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  1. Re:Series of tubes on A Succinct Definition of the Internet? · · Score: 1

    this isn't just geeks or nerds, it's 75-year-old retired people, disabled people, and assorted other totally non-technical people.

    Oh, I get it. Politicians!

  2. Re:One company with the most! on Outcry Over Google's Purchase of Doubleclick · · Score: 1

    (insert tubes joke)

  3. Re:You got it wrong on Is Windows Vista in Trouble? · · Score: 1

    Just snap on a $.10 Ferrite Core on the ethernet... that'll do it!

  4. Re:What is being reviewed here? on Beryl User Interface for Linux Reviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And I'm not sure how many people noticed--he's running it with XGL!
    If you're going to make a review, do it using the supported software. If you go off and use unsupported (for a good reason!) software, then it's your own damn fault.

  5. Re:Social hack - use "bullfight" for "speed trap". on Is Your GPS Naive? · · Score: 1

    Here on the Big Island (Hawaii), we have the exact opposite problem. An open (albeit 2 lane) straight highway that NEVER is crowded is rated at 35MPH, just like everywhere else. OTOH, with a mere eight police officers, they rarely waste time in speedtrapping.

  6. Re:An even better application: on Is Your GPS Naive? · · Score: 1

    What the hell was that?

  7. Re:Ironic on The End is Nigh for XP · · Score: 2, Funny

    make sure to snip all the enclosed plastic rings...

  8. Re:Sorry but the list is BS on Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid · · Score: 1

    In addition, this site has 2 doubleclick popups every tiem you go to another page. Yuck!

  9. Re:Sonicare on steroids? on Wireless Power Now A Reality · · Score: 1

    You have one of those new-fangled manual toothbrushes, don't you?

  10. Re:Let's Get Serios on Is KDE 4.0 the Holy Grail of Desktops? · · Score: 1

    Only on slashdot do people get into a dozen pages worth of a conversation about copy-paste.
    Wow =|

  11. Re:Gray and pointless. on Reverse Hacker Awarded $4.3 Million · · Score: 1

    Maybe it wasn't hacking, but jangling his keys against the connection to make KERMIT fail was pretty damn 1337 ;)

  12. Re:Yes, it would be. on Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites · · Score: 1

    A social networking site doesn't work without people. Therefore, it wouldn't be a gigantic blocklist -- just how many good sized networking sites are there, anyway? Most are just half-assed attempts to get a bit of myspace's marketshare.

  13. Re:misread title on Microsoft's "Immortal Computing" Project · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our new immoral immortal computing gods.

  14. Re:The reason for 30 on 'Over 30' Section For Games Stores? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how this would affect the fact that the vast majority of employees in video game stores are under 30

  15. Re:"The Windows-only app" on "Series of Tubes" Metaphor Implemented · · Score: 1

    Sure, but do you really think that they're going to use the least secure box on their network (assumed) for p2p?

  16. Re:Anybody NOT from Apple? on iPhone Not Running OS X · · Score: 1

    BSD RUNS ON ARM There's a reasonably popular version of OpenBSD for the Sharp Zaurus; it's not FreeBSD, but it's pretty damn close. I'm not saying it would be feasible to port darwin to ARM, but something similar has been done.

  17. Re:they'll find a way on What is Apple Without Steve Jobs? · · Score: 2, Funny

    New, from apple. The iCEO.

  18. Re:Postgresql as the database on Librarians Stake Their Future on OSS · · Score: 1

    The smart thing to do would be to make it use whatever standard SQL extensions are out there (I'm not very versed in SQL), then perhaps make it modular for each of the popular SQL servers.

  19. Re:More to lose on MySpace Users Have Stronger Passwords Than Employees · · Score: 1

    You call IT.

  20. Re:Finding holes in a MS product.... on Zero Day Exploit Found in Windows Media Player · · Score: 1

    Anyone else getting a feeling of Deja Vu?

  21. Re:COM != NET on EveryDNS Under Botnet DDoS Attack · · Score: 1

    So you post it far up on the post que in /. Now it'll go down!

  22. Re:Good on Grad-School Thesis Becomes PS3 Game · · Score: 1

    Oh my goodness! Flash on PPC!
    Linux mavens rejoice?

  23. Re:Microsoft developer community? on Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs · · Score: 1

    Because they probably aren't very familiar with the code they'd be working with.
    Insert some joke about "they're good at temp-patching issues"

  24. Re:Brilliant -- like DDR but for the arms on Wii Aches - Couch Potatoes Working it Up · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean "Come on who?"

  25. Re:why on World's Largest Supercooled Magnet Activated · · Score: 1

    It's an end to global warming, of course!