Comment Presents (Score 2, Funny) 296
Xerox wanted to send a present, but they decided the GUI they sent for the baby shower is the gift that keeps on giving.
Comment Let's do the math (Score 1) 532
Well, it isn't exactly
Linux: 5,000
Microsoft: 0
but more along the lines of
Linux: n/a
Microsoft: -5,000
Bad economy: FTW
Comment But if Russia develops it... (Score 4, Funny) 374
... who will there be to pirate it?
Comment I think there's a fish for that sort of thing now (Score 2, Informative) 198
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 835
GeekSquad diagnosis: Vista installed. Remove immediately.
Wait, you left out re-installing the OS for $129 and a $159 data-backup. Also, don't forget anti-virus and anti-spyware for just $100 more!
Comment DRM is not a racial slur... (Score -1, Troll) 414
[a bunch of slashdotters and end users run into Microsoft and see the "interspecies erotica"]
End user: What the fuck?
[the donkey brays as the slashdotters see Hugh Griffiths' "DRM 4 Life" shirt]
Slashdotters: [shouting] DRM??
Hugh Griffiths: Oh, no no, it's cool, I'm taking it back.
Comment Re:Just stop watching TV (Score 1) 479
You must be using analog... from the future.
Comment Oblig. (Score 1) 105
In Soviet Russia, space tours you!
Comment Re:Seems like... (Score 2, Insightful) 187
It isn't an issue of the corporation being bigger than just one man. The SEC is investigating because it's a matter of whether investors were mislead by Apple's disclosures. Because while a CEO is just a man, he's a very important man within that corporation and his health and well-being does in fact affect share prices. Whether that should be the case is entirely irrelevant to the SEC's need to investigate.
A corporation is bigger than just one man, but let's put that in perspective:
Comment There's really only one pertinent question... (Score 1) 260
Does it have a hidden flight sim?
Comment DISCLAIMER: (Score 5, Funny) 291
"Any rebroadcast, reproduction, or other use of the pictures and accounts of this hearing without the express written consent of the Recording Industry Association of America is prohibited and will be subjected to a fine of no less than $1 million per infraction."
Comment Weekly updates? Still not enough. (Score 1) 242
I've often encountered companies who run windows updates on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, thinking this will be enough. It is not. And not to promote the idea of the lazy IT worker (though I consider myself to be one), but situations like this truly do require a machine-by-machine check. So all you folks out there who rely on Saturday night updates, well, you might want to do a quick check on that.
Comment Re:It's the bot net (Score 4, Funny) 515
I believe WinAntiVirus Pro 2009 can clear that up. And probably increase d/l speeds too!
Comment Re:It's comeing form the under grround citys there (Score 1) 200
It's coming form the under ground city's there.
Hey, that's actually pretty good English for an underground-martian-city dweller!
Submission + - Montana Store Has No Problem With Used CDs
hendrix2k writes: "As we saw in kdawson's submission on May 7th, some states are taking great measures to keep people from burning CDs and selling them used. In Missoula, Montana, however, one record store has no problem with selling an album, letting you burn it, then paying half price for the "used" CD. From the article:
It's a simple policy, really: Standard computer software allows the owner of a CD to copy (aka "rip") to the computer hard drive a CD's tracks, which can then be copied to another recordable CD ("burned") and played, uploaded to any variety of MP3 players — or given to a friend. You then take the CD back to Budget within two days, and you'll get half of what you bought it for in cash.
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