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  1. Re:Consumer bias on Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    C) Actually have the software available to do the things I use a computer for.

  2. Re:Put the railgun in orbit on NASA Looks At Railgun-Like Rocket Launcher · · Score: 1

    Unless I'm missing something Newton's third law means that, because the accelerator is not attached to anything, it would be pushed in the opposite direction from the direction of the craft. In effect part of the energy exerted would push the craft up and part of the energy would push the accelerator down. You would effectively get much less force than you would if the accelerator was attached to the ground. Unless, maybe you hang it from the moon by a piece of string...

  3. Re:Have you heard of the slow food movement? on Video Games Lead To Quick Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    I see your point but both approaches are important. If you're about to buy a house you might want to take the time to think it over, consider the pros and cons of the purchase and maybe speak to others about it. Conversely, if there is a bus that is a few metres away and travelling towards you at 50 mph, you probably shouldn't think it over, consider the pros and cons and talk to others - you should probably get the fuck out of the way.

    The ability to do both is achievable and desirable.

  4. Re:Quick indeed on Video Games Lead To Quick Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    This technique works well with lifts/elevators. It does mean you end up in the basement but that's not a problem, right?

  5. Re:Proof? on HDCP Master Key Revealed · · Score: 4, Funny

    377. ???
    378. Loss of profits.

  6. Re:Why do the complicated expensive solution? on Preventing Networked Gizmo Use During Exams? · · Score: 1

    You superimpose the two colours on top of each other - literally writing one on top of the other. To the naked eye it will just be a mess but by using a coloured filter you can filter out one set and by using a different colour filter you can filter out the other set. You effectively get twice as much writing on the same size piece of paper.

  7. Re:Blanket License? on Microsoft To Issue Blanket License To NGOs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, no. The other Linus.

  8. Blanket License? on Microsoft To Issue Blanket License To NGOs · · Score: 1

    I didn't realise you needed a license to own a blanket.

    How does Linus feel about this?

  9. Re:*Yawn* on September Is Cyborg Month · · Score: 1

    I wasn't saying that this is the type of stuff that Slashdot is all about. I was more implying that Slashdot (or, more specifically, this article) is a collection of people writing on the internet (bloggers, if you will) publishing their opinions on cyborgs on a barely readable website (ok, Slashdot is fairly legible once Firefox recovers from the initial loading but it's a joke so a little artistic license is allowed). Then again you're mature enough to recognise a joke so it must be that I'm misinterpreting your response due to being young and knowing no better, right?

    For the record I have yet to read the article.

  10. Re:*Yawn* on September Is Cyborg Month · · Score: 2, Funny

    And why, exactly, am I supposed to care that a bunch of random bloggers I've never heard of are using a barely readable website to publish their opinions on cyborgs?

    I don't know, why did you come to Slashdot?

  11. Re:Cybauorg! on September Is Cyborg Month · · Score: 1

    Qoined isn't English - it can't be as there is no U after the Q.

    Quoined is a word, though it has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

  12. Re:Worm smash! on Anti-US Hacker Takes Credit For Worm · · Score: 1

    But then you wouldn't have hundreds of thousands of computers to play and that would be no fun/not profitable.

  13. Re:Give ARM a chance. on ARM Unveils Next-Gen Processor, Claims 5x Speedup · · Score: 5, Funny

    ARM is everywhere. It's in your iPhone [...] in tablets, in NAS boxes, in DVD players... countless applications.

    Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was looking at the woman in the red dress.

  14. Re:Good luck with that on Winnie-the-Pooh Parodied In Wookie-the-Chew · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the courts will see this as a blatant attempt to profit from the works of others.

    Isn't it?

  15. Where does the money go? on Brazil Considering Legalizing File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Who gets the money from that levy?

  16. Re:Skip the rest and go to round 3. on Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us · · Score: 1

    Satellite phones?

  17. Re:Assange is in trouble on Assange Rape Case Reopened · · Score: 1

    If he disappears for whatever reason, the key will be released.

    How?

  18. Re:Why do people even trust Sony anymore? on Aussie Gamer Loses PS3 Court Case Over 'Other OS' · · Score: 1

    It's a TOY, it plays games, it's a trifle.

    Well I still think Sony should get their just desserts.

  19. Re:A tidy sum in sales of the printed version... on Oxford Dictionary Considers Going Online Only · · Score: 1

    Also that use is spread over 20 books rather than just one.

  20. Re: Bad Study on Sit Longer, Die Sooner · · Score: 1

    tl;dr

  21. Re:Forget the health implications. on Sit Longer, Die Sooner · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's kind of why I'm not a driver - I don't want to be mistaken for a golf club.

  22. Re:Could be very dangerous at work on Google Testing Instant Search Feature · · Score: 2, Funny

    yes, that's the correct spelling

    Doesn't it have a D on the end? Or is this some kind of salted pastry?

  23. Re:This just isn't going to catch on on Touchless Gesture User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    You know, a lot of the comments on this post remind me of the comments from a few years back saying how touch-screen was overrated and would never work. And now every other phone I see has a touch-screen and iPads are just taking off.

    Maybe wait and see, huh?

  24. Re:answers on Teacher Asks Students To Plan a Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    The hostages were a distraction. Looks like you didn't find the bomb. You get a fail this semester.

  25. Re:APB, Fallen Earth... on EA Says Game Development Budgets Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    ...which is about as long as it took me to complete the whole Modern Warfare 2 single player campaign.