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  1. Ben Franklin on Energy from High-Altitude Kites · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Somehow I doubt this is what Ben Franklin had in mind...

  2. Avoid... on Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Please do not touch the four-eyed mice"
    "Please refrain from touching your complementary HazTag"
    "Please do not stare directly into chernobyl zone"
    "Please refrain from breathing chernobyl air"
    "Please be respectful of our neighbors for we don't have many left"

  3. Look Maw!! on Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look maw! 3 hands!

  4. Gadget Wings! on Morphing Plane Wings for Efficient Flights · · Score: 4, Funny

    go-go-gadget mophing wings!

  5. Re:Curious how he wrote it in C#. on After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't know about that, but I have in fact done testing and C# is slower at almost everything when compared to C/C++ and it gets really bad at the high end.

    I don't know what 'benchmarks' you used to come up with that conclusion. There was a previous /. post about programming language benchmarks and the study's results are nicely tabulated.

    In this study, C# came in 2nd place overall among many common programming languages, after VC++. It even destroyed gcc C in trig calculations, though, got slaughtered by gcc C's 'double' math tests.

    Even with that said, the difference in speed between C# and VC++ for DeDRMS decryption on a reasonably new computer would be so small that the time taken to port the code from C# to any other language would be better spend picking you nose.

  6. L0pht crack on Hackers: Under The Hood · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mmmmm... L0pht password cracker. *urgh!* "Me use brute force!" *urgh!*

  7. L.O.R.D on Interactive Fiction Competition Opens · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember my old BBS had a door game I ended up actually paying for.

    L.O.R.D: Legend of the Red Dragon

    What a game. Kind of like a MUD too.

    Those were the days. I wish there were still some BBSes (dialup) alive and thriving... I'd go sign up, maybe even pay for it.

  8. Mod chip? on Intel Launches DRM-Enabled CPUs for Phones and Handhelds · · Score: 5, Funny

    So will I now have to get a mod chip for my mobile phone?

  9. Re:This is art...not science... on Listen to the Sky · · Score: 1

    My inner child holds very dark thoughts of *popping* balloons, rather than sending them up in the air with phones tethered to them.

    No, wait, better yet, send them up in the air so my inner-child can shoot them down and watch the phone shrapnel scatter onto the onlookers.

  10. Re:Are the real logisitics of this being considere on Listen to the Sky · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but with the recent /.-ing of this event, the interest in this project is bound to surpass the predicted turnout and might result in a complete flop for the majority of the people trying to connect to a very limited number of phones.

  11. Sound of ringtones on Listen to the Sky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hope they turn off the ringtones / vibrators.

    *imagines the sound of mission impossible theme over an earpiece*

  12. Cell phones? on Where Can I Find Cell Phone Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    I previously worked at an AT&T Callcenter and through my experience there I saw a lot of phones come and go. The most popular phones seemed to be Nokia's, Ericsson's & Motorola's. Motorola: good sturdy phone that can take a beating (unless it's a startac, in that case they can be flimsy). Ericsson seems to make reasonable phones for a low cost. They aren't too sturdy, but if you're low on bugdet you can get a good DMN (Digital MultiNetwork) phone for much less than say a Nokia. Nokia on the other hand didn't seem to haev as many problems than the others. If you have a problem with your phone you can easily get good customer service from Nokia. I found the 5100 series to be the best, but the 6100 series has many more features. In my opinion I would probably choose a Nokia 5160. It has everything you need without the terribly high cost of some other phones.

    Of course if you have the money you can splurge and get a Nokia 8800 series phone and be able to check your hair on its chrome shell.

  13. True 'custom' design on Home Grown or Boxed PCs? · · Score: 1

    If you were just looking for a new computer or a replacement, then a boxed solution can end up being less expensive. But by exploring exactly what you wanted and getting a good look at all the ways to get a certain component (internet, local stores, 2nd hand?) then the final cost can be much cheaper.

  14. Not quite on topic. on More AMD K7 Details · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know anything about the K6-IIs hardware incompatibility in the 350Mhz range?