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  1. News for Nerds? on Who Owns Baseball Statistics? · · Score: 1

    I thought it was the Jocks who cared about sports.

  2. Wow. on NASA Stardust Returns to Earth · · Score: 1

    The parachute deployed this time.
    I guess the accelerometers weren't installed uposide dowm.

  3. Godwin's Law on Alternative Energy Confusion · · Score: 1

    was invoked in TFA.

    There should be no posts to this topic!

  4. Just don't invite any lawyers on Digital DJs Unaware of Copyright Law · · Score: 1

    to your weddings and mitzvahs.

    They'll never know...

  5. In Quantum Soviet Russia.. on U of Michigan creates first Quantum Microchip · · Score: 1

    Party knows where you are AND where you are going..

  6. Re:Uh... Chem 101 anyone ? on U of Michigan creates first Quantum Microchip · · Score: 1

    Q. And, how are your quarks feeling today?

    A. Charmed, I'm sure.

  7. No quantum laptops soon? BS! on U of Michigan creates first Quantum Microchip · · Score: 1

    My kid has a Quantum LeapPad.
    It sits on her lap just fine!

  8. Easy fix on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 1

    Whenever you buy a song you do like, just buy 10 more of varying tastes and styles that you have absolutely no interest in. That'll make their user preference database just about useless.

  9. Re:Everyone In The UK Has Region Free Players Anyw on Spielberg Bitten by DVD Encryption · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, Tesco is the Wal-Mart of the UK?

  10. Evolution vs. Intelligent Design on Microsoft vs. Computer Security · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would guess it should be obvious that Windows evolved by random chance. There's certainly no evidence of Intelligent Design there...

  11. In other news... on Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly · · Score: 1

    Hackers figured out some undocumented Windows functions, putting another nail in the coffin of the idea that Microsoft created Windows...

  12. Computer glasses on Computers, Long Hours and Vision Problems? · · Score: 1

    I didn't used to need computer glasses, but as I get older, the range of distance over which I can focus is getting narrower. As a result, the computer screen is too far to see with my regular glasses off (I'm near-sighted), and too close when they're on. So, I get computer glasses that bring things 3 feet away into focus.

    You're probably just getting old....

  13. Of course it's not a triple star system on More to the North Star Than Meets the Eye · · Score: 1

    It's actually part of an eleventy-bazillion star system called "The Milky Way", right?

  14. Well, the kid HAD to get arrested... on Felony For Refreshing a Web Page? · · Score: 1

    ...otherwise, he'd've never gotten an article about it on slashdot, thus the school's website wouldn't get slashdotted -- which is really what he wanted, right?!

  15. Re:Seems dumb to me on Rounding Algorithms · · Score: 1

    But if you just accumulate the 0.5 instead of discarding it, then there is no "what do you do with it?" involved.

  16. Seems dumb to me on Rounding Algorithms · · Score: 1

    Why not just round to the nearest in all cases?

    If you're worried about cumulative rounding error buildup, then don't round until after you've accumulated. After all, you're not adding things up with pencil and paper anymore, are you?

  17. Eleventy-Bazillion Dollars! on Spammer Gets $11 Billion Fine · · Score: 1

    Wow!
    I think I'll go and start up an ISP in Iowa, no matter what it costs.
    One thing is for certain, the spam will come.
    Then -- Cha Ching! I'm rich!

  18. Re:Sensational + by someone without a science degr on Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected · · Score: 1

    They'd be Kelvin Klein jeans, I assume...

  19. Re:Nice on UC Wins Contract to Run Los Alamos · · Score: 1

    You mean the County Council.
    There is no City of Los Alamos.

    Los Alamos is an "Incorporated County".
    I wonder if there is any other such county in the country?

    Anybody know?

  20. Re:US problem is different from Europe on Texas to Get Broadband Over Power Lines · · Score: 2, Informative

    IANALM (LM = Lineman), but I think the distribution lines are more on the order of 6 kV. The transformer steps it down to 240, center-tapped (so you get 120 V on each leg) for local distribution to a few houses.

  21. Of course the internet should be free... on ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet · · Score: 1

    Think of he children!

  22. Wow! on Portable Stereo Creator Gets His Due · · Score: 1

    You mean, this guy removed the built-in speaker from a portable tape player (so that you HAVE to use headphones), and it's a new invention?

    Amazing. Cough it up, Sony.

  23. So THAT'S why... on Chimpanzees Beat out Children in Reasoning Test · · Score: 1

    ...chimps don't read Slashdot!

  24. 100 Grand? on Korean Banks Forced to Compensate Hacking Victims · · Score: 1
  25. Bug somewhere on What Makes a Good Web Font · · Score: 1

    I'd love to look at the example, but Firefox crashes when I click on the link... :-(