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  1. Tetris creator playing WoW as a woman. on Tetris Turns 25 · · Score: 1
  2. How about "Slashdot" flu? on Let's Rename Swine Flu As "Colbert Flu" · · Score: 1

    Let's just call it Slashdot flu. Seems to fit.

  3. Re:Stupidity in action on U.S. Joins Hollywood in War on Piracy · · Score: 1

    How about "Drugs. Cheap, pure, readily available; pick any two of three."

  4. Re:This could only be a good thing on Another Google Tool To Take On PayPal? · · Score: 1

    LOL given my paypal 'adventures', and those of others, compared to my experiences and those others have had with Google, I'd have no problem at all trusting the Googlefolk with my $. In fact, I've wished someone would challenge paypal, I'd use that sort of a service, if they're Google-honest. I would NEVER ever do any business with or through paypal again.

  5. Player's and players on Blizzard Talks About WoW Stability and Service · · Score: 3, Funny

    "This means that player's will now be able to..."
      "We know that many player's are eager for this..."

      I note a common error here, and offer the following. It is intended to be a polite, adult comment, not offered as an insult or to denigrate anyone's intelligence.

      "'s", as in "Bob's" or "player's" is used in reference to something belonging to or about Bob, or a single player. As it appears in the post, players should not have an apostrophe. Without a ', it then refers to multiple players, generic players, not 'a' player, but |some, all, many, the| players.

      This is a remarkably common error, and your writing stands a greater chance for being taken seriously if you try to avoid this sort of thing. Some grammar/spelling/usage mistakes are much more easily overlooked, but things like the misplaced ' as above are SO common they become worthy of polite comment. The writer is submitting in a professional capacity, representing a company, and seeks to have his comments taken seriously. That's more likely to happen if he avoids most of the more basic mistakes, such as that one.

      Again, I intend this as a polite, reasonable observation, with honest intent to help someone, not to cause ill-will. I apologize to anyone that feels offended, and ask that you re-read the above, while considering me smiling as I write it. Rather than feel offended, I'd rather you read the above and come away feeling empowered with new information.