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  1. Idiocy by Eminence · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Reverses Stand on Discrimination Bill

    Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups..

  2. Re:Avoiding hardware key loggers: by Craig_P92669 · · Score: 0 · on Phishers Using Keystroke Loggers

    Close, but why don't the banks come up with their own version of USB Wireless Security Locks. These could be issued at the bank directly to the customer without phishers being able to hack them.

  3. Thinkgeek... by Jacco+de+Leeuw · · Score: 1 · on How Lightsabers Work
    Was this an attempt by Slashdot's editors to plug Thinkgeek's light sabers?

    Naaah.

    Can't be.

  4. This is stupid... by dhazard · · Score: 5, Informative · on How Lightsabers Work

    Just buy one from thinkgeek...

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/69de/

  5. OMG! FooD...? CAFFEINE! by larsoncc · · Score: 1 · on Online Shoppers Aren't Impulsive

    ohmygod,thinkgeekhasplentyoffood
    youjusthavetoloo kinthecorrectsection
    likerighthere,
    andyou'llbec ompletelyok
    hey,stoplookingatmelikethati'mfine!! /twitch

  6. Re:shopping carts by hexdcml · · Score: 1 · on Online Shoppers Aren't Impulsive

    they do too!

  7. Re:Dear NASA by east+coast · · Score: 1 · on Mars Rover Stuck in a Dune

    But some people might be willing to pay for the novelty of having a car done over by these professionals. I wouldn't myself, but some people might.

    What? Upgrades are alwayz da b0mb! I just got the cigarette lighter and cup holder to mod an old 486/16! It's all pimped out now.

  8. Re:Patient? You'll be toasing that bread for hours by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on New Computer Powered By PoE

    All you need is more time...

    Think a sequence of short duration power bursts confined to a very small area, scanned across and down the toast as the capacters recharge.

    I mean, if you can solder with something like this:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/69d3/

    which is powered by 4 AA batteries. ...then you can make toast with PoE.

    Whoa... I just got an idea.

  9. PoE is a kludge! by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful · on New Computer Powered By PoE
    PoE is just another kludge being standardized because the industry is too lazy and stupid to define a proper standard.

    Ethernet cables were designed to carry DATA, not power. Running a 12W computer off PoE with any kind of distance to the power providing hub is going to require about 20W of input to make it work - with the 8W difference going to heat the cables.

    With all the concern over the leakage current of wall warts, this is an improvement?

    Consider the history of bad decisions like this:
    • "Power Points" in cars. Lighter sockets were designed for lighters, not laptops. They have poor mechanical retention (because the lighter needs to be able to pop out when hot), high contact resistance (so what if the contacts get hot? They are SUPPOSED to get hot!), and a really nasty failure mode (Lil' Billy dropping a penny in them while he waits for mommy to get out of the store). But rather than defining a sensible power connection, the automobile industry lazily continue to push lighter sockets as a power point.
    • USB port powered devices which provide no USB functionality. USB Humidifiers? Cup Warmers? Christmat trees? Ash trays? Cell phone chargers? USB was designed to allow your computer to *control* things, not act as a glorified wall-wart!

    Now we have this stupid idea. "But Ethernet is standard world-wide, and power jacks aren't!"

    So? How about coming up with a standard power/data services jack and deploying it? It's not like Ethernet jacks were a natural phenominon - they were a standard which was created and deployed.

    A nice standard power/data jack, with a standardized supply voltage high enough to move a reasonable amount of power through reasonably sized wires, and a data services jack designed to *move data* would be so much nicer in the end.

    Also, consider this: You have your plant with a bunch of these PoE computer terminals, each tapping power from your central hub. Each computer will inject a small amount of noise onto the line - that's just a fact of life. How much will that noise start to degrade the network signal - especially when you start talking about gigabit Ethernet?

    What if we just standardize on, say, a pair of Anderson Power Pole connectors supplying 24VDC at 2A max, right under a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack. Devices which want to pull power and data have a combined plug which mates to both sets of connectors, standard Ethernet devices use the top port only. Standardize on using 14 gauge wire for power.

    Now you have a sensible standard power port that can be used internationally, still requires the user to just plug one thing in, and isn't a kludge!

    (O.T. What is with /. suddenly deciding to replace </li> elements with </li><li> ? It screws up making proper HTML lists!)
  10. PoE is a kludge! by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful · on New Computer Powered By PoE
    PoE is just another kludge being standardized because the industry is too lazy and stupid to define a proper standard.

