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  1. Re:Time to bomb Quebec on 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq · · Score: 1

    I can tell you why, at least on my family reunions in Quebec. It's because the french people are the best multitaskers in the world I have witnessed them drink, smoke and swear a blue streak while falling over drunk all at the same time.

    PS. In case it wasn't obvious I am french on my moms side of the family.

  2. Re:yep on Your Computer As Your Singing Coach · · Score: 1

    I what you'll be saying to talk to an agent faster, once they implement this on phone support lines.

  3. Re:"With Prejudice" needed to send a message on RIAA Wants To Throw In the Towel On 3-Year-Old Case · · Score: 1

    Yes but on the same note the lawyer also has a duty to the legal system. It should be his responsibility to tun to the client and tell them that they have no case and refuse to file it. In fact I think there should be a law similar to the one that grants workers the right to refuse to work in unsafe condition, grants lawyers the right to refuse to file a lawsuit.

  4. Re:what does it all mean, Basil? on Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof · · Score: 1

    Yep you're right only 3-body solutions for certain restricted cases exist.

  5. Re:what does it all mean, Basil? on Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof · · Score: 1

    I am not a mathematician or an astronomer but I though we already had a general 3-body solution.

  6. Re:Always use protection on 12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At Airports · · Score: 1

    Why are you carrying lots of fancy connectors and wires on board a plane? I mean obviously we know what they are and that they're not harmful but guess what, not everyone's a nerd and I'm pretty glad that security is taking an extra long look at anybody carrying a bunch of electronic gizmos onto a plane. Just throw it into your stowed baggage and be done with it, I'm pretty sure there wont be much call for a T1 crossover at 20000' in the air.

  7. Hallmark? on Lt. Col. John Bircher Answers Your Questions · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hallmark of Democracy my ass, the rest of the world views your "Democracy" as a joke.

    But asides from that it was a pretty interesting interview.

  8. Re:Acronym in an Acronym? on First Images of Solar System's Invisible Frontier · · Score: 1

    Man, if that was true they would NEED a hero to MAKE the Death Ray work.

  9. Re:Disagreement about this trend on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    Even using the most loos definition of a processor I can accept, there is still far less then 300 processors in a car. There is maybe 8 computer modules in a car and they certainly aren't stuffed with 20+ processors. Unless you want to start counting something like an oscillator circuit or a counter as a "processor."

    And before anybody tries to tell me I don't know what I'm talking about, I do work as a mechanic and have done plenty of work on car electronic systems.

  10. Re:Have you ever seen VPU design? on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    How do you propose to physically lay these pipes down on the Silicon? Actually for that matter I'm kinda curious to see how Intel intends to connect anything to their thousands of cores.

  11. Re:Basic economics on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 1

    May I recommend you swap the 'h' and 'e' keys on your keyboard.

  12. Re:Coating hulls on Supplies of Rare Earth Elements Exhausted By 2017 · · Score: 1

    you could in theory coat a ship in a non corrosive material, but you would have to coat the ENTIRE ship in this leaving no metal exposed. The idea of the sacrificial anodes is that by simply being attached to the metal of the ship it gets dissolved rather then the important stuff like the hull. Look it up in you favorite *pedia if you want an explanation of the actual chemistry involved.

  13. Re:Dishwasher? on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Fair enough, if you have to use a whole pile of different keyboards I can understand not having the layout memorized.

  14. Re:Dishwasher? on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Still don't follow you, your keyboard has the exact same QWERTY layout as mine does. The one in the other photo is an international keyboard so a few of the keys are shifted around (such as the "\" key) but if that's what you use all the time then you should still have the layout memorized, or at least have a really good idea of it. Unless of course you are not a nerd/geek/IT Guru in which case you have no place to be posting on Slashdot.

  15. Re:Dishwasher? on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Looks like a normal keyboard to me, at least your multimedia keys are shaped to the holes they're supposed to go in. Mine are all the same shape.

  16. Re:Dishwasher? on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    You need to take a picture to know where your keys go? I suggest you go take a typing class at your local library.

  17. Re:Ooh! Oooh! I know! on Gates' Last Day At Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It's kind of like the Muslim faith, when you die a martyr you go to heaven and get your 72 virgins. Except in this case he gets 72 Microsoft developers (Who are of course, virgins.)

  18. Re:Why alarm bells? on Firefox 3 Already Rules the Roost · · Score: 1

    There's a pretty big gap between advertising, subliminal messaging and astroturfing. Coke and Pepsi use advertising, Nike uses astroturfing and subliminal messaging has been shown to be almost totally ineffective.

  19. Re:You know who I feel sorry for? on North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yarrr! Eh!

  20. Re:I knew it!! on Bell's Own Data Exposes P2P As a Red Herring · · Score: 1

    I'm more partial to the technique where you go to a bar, get roaring drunk and then loudly exclaim "Fuck You!" While throwing a cinder block through any window. I figure if enough Canadians do this at least a few will hit Bell.

  21. Re:Slashdot can finally be what it wants on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    There already is a null TLD. It's always been there. Whenever you would go to google.com you were actually going to "google.com." It's just that all name lookups these days automatically insert the last .

  22. Re:HTTP 503'd (aka /.ed) on Real-World Firefox 3 Memory Usage Leads the Field · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the 10% was sourced from research and studies performed by his ass.

  23. Re:Surprising? on Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany · · Score: 1

    I think that perhaps this http://investor.google.com/ipo_letter.html would be a good read for you. It definitely both establishes Google position towards ethical issues and gives Google something to point to when a shareholder complains about Google not taking the path to greatest profit when confronted with an ethical issue. It's also worth pointing out that it gives the shareholders something to use against Google should they ever choose the less ethical choice.

  24. Re:Surprising? on Google Abandons the Gmail Name In Germany · · Score: 1

    You may be surprised to know that investors aren't in fact a bunch of baby eating demons. there are in fact some very large investors out there who care very deeply about the ethics of the companies they invest in. Both for personal and financial reasons because ethical companies are typically successful on the long term.

  25. Re:Multitasking is easy! on Multitasking Considered Detrimental · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about fixed time? Multitasking is just switching between tasks fast enough to create a reasonable approximation of simultaneous processing.

    And while we're talking about Multiprocessing it is worth pointing out that the human brain already does quite a bit of that, it's just that your only aware of a small part of it at any one time. Think of all the parts of your brain that handle your eyes, digestion, circulatory system, glands, wobbly bits, and other various fluids.