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  1. What was the oven made out of? on Iron-eating Bug Found to Thrive in 121C Heat · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm guessing that the oven they tested these critters in was not made of iron.

    At least, not any more.

  2. Re:Huh? on Linux 2.6.0-test3 Released · · Score: 1
    "Yes but doesn't that mean that he now knows ternary?"

    And therefore there is just 'one type of person'. heh. Now my head realy does hurt. :-)

  3. Re:Huh? on Linux 2.6.0-test3 Released · · Score: 1
    As you said, ternary is base 3.

    Therefore it would follow that;

    Base3 _ Base10

    00 ____ 0

    01 ____ 1

    02 ____ 2

    10 ____ 3 (What I was looking for)

    11 ____ 4

    And so on.

    Or have I mistranslated somewhere? How have you understood it?

  4. Huh? on Linux 2.6.0-test3 Released · · Score: 3, Funny
    Remember, any bug you find that you don't report is likely to not be fixed in the next release if you don't report it.

    But what if I do find a bug that I do report, is it then fixed if I do report it after I've reported it? Or something.

    My head hurts, I think I'll go and lie down now.

  5. Doesn't this give them 'credibility' ? on SCO Targets US Government, TiVo · · Score: 1
    ok, I don't know anything about American law, but if the U.S. government does indeed purchase a quantity of 'Linux licences' from SCO then wouldn't that imply support for their claims by the government and therefore lend them some credibility in later court action?

    Just a thought.

  6. Ask for a pony on CAPPS II Guidelines Released · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Now how does that old saying go?

    Oh yes... if you want a puppy, start out by asking for a pony.

    Of course, this 'puppy' will no doubt grow into quite a large bull-mastif. *sigh*

  7. Re:"Very complex problem". on Bad Testing Doomed NASA's Hypersonic X-43A · · Score: 1
    However I think the real problem with a 'form fitting' suit, wet or not, would be when breathing out.

    Consider for a moment, when you breath in you expand your chest and abdomen to compensate for the volume of air in your lungs. Conversely your chest and abdomen contract when breathing out.

    It seems to me that you would end up breathing in very fast, and labour to breath out. You'd end up exhausted just from breathing. Either that or I'm missing something fundamental here.

  8. Re:Why the negative slant? on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1
    Newsbreak! You don't have the right to download free music!

    umm, yes I do. However I don't have the right to download nonfree music.

  9. Re:High-pressure water on Hydrodemolition Robot Crushes With Water · · Score: 1
    And isn't that what some rescuers used to rescue a little girl (4 yrs old?) somewhere in the U.S. about ten years ago?

    They had to dig down next to her, and then cut in with the water jet, through solid rock, before they could yank her out by her foot.

    Amazing story.

  10. Now I understand... on IBM Responds To SCO: Business As Usual · · Score: 2, Funny
    aaahh, so IBM were simply waiting until this was ready.

    It's gonna be like a wet tshirt competition, but without the tshirts.

    heh.

  11. Re:Linux? on Microsoft Kills Off Mac IE, Blames Safari · · Score: 2, Funny
    So when do they kill off Windows and blame it on Linux?

    Around about when they claim they don't have access to the underlying operating system.

  12. Re:Software on Linux Rocket Blasts Off This Fall · · Score: 1
    They sure don't build computers like they used to. In fact, they're much faster now.

    Was that tagline specific for this story, or simply co-incidence? Very approproate! ;-)

  13. Gecko-man! on Gecko Feet Inspire Sticky Tape · · Score: 1
    It might take several more years before Gecko tape is made commercially available to the wanna-be Spiderman, but he will have to thank the Gecko for that, not the spider.

    Oh I can see it now; 'Gecko-man...Gecko-man...does whatever a Gecko can...'

    No, somehow it doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Oh well.

  14. Top exhaust vent on Alien Case Mod · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The top exhaust vent is made from a model of the space station from ST:DS9. In the bottem-left of the picture you can even see the landing pad for the shuttle crafts.

