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  1. Re:These are a bit annoying on Kernel 2.5.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Hell, I thought it was a stable release when I heard it on Slashdot. Then I rushed to get it and man was I burned.

  2. Re:Linus' Reply on Linus Does Not Scale · · Score: 1

    With respect to his demotivating the current maintainers, I give you this Linus quote:

    "I'm a bastard."

    Anyway, the problem with nagging him about it is that no-one is really providing a better alternative. That semi-automated system Rik Van Riel was on about a few months ago seemed to make more sense than a Patch Penguin, which just shoves the work onto someone else. Something like that combined with Linus' proposal might help a bit.

  3. Re:Great! on Verizon Launches 3G Network (Silently) · · Score: 1

    More like full-sized videos on a postage-stamp size screen. I mean, it is high-speed right? :)

  4. Re:How do I respond to this? on Mandrake Releases 8.2 Beta · · Score: 1

    Let's just make it +1 Effort :)

  5. Re:Perfect Example of elitist mentality on Borking Outlook Express · · Score: 1

    Who wants to get mail from those kind of jerks anyway? :-)

  6. What?! on The End of Cyber BS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No more cyber bullshit?

  7. KaZaA Linux on KaZaA Resumes Downloads, Company Sold? · · Score: 1

    Does this mean they've dumped kza-linux for good?

    There's no mention of it on the site and it stopped working rather abruptly sometime yesterday.

  8. Re:Gary Coleman? on Coleman To Sell Portable Fuel Cell Generator · · Score: 1

    Couldn't be nearly as hazardous as the grill. That damn thing nearly takes my hand off every time I use it if it's not already burned me by falling over on its little annexed grease catcher.

  9. More on Holography on Laser Pointer Holograms · · Score: 3, Informative

    I knew I'd eventually use those pointers for more than annoying people.

    http://www.shadow.net/~holodi/holobook.htm

    This seems to be a rather popular endeavor. Further resources:

    http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Physics/Ed ucation/Light_and_Optics/Holography/

  10. Re:overheats?? on Probing the Guts Of the Consoles · · Score: 1

    I couldn't give you the exact dimensions of either right now. Suffice it to say when I said area, I indeed meant surface area, granted it is rather tall as well.

    The point, anyway, was that it is not conveniently stackable on devices you might normally find it stacked upon [in homes].

    If I were to compare it with the Gamecube, I'd be a bit more impressed with the Gamecube's compact nature. It actually looked smaller IRL than it did on television. It, of course, lacks many features of the XBox (which undoubtedly contribute to the size), so I am willing to concede worth to the XBox and put it somewhere else.

  11. Re:overheats?? on Probing the Guts Of the Consoles · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I left my XBox on over the weekend (shame on me, but I was out drinking) and came back and played my game with no problems for many more hours.

    The only problem I have with the XBox, aside from the expensive low quality DVD remote that you must have (and is somewhat hard to find), is its rather large area. It's the only console that won't fit on my mammoth 1985 VCR :)

    Bullet-Time (TM) rocks.

  12. Re:Stripped-down Debian? on A Newbie's Guide To A Lo-Fat Linux Desktop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    [official] Debian actually comes with about 4000 packages on 3 CDs and you needn't wade through all of them as there is an option to select a thorougly generalized package pre-selection (which can yield basic installations of 40 or so MB).

    I haven't used Red Hat since version 4.2 and never Mandrake, but of the distributions I've tried the one thing that seems to remain constant is: your installation won't be bloated unless you want it to be.

  13. Re:lo-fat? on A Newbie's Guide To A Lo-Fat Linux Desktop · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apparently the majority of Slashdot moderators fit into this category.

  14. Re:regarding pr0n on The Tenth Birthday Of The World Wide Web · · Score: 1

    umm...if i remember correctly, porn was a LOT easier to grab when the net was only 6-7 years old....before the Cyber Decency Act kicked in...

    That may be true for those who only casually delve into the dank depths of the pornographic underworld, but since then pr0n has been corraled into more specific locations; salacious IRC channels, usenet (though that's really a pain), and all about independent ftp servers.

    Not only is it more abundant, and more concentrated, but it is also of higher quality. 4 years is a long time for improvements in digital photography and scanning equipment.

  15. Re:Fast Food Wars on Patented Food Threatens Crop Improvements · · Score: 1

    I believe someone else already holds the patent on the genetic structures of worms.

  16. Re:... on Sketch Quake Renderer · · Score: 1

    Who said they were dead?

    They're just antiques.

  17. Screenshots anyone? on Sketch Quake Renderer · · Score: 1

    Has anyone actually gotten this to work? ... and if so would you be so kind as to post some alternate screen captures?

  18. Silly MetaResearch, distorted photos are for kids on Interesting Structures On Mars · · Score: 1

    When you say good morning, and the sun is setting, now that's living on Martian solar time. When your sunglasses start looking like this (holding up the red-and-blue stereo glasses used to view images in 3-D), that's living on Martian time. When you start admiring strange-looking rocks and giving them names, then telling /., that's living on Martian time. When your days are called Sols, and your nights are called days, that's living on Martian time. But when you start laughing at the engineers' jokes, you know you're living on Martian time.

  19. My favorite line... on Interesting Structures On Mars · · Score: 1

    The interior of the hexagon has parallel rows of white markings suggestive of text.

    That's positively absurd. Where do they think text would come from? It's not likely any intelligent extraterrestrial lifeform would stamp a crater with a kilometer-wide message.

    Maybe it's the EULA.

  20. Re:In 2000, People Have No Personalities! on Miracles Of The Next Fifty Years, As Of 1950 · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm... underwear candy.....

    Oh, we've had that for years, they're called Marshmallow Peeps. They are usually disguised as pink bunnies or cute little yellow chicks.