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  1. Tell me about it.. on Has the Data Security Problem Become an Epidemic? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The other day, the wonderful community college which I acquired my near worthless associates degree from, sent an email to just about all the people in my graduating class. Not a problem you may think, but consider this..

    THEY PUT EVERYONE'S EMAIL, IN THE TO: LINE.

    I (as well as every other fellow student) now have a full listing of all my fellow student's names and email addresses..

    Oddly enough, this school has a "networking" course, hello security.

  2. My favorite on Organizing MP3s and Other File Collections? · · Score: 1

    An old machine with a beefy harddrive, running apache and zina
    Works nicely, and you can listen to whatever songs you want, on any machine in the house.

  3. Oooh.. on Permormance-Enhancing Contact Lenses · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just recently discovered I do, in fact, HAVE a permormance, and I am also very interested in enhancing it.

  4. But what happens.. on Bacteria Made to Behave as Computers · · Score: 1

    What happens when the E. Coli bacteria learn how to assemble themselves into a delicious looking Oreo (tm) cookie and mass crapping ensues? Sounds more like bio-terrorism rather than a detector of it.

  5. Re:Works in reverse on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 2, Funny

    Probably a long long time...

    For example, my brain controls my left index finger with astonishing precision, but how long will it be for my finger to start controlling my thoughts?

    (valid response: As soon as you put it in a garbage disposal)

  6. Heck yes. on Do Programmers Actually Use Assertions? · · Score: 1

    grep -R assert /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 | wc -l
    2490

    Unless of course you're convinced you can write perfect bug-free code.. Am I the only one that thinks this is too obvious of a question to constitute an "Ask Slashdot" ?

    oh well

  7. Re:Armadillo = Amarillo? on John Carmack's Cell Phone Adventures · · Score: 2, Informative

    Carmack is a smart guy, he can tell the difference I'm sure. In his reference to "Armadillo", he's most likely referring to his cool rocket development group which is named "Armadillo Aerospace", iirc.

  8. Re:Y'know on John Carmack's Cell Phone Adventures · · Score: 1

    You did not suggest that Michael Robertson was even ON your cool list, did you? Even at the bottom, that's just not right.

  9. Now we need is laptops.. on New Longhorn Screenshots And Schedule · · Score: 1

    ...with really fancy cameras on the lids, and have some sort of YUV video underlay thing for the wallpaper, and have dynamically updated wallpaper just like this.. The only thing is, is that it'd suck because the perspective effect couldn't be done, as well as getting a magical lens for the camera.. Still, it'd be like totally worthless active cammo for your laptop :) MWHAahahah

  10. Awesome, on Broadband to Kill Off DVD? · · Score: 1

    Now, where's my broadband? /me continues waiting...

  11. Not to nitpick, but.. on Craigslist to Beam Ads into Space (for Free) · · Score: 1

    Isn't India still located on earth? Surely they must be attempting to bounce these signals off the moon or something.

  12. Awesome.. on MP3beamer Released · · Score: 1

    But, does he own the schematics or did he find them somewhere and assume they were free?

  13. Re:Why do we need a lawsuit? on Blockbuster Sued Over Late Fees Claim · · Score: 1

    For some reason these people equate "No Late Fees" with "No Due Dates". When you rent something from blockbuster, they STILL SAY "That will be due back on Tuesday", or whatever.

    When I saw those commercials, I thought to myself that there HAS to be some catch of some sort. So I checked their website and they explain it pretty clearly under their help area.
    right here -> [blockbuster.com]

    Blockbuster also has their online service which is comparable to netflix, and it works in the same way as netflix (you can only have 3 discs at a time), except they give members 2 free in-store rentals per month, for those incidents when you end up waiting for another set of discs to come in the mail.

    And regarding those two free in-store rentals, they're still due on their due date.

  14. Re:if you can afford buying dual cards does it mat on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think you may be missing the point, the purpose of SLI is not to drive multiple heads, but rather to harness the power of two graphics cards to produce output on a single monitor by having each card perform shader operations on different regions of the screen.

  15. Don't forget!! on Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings · · Score: 1

    murderers and shrinkwrappists of felines.

