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  1. There's a campaign slogan that writes itself. on CRTC Mulls Canadian Content On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Canadian porn: now with 15% more beaver.

  2. Re:To the editors on Bugs In Microsoft Technical Documentation Rising · · Score: 1

    Not everyone is in a position where they can install their own browser and/or extensions.

    If your workstation has any location where you have write access, or if it has an available USB port, you can use Firefox Portable. No installation privileges needed (no registry writes), and very little trace if you run it from a stick.

    http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

  3. More Brains Needed on More Brains Needed · · Score: 1

    Yors sEnsErily,

    Zombees

  4. Re:-1, flamebait on Israel, Palestine Wage Web War · · Score: 1

    Isreal has the most gender-neutral society in the entire world.

    The gender gap is fairly small in Israel, but you're right: it's nowhere near world-leading. Top honours go to Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4). (Israel is #42.) The "full" list of 128 reporting countries is here
    http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender%20Gap/index.htm/

  5. Re:Why is the government even subsidizing this? on DTV Coupon Program Out of Money · · Score: 1

    Exactly. How else is Joe Sixpack supposed to find out what he needs to buy and who the bad guys are?

    Broadcast television is a significant cog in the capitalist machine.

  6. Re:Heavy thoughts??? on Milky Way Heavier Than Thought, and Spinning Faster · · Score: 1

    No kidding.

    Thoughts don't weigh much, either; the most generous estimate equates them to one penny a piece. That's one hundredth of a pound.

  7. Explain "relatively" on Console Makers Pushing For More Network Reliance · · Score: 1

    Games for Windows Live, despite being relatively unpopular...

    Is that "relatively" as in

    1. The people haven't yet risen up to march on Redmond with torches and pitchforks or
    2. There's somebody out there who actually likes GFWL

    Because if it's option (2), I have a torch / pitchfork combo with your name on it, buddy.

  8. Save your time and effort, MS. on Microsoft Plans VR Simulation of Everything? · · Score: 1

    The answer is "42"

  9. Re:so? on Obama's "ZuneGate" · · Score: 1

    So what you need to infer is that the average customer doesn't really give a damn about
      - hearing damage
      - poor quality sound
      - being gouged on electronics
      - decent mainstream music

    The related industries have sculpted their products and pricing accordingly.

  10. Re:Better water purification on Inside Dean Kamen's Seceded Island of Geekery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah... whoa. That's totally *not* what reverse osmosis means.

  11. Re:What Microsoft should really have considered on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    Do avoid pluralizing "virus" when writing in latin. Do ignore the rules of latin when you're following the ever-evolving conventions of modern English. The ancients would not approve, but we say "viruses" now.

    PS: At least he didn't say "virii."

    PPS: I think you mean "singulare tantum."

  12. Re:what a revolution on NVIDIA Makes First 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    Not only can you run it, you can crank your graphical settings to medium!

  13. Re:In other news on Google Founders Buy Fighter Jet · · Score: 1

    I hate those "novelty" missions where you've got to get Balmer across the map or something.

    Why the hate? His special "chair throw" attack can finish off any potential opposition at a safe range.

  14. I apologize in advance... on Researchers Developing Cancer-Fighting Beer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hence motto, "to baldly go where no one has gone before."

  15. Re:Useless on Microsoft Patents the Censoring of Speech · · Score: 1

    Yippie-kay-eh, matriarch conjugator!

  16. Re:Sounds cool on Robotic Suit For Rent In Japan · · Score: 1

    I'd have to assume it at least has flamethrowers

    A pilot light remains lit in the rear torso section.
    It is up to the elderly client to provide combustible gaseous fuel.
    This is not likely to be a problem.

  17. Re:Gee golley Jeepers! on A Wikipedia Conspiracy and the Wall Street Meltdown · · Score: 1

    "For God's sake. You're in college; don't cite the encyclopedia."
    -Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, founder of Wikipedia

  18. Re:He's still kicking! on Fossett's Plane Found · · Score: 1

    You've figured it out! Ockham would be proud.

  19. Re:"Democracy" is not what's bringing down society on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: 1

    ...it's the fault of fascist traitors, led by the Bush family.

    ...ho was given his political mandate (more or less) by the American People via the democratic process. You get what you vote for.

  20. Re:The public internet is not private or personal on 10 Percent of Colleges Check Applicants' Social Profiles · · Score: 2, Funny

    And Lord help you if you ever wanted to get into politics later in life, that stuff will last forever, and can and will be dug up to be used against you.

    Heaven help is if a beer-guzzling, pot-smoking, tail-chasing, draft-dodging dumbass ever got into political office, much less the presidency. That would be the end of the world as we know it.

  21. Re:Just what we need... on Berners-Lee Wants Truth Ratings For Websites · · Score: 1

    ...thus legitimizing the undereducated to bring the rest of society down with them.

    This was legitimized a very long time ago. The dictionary refers to this concept as "democracy."

  22. Napoleon invented gamer accomplishments on Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon" - Napoleon

    The concept has been long-observed that people will work their asses off for a symbol of accomplishment.

  23. Re:Greed killed CD sales on Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future · · Score: 1

    If you follow the math the overall industry is saying that the movie [Hard Day's Night] has a negative value [of -2 bucks]. We all know that can't be true so something else must be wrong.

    You obviously haven't seen the film. -$2.00 is too generous.

  24. Re:No conspiracy theory here on Canadians Battling Proposed Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    Which is why corporations have to go about bribery more indirectly than just cutting a cheque. If they want to swing an MP's favour, they can:

    -invite them to lavish parties, where guests receive expensive "door prizes"
    -contribute to charitable causes in the MP or MPP's community, such as the member's children's school or sports teams
    -provide their own services or goods at a hefty discount or entirely off the books

    Preventing blatant, direct bribery is a good thing, but it generally just forces corps to get creative.

  25. Re:NO wonder nerds have a bad rep on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 1

    I see the problem this way: in my neck of the woods, "pissing" and "my dick is bigger than yours" have always been championed as two separate contests.

    I've played the scenario out in my mind a few times, and I can't see how this abominable combination would not end in disaster.