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  1. Hey, on Who Killed the Webmaster? · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about the gophermaster?

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  2. Re:And yet on India Brings Back Orbiting Satellite to Earth · · Score: 1

    Oh I'm sure there was a laser involved somewhere. Even a drill press can have a laser installed on it now.

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  3. Re:Anyone know on Anti-Missile Defenses For Commercial Jets · · Score: 1

    More importantly, is it effective against snakes?

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  4. And the other 30+% gave the PC answer. on Will Telecommuting Kill a Career? · · Score: 1

    There are not many workplaces where an employee can advance without a certain degree of schmoozing.

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  5. If this means on New Outlook Won't Use IE To Render HTML · · Score: 1, Redundant

    it will become harder for others to send me megabyte emails whose only content is a meeting time and date, I'm all for it.

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  6. It's no more ignorant on Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple · · Score: 1

    than trying to appropriate a trademark that another company has been using for 10 years.

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  7. Oh, of course on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You see, I really wouldn't think Steve would make a dumb decision like not have the rights nailed down tight before MacWorld .."

    Yeah, that would be like, what? Not having the correct date "nailed down" on stock option documents?

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  8. Thank goodness, on Near-Future Fords to Feature Windows Automotive · · Score: 1

    "The software does not, apparently, run the engine or do anything directly connected with transportation."

    Whew, that's a relief!

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  9. It's far from the first time on Inhabited Island Vanishes Forever Underwater · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's the top of a lighthouse sticking up out of the water.

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  10. Re:This works fine until... on Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst? · · Score: 1

    Hey, what OS do they use? I've used Windows, Mac, and Linux, and I sure haven't found any version of those 3 that doesn't crash from time to time.

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  11. It would be equally valid to claim on Neuroscience, Psychology Eroding Idea of Free Will · · Score: 1

    that he had free will before the tumor was removed, and that his free will was removed along with the tumor.

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  12. Re:If only stupidity were illegal on Wiimote Straps Result in Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    Hindsight is easy, but for their own protection, Nintendo should have made the Wiimote without any strap.

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  13. I'd rather have on HP's Windows Bundle Trouble · · Score: 1, Funny

    a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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  14. But not the last time we talk about it. on Vista the End of An Era? · · Score: 1

    /. search for "Vista the Last of Its Kind?"

    On August 26th, 2006 with 337 comments
    An anonymous reader wrote to mention a TechWorld story about Windows Vista. According to the Gartner Group, Windows Vista is likely to be the last of its kind....

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  15. Maybe the people are NOT the militia. on Second Amendment Questioned · · Score: 1

    There is another way of interpreting the 2nd amendment reference to a militia; that precisely because a government must maintain a defense force (the militia) , then the people (individuals), must have the right to bear arms, should the government become their oppressor, and use the militia against the people.

    As many colonists felt England was doing, by using the Royal military to oppress English subjects in America.

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  16. All of a sudden there aren't the hardware drivers on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Geez, I don't have the hardware drivers NOW.

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  17. And this is news? on GPS Phone Tells Others Where You Are · · Score: 1

    My company has been using a similar service for over 3 years. We have GPS equipped phones assigned to our service trucks. Supervisors can use a web site to find a vehicle's location on a map and see where else it has been with a 15 minute resolution. If there's a new service call, we can use the same web site to download directions to a phone.

    These are standard Motorola phones (though a rugged industrial model) and I'm sure they cost less than $200 or so.

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  18. Interface free on "Interface-Free" Touch Screen at TED · · Score: 1

    Is that free as in 'freedom' or free as in 'beer' ?

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  19. Re:Sad Co-incidence on Nine Reasons To Skip Firefox 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I'm experiencing frequent crashes on an up to date Mac PowerMac.

    According to Apple's televison commercials, that just doesn't happen!

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  20. I suppose the Windows equivalent of on First Hutter Prize Awarded · · Score: 1

    wget "http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/enwik8.zi p" | gunzip

    doesn't count?

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  21. Re:bad units on New Solar Panel Technology Gaining Momentum · · Score: 1

    The figure I'd like to see is acres/megawatt.

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  22. Freeware programs on AnalogWhole, an Alternative To FairUse4WM · · Score: 1

    that capture anything going to the speakers from the sound card and save it as mp3 have been available for years. Maybe they don't get the metadata, but that wouldn't be too tough to fix by other means.

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  23. Re:Data Retention... on FBI Head Wants Strong Data Retention Rules · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The FBI doesn't even answer their phone in Alabama! Try dialing if you doubt me!"

    They probably have caller ID...

  24. Re:Ungrateful Bitching on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    killal -9 firefox

    might do it.

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  25. Re:Storage as a "compound" on Crunching the Numbers on a Hydrogen Economy · · Score: 1

    "900 times its own volume"? Hydrogen is a gas. How much hydrogen by mass?

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