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  1. Re:Great... Just Great. on Hot Pepper Kills Prostate Cancer · · Score: 1
    But then, I hear there is a great deal of confusion between asses and elbows sometimes. ;)


    I also hear that there is a great deal of confusion between asses and holes in the ground too.
  2. Why bother shredding? on Torn-up Credit Card Apps Not So Safe · · Score: 1

    Why bother only shreading documents? I find it much more secure to shread my sensitive documents with a cross-cut shredder and burn the shreddings in a coffee can or other suitable non-galvinized steel container.

    Credit card apps are also great for use as kindling while starting a campfire, fireplace, or the bbq grill.

    Of course, if you dislike burning stuff, or are unable to set alight stuff, you can always throw limited ammounts of the shreddings, plus some water, into a blender and turn it into pulp. The pulp is good for making new paper, flushing down the toilet, or sometimes for plantfood.

  3. Re:Tcl on SCO Offers Up The 'SCAMP' Stack · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if SCO moves to Houston and they replace Apache with IIS, it would then be called SHIT. Oh wait, all SCO products (and SCO, too) already are.

  4. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 1

    Would it really matter in the long term of things... I would become a crispy critter pretty damn quick, even if I used A SPF 3 billion Sunscreen and one hellova moisturizer.

  5. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 1

    Straight from Wikipedia: "The heat index (HI) or humidex is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity to determine an apparent temperature -- how hot it actually feels."

    Although, if I was ever dropped into the sun, I'd either be thinking of other things than the heat index, or I'd be busy soiling myself before becomming a crispy critter.

  6. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lets see... 0% humidity, 27,000,000 degrees F... thats like a heat index of FREAKIN HOT!!!

  7. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 1

    At first, I didn't believe you. I have referred to the Oracle of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin . You are right, my chem teacher was wrong.

  8. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 1

    I thought that was supposed to be 15 million Kelvin (Kelvin is supposed to be singular).

    Although, as Clippy would say, maybe you meant Melvin.

  9. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...which makes the Sun's interior actually 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.


    Yes, but it isn't that bad because its a dry heat.
  10. Re:wrist watches? on Top 10 Geek Watches · · Score: 1

    Well, aren't you spiffy, with yer fancy-schmancy GUI tools.. Us hardcore nerds just python to tell us the time:

    from datetime import *
    print datetime.today()

    Of course, back in the good ole days, we had to walk 30 miles (uphill, both ways) to get a stick to shove into the ground to tell time. Lemmie tell you, those saber-tooth tigers were mean bastards... had to beat them away from the stick clock with a rock...

  11. Clarification? on Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    So let me get this straigt... If I don't pay my bills, my credit goes to crap and I become a deadbeat. If I do pay my bills, I'm a terrorist.

    If I pay for items using cash, it is assumed I am a terrorist. If I pay for items using a check, the Ministry of Homeland Defence will question me for being either a terrorist or criminal. If I pay with credit, Chase (or whatever other company my credit cards go though) will break my legs with interest, plus the same penalties for non-payment or payment of bills.

    WTF???

  12. Obligatory Highlander Quote on New AT&T Acquires BellSouth · · Score: 2, Funny

    "There can be only one!" (Connor MacLeod, amongst others)

  13. Obligatory Chicago comment on Jupiter Gets New Red Spot · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...a storm twice as wide as our planet and at least 300 years old."


    Sounds like the typical Chicago winter...
  14. Re:why can't it be both? on Linspire CEO Considers CNR for Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, but I think that it would be even better if CNR could be installed on any Linux distribution. Of course some code tweaking would be necessary, but this could become a great tool for newbies.

  15. Re:Short and /sweet/? on AOL Won't Budge on Email Tax · · Score: 1

    I can only imagine AOL using the following slogan in one of their future commercials "AOL: Welcome to the World Wide WTF!" (Although, at least this time, if they use that slogan, their stoc price won't tank)

  16. Re:Interesting... on New York Times sues DoD over Domestic Spying · · Score: 1

    Don't forget which president supported Saddam Hussein.

  17. Re:Just shop at the outlets on Rise of the Small Brands · · Score: 1

    I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it.

    The funny thing is, according to wikipedia "..."no-brand" video cameras have been sold in tax-free areas in the Far East under the name of "Panascanic". In many parts of Eastern Europe brands such as "Panasonix", "Panashiba", "Addidas", "Tonny Hilfiger", "Rebook", "Eila", "Fuma", "Fike" and "Somy" can also be found."

  18. Obligatory on Gentoo 2006.0 Screenshot Tour · · Score: 1

    "Fucking ricers." - Virtually every Gentoo developer and team lead

  19. Re:Ubuntu? Why? on Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps · · Score: 1

    My responce to your statements will be in latin:

    Nil bene cum facias, facias tamen omnia belle, vis dicam quid sis? Magnus es ardalio. Es vilior et levior. Odiosus mihis. Nates pilosas, fili, non potes asse venditare. Indiligens cum pigra familia. Discinctaque in otia natvs. Non ego tvam empsis vitam vitioso nvce. Lingva factois, inertes opera.

  20. Re:Ubuntu? Why? on Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps · · Score: 1

    I used portage to refer to all of those damn packages in .rpm form that are on all of those damn install CDs.

  21. Re:Ubuntu? Why? on Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps · · Score: 1

    They could have gone with Gentoo... although the wait for it to compile could possibly be longer than the expected lifetime of the device.

    The only reason why I can see them using Ubuntu is the fact that you can have it do a very minimum install. The "server" install of ubuntu doesn't install anything unless you tell it to. In theory, you can do a whole install, and have a machine lacking such normal apps like make or sshd. Compare this to Fedora which is at the bare minimum a 5 CD distro due to how they manage their portage and other stuff.

    As for Ubuntu being buggy... The AMD64 port really really sucks (I noticed that LDAP and NFS support is very borken.) Also, their portage is very out of date. On my Ubuntu (x86) desktop, I just upgraded from 2.6.12 to 2.6.14... meanwhile, Gentoo is using 2.6.15-r(something). I can only wonder what version of OpenSSH is installed on my Ubuntu box (Gentoo is up to 4.3 already). They really need to get their crap together on that.

  22. Re:Who? on Ubuntu Linux Eyes Gadget Apps · · Score: 1

    It appears to be an officially sponsored Ubuntu project.

  23. Re:Pop quiz on Who Really Won the Super Bowl? · · Score: 2, Funny

    e). Da Bears, you insensitive clod!

  24. Re:Noisiest spectrum evar. on University Bans wi-fi as Health Concern · · Score: 1

    No more microwaves to make ramen noodles. Poor students... now they are going to starve to death.

  25. Re:Meanwhile on Games Announced, Dated, and Delayed · · Score: 1

    And I thought my Athlon XP chip ran hot... DAMN!