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Re:I'd think it was obvious to any man by Tom · 2009-06-24 04:30 · Score: 1 · on NIH Spends $400K To Figure Out Why Men Don't Like Condoms

Are you serious? YOU used the metaphor. A metaphor is a device in English for making comparisons to something more familiar.

Yes, but what exactly is being compared is what matters. See http://efl.htmlplanet.com/metaphors.htm - one other example with a dog: If you call someone the "top dog", you're not trying to say he is, looks or behaves like a dog. The comparison is not between the type of life form, but between the social status involved in each case.

Given the topic of discussion, I assume you have one or more partners - a girlfriend, wife, spouse? Go use that metaphor on them and see how much use you have for a condom.

I don't hit my wife, but I'll tell you if she barks when I do. :-)

Re:The actual article by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-04 03:36 · Score: 0 · on Black Holes 'Do Not Exist,' Contends Physicist

Eratosthenes was able to calculate the radius of the earth in the 3rd century BC, so I'm pretty sure he knew it was round.

From: http://rathnasree.htmlplanet.com/EarthRadius.htm

National Dark-Sky Week, too by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-16 15:24 · Score: 0 · on National TV Turn Off Week

Next week (April 19th - 25th) is also National Dark-Sky Week

So turn off your outdoor lights, too.

Bjork Video by torklugnutz · 2003-12-23 06:41 · Score: 1 · on Asimov's "I, Robot" Gets Movie Treatment

The imagery totally reminded me of the Bjork video for "All is Full of Love," directed by Chris Cunningham.

You can download it here. (RealMedia) or look at pictures here.

It's a really amazing piece of work. Let's hope this movie turns out to be as captivating.

Re:What to do if your kids won't eat their vegetab by Distinguished+Hero · 2003-11-03 12:28 · Score: 1 · on Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant

Citing e2 is a laughable form of proof.
And citing a website titled "Crazy English Page" and written by a Korean who appears to have a meager understanding of both English and HTML is somehow less laughable?

And, botanists have no right to redefine words in the English language.
What botanists may or may not do with respect to the English language and its common usage is of no concern to either of us. The fact of the matter is that even in the common usage of English fruits and vegetables are quite different, hence the phrase "fruits and vegetables". So, pray tell good sir, if both botanists and the common layman believe fruits and vegetables to be distinct, why should they be anything but?

Re:What to do if your kids won't eat their vegetab by Minna+Kirai · 2003-11-03 11:36 · Score: 1 · on Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant

And fruits, including berries and tomatoes, are vegetables...

Re:not just stupid treehuggers by anthony_dipierro · 2002-09-23 13:05 · Score: 1 · on Green, Wireless Networking

Depending how much fuel you had the diesel generator could obviously have run 24x7.

But the problem is that you're in the middle of a green festival in the middle of the country and you can't use your car to get more diesel to feed the generator, and you've removed one of the wheels from your bicycle to power your laptop!

"The fuel consumption for the diesel generator is 10KWH per gallon." So at 200 watts per hour, 5 gallons would last over 10 days.

But had you run it (using soybean oil) to generate enough energy for 5-6 hours, you likely would have created less pollution than the bicycle generator.

Seriously though, do you have any hard facts to back this up?, sounds interesting.

Nope. Do you have any hard facts to suggest that I'm wrong?

Is that the corporately controlled, modified by genetic engineering, then sold back to the third world and tree-hugging hippies everywhere type of soya oil?

Preferably the genetically engineered kind, since that's a lot more efficiently grown.

Cygwin? by onby2000 · 2002-07-19 12:05 · Score: 0, Redundant · on SSH Secure Services on Windows 2K/XP?

Check out cygwin. They have ports of most unix like apps and provide a framework for porting stuff. You might be able to find a solution there.

You can find some more info about it here.

Re:--- CHECK THIS OUT --- by on+by · 2002-07-11 20:29 · Score: -1 · on The Tangled Web Of Fiber Optics Lines & Gates

oh btw, you'll hit the max posts per day limit soon - see ya!

Thats why by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-09 08:22 · Score: 0 · on Uptime Realities in the Internet World

Goatse.cx runs on Microsoft IIS! So it can reliablly bring you that anus! None of your open sores crap!

Proof that Open Sores is unreliable! Don't click if you run an open sores OS!

Re:This story also on the Register by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-09 06:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic · on EU Report Advocates Pooling Open Source Software

Its slashdotted, here is a mirror

Here is my favorite Open Source photo... by on+by · 2002-07-08 18:57 · Score: -1 · on Quirky Open Source Convention Photos

It can be found here. Also, the one in my sig pretty much sums it up...(for you AC's that can't see sigs it's here)

Re:Asleep at the wheel? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-07 20:31 · Score: -1, Redundant · on A Quick Peek From the Matrix Set In Sydney

P.S. don't click this either.

Damn you!

Asleep at the wheel? by on+by · 2002-07-07 20:28 · Score: -1 · on A Quick Peek From the Matrix Set In Sydney

It's been nearly 6 hours since the last front page story! What the hell were we supposed to do? Jesus Timmah you really let the side down on this one...too many Shandies? No manham for you tonight!

P.S. don't click this either.

manham.insert(mangina)

Re:Hello -- let's Polka! by on+by · 2002-07-06 17:21 · Score: -1 · on An Application For 10-Gigabit Networking

very nice!

more info on polkas can be found here

interesting article here by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-06 17:19 · Score: -1, Troll · on An Application For 10-Gigabit Networking

here is more information on this.

Re:Despicable practice by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-06 12:37 · Score: -1, Troll · on Rental Car Companies Watching By Satellite, Again

sadly, you are indeed correct sir. why, just last week i was refused access at my local supermarket for non-payment of a bill to a company three states away!

these bastards have formed a network of deceit all over the country. this hoodwinking is worse than the freemasons, and the alienation of our rights is comparable to the scouge of hitler in 1950s europe.

further information on other abuses of our rights, and what you can do about them, can be found at this fascinating website, here. be careful to clear your cache after going there though, you don't want this traced back to you!!

Funny interview with the bot itself by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-06 11:00 · Score: -1, Troll · on N.Y. Times Magazine Chats With ALICE Bot Creator

This is quite amusing, an interview with Alice bot. You can find it here

More info here by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-06 10:53 · Score: -1, Troll · on N.Y. Times Magazine Chats With ALICE Bot Creator

There is more about them here.

Re:analog roads? Blasphemy! by PhilCooper · 2001-11-11 22:17 · Score: 1 · on Are Videogames Art?

Cutting notches in roads? Making bumps on purpose? Everybody knows in the future the Earth will be completely paved, and impurities like this will only ruin the ultimate hypercar driving experiance.

Finally... a story where this is *not* offtopic... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-05-19 20:38 · Score: 5 · on Oxford Yanks Student Page Over Spoof DeCSS

and I'm asleep at the keyboard. Doh!

Oh well... here it is.
Add your own, and spread this far and wide:

This announcement brought to you by the DeCSS Polar Bear.

Time for Slashdot to take a stand... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-04-05 03:12 · Score: 4 · on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600

The following is a list of all the mirrors from the 2600 site.

Slashdot Mirror

Domain: htmlplanet.com

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