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Comment Re:duh, hollywood finds something else (Score 1) 339

Bible movies anyone?

Maybe a return to ninja movies, like in the 80s.

Ninja bible movies.

Pharoh (Noriyuki Morita) sends his soldiers to enslave a village of Israeli peasants. The peasants flee their rice fields, lamenting 'Oy gevalt, Pharoh-san' as the soldiers burn their bamboo huts to the ground. Moses (Chow Yun-Fat) appears over the crest of a nearby hill, and quickly assesses the situation. Drawing his sword he proceeds to defend the villagers, taking down soldier after soldier, until he is betrayed and rendered unconscious by a blow from behind by Judas (Michelle Yeoh, but wearing a fake beard).

Moses is captured and bound, then dragged before Pharoh, whereup Moses challenges him to single combat. Not sure who'll win in the screenplay version, but I picture fights with the combatants effortlessly skimming atop the rice-filled Nile River, bounding from fig tree to fig tree, with the climax of the fight on top of a pyramid.

Comment Re:Whack-a-mole (Score 1) 234

ah well shit, it sounds dangerous. we all need to give up and go back to living like the amish.

Good lord, man - don't you know how radiocative the Amish are? Wham! Wham! [1]





[1] I have no idea what George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley have to do with radiation, but all the cool posters seem keep mentioning them, so I'll just play along.

Comment Re:You are welcome to pay more. Here's how (Score 1) 642

Please, enlighten the world, what in your estimation constitutes a 'reasonable amount'?

People in the same income group as myself should pay less. People in other income groups should pay more. As far as I can tell, this is an almost universal definition of 'reasonable' when it comes to taxes, regardless of income level or tax rate.

Do you know how much you pay today if you earn more than 500Kin Connecticut today?

Given that the median household income for CT in 2009 was $67K, I'm betting there's a whole lot of people in that state who would love a chance to find out what a $500K income looks like, despite the ruinous taxation rates you claim. ("Hi honey, got good news and bad news. I quit my $67K job for one that pays $500K, but roman_mir says that means I'll barely bring home $250K after taxes." Spouse: "Okay, so what's the bad news?")

Comment Re:Obama acomplishments (Score 1) 639

So, exactly how is BHO "head and shoulders above GWB"?

I think the GP was engaging in a bit of hyperbole - while BHO is taller than GWB, the difference is more comparable to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. (Homer voice: "Mmmmmm...PB&J...")

Abe Lincoln vs James Madison - now that's head and shoulders. (Zombie voice: "Mmmmmmm...head and shoulders...")

Comment Re:Educate yourselves (Score 1) 520

Actually, the Chicago Manual of Style allows " Asus' " as an alternative to "Asus's". Just make sure to be consistent.

Let me fix that for you:

Actually, the Chicago Manual of S'tyle allows' " As'us' " as' an alternative to "As'us's'". Jus't make s'ure to be cons'is'tent.

Now that's' cons'is'tent! Whoo-hoo - gonna get me 100% on my next Englis'h es's'ay for s'ure! Thanks' S'las'dot!

Comment Re:seven? nine? three? (Score 1) 199

Ritchie was recently chosen to hold one of seven smartcards that can rebuild the root key that underpins this system' called DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions).

I thought the dwarves got seven cards. And, the humans got nine... and the elves three. Or, am I mixing something up?

No no, you've got it right. It's just that, well, Ritchie's not all that tall, and he's got a beard...

Comment Re:A solution in need of a problem? (Score 3, Funny) 178

NTP solved this ages ago by distributing atomic clock accuracy through the network.

You probably missed the point that the project is based in Australia. NTP doesn't work down there, because the Coriolis effect makes Australian clocks turn the opposite way of clocks in the Northern Hemisphere, just like their toilets swirl the other direction. This creates a problem, since many distros have NTP enabled by default, which causes the system clock to run backwards on Australian computers - really makes a mess of the logs, screensavers activate an hour before the computer is turned on, all sorts of odd things. If you start looking at the RADclock code, you'll find that it's surprisingly simple and elegant - they simply reverse the byte order of the NTP messages, and - voila! - their clocks can now run forwards while remaining synchronized.

This explanation brought to you by a six-pack of Fosters.

Comment Re:We hit 7 TeV, but how much more to go? (Score 2, Funny) 256

You might as well ask whether a rock is an introvert or an extrovert.

Definitely introverts. I've sat and talked to rocks all day long, and they hardly ever say a thing back. Talk about shy. Way different than daisies - those things never stop chattering. Total extroverts. (What's that you say, Mr. Day-Glo Green Squirrel? Another tab of acid? Oh, I really couldn't. Well, okay, if you're sure there's enough for everyone.)

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