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  1. Re:Why would that matter? on Radio Shack E-Fires 400 Workers · · Score: 1
    They already have your snail mail address, bank account info, and SSN. What is the advantage of not giving them your email address?

    <sarcasm>
    Maybe it is the illusion of privacy.

    Or could it be the relative comfort of knowing that their employer doesn't know that their email address is captsparkypants@example.com or some other silly address?
    </sarcasm>
  2. Re:In other news ... on Radio Shack E-Fires 400 Workers · · Score: 1
    Radio Shack is now Radio Sack

    No matter what, I will still refer to Radio Shack as Radio Shaft.

    Of course, this has nothing to do with their most recent actions (rtfa), but because I like to play with company names (examples: Subway -> Grubway, Cingular -> Suckular...).
  3. Re:Oh, and P.S. on Radio Shack E-Fires 400 Workers · · Score: 1

    Would you like a cell phone with that?

  4. Re:Animal Cruelty on Laser Shortage to Stall High-Def Disc War? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Everyone knows they use red lasers for the sharks.

    Red lasers for sharks are so 1997, just like ill tempered mutated sea bass. All sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads want to look cool, and therefore only use blue lasers.
  5. Re:badware? on AOL 9.0 Called Badware · · Score: 1

    I try to think of it as being "Social Outcast -ware". All it needs is some friends and love (i.e. a girlfriend) and it will be all ok in the end.

  6. Re:Great... on Catan on Live, PopCap on Steam · · Score: 2, Funny

    My ex-girlfriend used to yell out "SHEEPIES!!" every time sheep were involved while playing the game at various Mensa gatherings.

    I can't wait to hear "SHEEPIES!!" live over the network.

  7. Re:Microsoft's possible fear on Microsoft License Goes to OSI But Not From Redmond · · Score: 1
    Upon audit, the license was found to contain non-final wordings.

    It also appears that someone forgot to install service pack 2 and the most recent critical updates to the license.
  8. Re:Tetris! on Ark Linux Review, A Distro with an Identity Crisis · · Score: 1

    Ah yes... the good ole days ('99-'00). If I remember correctly, Caldera also offered PacMan in their installers.

    Of course, I never got to play either one. Even back then, *hell no, I didn't SCO*

  9. Re:Cheap bastards.... on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No, first they ripped off MacOS and made Windows 95.


    More accurately, first Apple ripped off Xerox Parc and made MacOS. Microsoft then ripped off Xerox Parc and Apple and made Windows 1.0.
  10. Re:Why a GPS enabled PSP? on GPS Map Viewer for PSP Released · · Score: 1
    Is it a video game device? A movie player? A music player?


    You left out "personal intimate massage unit" and "spinach stuck between teeth removal device"

    I doubt even Sony really knows the answer to that question...


    I think Sony thought it would be a Nintendo DS (or Nintendo DS Lite) kille, and would injur or maim the iPod. They must have decided that giving it the ability to do everything would cause it to dominate the market. Unfortunately, they ended up producing the handheld version of the Bradley tank (without the planned flying feature).

    Note: I own a Nintendo DS, and tag all Sony related stories as "sonycrap", so I may be a bit biased.
  11. Re:No one cares about rights - it's Macrovision on Macrovision Wants Old DRM to Work Forever · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apparently, Macrovision must have successfully scrambled item number 3.

  12. Re:Baggage Check? on Is Your Laptop At Risk While Traveling? · · Score: 1
    ...laptop turns on and detonates the 'extra' battery that is made up of C4...


    Why bother... just buy a Dell and use batteries produced by Sony.
  13. Re:Let me try to understand this on RIAA Ends Harassment of Grieving Family · · Score: 1

    With my sick mind, the following slogan came to mind... "UK Universities: Where students are just dying to earn their degrees"

  14. Re:I think I've tried that one on Jack Thompson Files Take-Two, Rockstar Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Rockstar is also thinking "Hmmmm... if we give him a copy of the game, and he sues us, we can place a "As Seen On Court TV" sticker on our games!"

  15. Re:Let me try to understand this on RIAA Ends Harassment of Grieving Family · · Score: 1
    It's OK to steal music if one of your relatives is about to die.

    Actually, I think the more important question is "If you are in college and your roomate commits suicide, would you get straight A's for your grief in addition to the RIAA's suit against you dropped?"
  16. Re:What? on 15 Websites That Changed the World · · Score: 1

    Goatse?! Hell, these amateurs forgot tubgirl too!

  17. Re:separation on RIAA Wants to Depose Dead Defendant's Children · · Score: 1
    . . .but your estate are belong to us. You have already failed to survive. Set us up the corpse for great justice. We get stay. Make your filing.

    You! Lawyers RIAA! Get you the hot bullets of shotgun to die!
  18. Re:Oh hey, great... on RIAA Wants to Depose Dead Defendant's Children · · Score: 1
    ...there would be little point in taking depositions from dead people.

    Tell **that** to the RIAA Lawyers!
  19. Re:"How old is too old?" on How Old is Too Old? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, Pastafarian Heaven *does* have a beer volcano and a stripper factory. That is pretty damn close to College in my book.

  20. Re:Where's Hungaria? on Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government · · Score: 1

    According to Google Maps, it is located in NJ!

  21. Re:Where's Hungaria? on Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is located in Europe.

    (the joke only works if you follow the link... sorry)

  22. Re:In The Future... on The Ad-Supported Operating System · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can imagine trying to use Vista's speech recognition software...

    After every time you get "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all" a popup ad for USPS, UPS, FedEx... would popup.

  23. Re:Almost there! on Matt Damon as Kirk in Star Trek XI? · · Score: 1
    Berman and Braga had BETTER NOT be involved with this.


    Hmmm.... Lets see, according to the IMDB.com full credits page they are not involved. I think we will be safe.

    And now, the obligatory MST3k quote:

    "Okay, let's see here... Shatner, Shatner... no, doesn't look like he's in this one; we're safe." - Tom Servo
  24. Eclipse on Best Developer Tools for OS X · · Score: 4, Informative

    I can't believe that the article didn't recommend Eclipse. Even Apple's Developer Connection recommends this wonderful program.

    Of course, Eclipse is a good tool because it is multiplatform and highly extensible. I find it great for java and python (through pydev) work on my Mac and other boxen.

  25. Re:MySpace on Walmart Tries to Emulate MySpace · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It just full of crap. ...
    Can anyone point out a page that's actually worth looking at?


    Here is a Myspace page kinda sorta maybe worth looking at... The Terms of Service Page. After that, it is all down hill.

    Not wanting to sound like a troll, but I would describe MySpace as being something similar to the AOL effect (the legendary propensity of America Online users to utter contentless postings) plus Geocities (free websites for the masses) being applied to blogs. Sure, it gives a lot of people the means to say something on the net, but unfortunately the noise to signal ratio is very high.