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  1. Switch on Why Do Computers Take So Long to Boot Up? · · Score: 3, Funny
    Apple is slowly turning your Windows PC into a Mac, starting with putting QuickTime in the startup folder.

    As for Adobe, they just don't like you.

  2. Re:not the first on Reuters and Yahoo! Enlist Camera Phones · · Score: 1

    As I recall, "journalist" was the one job that ranked lower then "politican" in most polls in terms of respect. Unless you're referring to Jon Stewart.
  3. Mario Kart on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I wish that my car was equipped like the ones in Mario Kart, so I could drop a banana peel or turtle shell to clear out tailgaters.

  4. Re:just had this happen on Plastic Packages Cause Injuries, Revolt · · Score: 1

    No doubt. That doesn't stop people from doing it though. At the retailer where I worked over the summer, pretty much every day I worked I would find empty packaging slashed open, stashed somewhere out of place. This was with security cameras, store detectives, and employees and customers all over the place.

  5. Re:just had this happen on Plastic Packages Cause Injuries, Revolt · · Score: 1

    2) It is difficult for a thief to nick it.
    3) It is bulky so if the thief stuffs it in their pocket, it is easily identifiable. Thieves don't need to steal the packaging, just what's in it. They just slash the packaging open with a razor.
  6. Unless the creator never dies... on UK Copyright Extension Not Happening · · Score: 0

    Then people will start putting themselves in suspended animation when they are near death so that the copyright will never expire.

  7. Re:It's whether it's WORTH it on Archiving Digital Data an Unsolved Problem · · Score: 1
    Why, amongst every great post, does there usually exist a reference to humanity destroying itself?

    It's probably better than every post including a reference to how humanity will be destroyed by alien invaders from outer space. Space invaders, if you will.

  8. Re:rocket "belt" on Rocket Men · · Score: 1

    Wait, "jet pack" implies that the pack is wearing you?

  9. Re:absolutely preposterous on Giant Insect Invades Germany · · Score: 1

    "I didn't even know what a nuclear panner plant was!"

    - Homer

  10. Re:Doh! on Advertising Comes to DVR Owners · · Score: 1

    And then if you play them backwards, they'll tell you to worship the devil.

  11. Re:Indeed on Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity · · Score: 1
    I meant it seriously, but someone with mod points thought it was funny...

    One of the places I applied to work over the summer was a non-profit getting people to sign a petition to make it less easy for others to send their trash here. It's also been a bit of an election year issue.

    (I'm a fan of Canada, FWIW.)

  12. Re:Indeed on Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity · · Score: 2, Funny

    Especially since there's a concerted effort in Michigan to stop the flow of Canadian trash.

  13. Re:This is cool and all.. on Sega Genesis Collection for PSP and PS2 · · Score: 1

    I acquired PD Saga for about $100 on ebay. Then again, that was five or six years ago, so it could be more rare now.

  14. Re:Starcraft Galaxies? on World of Starcraft? Not So Much · · Score: 1

    Well, if you want more than one world, you'll have to buy the expansion pack(s).

  15. Re:I'm Allergic to Cats on Allergy-Free Kittens Produced · · Score: 1

    Yes, why should we settle for hypoallergenic pets when we can have a race of atomic super pets?

  16. Re:Windows/Mac combo CDs on Blizzard's 'Secret Sauce' · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I meant to say that Blizzard's games debuted on Windows (or DOS) prior to the Mac version up until fairly recently. I guess with Diablo II they had both versions ready to ship at the same time. My issue with the original poster was his statement that Blizzard had always released Windows/Mac CDs. That said, Blizzard has been one of the few game studios to produce the Mac version themselves.

  17. Windows/Mac combo CDs on Blizzard's 'Secret Sauce' · · Score: 1

    The CDs with both Windows and Mac versions didn't happen until sometime after the release of Starcraft. I bought Starcraft pretty much when it came out, and it was Windows-only. After the Mac version was released, they started putting both on one disc. I believe Warcraft III was the first Blizzard game to have both versions from the beginning.

  18. Re:Video on Freshman MIT Students Automate Dorm Room · · Score: 1

    I like that song better in the Wendy's commercial.

  19. Re:The Dual Shock Wii on Ken Kutaragi's Famous Last Words · · Score: 1

    I would think that if they wanted to, they could have included both the rumble and the tilt sensor, and just told developers to use one or the other, but not both.

  20. Re:Why during E3? on MacBook Announcement Expected on Tuesday · · Score: 1
    Why would they time it to be the same day as Nintendo's press conference on Tuesday?
    So they can announce the Apple/Nintendo merger, of course!
  21. Re:Military Equipment on VW Beetle Fitted with a Jet Engine · · Score: 1
    in which case you can build yourself a fully functional attack helicopter
    You never know when one of those might come in handy.
  22. Re:802.11 cannot replace home networks on 802.11n Spec Still In The Air · · Score: 1

    The one reason 802.11n is likely to replace home networks:

    The salespeople at Best Buy will push the latest 802.11n router, regardless of the customer's networking needs.

  23. Re:Holy Moly! on E3 On Xbox Live Leads With Lost Planet · · Score: 1
    They might say they are going after the casual gamer, but the casual gamer is still happy with his/her Xbox or PS2.
    Or NES, for that matter.
  24. Re:Trying to outdo the NGage on Nokia's New All-In-One Phone · · Score: 1

    I believe the QD is the post-sidetalking NGage model. No doubt elimination of that feature is why NGage isn't around to compete with the DS and PSP.

  25. Re:What we really want to know on Virginia Company Creates Dynamic Eyeglasses · · Score: 1

    It'll be a whole new market for the iPod accessory manufacturers.