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  1. Re:put it on ebay on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    --Freecycle for things that aren't worth pricing out
    --Craigslist and/or Kijiji for low-value stuff that you still might make a return on
    --Ebay for anything over $20ish. If you don't want the hassle of posting the items yourself, there are loads of people who will sell your goods on consignment. Usually, they'll only accept items that will sell for over $20, and they'll take a 30-50% cut, but that's money in your pocket, and someone else gets to rescue a "treasure" before it becomes "junk."

  2. Re:$300M on Microsoft Tries a New Ad Agency · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You'd be surprised how many people are convinced that Macs are amazing and Vista is shite without any firsthand experience of either; their opinions based solely on Apple's (very successful) TV commercial campaign.

  3. Re:WWJTWU on FISA and Border Searches of Laptops · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Go the extra megabyte.

  4. Gazebo! on Alternative Uses For an Old Satellite Dish? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Make a gazebo with the inverted dish. Example:

    http://www.ranum.com/fun/projects/gazebo/index.html

  5. Re:Does anyone actually use Second Life? on Second Life Faces Open Source Challenges · · Score: 1

    1. Perverts.

    2. Furries.

    3. Perverted furries.

    I'm still waiting for someone to explain the attraction of SL.

    I refer you back to your list above.

  6. Now, now... on MS To Finally End OEM Licensing For Windows 3.11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suspect win 3.11 is licensed for POS devices...

    Just because someone is using crappy hardware, it doesn't give you the right to use language like *that*.

  7. Re:Storming the EU parliment shouting "FOR THE HOR on ISPs to Ban P2P With New European Telecom Package? · · Score: 1

    Lawyer 1: When we reach the parliament, I will use Intimidating Shout to kinda scatter them.
    Lawyer 2: We're gonna need Divine Intervention on our attorneys... I'm coming up with 32.33, repeating of course, percentage of survival.
    Lawyer 3: All right chums, let's do this! LEEROOOOOY JEEEEENKINS!
    Lawyer 1: Oh, my God, he just ran in!

  8. Those who can't do... on Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 1

    From the sound of it, you can probably be hired on to teach CS at your alma mater.

  9. Re:This will backfire on Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling · · Score: 1

    Agreed. There have already been some concerted efforts to make P2P traffic mimic VOIP, for instance. The only reason that tactics like this aren't already in place is that existing (simpler) methods are still generally effective enough.

  10. Re:Weird spike on Google Trends vs. Community Standards On Obscenity · · Score: 1

    I've heard of "hump day" -- apparently, Pensacolans have made a month of it.

  11. Re:Doctors vs. Scientists on A Hippocratic Oath For Scientists · · Score: 1

    No, they get their government grants and defence contractor funding back.

  12. Actual comments from woman-code: on Do Women Write Better Code? · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll intersperse their code-those strings of instructions that result in nifty applications and programs-with helpful comments and directions.

    If women code anything like they act in real life, then you'd get a lot of helpful comments like this:

    /*If you don't why this function isn't returning your expected result, then hell if I'm going to tell you.

  13. Re:Very cool on BMW Introduces GINA Concept Car, Covered In Fabric · · Score: 1

    And how do you wash the car?

    Heavy spin, warm water, keep separate from whites. Do not use bleach.

  14. Pot? I'd like you to meet kettle. on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    An conglomeration of techies wants representatives to read reams of complicated legalese, when said group of techies generally can't bother to browse a one-paragraph article summary before engaging in debate? (No, I didn't RTFA.)

    Besides, assuming that congressmen can read gives many of them too much credit.

  15. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Absolutetly. Take motorcycles, for example:

    They get 50-80 MPG, or roughly 2-4 times the fuel efficiency of a typical automobile.

    Of course, due to all those weight savings, the accident mortality rate of motorcyclists is 20 TIMES greater than that of a car or SUV. (The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - 2004).

  16. Re:That's quick on Rubik's Cube Algorithm Cut Again, Down to 23 Moves · · Score: 1

    That's assuming you remove *all* of the stickers and then replace *all* of them again.

    Of the 54 squares on the cube, I think you can assume that there will be two of the "proper coloured" stickers per face. That scenario saves you 12 moves, leaving you with only 42 stickers to replace - in the worst case.

    42 moves isn't 23, but you can impress your friends (and prolong sticker life) without having to take a math class.

  17. Re:A dying breed: on Apple Expected to Demo Leopard Successor Next Week · · Score: 1

    I guess that moving from "Tiger" est. world pop 2500 to "Snow Leopard" est. world pop 5000 is an improvement.

    I'm not a Mac hater by any means, but there are lots of "cool" animal species that don't have the marketing stigma of dying out.

  18. A dying breed: on Apple Expected to Demo Leopard Successor Next Week · · Score: 3, Funny

    I question the foresight of naming the new release after an endangered, almost extinct species.

    I'll wait for OS X 10.7, codename "dodo" or 10.8, "brontasaurus."

  19. Re:If you are on facebook and are concerned about on Canadian Group Files Facebook Privacy Complaint · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Excuse the blatant stereotyping for the purposes of making an analogy:

    If a white person goes for a stroll through Harlem wearing an "I hate black people" t-shirt, and gets shot, that makes him a moron. And dead.

    It doesn't mean that the shooter has a license to kill because of the victim's idiocy.

  20. Make a big circle with a big marker. on Firefox Goes for World Download Record · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm marking "Download Day" on my calendar right now.

    I have a big circle around 2008, and a thin one around 2009 too, just in case the news gets any more vague.

  21. Pie menu. on Windows 7 Multitouch Demonstration · · Score: 1

    I'll take a slice of strawberry rhubarb, thanks.

  22. Re:Eh.... on NASA Employee Suspended For Blogging At Work · · Score: 1

    You can be fired without severance for surfing parmesan snuff, aka, cheese porn.

  23. The refreshing taste of... on Space Station Toilets Poop Out · · Score: 1

    The astronauts have bypassed the '"the troublesome hardware" for urine collection with a "special receptacle".'

    The fluid in the glass jars lining the walls of the module? It's not the fresh new flavour from Snapple.

  24. Re:Imaginary Property on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 1

    In the sense that the Internet is only accessible from one location, yes.

    I don't take email with me either, but I still "own" it, (in an admittedly fuzzy sense of the term), and I'm generally confident that I can access it whenever I need to.

  25. Re:Nice to know on Getting Rid of Staff With High Access? · · Score: 1

    Four week notices are for suckers. Way to dream big.

    After reading this story, I just handed in my 15-year notice.