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  1. Re:Guido! on Linus Is A Hero · · Score: 1

    A prophet is never welcome in his own country.

  2. Re:Spoiler on In-Depth Look At Matrix Previews · · Score: 1

    While I realize that others might be positively overjoyed at the sight of 5 hardons, I don't think that I'd use that particular metric as an indicator of eroticism.

  3. Re:Spoiler on In-Depth Look At Matrix Previews · · Score: 1

    That's a different movie: Matrixxx.

    1) The red pill is viagra.
    2) Trinity gets her name from the fact she likes threesomes.
    3) Switch is a lesbian. OK, that's the same as the original.
    4) Tank and Dozer are a tag team.
    5) Morpheus says to Neo "are you sure that's snapper you're licking?"
    6) The Nebuchadnezzar is a large vibrating bed.
    7) People are connected to the matrix through one BIG plug, not lots of small ones running down their backs.
    8) Cypher's main gripe is that he's sick of all the phone sex.
    9) Agents can only take over people who rarely get sex. This is why they always take over policemen and military types.
    10) The Oracle is called the Oralcle. After she sees Neo she's disappointed and says "no cookie for you. But I can see why that slut Trinity likes you."

  4. Spoiler on In-Depth Look At Matrix Previews · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, the article says that they capture the keymaker who has all the keys to the doors in the matrix.

    I hope that this movie is a little more than Neo and Trinity slapping the keymaker around in a room on the Nebuchadnezzar, yelling "sign my certificate! SIGN MY CERTIFICATE! SIGN IT NOW!"

  5. Re:Rotten on All schools In Denmark switching to Linux · · Score: 1

    Jesus Christ, it's even in iambic pentameter. That has to be the most literate troll I have ever seen! Let me lend my voice to the chorus, mod that post up to +5.

  6. Re:Thinning the herd on Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again · · Score: 1

    It sounds to me like you gained without buying.

    What's wrong with that? Bits can be made without spending. And even the act of using free software bits adds value to them.

  7. Re: Southwest on Boeing Sonic Cruiser Project Shelved · · Score: 2, Funny

    You ARE better because you got there 5 minutes sooner. You're better looking, better in bed, smarter, faster, more fun at parties, richer, and have more hair on your head. You car is more expensive, you house appreciates in value faster, you read more books for pleasure. You can program a computer. Caffeine doesn't affect your ability to sleep unless you choose for that to happen. Your shit doesn't stink. All your decisions result in ever increasing profits, so you'll never be fired.

    So step right up to that line reserved exclusively for pass cards numbers 1-30 and take your place as one of the elites of our society. You surely are *beautiful* today!

  8. Re:What IS Boeing's business strategy? on Boeing Sonic Cruiser Project Shelved · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Boeing is basing their strategy on the idea that travel in big planes to big hubs is going to decline relative to travel in smaller planes flying more direct routes to smaller cities.

    Airbus is betting that the airlines will continue to move large numbers of people between a relatively small number of giant hubs.

    That's it in a nutshell.

  9. Americas Army on Multiplayer Games For Christmas Lull at the Office? · · Score: 1

    Squad action free. www.americasarmy.com

  10. Re:Hey, don't forget Breakout on Doom Archive Reopened · · Score: 2, Funny

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    That would be asteroids I think.

    Compression filter got me, so I've got to put in some crap here - 2323452 3.14156265

  11. CONFUCIUS SAY on Build Your Own Mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Drop one transistor on carpet and it is lost. But drop a million and you say "look at all those damn transistors."

  12. Misleading article on Out-of-Body Treatment For Liver Cancer · · Score: 2, Informative

    The reason they took out the liver is not to give it a bigger dose, it's so that the other structures in the body like bones don't reflect the radiation beams. With nothing in the way, the whole thing gets evenly done all the way around.

    And they are using the boron neutron capture technique thingy for this. I'm guessing that the boron atoms, which are absorbed more into the rapidly growing cancers, absorb the neutrons from the radiation stream going by.

    So what does it do then? Does the boron heat up when it absorbs a neutron, cooking the tumor but not the liver? Anyone who knows, clue me in.

  13. Re:aafire = one cool fire on LinuX-Mas Caroling We Shall Go · · Score: 1

    Kernel message:

    lpt on fire, might as well grab some chestnuts

  14. Not that great on LinuX-Mas Caroling We Shall Go · · Score: 1

    Those songs weren't really that great. There's something missing - maybe it's cleverness?

    That's my opinion.

  15. Re:Released, really? on Troll Technology (QT) Releases Scripting Language · · Score: 1

    The line about it better was just a throwaway troll. I looked at wxWindows and it actually seemed decent. I like Qt better because it's written exactly how I think. If I were to design a window library it'd be just like Qt. Your mileage may vary...

  16. Do it yourself on Recruiting Help for Open Source Projects? · · Score: 1

    Users are a pain in the ass. Users whining about how you should be coding something doubly so.

    So my advice would be to work on something until it's done enough to do something useful. Then those who want to help will do so. You'll be free to reject what you don't like with the excuse that it doesn't fit into the program. When they complain you can point out that you've written the entire thing.

    And people who just like to give advice without submitting any code should be told to write some code or STFU.

    Harsh, I know. But users are a huge pain, and unless you want to spend all your time managing, you've got to kick all the other cooks out of the kitchen.

  17. Re:Released, really? on Troll Technology (QT) Releases Scripting Language · · Score: 0, Troll

    Qt is free. And it's better than the alternatives such as WxWindows.

    Anyway, this isn't a UI library, it's a language.

  18. Re:Why the seats?? on Robocoaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they did that it'd be mighty hard to re-create the "shit your pants" experience that some coasters have.

  19. Screw that on DVD Player as 802.11b Peripheral · · Score: 1

    If you want to access stuff on your PC, and you have a Playstation with ethernet adaptor, go to

    BroadQ

    It's software for your Playstation and your PC that lets you play movies and music on your entertainment system. All that stuff is stored on your PC.

    If you've got a Playstation, no need to go buy a separate box to do it.

  20. Re:No James Cameron == bad movie on Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines · · Score: 1

    The Game and Tank Girl were great movies.

  21. Re:Err, Maybe It Should Be Terminator 2.5 on Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines · · Score: 1

    I'll watch the first 5 minutes. You know, the part where they transport in. I already know how it's going to end.

    First we crush her, then we melt her. Then the gratuitous nudity before she dies. Roll credits.

  22. Re:Get Off The Mailing Lists Now! on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    And they should stop for free too.

    Or perhaps I can set up a wardialer and start charging people "protection money".

  23. Re:Get Off The Mailing Lists Now! on FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 2, Informative

    That costs $5. That sounds suspiciously like "pay us some money or we'll harass you."

  24. Re:Solutions to dupe problem? on Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods · · Score: 1

    Whoops, I just realized that I put spam in all caps. SPAM is a delicious luncheon meat product by Hormel. The word I was looking for is "spam" all lower case.

  25. Re:Solutions to dupe problem? on Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods · · Score: 1

    How about a Bayesian filter? Everything that gets posted can be marked as "SPAM" by the user, and put into the SPAM filter's database. Then, when you get a new story, you just run it through the filter to see if it marks it as SPAM. If it does, you look a little closer to see if it's a dupe.

    You'd have to change the filter database to only keep the last N days worth of postings but that's no big deal.