    It's the same model as I have hanging from my ceiling.

    So obviously he's either consolidating a number of his hobbies, or he's supposed to be cleaning out his garage. :-)

  15. Old news on Stem Cell "Master Gene" Found · · Score: 2, Funny
    I saw Russell Crowe regenerate his cells last night in Virtuosity. Of course, he used glass rather than stem cells, but it was a neat party trick anyway.

    ;-)

  16. Mission Impossible on Phoenix Unveils Anti-Theft BIOS · · Score: 1
    This disc will self destruct in five seconds...

    *cut to scene of smoke seeping out of the side of the computer*

  17. Re:Are they really legal? on Non-Competes Might Mean Loss Of Benefits · · Score: 1
    In Australia I believe that non-compete clauses/agreements are null and void because of 'restriction of trade'. ie; if they cause you to not be able to obtain employment then it is construed as restricting your ability to trade.

    So I suppose signing them (in Oz) is almost harmless, sans the nuicence value of defending the court case. *sigh*

  18. He's still not /.ed? on Recycling Parts From Dead Motherboards · · Score: 5, Funny
    Be kind to my Web skills, I'm really just a hardware monkey. It's not completed yet, but I just wanted to get the idea out there.
    You're kidding, right? I'd say it's an amazing feat still being up an running about now, what with the usual slashdotting. ;-)
  19. How much are they paid? on SGI Announces Restructuring, Cuts 400 Jobs · · Score: 1
    Yikes. Getting rid of 400 people will save $40M? That's like an average of $100,000 each (yes, that's with a comma!).

    Are they just getting rid of execs, or overpaid prima donnas?

  20. Even the 'entertainers' download the music on Aussies Face Jail Over MP3s · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Until recently I was working at a Melbourne company (ie; in Australia) run by a very well known entertainment industry celebrity. When fixing his computer I noticed he had quite a swag of mp3's which his secretary said he routinely downloaded from the various sites.

    Not that it means anything I suppose, but it's amusing how blatantly obvious it is that it's not the entertainers (singers, etc) but rather the **AA who are out for blood.

    I wonder what would happen if one of their own were found to have a collection of unlicenced music. Any bets on if it would even see the light of day?

  21. Re:Zeitgeist? on Microsoft At Middle Age · · Score: 1
    However, if you exclude results for 'clear glass holes in walls' and simply search for 'Microsoft' then you get ~37,000,000 hits. As opposed to ~52,000,000 for linux.

    Far more interesting, I would think.

  22. Uh Uh oh oh on Why VHS Was Better Than Betamax · · Score: 1

    I I think think this this might might be be a a duplicate duplicate

  23. Re:Enough Links? on Linux Clusters Finally Break the TeraFLOP barrier · · Score: 1
    sheesh, how'd you get past the slashdotting? It'll take me four hours just to download the first page - to say nothing of how long it'll take to read the rest of 'em.

  24. Whose side? on Directors Counter-Sue Movie Bowdlerizing Company · · Score: 1
    At the extreme you have folks who want to eliminate all traces of sex and violence from the popular media against the movie industry who wants to eliminate all property rights of the consumer. Whose side would you take?

    Whose side? I'd take the side of Clean Flicks any day, and not necessarily because I advocate censorship. If Clean Flicks offer an alternative 'version' of the film, then I have the choice of which to purchase (or hire?). If I prefer not to see certain content, then I may choose to purchase it from Clean Flicks, or I could still buy it from the usual channels if I want the original in all it's glory.

    Heck, it's not as though you have no choice people! This is not censorship, it is choice.

    By the way, censorship is evil.

  25. Re:how to block baytsp on How The DMCA Is Enforced · · Score: 1
    Interesting. I got scanned on port 137 from an address within the first block.

    I wonder if he's been hit by a Windows worm? That'd be funny.