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  1. Global warming and the cult of presonality on Hawking On Earth's Lifespan · · Score: 1

    As much as Al Gore wants you to beleive otherwise, global warming is basically a sham. There are a few isolated areas that are getting warmer, but most of the earth is getting cooler . The trend indicates that we will probably have an ice age before we have a warming period.

  2. Yeah, that's right, I'm addicted to drugs on Techies Rampant on Drugs · · Score: 1

    I'm an addict...If by drugs you mean pr0n.

  3. Let me sum all the napster articles up: on Napster Back in Court · · Score: 1

    Call me (+1 Insightful) but doesn't this mean that the RIAA is fine with piracy as long as they profit?

  4. Ok, for those who weren't paying attention on An Interesting Boot Log On Alpha · · Score: 1

    It's an alpha with 31 processors. That does NOT mean that it will help you play quake any faster than a single processor alpha, because quake is only programmed to take advantage of one processor (yes, i know, the kernal supports SMP, but that still doesn't mean quake does).
    For those inclined to "imagine a beowulf cluster", this functions in the same way as a beowulf cluster, only processor to processor comm. is handled on the motherboard/daughterboards and not over a network.

  5. huh...i don't understand! on Building A Multi-Room MP3 Server? · · Score: 1

    why i'd just get my butler to run to the other room and cue up my mp3 for me...

  6. Quick fix: on Front Ports for PCs? · · Score: 1

    What i did for mine was take a drive bay insert made of cheap thin plastic, heated it in a microwave until it was soft (not burnt) and then cut the holes the right size. Then it's just a question of unscrewing the ports from the dongle and putting them into the holes. Then glue. Quickie hack, but it's held up so far.

  7. Let me just clear up some inaccuracy about Carni on Vinton Cerf Says Carnivore Source Best Left Closed · · Score: 1

    _Carnivore itself_ does not violate anyone's privacy. People forget and blame carnivore, when what we should be concerned about the untrained, dishonest FBI agents using this thing.

  8. This is actually a step forward on AMD Ends Overclocking On Durons · · Score: 1

    Everyone seems to forget that the orignal bus mutliplier was hack. It was invented so that 486 chips could run faster than the bus speed. This is cool because it means that we are taking one more step towards advancing past the whole standard x86 architecture into something higher end. But then again it means no overclock.
    P.S.--I just got my Abit Duron board yesterday :)

  9. Actually on Techies Saying No To College · · Score: 1

    i saw a commercial about this on TV the other day.

    The NSA would like to tell you, don't go to college. College is where all the bad people like intellectuals and free thinkers loiter. If you don't get a education you will be stupid and easy to control. So do uncle sam a favor, stay ignorant!

  10. easy on Shielding Your Office from Magnetic Fields? · · Score: 1

    cover your floor in tin foil

  11. I've got an idea! on Everquest Server Emulator In Beta · · Score: 1

    Hmm...well perhaps we ought to base it on DikuMUD like the original everquest servers :P
    http://www.dikumud.com/diku/everquest.asp
    of course now that there is a settlement both side deny anything happened at all

  12. Angry Moms take over earth...more at 6 on Kmart To Card Buyers Of Violent Games · · Score: 1

    That retailers are keeping people from purchasing product based on a VOLUTARY system. Same with movie ratings. There is no law in America that says that kids under 18 can't see R movies, therefore it should be unlawful to discriminate on the basis of age, not encouraged. Same goes for video games. Just because a bunch of Angry Moms(tm) decide to put ratings on games so that kids we've now decided, here in America that it's immoral and illegal to let kids play quake. Never mind all that drugs, sex, and alcohol your kids are into. In fact, give them your credit card so they can order porn through the internet, but PLEASE GOD don't let them play video games! I geuss this is what us Americans get for living in a country founded by people who buckle their hats...

  13. WTF on Various *nix OSes Open To Format String Attacks · · Score: 3

    Personally, I've never had a daemon give me:

    segmentation fault(core dumped)
    root@localhost root>
    ,

    so it doesn't seem to me that this happens often, and even then, what kind of admin installs daemons without testing them thoroughly?

  14. There is a solution availible already! on Unified BSD packaging system? · · Score: 1

    tar.gz

  15. And he also wrote on Rich Stevens Article in Salon · · Score: 1

    spacebarsamong other books

  16. Let me just: on 2Ghz P4 Shown Off · · Score: 1

    Steal all the trolls material ahead of time so they can't say anything that they would construe as clever.
    Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these things?
    But how fast can it render Natalie Portman nude and petrified?
    NOT the 15t p05t!

  17. You mistunderstand. on On-Line Uranium Auctions · · Score: 1

    The question isn't turning the stuff into weapon grade materials, like many of you suggeusted. It's really the coupling of a traditional explosive with the nuclear materials to create a fallout weapon.

  18. Ah ha! on Real-time Video Disinformation · · Score: 1

    This is obviously why people are still watching MTV's 'Real World'. Their version was obviously edited in real time to contain naked petrified Natalie Portmans!
    Note: I am not a real troll just a /.er in troll's clothing!

  19. Just to clarify on Compaq Licensing BSD TCP/IP Stack · · Score: 1

    Himalaya refers to the price range of course!

  20. the dept? on 50 Least Influential Movies · · Score: 1

    ah, THE department. Is it the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, or maybe the evil Department of Transportation!? Perhaps this suggests a deeper, more sinister force at work. Must be CmdrTaco.

  21. Crossdot post? on Pipes In GUI's · · Score: 1

    I hope he's not talking about the same type of pipe that they do on smokedot. (AHHH they are down! ahh!!)

  22. Hmmm... on Optimizing Java? · · Score: 1

    Well, as Java is just a variant on C in many ways, sturcturing your program in such a way that it would benefit a C program (pyramided functions) seems to help. Also, make sure your development environment is set to the most accurate settings possible (this is similar to compiling using -06 w/ gcc for C).

  23. Hmm... on 95 (thousand) Theses (for sale) · · Score: 1

    Technically, they are not selling your theses, they are selling a database service. And in many cases if you show your theses to anyone including employers, schools, or post it on the web, your retain the copyrights, but it is considered open for public viewing.

  24. Form a full assualt! on Yahoo Clubs Site Blocked By Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    Well, first they raise oil prices, then they ban Yahoo. They obviously have something against the 'christian' nations of the world. I say we crusade. What do you think. We could conquer it and name it Sealand v2.0 or maybe Desertland... NOTE: I have nothing against the Saudi Arabians other than the fact that their country is ruled by a tyranical, closed mind, unintelligent dictatorship.

  25. grr...hit lameness filter 7 times with this one on NASA/MSFC Director Speaks Out on Radiation Safety · · Score: 1

    It takes a lot of radiation to rise above safe levels. Especially X rays radiation. X ray rad is typically blocked by a resonably thick brick wall. Now mind you, this equipment is much larger than a typical hospital X-ray machine, but all the same, unless you put your head under in in a effort to gain super-powers there probably isn't much reason to worry.