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  1. Quality Software on When Will the Automotive Internet Arrive? · · Score: 1
  2. What they're really afraid of. on Hong Kong Company Develops Solar-Powered Lightbulb · · Score: 5, Funny

    But they are afraid of Chuck Norris. So is the dark.

  3. Re:A battle of wits? on A Battle of Wits On the Net's Effect On the Mind · · Score: 1

    Man in Black: All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.
    Vizzini: But it's so simple. *points to 4Chan*

  4. Well, that's all fine and good... on ITER Fusion Reactor Enters Existential Crisis · · Score: 1

    but what if we need to destroy a black hole?

  5. OK, sure, but... on RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion · · Score: 1

    will you take a check?

  6. Re:Pfft yourself! on Study Finds That "Extreme Gamers" Play 48 Hours a Week · · Score: 1

    http://gamerwidow.com/
    Finally, there's hope and healing.

  7. It's about time. on Police Investigating Virtual Furniture Theft · · Score: 2, Funny

    My imaginary friends have been stealing from me for years.

  8. In Further Perspective on Earthlink Announces It Must Honor Comcast Cap · · Score: 1, Insightful

    250GB a month is the equivalent of one dual-layer DVD a day. 3 Terabytes a year. Some of us get by on 5GB monthly. Seriously, what DO YOU DO WITH THAT? Or did Avenue Q already provide that answer?

  9. Re:Wii Emulator on Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo · · Score: 0

    You are aware that the emulated Wii frames-per-second can be counted on - at best - two hands?

  10. Japan on Pressure Mounts On ICANN To Approve .xxx Domain · · Score: 0

    No, seriously. A .xxx domain will save our children from American porn that classifies itself as porn. In other countries where what American consider porn is classified as art, the .xxx filter has no jurisdiction. This is China all over again. We raise EPA standards to get rid of pollution-created companies. They move their factories to China. And we still consume the same products produced in smoke belching factories. Somehow, we feel like we've done a good thing.

  11. 640k should be enough for everybody! on The Big Technical Mistakes of History · · Score: 0

    Back in the day when Intel was designing 16-bit PC's, someone had the brilliant idea to use the segment:offset model for memory addressing. And this was great - for a couple of years. Back then, a megabyte of memory was almost inconceivable. However, 64K just wasn't enough. So instead of using all 32-bits of a two 16-bit words, these guys decided, hey! Let's just multiply the segment by 16 and add that to the offset. This resulted in a theoretical cap of 1MB. (Actually around 1088KB, but that's obscure stuff that no one cares about.) So, instead of using all 32-bits, giving us a maximum of 4GB (which only recently went out of style), we hamstrung ourselves with something far smaller and much more cramped.
    Well, it was quickly learned that 640k was not nearly enough for everybody. I think you guys know the rest of the story.

  12. I hope Windows 7 x64 IP is fixed by then. on What Happens When IPv4 Address Space Is Gone · · Score: 0

    I'm not aware of the current status, but at the beginning of my Windows 7x64 Build 7600 experience, I had to disable IPv6. I mentioned that in a previous /. post. It is my sincere hope that Windows 7 is ready to make that transition. The problem I'm foreseeing is the amount of legacy networking equipment I have and also that belonging to TimeWarner/ATT/Verizon/Your ISP Name Here.

  13. Our prayers have been answered. Mostly. Almost. on Haptic Gaming Vest Simulates Punches, Shots, Stabbing · · Score: 0
  14. Re:I didn't even know about greasemonkey until tod on Facebook Goes After Greasemonkey Script Developer · · Score: 0

    Streisand Effect FOR THE WIN!
    Seriously, she should start offering training courses.

  15. And what, pray tell, do these good people do? on Comcast Plans IPv6 Trials In 2010 · · Score: 0

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/?query=disable%20IPv6 (Myself being one of them.) Being as the vast majority of home users and small businesses still send their money to One Microsoft Way, Redmond Washington, the standard Slashdot solution of install Ubuntu/Gentoo/OpenBSD/FreeBSD/Buy a Mac might not work for everybody. (I am a dual-booter, by the way.)

  16. Re:Universal constructor on Politicians Worldwide Asking Questions About ACTA · · Score: 0

    Haven't you heard? They're all the rage nowadays. Custom built anything with nano-technology. Why, soon we'll be able to download and assemble PEOPLE in our very own homes. Finally, I'll be able to nano-fab my own super-model who will love and appreciate me for the bland, uninteresting person I am.

    And, of course, this is completely relevant to the topic at hand.

  17. Wok Fi for the Win on Boost a Weak 3G Modem Signal, With a Saucepan · · Score: 0

    It's a parabolic reflector. Who knew? Sauces for the hungry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WokFi http://digg.com/hardware/WokFi_Wi_Fi_on_the_cheap

  18. 2010 on Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Bouncing Back · · Score: 1, Funny

    The year my inbox cried.

  19. If you're not doing anything wrong on Secret Copyright Treaty Timeline Shows Global DMCA · · Score: 1

    you have nothing to worry about. Unless, of course, a disgruntled employee / competitor / girlscout-you-didn't-buy-cookies-from gives your name to the Business Software Alliance. Then it's the Spanish Inquistion / Salem Witch Trials / Mc Carthy Trials all over again.

  20. Penguin computing power at its finest. on IBM's Newest Mainframe Is All Linux · · Score: -1

    I want to see it play Nethack.

  21. And when it gets hacked...? on New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks · · Score: 0

    "haha im in ur baes killin ur doods." "oh noes! my mens" "haha imma killin all ur... wtf?" "..?" "#$%#$ bomb in my city gtg" "...k gg" "gg" L337R0YJ3NK1N5 has left the game. A winner is you! "Heh. Retard."

  22. Is there a kind and gentle way to explain PEBKAC? on Easing the Job of Family Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    Tell your family that when someone offers you something for free on the internet, they should assume it's a scam until after appropriate research has been done. I believe there was an article just recently on the unpleasant things done by the creator of Mafia Wars.

  23. Remember kids, Google's not a monopoly! on Google To Take On iTunes? · · Score: 1

    I wait for the day, and you know it's coming, when Google rolls out it's ChromeOS, and the EU demands that they give consumers the choice of which browser to use.

  24. I haven't tested this thoroughly, but... on 12M Digit Prime Number Sets Record, Nets $100,000 · · Score: 1

    Take any base 10 number that ends with 4 or 6. Square it. Add 1. So far, in my limited testing experience, it has worked.

  25. FPS are great but... on Linux Games For Non-Gamers? · · Score: 1

    Come on guys. Why hasn't anybody mentioned Abuse? http://abuse-game.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=58 You haven't wasted time until you've wasted it on Abuse.