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  1. And When You First Saw Halo... on Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites, Weapons · · Score: 1

    Where's the Ark?

  2. I For One.... on Pluto Making a Comeback · · Score: 1

    I For One Welcome Our New 424 Astronomer Overlords!

  3. Mmm...desire.... on Microsoft Encouraging OEMs to Beautify Computers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put nipples on the reset and power button. If you're going to reboot the POS everyday, why not get a little titty with it?

  4. Re:That's why I quit AOL on AOL Planning Move to Ad-Supported Model · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm suprised you actually could quit.

    http://www.nbc10.com/news/9406462/detail.html

    AOL: Alright, some day when you calmed down you're gonna realize that all I was trying to do was help you... and it was actually in your best interest to listen to me.

    Fucking pathetic.

  5. Detach from Reality, Enjoy the Show! on Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Also, people bitten by spiders don't generally become ultra-powerful


    I think that everyone knows that. It's Hollywood, it's based on a comic book that is pure fiction, and it's meant to be entertainment. Just detach from reality and enjoy the show.


    For those of you who want reality, there's documentaries. I believe that "reality T.V." is socially-engineered entertainment.

  6. Why Not The First Two As Well? on Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them · · Score: 1

    What made the third one so much better than the first two? I'm actually wondering what everyone thinks, as I think all three of them deserved such awards.

  7. A Miracle for Population Control? on Texas Scientists Spin Carbon Nanotube Fiber · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Could this stuff, if produced cheaply enough in the next 20 years, be the end-all of condoms? It sounds like such a stupid thing to ask, but I've known more than one family that became one because latex just doesn't hold up sometimes.

    Perhaps weird uses like this could really help out in the end?

  8. So They've Had Cheaper Components? on Microsoft Looks To Cut Xbox Costs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What I'm wondering about is what came along in the last three years that made such a significant cost reduction as to merit moving manufacturing facilities to Hungary? Couldn't they have just used the cheaper components in the beginning and cut costs?

  9. So Who's Going, Huh? on Public Hearing On Copyright Circumvention · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm wondering how many Slashdotters that are always quick to proclaim the evils of the DCMA will actually show up? You'll have a much more profound effect on bad laws if you do than by sitting at home racking up karma.

  10. Re:Cyanide is used on Why Do Some CDRs Smell Like Almonds? · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not CYANIDE, it's CYANINE. Here's some more information on that:

    http://www.cdrplanet.com/dye-layer.html

    I'm pretty sure its oderless, too.

  11. Internet Special Ed Day on Free Software Hits Back at Crackers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...a.k.a. April Fool's day. Remember when the jokes were really like, "HA HA, GOTCHA!" Now their about at bright as a crackhead trying to get past "J" with a crayon on wallpaper.

    Looks like today is going to be a C-Strike day!

  12. A Little Unfair? on Gamers, Upgrade your Systems · · Score: 1

    Granted, I know that most people on Slashdot don't like Intel processors that much (I certainly don't). However, it is only fair to show their speed comparisons as well so that the consumer has a true price/performance ratio. Intel will most likely fail in regards to the DIY computer geek who really wants their games to fly, but at least then nobody will wonder about Intel. They did nVidia and ATI, I don't see what the big deal is with Intel.

  13. Beyond Addiction on EverQuest: What You Really Get From an Online Game · · Score: 2

    If you or anyone you know ever gets this bitchy about a goddamn video game, you're playing too much. Period.

    No, don't try to argue. Turn off your PC for a day. A week. A month. Go do something else. Come back and realize how fucking pathetic this sounds.

  14. Great... on MIT Develops New, Different Rat-Brained Robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I'll need robot traps AND mouse traps. Thanks, MIT!

  15. Move to a Less-Populated Node on Multiple Broadband Connections at Home? · · Score: 3

    I moved to a place where almost nobody (probably no one at all) has a cable modem. I didn't do this to get more bandwidth, rather, it was a rather pleasant side effect. I went from inconsistent high speeds to a constantly fast connection. It's like having my own T-1 line without all the equipment.

