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  1. Re:Oblig. xkcd on 'Alternative Medicine' Clinic Attempts To Silence Critics · · Score: 2

    Do you really think it's okay to deceive someone by asking a question that you don't want an answer to, then getting upset when they answer the question, especially as the intention is to manipulate someone into a result they want?

  2. Re:Focus your attention elsewhere on How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My expectation would be that engineers are scientifically-minded and skeptical

    This is actually the problem; being scientifically minded means you tend to miss the bugs that are exposed by someone doing something that makes you go 'what were they thinking to try that?

  3. Re:Big Deal! on How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not quite.

    Noise is dependent on sensor size. The bigger the sensor, the less noise you have in the image.

  4. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    Likely to be hassles if they see you have an arial, but keep it detuned and you won't have to pay.

  6. Re:Baen on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    Glad to be of help

  7. Re:Baen on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    I've used Mobipocket on a Windows Mobile 5 which works, and the Bookeen Cybook which works very well.

    With a SD card I can have far more of my library with me then if I had physical books.

    Being able to say 'all of them' to which books shall I take with me is extremely convenient - to me at least.

  8. Re:Baen on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    I'm an avid reader of Baen e-books; faster cheaper and more convenient then physical books

  9. Re:Definitely not World of Warcraft on Most Impressive Game AI? · · Score: 1

    It's not meant to be.

  10. Re:Wow - that's rather loaded on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 1

    No, because it's not anything like a religion. No claims to 'famous figures', nor propeganda, nor any insistance that 'only we have the truth'. You have to deal with the unsubtle differences before subtle ones matter.

  11. Re:Wow - that's rather loaded on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 1

    "The atheist religion"

    My, they do use words differently over in the US.

  12. Re:Cloaking for fun and profit on Plan For Cloaking Device Unveiled · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Parallax. Any 'stealth suit' that relies on cameras and screens cannot work because a screen would have to show different images depending on the angle the person is looking for.

  13. Re:On random punctuation on Security Predictions of 2004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you're the one responsible for 'I was hit!' comming out 'I wa* ***!'

    Filters like that ruin normal text.

  14. Re:why tech support sucks on Tech Support: Sucking Even More · · Score: 1

    But I'm not trying to cure an illness, draft a contract, design something, mend pipes. Using a tap is the equivalent of using a calculator or texetext, not a PC. Calculators are purpose built, unlike PCs. Teletext is purpose built, unlike PCs.

  15. Re:it's not about blockin ads;it's about blockin b on Mozilla Junkbuster-like Feature Removed · · Score: 1

    Most web browsers won't cache content generated dynamicly by CGI scripts; Slashdot generated this way. Nothing to do with the adds.

  16. Re:mp3 has always been fishy. on CEO of MP3.Com Accused of Domain Squatting · · Score: 1

    Well, I would assume /some/ of the revinue from www.emusic.com goes back to the artists - there are some reasonable names there.

    And I do pay for music, from there.

  17. Re:Match fixing. on Chess Dispute: Kasparov vs. the World vs. MSN · · Score: 1

    Just a quick note - of the total possable games that MS freecell will produce, just one is impossable to solve. Search the web for freecell if you want more details!

  18. This is what it Should Be Like on Road To Linux -- Made It! · · Score: 1

    This is what it should be like, and why Katz is worthy of some respect. He is Learning.

  19. Re:Banner Ads! Hah! (could be offtopic...) on Doubleclick's Banner Ad Patent · · Score: 1

    I've found interMute to be very good. It's not free like Junkbuster but it takes care of Banners, cookies, those anoying animated gifs, and other stuff besides. Best of all, it works on any system with a Java-enabled browser.

  20. Re:What's it worth? on What it takes to be a profitable Internet company · · Score: 1

    I admit it: amazon.com have my loyalty. It's for one simple reason, a $20 order didn't arrive, and when I contacted them they upgraded the shipping (from about $4 to about $30) on the replacement item.

    Their service is good, their responce to missing items is excelent. Overall, unless there's a large difference in price, amazon.com are known good and trusted, by me.

  21. Re:I wonder if transmeta's new chip will run qnx? on Amiga Technology Brief · · Score: 1

    Errr, no. C is always compiled. I don't think he's the one who needs to read up about computers.

  22. Re:PGP - one of us must be wrong on Harvard's response to the Packet Storm incident · · Score: 1

    Nope. If it's not the sig for the message, it says 'Bad Signature' - that signature block doesn't match the message. Signing is just that - proving it's you.

  23. Re:Disgusting. on Phoenix to embed bootup ads in BIOS · · Score: 1

    Nope. At least one country has some (quality) TV channels with no adverts.

  24. Re:(off topic) Re:Separate section for /.org news? on Dan Gillmor on Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Imagine a monk, sitting in the lotus position, bent over at the waist as he relaxes in introspection. What is directly infront of his eyes? His navel. This is an old phrase.