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  1. false dichotomy on Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault · · Score: 1

    hundreds of .conf files scattered randomly about the filesystem, with no standard format?

    False dichotomy. Why did you present the conf scenario as files with no standard format? They could be, and most likely would if it was presented as a replacement for the registry. Be intellectually honest, and present the option of a *de*centralized, standardized configuration system.

  2. Unless... on The Voynich Manuscript May Have Been Decoded · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now if the manuscript is ever decoded, a hell of a lot more than two pages is going to make sense. In fact, when someone figures it out, 99% of the manuscript will make sense.

    That is, unless the manuscript is using a collection of ciphers (one for each section perhaps?), in which case, one key won't unlock everything.

    Just a thought.

  3. solitaire? on Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" · · Score: 1

    Play Solitaire?

    It also shipped with Calculator and Pinball. Loads of fun right there.

  4. Re:If only.... on LHC Reaches Over One Trillion Electron Volts · · Score: 1

    now we could feed THAT into a flux capacitor.....

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!

  5. karma on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and when your karma gets really really high, you are allowed to disable /. 2.0

  6. Re flash cookie blocking on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 1

    Why not just go to Adobe's site and block them at the source?

  7. eleven? on iPhone 3.1 Spotted In Field Testing · · Score: 1

    Mac OS 0xb?

  8. Re:Badware? on Massive Badware Campaign Targets Google's "Long Tail" · · Score: 3, Funny

    When did the word badware appear? Is it because some people couldn't cope with Malware?

    It's not badware. It's goodware-challenged.

  9. Re:I Don't See the Comparison, More Like MLB Strik on Newspapers Face the Prisoner's Dilemma With Google · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also, I'm no robots.txt expert but I think there is a disallow from certain domains syntax they can use to block Google, Microsoft or white list one of the two.

    To block Google from all site pages:
    User-agent: Googlebot
    Disallow: /


    To block Google indexing a certain page (exchange brackets for > / <):
    [meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"]

    To be less specific in the user-agent line of robots.txt:
    User-agent: *

  10. How long until on Australian Govt. Proposes Internet "Panic Button" For Kids · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How long then until a worm emerges that floods the govt with hundreds of thousands of fradulent calls, making the signal to noise ratio too burdensome to navigate?

  11. best encyclopedia on Contributors Leaving Wikipedia In Record Numbers · · Score: 4, Funny

    it'd be the best encyclopedia around for quite some time yet.

    citation needed

  12. Cisco+Sun on Senators Ask EC To Let Oracle-Sun Deal Go Through · · Score: 1

    Oracle+Sun doesn't make sense from a hardware point of view

    Imo, Cisco+Sun doesn't make sense from a software point of view (mysql, java, openoffice, netbeans, etc).

  13. Lizards? on Wikileaks Publishes 500,000 9/11 Pager Messages · · Score: 4, Informative

    What next 7 foot lizards are real now?

    Yes.

  14. yawn on Where Are Your Contact Lens Displays? · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when any of these concepts move to market (and at a price point I can afford).

  15. Magic on Is That Sushi Hazardous To Your Health? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because that's just what any employer wants to hear, more details about their employees' bowel movements!

    I've found there are two magic words, that when said together, sequentially, cause the listener to not care any further why you are going to not make it in to the office today.

    Word 1: Explosive
    Word 2: Diarrhea

  16. Death Star on Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but they now cost 1000x more than they should and they only do what robot warlord Steve Jobs thinks you should be able to do.

    That is.... until the building of the great and powerful Death psyStar

  17. Re:Deckchairs? on Response To California's Large-Screen TV Regulation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The disease is overpopulation

    [Citation needed]

  18. Not the problem on Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    I have been talking against the extension model for a long time.

    The problem is not with the extension model. It is with the Firefox implementation of the extension model. If done properly, the browser would not be exposing an API to the plugin that is capable of doing naughty things, nor would it be exposing an API for a plugin to alter another plugin. You build a clear but limited line of communication on established browser events, but everything else is concealed from the plugin.

  19. Scratch that on Secret UK Plan To Appoint "Pirate Finder General" · · Score: 1

    My fault. I realized you were discussing your own hat-wearing habits, not those of Darth Madelson.

  20. Hat on Secret UK Plan To Appoint "Pirate Finder General" · · Score: 1

    I'd tip my hat to him, if I wore one

    He does wear one occasionally, when he feels like concealing his horns.

  21. Re:Sub Pixel rendering, really? on Microsoft Aims To Close Performance Gap With Internet Explorer 9 · · Score: 1

    You must be new here! ;-)

    Coming from a 3 digit-er, I suppose we all are. :p

  22. from TFSummary on Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 1

    Is cultural sensitivity becoming an overly played card in the gaming world?

    Yes. Yes it is.

  23. vendors/festivals on MPAA Shuts Down Town's Municipal WiFi Over 1 Download · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    From TFA

    During festival times, vendors find it a convenience to check the status of credit cards being used to make purchases, LaVigne said.

    It's details like this that reinforce my decision long ago to classify festivals & street fairs as cash-only events, and never use cards when attending them.

  24. slashdot on HTTP Intermediary Layer From Google Could Dramatically Speed Up the Web · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If only the Google engineers can do something about Slashdot's atrociously slow Javascript.

    I've noticed a discernible difference in /. loadtime, in favor of Google Chrome vs FF 3.x on Mac OSX at home. And that's just the Chrome dev channel release. I was pleasantly surprised.

  25. Re:The MPAA Stimulus Package on MPAA Asks Again For Control Of TV Analog Ports · · Score: 1

    Stimulate the economy by stimulating the MPAA...everyone wins!

    I don't know whether to grin or cry. :S