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  1. Mine looks like Number 5 by GreenSwirl · · Score: 1 · on Miss Digital World 2005

    My GF looks just like the fifth virtual finalist!

    Mine likes nerds, too. Her favorite nickname for me is 'dork'. Gotta say, though, most girls I dated were not really into the nerdiness. My vast toy spaceship collection works pretty good to sort out the nerd-haters from the nerd-lovers.

  2. Re:I'm missing something by tpgp · · Score: 4, Informative · on Miss Digital World 2005

    In fact, she exists only from the neck up

    Pics of many of the finalists (including neck down) here

  3. proof that alta-vista is still spammed by phoenix123 · · Score: 1 · on Google Considering Merger With Microsoft

    av.com search for kernel note: sponsored sites first, half of the sites CRAP

    google search note: 20% crap, no sponsored links

    msn.com search note: 100% crap, kernel.org does NOT show up - useless

    search msn.DE (!) note: 60% crap, but kernel.org is FIRST entry. - political corrections are only made in the us-website

  4. Re:The rest of the world cares about this because? by Get+Behind+the+Mule · · Score: 1 · on Deregulation and Niagara Mohawk - Is There a Story?
    Well guess what, we dont.


    Well, let's see. The top story on all the TV news broadcasts in Germany last night was the power outage, and BBC World was giving non-stop, live coverage -- I could see Mayor Bloomberg's press conference live there. Right now on the German Internet news sites, it's the top two stories on Spiegel Online, the top story on Focus Online, the top story at the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and I think I could on like this all day. It was also the sole topic of discussion at lunch with my colleagues here in Hamburg today.

    I would think that a blackout affecting an estimated fifty million people would be very big news no matter where in the world it occurred. There's also a bit of Schadenfreude in the fact that it has hit the world's only superpower, and a bit of fascination about New York experiencing yet another historic blackout.

    And yes, it is a relevant subject on a technology site, since energy is a technological field, and since our computers run on ... you guessed it, electricity. If the same thing happens where we live, well then we'll have to stop using our computers. And where would we be then?!

    I understand that many Slashdot readers are unaware of how US-centric it gets sometimes, but this time I don't think it's a problem.
  5. Re:The rest of the world cares about this because? by Get+Behind+the+Mule · · Score: 1 · on Deregulation and Niagara Mohawk - Is There a Story?
    Well guess what, we dont.


    Well, let's see. The top story on all the TV news broadcasts in Germany last night was the power outage, and BBC World was giving non-stop, live coverage -- I could see Mayor Bloomberg's press conference live there. Right now on the German Internet news sites, it's the top two stories on Spiegel Online, the top story on Focus Online, the top story at the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and I think I could on like this all day. It was also the sole topic of discussion at lunch with my colleagues here in Hamburg today.

    I would think that a blackout affecting an estimated fifty million people would be very big news no matter where in the world it occurred. There's also a bit of Schadenfreude in the fact that it has hit the world's only superpower, and a bit of fascination about New York experiencing yet another historic blackout.

    And yes, it is a relevant subject on a technology site, since energy is a technological field, and since our computers run on ... you guessed it, electricity. If the same thing happens where we live, well then we'll have to stop using our computers. And where would we be then?!

    I understand that many Slashdot readers are unaware of how US-centric it gets sometimes, but this time I don't think it's a problem.
  6. A few sites by allolex · · Score: 2, Informative · on International Connectivity

    When I first moved to Germany in 1994, there was little information available for expatriots. It was all pretty much learning by doing. I recently spent about a year and a half in LA and returned to Germany at the end of last year with my girlfriend, who does not speak German. While looking for orientation materials for her (actually an experienced expat), I discovered that the amount of information has expanded greatly.

    One really useful site is How To Germany, which includes a brief overview and a nice link to an online comparison chart. The best computer magazin in the world had an entire section devoted to the best and cheapest DSL/cable internet service at the end of last year. Unfortunately, you will have to learn German to read the article (The issue's TOC is here, if you want it---and this is reason enough to want to learn German.)

  7. Re:/. editors got duped again !!! by rednaxel · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft: Because Bugs are Cool
    By the way, there's another dupe: a brazilian magazine has cloned the Focus' logo. Epoca is far younger than Focus, so it was a shameless copy (and maybe trademark violation?). See for yourself:

    FOCUS

    EPOCA

  8. Re:You begin by asking questions by cramus · · Score: 4, Informative · on Microsoft: Because Bugs are Cool


    It came from a tech satire website. The interview did not take place. You may now put down the pitchforks and torches...
    Your information is wrong. The interview actually appeared in the german focus magazine in 1995. Look at the
    Focus archive if you can read german and are willing to spend some euros.

    -- Marcus

  9. Re:Agreed by Magnus+Reftel · · Score: 3, Informative · on Microsoft: Because Bugs are Cool
    Old, but probably not fake.

    Most online versions of the article claim that it was in the German weekly magazine FOCUS (nr.43, October 23, 1995, pages 206-212), and a search in the focus archives reveals that FOCUS had an interview with Gates in that issue (third result). However, to see if the text is the same, you'll have to pay them (and understand German).

  10. Also another thing... by umofomia · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft: Because Bugs are Cool

    The interview claims to be from FOCUS Number 43, but if you look at the FOCUS Magazine site, the current issue is Number 8. Unless they did some major restructuring, I don't know of any places that go back on their numbering.