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  1. Re:From one hole to another? on Red Hat Founder Offers Help in Apple vs.Tiger Lawsuit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I dont necessarly think that a tech mail order business is in the same domain as an operating system revision name. i guess a judge will decide this.

  2. Re:liquid sodium on Liquid Metal CPU Cooling · · Score: 1

    because the quote about 'used in nuclear reactor cooling' has about as much applicability to your cpu as if you were talking about water cooling.

    the nuclear reactor quote is pointless.

  3. Re:That's a little... extreme on Liquid Metal CPU Cooling · · Score: 4, Informative

    it is probably a gallium alloy, they melt at just a little above body temperature

  4. liquid sodium on Liquid Metal CPU Cooling · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They use liquid sodium metal in nuclear reactors. you do NOT want this in your computer.

  5. Re:Hoover dams? What's that in oil consumption? on AMD 'Venice' Core Shows Big Drop in Power Needs · · Score: 1

    to answer your question, most electric power is generated by coal

  6. Re:Those low flush toilets on AMD 'Venice' Core Shows Big Drop in Power Needs · · Score: 1

    //The government probably should have instituted a minimum performance test when they instituted the 1.6gpf requirement.//

    maybe i could sell them some stool samples

  7. Re:The performance of compiled code on A Review of GCC 4.0 · · Score: 1

    If you spread that 5% over the millions of binaries that are created with a compiler the difference is signficant.
    Selecting the right algorithim only effects that one program.

  8. Re:Limited value in IQ tests. on Slashback: Passports, Microscopes, IQ Points · · Score: 1

    You have it backwards. IQ tests mean less at the far ends of the scale.

    Richard Feynman has an IQ of 125.

  9. Re:Seriously now, let's do something about this... on Nuclear Fusion Discovered · · Score: 4, Insightful

    they already are breaking new ground here.... this has to be the worst dupe EVER

  10. Re:Quality not quantity on Comments are More Important than Code · · Score: 1

    Interesting comment. I almost always see junior programmers assigned with refactoring tasks, while refactoring really takes somebody with experience and skill.

  11. Re:It's JUST an OS. on Longhorn Beta is Disappointing · · Score: 1

    I would agree with you, except that microsoft has perverted it into something else, with things like IE integrated in the OS.

  12. Re:choice quote by Reuters on Web Site Attacks Are On The Rise · · Score: 1

    let me know when you put your FUV lithography system together

  13. Re:choice quote by Reuters on Web Site Attacks Are On The Rise · · Score: 1, Insightful

    not necessarily. you might know how to make a complex microprocessor, but without the capital and equipment it is impossible.

    In this case, all you need is access to a computer.

  14. Re:Say what? on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 1

    you can't imagine 50% of the people buying this in compusa returning it because it wont install on their machine? not only is this expensive, it is embarrassing for MS.
    the stores will get it when they are ready for it.

  15. Re:Gaseous Core Nuclear Reactor Rockets on Update on Project Prometheus · · Score: 1

    just a small detail... does uranium hexaflouride have enough uranium per cross section to go supercritical? even more so with the gas.....

  16. Re:Usually incisive, RMS emphasizes the wrong poin on RMS Weighs in on BitKeeper Debacle · · Score: 1

    I hate to agree with him, but if all of the free software developers had used 'convienient' tools instead of creating them, linux would never be where it is today.

  17. Re:Slashdot and mathematics breakthroughs... on Going Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Methinks that mathmatics is a fertile ground for boondogglers who are willing to do *anything* to get a story submitted on /. I think that if the editors can't figure out WTF the article is about they shouldn't post it.

  18. not trolling but on Going Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem · · Score: 1

    Why on slashdot?
    I dont have a clue what the proof is about, and it doesn't mention if he is going to use a computer to help with the proof.

  19. Re:How can it be 'found' on Moore's Law Original Issue Found · · Score: 1

    from TFA

    In an interview with the Associated Press agency recently, Dr Moore said: "Electronics was one of the trade magazines that you read and throw away. It wasn't an archival journal."

  20. Re:Wow! on AMD Dual-Core Performance Revealed · · Score: 1

    This is a paper launch.. Nobody is going to buy this white elephant so Intel doesn't have to supply them.

  21. Re:wouldnt a 'half life' be a better definition on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 1

    the term 'half-life' is perfectly acceptable for chemical decomposition. do a google search if you will.

  22. Re:Advertising effectiveness on Google Sues Click Inflators · · Score: 1

    they could use a formula where the number of given competitors for a given keyword are taken into account. You would ramp up the cost for a given keyword (1st come users not effected) depending on the number of advertisers.

  23. wouldnt a 'half life' be a better definition on Biological Activity on Mars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What is that 300 year figure from? Wouldn't the use of 'half-life' be more appropriate?

  24. SPC on Google Sues Click Inflators · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't SPC (statistical process control) be a good candidate for stopping this?

  25. Re:impromptu poll on Apple and MS Battle For Desktop Search Supremacy · · Score: 1

    you hit the nail on the head. I have to do file system searches maybe every other week. And why the heck arent you going to organize your files anyway? Is somebody going to come up with an app that randomly spreads the files across your directories?