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  1. So how long... on The Ultimate Blog Post · · Score: 1

    History of blogs getting /.ed after their owners decide to submit an article?
    bad publicity!

  2. Hey, they can't do that! on UnBox Calls Home, A Lot · · Score: 1

    Surely some spyware company (or Sony) has a patent on phoning home.

    Blasphemy!

  3. In other news... on Chase Data for 2.6 Million Ends up in Landfill · · Score: 1

    The Fresh Kills Landfill in New York mysteriously dissapeared this Thursday. "We don't know who did it, but approximately 4.2mil footprints were found on the scene," said the Cheif of Police, "We don't know who to look for first."

    In other other news, credit card fraud is on the rise.

  4. Re:Flaimbait this is on Business 2.0 Says 'Boycott Vista' · · Score: 1

    no, i don't think you really want that.
    Full autocomplete is nice in some situations, but with the likelyhood of having multiple folders with the same name, tab completion (as apposed to auto) is a nice addition. Tab is on my list of 'twitch keys' by now

  5. Microsoft Bob left behind on Microsoft's High School Opens in PA · · Score: 2, Funny

    WASHINGTON, DC--President Bush announced Monday that he'll encourage Congress to back his new education initiative, the Microsoft Bob Left Behind Act. "It is my goal to close the achievement gap in our schools with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind--except for Microsoft Bob of Redmond, WA," Bush said at a White House press conference. "By 2014, I plan to see a significant jump in the math, reading, and science proficiency of 99.9999 percent of America's students. The children, excluding Bob, are our future." Bush was inspired to leave Bob behind after the child threw up all over the merry-go-round last week. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32934

  6. So... on Selling Other People's Identities · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How much is your name worth?
    How much is your soul worth?

  7. Amazon Unbox? on Amazon Unbox Video Store Launches · · Score: 1

    Unpossible!
    What's 'unbox' supposed to mean, anyway?

  8. is there any relation? on Xbox for Stroke Rehabilitation · · Score: 2, Interesting

    between strokes and epilectic seizures? If so, this is a very bad idea... regardless, there's nothing special about this... an xbox is just a computer, after all...

  9. Re:Yes, but... on Stephen Hawking Looking for Assistant · · Score: 1

    Regardless, you were modded funny -- it does an even better job of degrading your point. Besides, this is /. Mod points are so valuable, why waste them to mod someone down? Just leave them at 1 (or 0, for AC) like the rest of us dogs!

  10. Re:The important part: Mono on GNOME 2.16 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Regardless, it is still an accepted standard (ISO/IEC 23270)

  11. Am i the only one? on Bad Password Allowed Swedish Watergate · · Score: 1

    Who couldn't figure out what the hell this article was about from the summary? Go editors Go!

  12. Re:Profiling is worse than random searches. on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    Religion in the goverment, that's what it makes!

  13. Re:As much as I like open source software ... on Google Releases Tesseract as Open Source · · Score: 1

    Only if the CAPTCHA makers don't test it through tesseract beforehand...

  14. In a related story... on SanDisk MP3 Players Seized in MP3 Licence Dispute · · Score: 1

    Big Companies Cheat.

  15. Re:Freaking California on California Passes Wi-Fi Guidance Law · · Score: 1

    May cause papercuts?

  16. Re:Already been done... on Privacy Web Browser 'Browzar' Branded Adware · · Score: 1

    Even better, Ctrl+Shift+Del

  17. Well, it'll just be a registry key on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    Like everything else.

  18. Re:Eliminating a $20/year fee is BIG news? on Linspire Makes Click and Run Free · · Score: 1

    No, but making CnR open source is big news.

  19. Re:Depends on How Much Virtual Memory is Enough? · · Score: 1

    I have 768, and i use a gig of swap. 1.5 is a pretty good amount these days, as you really don't fill up your ram all that easily. It's good as a backup, or when a process goes awry

  20. Re:Badware? on AOL 9.0 Called Badware · · Score: 1

    I've always just called it malware...

  21. Re:SSH tunnel + VNC + OO.org on 17 Web Based Competitors to MS Office · · Score: 1

    Are you aware of how long it would take to start up as a web app? good greif!! On a more serious note, there are enough web offices already, no nead for another.

  22. Re:You had water?!? on Heroic IT Dept Less Likely to Steal... Lunches? · · Score: 1

    You had /.? Back in my day, we had to cross-examine the accuracy of every article before submission! We walked to school every day through 3 miles of blizzards, uphill both ways. No, of course we didn't have shoes! We were so poor, we didn't even have feet!

  23. what's on mine? on What's On Your Thumbdrive? · · Score: 1

    Portable OO.o Portable Firefox Portable Gaim PuTTY Various antivirus/anispyware/HijackThis And a small seperate 'casper cow' partition for when i need a full working environment (ubuntu live reads from that partition, giving me a custom ~)

  24. Re:Whose website is nothing more than an error now on Dell Quietly Leaves MP3 Market · · Score: 1

    Well, now we know that dell.com is hosted on a Dell laptop. This explains the horrific speed and 'misplaced' pages...

  25. Re:The other Scroll Wheel on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 1

    Didn't the older Dell DJ's have that?