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  1. Re:A crazy Idea on How Do I Fight Russian Site Cloners? · · Score: 1

    You mean like, post the URL on Slashdot?

  2. Oryx on Microbial Life Found In Trinidadian Hydrocarbon Lake · · Score: 1, Insightful

    An Oryx doesn't drink water, but it pees.

    A chicken does drink water, but it doesn't pee.

  3. Xenu! on Meteor Spotted Yesterday Over Midwestern United States · · Score: 1

    Hmm, sighted over California? It must be the second coming of Xenu.

  4. Godfart on Iceland Volcano's Ash Grounds European Air Travel · · Score: 1

    Iceland fart in your general direction...

  5. Re:What about... on Google Says Spam Volumes On the Rise · · Score: 1

    "8 seconds"??? My single CPU server can toss tens of thousands of spams per hour - a few million per day has been observed. Because my domain is very old, it features in every spam list this side of Betelgeuse. My incoming mail is almost exclusively spam. Out of the million or so incoming, only about 5 emails are legit. So, no, it cannot take 8 seconds to process a spam message.

  6. Re:False dilemma on Crunch Time For IRS Data Centers · · Score: 1

    "Hundreds of thousands" of years? Gee man, I can't figure out whether you are an enlightened creationist, or a bad scientist...

  7. But... on Crunch Time For IRS Data Centers · · Score: 1

    But, does it run Linux?

    The South African revenue service has been running Linux for several years, but the USA is always behind the curve...

  8. Re:From TFA on Canadian Judge Orders Disclosure of Anonymous Posters · · Score: 1

    No, Canada is the 53rd US state, after Japan and Mexico, eh.

  9. Re:Is it going to have a seat? on NASA To Send a Humanoid Robot On Shuttle's Final Mission · · Score: 1

    Uhh, no... You know what happened the last time NASA sent a teacher up...

    Launching a robot is probably preferred.

  10. Re:Yeah, but... on Google to Open Source the VP8 Codec · · Score: 1

    H.264 is not a single codec standard - it is an encyclopedia and includes a zoo of codecs. Ferinstance, you are probably referring to "H.264 MPEG 4 part 10 AVC".

  11. If cell phones are outlawed on Mexico Will Shut Down 25.9 Million Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    If cell phones are outlawed, only outlaws will have cell phones.

  12. Using it now on Firefox Lorentz Keeps Plugin Crashes Under Control · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's see how it goes. The auto-restart of plugins should be good, but could also cause a plugin DOS.

  13. Re:Transparent aluminum for the visor on 5-Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter · · Score: 1

    Hmm, transparent aluminium actually exists. It is prehaps more commonly known as saphire.

  14. Re:This works great for Europeans but... on PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS" · · Score: 1

    Every USA and Canadian state has its own Sale of Goods Act. Your mileage (or kilometers in Canada) may vary...

  15. Re:Evolution and Africa and Global Climate Change on Possible New Hominid Species Discovered, Thanks To Google Earth · · Score: 1

    Wow, Himalayas blocking wind to Africa? Just wow...

    Dude, you got to get a globe.

  16. Re:Ha. on Geohot Brings Other OS Support To PS3 With Custom Firmware · · Score: 1

    You don't *have* to upgrade your PS3 software. There is no reason why you cannot keep running a previous Sony version, which still has Linux support.

  17. Only double??? on Russia Doubles Price For Launching US Astronauts · · Score: 1

    Any other self respecting capitalist nation would have used multiples of ten...

  18. Flight simulators on Videogame Driving Skills Don't Apply In Real Life · · Score: 1

    Yah, I'm sure that flight simulators don't help pilots any either...

  19. Re:Sp..... on iPad Progress Report · · Score: 1

    Abviously it is an Opple early Adaptor.

  20. Screen scraping... on Making Closed Software Act Like It's Open · · Score: 1

    Screen scraping is a very common activity. Everybody needs to use the Print Screen function eventually and it is a simple step to edit the result in the Gimp.

  21. but... on Pumping Sunlight Into Homes · · Score: 2, Funny

    does it run Linux?

    Sorry, someone had to ask.

  22. Just a day after I installed it... on Songbird Drops Linux Support · · Score: 1

    Oh well, at least I actually tried it. So I can say that it works. It is one of the better music players out there, but I don't like it, since I cannot collapse the song title column which makes my 20,000 plus song archive hard to use.

    Most music players fal over if you have a really large number of titles. So my fallback is to use the file manager and a double click to launch XMMS.

    Oh well.

  23. Re:Science = religion on Science Attempts To Explain Heaven · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The pope is god on earth, so from their point of view, he deserves a big palace.

  24. Re:More deaths on White House Issues New Gas Mileage Standards · · Score: 1

    ...and if we repeat it a few more times, it will become gospel and will be preached in churches and quoted in political speeches and global warming documents.

  25. Brit gallon != US gallon on White House Issues New Gas Mileage Standards · · Score: 1

    Sorry, your math is wrong. You cannot compare US and Brit mpg figures directly.