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  1. Minecraft on 60 Years of Business Computing Started With Tea Shops · · Score: 5, Funny

    My first thought when watching the video? "I can totally make that in minecraft..."

  2. Champions Online on Star Trek Online Going Free-To-Play In January · · Score: 1

    This seems to work pretty well for their other title "Champions Online". I play it when I can and enjoy it immensely, even without the added features that a paid subscription brings me.

  3. Re:Proper LAN Design on IT Shops Coping With Overloaded 2.4GHz WiFi Band · · Score: 1

    Didn't wanna finger point but eh, alright. It's the cooper campus located in Lexington

  4. Re:Proper LAN Design on IT Shops Coping With Overloaded 2.4GHz WiFi Band · · Score: 1

    Parent here. Sorry for the typos and lack of structure. iPhone's don't make for friendly slashdot commenting companions.

  5. Proper LAN Design on IT Shops Coping With Overloaded 2.4GHz WiFi Band · · Score: 2

    I attend a state funded technical college in Kentucky. We just had a technology audit/overhaul done over the summer break. Before summer, I could always connect to the wireless without a hitch. Sure it was a little slow, but it worked. After we cane back from the summer, I can't even get my wifi to associate with the router. Turns out, they redid the subnet ting and only allow 255 ip addresses to be leased at a time. 255 ip addresses. On a school network. Where everyone has a laptop and a smartphone. What the hell? I talked to the it guys and they said they're waiting to hear from the ISP so the can raise the number of leased up addresses. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Someone explain that one to me?

  6. Multi-touch cabinet on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Old Webcams? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Take out the ir filter, put in a visible light filter and use them for IR based multi-touch surfaces. A little expensive, but a neat project!

  7. Xbox? on Ask Slashdot: Passively Cooled Hardware For Game Emulation? · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with buying an old xbox, and softmodding it with a Linux distro? That'd be the cheapest, most effective option IMO.

  8. My new favorite phrase... on Linux Gets Dynamic Firewalls In Fedora 15 · · Score: 1

    "making changing". God bless the Internet.

  9. I think it's safe to say on Kentucky Man Builds Bourbon Powered Car · · Score: 5, Funny

    That the driver is also bourbon powered.
    Also, I'm from Kentucky and this does not surprise me at all.

  10. It's simple on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DVDs still work just fine.

  11. I know it's petty... on Fermi Lab May Have Discovered New Particle or Force · · Score: 1

    but dammit! Proper grammar is a godsend!

    Use it!

  12. When will they learn? on Openleaks Goes Live · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you bring down or threaten one site, six more pop up in its place. I would have thought that the lessons learned from fighting torrent sites would translate to government. I guess they'll never really learn.

    Row row row FIGHT THE POWAH!

  13. Sooo... on Clear Has Nationwide Outage · · Score: 4, Funny

    One could say that the problem is Clear?

    Thank you! I'll be here all week!

  14. Meanwhile, back in Steve Ballmer's secret lair on Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave of Absence · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Steve Ballmer sits in his swivel chair, reading slashdot on his oversized jumbotron, petting his hairless cat.

    Steve (evil overlord voice): "Yes. Good. Everything is going according to plan. Soon I will rule the world!"

  15. I just want Google on my check on Google Pushes New Chrome Release, Pays $14k Bounty · · Score: 2

    I don't care how much it's for, because if I ever get a check from Google, it's getting framed. Just sayin.

  16. References? on Google Holds Global Science Fair · · Score: 2

    I wonder if they'll restrain the kids to only citing references from books, because, you know... you can't trust everything you see on the internet, right?

  17. Re:My take on Google's resources: They're Misdirec on Google Holds Global Science Fair · · Score: 1

    I forget who said it, but someone high up in Google's ranks said it very plainly and it explains a lot: "We're an advertising company." Google, like every company ever made, needs PR. What better way to make good PR than to help kids with their science fairs? It's all about advertising, my friend

  18. Re:Can't figure out a way to host the fair? on Google Holds Global Science Fair · · Score: 1

    Didn't read any of the links till after I posted. Still, it's a fairly simple fix, especially if you have resources like Google.

  19. Can't figure out a way to host the fair? on Google Holds Global Science Fair · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Put up a message board where the kids post their project and a detailed summary with pictures, research, etc. The judges then pick out the outstanding ideas, and google flies them out to give a real life presentation. Maybe 50 or so projects could be selected. They could hold a public event as well. Fixed that for ya, Google.

  20. Lemme check my calendar... on Assange Could Face Execution Or Guantanamo Bay · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yup, it's 2011. So why does feel so much like 1984?

  21. And cue the screams of a million fangirls on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    I feel a disturbance in the force... As if a million voices screamed in pain all at once. No, wait, that's my girlfriend, crying in the corner. Excuse me while I join her in fangirl agony. NOOOOOOOOO!

  22. Possible patent suit approaching? on Using LED Ceiling Lights For Digital Communication · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Kohls has had technology like this in their stores for a little while now. They use the lights to update little LED price tags throughout the store. I think Fujitsu makes the tech, though I could be wrong. Anyone wanna help me out on this?

  23. Re:Once again we prove... on Operation Payback Shuts Down IFPI Site · · Score: 1

    Obviously you've never heard of LOICand its "Hive Mind" mode. This may technically be counted as a botnet, but the installation and participation of the TCP flooding is entirely voluntary.

  24. Re:Older than October 2004? on Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding · · Score: 1

    Ok. That makes sense now. It still doesn't seem right, but at least some light has been shed on the patent process for me. Thank you.

  25. Badaboom? on Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding · · Score: 2, Informative

    But what about programs like Badaboom that already use GPU acceleration in their encoding? Patents confuse me to no end.