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  1. Re:uhm yeah. i process checks for a living on eBay To Disallow Checks and Money Orders In US · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't believe you can send a check marked 1 million USD at all. I want proof. Please send me a working check worth 1 million USD, and I promise not to cash it in.

  2. Here is my brick. on AT&T Buries ToS Changes In 2500-Page Guide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Upon receipt of said brick through your building, you accept, without any consent to agreement:

    1. That the brick thrower shall not be held accountable for any damage, whether
    accidental or purposeful, or any other damage caused at any point in time, espec
    ially before the brick was thrown.

    2. That you will only use your bare hands to pick up the damage caused by this brick.

    3. That you accept these terms.

  3. Re:Cracking WinRAR is lame on Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD · · Score: 1, Redundant

    7zip is also superior and free.

  4. Re:Skype on Cross-Platform Video Chat For Linux? · · Score: 4, Informative
  5. Re:Guessing the new name is fun... on Ubuntu 9 Is Jaunty Jackalope, Coming Next April · · Score: 1

    Last letter Ubuntu release: ZOMG ZONIES!

  6. Is the Canadian DMCA proposal's life force on Canadian DMCA Proposal About To Die · · Score: 1

    Is the Canadian DMCA proposal's life force running out?

  7. Guilty Gear on The State of Game Audio · · Score: 1

    has one of the best original soundtracks for any game I've ever heard. It's a fighting game, yes, but it also is only rock music, without vocals. The sound effects are also really good too. Funny thing, if you play (as) Sol and have the .1 sub woofer speakers too, they will be blasting a lot.

  8. Reverse Slashdot effect? on Google Chrome, the Google Browser · · Score: 1

    So instead of making a site disappear, will Slashdot make this site appear?

  9. Re:In kbps... on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Bittorrent a Linux distro. You will find your bandwidth limits very quickly. Especially Ubuntu. Especially at a new release.

  10. Re:That's the point. on Firefox SSL-Certificate Debate Rages On · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.startssl.com/ Except you can get it for free.

  11. Re:If you have nothing to hide on Police Secretly Planting GPS Devices On Cars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Great! When can I install a webcam inside your house and broadcast it on the internet 24/7?

  12. Re:Google? on Why Microsoft Cozied up to Open Source at OSCON · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Re:ATTENTION SHOPPERS! on Wikileaks Releases ACTA Negotiations As "0-Day" · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what?

  14. Re:Liberate the Spectrum. on HD Radio Recording In the US? · · Score: 2, Informative
  15. Re:Anyone usinging specialised tests? on Fallout From the Fall of CAPTCHAs · · Score: 1

    What about that captcha system where you identify a type of animal, like whether this picture is a dog or a cat?

    Why not captchas like that, or similar? I'm pretty sure that identification of an object or animal would be much harder than letters.

  16. Re:Force feedback on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:$300 million sounds impressive on US House Approves Over $300 Million For Science Agencies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would like to inquire exactly how you get these type of grants. I'm all ears. I'm a computer science major in college right now.

  18. Re:Are you sure? on Three ISPs Agree To Block Child Porn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would be willing to bet that Google already has a black list of sites that it doesn't cache just so they don't have to worry about having very illegal data sitting on their servers. Google 4chan. Read the bottom.
  19. But... on US Amazon.com Website Down For Over 1 Hour · · Score: 5, Informative

    It works just fine for me right now.

    Also now you are Slashdotting it!

  20. Re:As dangerous as it is useful on Scientists Build Mind-Reading Computer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I remember my password by keyboard location by my fingers.

  21. Re:Of course it's easier to instal than Windows! on Fedora 9 a Bit Behind the Curve On Installation · · Score: 5, Informative

    Super Grub Disk is a nice way to semi-automatically reinstall GRUB.

    It also teaches you the commands, and tells you what it's doing. Very cool little ISO file.

  22. Added "Features" on Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing · · Score: 5, Informative

    Windows XP SP3 also includes a small list of previously unavailable functionality, including NAP and an update of Windows Product Activation. I love the term "functionality" because it reminds me of the DRM things in Vista. Anyway, here's what they are adding besides all previous fixes:

    "Black Hole" Router Detection Windows XP SP3 includes improvements to black hole router detection (detecting routers that are silently discarding packets), turning it on by default. Seems nice

    Network Access Protection (NAP) More for enterprise/admins. See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/nap/napfaq.mspx.

    Descriptive Security Options User Interface The Security Options control panel in Windows XP SP3 now has more descriptive text to explain settings and prevent incorrect settings configuration. Figure 1 shows an example of this new functionality. Cool I guess.

    Enhanced security for Administrator and Service policy entries In System Center Essentials for Windows XP SP3, Administrator and Service entries will be present by default on any new instance of policy. Additionally, the user interface for the Impersonate Client After Authentication user right will not be able to remove these settings. More admin stuff. I'll skip some of it from the PDF

    Windows Product Activation As in Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Vista, users can now complete operating system installation without providing a product key during a full, integrated installation of Windows XP SP3. The operating system will prompt the user for a product key later as part of Genuine Advantage. As with previous service packs, no product key is requested or required when installing Windows XP SP3 using the update package available through Microsoft Update. Note The Windows Product Activation changes in Windows XP SP3 are not related to the Windows Vista Key Management Service (KMS). This update affects only new operating system installations from integrated source media. This update affects the installation media only and is not a change to how activation works in Windows XP. I'm not so sure about this though. WPA update... I wonder what Microsoft is sneak in on this.
  23. Re:All there but one feature, for me on Flock Delivers On Promises Post 1.0 · · Score: 3, Interesting
  24. Re:CPU spike bug? on Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Minutes. I've hit this bug before, and on my Sempron (shut up I'm in college) it knocks the computer out cold and hangs everything, and I was forced to reset the computer. It happens randomly, and repeatedly, and if you don't restart firefox it gets worst until the whole computer freezes; at first it just freezes the computer a little and then lets up but then the time it takes to make it free again increases.

  25. Video Game Surgery? on Doctors To Control Robot Surgeon With Their Eyes · · Score: 1

    Tracking the eyes can generate a 3D map, which in turn can make moving organs -- like a beating heart -- appear to stand still for easier operation. What is this, Trauma Center with doctors being given the Healing Touch? Is this what they meant when new science will make surgery like playing a video game?