    Ethernet cables were designed to carry DATA, not power. Running a 12W computer off PoE with any kind of distance to the power providing hub is going to require about 20W of input to make it work - with the 8W difference going to heat the cables.

    With all the concern over the leakage current of wall warts, this is an improvement?

    Consider the history of bad decisions like this:
    • "Power Points" in cars. Lighter sockets were designed for lighters, not laptops. They have poor mechanical retention (because the lighter needs to be able to pop out when hot), high contact resistance (so what if the contacts get hot? They are SUPPOSED to get hot!), and a really nasty failure mode (Lil' Billy dropping a penny in them while he waits for mommy to get out of the store). But rather than defining a sensible power connection, the automobile industry lazily continue to push lighter sockets as a power point.
    • USB port powered devices which provide no USB functionality. USB Humidifiers? Cup Warmers? Christmat trees? Ash trays? Cell phone chargers? USB was designed to allow your computer to *control* things, not act as a glorified wall-wart!

    Now we have this stupid idea. "But Ethernet is standard world-wide, and power jacks aren't!"

    So? How about coming up with a standard power/data services jack and deploying it? It's not like Ethernet jacks were a natural phenominon - they were a standard which was created and deployed.

    A nice standard power/data jack, with a standardized supply voltage high enough to move a reasonable amount of power through reasonably sized wires, and a data services jack designed to *move data* would be so much nicer in the end.

    Also, consider this: You have your plant with a bunch of these PoE computer terminals, each tapping power from your central hub. Each computer will inject a small amount of noise onto the line - that's just a fact of life. How much will that noise start to degrade the network signal - especially when you start talking about gigabit Ethernet?

    What if we just standardize on, say, a pair of Anderson Power Pole connectors supplying 24VDC at 2A max, right under a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack. Devices which want to pull power and data have a combined plug which mates to both sets of connectors, standard Ethernet devices use the top port only. Standardize on using 14 gauge wire for power.

    Now you have a sensible standard power port that can be used internationally, still requires the user to just plug one thing in, and isn't a kludge!

    (O.T. What is with /. suddenly deciding to replace </li> elements with </li><li> ? It screws up making proper HTML lists!)
  11. PoE is a kludge! by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful · on New Computer Powered By PoE
    PoE is just another kludge being standardized because the industry is too lazy and stupid to define a proper standard.

    Ethernet cables were designed to carry DATA, not power. Running a 12W computer off PoE with any kind of distance to the power providing hub is going to require about 20W of input to make it work - with the 8W difference going to heat the cables.

    With all the concern over the leakage current of wall warts, this is an improvement?

    Consider the history of bad decisions like this:
    • "Power Points" in cars. Lighter sockets were designed for lighters, not laptops. They have poor mechanical retention (because the lighter needs to be able to pop out when hot), high contact resistance (so what if the contacts get hot? They are SUPPOSED to get hot!), and a really nasty failure mode (Lil' Billy dropping a penny in them while he waits for mommy to get out of the store). But rather than defining a sensible power connection, the automobile industry lazily continue to push lighter sockets as a power point.
    • USB port powered devices which provide no USB functionality. USB Humidifiers? Cup Warmers? Christmat trees? Ash trays? Cell phone chargers? USB was designed to allow your computer to *control* things, not act as a glorified wall-wart!

    Now we have this stupid idea. "But Ethernet is standard world-wide, and power jacks aren't!"

    So? How about coming up with a standard power/data services jack and deploying it? It's not like Ethernet jacks were a natural phenominon - they were a standard which was created and deployed.

    A nice standard power/data jack, with a standardized supply voltage high enough to move a reasonable amount of power through reasonably sized wires, and a data services jack designed to *move data* would be so much nicer in the end.

    Also, consider this: You have your plant with a bunch of these PoE computer terminals, each tapping power from your central hub. Each computer will inject a small amount of noise onto the line - that's just a fact of life. How much will that noise start to degrade the network signal - especially when you start talking about gigabit Ethernet?

    What if we just standardize on, say, a pair of Anderson Power Pole connectors supplying 24VDC at 2A max, right under a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack. Devices which want to pull power and data have a combined plug which mates to both sets of connectors, standard Ethernet devices use the top port only. Standardize on using 14 gauge wire for power.

    Now you have a sensible standard power port that can be used internationally, still requires the user to just plug one thing in, and isn't a kludge!

