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  1. Re:Misleading summary on State Agency to Destroy Unauthorized USB Drives · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude,

    We've all had pictures of your wife for years.

  2. Re:The questions are interesting... on Air Force Cyber Command General Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    Pound for pound, balsa is arguably the strongest wood in the world. That's why we've built airplanes out of it and is the major component of R/C airplanes. It also has great flexibility, and the balsa that I've wrapped around a fuselage certainly would not be considered brittle.

  3. Re:This makes me happy on Nanaimo, The Google Capital of the World · · Score: 1

    Considering the cost of technology today, it may be cheaper to put a vehicle nav in everyone's car vs. the upkeep of the signs.

  4. Re:Which method? on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 1

    But I have a condition, where there is more blood pumping through my eye than yours (and I got it after I developed my visual perception of the world). Therefore, my perception of the world is through a reddish tone (pink to you, rose colored to others). Therefore, by definition, anything that exists (or does not exist) has a pink tint to me. Therefore the aardvark by definition is pink, whether it is able to absorb and reflect those colors is irrelevant.

    (I don't actually have such a condition, but I have glasses that reproduce it)

  5. Re:Obligatory Futurama comparison on Tellme Founder Tells Yahoo Not to Worry Over Microsoft Takeover · · Score: 1

    Would that be microslug?

  6. Re:What do YOU do with your networks? on Where's Our Terabit Ethernet? · · Score: 1

    In all honesty,

    When you have a whole bunch of machines hitting a server, Gigabit is nice.
    When you are running VoIP, gigabit is nice- even though the phones themselves are 100 Mbps and the protocols are tiny. It's knowing that this data goes through.
    When you are pushing video. (not illegal, and not compressed)
    When you are running a SAN you _must_ have gigabit for the ethernet side of the SAN.

    I _have_ recalculated my hard drive speed based on a large (15GB) file copy to my SAN.

  7. Re:What do YOU do with your networks? on Where's Our Terabit Ethernet? · · Score: 1

    Ping flood the broadcast IP address.

  8. Re:open street map? on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    Which is why they add false streets.. Then the maps become fiction, based on reality. Phone book companies do the same thing.

  9. Re:Smart Judge on Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, with the way the country is going right now, I fear that the opposite will be true for this generation.

  10. Re:I guess I dodged a bullet on Internet Pranks in Schools · · Score: 1

    There used to be this extension for pre-OSX Mac called netbunny. What it did was you had a client extension and a server application. When the server instructed the clients to go, they would one at a time (in order of Appletalk Address) display the energizer bunny going across the screen, pounding on his drum.

    Between that and a Timbuktu controlled MacJesus Pro Gold computer, we didn't get anything done in school, and made damn sure that no one else did either.

  11. Re:Does defacing websites count as a prank? on Internet Pranks in Schools · · Score: 1

    Did you let her in on the joke before or after the wedding?

  12. Re:Beholden to short term investors on Yahoo Sued for Spurning Microsoft · · Score: 3, Funny

    you just did.

  13. Re:Jesus Fucking Christ on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    _I_ know that it is FSM's noodly tendrils holding you to the ground.

  14. Re:Only thing left... on SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing · · Score: 1

    Cockroaches don't fare much better than humans to radiation. Twinkies degrade after about a month.

    The questions that remain are:

    If there is no one left for SCO to sue, will the cease to exist?
    Will they sue themselves?
    Will they still lose?

  15. Gravel? on Best Presidential Candidate, Democrats · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mike Gravel is still running. It would be unfair of Slashdot to exclude him too.

  16. Re:For $1500/month on Time Warner Filtering iTunes Traffic? · · Score: 1

    Why wasn't it argued that since they didn't specify which in their advertisements it actually meant both?

  17. Re:Actually, the Superbowl is... on Thou Shalt Not View The Super Bowl on a 56" Screen · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean rugby? But American Football players wear pads.

  18. Re:Maybe it is not about Sun making money on Can Sun Make MySQL Pay? · · Score: 1

    ISAAWO/.AN/.M? (Is starting an acronym war on slashdot a new a new slashdot meme?

  19. Re:And now... on Filming an Invasion Without Extras · · Score: 1

    Maybe someday will make a movie with a whole bunch of characters played by Deep Roy!

  20. Re:Mmm, Delicious on Edible Antifreeze For Smoother Ice Cream · · Score: 1

    Raw Egg.

    Every batch of Homemade Ice Cream I've ever eaten has contained a Raw Egg (technically turning it into frozen custard).

    Best thing for you. Tasty, and builds up a resistance to things that make people sick.

  21. Re:The current delegate count on McCain, Clinton Win New Hampshire · · Score: 3, Informative

    Iowa has not pledged national delegates yet. They have elected county delegates to represent the precinct. However, the same process happens there, so if there are not enough delegates at that caucus for a candidate to be viable, they may not actually get a district delegate, where the process repeats again to pick delegates for the state level. Finally, at the state caucus the delegates to the national convention are chosen, which is an expensive endeavor, as you have to mount a small election campaign at the state caucus, as well as fund your trip.

    Please remember that these delegates are absolutely free to choose who they wish, and is forced to if a precinct awards a delegate position to a candidate that drops out of the race. While the spotlight is off of us now, a subset of Iowans are by no means done with presidential primary politics. I was a delegate up to the state level in 2004, but didn't have the inclination to raise funds or votes for a trip to the national convention. I am not a county delegate in '08, which means that I get to sit back and wait for the election to end.

    Also, this is related to the Democrat Caucuses only, as I recently learned that the Republican Caucus is run differently, although I don't know in what regard.

    Now, the media's numbers for the delegates are relatively secure, although in 2004 Gephardt dropped out, which forced those delegates to go elsewhere. Imagine a similar thing if Edwards moves to a VP position again.

  22. Re:Give Bill a break on The Final CES Keynote From Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    I understand that your comparison is to show that not everyone is entirely evil, and not everyone is entirely good. However, it is not a good to compare someone like Gates (A monopolist) to someone like Capone (A murderer). It would have been better to compare his philanthropy to that of Dale Carnage or other monopolists.

  23. Re:Standard or proprietary on Antitrust Suit Filed To Halt Apple 'Music Monopoly' · · Score: 1

    That's not a rumor, Mr. Jobs is on record for saying that in an open letter.

  24. Re:A matter of courtesy on Chuck Norris Sues Publisher, Tears Don't Cure Cancer · · Score: 1

    Wierd Al also gets permission. Not because he has to, but because he's a nice enough guy that doesn't want the original artist pissed at him.

  25. Dupe on Gene Found to Explain Repeated Mistakes · · Score: 1

    I'll wait for the next one to _actually_ comment.