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  1. I saw it last night. on Cartoon Network Dropping Gundam and Bebop? · · Score: 1

    At least I think I did, I'm not really in to anime. It was some episode about some kind of race, where the guys in the red ship took some kind of hyperspace stream because thier engines were knocked out.

  2. Pentagon attacked, one of the Towers has collapsed on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 1
    What I know as of this moment:
    • Three airplanes (two from Boston) have been hijacked today. Two crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon.
    • One of the World Trade Center towers has collapsed.
    • A bomb went off near the Pentagon heliport. Probably to try to kill officials.
    • There is a fire at the State Department.
    • People have died.

    It's not even necessary to say that those responsible need to be hunted down like dogs and killed. I'm really fucking pissed off.

  3. Re:Hijacked on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the second post, but one of the hijackings was right before the attack.

  4. Hijacked on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 2, Informative

    MSNBC has been saying that the FBI thinks one or both of the planes were hijacked.

  5. Re:Beautiful. on QNX RTP Running on iPaq · · Score: 1
    The issue isn't apps, as the majority of Gnu code will compile under QNX,

    The issue of apps is still important, most gnu code isn't suited to PDA's. You could get emacs working, but would you really want to use it on a PDA with pen input?

  6. Simple: They'll make it themselves. on Borders to Use CCTV Face Recognition · · Score: 1

    At many stores when they catch you shoplifting, they haul your ass into the backroom and take your picture. Usually they just show the picture to employees and tell them that the shoplifter isn't wanted here anymore, or to keep an eye on them if they ever come back. Now they'll just enter the picture into the database. The knowlege of the shoplifter will not be subject to employee turnover/memory and it won't be limited to a single store.

    Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this. Store should do whatever is necissary to track shoplifters. They don't have a god-given right to shoplift, and turning away people with a past history of shoplifting can lower prices, so be it.

  7. Do these people know 7th graders? on Laptops in Every Backpack · · Score: 1

    When I was in the 7th grade, I had to carry home at least 3-4 books a day. I'd get home, and I'd just drop my books on the floor. Now, if I had a laptop, I'd probably have been a little more careful, but I'm sure one day it would just slip my mind, and the laptop would get broken in half.

    The kids need tough laptops, tough laptops are expensive. Most schools are strapped for money as it is, so they're going to go as cheap as possible. The laptops they'll get are going to be the handle with care kind. I predict 80% of them are going to need expensive repairs (or total replacement) by the end of the first semester the kids have them.

  8. Banjo... on Help Stress Test The New Slashdot · · Score: 1
    ...it's like Bubba, but it's less cool. Much less cool. All I see is one Banjo-specific story, and it's lamer than lame.

    You guys can to better! Set up a script that autoposts every submitted story to Banjo! We want to see crap on the front page, and we want to see it now!

  9. I remember... on Searching For Google's Successor · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...when the library card catalog was the shiznit! Those were the days! You could actually find a desk to work at, because they weren't all filled with those pesky computers.

  10. Re:I know. on Mac Rants · · Score: 2, Informative

    K5 has it's problems, but so does slashdot. It's not like one site is unquestionably better than the other.

  11. I know. on Mac Rants · · Score: 2, Funny

    K5 doesn't nearly have enough linux news, linux advocacy, first posts, hot grits, and Jon Katz. And everyone knows that's all that matters.

  12. Re:It does work, you damn dirty ape. on Review: Planet of the Apes · · Score: 2

    You fail to answer my question: Does our hero's temporal position, in any way, invalidate my idea? He does end up in a world full of apes, or was I trippin' during the last 5 minutes of the movie?

    I'd also really like to know how his fancy clock could tell he's travelling through time, as it is travelling with him.

    You also need to check for typos when you post, this isn't AOL.

  13. It does work, you damn dirty ape. on Review: Planet of the Apes · · Score: 2

    Yes it does work. He's still on a planet ruled by apes, isn't he? Did he go all the way back to his time, or did he fall short? Does his fancy clock really work, or does it need to go back to the shop?

    Basically, I don't see how saying "Yes, he's on a planet filled with apes, but he went back in time so your idea doesn't work," actually invalidates my idea.

  14. The Ending: It makes sense if there is a sequel. on Review: Planet of the Apes · · Score: 2

    Some of the later Planet of the Apes movies deal with a revolt by domesticated monkeys lead by a talking ape that came from the future. What if there is going to be a sequel to the new Planet of the Apes, but with a revolt of domesticated humans lead by a talking man from the past?

  15. Nope... on Fleeing Jurassic Park III · · Score: 1

    The studio will never let the JP franchise get cheesy enough to become watchable. The cheese is what keeps Godzilla alive, take it away and you get a pile of crap like that one with Matthew Broderick.

  16. Re:your cisco? on Slashdot Back Online · · Score: 1

    MAE West is one of the major switching facilities in the US. If it goes down, it can take a lot of ISPs (and their customers) with it.

  17. You need to reword that. on Slashback: Shelter, Panic, Intrusion · · Score: 5
    Yes, another big security problem with the world's second-most popular web server

    For a second I thought ./ had been compromised again.

  18. Preach it! on Review: Tomb Raider · · Score: 1
    Preach it, Taco! Preach it!

    This movie sucked total ass, if enough people fail to see it, we may be lucky enough to not be treated to a sequel.

  19. Re:Go Figure... on Carnivore To Die? · · Score: 1
    And lastly... had they ever thought that maybe the world might be a better place if the terrorists going after the white house got through? Just a thought.

    With Carnivore, Echelon, and friends, I bet that the secret service is investigating your ass right now.

  20. -1 troll on Duct Tape · · Score: 1

    That's a troll if I ever did see one.

  21. This is totally unjustified. on Above.net Blackholes, Unblackholes Macromedia · · Score: 1
    The RBL should only be used to filter mail. Other non-mail internet traffic, especially backbone traffic, shouldn't touch the RBL.

    Blocking websites doesn't stop spam, and using the RBL to block websites will just end up pissing people off and causing a backlash against the use of the RBL for anything.

  22. Come on on Antenna Breakthrough Called E-tenna · · Score: 1

    Couldn't they have found a better name? The e-everything naming revolution ended months ago.

  23. Is.. on Sony Announces PVR PC · · Score: 1
    Is Sony going to be cool and have this thing run Linux like the Tivo?

    It'd kind of suck to have to find space near my television for one of these computers (if I were to get one). It's crowded enough over there as it is.

  24. price. on SDMI; MusicNet; Felton · · Score: 3

    With this service you pay $10 to play 75 songs for a month.

    With Gnutella and friends you pay $0 to play several million songs forever.

    Which one is the better deal? Which one will users choose?

  25. MS on Shared Source? · · Score: 1
    "Over the past 25 years, few people outside of the development community talked about source code and even fewer had access. Today, that is changing as more and more software products offer some access to source code"

    With no thanks to Microsoft. They're just trying to