    (O.T. What is with /. suddenly deciding to replace </li> elements with </li><li> ? It screws up making proper HTML lists!)
  12. PoE is a kludge! by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful · on New Computer Powered By PoE
    PoE is just another kludge being standardized because the industry is too lazy and stupid to define a proper standard.

    Ethernet cables were designed to carry DATA, not power. Running a 12W computer off PoE with any kind of distance to the power providing hub is going to require about 20W of input to make it work - with the 8W difference going to heat the cables.

    With all the concern over the leakage current of wall warts, this is an improvement?

    Consider the history of bad decisions like this:
    • "Power Points" in cars. Lighter sockets were designed for lighters, not laptops. They have poor mechanical retention (because the lighter needs to be able to pop out when hot), high contact resistance (so what if the contacts get hot? They are SUPPOSED to get hot!), and a really nasty failure mode (Lil' Billy dropping a penny in them while he waits for mommy to get out of the store). But rather than defining a sensible power connection, the automobile industry lazily continue to push lighter sockets as a power point.
    • USB port powered devices which provide no USB functionality. USB Humidifiers? Cup Warmers? Christmat trees? Ash trays? Cell phone chargers? USB was designed to allow your computer to *control* things, not act as a glorified wall-wart!

    Now we have this stupid idea. "But Ethernet is standard world-wide, and power jacks aren't!"

    So? How about coming up with a standard power/data services jack and deploying it? It's not like Ethernet jacks were a natural phenominon - they were a standard which was created and deployed.

    A nice standard power/data jack, with a standardized supply voltage high enough to move a reasonable amount of power through reasonably sized wires, and a data services jack designed to *move data* would be so much nicer in the end.

    Also, consider this: You have your plant with a bunch of these PoE computer terminals, each tapping power from your central hub. Each computer will inject a small amount of noise onto the line - that's just a fact of life. How much will that noise start to degrade the network signal - especially when you start talking about gigabit Ethernet?

    What if we just standardize on, say, a pair of Anderson Power Pole connectors supplying 24VDC at 2A max, right under a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack. Devices which want to pull power and data have a combined plug which mates to both sets of connectors, standard Ethernet devices use the top port only. Standardize on using 14 gauge wire for power.

    Now you have a sensible standard power port that can be used internationally, still requires the user to just plug one thing in, and isn't a kludge!

    (O.T. What is with /. suddenly deciding to replace </li> elements with </li><li> ? It screws up making proper HTML lists!)
  13. Not all of it was bullshit by cgenman · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Venture Money in Open Source

    Actually, you can get an LCD picture frame for about 100 dollars these days. And with digital cameras outselling traditional cameras, the price is worth it. They were just ahead of their time.

    Exactly how many thousands of years have software companies been profitably running? A lot of what happened during the Bubble was in reaction to things that were wrong at regular monolithic companies. People do need more room to work than most companies give them. People need to take their mind off of work every now and then. (I remember visiting software development firms in the 80's and ping pong ball guns being present). Studies have shown that the average worker produces the most overall if they're slacking off 20% of the time. Aeron chairs, while gratuitous, are a lot more comfortable than the average office chair. Low light, and the narrow-spectrum light output by cheap flourescent office lights, are responsible for Seasonal Affective Disorder, or more plainly low light exposure levels cause depression. Out of this time we also got RSI-reduction keyboards, nonlinear office layouts, and a refocusing on morale of the individual over the "Office Space" style dronage where nobody cares what they do. There are also the "casual everydays," because a suit doesn't help you do your job as a coder any more than an optimized compiler would help an executive improve vendor relationships. Perks which had been dropping for years were suddenly brought forward as a way to improve worker relations and moral for less money than just paying them. My company is paying less for my health, dental, vision, accidental death and dismemberment, etc than they would have to pay me in cold hard cash to keep me as contented.

    Maybe I should, but I don't feel so bad about the venture capitalists. To the average user with a clue, an internet-connected toaster was a joke, not something you would invest millions of dollars in. Even if the tech could be perfected, and it could pretty easily... so what? The investors in a company should know more than the average man on the street, but they allowed themselves to be blinded by greed. Instead of approaching anything rationally, they were driven by the potential for hundreds of trillions of dollars. Some of the ideas were either good or noble yet failed anyway, but many of the investors totally lost perspective and invested in junk. The AOL Time-Warner merger is the perfect example of this. Everyone at AOL knew they hit the proverbial jackpot, and everyone on the street knew Time-Warner was being an idiot.

    In case you haven't noticed, companies are still releasing press releases that sound like they're from the bullshit generator.

