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  1. no complaints about on Which Vendors Do You Trust For PC Parts? · · Score: 1

    newegg, or thinkgeek...what little product related to hardware they do sell.

    big caveat: a $14 power supply isnt going to be worth a damn, and you cant fault the seller for trying their best to bring cheap product to market. the customer demanded it, after all.

  2. wait.. on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 2, Funny

    my garden is dirty? i dont follow. is this some soviet code for "please stop using the word shitcock so many times"?

    i wouldnt exactly call what i impart 'wisdom' either...

  3. if its anything like their music service on Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store · · Score: 1

    ill get my choice of downloading everything through their DRM app easily, or gnashing at the keyboard while i painstakingly download the movie in 5 minute blocks. after each block ill be reminded how easy the drm utility is, and ill eventually concede my rights and freedoms for my sanity and time well spent.

  4. interfere with 3g? on FCC Aims To End Debate With Wireless Tests · · Score: 1

    yeah, with the business model maybe.

  5. gentlemen on Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement? · · Score: 2, Funny

    start your reiser jokes.

    my 2 cents...ext3.

  6. everytime i see these articles on Shadow Analysis Could Spot Terrorists · · Score: 1

    on new technology designed to determine whether we're all terrorists, i think back to the days when phrenology could determine whether we were all murderers.

    to consider someone a terrorist based on their perceived actions is to, in a sense, insist upon the fact that all elements of emotion and kinematics are objective in human nature. discordians buck this trend, so do most sysadmins, libertarians, drug users, and anyone with a mental disorder.

    without further adieu, an exploit for this system: before planning a terrorist attack, wear a shoe 1 size too large, or place something uncomfortable like a pebble in it. really, anything to alter your gait should take care of it.

  7. great on Robots Are Net's Future, Says Vint Cerf · · Score: 1, Interesting

    one more person who has to create another tangible step backward for technology.

    its called a script, vint. ive been making these tiny robots my entire career.

    theres a distint possibility Mr. Cerf is too old to be anything but a father figure to the tubes waxing steampunk on an internet he likely hasnt shared familiarity with in around a decade.. nothing to see here. move along

  8. Re:not that impressive on Chair Alley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it would be a limit breaker. the only way to trigger it would be to, say, release a google OS and phone at the same time.

  9. if its skyline... on Man Eats 11.5 Pounds of Chili in 10 Minutes · · Score: 1

    it will only take him 1/3rd that amount of time to get rid of all that chili.

  10. the perfect time to stock up? on Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims · · Score: 1

    yeah, people call me crazy, but i stocked up on magneto optical drives and zip disks the same way. once im king of the zip, floppy, and these strange new "blu-ray" disks, nothing can stop me from becoming the most obscure geek on slashdot.

  11. probably not, but we do on Should IT Unionize? · · Score: 2, Informative

    need to become a bit more business savvy. contract workers tend to get tacitly screwed (speaking from experience) in that if management says "we dont do overtime," they tend to hope we believe them.

    unpaid overtime for hourly workers is bad in IT, because youre usually on call when a blackberry even when youre not in the office.
    or flat out asked to be on call in that "keep your phone on you/near you" sort of way.
    blackberry during your off hours=billable hours for each call/page/message you check. no exceptions.
    i was burned once by a fortune 500, but never again.

  12. hang on..come to think of it... on Privacy Policies Are Great — For PhDs · · Score: 1

    http://www.insight-com.com/privacy.asp this really isnt THAT hard to read.

    guess it should be mentioned the score is coming from online-utility.org

  13. funny how on Privacy Policies Are Great — For PhDs · · Score: 1

    privacy policies read at the level of a cambridge philosophy laureate...but the average EULA spells out its rape-doctrine in plain english. guess nobody ever expects to have to defend their privacy policy with much rigour in court.

  14. Re:Potting blocks air cooling, of course on Coating a Motherboard In Thermal Resin? · · Score: 1

    true. pot an entire motherboard and watch it turn into a candle....

    or liquid cool it....huh....

  15. Re:while funny, on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 4, Informative

    a eula is a warm blanket that stockholders and potential investors curl up in, as most of them are very old and have only a vague grasp of what these con-sarnit tubes are about,
    a little draconian business practice makes everything a bit easier to buy into.

  16. a rise in botnets on Zombie Network Explosion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    can only mean one of two things:
    the machines are starting to take over
    people arent getting any more intelligent with pc's than they are savvy. job security!

  17. considering as the story is on idle on User Charged With Taking ISP Tech Hostage · · Score: 1

    im rooting for her to be sentenced to 80 years hard labour in a PMITA prison.
    or i conveniently didnt rtfa ;)

  18. there was one other company on Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print · · Score: 1

    that had this sort of eula. they applied it to everything

    i think it was"we are the borg..."

    i dont think this is a sign of world domination, just a company thats conveniently lawyered to the
    hilt in light of the fact theyre challenging a microsoft cashcow.
    we might need to see that the lawyers sit a little closer to the back of the bus next time, google. your an internet information company, and yes people are reading.

  19. a definition or two on Defining Video Game Addiction · · Score: 1

    when you no longer notice gamestop stores all smell like damp basements and body odor.
    br> if you consider the red ring of death a normal part of gaming.

    Penny Arcade, even the obscure ones, all make sense.

    5 AM still gives you two hours of sleep before you have to go to work.

    your fridge hasnt seen more than 3 hot pockets in 7 years, but you have a magnet or menu for every chinese takeout in a 5 mile delivery radius.

  20. and i think its important on US No Longer the World's Internet Hub · · Score: 4, Funny

    to stop this harmful globalization of our internet. i mean, its america where the tubes are and it needs to stay that way. globalization of the internet harms our way of life, and the future of our children.

    why, just last week a boy in arkansas was forced to GeoIP his way to a foreign server so he could has cheezburger. what next? rich icons like goatse and the fat lightsaber guy? but only in that weird numa numa language? the mustard man hosted in russia?

  21. with this kind of speed on IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier · · Score: 1

    i might be able to get vista to run at near real-time speeds.

  22. see!? on 88% of IT Admins Would Steal Passwords If Laid Off · · Score: 2, Funny

    there was this article on slashdot that said he would steal my password!!!

    thats why after i fired our it staff and outsourced it to india, who subcontracted it to the phillipines, our network started to have problems and we cant find the data for the deloitte audit!

    obviously he's stolen my password that windows requires i change.

  23. a workaround solution on Nvidia 55nm Parts Are Bad Too · · Score: 4, Funny

    has been proposed:

    buy ati.

  24. scam? on Hit Man Email Scammer Back With a Vengeance · · Score: 5, Funny

    ive been paying him for years. still alive.

    me: 1, phantom interblag assassin: 0.

  25. not saying its the best on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 1

    but we ran 3 mitsubishi mr slim air conditioners ceiling mount.