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  1. Re:El Cube on Noise Control Stealth Tower · · Score: 1

    It's true that the G4 Cube's power supply is external, but it doesn't have a fan either, so the thing is still very quiet.

  2. Re:Useful in Tokyo? on Spoken Japanese-English translation Using Your PDA · · Score: 1

    IMHO, that would be better than calling her an "ofukuro", for what it's worth.

  3. Re:pattern recognition? on DARPA Project Babylon: Universal Translator · · Score: 2

    Just to see how it'd fare:

    kick ass
    Eng -> Spa: asno del retroceso
    Spa -> Eng: ass of the backward movement

    Sounds about right.

  4. Re:Quantum-like Storage on Improving Unix Mail Storage? · · Score: 2

    The BOFH had already thought about it about four years earlier. It landed him an award, even.

  5. Re:What about these? on E3: Epic, US Army Develop Games as Recruitment Tool · · Score: 2

    I think the following might have a better chance:

    • Sim POW: Tests your resistance to torture.
    • Sim MIA: How long 'til you find a friendly camp?
    • Sim War Veteran: Weekly meetings at the local VFW post; bonus points for every war story you tell, whether it's true or not.
  6. Started a couple of days ago on New "SQLsnake" Microsoft Worm · · Score: 2

    I've been noticing a more-than-usual amount of probes to port 1433 on my firewall during the past couple of days, although it seems to have really spiked up since last night. DShield seems to prove this, as their "movie" demonstrates.

  7. Re:CLI for me! on Computers and Cars: A Maddening Experience? · · Score: 2

    That's assuming that you're a perfect typist and CLI user. But what would you do if by any chance you typed "rm -rf /*" while on the expressway? Does it mean that you'd irreversibly end up sitting on the asphalt?

  8. Re:omg... on Quadrilingual Crazy Programming · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Please, someone write a +5 insightful essay about why I shouldn't do this...before it's too late.

    I'm afraid that before someone writes such an essay, someone else will have written a +5 Funny post on why you *should* do it. Sorry.

  9. Slashdot's template for software release articles on Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is out · · Score: 0, Troll

    $PackageName $VersionNumber is out

    The $OrgName organization just released the $ReleaseOrdinal candidate for the upcoming $NextStableRelease due out in $RandomTimeInTheFuture. See the updated release note and remember to see the $URLofMirrorList before hitting the $URLofMainServer.

  10. Re:You are NOT talking about MAINFRAMES on The Pros and Cons of Mainframe Linux · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Multiprize [sic] 3000 (a really low end s/390) has USB ports...and a sound card.

    Sure, but where can I plug in my 1337 GeForce 4 Ti video card? And how many FPS am I gonna get in UT?

    ... had to ask.

  11. Re:Sometimes it's not even science... on Impossible Movie Stunts? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, Clark Kent learned the Reality Distortion Field technique from Steve Jobs.

  12. Re:nice picks - list better picks on Salon on Video Games and Free Speech · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, for a minute there I thought you had typed "Xenugears", and was about to wonder if the game had any pictures of L. Ron. Such a thing would probably be declared a "clear and present danger".

  13. Re:HP + COMPAQ IBM on HP/Compaq Merger Official Today · · Score: 2

    I agree, HP's printing business accounts for the greater share of the company's revenue, and looking at it that way, it is obvious that HP is much larger than Compaq. And yes, there are other product lines in HP's catalogue that Compaq doesn't have (cameras and projectors, as you mentioned, as well as scanners), mostly targetted at consumers. The point I tried to make was that their offerings could be matched item by item (and then some, in HP's case). Basically, HP has acquired a subset of HP, which more than likely will end up in the scrapper, and that oh-so-important-to-Princess-Fiorina services unit. In the end, HewCom PackPaq != HP + Compaq.

  14. Re:HP + COMPAQ IBM on HP/Compaq Merger Official Today · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Consider also that most of this overlap isn't exactly in a profitable area (PC and PC peripheals)

    Are you sure of that? To me, it looks like the two companies are almost identical. To list:

    • Pavilion v. Presario
    • Vectra v. Deskpro
    • Omnibook v. Armada
    • Jornada v. iPaq
    • Kayak (name no longer used) v. Evo
    • Visualize v. AlphaStation
    • Netserver v. Proliant
    • HP 9000 v. AlphaServer (Tru64)
    • HP 3000 v. AlphaServer (OpenVMS)
    • ... and so on.

    That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I know there are many more parallels between the two. The only differences I can recall are HP's printing and networking hardware product lines, for which Compaq doesn't have equals.

  15. Re:New Name... on HP/Compaq Merger Official Today · · Score: 2
    From now on, you will refer to them collectively as "Hewlett Paqard".

    I've always thought it would be Hewcom Packpaq.

  16. Re:Yes, but how do THEY feel about this? on A/V Data Collection Using Linux? · · Score: 2

    Why stop there? Just put an X-10 wireless camera in a corner somewhere and they won't notice...

  17. Re:Uranus on Debug your Code, or Else! · · Score: 1, Troll

    >>Wrong Starting Estimate of Uranus mass
    >But I thought Uranus is a hole...

    What comes out of it is definitely massive, though.

  18. Re:Other Codenames Considered.... on How Microsoft Tried To Buy Nintendo · · Score: 2

    If they had named it Project Yamato, it'd have been a sinker...

  19. So... on Spark Gaps and Ultra Wide Band Data Transmission · · Score: 2

    How much bandwidth could they get out of the spark plugs in an average V-8 engine? Enquiring minds want to know...

  20. Re:Since linux devices gets /.'ed rather easily- on Musenki's Linux-Based AP Ships To Beta Customers · · Score: 2

    D'oh! I'm an idiot. *muttering*...

  21. Re:Since linux devices gets /.'ed rather easily- on Musenki's Linux-Based AP Ships To Beta Customers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, Rob, even *you* have turned to karma-whoring? This is too much to witness...

  22. Re:Wow 12 IDE's on Abit's New Motherboard Lays On The Ports · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yup, and with an Athlon and a GeForce in there too, it can double as a weenie roaster.

    It's the perfect flight simulator box! Not only are the engine sounds simulated, but the engine exhaust heat is simulated too!

  23. Other forms of communication on CNN Says Chat Rooms Are a Haven for Hackers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some other media that the CNN article forgot to mention:

    • Smoke
    • Flash lights
    • Morse code
    • CB/Ham radio
    • Phones
    • Pen and paper
    • Station wagons full of magnetic tape/CDs/DVDs
  24. Re:Contradicts the terms of use on Google to Offer API · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd assume that the API would be subject to a different set of terms and conditions than those for the main site. Given that it'll probably be a pay-for-use service (as another poster hinted at), it'd most certainly be that way.

  25. Re:Why no click? on No-click Mouse? · · Score: 2
    The clicking sound is audio feedback that improves usability. ... More feedback (tactile, visual, audio) is more useful.

    Oh, if only keyboard manufacturers took this to heart. I really miss having an IBM buckling-spring keyboard (*snif*).