  14. They missed the most important review by btarval · · Score: 1 · on USB Flash Drive Round-up
    I was looking for a new Swiss Army Knife the other day, and discovered that they now make them with USB drives, believe it or not.

    Here's one.

    I don't see how you can seriously have a real review for geeks without including this baby, no disrespect intended towards the folks at Ars.

  15. Re:He'll be disappointed... by elcid73 · · Score: 1 · on Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA

    Wear it

  16. Re:That's nice. by jellomizer · · Score: 1 · on Human Hibernation on the Horizon?

    They already have that, it is available in many forms.

    Cofee, Tea, Surge, Mt. Dew, Jolt, and many other fine products that are available at Think Geek

  17. Re:A "reverse engineer" by Spruce+Moose · · Score: -1 · on Tridgell Reveals Bitkeeper Secrets

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/31fc

  18. Re:perspective. by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 1 · on BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    I thought they were silly. The people I work with have to hear me go on and on about them just about every day. They think there's many things wrong with me.

    The movie's not the book, the radio play, the live play, the double record, the video game, or even the pamphlet. It's the movie. Read the forward from the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide and you'll see that DNA was working on a movie adaption since before '86.

  19. Re:A9 does it with a plugin by illuin · · Score: 1 · on Google Adds Search History Feature
    re: "A9 does it with a plug in"

    I think I hear a new line of T-Shirts on the way ;-)

  20. Re:Sounds sensible for a change... by scottv67 · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft to Release a Thin-Client Windows XP

    a lot more pleasant place to work.

    I think that you'll find this item will be much cheaper to implement than buying new PCs for everyone:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/3190 /

  21. Re:Well by Dr.+GeneMachine · · Score: 2, Informative · on MP3 Market Approaching Critical Mass

    Here you go:
    A tape deck.

  22. Re:5.3 Million? by sharkey · · Score: 1 · on MP3 Market Approaching Critical Mass

    It appears that someone has.

  23. If they had just clicked on the /. ads ... by swilde23 · · Score: 1 · on Sousveillance in Seattle - Watching the Watchers
    ... they wouldn't have been caught. http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/655e/ ?cpg=12597/

    Sorry, I had to.

  24. Re:I still don't understand by Temporal · · Score: 1 · on Laser Warnings Planned for Out-of-Bounds Pilots

    Just use this:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tracker.shtml

    (Note: Product originally announced April 1st, 2005)

  25. Use this by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Laser Warnings Planned for Out-of-Bounds Pilots

    They should get one of these gadgets. I hear they're becoming pretty popular. It's even USB!

  26. Finally the future by Easy2RememberNick · · Score: 1 · on Remote-Controlled Flies

    Laser beam controlled fruit flies. Welcome to the future my friends.

    I wonder if this will work on people. Geek + that really bright green laser from ThinkGeek = date?

  27. Re:Yes! by Proney · · Score: 1 · on The Complicated Way to Turn on a Flashlight

    I will never have to worry about people using my flashlight batteries up again

    One of these might do pretty well for that too.

  28. Heh by cavemanf16 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs

    It's suprising that the article didn't even mention that keyboards exist like this one would eliminate the "difficult to sterilize" problem since the entire keyboard CAN be dipped in a cleaning solution without any adverse affects to the keyboard components.

  29. Re:Uhhh... by nmb3000 · · Score: 1 · on Al Gore Invents Internet TV

    Good point.

    Maybe they could get a deal with ThinkGeek and pull straight from their fortunes database. Just show that 24 hours a day. Hey, maybe I'll even finally see one of my own fsking posts!

    I had to remap F5 to F6 just because F5 stopped working after a little use, and I am determined to see my own post. It's coming. Really. I can feel it. Just a few more refreshes...

  30. Re:We have ways of making you do things. by StalfrosGR · · Score: 1 · on Ready or Not, Here Comes Service Pack 2

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/6ce0/

  31. Shocking Tanks by maccallr · · Score: 1 · on What Can You Do With $100?

    What about Shocking Tanks? I've only read about them, but they look like lots of fun. Has anyone tried them?

    And now for the plug... here's some advice for buying fun or useful stuff.

  32. Motivation by beacher · · Score: 1, Funny · on The End of Mathematical Proofs by Humans?

    Speaking of toys - I found this on Thinkgeek.com and it's a perfect for your favorite mathematician. " If A Pretty Poster And A Cute Saying Are All It Takes To Motivate You, You Probably Have A Very Easy Job. The Kind Robots Will Be Doing Soon.". Seems very apropos....

