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  1. Re:Well, I didn't expect this. on Monty Python Banks On the Long Tail Via YouTube · · Score: 1

    Seriously. What are people doing writing slashdot comments when there are tubes to be you'd?

    - RG>

  2. Re:Mr. Heilmann, you should talk to Mrs. Streisand on Politician Forces German Wikipedia Off the Net · · Score: 1

    I'd say he wasn't a people person, but I did not know him personally.

    Not "but", but "because". QED!

    - RG>

  3. Re:In a related move Toyoda.... on Toyota Demands Removal of Fan Wallpapers · · Score: 1

    Or the Ford Modor Company...

    - RG>

  4. Re:How is this random? on Fewer Shuffles Suffice · · Score: 1

    I don't need to read it. It's clear just looking at the summary that it is plagiarized.

    How many shuffles necessary to get randomness? Four.

    QED.

    - RG>

  5. Re:The bigger question... on Obama's Impending NASA Decisions · · Score: 1

    I think you've mistaken the Obama family for the Clinton and/or Bush family ;)

    Whoever it is, so long as they beat Jeb in 2012 and/or 2016, I'll be happy.

    - RG>

  6. Re:50 million can't use a computer? Ain't it funny on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    I don't need voice-to-text software; I'm perfectly capable of inputting my own Froidian phonetic typos with a keyboard.

    - RG>

  7. Re:50 million can't use a computer? Ain't it funny on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is Cindy going to sit next to him in the oval office and move the mouse around for him?

    Could just be the photo ops, but I don't recall seeing any computers in the Oval Office in any photos I've seen.

    Someone as important as the US President should have someone to read his e-mails for him; he's got gazillions of age. The important ones can be printed out or summarized for him.

    - RG>

  8. Re:Now it makes sense on XKCD Invited To New Yorker "Cartoon-Off" · · Score: 1

    The way you told it was also much more cumbersome, though.

    Jon Stewart and John Kerry could both tell the same joke, but only one of them would have a chance at making it funny.

    - RG>

  9. How generous on RIAA Agrees To Take $200-Per-File In Texas Case · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! Now you're only cutting off one of my balls? You're so charitable!

    - RG>

  10. In moderation on XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again · · Score: 1

    Hey, cool. I've got mod points on Slashdot, too!

    Everybody takes after xkcd!

    - RG>

  11. Re:More importantly, on Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Honorable or dishonorable discharge?

    - RG>

  12. Re:Pft on Man Uses Remote Logon To Help Find Laptop Thief · · Score: 1

    Talk about getting caught with your dick in your hand...

    Somehow I don't think a dick in the hand is worth two in the bush.

    - RG>

  13. Re:LHC Joke of the Day! on Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct · · Score: 2, Informative

    If he's cleaning the inside of it, then he's not a janitor, he's a vacuum cleaner.

    - RG>

  14. Re:the monkey's are afraid on Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Fear of a Cold War reprise?

    - RG>

  15. Re:Ramstein airbase is whited out on Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth · · Score: 1

    Well, if it's just a concrete airport ramp, then why are all the nearby streets called "Flugplatz"? Why is the US Government covering their European air bases with Flugplatzes? It must be some dutch word for "censored" or something.

    - RG>

  16. Re:Awesome headline on Universal Surface Scanner Detected · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hah! And they laughed when I built that specialized surface scanner to detect the surface of universal surface scanners!

    - RG>

  17. TED? on Google To Fund Ideas That Will Change the World · · Score: 1

    So... Google wants its own TED?

    - RG>

  18. Re:Intelligent Design, Stupid Tactics on Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook · · Score: 1

    See also the PBS Nova documentary Judgment Day: Intelligent Design On Trial (Nov 2007).

    (Don't forget to support PBS for providing this stuff available free online!)

    - RG>

  19. Re:Chicken on State of Kentucky Seizes Control of 141 Domain Names · · Score: 1

    Oh, fuck, how embarassing! Thanks for pointing it out.

    If I had realized that, I would have instead told of how I use peanut butter jars for K-Y lube!

    - RG>

  20. Re:Wow. on State of Kentucky Seizes Control of 141 Domain Names · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder how many people need to get screwed before ICANN goes properly international.

    Screw that, let's just make our own Internet. With Blackjack. And Hookers.

    Unless, you know, some judge in Kentucky doesn't want us to.

    - RG>

  21. Re:Chicken on State of Kentucky Seizes Control of 141 Domain Names · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like to use empty honey containers (the squeezy kind with the yellow lids, on the left in this photo) for my jams (also for maple syrup).

    The narrow tip makes for convenient knife-free spreading, and the lid comes off for relatively easy refilling. (Tip: the width of the mouth is just wider than a standard plastic cola bottle mouth, so just cut off the top of a cola bottle for a refill funnel)

    Un(?)fortunately, I stopped buying grocery-store honey in favour of refilling the containers with bulk honey or buying jars of honey directly from local producers, which makes it harder to have extra of these containers to reuse.

    - RG>

  22. Re:Abort, Retry, Fail? on Windows 7 Trades Email and Photo Apps For Downloadable Ones · · Score: 1

    I think the old error message ABORT, RETRY, FAIL? pretty much sums up Vista.

    Yeah, and they seem to be trying to do all three at once!

    - RG>

  23. A very clear message to Yahoo on Microsoft To Buy Back $40bn of Its Shares · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sends a very clear message to Yahoo: Let us buy you, or we will buy ourselves instead!

    - RG>

  24. Re:From what I hear... on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 1

    A todo list would be a far more valuable leak at this point if MS want to change their fortune.

    1. Leak screenshots of Windows 7
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    - RG>

  25. Area Man on Nielsen Sends Wikipedia DMCA Takedown For Station Descriptions · · Score: 1

    Now, I'm just your average Area Man, but I think this would be a whole lot simpler if people didn't waste so much time watching TV.

    - RG>