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  1. Re:It's because of all the Free Software on Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe · · Score: 1

    Then once everyone stops using Free Software altogether the cost of commercial software comes all the way down to zero, (i.e. Free).

    Then it all starts again.

  2. Re:Can we stage it for 2008? on Excerpt From Arthur C. Clarke's Last Work · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the facilities would probably be ready before the London ones are finished.

  3. Re:Poor guy on What Spooks Microsoft's Chief Security Advisor · · Score: 4, Funny

    You "years" key is broken.

  4. Re:Why is this reported? on Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan · · Score: 2, Funny

    2) The *next* time we send nuclear weapon components to the wrong address, the recipient might not be nice enough to send them back. And they might wind up somewhere we wouldn't like.

    Or even worse, if you sent nuclear weapons components to the wrong address and they put them all together and THEN sent them back.....express.
  5. Re:Piracy/Privacy on Net Neutrality Blasted by MPAA Bosses · · Score: 1

    ...but a good one.

    Admins, whoever mods this post down is an *IAA member trying to turn TheMeuge to the dark side! Ban them!

    P.S. whoever mods this down because I used the incorrect article before *IAA is a grammar nazi of the very worst kind.

  6. Re:Like a firehose.... on Google Says Spam, Virus Attacks to Get More Clever · · Score: 1

    ... and most of it consists of duplicates. Why are the spammers doing this? Unless they are paid per message they send, I don't see it improving their chances of getting a message past filters.

    It's likely that you are on the spammers list more than once, though a smarter spammer would check for that sort of thing, so quite possibly you are in a number of different lists that the same spammer is using.
  7. Re:In other news.... on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 1

    First post!!!

  8. Re:The last question... on The Limits of Quantum Computing · · Score: 5, Funny

    The obvious question would then be, that if all existence is cyclical, how many times has it been reset? And, what kicked it off to begin with?

    I don't think there is sufficient data to give a meaningful answer to these questions.
  9. Re:What enemy?? on Satellite Spotters Make Government Uneasy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror." - George W. (November 2001).

    There are quite a few countries that aren't "with" the U.S.A. so I guess that makes them the enemies from that statement.

  10. Re:Where Does This Leave the Xbox? on Toshiba To Halt HD-DVD Production · · Score: 1

    rumour has it there is already one on the way.

    http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Console/J7L7H2R4?page=1

  11. Re:23mm cannon on The Shadow Space Race · · Score: 2, Informative

    . The Soyuz VI was to include a recoilless gun for self-defence developed by the well known Soviet designer A E Nudelmanfrom


    From the linked article about the Almaz.
  12. Re:The one lesson on Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Asshole!
    Now all the hot 18 year old chicks that read slashdot are that much less likely to let someone take naked pics of them and post them on the internet!

  13. thevapowaretagisincorrect on Submersible Glider Powered By Thermal Changes · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know, I was shocked too, but the vaporware tag is wrong.

    They have had one working that has traveled 1400 kms so far since launch in December. Better article here
    http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/02/08/tech-glider-undersea.html

  14. Re:The Cold on Li-Ion Batteries Hit Final R&D Phase for Plug-in Cars · · Score: 1

    Problem Solved

    That's why it's taking so long for these electric cars to go into mass production. Bring them in too soon and the planet will be too cold for them to work properly.

  15. Re:Information warfare? on Millions in Middle East Lose Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    *snip*


    wow - they even have a recording of the salvage operation taking place!
  16. Re:Transcript of the incident on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 3, Funny

    I heard it was because little Bobby Tables had just moved to St Louis and opened an account with Charter.

  17. Re:Isn't that, like, Illegal ? on Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps · · Score: 1

    I would make that "never attribute to malice..." quote but I would have to punch myself in the nuts because that is waaaaay overused around here.

  18. Re:show as much spine as the French on ISP Filters & Copyright Extension Defeated In EU · · Score: 1

    Correction:

    You don't understand. Those cheese-eating surrender-monkeys CAVED IN to the Evil Terrorist Content Pirates[tm].

    Clearly we must support our patriotic burger-munching invasion-monkey "content producers" to defeat the evildoers.

  19. Re:I don't believe it on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    As for 3.

    They called his parents. It's fairly realistic for someones parents to have the same number for over 10 years (mine have had theres for almost 30).

    Though I do agree that for this to be written on an anonymous blog that has 3 entries the bullshit-o-meter reading is fairly high.

  20. Re:Right here... on Where's the Traveling Salesman for Google Maps? · · Score: 1

    Or the submitter wants to promote that site but not through a shameless plug.

    Crazy like a fox!

  21. Re:What is the incentive? on ISPs To Filter Traffic For Copyright Holders? · · Score: 1

    It's an ISPs wet dream to be able to stop all p2p traffic which they see as both:
    a) costing them a fortune in bandwidth
    b) illegal (or at least the majority is illegal) so that have a good reason to stomp it out without looking like they are just doing so to save themselves money.

  22. Re:Who cares if they block BitTorrent? on FCC To investigate Comcast Bittorrent Meddling · · Score: 1

    Again with the trucks Ted?

  23. Re:The trouble with TV (why print rules) on What's Wrong With the TV News · · Score: 1

    And if you are reading you are in control. If you are watching someone read it then you are not.

    If you are reading the news on the net and an article doesn't interest you then skip over it, if an article does interest you and you want more info look up more information at another source. You want a video clip of an incident then you can find that too.

    Watching the news you have to watch it in the order that the programmer chooses at the speed they choose to he depth that they choose.

  24. Re:Memory Leaks? on First Look At Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Exactly? I can't find that exact quote anywhere else. Is that really exactly what the response was or are you paraphrasing?

    If it is exact where did you get it from ? an email dist. list?

  25. Re:i think its clear on Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From? · · Score: 1

    That must be the explanation for the thousands (millions?) of times that someone has set out to scientifically prove that a theory is false, but not been able to do so, even though their sole intent was to disprove the theory. They just weren't in balance with themselves.