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  1. Re:I've already upgraded.. on Why "Upgrade" To Office 2007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "My point is, i've explained myself MILLIONS of times to the slashdot crowd"

    But.. how?! You only have 1013 posts! :-)

  2. Re:Talk to a business advisory service on Suggestions for a PC Home Tech Support Business? · · Score: 2, Informative

    It isn't, it's just that AC had nothing useful to contribute nor understand that your links could help someone contemplating this where you are.

    In the US the Small Business Administration...
    http://www.sba.gov/

    And it's non-profit affiliate, SCORE:
    http://www.score.org/ ..where retired business executives volunteer their help for small startups.

  3. Re:Dear Mr. Quirk, aka Rhapsody guy... on iTunes Sales Ban Does Increase CD Sales · · Score: 1

    Background information:

    Tim Quirk, former singer for late 80s - 90s band Too Much Joy

    http://www.sayhername.com/tmj.php

    Great band.

  4. Re:His life? on Jon Maddog Hall on Linux, His Life and More · · Score: 1

    You've got your own basement?

    That's swell, I'm still living in my folks laundry room, sharing it with my dog Skipper.

  5. Re:windows only? on Google to Buy Opera? · · Score: 1

    Look in the /. arvchives of about a week ago, there was an article posted on it. MacUpdate had the link, but has since taken it down. It was a pre-release beta.

    Works pretty good though.

  6. Re:Burning Man? on Open Sources 2.0 · · Score: 1
  7. Re:15 years too many? on IMDb Turns 15 · · Score: 1

    "4. Required to register to even *look* at the discussions."

    The discussions are not worth your time, trust me.

  8. Re:how do we "treat" this problem? on Pillows Dangerous for Your Health · · Score: 1

    "Not only that, if you are smothered with a hospital pillow, your chances of survival are reduced?"

    Thankfully, my name isn't Randle Patrick McMurphy and I don't know anyone named Chief Bromden.

  9. Re:how do we "treat" this problem? on Pillows Dangerous for Your Health · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Break out the aluminium foil."

    Done. Ready...

    "... Cover one oven tray with foil..."

    Damn you. I was all ready for a new Slashdot homemade tin foil hat recipe.

  10. Re:Trillian on It's Time To Take Back Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    D'OH! Wow- yes, it did fly right past me. :-)

  11. Re:Cost vs Bay Bridge retrofit on Italy To Build World's Longest Suspension Bridge · · Score: 1

    Wow. Someone just modded me flamebait. They obviously don't come from California.

  12. Re:"Its time to support my job security" on It's Time To Take Back Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    "Just like GM, Ford and Dodge have a monopoly on U.S. Produced cars"

    Tell that to the people driving Toyotas and Hondas made in the US.

  13. Re:Trillian on It's Time To Take Back Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    From the installer:

    "Miranda IM and associated plugins are all released under the GNU General Public License"

  14. Re:Cost vs Bay Bridge retrofit on Italy To Build World's Longest Suspension Bridge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "How come?"

    Italy doesn't have to deal with CalTrans, or the fifty gazillion other state and Bay Area agencies with noses in the project. I believe California's nuthouse approval processes have long eclipsed even the famed Italian bureaucracy.

  15. Re:Value for Paris, None For Us on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 1

    You are correct- it's .19 for that size. I was wrong when I posted .29 earlier.

  16. Re:Value for Paris, None For Us on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Costco- a half mile from work- I walk in with an SD card, have lunch lunch, go back to the photo counter and walk out with 4x6's at $0.29 or 8x10s on matte for $0.99 a pop if I need them, plenty cheap enough.

    So yeah- some of us can get it more conveniently than waiting for the on-line printer delivery.

  17. Re:Oh Please on How the Lisa Changed Everything · · Score: 1, Funny

    What do you mean?! I am using Bob right now- it's a tremendous OS!

  18. Bail Bonds on Google Maps Graduates · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I had a neighborhood near the county courthouse in San Francisco highlighted yesterday and asked for the bail bondsman in the area. It didn't understand that request.

    Thankfully I wasn't in jail and looking for one at that time.

  19. How about some mock apple pie instead? on Japan Will Stage Mock Cyberattacks · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know it's offtopic, but that's what I am staging- make sure you put this on your recipe card for the holidaze!

    _______________________
    Ritz Mock Apple Pie

    The classic pie, featuring Ritz crackers baked in a golden crust,
    is perfect for the holidays.

    Pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie
    36 RITZ Crackers, coarsely broken (about 1 3/4 cups crumbs)
    1 3/4 cups water
    2 cups sugar
    2 teaspoons cream of tartar
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
    Grated peel of one lemon
    2 tablespoons margarine or butter
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    1. Roll out half the pastry and line a 9-inch pie plate. Place
    cracker crumbs in prepared crust; set aside.

    2. Heat water, sugar and cream of tartar to a boil in saucepan
    over high heat; simmer for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and peel;
    cool.

    3. Pour syrup over cracker crumbs. Dot with margarine or butter;
    sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll out remaining pastry; place over pie.
    Trim, seal and flute edges. Slit top crust to allow steam to escape.

    4. Bake at 425 F for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is crisp
    and golden. Cool completely.

    Makes 10 servings

    NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION per serving
    413 calories, 3 g protein, 63 g carbohydrate, 17 g total fat,
    3 g saturated fat, 339 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber.

    Preparation Time: 45 mins.
    Cook Time: 30 mins.
    Cooling Time: 3 hrs.
    Total Time: 4 hrs. 15 mins.

  20. Re:Sun's OpenOffice? on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    *WHOOOOOOSHHHHHH*

    You missed the joke.

    Slashdot editors. Losers. :-)

  21. Re:Sun's OpenOffice? on Google Declares War on Microsoft · · Score: 1

    "You'd think SLASHDOT editors (and the use of that term here gets looser and looser every day)"

    Are you sure you didnt mean loser and loser ?

  22. When to leave the industry.. on When to Leave That First Tech Job · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...when your web server dies even before a Slashdot 'First Post'

  23. Re:Living in the other target city (DC) on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 1

    And maybe they have a sense of humor and see the value of making an absurd joke at the expense of the vagaries of the English language.

  24. Re:What's the best solution? on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Fortunatly for me I have a good friend in Nigeria who is willing to take copies of all my important documents and store them in a safe place as part of an ongoing business relationship him and I share."

    FREND- I AM AWIATING ON NYOUR MOST EXPIDICSOUS REPLY TO MY LATEST LETTER. I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BY TELEFON AS SOON AS HUMANELY POSSIBLE. DO NOT DISAPOINT ME.

  25. Re:Living in the other target city (DC) on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...and animal husbandry"

    Oh come ON now! Society is having a tough enough time with gay marriage to even go there!