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  1. Re:Got a better... on Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary · · Score: 1

    Hey, wait a minute! I didn't mean to vote for Pat Buchanan!

  2. Re:Imagine... on Make Linux "Gorgeous," Says Ubuntu Leader · · Score: 2, Funny

    This may be true, but at least Linux doesn't need a reboot to install Quake 3...

  3. Re:Missing option on The Many Ways To Die in Nethack · · Score: 1

    Grues are in NetHack. Sort of. They're one of the monsters you can see while hallucinating.

  4. Re:Just because 'they' oppose it... on Proprietary Parts in OLPC Project Draw Criticism · · Score: 1
    We already had the alternate firmware project underway.

    Theo has not helped the situation in the slightest.

    If you say "OpenBSD wants firmware source code" enough times, do you think that'll make it true? Theo doesn't want an alternate firmware. He doesn't want a Linux driver. He wants the rights to distribute existing firmware binaries, plus enough documentation to allow the creation and maintainance of a kernel-level driver to interface with the card.

  5. Re:What's a bug? on Bug Hunting Open-Source vs. Proprietary Software · · Score: 1
    Knuth used to have this great offer where he'd send you a check for pi or e or something if you managed to find a bug in his code.

    I think it was supposed to be a cheque for e^(i*pi) dollars.

  6. Re:Surprise me. Better than: Safari, IE, Opera, iC on Mozilla Firefox 2 RC2 Released · · Score: 1
  7. MusicBrainz on Freedb.org Returns to Life · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most FreeDB/CDDB clients can access MusicBrainz through a CDDB gateway: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/CddbGateway

  8. Re:I prefer... on Top Ten Geek Wallets · · Score: 1
    Animal rights isn't about giving animals the right to vote, for instance - it's about giving them the right to a life without unnecessary suffering.

    That's why I eat veal and lamb. This limits their suffering to only a few months, until they're tasty enough to eat...

  9. Re:In what's probably a first on Weird Al Premiere Cancelled Due to Net Leak · · Score: 1

    Don't tell anyone, but I downloaded all the songs Plaid-Tongued Devils and Ty Semaka did for OpenBSD!

  10. Re:I Have A Point To Make About Episode III on Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta · · Score: 1

    Or explain them both by saying that long ago, there was an ether permeating the universe that transmitted not only thought, but also sound...

  11. Re:I Have A Point To Make About Episode III on Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta · · Score: 1
    My biggest peeve is the sounds in space.

    The fact that these guys have telekinetic powers and clairvoyance doesn't bother you, though?

  12. Re:darnit on Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta · · Score: 1
    I no longer live in my parents basement

    What'd you do? Buy their house so you can say "I don't live with my parents; they live with me"?

  13. Re:age on MGM to Produce "The Hobbit" · · Score: 1
    I'm mostly wondering about Gandolf and Gollum.

    I'm more worried about Elrond. The guy's gonna be 80 years younger than he was in LoTR, that's gotta be a significant portion of his life...

  14. Re:Boycott Linux 2.6, Linux 2.4 perfectly fine. on Business 2.0 Says 'Boycott Vista' · · Score: 1

    There isn't anything wrong with your subject ("Boycott Linux 2.6, Linux 2.4 perfectly fine."), because Linux 2.4 is perfectly fine.

  15. Re:Stephan Hawking needs respect too. on Stephen Hawking Looking for Assistant · · Score: 1
    Well, you're talking about /. Respect for Stephen Hawking is a given in this crowd.

    Indeed. I wouldn't have posted my MC Hawking comment if I didn't think he would have approved of it...

  16. Re:Dear Stephen on Stephen Hawking Looking for Assistant · · Score: 5, Funny
    The bitches I know don't give a fuck. I'm tellin' you man they're crazy!

    But Stephen Hawking himself is Crazy As Fuck!

    Straight out of Oxford a crazy motherfucker named Hawking.
    When I be rocking the mic you be gawking,
    at me 'cause I'm a bad mama-jamma,
    you wanna lock me up put my ass in the slamma.
    But fuck that shit 'cause no jail can hold me,
    you can't even catch me much less control me.
    So if you see me coming you better duck,
    'cause Stephen Hawking is crazy as fuck.

  17. Re:Still not too bad on Crypto Snake Oil · · Score: 2, Funny
    Room A does not have locks on any of the lockers. Room B has locks, but all of them have the same combination. In which one is a person more likely to leave their wallet?

    Put the wallet in your sneaker. I put it down by the toe, they never look there!

  18. Re:Who's got a what in the where now? on Flash Drives Go To Work · · Score: 2

    I thought most /. readers would recognize it as the name of the restaurant where Joanna worked in Office Space (except there it was spelled Chotchkie's).

  19. Re:The hard truth on 'Life on Mars' Meteorite Rejected After 10 Years · · Score: 1
    Why is it so hard for people to believe life exists beyond earth?

    Why is it so hard for people to believe life could have formed here on its own?

  20. Re:They charge that much for running "DVD Decrypte on Circuit City Ripping DVDs for Users · · Score: 1
    Macrovision doesn't *prevent* copying

    It can... my All-In-Wonder refuses to capture video if the incoming signal looks like its been processed by Macrovision. I'm not exactly sure how it does it, but it's at the driver level, since there's a patch for the Windows capture drivers that disables it.

  21. Re:They charge that much for running "DVD Decrypte on Circuit City Ripping DVDs for Users · · Score: 2, Informative
    DVD Decrypter can be used to remove Macrovision, which is a violation of the DCMA.

    Really?

    Yes. DVDs contain a single bit indicating to the player whether to enable analog copy-protection on the video output (in the same manner VHS tapes are protected, in both cases to prevent people from dubbing DVDs onto tapes). DVD Decrypter simply set the bit to off, which was technically a form of circumventing the copy-protection.

  22. Linux Support on Affordable Laser Printers? · · Score: 1

    I know you didn't specify the operating system, but given that this is Slashdot, people might want to know if their next printer will work under their OS of choice. A list of printers that work (and don't work) under Linux (and in most cases just about anywhere Ghostscript will run) can be had at http://www.linuxprinting.org/.

  23. Re:How about some equality... on Windows Games on Macs Without Windows · · Score: 1
    I mean, this is great and all, but when are we going to get the ability to play Mac games on Windows?

    You already can...

  24. Re:Find the problem before trying to solve it on Building Your First Cluster? · · Score: 1
    For me, I run my network with distcc (http://distcc.samba.org/) So all of my Gentoo boxes can compile using shared computing power. It cut a typical 33Min app down to less then 2 mins doing this. And works wonders for my slower laptop.

    And don't forget, ccache can work with distcc, for an even bigger speedup...

  25. Re:Simple solution on Is Simplified Spelling Worth Reform? · · Score: 1
    Actually, after the spelling reform, it shall be a four letter word: "scul."

    Isn't a "scul" the bony structure inside one's head?