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  1. Re:What happened? on V for Vendetta Going to Hollywood · · Score: 1


    Did Slashdot just blow up?

    Frankly I think it's a cron job. ;)

  2. Re:Just use Site Search? on Google Announces 'Mini' Search Appliance · · Score: 2, Informative


    If your intranet has proprietary or secret information you wouldn't want to open it up to google's internet search. Why let your competition search your online info? You wouldn't give them access to your filing cabinets.

  3. Re:Careful on Today in P2P · · Score: 1

    heh yeah, that type of "self important CEO pose" always makes me laugh.

  4. Re:Fails Like Slashcode?? on FBI's New Info-Sharing Software Project Fails · · Score: 2, Funny


    Too bad /. didn't incorporate some banner ads on their 503 messages. They would make buckets of cash.

  5. Re:What? on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 2, Funny


    Electronically locked bank vaults would be wedged. Even the little bill dispenser at 7-Eleven would die. You'd manage to get about thirty five dollars and 9 cents from the Salvation Army pail before cops with conventional guns ventilated your hide.

  6. Re:Not 100% true. on Masked Email Activist Can Stay Anonymous · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can turn that on and off for messages. I'm a subscriber and have it disabled, but turned it on for this post.

  7. Re:How do instruments survive the crash?? on Deep Impact Blasts Off For Comet Tempel 1 · · Score: 1


    Err.... a washing machine sized television? :) I just used the "size" given in the article.

  8. What we do... on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs? · · Score: 4, Interesting


    If we can't ssh to computers or telnet to equipment (switches, etc) we have an OpenBSD laptop which we can use as a console via a serial cable and kermit. That's assuming a unixish system, though. If you're only running Windows on servers then why not install TightVNC and control it from your desktop? Assuming the machine is still on the LAN, of course. If it's not you'll probably just reboot it anyhow.

  9. Re:How do instruments survive the crash?? on Deep Impact Blasts Off For Comet Tempel 1 · · Score: 5, Informative


    That's all mentioned in the article, which I'm sure you read but forgot. A TV sized unit will seperate a day earlier and go smack into the "big rock". The other craft will monitor from a safe distance.

  10. The truth hurts I guess... on N-Gage No Longer Relevant · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...but "No Longer" suggests they once were.

  11. www.m-w.com, boys. on Maine Court Hears Case On E-Mail Privacy · · Score: 2, Funny


    [...] may be a victem of identity theft.

    Only on slashdot...

  12. Well... on Gmail Messages Are Vulnerable To Interception · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Yeah, it's a potential privacy breach. That said, using a web-based email system for top secret or potentially embarassing mail is pretty dumb. You get what you pay for, gmail is no different. (nb: I'm a happy gmail user)

  13. Re:Good question on Ethical Questions For The Age Of Robots · · Score: 2, Funny

    An army of PooBots(tm) will roam city streets and fuel themselves with what they pick up.

  14. Uh oh... on G4 Drops TechTV Name · · Score: 5, Funny


    The dumbing down of G4 starts.

    Soon you'll have "Trading CPUs" where neighbours trade machines for a day and soup them up and "What Not to Warez" where a couple of leet kids go through your hard disk and erase downloaded software.

  15. Re:Sparked a privacy debate in the US? on Dispute Continues Over Posthumous Yahoo! Mail · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Tough. Yahoo can't presume to think and speak for the dead guy. It's the terms of service which the millions of users have agreed to. If the family wants to put up a geocities web-shrine they could use their own email from the guy (assuming they were smart enough to save it) but not mail to others.

  16. Re:What about feigning Injuries?? on Robot Makers Say World Cup Will Be Theirs By 2050 · · Score: 2, Interesting


    I was wondering about the 3 "rules" of robotics. Namely will these robots not get aggressive in their gameplay to avoid harming a human being? If they move out of the way to prevent hurting an oncoming player then the only thing they'll have going for them is the goalie.

  17. Re:That's great on This Just In - Gamers Are Human · · Score: 1


    No, I'm Canadian but she moved to the US soon after. Now she's your problem. :)

  18. Re:That's great on This Just In - Gamers Are Human · · Score: 1


    Now if only someone could convince my wife...

    I've been there. Unfortunately the only option open to you is divorce, it worked for me.

  19. Offshore? on FTC Tries to Can Sex Spam · · Score: 4, Interesting


    One of the companies, Global Net Ventures, is based in the UK. How is the US FTC going to charge them?

  20. Oh yeah.. on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 2, Funny


    For me it's the Thief series of games. I've been walking behind people and thought "I could blackjack him/her..." Don't call the guys in white coats, though, I've never lurked in shadows while wearing a black cape or muttered about "Keepers".

  21. Yikes. on NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth · · Score: 2, Funny


    Bartender, another Fort Garry Dark, and hurry!

  22. Re:Iceburg? on Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier · · Score: 1


    Weird, but reading "McMurdo Research Station" in the article and your mention of Sweden made me think of The Thing when Kurt Russell's character called the Norwegians "Swedes" a few times.

    Better get more coffee...

  23. Re:Please... on Intel and AMD's 2005 Plans Revealed · · Score: 2, Funny


    Will SCO want $1398 for a dual core box?

  24. Re:blech on Intel and AMD's 2005 Plans Revealed · · Score: 2, Funny


    Sure, but I don't go to the hardware store and as for a "nice hammer that will make my kinetic energy transfer experience more enjoyable". I just want something to pound nails.

  25. blech on Intel and AMD's 2005 Plans Revealed · · Score: 4, Insightful


    ...computing experience

    When did using computers or the internet become an "experience"? They're tools, nothing more.