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  1. Re:Hmm... on Deep Impact Comet-Smashing Video · · Score: 1

    So, if it only hits a town of 10,000 in Africa, that's cool with you eh?

    You're putting words in my mouth; that's not what I meant and you know it.

  2. Re:Hmm... on Deep Impact Comet-Smashing Video · · Score: 1

    If launches fail, it falls into the Atlantic Ocean. If it's far enough out to be past it, it's already high enough to burn up in the atmosphere. Or at least fall into the forest in Africa, which isn't exactly downtown Shanghai.

  3. Re:Lets get the facts straight on Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking · · Score: 1

    A couple guys in my Computer Science class late last year used a remote task-manager and the teacher's password (who also happened to be the Sysadmin) to install trojans on the rest of the computers in the lab, so whenever you started JCreator (the IDE we used) you'd get spiraling gay-porn popups. With sound effects.

    Someone tipped off the teacher who it was. They were 17, and one of them was turning 18 over the summer.

    They actually had police officers come in the classroom and arrest them (!) with handcuffs and everything. I wasn't there, so maybe it was a little exaggerated, but they weren't at school for the rest of the year.

  4. Re:My datacenter door is a HUGE magnet. on Death On Demand Drive Tech · · Score: 1

    No, in the Cryptonomicon they just put magnets in the doorframe.

    There was someone else who did that, too, in real life.

  5. Re:Damn telemarketers! on Death On Demand Drive Tech · · Score: 1

    I can see a new aim for telemarketers... "How many hard drives can we destroy this year??"

    It probably uses a special tone as a signal, so when it gets a random call nothing happens.

    Or maybe they're just on the "do not call" list.

  6. Re:Hackers = Canaries in the Coal Mine on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    Oh and most American's forget one of those proxies we armed, supported and help train was Osama Bin Laden and what would eventually become Al Qaeda.

    If we helped him, why does he not like us now?

  7. Re:He means crackers right? on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    When black people call me Cracker, I call them Chocolate-Flavored Cracker.

    Then they beat me up.

  8. Re:and interestingly enough... on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    Well, if there were no vandal to break windows, the need for strong windows is moot, is it not? If there were no hackers, there would be no need for the bulletproof security we aim for.

    He forgot to mention the Burglar, who learned to break windows from the Vandal. But if there's no Vandal, he figures it out himself - while the windows are weak.

  9. Re:Someone should patent blame deflection on Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers · · Score: 1

    Actually, Neolithic tribes didn't wander. The "Neolithic Revolution" was the development of argriculture, so they stayed put.

  10. Re:Performance margin hardly worth it on GeForce 7800 GTX Review · · Score: 1
    1. Doom 3
    2. Cedega
      • BattleField 2
      • Half-Life 2
      • Far Cry
      • Other games
    3. Some sort of non-gaming application that uses a graphics card. Having trouble thinking of one now, but I know they exist somewhere ;)
  11. Re:LOL! on Apple Sued Over iTunes UI · · Score: 1

    Parent:
    ...the about SoundJam file indicates a 1998 copyright date.

    TFA:
    United States Patent 5,864,868
    Contois January 26, 1999


    Oooooops!

  12. Re:I don't supppose... on Classic MMOG Raised From the Dead by Past Players · · Score: 1

    They might not have the source - they bought the clients, and the server software was already installed on the server they pulled from the trash.

    I really hope they have backups, so when the hard drive crashes they can bring it back.

  13. Re:Classic games that you can never find again on Classic MMOG Raised From the Dead by Past Players · · Score: 1
    1. Castlevania was on the NES, not the computer.
    2. Castlevania wasn't distributed on any ISP
    3. Castlevania was a side-scroller, and thus had no mazes
    4. Castlevania was not text-based.
    No, probably not.
  14. Re:More geeks should learn about glass blowery. on Glass In Spaaaaace · · Score: 1

    What happens if you *inhale* through the blow tube?

  15. Re:That might not be possible. on Glass In Spaaaaace · · Score: 1

    Nah, they're just really pedantic.
    ...
    Whatever, it's the same thing.

  16. Take them down on GPL Violations of Miranda IM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Everybody go to their contact page, fill it out with dummy information, and submit it.

  17. Torrent here on New Star Wars Movie From the Makers of 'Troops' · · Score: 4, Informative
  18. Re:big deal on Bloggers Test New MS China Filter · · Score: 1

    At least when we do, we can say so.

  19. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Firefox Faces Trademark Issues · · Score: 1

    Hmm, too late I think. Joe already exists.
    So spell it
    ._/ 0 3

  20. Re:Hmm... on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 1

    I know what they were supposed to be. He just shouldn't have replied to himself. It's against all that makes our society secure! HE MUST BE A COMMIE!!! ARRRGH

  21. Re:pick up a fucking phone on Protecting Your Personal Info While Traveling? · · Score: 1

    You know, you can't *always* be detatched from society.

    What if you need to pay your mortgage/credit card/car bills? Or send a report back to your employers?
    Snail mail isn't always fast enough. That's why they call it snail mail. You're going to have to type *somewhere*.

    So, either you don't travel much, or you're a troll. Probably the latter because you're an AC.

  22. Re:Use the mouse on Protecting Your Personal Info While Traveling? · · Score: 1

    Except you're defenseless if it does things like watch the web browser, and copy off anything that looks like a text submission form :)

  23. Hmm... on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...why did you reply to yourself?

  24. Re:Internet Explorer on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How could they make IE better? Why not join the crowd and fully release the source?

    Because it's part of the kernel. ;)

  25. Re:hmm... on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 2, Informative

    We need a "+1, Scary".

    Yes, I know it's a joke. But we still need it.