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  1. Internal combustion isn't dead yet on Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Recommendations? · · Score: 2

    The Volkswagen TDI engine (turbo direct injection diesel) gets about 49 mpg city. it's the most fuel-efficent non-hybrid internal combustion engine on the market. here's some linkage for you.

  2. Re:Yuck. on MP3 for Gameboy · · Score: 2

    how do you know the add-on doesn't impliment it's own headphone out with 16-bit capability?

    that's what that visor springboard module did...

  3. Re:Missed opportunity for Ogg Vorbis on MP3 for Gameboy · · Score: 2

    it doesn't have an FPU. and the reference implimentation requires one. and since there's nothing out there specwise other than the reference implimentation, that pretty much does it.

  4. Re:Closer and closer ... on 120,000 km Is Still Too Close · · Score: 2
    i'm ashamed that nobody's mentioned Star Blazers yet.

    i'm off to Iscandar. fire up the Wave Motion gun.

  5. heh heh on Verisign Offers Wiretapping Services · · Score: 2

    heh heh. michael used an environment variable.

  6. ...i'm waiting to hear the whole story on PC1066 RDRAM vs. DDR SDRAM · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    this is sort of a bunk article, isn't it? i mean, they don't go into Rambus' higher latencies at all..

  7. too bad. on Pop-Under Ads Patented · · Score: 4, Funny

    unfortunately, this patent is enforcable, since it's filed underground underneath the patent office and only available once you leave the building.

  8. NEXT ON SLASHDOT on JPG Compression - The Bandwidth Saver · · Score: 4, Funny

    new headline: "Attracting user attention with the tag!"

  9. Pun intended? on Nomad Jukebox 3 Officially Out · · Score: 4, Funny
    Requiring an add-on product for best results is lame.



    yes, LAME is an add-on product that will produce the best mp3 results...

  10. why mozilla dev is slow on Mozilla Branches For 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 2
    which is the first last step to a final Mozilla 1.0!

    it's terminology like that that slows the whole project down! that's like saying "ok, first we're going to write half of the project, and then half of what's remaining to do, then half of what's now remaining, etc." it's an infinite series!

  11. cyborg? bah! on Airport Security vs. Cyborg Steve Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    my god! what good are cyborgs if they can't even contend with simple airport security officers?

    darth vader would be ashamed!

  12. Re:um, i'll sit this one out. on Build Your Own Roller Coaster · · Score: 1
    Where's the moderation choice for (-1 pansy) ???


    kind of an ironic statement coming from an Anonymous Coward.

  13. Re:abusing customers on The Widening Tech-Savvy Gap · · Score: 1

    um, a product improvement, say a car that goes faster, is way different than a product designed to make you more addicted. not to mention, most product improvements don't make you more... dead.

    hard to argue that one unless you're suicidal.

  14. um, i'll sit this one out. on Build Your Own Roller Coaster · · Score: 1, Funny

    grain elevators. if they break, you get spilled corn.

    now, roller coasters are a different beast. spilled brains.

    something tells me this is a field best left to engineers...

  15. Re:abusing customers on The Widening Tech-Savvy Gap · · Score: 1
    Tobacco gave their customers what they wanted, namely cigarettes, and other tobacco products.

    er, save for the fact that it's been established that the tobacco industry manually manipulated nicotine levels to optimize sales and repeatedly testified under oath that there were no health risks to their product even though it was later established that they were well aware of health risks.

    are you one of those people who doesn't believe in global warming or the holocaust?

  16. abusing customers on The Widening Tech-Savvy Gap · · Score: 2
    It's hard to recall any industry which has so abused, neglected and exploited its customers and survived.

    um, tobacco?

  17. Re:Full screen on Linux! on Mozilla 0.9.9 Released · · Score: 2

    wow, just tried that in Mac OS X.

    holy widgets that don't belong on my platform, batman!

  18. Re:What about Konqueror on Linux Web Browsers Compared · · Score: 2
    And the version in KDE 3 betas is even better. It's the only Linux browser I know of which displays the ticker at the top of the BBC News website [bbc.co.uk] correctly. The others don't even try.


    is that the browser's fault, or BBC's? it could easily be BBC's...

  19. And for my next trick on Harddrive Speakers · · Score: 2

    I'm going to make my speakers store gigabytes of data!

    this one might take a while. hmmmm...

  20. Re:underpowered, overpriced on Digital-Logic Microspace Mini-PCs · · Score: 2

    yeah i agree. that was just my wiseass way of saying it. :)

  21. underpowered, overpriced on Digital-Logic Microspace Mini-PCs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    at those prices, you might as well spring for the new iMac.

  22. Re:Well, that's one less effectual site for vector on Microsoft Instant Messenger Virus Sweeps Net · · Score: 2
    the slashdot effect should sufic to kill any of the infection sites, and with a high degree of impact.

    little did the visitors of Slashdot.org know, they were unwitting participants in the world's first human-powered smurf attack experiment.

  23. Re:Mozilla Nighlies forever! on mozilla.org Releases Mozilla 0.9.8 · · Score: 2

    OOOOOOH! gone from 49 karma points to 48. getting slapped on the wrist for my random grammatical bash really HURT!!!!!!!!!! you bastard!

  24. Re:Mozilla Nighlies forever! on mozilla.org Releases Mozilla 0.9.8 · · Score: 1, Troll
    but for the most part it is way stabler than Navigator ever was.



    does that make it more better?



    sorry, couldn't resist.

  25. Re:"Faster-than-light processor speed?" on Dual 1Ghz G4 PowerMac With Extra Yummy · · Score: 2

    now THAT was witty. i wish i had mod points... good one!