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  1. Re:It's easy... on Huge Traffic On Wikipedia's Non-Profit Budget · · Score: 1

    My point precisely.

  2. Re:It's easy... on Huge Traffic On Wikipedia's Non-Profit Budget · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why? If you want search, go to google. If you want an encyclopedia, go to wikipedia. Its pretty simple, really.

  3. Re:OMG, theyve invented Usenet on Twitter As a Campaigning Tool · · Score: 3, Funny

    >>USENET doesn't have a 160 character limit.
    >Just think how much better and more readable some newsgroups would be if it did.

    I totally agree.
  4. Re:What about language? on Six Degrees of Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    The 6 degrees theory claims that everyone in the world is connected. What? No. The six degrees of Kevin Bacon demonstrates that Kevin Bacon worked (works) on not just a lot of movies, but a diverse set of movie types. Such that he has either directly or indirectly come into contact with almost every person in the industry.

  5. Re:BBC on UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida · · Score: 1

    Provided consistent pronunciation throughout the English language, that is. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahaha... heehee.

  6. Re:You need a security policy. on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1
    Please do not take this the wrong way. I speak as someone who is in the process of writing ISO 9000 quality manuals for two different companies.


    If you have to invent a TLA to describe the process you have already lost. If you want the policy to be actually implemented, it needs to easy to understand. Brutally easy. Comically easy.

  7. Dumb on Let Older Add-Ons Work With Firefox 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Dumb dumb dumb. Most of the popular extensions have beta and dev releases that are compatible with ff3. IMHO, it is better to monkey around with the dev release and maybe get bugs fixed than just live with a mostly broken "compatible"ized extension hoping that it will be updated by the time the official release comes out. THIS IS WHAT BETA (and RC's now, I guess) IS FOR!

  8. Yay irony! on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 1

    Article complaining about javascript requires javascript. Film at 11.

  9. I was gonna say... on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 1

    On my system it automajically offers to upgrade from beta 5 to RC1. Get with the progrom.

  10. Re:Speed on Blender 2.46 Released · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see you are a Pro/E user. I swear, they have found a way to be slow without actually using computer resources.

  11. Rose of a different colour on Why Windows Solitaire Eats So Much Time · · Score: 1

    Still smells the same. One side of the pond calls it Solitaire, the other calls it Patience. I cannot find a firm reference, but I would bet that the change originates from some of the anti-french sentiments around the Napoleonic wars.

    Strictly speaking, the game should be called "Klondike" since it is really a subtype of solitaire/patience.

  12. Re:Gorilla Arm on Why Did Touch Take 4 Decades to Catch On? · · Score: 1
    Haha, only serious.

    If I had the mod points, I would throw you an Insightful. In order for touchscreens to catch on, you first need a touchscreen that you can easily position to be comfortable for both viewing and interacting. Only recently have they become compact and durable enough (IMHO).

  13. Re:test eh? on Online Quiz As a Gateway to P2P · · Score: 1

    spelling

  14. Re:What is a good DIY success rate? on A Walk Through the Hard Drive Recovery Process · · Score: 1

    Until the RAID controller fails...

  15. Re:Bamboo on DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration · · Score: 1

    meh.

    You say 'potato', I say 'famine'.

  16. Re:Speaking of terroists... on Terrorist Recognition Handbook · · Score: 1

    Even worse than that. What about the false negatives? The net hauls in two hundred thousand people and doesn't haul in one of the terrorists. Oops.

  17. Re:Oblig. on Internet2 and You · · Score: 1

    Too much DRM. I'll keep my Internet2sp3 till you pry it out of my cold dead ethernet port.

  18. Now I'm really confused on A Yottabyte of Storage Per Year by 2013 · · Score: 1

    How much data is a "Rhode Island"?

  19. Go for the full Kafka/Heller on RIAA Says No Mystery In Rash of College Complaints · · Score: 1

    2d6. 1 -> you are innocent

  20. Re:The obvious solution... on SCO's McBride Testifies "Linux Is a copy of UNIX" · · Score: 1

    According to PinkSheets, their address is:

    355 South 520 West
    Suite 100
    Lindon, Utah 84042 USA
    801-765-4999 phone
    801-765-1313 fax


    This matches the address listed on their website. No luck on his home address (with my lame ass google-fu)

  21. Re:Its a beautiful day after all! on Falling Microsoft Income Endangers Yahoo Bid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ummmm, ew?

  22. An old truism on Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End · · Score: 1

    One of my Irish friends likes to say that God invented alcohol to keep the Irish from taking over the world.

  23. Squirrel Nut Zippers on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 70,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    the D and the A and the M and the N and the A and the T and the I O N.

  24. Re:Drugs on Bill Gates On the GPL — "We Disagree" · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think what he is trying to say is if someone else invents a drug, you should be able to charge for them.

  25. mPIN? What a waste... on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    ... of an excellent acronym opportunity. Personal Identification by Mobile Phone. PIMP.

    Yo, my g-mail is totally PIMP.