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  1. Semantic correlation? on The J.R.R. Tolkien of the Web · · Score: 1

    Those allow scientists to run global queries across the Web, fishing randomly for correlations that might exist between where the sick people lived, worked and played -- such as a polluted stream or industrial dump.

    Or skiing in Australia.

  2. Re:American's are so damn immature on Don't Eat The White Snow Either · · Score: 0

    "Howdy! What're y'all drinkin'?"

    "Urine."

    "Well, if'n it's mine, why are y'all drinkin' it? If'n you want somethin' to drink, y'all ought to drink your'n."

  3. Re:Coming to grips with new tech. on Don't Eat The White Snow Either · · Score: 1

    "revolting"? "repulsive"? please choose one.

    Come now. Don't you think you're being a bit vulterant?

  4. Re:Damage on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Potato's as weapons. You could supply an army and feed them at the same time.

    Wouldn't you be feeding the enemy though? Or are you suggesting we eat our own ammo and be overtaken by the Huns!?!?

  5. Re:Damage on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 1

    Fire it through a mesh, and you get french fries!

    Hmmmm. Meshed potato.....

  6. Re:Obviously on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 1

    Well there's nothing in the constitution about the "right to keep and bare potatoes"!

    Are you a-pealing to our baser nature?

  7. Re:Behind the times... on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 5, Funny

    The issue here is not that potatoe guns exist.

    Dan Quayle reads /.?

  8. Re:Toll for Troll on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 1

    There are people who make a living from public speaking that don't give two or three speeches a day..... I have heard excellent public speakers who speak maybe three times a week as part of their duties and they don't repeatedly rehearse what they're going to say because of time constraints.

    Some speakers have excellent delivery because they give the same speech repeatedly, others have to come up with new material each time. Some are good because they have honed the skills through repetition and others can give a stirring presentation extemporaneously.

    Back to the music analogy: Some people can play a piece with technical precision and it can be enjoyable to the listener on a given level and appreciated for the performance's excellence. Others could play the same piece and infuse it with emotion and life that didn't exist in the technically excellent performance. Both were examples of excellence, but on two different levels.

  9. Re:Why Avoid Alcohol??? on Long Computer Sessions Could Cause Blood Clots · · Score: 1

    The common rule is 8-10 glasses of water per day. For every non-water drink (sodas, sports drinks and caffeinated drinks) add two additional glasses of water. I would imagine the same amount or more would apply for alcoholic beverages to overcome the diuretic properties - similar to caffeine.

  10. Re:Toll for Troll on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 1

    Comparing the use of the human voice for speech is not the same as comparing ability with any given instrument. Most people can speak and can do so in such a way that they can communicate effectively if not always eloquently. If everyone played the cello you might have a point.

  11. Re:Toll for Troll on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 1

    Try listening to or reading speeches by Winston Churchill - that is how a leader should speak.

    But when's the last time we had a candidate who was able to speak anywhere near that well?

    Churchill, by the way, was not a gifted speaker. He spent hours rehearsing his delivery before speaking.

  12. Re:Off-site backup? on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 1

    The quote is that "the collection" is moving. Is this the old analog recordings, the digital copies or both?

    I saw something on the tube about this project and the deterioration of some of the media was pretty bad with much of the poorer quality stuff being hand carried rather than being carted around in boxes. Is the attempt to get as much of the marginal stuff digitized before the move as possible or is there a real push on getting the archives relocated?

  13. Re:Duke Nukem Forever Release Date on LinuxWorld Exhibitors' Responses to Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    3dRealms will say, "When It's Done" but the word from a major game retailer is June 2003. It was June 15th 2003 but it was pushed back to early June 2003, the 6th to be exact.

    At 10:47:16 AM

  14. Re:Overall mood on LinuxWorld Exhibitors' Responses to Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    Surly. Primarily because Bruce Perens didn't bring enough laptops.....

  15. Re:Better place sto donate on Adopt a KDE Geek · · Score: 0

    But I doubt if my French accountant would let me pay the programmers in hardware...

    Darn those French accountants! Try switching to a Lithuanian, I understand that they're much more flexible about things like this....

  16. Re:You asked for it... on Adopt a KDE Geek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, you really liked that guy on the left, eh?

  17. Re: Quote... on Recording Industry Extinction Predicted RSN · · Score: 1

    Last time I looked at hard drives in a retail shop, the box made no bones about storing music as one of the "needs" for a high-capacity drive.

    Yep. Keeps me from having to swap out CD's all day long. What's your point?

    Surely you don't think all those CD recorders are being bought by people who want to back up their data?

    Well, I use mine to offload pictures I take with my digital camera. Now those puppies take up some room! I have yet to dump any music to a CD because then I'd have to go back to swapping out CD's all day long....

  18. Re:Umm.. on Recording Industry Extinction Predicted RSN · · Score: 1

    I probably could use the same kind of sloopy logic to connect anybody to anything.

    Is that an amalgamation of sloppy and loopy logic or just an example of sloopy spelling?

  19. Re:Hilary Rosen is obviously psychic... on Recording Industry Extinction Predicted RSN · · Score: 1

    Except almost all contract are for 6/7 records, not 1.

    Which keeps an artist from jumping ship to another label where they might be more successful. "Oh, sorry, you haven't fulfilled your 6 project commitment to us."

  20. Re:all wrong. on 4-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found · · Score: 1

    While the RIAA claims the dinosaur had four wings it actually had only ONE wing that it could wag around REALLY quickly./I?

    And the other three wings were pirated copies....

  21. Re:By that argument... on 4-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found · · Score: 1

    Al Gore is British??? So, that's what the media meant when they kept calling him 'Prince Albert'.

  22. Re:Power Point -- puke on Linux in Enterprise Environments · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know what the presentation says because it is in PowerPoint, but I guess they don't use Linux to make presentations...

    That's odd. It worked just fine in OpenOffice for me. Maybe you don't use Linux to view presentations....

  23. Re:Who supports who? on Linux in Enterprise Environments · · Score: 1

    Given that the farmer provides a coop for the chickens, barns for horses/cattle and food for all and Microsoft only provides the necessities of life (via a paycheck) for their own employees......

  24. Re:Great tech, crap name on Credit Card sized 5GB HD to arrive late this year · · Score: 2, Funny

    A great name is self-describing. With "StorCard", we know its purpose (Storage) and its shape and size (Card). At two syllables, it's also easy to pronounce (think "Pepsi" and "Ajax").

    With Pepsi we know that it is brisk and full of energy (Pep) and a positive thing for Spanish speaking people (si) so it is a source of positive energy (or a positive source of energy?) for Spaniards and Mexicans.

    With Ajax we know that it is singular (A) and yet contains a plurality of small objects used in a child's game (jax) and is a wonderful way to consolidate scattered pieces into one cohesive unit. That's why moms love Ajax.

  25. Re:Cool but Scary on Credit Card sized 5GB HD to arrive late this year · · Score: 1

    ....a cop has the right to request that I identify myself with it. If I refuse and they have a probable cause they can drag me to the station for identification.

    I thought station identification was something only television and radio were forced to do....