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  1. Hey, wait! on Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel · · Score: 2, Funny

    THAT'S NO CUBE

  2. This is ANOTHER hoax. on The Dirt On Mars, In Words And Pictures · · Score: -1, Redundant

    We all know the truth. NASA has done this stuff to us before and one day they'll learn.

    Meanwhile, it's clear that these pictures were made with certain software that the government doesn't want you to know about.


    Note: Joke.

  3. Re:FBI warning on Windows that Double as LCD Monitors · · Score: 1

    Shutters.

  4. Wine is obsolete! on Windows that Double as LCD Monitors · · Score: 1

    Wait, Wine is about running windows software on linux. This news is about running linux on your windows. Sorry, I got that backwards.

  5. Blaming Inanimate Objects on Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention · · Score: 1

    The inclusion of this feature is symptomatic of modern thought. People are killing people with guns? Ban guns! People are counterfeiting money with Photoshop? Edit Photoshop! Getting fat? Sue McDonald's!

    Things aren't going to "get better" (or even make sense) until people are capable of taking responsibility for their actions. It shouldn't be Photoshop's job to include this anti-counterfeit plugin. It should be the end user's job to NOT COUNTERFEIT MONEY. No corporation should ever put themselves in a position to be held liable for failing to hold their customers' hands and morally babysit them.

  6. Uh, guys? on Chemists Crack Secrets of Mussels' Super Glue · · Score: 1

    How the hell do you package such glue for sale?

    Talk about child-proof caps...

  7. Get the OEM on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Dell has a spare parts line, IBM lets you order stuff off their website, and most other OEMs have similar setups.

    A word of advice, from a former (english-speaking) tech-support monkey:
    Call tech support and get a part number. The companies almost invariably blame you if you have the wrong part number. Techs have the software and resources to look up the proper part number -- make sure you get it!

  8. Re:I wouldn't recommend this on Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free · · Score: 1

    The chips that test better are marked as DX and the chips that have minor flaws are downgraded and marked SX.

    This is untrue.
    cf. here and here. Rumors and FUD, man. There is no way in hell a corporation would ship defective parts. The legal liability aspect would be horrifying.

    It is a marketing move taken straight from intel, though -- scale back the clock speed to compete in lower-end markets.

  9. You can always have fun with them. on Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of my friends is currently screwing around with these morons.
    Heheheh.

  10. double whammy: on Cube House · · Score: 1

    Dude, to spend that much time whoring up your cube... and THEN to slashdot the hell out of your college servers with gargantuan images...

    Well, let's just say I see where you got those brass balls hanging around the roof.

  11. A close second... on History of a Famous Star Wars Scream · · Score: 1

    is the death knell of the imp in id's Doom.

  12. The article is misleading. on Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads · · Score: 4, Informative

    "India produces as many as 1,000 movies each year with revenues of more than $1 billion." -- The Globe and Mail
    This indicates revenue of a million a movie; that's a paltry sum which no American movie house would bother with.

    "Bollywood's global annual revenues, estimated at $1.3 billion this year, are small change compared with Hollywood's $51 billion." --Business Week
    This shoots down the other misdirection in the article. Sell all the tickets you want, Bollywood. You're still pulling less than 1/39th the cash that Hollywood takes in.

    A lot of people watch these movies. I have seen a few. To a film, they were insipid. Do yourselves a favor and avoid the musicals at all costs.
    But don't worry. They're not going to take over the film industry.

  13. Well, this explains it on Open eBook Forum Courts Controversy Over Formats · · Score: 1

    So that's why I can't find The Anarchist's Cookbook on the net anymore.

  14. Re:Pixar will be around on Despairing of Pixar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think it implies a threat to Pixar, I think it's just a way to put across the fact that both despair.com and a computer animation house are in the body of the article. A misleading and confusing way, but a way nonetheless.

  15. While we're at it... on MySQL Gets Functions in Java · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want MS-DOS debug embedded.

    --F 200 L1000 0
    --A CS:100
    xxxx:0100 MOV AX,301
    xxxx:0103 MOV BX,200
    xxxx:0106 MOV CX,1
    xxxx:0109 MOV DX,80
    xxxx:010C INT 13
    xxxx:010E INT 20
    --G


    BWAHAHAH

  16. What's the point? on The Beetle That Thought It Was A Precious Stone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's the dividend in opal? What we need is a crack beetle. Get to it, Aussies!

  17. It means a new product is born! on Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name · · Score: 1

    Lindex wipes your hard drive to a streak-free shine! Now with a refreshing citrus scent, Lindex is the best option for a transparent user interface. Bundled with it is the latest Firebird build, sure to make your chrome stand out.

  18. Dude, just pay for broadband. on Warflying 2013 Access Points in Los Angeles · · Score: 1

    Or you could pay maintenance and operation on a helicopter to hover over your free access point.

    When will it become old news that most users leave their equipment set to the factory defaults?

  19. Hold on, let me download the article. on Kermit Alive and Well on the Space Station · · Score: 5, Funny

    rz\r


    rz\r

    rz\r

    man screw this

    ^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z^Z

    dsgkh$#@^%@26 3421lj __ 34 NO CARRIER

  20. This is why no hype: you need a contract. on Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/howtobuy/ default.asp

    Windows XP 64-bit is already made -- for the Itanium. You either get to wait for them to port it to the Athlon64, or you get to find another one.

  21. Meanwhile, in the Slashdot senate... on The Definitive Episode 3 Spoiler Synopsis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Queen AgonyEngine: I was not elected to watch my website suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee! If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a vote of "no confidence" in CowboyNeal's leadership.

    CowboyNeal : What?...No!

  22. This article's title nearly gave me a heart attack on Microsoft Retires Windows 98 · · Score: 1

    I thought it said "Microsoft Retries Windows 98."
    HORRIFYING.

  23. A question: on China Releases Own WLAN Security Standard · · Score: 1

    EDAEOUOOOOiNOIoOaNu? I mean, seriously. Can you break that encryption scheme?

  24. This is an unwinnable war. on U.S. Agencies Earn "D" For Computer Security · · Score: 2, Informative

    The DoD is something I know about -- I can't even get rights to install another network printer. I'm in the Army Reserve, and we're told we have to talk to the "building network administrator," who isn't there on weekends... which is the only time we're there. In a DoD network, all this stuff comes down to one guy per building/unit/whatever. If he's not on the ball, the whole unit can go down in a blaze of MSBLAST.

  25. Re:My vote for the best of them... iRiver iHP-120 on Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up · · Score: 2, Informative

    The iPod does USB 2.0.

    The rest of the feature set you list are things that I, and many others, find completely useless. I hate WMA only slightly less than I hate ogg vorbis -- and I bet that true SRS surround sound sounds great through your nine thousand dollar stereo system, but I want something portable.
    Your baby weighs in at 160 grams, sizing out at 60x19x105. This is negligibly different from the iPod -- but the iPod has a bit better feature set.
    The iRiver is, from its name on down, an iPod knockoff. Your opinion is your own, and you're welcome to it, but for some of us, the iPod is exactly what we're looking for: a small, well-rounded mp3 player that doesn't look like a tricorder.