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  1. A useful version of the article on New Scanning Technique Reveals Secrets Behind Great Paintings (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  2. Thanks American Chemistry Society. I had no idea, until your lawsuit pointed it out, that these sites existed. Time to start browsing through publicly funded research!

  3. Cosby Special on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    TI-99/4A. 1981. The neighbor, who worked at IBM, had one and taught me how to debug the programs printed in the Scholastic books that I bought at school.

  4. Too late

  5. Looney Tunes did it first on Researchers Discover How To Fool Tesla's Autopilot System (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Did they paint a tunnel in a wall?

  6. Re:Phew lucky there is no thread on on Russian Government Threatening To Block Reddit Over Cannabis · · Score: 1
  7. "We have determined that the Confederate flag violates our Ads policies, which don't allow content that's generally perceived as expressing hate toward a particular group." I call bullshit: https://www.google.com/search?...

  8. Greetings, Starfighter. on DARPA Uses Preteen Gamers To Beta Test Tomorrow's Military Software · · Score: 1

    You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada

  9. Librarians on Why the Public Library Beats Amazon · · Score: 2

    You can have my librarians when you pry them from my cold dead grasp.

  10. Raising their own rents? on Google Chairman on WhatsApp: $19 Bn For 50 People? Good For Them! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "...where high-salaried techies have driven up rents" The "techies" didn't drive up the rent, the landlords drove up the rent because they could. Who the hell says, "Hmm, this is a nice place for $XX but I'd really rather pay $XXX for it"?

  11. Re:we've had american on Brewing Saké in Texas for Fun and Profit (Video) · · Score: 1

    One whiskey and one beer? Yep, that's all we make here in Texas. Way to get to the bottom of that case Rockford.

  12. Re:Pottery on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 1
  13. In other news on Laptop Heat May Cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome' · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientists prove that heat makes things hot and should be avoided when you don't want things to be, you know, hot.

  14. Re:Storage capacity on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1

    Not on one disk though.

  15. First person account on Zero Gravity Flights for the Rest of Us · · Score: 5, Informative

    Xeni Jardin, over at Boingboing.net has a ticket and is blogging the experience.

  16. Re:Austin wi-fi how-to on Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot · · Score: 1

    Or you could skip the pony tail, get a decent job, actually graduate, get a car/apt live in S. Austin, pay off your loan, and go into virutally any AC'd food/coffe/alcohol establishment in austin and get free wifi. That's what I did. Don't know why you would want to do it the hard way.

  17. Re:LiteOn Airboard on Home Theater Keyboards? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Works great on my HTPC system even without line of site to the reciever. Maybe you should try it before putting it down.

  18. Re:What bout those spaceinvader Tables? on Play Classic Video Games In NY, At Home · · Score: 1

    Yep, they're called Coctail Tables. They're arcade cabinets in the form of a table so that you can put your drink on it while playing.

  19. Re:Xbox Linux on Suggestions for a DVD Video on Demand System? · · Score: 1

    Actually I've played DVDs on my modded Xbox with the video going to my 43" Samsung DLP HDTV set via the High Definition AV Pack and the video sucks. Colors are washed out. Went right back to using my HTPC.

  20. Re:I am horrified to.. on Brits Still Working on Stinky Email · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope not. My computer and I are in a strictly platonic relationship.

  21. Re:To quote Groucho Marx on Google Social Network: Orkut · · Score: 1

    Actually I think Marx stole that from Clemens.

  22. Re:DLP is better... on 61-inch Wide Plasma Monitor · · Score: 1

    Actually, the original poster - me - owns a *rear projection* 43" Samsung DLP HDTV monitor and knows that the tech works for both rear and forward projection. Thanks for pointing that out though. One more benefit of DLP over Plasma.

  23. DLP is better... on 61-inch Wide Plasma Monitor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know why everyone has a hardon for plasma. Sure it's thin but it suffers from burn in and it runs fairly hot and the colors fade after a few years. DLP doesn't suffer from burn in at all, so you can play all the computer/pc games on it you want without fear of ruining your multi thousand dollar investment. Plus when the DLP light board goes out in 3-4 years just buy a new one for a few hundred and drop it in.

  24. Re:India on Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Say it together class: "War on Terror"

  25. Re:GeForce 2 MX 400 on What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? · · Score: 1

    I still break out my TI/99/4A every once in a while just to make sure it still works and maybe play a little Pirates Isle.