  33. Or just the Cybertool by gabe · · Score: 2, Interesting · on What Can You Do With $100?

    Get the Cybertool. It doesn't have USB, but it's still a great utility tool to have around. I use mine at least once or twice a day. I can't believe I ever got along without one before.

    Bonus, it fits in that little pocket on the right side of your jeans. You know, that one that you never have any use for?

  34. Re:Innovation massivelly stifled by stoborrobots · · Score: 1 · on Proposed Canadian Laws to Nix P2P Music Sharing

    * Connect 2 iPods with a Firewire chord -- iShare

    No, no, no, it's iCopulate!!!

  35. Easy Solution! by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors

    Just take some dust-slaying Nano-shurikens of Doom with you (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). They'll take care of it, whoop-ass style.

    While you're there, you can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. There's also Alarm Pills that help you wake up and fall asleep and a new USB-powered Fundue set available.

  36. Easy Solution! by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors

    Just take some dust-slaying Nano-shurikens of Doom with you (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). They'll take care of it, whoop-ass style.

    While you're there, you can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. There's also Alarm Pills that help you wake up and fall asleep and a new USB-powered Fundue set available.

  37. Easy Solution! by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors

    Just take some dust-slaying Nano-shurikens of Doom with you (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). They'll take care of it, whoop-ass style.

    While you're there, you can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. There's also Alarm Pills that help you wake up and fall asleep and a new USB-powered Fundue set available.

  38. Easy Solution! by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors

    Just take some dust-slaying Nano-shurikens of Doom with you (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). They'll take care of it, whoop-ass style.

    While you're there, you can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. There's also Alarm Pills that help you wake up and fall asleep and a new USB-powered Fundue set available.

  39. Easy Solution! by nmb3000 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Lunar Dust: A Major Worry for Moon Visitors

    Just take some dust-slaying Nano-shurikens of Doom with you (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). They'll take care of it, whoop-ass style.

    While you're there, you can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong. There's also Alarm Pills that help you wake up and fall asleep and a new USB-powered Fundue set available.

  40. A bunch of stuff! by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Informative · on What Can You Do With $100?

    Being good open-source citizen, you will immediately donate that $100 gift to your favorite OSS project! Thank you! Or Maybe just a few bucks.

    Or, you can buy a bunch of little stuff, like:

    Super-strong neodymium magnets. Magnets sound boring, but these things are really, really strong. Get the spherical ones.

    There's a whole host of cheap, unusual geeky projects at American Science & Surplus.

    Get a cheap computer. Buy a Used Xbox, and install Xbox Linux on it.

    Color changing lights. The color change is nice and smooth. Popular with the kids.

  41. Re:Swiss Memory USB! by SouperIan · · Score: 1 · on What Can You Do With $100?

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/ Forgot the link. Oops.

  42. iCopulate by Jon_E · · Score: 1 · on What Ever Happened to 'Toothing'?

    make sure you use this

  43. Re:Dark energy question by warrior · · Score: 1 · on Black Holes 'Do Not Exist,' Contends Physicist

    I guess you could say dark energy is comprised of "fake ghostlike photons"? (No, I'm not affiliated with ThinkGeek).

    Cheers,
    Mike

  44. Ya, but have any of you tried to install it? by msimm · · Score: 1 · on BeOS Ready for a Comeback as Zeta OS

    Maybe its been updated more recently, but I've never even got it to install properly. I love different OS'es and the first thing I did when I heard about Zeta making a commercial (and polished) release of the BeOS I went immediately to their website.

    Aside from the install issues I've had, is it just me or is the idea of playing money for a OS you cant test out first crazy? I mean *if* I had paid good money for the (beta 3 I believe at the time) and it didn't work I'd be pretty pissed.

    I think its an interesting idea and some die-hard BeOS fans are happy about it, but their business models sucks. Make a live disk or something...

    Personally I'd rather throw my money away on the Internet Urinal or something with tangible benefits. Zeta looks like an overpriced novelty (and I'm NOT saying it is, but from where I'm standing its hard to get a good look at it).

    As a side note: how is this news? Zeta's been around for years now hasn't it? I mean if they'd finally released a demo THAT would be news. This is just free advertising for a dodgy products targeted apparently at die-hard BeOS fans (who would probably be using something like BeOS Max anyway).

    Go figure. Wake me up when they have a demo copy I can test out on my system.

  45. FOOLS SHOP AT THINKGEEK by inertia187 · · Score: 0, Redundant · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    FAKE GHOSTLIKE PHOTONS

    ...is an anagram for...

