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  1. Re:The most likely reason on Why Do We Have To Restart Routers? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Usually to set the password for 'admin'

  2. Re:Stupid question on Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?" · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Let me fix that for you...

    Seeing the submitter did not offer a Cowboy Neal option, the answer is, of course, no.
     
    /me goes to check survey results

  3. Star Trek TOS anthologies on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    You probably grew up watching the series, but the short stories of the episodes put together by James Blish might be perfect for road-trip reads, you know, no chance of leaving one of the kids in a rest stop restroom because they've committed to a heavy LOTR-type epic. Might disagree about going with JRR for a road trip though. The style he uses...

  4. Re:Why? on Rare Tour of Sun Microsystems' "Wonderland" · · Score: 1

    I gotta say I'm feelin' this one.

    Agreed. I mean, to be able to use the cellphone with it (in case you were home already), plus you can move to a corner to have a private conversation?

    I think the name is well-suited. In any case, businesses won't be referring to it as Wonderland once it's installed; they usually give it an internal name thereafter e.g. 'Ok, Matt, set up a meet for Friday 7 pm at the Pleasuredome' See? Internal.

  5. Re:photo not yet slashdotted link on VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look how small it is! Oh, it's just a HUGE license plate. My bad.

  6. Is this a kinder, gentler Slashdot? on Are SSDs Really More Power Efficient? · · Score: 1

    All the acronyms are well-explained

    SSD check.
    SLC check.

    HDD er

    Must be the new guy.

  7. I want an 85-key version on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 2, Interesting

    for the small desktop (Think Sam Lowry's sliding desk in Brazil). So I can put the mousepad where the numeric keypad is supposed to be. I think HappyHacker has them, the high keys but without the Model M feel; I wish the keys were more low profile and ergonomic.

    e17 let me remap PrintSc and ScrollLock to be volume up/down; they're adjacent to each other. The Pause key brings down an xterm Quake-console-style (yeahconsole to be specific, like tilda or YaKuake).

    and might i add, yeah sure remap the Windows key. I'd rather ditch CapsLock. Was fine in my COBOL days. And it was shiftlock, so either shift key would release that lock on my portable typewriter. If they had CapsLock and shift keys working like this it would be alright. Dang just get off my lawn you kids...

    But what about you heavy coders out there, won't DasKeyboard mess you up when it comes to braces, brackets, parentheses, underscores, and whatnot?

  8. Re:Fuel costs? on Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Mission · · Score: 1

    This is where the lead scientist says,

    Er...hey isn't that Paris Hilton over there?

  9. Is this slasdhot-worthy? on IBM To Help Sequence the Chocolate Genome · · Score: 0, Redundant
  10. Ready with my poster Your Honour on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1
  11. Re:I can't wait---not a Haiku on Lost the Remote? Use Your Face · · Score: 3, Interesting

    go threw it?

    my mind explodes and i cringe

    the clip fast forwards

  12. The 100% surest sign on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    ...is that Stephen Hawking declined knighthood. If all doomsday predictions about the collider were true, he would've said, Well, WTF, might as well be a knight when the s**t comes down...

  13. Re:That's no datacenter... on Pimp My Datacenter · · Score: 1

    re switch

    Ya, no kidding. To interview Roy he had no less than Scott McNealy call the guy?? Thanks for the link to a datacenter superpower we've never heard of!

  14. Re:George on R2-D2 Monitors Your Web Servers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Especially if you have a first name like Sosumi.

    j/k

  15. Don't ignore a big wall on Computer Art For a CS Dept Office? · · Score: 1

    for the internet in 3D. It was a video, iirc, but it was cool that the vid could spin it around. Our (or previous) generation didn't have it then; we use it now to pay our bills or buy used goods. For these students, they could take it even further. Anything is possible.

  16. Re:Several Suggestions on Computer Art For a CS Dept Office? · · Score: 1

    You left out Sandra Bullock and Carrie Ann Moss. Concerning the latter, the Ducati can be left out. I'm still undecided about Denise Richards and her school of work.

  17. Re:Why? on Intel Shows Off Quake Wars, Ray Traced · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have they changed the gameplay recently? Is it all about the scenery? I'd rather a freight elevator or warehouse door whooshed open and suddenly the place would be overrun by angry hordes of zombies, orcs, cacodemons, pain elementals, heck even geohashers, all hungry for blood. Well, maybe not the geohashers. Use the processing power to draw more of my foes. Spare some to draw a raging fire in the background, the city in smoking ruins.

  18. Re:Overreactions on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 4, Funny

    seriously-hot blond nympho with huge tits who happens to have a thing for senior software engineers

    That's when I reach for my SECOND gun on the wall...the squirt gun for those wet T-shirt emergencies like this

  19. Re:Yep on 42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games · · Score: 1

    Maybe a simple explanation would suffice: they decided to do a 'minor' upgrade (hey, I went and bought this sound card...) and now have some major problems getting that upgrade to work. They trawl the IRC channels on their broken system, with glazed looks in their eyes from severe Tale in the Desert withdrawal, asking what would it take to get it going, or when the new drivers would be released. The IRC channels and *nix support forums only mock these people with a stony silence...

  20. Re:hope they thought this through on BMW Introduces GINA Concept Car, Covered In Fabric · · Score: 3, Funny

    You wear kevlar while browsing /. at work? Now *I feel underdressed.

  21. Re:Stop the mind control on OEMs Looking to Ubuntu for Netbook Market · · Score: 5, Funny

    GNU/Linux is the new term to use over a bad breakup. Instead of the tired ol'

    I faked every one of them!

    you can say

    And it's GNU/Linux!

    then you storm out and slam the door. Can be used with soon-to-be ex-girlfriends and/or soon-to-be ex-bosses. Can be preceded with the phrase "And another thing:", which is more effective when spoken quite emphatically.

  22. NOT 46! on Cell-based "Roadrunner" Tops Elusive Petaflop Mark · · Score: 1

    42!

  23. Re:Huge construction project.. recession.. on Transportation Bill Sets Aside $45 Million For MagLev Train · · Score: 3, Funny

    You think it's only for holidays? You obviously haven't spoken to any Las Vegas hooke...er I mean businessmen. In the tourism industry.

  24. Re:Might be more accurate to say centimeter waves on Full Body Scanners Installed In 10 US Airports · · Score: 1

    No the most embarrassing thing would be that people will willingly submit themselves to this absurd violation of privacy without even knowing, or more importantly, caring


    I normally charge my er customers for this type of exhibition. More if they want glossies.
  25. Re:I wish it would just die. on Happy Birthday! X86 Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Would the CPUs/GPUs/whatever coming from nVidia be considered 'new' or merely more 'same old, same old'? extensions of the x86?