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  1. Elephant Talk on Robert Fripp to Compose Vista's Soundtrack · · Score: 1

    Should be used for their speech startup sound

  2. Gates has egg on his face on Microsoft to Patch WMF Exploit Early · · Score: 0, Redundant
  3. Re:Wonder if it works like babelfish on Yahoo IM Translator · · Score: 1

    Idade/Sexo/Posição? It sounds like you're inquiring about one's "position", and not one's place

    I used babelfish to get the Portuguese translation for 'location' and it came up 'posição' LOL

  4. Re:Wonder if it works like babelfish on Yahoo IM Translator · · Score: 1

    What's Portuguese for A/S/L?

    Believe it or not, it is I/S/P?

  5. AYBABTU Babble on Yahoo IM Translator · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that when you type in "All your base are belong to us"

    It translates roughly as "CATS has taken over all of your bases"?

  6. Oblig. Richard Gere on Bluetooth Mouse That Stores And Charges In PC Slot · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will be interesting to see how the ergonomic of the mouse feels.

    Kind of like a gerbil.

  7. Re:Guess they learnt their lesson! on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 1

    Now you learnt something else: Google is not an answer to everthing.

    Did you mean: everything

  8. Man, I really pissed off the grammar nazis... on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and the spelling nazis at the same time! Guess I learnt my lesson :(

  9. sorry guys on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 1

    It wasn't meant to be taken literally

  10. Guess they learnt their lesson! on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 2, Funny

    CIS acknowledged that it is unlikely to see any of the judgement money but said that it was time that spammers learnt that their actions would result in an economic death penalty.

    Why does that sentence look weird?

    (going to google.com)
    define: learnt

    ---No definitions were found for learnt.

    Well at least we learnt one thing today.

  11. Bill knows all on Microsoft Sees IBM as Biggest Threat · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "People tend to get over focused on one of our competitors. We've always seen that, said Gates...Too bad for Nokia, Sony and all those others...IBM has always been our biggest competitor. The press just doesn't like to write about IBM....reading everything online and new devices that enable that -- in five years, that will just be common sense...We're pretty simple, because 30 years ago we said we were a software company and five years, 10 years from now we will say we're a software company."

    Does it annoy anyone else that as you read what Bill Gates says it tends to sound rather whiny and condescending? And what's with the waving of his hands in the air?
    Why can't he just say that they have several strong competitors but they always try to do their best to create good products that will do A, B, and C?
    Is there anything that Microsoft can't do, hasn't thought of, or has something in the works that is better than everyone else? Come on.

  12. Re:AddaFee on Security Vendor McAfee to Pay $50 Million Fine · · Score: 1

    "Oh, if only I had some mod points. +1 Funny, +1 Insightful for you."

    Thanks, my pixels are blushing.

  13. For Proper Viewing, Take Red Pill Now on Futurama to be Resurrected? · · Score: 1

    If accidentally watched, induce vomiting.

  14. Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive shortage confirmed on HD-DVD Confirmed For Xbox 360 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know it hasn't even come out yet, but Microsoft is sorry to have to announce a shortage of the HD-DVD drives for the Xbox 360. Please be patient, our gnomes are working as fast as they can to get more out by the end of this year.

  15. AddaFee on Security Vendor McAfee to Pay $50 Million Fine · · Score: 1

    And people wonder why they don't trust the government, the stock market, or anti-virus software to do what is right and correct. They need to run a thorough fraud scan on their accounting software and then quarantine the fraud.

  16. Re:Who wrote this article? on Microsoft Unveils 'Urge' Music Service · · Score: 1

    Ideally, they could have used someone who has used a computer before.

    No, that would just instantly throw off their oblivious target audience.

  17. Why do I have an urge to purge this scourge? on Microsoft Unveils 'Urge' Music Service · · Score: 4, Funny

    "These (partnerships) will allow you to enjoy high definition content and take that away on a portable media device" for what Gates called both the "two-foot experience and the 10-foot experience."

    Two feet or ten feet, Justin Timberlake still sounds like crap. Whenever I listen to him, I get a temporal lobe malfunction.

  18. ELF again. Sheesh. on SCO Amends Novell Complaint · · Score: 3, Funny

    ELF again. Sheesh. How many times do we have to explain that to them?

    They must not be into Dungeons & Dragons I guess.
    Listen up..Elves come in a large variety of races, and each has its own nuances. They are here described in alphabetical order: Dargonesti, Dimernesti, Drow, Gray Elves, High Elves, Kagonesti, Qualinesti, Silvanesti, Valley Elves, Wild Elves, and Wood Elves.

  19. In the words of Yoda... on Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Begun the resales of Star Wars have.

  20. Re:So where do I buy HD-DVD's? on Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a bad feeling, that like DVD, one of the first titles we see will be James Taylor live in concert...

    I saw James Taylor live this past summer and it kicked ass. And, believe it or not, he was actually playing an instrument and singing in tune, imagine that!

  21. A big clunker on Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anyone else think that picture looks like it is from 1985? Compare it with the first Sony CD player in 1985 - http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/images/PDRM 1542a.jpg

    It is huge and expensive...I'll wait for it to come down in price and when it can record.

  22. What a great place to cool your Xbox 360! on Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Now you will be able to get those super-high frame rates you always wanted.

  23. Re:Real Contri on Human Based Stem Cell Culture Medium Developed · · Score: 1

    "None of the stem cells from these clean lines can be used in any Federal funded stem cell research. Bush made certain of that."

    Judging by Bush's current credibility, it won't be long before this changes.

  24. crashes vs. global warming on The Physics Behind Car Crashes · · Score: 1

    "The evidence is compelling that body-on-frame light trucks cannot safely coexist with passenger cars under existing conditions."

    If you want to look at it another way, "The evidence is compelling that body-on-frame light trucks cannot safely coexist with the atmosphere under existing conditions."

    Time to up the fuel economy standards as well as the safety standards.

  25. Is this ergonomic and useful or just unique? on Infinium Phantom Lapboard Coming to PC? · · Score: 1

    makes the Lapboard unique is that the keyboard can be angled upwards to create a surface for the mouse to operate on underneath

    The operation of the mouse underneath is supposed to provide what advantage exactly? I see it just as another way of positioning a mouse, but maybe I just don't 'get it.'