  16. Hard Evidence Suggests Otherwise on We Are Not Related · · Score: 2

    That's interesting. In Portugal a few years back, a Neaderthal-Homo Sapien hybrid child skeleton was found.

    http://www.freeessays.cc/db/4/alx57.shtml

    If a known hybrid exists, it is highly unlikely that absolutely no Neaderthal DNA made its way into modern homo sapien DNA. However, it may be extremely limited and require widespread analysis to indicate where modern Neaderthal lineage may still exist.

    I don't trust this story because of the bottom, though. If an ancient cyborg was found, it would rock the foundation of modern religion and evolutionary science.

  17. FP BEOTCH on W3C Releases XForms · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post MOFOS

  18. Re:My ex boyfriend had a computer.. on Building the Ultimate Silent PC · · Score: 2

    I'm not used at all to roaring cars and noise and humming computers, and his computer had hundreds of fans because he said it had more than one intel inside it!

    WTF was he doing, wind tunnel tests for NASA?

    On a side note, you couldn't sleep in another room?

  19. All Will Be Forgiven *IF*... on Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher · · Score: 2

    ...she's as hot as that chick that M$ used in the ad. Otherwise, someone must pay.

  20. Keep Your Mouth Shut on Leak Star Wars, Go To Jail · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This guy got busted because he went in a chat room and ran his mouth. I guess he wasn't a h4x0r or he didn't read enough text files. f00! Fux0r3d!

    Seriously, what kind of socially-deprived moron would blow a job with Lucasarts by bragging about it on IRC? I hope he has Jedi mind powers to block out the force he will feel on his backside at Leavenworth.

  21. Insulted? on Are Colleges Helping to Maintain the Microsoft Monopoly? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...but feel insulted that I have to take them in order to take more advanced UNIX courses."

    Bah ha ha! So you see, Unix truly is better than Windows. They save the best for last. Windows is like the crappy job you take and keep for a reference before going onto the really good one.

    On a side note, my university gave out copies of WinXP for free to computer science/computer engineering majors. Microsoft PAID groupd of students who headed a group called MSUG (MicroSoft Users Group) to brainwash people into being Microsoft junkies. They got an assist by handing out free copies of Win2K, Office, Visual Studio, etc. Digital crack.

  22. Reverse it and feel your dinner come back up on Wanted: Female Game Testers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, most women aren't going to line up to beta test a game which features a chick with boobs so big that you'd swear her implants came with anti-gravity devices.

    Let me put it this way: most guys would not jump at the chance to beta test a video game in which the main character was an incredibly ripped half-naked man with thong underwear and an incredibly unrealistic buldge in his crotch clearly outlining every detail of his oversized genitals as they freely bounced around in ancient tombs.

    Bad thought huh?

  23. qmail anyone? :) on CERT: Sendmail Distribution Contained Trojan Horse · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I realize that qmail wouldn't solve the problem of modified tarballs that allow trojans to come alive during builds (that's what md5s are for), but if you're really worried about security you'd probably be using qmail anyway. If you can prove me, the author, and everyone else who has a qmail fetish wrong, there's a prize in it for you.


    After the number of open e-mail relays I've had to deal with, sendmail leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Using the blacklist that has no real regulation on it doesn't seem to help, either. Closing a relay makes users upset. Sendmail is a lose-lose situation, and now there's a trojan in it to top it off. Wee!

  24. So Close to Perfection on Funky Robotic Hand · · Score: 1

    All it needs now is a built in vasoline dispensor and every pr0n freak will want one!

    BTW, how's this thing's wrist movement?

  25. No magnets? What about costs? on Atomic Scale Memory · · Score: 1

    From what I gather in this article, this method uses the abscence or existance of gold molecules on a silicon surface to mimic the "1" and "0" of binary.

    First off, if this is widely used, won't this be expensive? I realize that these are gold MOLECULES, not bricks, but how much gold would it take to put a cubic inch in every PC in America?

    Secondly, I'm guessing that magnets won't mar these disks like they will current magnetic media. Granted, the drive will most likely have some magnetic parts, but perhaps this will make putting a subwoofer next to a computer case a little more safe. I realize that there's other stuff in a PC that can screw up if they come close to magnets, but at least if they screwed up I could take this meda and put it another machine without worrying about it being screwed as well.