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  1. Re:I bet he's a real party anmal on How The THX Noise Was Created · · Score: 1

    Think Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters!

    Actually, you apply that thought to pretty much any Rick Moranis movie!

  2. Re:A compromise? on No Nonsense XML Web Development with PHP · · Score: 1

    What you've written intrigues me. I've never heard of this before, and now I must do some research! Anybody else have experience with this method and wish to share?

  3. What the hell? on NASA Plans Three More Shuttle Flights This Year · · Score: 1

    An entire new fuel tank just to keep the insulation from falling off?! Two words NASA: Saran Wrap!

  4. Re:queue madness on World of Queuecraft · · Score: 1

    But you can't have characters in both factions on the same server. So they would know which faction you belong to (unless this is your first time connecting to the server.)

  5. Re:queue madness on World of Queuecraft · · Score: 1

    You left Bleeding Hollow because of the queues? All my characters are on Bleeding Hollow, and I've NEVER waited more than 15 minutes to get into the game. Usually I have no queue, and when I do it's usually a 5 minute wait.

    Out of curiosity, are you Alliance or Horde? I wonder if players get put into different queues depending on what faction they belong to.

  6. Re:Queues? on World of Queuecraft · · Score: 1

    What your friend experienced was the opposite problem: Nobody in Warsong Gulch. For the battlegrounds ( Warsong, Arathi, Alterac ), you can't enter the battleground until a certain number of people are in the queue. So if the queue requires 40 people per team, and one team only has 39 in the queue, all 79 people will sit in the queue indefinitely.

    It sucks.

  7. Hey Canadians! on Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand? · · Score: 1

    I'll trade you blank CDs for perscription drugs.

    Deal?

  8. Brilliant!! on Woz On Apple's Success · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:
    Mr. Jobs returned to the company as chief executive officer in 1997 and has since led the company to new heights, but Mr. Wozniak has stayed away. His dealings with Apple are minor, he said, although he's still on the payroll "just out of loyalty."

    That's awesome. I'm going to go tell my boss right now that I'm leaving, but I wish to remain on the payroll "just out of loyalty"!

  9. Re:The power of traffic. on MySpace Users Revolt Against Murdoch · · Score: 1

    You're telling me! I can't tell how many times I've searched for Divorced Women 25-30 within 10 miles of me, and get hits that are clearly 18 year old girls still in high school who are lying about their age.

    Ok, maybe that's not a bad thing....

  10. Re:Doesn't bother me on Apple Revolutionizing Retail · · Score: 1

    It's also obvious, that somewhere, a comedian has stolen your sense of humor!

  11. Re:I don't get it.. on Metadata in Vista Could Be Too Helpful · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would *hope* ( and no, I didn't read the article ), that the meta data for each file would have the same security permissions as the original file.

    Otherwise, you'd be able to search for the meta data in the private files of other users.

  12. Bad, BAD Advice! on How To Write Unmaintainable Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make sure you're irreplaceable

    First rule of business: Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted!

  13. Re:Tommy, can you hear me? on How to Build a $500 Gaming Machine · · Score: 1

    You must have missed the line that said "Since we're on a tight budget, we'll forgo the use of a case and just lay our components on a piece of cardboard."

    Okay, so they didnt' really say that, but I think it's implied!

  14. WoW for Wine? on CrossOver Office 5 and Wine 0.9 Released · · Score: 1

    Does anybody have some links and/or tips on getting World of Warcraft working for Wine? I've managed to get the install done, but the app freezes when I try to start it up.

    This was on an older version, so maybe I'll give 0.9 a shot tonight....

  15. Re:What a Scientific Conclusion! on Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco · · Score: 1

    I was wondering why that last link went to a dude =)

  16. The Slashdot Obvious (tm) on Future Cell Phone Knows You By Your Walk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Time for 100 different posters to point out 200 different situations where they think this technology will fail.

    And it all must be true, because the engineers who spent years designing this must be complete idiots, and would never think of these things on their own.

    Ready, set, go!

  17. That's Nice And All on StarOffice 8 May Be MS Office Killer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But in my experience, %99.9 of things labeled a Foo Killer never even come close to killing foo. iPod clones / competition are a prime example. Every two weeks we get an article about an iPod killer, and then we never hear about it again.

  18. Here's a shot of the Winning Team on Nuna 3 wins World Solar Cup for the 3rd Time · · Score: 3, Funny

    Winning shot Notice the several guys attempting to moon the cameramen. Real classy group =)

    Heres the context link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4289958.stm . It's picture #2.

  19. Great, I've got to have one! on Updated OQO Model 01+ with USB 2.0 and More RAM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now, what the hell is an OQO? The writeup was a litle* lacking

    * little = completely missing any and all relevant information. didn't want to waste time doing a real writeup, eh?

  20. Re:Special punishment on IBM Thinkpads now in Titanium · · Score: 0

    I agree. Was this assclown in such a rush to get his story posted to Slashdot that he couldn't take the time to find a few links?

  21. Re:Basically private weather trying to shut off go on Weather Service Becoming More Tech Friendly · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, yet another reason to hate Santorum. God I hope he loses to Casey in 2006.

    I find him to be a misogynist, a homophobe, and a hatemonger.

  22. Re:From the patent application: on Microsoft's Bold Patent Move · · Score: 1

    Hey, that's Earl of Sandwich to you buddy!

  23. Re:Post Text Missing? on Microsoft's Bold Patent Move · · Score: 1

    I didn't think you were being a Nazi. I read the writeup, and I couldn't figure out what the hell he was talking about.

    Displaying what in a box? Since the website seems to be Slashdotted, it seems I won't know for at least several hours. What a useless story.

  24. Re:Nope. on Japan to Deploy Massive Broadband Satellite · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the beamwidth of a parabolic antenna (assuming that's what they're using) is inversely proportional to the diameter of the dish.

    Hence, a bigger dish will give you a more focused beam (and due to the nature of antennas, it will also give you increased reception from transmitters within this beamwidth).

  25. Re:New Scientist Coverage on Planet X Larger Than Pluto? · · Score: 1

    You and your fucking UID! I'm waiting for all you 4 digit users to either leave or retire, so that my 5 digit generation can be king =)