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  1. Re: a 1080p childhood-rape version only on Lucas Promises Star Wars on Blu-Ray in 2011 · · Score: 1

    So which one is the hairless white burned up guy who saved Luke's life by hurling the emperor to his death?

  2. Re: a 1080p childhood-rape version only on Lucas Promises Star Wars on Blu-Ray in 2011 · · Score: 1

    After the SE film release, all prints of the original film still in circulation (always owned by the studio) were recalled and probably destroyed. There is no more Star Wars-The Original Version.

    Nope. He did not get them all.

    One was even shown a couple of weeks ago. In a state far far away (from me).

    http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=1961

  3. Re:Wait now, didn't we agree on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    Jobs has explicitly said video is different and intends to continue to use DRM on it.

  4. Re:History repeats on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    Best post in this thread on this side of the argument. Maybe both sides.

  5. Re:No, what Apple's products are is fashionable on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    Apple's marketing is unremarkable? Have you looked at a movie or a series lately? How many times do you see an Apple based product placed in there? The answer is: A LOT.

    Virtually none of which are placed there by some direct action of Apple marketing. Typically, the production in question has requested them:

    http://www.productplacement.biz/201003173359/News/Movies/apple-invades-the-movies.html

    So more a result of their product popularity, than a driver of it.

  6. Re:so... on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    What leverage did the labels have over Creative?

  7. Re:damn.... on The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors · · Score: 1

    How they were named:

    First person given one looked at the rather large size and said "what am I supposed to do with this?"

  8. Re:Detestible Putrid Excrescence on Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' · · Score: 1

    He may have fleas.

  9. Re:Well, that explains things. on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 1

    In early elementary (1st or 2nd I think), my kid came home talking about "math sentences". I asked him WTF that meant.

    Turns out, that was what they were calling equations. Because tiny kid brains can't hold two similar concepts like sentences in english class and equations in math class under such wildly disparate names. I told him to translate to the term equation in his head whenever his teacher used that idiocy, and never utter the phrase math sentence to me again.

    I think they stopped around 4th grade. Gah!

  10. Re:Well, that explains things. on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 1

    A couple of years ago, my kid was solving equations for an unknown (they used x) in 5th grade at his public elementary in SoCal.

    Just basic stuff like the example in TFS, and while he was in the "slightly better at math" group, not any advanced curriculum or GATE or anything.

  11. Re:Wrong on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reading your post, I got to "ematic" and thought it was some language term for a word fragment that I didn't know, until I realized it WAS the word fragment.

    Slashdot reading in the early morning is hard.

  12. Re:Good god... on Tool Use By Humans Pushed Back By 800,000 Years · · Score: 1

    Something that eats drugs? And can't spell metaphor?

  13. Re:Tethering on Audi A8 Gets Factory Integrated Mobile Hotspot · · Score: 1

    Cars are nearly always operated upright.

    Nearly?

  14. Re:Actually... on FBI Prioritizes Copyright Over Missing Persons · · Score: 1

    How many times have you heard small kids fight about something and one of them says "It's mine, it's mine".

    Almost every day. Slashdot covers a lot of patent lawsuits.

  15. Re:Great on Thermosphere Contraction Puzzles Scientists · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you're saying we've been phrasing the question wrong.

    Why doesn't the food know? Because we've tricked it!

    Same reason wooden boats float. Until you load them up enough that the water can see over the edge and notice all the non-floating things you have in there, it pushes back. Once it's seen that though, it will vengefully rush in and sink the boat.

  16. Re:With such a simple solution at hand.. on Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone 4 · · Score: 1

    It's Pople, not Lord . . .

  17. Re:Wait...what? on Hotels Lead the Industry In Credit Card Theft · · Score: 1

    I do now.

  18. Re:Ok, this is stupid on Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ · · Score: 1

    In practice, it's almost useless...

    http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1992-02-03/

  19. Re:OMFG on George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or maybe a certain photographic flash maker in particular?

    http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=5996.0

  20. Re:heh on George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser' · · Score: 1

    Odd that you'd point that out, but not that Spielberg directed all the Indy movies.

  21. Re:tell em how you feel... on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 1

    They still get their percentage from the transaction from the merchant, so they don't hate it, but they don't love it either.

  22. Re:So? on Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms · · Score: 1

    You've said this in several posts now. If you are trying to photograph oil on the water, why do you need to be right next to the boom? There should be plenty of oil on the water 65 feet away, because they sure as hell aren't doing an effective job of capturing it.

    What you are 65 feet away from is the boom apparatus, and that can easily be captured at that distance.

  23. Re:Pancakes, not waffles on Prince Says Internet Is Over · · Score: 1

    Eggos were round back in the '80s (but just as crappy compared to real waffles as today).

  24. Re:Why cut prices? on Sony Finally Turning a Profit On PS3s · · Score: 1

    Prices were lowered years ago. Not to their present level, that took a couple of steps, but they began lowering when they took the BC out a couple of years ago.

  25. Re:Why cut prices? on Sony Finally Turning a Profit On PS3s · · Score: 1

    I have not checked, especially recently, but my impression is that it is just a sampling of popular titles, nothing even close to the entire library.