of eating some seriously good curry...

  21. Unfortunately on ESA's Cluster Spacecraft Makes Shocking Discovery · · Score: 1

    as a part of Bush's Gettin' Busy initiative, all the recordings were made by Alberto Gonzales. Immediately following the completion of the article, a very shiny object passed the office window and cleared Mr. Gonzales' memory. Again. Luckily, we were able to get him partially house trained again, but it's taking more and more effort. I swear to god, if that guy pees on the rug again, I'll duct tape a shiny object to his forehead and drop him off in the desert somewhere...

  22. Re:An advertisers dream on LG.Philips Develops World's First Color E-Paper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Though it will make for some awesome novelty toilet paper!

  23. Interesting on State Bans Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    I was expecting at least a few comments on how this is somehow restricting freedom of speech, but I was pleasantly surprised.

  24. Re:Difficult on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 1

    Cuz it can be difficult, frustrating, and a pain in the ass?

    If you find it to be a pain in the ass, I dare say you're doing it wrong. Also, be careful; we're talking about high voltages here!

    *Muttering something about those damn sickos...*

  25. And it was an awesome party! on Users Being Migrated To New Version of Hotmail · · Score: 1

    Oh, it was certainly upscale, too! He was even paid handsomely by some of the attendees; several Nigerian princes and other government officials. I bet you haven't had such awesome guests at any of your parties! Not only that, but there were all kinds of drugs, sexual arousal aides, and not a single person were slowed down by their erectile dysfunction! What's with the party, you say? Well, you've gotta celebrate the new mortgage, refinancing, and awesome returns on your stock trading somehow!!!

    Hotmail let's all the cool kids in! Don't hate just because your lame email client -- dare I say Pine? -- can't even manage to arrange a mediocre geriatric boccia tournament...