    FOOLS SHOP AT THINKGEEK

    Just thouht I'd share.

  46. snoozalert by charon_1 · · Score: 0 · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    SnoozAlert is freaken awesome.. I would _so_ pay money for that.
    Instead of taking 2 pills to regulate my life, ill take a super all-in-one pill!!

  47. Re:You know what I'm thinking? by Storlek · · Score: 1 · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    Now, I've ThinkGeek found some cool stuff on ThinkGeek now and then, but it ThinkGeekis getting a bit ridiculous ThinkGeek to have an article about ThinkGeek every couple of hours. I don't ThinkGeekknow about anyone else, but ThinkGeek I'll be glad when I can ThinkGeek click on my Slashdot bookmark knowing ThinkGeek I won't see a page ThinkGeek full of ads for ThinkGeek. :P

    In all seriousness, though (*gasp* BLASPHEMER!)... have a look at the comment counts in today's articles: a lot of them haven't even broken 50 comments, and except for this article and the one with no content at all, none of them have even broken 100. It's probably not the best way to judge how many people are reading Slashdot, but I'd be willing to bet that they're not making much from the ads today. How many of the people who looked at Slashdot, clicked on one of the, um, articles, and decided to buy something on ThinkGeek might be a different matter entirely, but I doubt it'd be enough to make up for their lost ad revenue.

  48. Re:You know what I'm thinking? by Storlek · · Score: 1 · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    Now, I've ThinkGeek found some cool stuff on ThinkGeek now and then, but it ThinkGeekis getting a bit ridiculous ThinkGeek to have an article about ThinkGeek every couple of hours. I don't ThinkGeekknow about anyone else, but ThinkGeek I'll be glad when I can ThinkGeek click on my Slashdot bookmark knowing ThinkGeek I won't see a page ThinkGeek full of ads for ThinkGeek. :P

    In all seriousness, though (*gasp* BLASPHEMER!)... have a look at the comment counts in today's articles: a lot of them haven't even broken 50 comments, and except for this article and the one with no content at all, none of them have even broken 100. It's probably not the best way to judge how many people are reading Slashdot, but I'd be willing to bet that they're not making much from the ads today. How many of the people who looked at Slashdot, clicked on one of the, um, articles, and decided to buy something on ThinkGeek might be a different matter entirely, but I doubt it'd be enough to make up for their lost ad revenue.

  49. Re:You know what I'm thinking? by Storlek · · Score: 1 · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    Now, I've ThinkGeek found some cool stuff on ThinkGeek now and then, but it ThinkGeekis getting a bit ridiculous ThinkGeek to have an article about ThinkGeek every couple of hours. I don't ThinkGeekknow about anyone else, but ThinkGeek I'll be glad when I can ThinkGeek click on my Slashdot bookmark knowing ThinkGeek I won't see a page ThinkGeek full of ads for ThinkGeek. :P

    In all seriousness, though (*gasp* BLASPHEMER!)... have a look at the comment counts in today's articles: a lot of them haven't even broken 50 comments, and except for this article and the one with no content at all, none of them have even broken 100. It's probably not the best way to judge how many people are reading Slashdot, but I'd be willing to bet that they're not making much from the ads today. How many of the people who looked at Slashdot, clicked on one of the, um, articles, and decided to buy something on ThinkGeek might be a different matter entirely, but I doubt it'd be enough to make up for their lost ad revenue.

  50. Re:You know what I'm thinking? by Storlek · · Score: 1 · on ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkGEEK!

    Now, I've ThinkGeek found some cool stuff on ThinkGeek now and then, but it ThinkGeekis getting a bit ridiculous ThinkGeek to have an article about ThinkGeek every couple of hours. I don't ThinkGeekknow about anyone else, but ThinkGeek I'll be glad when I can ThinkGeek click on my Slashdot bookmark knowing ThinkGeek I won't see a page ThinkGeek full of ads for ThinkGeek. :P

    In all seriousness, though (*gasp* BLASPHEMER!)... have a look at the comment counts in today's articles: a lot of them haven't even broken 50 comments, and except for this article and the one with no content at all, none of them have even broken 100. It's probably not the best way to judge how many people are reading Slashdot, but I'd be willing to bet that they're not making much from the ads today. How many of the people who looked at Slashdot, clicked on one of the, um, articles, and decided to buy something on ThinkGeek might be a different matter entirely, but I doubt it'd be enough to make up for their lost ad revenue.