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  1. Once in a while you can get shown the light on Stanford Classes Now Available on iTunes · · Score: 2, Funny

    No need to pay the $31,200 tuition. No need to live on campus. No need even to be a student.

    Funny, that's exactly the way I felt about college when I went on tour with the Grateful Dead.

  2. 3 sentence summary of that article on Red Hat, Linux and Intel iMacs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Red Hat Plans for Linux on Intel Macs
    1/25/2006

    Red Hat representative Gillian Farquhar announced last week that the company plans to add support for Apple's new Intel Macs to its popular distribution.
    Red Hat wants to ensure that its software will continue to run on new Apple hardware in the future.
    EFI support is theoretically possible, but is still in development.


    And to answer the question, Linux will be first.

  3. Yoda knows about Dark Matter on New Gravity Theory Dispenses with Dark Matter · · Score: 3, Funny


    From Wikipedia:
    Detecting a graviton, if it exists, would prove rather problematic. Because the gravitational force is so incredibly weak, as of today, physicists are not even able to directly verify the existence of gravitational waves, as predicted by general relativity.

    Yoda: Hard to see, the dark side is.

  4. Re:Etomite on How To Choose An Open Source CMS · · Score: 1

    - If you are looking for something that can do "everything" and be extended left and right, Etomite is not for you.

    For that, my friends, you need to call Dolemite with his all girl army of Kung-Fu killers!

  5. Who on Earth would want to be a Politician? on Both Parties Ignore the Facts · · Score: 1

    they shun logic and use emotional processing centers to justify their candidate's contradictory statements.

    Wow, people's brains must be working overtime in today's sorry state of politics. The hypocritical statements I have been reading lately about everything from domestic spying, voting recounts by unaccountable electronic voting machines to SCOTUS nominations, it just makes your brain short circuit. The country is more divided than ever and logic rarely gets used in the decisionmaking.

    Any other Slashdotters feel that politics today is just for the highest bidders and the most convincing liars? What happens when you are in a permanent state of picking the lesser of two evils in a political race? Is it now the time for meaningful political reform?

  6. Re:Hi! I am an animator. I am a millionaire. on Pixar Eaten by Mickey Mouse · · Score: 1

    Those people deserved a big steaming pile of money.

    And who says you can't just pull money out of your ass?

  7. Itchy & Scratchy infringement on Pixar Eaten by Mickey Mouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    First Samba eats the cat, then Mickey eats Pixar...
    Is this an indication that companies are getting so desperate that they are starting to copy the collected works of Itchy & Scratchy?

  8. Finally! on IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech · · Score: 1

    We can figure out just what the hell Ozzy Osbourne is saying!

  9. My cat lost his password on Samba 4 Technology Preview Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    'It may eat your cat,' says the Samba team in a statement, 'but is far more likely to choose to munch on your password database.'

    Wow, it only took 25 days for Samba to break its New Year's resolution to eat less and lose weight.

  10. A new bundle of joy on Training - A Company or a Worker's Responsibility? · · Score: 1

    Through a series of bungled management decisions, have found myself responsible for a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory network, that I know nothing about

    And all this time I thought it was poorly-designed software that was the problem.

    But seriously, it's okay, just think of it as your new baby...handle it with care, patch the holes, make sure you always know what it is doing, and never let it talk to strangers.

  11. Sparkle Murders Flash for Verb Supremacy on Microsoft's Sparkle a Flash Killer? · · Score: 1

    NEWS BULLETIN: Sparkle Murders Flash and Becomes the Preferred Action Verb for Shiny Things
    By Tim Bright (AP)

    It happened at 2:04 am Sunday morning when Flash was simply minding its own business drinking a beer and watching 'Justice League' re-runs on cable TV. One witness heard a scream and a next-door neighbor said that all of a sudden, Flash's apartment "lit up like the sun and then went dark." All that was found at the scene was a sparkling pile of ashes.
    A hunt is now on the way to find the prime suspect - Sparkle. Police are checking several leads, but no new light has been shed on the situation. No further information is available, but keep checking your local news for updates.

