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  1. FLYING BOMBS on $26 of Software Defeats American Military · · Score: 0

    As much as I hate to admit, I am a talented weapons designer. The first thing I thought about when thinking of a conventional 'MAD' style peenemunde retaliatory base was banking a shitload of encrypted com modules for the "flying bomb" I designed. The first damn thing I thought of was a secure link. And our own military can't hack this? This is why I hate paying taxes. We should have the best but we fuck ourselves and let others fuck us. The fact that this 'type' of technology has existed since WWII tells us: 1.There's simply not as much intrigue or educated radicals as you might think. 2.Your money truly is being wasted.

  2. 9.10's Bad on both my machines! All worked on 9.04 on Some Early Adopters Stung By Ubuntu's Karmic Koala · · Score: 0

    Fuck... Maybe I should try slackware 13 on my new computer! Matter of fact I kinda miss it!

  3. Re:May I be the first to say.... on RIAA's Elementary School Copyright Curriculum · · Score: 0

    Where have you been? This campaign worked so well that they made a sequel: Don't copy that floppy 2. Don't copy that floppy 2 BTW that guy at the end was selling copies of shit on ebay and stuff! Now he's getting ass raped...

  4. Re:Still not going to be Mainstream... on Asus Plans Dual-Display E-Reader · · Score: 0

    You got your ebook reader for free! I bet you wouldn't even buy one with money you had to labor for! This (to a degree) degrades the opinion you preach being as you didn't even take the time to go and buy it yourself. Spoiled brat! Tablets will rule the ebook world. I told you first Goofy and here it is, not more than a week after our argument on the "Ubuntu 9.04 on the Kindle" thread. In your face! Asus came through again!

  5. Re:Still not going to be Mainstream... on Asus Plans Dual-Display E-Reader · · Score: 0

    Your a fanboy! Look buddy, we're all down with bittorrent here at slashdot. We all ready have huge downloaded folders with books in many formats: .chm .djvu .pdf The kindle is just not the device we want for this task. THE KINDLE IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO MY DIGITAL LIBRARY! and many other people feel the same way.

  6. Re:Apple has an opportunity, take it or leave it. on Ubuntu 9.04 On Kindle 2 · · Score: 0

    When I was riding the train to and from work I also read _a lot_. I almost like the "get away" opportunity that the train provides for reading. I really think I would like to use a "large ipod touch" as opposed to a kindle. I promised the other guy that I would try one though.

  7. Re:Apple has an opportunity, take it or leave it. on Ubuntu 9.04 On Kindle 2 · · Score: 0

    Your right... I mainly want to display the RPG's I've downloaded. I just feel the book collection type that I have would be mostly incompatible. Plus I would really prefer a touch tablet (Like a big ipod). I will honor this argument and seek to experience the thrill of the kindle. Thanks for remaining so very pleasant throughout this argument.

  8. Re:Apple has an opportunity, take it or leave it. on Ubuntu 9.04 On Kindle 2 · · Score: 0

    I've read peoples comments. Just like you, they don't realize that the books people want to display aren't just ASCII and have color. The tablet will prevail. Mark my words. On the subject of an eight hour battery life... If your gone for more than a day you probably packed your (LARGE) laptop with all the other stuff you need for an overnight stay. The one device philosophy would work the best in this case. Camping is the only thing I can think of... But who the hell would bring a Kindle to the Boundary waters?

  9. Apple has an opportunity, take it or leave it. on Ubuntu 9.04 On Kindle 2 · · Score: 0

    Fact: The kindle is as big as a laptop. Apple could (in addition to the online music business) steal the book market with a tablet.. An eight hour, low power setting, would be more than enough to merit e-book reader status.

  10. If this is anything like the N800... on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do not get a Nokia. I own a Nokia N800 and compared to the iphone it is absolute shit! I say this from experience, don't be fooled by the fact that it uses linux! Even with a terminal installed they are not that cool ( I have a fold out keyboard also and it still sucks) , unless the touchscreen is equivalent to what the ipod touch has. And I'm sure it is probably the same type of touch screen that the N800 has which is crap! IPOD is unmatch and will be for a while still!

  11. TAM 5 and 6 on Robot Warfare Going Open Source · · Score: 1

    I've seen the TAM (Trans-Atlantic-Model), I've seen the CCCongress's lecture on paparazzi. I would also have to conclude that if someone has a couple thousand dollars and the time, that you could build a cruise missile. Don't lie to yourselves, If I wanted to bomb Japan for shutting down my factory here in the states, I probably could do it. And that dumb ass N.Korean president is throwing so much effort into that nuke program... How sad. "Yay, I'm going to be a mass murderer."

  12. dependency oversight on UK University Making Universal Game Emulator · · Score: 1

    Each game is going to have to be classified or examined for exceptions and then made into a package with updates... I've been wanting to make a bootable dos/win95 gaming image since the eee pc came out. I always wanted a little computer just for dos games...Now I got one. BTW The main FPS games I play are old (JKII and RF).

