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  1. Re:Uh... on Vista Branding Confusing Even To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    * 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
    * 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
    * Support for Super VGA graphics
    * CD-ROM drive Hahaha.... Will UAC even load under Vista Ultimate with those specs?

    "You're trying to do anything useful. Cancel or All..."
  2. Re:Technical Problems on Area 51's Lead Designer Admits Project Was 'F'd Up' · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should tell them. I hear they have a call center in India you can make suggestions to.

  3. Google Conducts Trial on User-Voted Search Result on Google Conducts Trial on User-Voted Search Results · · Score: 1

    I object! What are the charges?

  4. Remember folks on The Secret to Raising Smart Kids · · Score: 1

    In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame. Tell your kids they're lazy, not stupid. For their own good.
  5. Re:ASUS: Brilliant Marketing Strategy on Asus Corrects Eee PC Source Code Issue · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Release geek-oriented product nobody's ever heard of
    2. Make it very obvious it's based on GNU/Linux
    3. "Accidentally" screw up the GPL code release
    4. Wait for Slashdot Story
    5. Fix GPL code release
    6. Trigger Slashdot follow-up story
    5. Free advertising sells lots of product
    3. ????
    6. Profit! Fixed
  6. Re:Mark Newman Poster on Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists · · Score: 1

    I'm betting if the stones are cooled way down to almost freezing by the wind, or maybe frozen overnight and still cold when the rains hit, and the top surface of the mud turns into a slurry of fine particles, the stone will move around all on its own just like my cold glass of water on a fine layer of condensation. That's somewhat what I was thinking. When I saw it the first thing that came to mind (being a Canadian) was curling. A frozen rock sliding on a thin layer of mud would work fairly similarly to a rock sliding on ice, except leaving the trail in the mud.
  7. Re:double entendre on Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger · · Score: 1

    Freedom of speech is not the same thing as freedom of anonymous speech. A growing problem I've noticed is that people equate Freedom of Speech to Freedom from Repercussions and/or Right to an Audience. Yes, you can say whatever you want but:
    1. No, it doesn't mean anyone has to listen to you in the first place.
    2. Be prepared for the consequences when you say something stupid.
  8. Re:$750 on RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download · · Score: 1

    It was a joke/sarcasm of which I was at fault as well apparently. Cheers.

  9. Re:$750 on RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download · · Score: 1
    Here, let me help you with that.

    (1) Except as provided by clause (2) of this subsection, the copyright owner may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to any one work, for which any one infringer is liable individually, or for which any two or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court considers just. Note the extra parts bolded. According to your quote, they don't have to be charging a minimum $750 per song. The total of the damages just has to be $750 minimum. They could go for your $50 per work, they'd just need people sharing 15 songs. Quoting a law, focusing on a very small section of it completely ignoring its context and meaning... are you a lawyer?
  10. "France Leading Charge" on France Leading Charge Against OOXML · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Queue the comments about them promptly surrendering.

  11. Re:could have been worse on Babelfish Sparks Minor Diplomatic Row · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Aunt, enclosed five of the double killer the foreign minister select all

  12. "Computer Hacking Techniques" on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    Who wants to bet that means they tried such clever combinations as: admin:admin admin:1234 etc. Or the combination that the person left on the sticky note by their monitor. If they're like most other big institutions this is far more likely than the guys being 1337 haXXorz. Not that it makes it any better morally, but I'm just curious if the supervisor will be punished if that's the case.

  13. 23 Anyone? on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    Was anyone else expecting the article to somehow involve the number 23?

  14. Re:"Modern" software? on $200 Linux PCs On Sale At Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    "Modern software" probably refers to the shoddily written crap that gets put out on the market these days by people who think they know how to program but don't even know what the term memory management means, let alone how it works.

  15. Re:Does this work in reverse? on Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle · · Score: 1

    It's not news. It's fark.com

  16. Wait a sec... on A Technology Report From A San Diego Fire Shelter · · Score: 1

    I think I heard about this on bash.org already.

  17. Re:Not a bad idea... on Amazon Patents Including a String at End of a URL · · Score: 1

    I didn't think of wikipedia, but that didn't do exactly what the patent describes judging from the flow chart. That attempts to go to a page, giving you a 404 error if it doesn't exist, and then takes you to a page linking to possible options (create the page, search etc.)

  18. Not a bad idea... on Amazon Patents Including a String at End of a URL · · Score: 1

    It's not a bad idea, but is it really patent worthy? Is no one else already doing this (prior art)?

  19. Re:The difference between Linux and Windows fixes on What's Really Broken with Windows Update - Trust · · Score: 2, Funny

    With Linux, geeks argue whose fix is more elegant and better. I call BS. Sounds too much like social interaction.
  20. First post!!!!111one on High Performance Web Sites · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pages need to load faster so people can erect their epeens faster.

  21. Re:C++ long-in-the-tooth? on Firefox Working to Fix Memory Leaks · · Score: 1

    Those languages that have automatic cleanup also tend to have a larger memory footprint in the first place. There's a reason C++ is around. When coded -properly- it is faster and more efficient than these magical languages you speak of.

  22. It's a bird... It's a plane... on OSI Asks Microsoft to Change the MS-PL · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nope, it's a chair.

  23. I'm sure many slashdotter's are terrified... on U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read · · Score: 1

    ...but the government knowing you read Linux Journal and playboy on your business trips really isn't that big a deal.

  24. Just wait on Steve Fossett Missing · · Score: 1

    He'll be back there coming from the other direction in a little while.

  25. Re:most people just want what works on The Agony and Ecstasy Of Becoming a Linux OEM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The average user wants spyware and trojans.
    Cancel or Allow?

    Microsoft: "Allow"