  12. Amazing browser technology these days on Opera Mini Mobile Browser Officially Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opera Mini works by passing pages through Opera's servers to strip them down before they are displayed on the phone.

    So does this mean that we can finally see pictures of Jessica Simpson and Seven of Nine naked?

  13. Re:I miss Steven on Dell Strikes Deal For High-Speed Wireless · · Score: 1

    Dude! You're gettin' 15 year contract with a 5-figure penalty for early termination!

    Steven: No way dude, I got busted for weed that I bought online and now they say I can't even use the internet.
    It's like - totally harsh!

  14. If you stole an iPod loaded with music and movies on iPod May Become Next Fair-Use Battleground · · Score: 1

    ...and then sold it on eBay, would you actually be committing four crimes?

    Once for the initial theft, twice for the illegal eBay resell, third for selling music, and finally fourth for selling movies?

  15. Oblig. RoboCop Reference on Google Execs Happy With $1 Salaries · · Score: 1

    In regards to the aforementioned job...

    I'll buy that for a dollar!

  16. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH on Diebold's Election Data Off-limits · · Score: 1, Funny

    We don't need to see their tabulation.

    These aren't the chads you were looking for.

    You can go about your business.

    Move along...move along.

  17. Look at the bright side Mr. Quinn on Peter Quinn Explains his Resignation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At least now you have the experience to work with the government, IT vendors & administrators.
    You will know the ups and downs of using Office and OpenOffice and have a good idea where to turn for assistance.

    Your skills will be in high demand wherever you end up, and you will probably be a lot better off mentally and financially.
    Best of luck to you.

  18. Re:What's this? on MPAA Makes Unauthorized Copies of DVD · · Score: 1

    I wonder if they have Land of the Dead yet...

    Yep, sure do, a procedural notice was issued and they are about to sue all of them.

  19. IANAL TINLA Revised on MPAA Makes Unauthorized Copies of DVD · · Score: 1

    Personally, I can't see any justification for an organization such as the MPAA ignoring a directive from a copyright owner, but IANAL."

    Did you mean:

    Personally, I can't see any justification for an organization such as the MPAA ignoring a directive from a copyright owner, but I am a bit ANAL."

    Anyway, I think that the MPAA should sue the RIAA, and vice-versa. This will tie them up in court for years and let everyone get back to the Prime Directive of copying every Ashley Simpson album known to exist.

  20. Looking out for #1 on Yahoo! Yields Search Dominance to Google · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "It really ought to be their goal" to be No. 1, he said. "Whether it's realistic or not."

    I'm a big dreamer. I shoot for unrealistic goals all the time and it totally works for me.

  21. Re:Backwards Compatability on IE7 To Support XMLHTTP Requests · · Score: 2, Funny

    Inclusion of XMLHTTPRequest now is nice, but in practical terms its perfectly meaningless.

    Yes, but look at it this way, how many times do software companies do something perfectly?

  22. Attack of the BotNet Infected Zombies! on Botnet Brain Pleads Guilty · · Score: 0

    Mr Ancheta admitted selling access to his botnet to firms which fed pop-up ads to the infected computers.

    This sounds like some B-rate horror movie about a blackmailing mad scientist finally getting his revenge.

    How do these 'firms' escape prosecution when they contributed to this whole mess?
    Why is it that this one guy gets singled-out for wrongdoing, isn't this a collaborative affair?

  23. Which word are you supposed to click on? on The World's First Banner Ad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you supposed to click on HERE? or are you supposed to click on YOU WILL?

    I mean if you click one word or the other they will take you to different internets.

  24. It's 34 features that you just don't use on 34 Design Flaws in 20 Days of Intel Core Duo · · Score: 0

    34 known issues found in the 20 days since the launch of the iMac Dore Duo. (you can read the list) with only plans to fix one of them.

    34 bugs is nothing when you can say to all your friends how you have the latest 'Dore Duo' processor.
    Besides, other large computer companies have bugs in their software and they take their sweet old time to fix them.
    If they can do it, why can't anyone else?

  25. Re:Kettle Reporting itself black on Google News Leaves Beta · · Score: 1

    Google News Headline: Google News out of Beta.

    Did he leave a 'Dear Brin' letter?