  16. Re:Wait a second.. on Funny non-IT Uses of UML? · · Score: 1

    I meant no offense, just pointing out the humorous correlation is all I intended :)

    I simply can't stand crappy shows like that though, everyone looks like they're in their 20's-30's, yet they manage to squeeze 3 or 4 generations of people into the plot and then mix them all up until the viewers are completely confused.. In fact, making a diagram of it is somewhat impressive considering how screwed up those types of shows are.

  17. Wait a second.. on Funny non-IT Uses of UML? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't feel good..

    It just occured to me, there now exists a person that is capable of both comprehending UML, and being a fan of the O.C.?

    Where is my umbrella? I sense pig feces will fall from the sky any moment now..

  18. Re:Actually, that would be a sin. on Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nothing like removing all context from a passage and making it sound like total jibberish.

    Keep in mind, that would be Old Testament, and God is speaking to Moses (the guy leading the Israelites around at the time) providing him with a rather lengthy list of stuff they shouldn't do. Such as sacraficing babies to idols (Leviticus 20:2), hot hot man love (Lev. 20:13), and of course bestiality (Lev. 20:15-16), and other things of that sort...

    Although the mixed seeds and the fiber blended clothing thing seems odd, and I doubt they had GMO seeds at the time. Most of the strict rules being enforced in those chapters comes after the Israelites had been screwing themselves over on a few occasions and defying rather simple to follow guidelines which were specified before all this stuff.

    I wouldn't consider regular crop rotation methods as "mixed seed", sure you have some voluntary growth from the previous year but that's undesired and unintentional.. Agreed, it does seem weird, it could have been intended simply to make the Israelites a visual example of being "set apart"(holy) to the other people they encountered along the way.

    Although, harddrive manufacturers need to read this one..

    (Lev. 19:35 KJV) Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

    Go ahead, mod me down for doing a little research before I post.

  19. Re:and here in Australia... on 8Mbit Broadband to Become Available in the UK · · Score: 1

    You think that's bad, 26k dialup for $35USD/mo (including spare phone line) sucks a bit worse.. Although I have no cap, but I don't think I could actually transfer 20 gigs in a month..

  20. A large tray of wheatgrass? on Plants for Cubicles? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Imagine a potential client visiting your cubicle, and you feel like you could use a little energy boost, just stroll over to your tray of wheatgrass and graze for a few moments, then rip some out and offer a small handfull to your client.

    I think it would really impress them.

    You could start wearing animal hides as well, that's also impressive.

    (seriously though, wheatgrass is easy to grow, and you can nibble on it or juice it)

  21. Re:Burn them. on NYT On The Internet And Child Molestation · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough, you're not the first person to think of it..

    At work we had some video come down on the satellite ( I work for a TV news company ), it was from some south american country, and the townspeople tied this guy to a telephone poll, stripped him half naked, doused him with gasoline and lit him up.. I guess it was his second or third offense at child molestation / rape.

    I can't say he didn't deserve it, but dang.. If that doesn't serve as a warning to others, I don't know what is.

  22. Re:Child molesters? on NYT On The Internet And Child Molestation · · Score: 1

    Finally, something hope doesn't run Linux..

  23. Aw man.. on G4 Drops TechTV Name · · Score: 1

    For a moment there I had hopes that "Girls Gone Wired" was actually just "Girls Gone Wild", except filmed in some asian country.

    (if this quip made you chuckle, visit engrish.com)

  24. Pft, forget all that.. on Future Skills for a Budding Web Designer? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just make pretty pictures, chop them up, and slap them into Adobe GoLive, poof, you're an instant web design professional! Now open wide and wait for your money to roll in.

    Seriously though, at one time I wanted to do web design as a part-time side job, but after creating a couple sites I decided it was a terrible idea. So, unless you enjoy making websites for people that have no freaking clue what they want on their site and aren't willing to provide you with any text related to their website topic, then don't do it.

    Less "web designers" == Less worthless websites

  25. Name rung a bell on Games Knoppix · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I googled Kaiserslautern, and sure enough, it's the sister city of my crappy home town.

    Apparently I live in the ugly, less popular, dumber sister city.

    (I'm sure everyone found that tidbit of knowledge absolutely wonderful)