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  1. What exactly is this? on United Paper Shuffle · · Score: 1

    Is this an excerpt of something? A new project perhaps? A selection from "Running Money"? A little more background would be nice.

  2. Re:Whatever... on House Paint Foils Wardrivers · · Score: 1

    Paintball! That's for wussies. I use an AR-15 for that kind of thing.

  3. Re:Thats Nothing. on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    Did the guy hit by the stray bullet survive? Have your cops considered switching to hollowpoints which are less likely to exit?

  4. Charges on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    Copyright infringement, and three counts of extremely bad taste and wasted bandwidth.

  5. The John Kerry Administration on Wired's 2004 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, they were sure they could beat Bush.

    We can also add Saddam's WMDs to the list.

  6. Re:Maturity on Business Under Fire · · Score: 1

    Let's see if we can have this discussion without descending to racial stereotyping or xenophobia.

    You're new here, aren't you?

  7. Idiots on Conspiring Against Your Employer? Watch What You Email · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't post anything negative using my work computer, even if I was using my outside Yahoo! mail account. Even if it's on an outside account or on Slashdot, the page is going through the company proxy server.

    So, since this is going out on the company proxy, for anyone at corporate: I love working here! This place is awesome! My managers rock!

  8. Coffee shops on Mobile Users Plug-in Anywhere They Can · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll plug in at coffee shops from time to time if my laptop's battery is starting to go dead. I've always considered buying coffee there to be a form of rent fo rthe table space I'm using. Power is just an extension of that.

  9. Re:In other news... on Robots in Medicine · · Score: 1

    Also, Keith Richards has had one installed in the drawing room of his English country home.

  10. Re:Verilog on Recommend Reading for FPGAs and VHDL? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Better yet, learn both. Verilog is the industry standard for the U.S., but VHDL is widely used in government applications and in several European companies. I've had several job opportunities based on the fact that I've worked in mixed environments with both languages.

    Navabi has a pretty good book on Verilog. The book mentioned above on VHDL by Perry is a very good starting point for that language. (I'm using the 3rd edition.)

  11. Exactly backwards? on Is Your Development Project a Sinking Ship? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone else think they got this almost exactly backwards? Requirements volatility would be my number one issue, followed by dissimilarity to previous projects. Also, there doesn't seem to be a mention of bad resource allocation and scheduling.

  12. Canopy group on SCO Shares Plunge, Canopy Management Change · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does anyone else notice a disturbing similarity in name to the Umbrella Corporation?

  13. Sealed envelope in the safe on Dead? Hope You Left Someone Your Passwords · · Score: 1

    There's a sealed envelope in the safe which has the passwords to everything. It's right under the copies of my will, and my bank account numbers.

    Now if I can just remember the combination...

  14. Re:Just wait until the script kiddies get going... on Automakers Working on Car-to-Car Ad-Hoc Networks · · Score: 1

    My coworkers and I were actually talking over lunch about how long it would take before someone developed a virus that ran on cars.

    I guess now we have the infection vector worked out.

  15. Silicon Labs on A USB Typewriter? · · Score: 1

    You might try the previously mentioned suggestions of using a Daisy wheel typewriter with a USB-Parallel adapter.

    If you're looking for a more creative outlet, Si Labs sells a USB development board based on they're 8051 products. Either way, post the results here. There're a lot of people (like me) who like seeing old technologies adapted to the modern world.

  16. Almost always on When Do You Read the Instructions? · · Score: 1

    It saves trouble later to at least scan the instructions. That way, if something goes wrong, I know my way around the manuals and can find things quickly.

  17. Just need one other thing on Plausible Deniability From Rockstar Cryptographers · · Score: 3, Funny

    A way to deny some of the stupider posts I've made on Slashdot.

  18. Printers listed in the BBC article on PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros · · Score: 1

    The article on the BBC does not list the models of printer used in the text. It does provide a side bar of "top printers", but at least one of those, the Canon, hasn't been out for twelve months. Does anyone have some real test results they can point to? I'd like to know how the i960 I bought in October stacks up.

  19. Re:6Day creationists and Flat earthers need not re on Emergence · · Score: 1

    Or atheists?

  20. Mature tools my ass on gEDA (GPL'ed Electronic Design) In EE Times · · Score: 4, Funny

    We payed millions and didn't get a set of mature tools from the major EDA vendors. How are they expecting to develop the same with no budget?

  21. My Church on What Organizations Do You Contribute To? · · Score: 1

    Charity begins at home, so most of my monetary donations go to Austin First United Methodist Church. I also volunteer in their homeless ministries, and in renovating houses around the Austin area.

  22. Jesus H. Christ! on ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear American Chemical Society:

    This letter is an instruction to cease and desist immediately in the following activities: 1st, your use of the word society. We at the Language Nazi Society have copyrighted the use of the term "Society" and will not tolerate the dillution of our trademarks by your use of this term. 2nd, your use of the term Chemical. As we have trademarked the entire dictionary, any other words you use can only be interpreted as an infringement on our rights. 3rd, the practice of writing letters as this also infringes on our dictionary tradmarks...

  23. Independance Day on War of the Worlds, Chocolate Factory Trailers · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Independance Day supposed to be an updated War of The Worlds? The similarities between it and the 1953 movie were kind of obvious. Right down to using the flying wing to drop an atomic bomb on the aliens.

  24. Re:Like it matters ... on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean the treaty that Clinton wouldn't even submit for ratification by the Senate? And about which the Senate passed a resolution 95-0 stating that they would not ratify if it was submitted?

  25. Re:240,000? on Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints · · Score: 1

    Nah, just box it all up and have it delivered by truck. You can do that for a few thousand tops.