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  1. I'm googleperplexed... on Google to be Our Web-Based Anti-Virus Protector ? · · Score: 1

    the company found that nearly 1 in ten sites (or about 450,000) Let me get this straight.. 1. there are only 4,500,000 web sites, and 2. 37% of them have 09-f9-11... on them?
  2. Re:Dr. Seuss on Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text · · Score: 1

    I agree.. and even with using the same font, i think the "new" method is still more difficult to read.. i find myself pausing at the line breaks.

    This sentence is supposed to be somewhat difficult
    to read because it is in the old "block" format.

    This sentence
        should be easier
            to read because
    it is in the
      new "cell"
        format.

  3. how about... on HBO Exec Proposes DRM Name Change · · Score: 5, Funny

    Consumer Rights Access Program

  4. Re:And in the spirit of things on Harvard Prof Says Computers Need to Forget · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the good doctor was Doctor Who... Who?
  5. Traffic? on New Jersey Turnpike As a Power Source? · · Score: 1

    During rush hour, the average car speed is what, 5 or 10 mph? Might be able to power a few hundred LEDs.

    I'm glad I moved to PA.

  6. Dr. Watson, I presume.. on Microsoft Says Other OSes Should Imitate UAC · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Australia's Chief Security Adviser Peter Watson Could this be the same Watson thats been crashing my computer all these years? Remember, crashes = security
  7. Vista Sales Higher Than Expected in China on Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected · · Score: 1

    New reports show 247 licenses sold.

  8. High quality movies! on Researchers Break Internet Speed Records · · Score: 5, Funny
    from TFA:

    With the 10-fold increase, a high-quality version of the movie "The Matrix" could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a minute...
    Efforts to make a high quality version of "The Matrix Revolutions" have not succeeded in any time frame.
  9. Re:but it make the Coke taste bad on Is Windows Vista in Trouble? · · Score: 1

    French Coke With Real Sugar is a "Catastrophe".

    Fixed it for ya.

  10. Most secure ever! on Word 2007 Flaws Are Features, Not Bugs · · Score: 1
    from one of the articles:

    "In fact, the behavior observed in Microsoft Word 2007 in this instance is a by-design behavior that improves security and stability by exiting Microsoft Word when it has run out of options to try and reliably display a malformed Word document....The sample code in [Aharoni's] postings cause Microsoft Word to crash, and users can restart the application to resume normal operations."

    So this play on words is why they say Vista is more secure.....
    Crashes less! More secure!

    According to their logic, and unlike "Tastes Great! Less filling!", it can't be both!

  11. Re:Will anyone gain anything from this? on The End is Nigh for XP · · Score: 1

    99% of the XP users I know are unaware of the existence of IRC (and Usenet, etc.)
    sshhhh! let's keep it that way
  12. Badgers? on Nano Scale Artworks · · Score: 3, Funny

    It includes a 15 micron wide badger
    Badgers? Badgers?! We dont need no stinking badgers!
  13. Re:hmmm, sorta like God, eh? on Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing · · Score: 1

    "What was God doing before He made the world? "What does God need with a starship?"
  14. Re:Where are the documents? on Microsoft Wanted To Drop Mac Office To Hurt Apple · · Score: 1

    these are the documents i immediately thought about:
    http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm
    see items 345 to 350

  15. Dude on Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude, you bought a [DELETED]

  16. Should've known.. on Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition · · Score: 1

    The radio station's name is "KDND 107.9 The END"

  17. Re:You get a RFID tag IN THE MAIL? on Mini Introduces RFID-Activated Billboards · · Score: 2, Insightful
    when you're driving 70mph down the road, make sure you look up for your important message from your car manufacturer -- and then miss your turn.

    "Jim! TURN HERE-> "

  18. Minis are underpowered on Mini Introduces RFID-Activated Billboards · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Jim! You Could Have Had a V8!"

  19. Re:What goes around, comes aroud on Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista · · Score: 1
    it was so bad for the laptop, that I just reformatted the HD & installed Ubuntu, sending XP to electronic Hell.

    excellent idea, but MS doesn't care. they still got your money.

  20. Change the famous quote to.. on NASA Will Go Metric On the Moon · · Score: 1

    "That's 1 mm step for man, 1 km leap for mankind"

  21. Re:Price to high on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    hey, that's great! my crap verizon voice/ unlimited data plan is ~$90/month. the very-limited-data plan is less but i got shafted once on over usage charges.

  22. because techno sucks on Why Software Sucks, And Can Something Be Done About It? · · Score: 1
  23. I'll set the building on fire... on Year of the Mainframe? Not Quite, Say Linux Grids · · Score: 1
    Polk seemed content banishing the big box to a dark, lonely corner


    Polk: Mainframe, we're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs into storage B. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could just go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, mmm-K?

    IBM 2066-002 Mainframe: Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler...

  24. Re:Is more powerful more, or less, efficient? on The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine · · Score: 1
    Most diesels have a 3/2 to 2/1 ratio of torque over HP, but then most peak in the 2400-3800RPM area

    huh?
    HP = TORQUE x RPM ÷ 5252 no matter what kind of engine youre dealing with.

    I knew that 7780 HP was wrong because you can tweak the fire out of a 6 litre chevy diesel and get 1000 HP and 1500 to 2000 lb/ft torque.

    these figures are meaningless without RPM. See equation #1.

  25. Re:Fake moon sand or fake mars sand? on NASA Needs Fake Moon Dust · · Score: 2, Funny
    there's another request from NASA, which was previously considered unrelated:

    NASA needs hundreds of gallons of reddish-orange dye