  13. Infomagic developers kit on A Trip Down Distro Memory Lane · · Score: 1

    Infomagic developers kits were the shit! I got my first set in 1997 (Elvis) and started fiddling with redhat and debian and slackware. I ended up liking slackware the most. Linux comes with a shit tonne of development tools. I don't really care for ubuntu or fedora anymore and have gone back to slackware for my desktop. Because linux is more powerful from the command line! You should write your own scripts if you need and design your own systems...

  14. A lot of Manufacturers don't understand either! on Green Is In At CES, But Is It Real? · · Score: 1

    I have worked in SMT assembly and even when a business claims lead free processes, there are still _many_ reels of parts that are not. Just a little inside info. Not to mention the bags and bags of packaging for the CF connectors and the like.

  15. Re:Justice Served on Verizon Employees Fired For Snooping Obama's Record · · Score: 1

    AAAndre, That's very true! That's about right for most people - one minute every four years! You really don't elect the important people; Like the Japanese who own your company, The chairman of the FCC. MONEY ELECTS people and ownership gives power, just like always. I hate to sound like McCarthy but I think _our_ government has been infiltrated. p34c3

  16. Thoughts and portents on Nuclear Warhead Blueprints On Smugglers' Computers · · Score: 1

    War is not an order that will help us live. Humans listen up. B.T.W. can I get a copy?

  17. Power farm redundancy on Oil Billionaire Building World's Largest Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    I remember this argument in a solar power technology article here on slashdot. Yes the distribution of the power generation does make it a harder target but something about this sort of privately funded energy investment screams target, but then if you think about it, it is the more secure system! I really like it!

  18. Recently got worse than Facebook on MySpace Treads Carefully With "HyperTargeting" · · Score: 1

    I just deleted my account with NewsCorp. The new adverts and _new_ cutties from match dot com make it hard to concentrate when your drunk and want to email that friend you keep in contact with using Myspace. Not even worth the variety of music anymore! IRC and Forums is what I focus on.

  19. Wait! I'm not done yet... on Rocket Racing League Ready To Launch · · Score: 1

    I just found the coolest design to turn into a rocket plane! This is actually good for amateurs because the engine technology that comes out of this might be usable by homebuilders some day. The Long EZ could be soo much cooler if the fuselage was shaped different, I mean it already has a really small cross section (equivalent to a standard sheet of paper, is what I once read in "Composites for homebuilt aircraft"), but it could be smaller! Clearly this is just for the advancement of the engine side of things... Well maybe one day there will be space races that test reaction control systems... Someone has to build the Swordfish II!!! See you at Oshkosh!

  20. At least it's not Visual J++ on Professors Slam Java As "Damaging" To Students · · Score: 1

    If MS did not get a swirly they might be teaching Visual J++ to CS students! Wouldn't that be F*^$'d up? I was in school in the J++ era. Yes I was naive about schools (Brown Institute) and the school was naive about the Java language (as in it was suppose to be cross platform...It's reason for existence) and they actually taught it. What other schools taught J++?

    From Wikipedia-

    "On January 24, 2001, this suit was settled and Microsoft agreed to pay $1.95 billion and to cease MSJVM distribution"

    Still Java took it's place as the cross platform language just as ODF will take it's place.

  21. Here's what we want... on Linux-Based PMP Features Head-Up Display · · Score: 1

    How about an affordable, wearable, 800x600 display that I can use with my broken laptop to turn it into a cyberdeck! a.k.a. a wearable monitor... We don't want to watch movies on the train... We want to kill people! Here's an idea, take a 800x480 (n800 || psp size) lcd w/controller and package it with as little bulk as possible (yes I realize there may be some bulkiness involved) and sell it to us with a webcam that can be used to overlay data on the world and as a multitouch like this dude did with the wiimote Wii-mote Hack Adds Multitouch Without the "Touch"; Now we have a cyberdeck! w/ VR controls! Yes I realize the z800 does this with head tracking but if you could get the form factor of this PMP... OH Baby! I'd bust out the buckz!

  22. Good investment. on Bill Gates and Microsoft Fund Telescope · · Score: 1

    How geeky of you Sir! Will Galaxy Zoo have access to this data?

  23. Good sci-fi! on Will The Next Generation of Spacecraft Land In the Water? · · Score: 1

    This is one of my favorite sci-fi ideas. It gives you that freedom of mind. The ships in Macross II, Cowboy Bebop, and the Star Wars animated series Clone wars all land in large bodies of water....I would like to know what other work has this sort of thing.

  24. PDA browsing speeds on iPhone Doesn't Surf Fast Enough for Jobs · · Score: 1

    I had a Dell Axim x51v with a fat wireless network pipe and the thing is still kinda slow... The hardware is nice or seems really nice. I would like to know if the slowness on windows mobile devices is because of the OS (winsock) or the driver or or the dinky little wireless circuit? Would the Linux based n800 browse faster? Does the iphone browse faster given the same sized pipe? Hmmmmmm?

  25. Is China planning on using these? on Vertical Farming · · Score: 1

    I remember a post here about a British company being contracted to build a few self sustaining cities. At the very least only good R&D data can come from this; Which could be applied to facilities in _outerspace_. I could only imagine this as a profitable investment given that restaurants, of a higher class, would be fighting over this produce!