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Comment Re:Wrong logo (Score 4, Informative) 158

by pondermaster on Sunday February 01, 2009 @05:59PM (#26687409) Attached to: NetBSD 5.0 RC1 Released

That's increasingly not the case. openbsd has the blowfish, netbsd the stupid flag and freebsd the devil.
When the occasional BSD lurker sees a devil, he thinks FreeBSD.

Comment Wrong logo (Score 5, Funny) 158

by pondermaster on Sunday February 01, 2009 @05:09PM (#26687033) Attached to: NetBSD 5.0 RC1 Released

Accompanying the article with the FreeBSD logo is slightly tasteless, no?

I for one is laughing my devilish ass off.

Comment Lengthy? (Score 1) 304

by pondermaster on Monday January 26, 2009 @05:17PM (#26612931) Attached to: Midnight Commander Development Revived

Not very lengthy, we slashdotted'em :)

Comment Animation/video (Score 1) 197

by pondermaster on Friday January 23, 2009 @08:24PM (#26583597) Attached to: Building a Better CAPTCHA

Have the text/image animated, each frame by itself doesn't contain all the information needed to decipher the text/image.
Interlaced CAPTCHA's is the thing!

Comment Xerox on steroids (Score 0, Troll) 545

by pondermaster on Thursday January 22, 2009 @09:22PM (#26569033) Attached to: Windows 7 Taskbar Not So Similar To OS X Dock After All

I always wondered how they turned photocopies into code.

Comment PR (Score 1) 164

by pondermaster on Sunday January 18, 2009 @09:29AM (#26505543) Attached to: RIAA Walks Away From Another "Discovery" Case

"This adds fuel to the debate over whether the RIAA has finally seen the light or is still sneaking around in the dark."

Just another case of advanced public relations.

Comment Scary how people don't care (Score 2, Insightful) 136

by pondermaster on Sunday January 18, 2009 @07:10AM (#26504955) Attached to: Electronic Medical Records, the Story So Far

Scary thing is... they'll get away with almost anything w.r.t. privacy. Average Joe, plumber or not, doesn't seem to care much.

I wonder why?

Comment Re:Solution (Score 0) 451

by pondermaster on Saturday January 17, 2009 @06:47AM (#26495541) Attached to: How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference?

"Isn't the practicality the whole idea behind wireless, though?"

Yes, but the dude has interference and performance problems. So a viable solution may be wiring up.

Comment Solution (Score 4, Insightful) 451

by pondermaster on Saturday January 17, 2009 @06:19AM (#26495427) Attached to: How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference?

Go back to wired, if you can. Really, you will enjoy the speed increase.

Comment Reeves?!?!? (Score 0) 439

by pondermaster on Friday January 16, 2009 @02:17PM (#26484627) Attached to: Keanu Reeves To Star In <em>Cowboy Bebop</em>

Yiiiihaaaa. Duuuude.

Comment Let's see (Score 1) 399

by pondermaster on Thursday January 15, 2009 @02:03PM (#26469479) Attached to: So Who's Running Apple Now?

I think they should bring in Jesus. I mean, if you want a decent reality distortion field and charisma enough to sell whatever for whatever price. I hear he plans to return any day now.

Comment Re:In other words... (Score 0, Troll) 309

by pondermaster on Thursday January 15, 2009 @01:27PM (#26468647) Attached to: Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters

You being modded flamebait is proof that Slashdot is a joke on your behalf.

Sod off.

Comment Re:In other words... (Score 3, Insightful) 309

by pondermaster on Thursday January 15, 2009 @12:46PM (#26467597) Attached to: Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters

I think you meant...

MUUUWHAHAHAHAHA.

If you're going to have an evil laughter, do it right, man!

Comment Cold beer (Score 5, Funny) 217

by pondermaster on Thursday January 15, 2009 @04:45AM (#26462969) Attached to: Networked Fridges 'Negotiate' Electricity Use

My fridge better not negotiate its way out of cold beer at 7pm.

Comment My eyes... (Score 2, Funny) 97

by pondermaster on Monday January 12, 2009 @09:55AM (#26416085) Attached to: Comet Lulin Is Moving Closer To Earth

...are always naked.
Where's this pesky eyeware shop they're talking about?

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