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  1. Re:ignore them and show it anyway on Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent · · Score: 1

    Wish I could mod this comment up higher than the max of five. Seriously.

  2. Re:Why I quit cable on Revenge of the Cable Customer · · Score: 1

    This is what happened to me. TWC couldn't maintain their own network, and continues to allow third-party contractors to repeatedly fuck things up. High speed isn't worth the cost when it's frequently down for long stretches. DSL might be slow, but it's been rock-solid stable for years.

  3. How can they call it a shuttle replacement on X-37B Found By Amateur Sky Watchers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When it won't carry people, and has no more the cargo capacity of a pickup truck?

  4. Re:Duh! on Feds Question Big Media's Piracy Claims · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. Puh-leeze? If I had mod points right now, I'd grant him more.

  5. Re:Call me juvenile ... on Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" · · Score: 1

    Don't laugh, the term's already been used : http://www.buttpaste.com/BLButtPaste.php

  6. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade on Tritium Leak At Vermont Nuclear Plant Grows · · Score: 1

    Surely there's plenty of potential for making heavy water (d2o), right?

  7. Found in 100M Year-old termite guts on Microbes 100M Years Old Found In Termite Guts · · Score: 1

    Are you certain there were no RIAA/MPAA copyrights in those microbe genomes? I'm just saying...

  8. Run Windoze much?? on Ridiculous Software Bug Workarounds? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    HP and Microsoft repeatedly suggest re-installing the operating system to cure a network configuration issue.

  9. Disney's already developed it on Microsoft Trying To Patent a 'Magic Wand' · · Score: 1

    According to this item at Hackday.com anyway.

  10. Crunchy Spider Surprise - WTF?!?!? on The Ultimate "Doll House" For WoW Players · · Score: 1

    What the hell happened to Crunchy Frog?
    Praline: Next we have number four, 'crunchy frog'.
    Milton: Ah, yes.
    Praline: Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?
    Milton: Yes. A little one.
    Praline: What sort of frog?
    Milton: A dead frog.
    Praline: Is it cooked?
    Milton: No.
    Praline: What, a raw frog?
    Praline: Next we have number four, 'crunchy frog'.
    Milton: Ah, yes.
    Praline: Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?
    Milton: Yes. A little one.
    Praline: What sort of frog?
    Milton: A dead frog.
    Praline: Is it cooked?
    Milton: No.
    Praline: What, a raw frog?

    (Superintendent Parrot looks increasingly queasy.)

    Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.
    Praline: That's as maybe, it's still a frog.
    Milton: What else?
    Praline: Well don't you even take the bones out?
    Milton: If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy would it?
    Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.
    Praline: That's as maybe, it's still a frog.
    Milton: What else?
    Praline: Well don't you even take the bones out?
    Milton: If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy would it?

  11. Marvell's Linux support isn't spectacular on $100 Linux Wall-Wart Now Available · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If they are judged by the OpenWRT's project efforts with the Linksys WRT-350N, Netgear WNR854T, and D-Link DIR-615 are any indication. Two Marvell associates are providing support in their personal time to develop a fully functional open-source driver for Marvell's gigabit switch chip.

  12. 3Com's Audrey internet appliance on End of the Road For AMD's Geode Chip · · Score: 1

    This futuristic device was one of the earliest commercial uses of the Geode chip. Unfortunately at $400 it was overpriced, and 3Com never supported the firmware developed for it.

  13. Coming soon, to a mobile phone near you on AMD Phenom II Overclocked To 6.5GHz · · Score: 1

    So you can watch all your postage-stamp-sized video and hear all your high-bitrate MP3 tracks.

  14. Re:Point-to-Point on Open Firmware Released For Broadcom Wireless · · Score: 1
  15. Re:What type of processor is used on Open Firmware Released For Broadcom Wireless · · Score: 1

    Typically, it's MIPS32 R4000 architecture.

  16. I was a Byte subscriber on Dr. Dobb's Journal Going Web-Only · · Score: 1

    I gave up on print media after my Byte subscription was terminated with the end of their print edition. Bah! Humbug!

  17. Re:Idiots are everywhere on How Do You Stay Upbeat Amidst the Idiocy? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I develop software for a living, but I was a bio-chemistry major with a love of hardware and software. Now instead of fighting bacteria and viruses with genetic engineering research, I'm fighting idiots and morons who seem to think an Oracle database on HP-UX with almost five million accounts is simply an Excel spreadsheet. Please just shoot me now.

  18. Re:Multiple interpretations on The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the background article of the same source: "In regards to billing, we fail to understand what you mean with that!" Apparently, that question is far too complex and foreign a question for these money-hungry scum to comprehend.

  19. Re:I Will Fear No Evil on Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping · · Score: 1

    many thanks. that's what I get for reading and posting while I'm supposed to be participating in a conference call ;)

  20. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress on Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping · · Score: 1

    Robert Heinlein would be so proud....

  21. Re:Desktop Environment? on IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop · · Score: 3, Informative

    Mostly, I removed Windoze from my post summary because I didn't want to bother too many Slashdot readers with it.

  22. Re:Congrats on IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You're welcome. I hate those damned advertisement screens that pop up before you ever see the first page of the article. I also hate how they break a small article like this into multiple pages to increase the volume of adverts they can cram around the page. (I really wondered if anyone would notice or care.)

  23. What about motherboard integration? on AMD Launches First 45nm Shanghai CPUs · · Score: 1

    So, what southbridge chipset are these going to use, now that nVidia has completely lost any credibility for supporting AMD processors? (note the HP and Dell laptops failing all year and the numerous Register stories about faulty self-destructing GPUs.

  24. Re:A little inaccurate... on The Difference Between Men And Women · · Score: 1

    It's right there, the tiny thing in the middle between all the bigger stuff. (Look at the picture.) Tweak that little thing back and forth several times varying the frequency, and eventually they'll shut up for at least a few minutes, mostly because they're out of breath.

  25. Re:I read that wrong, and I have to admit... on 11,000-Year-Old Temple Found In Turkey · · Score: 1

    It looks more like some wiseacre added ">a flock of pink flamingos to one of the support tees...