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  1. Re:Neural Nets - Getting into the machine on Brain Prosthesis Ready For Testing · · Score: 1

    Sounds like neural net, but without the "learning" process of trying random things then assigning a weighting value to it based on how it worked out...

  2. Re:MAC? on McDonalds to go Wireless? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you mean... McAddress? :)

  3. Re:Other must see places ? on Geek Roadtrips Through the Heartland · · Score: 1

    That'll be one hell of a road trip...!

  4. Dupe - was posted yesterday! on World of Ends Public Draft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Proof that DUPES can still get through will subscribers looking into the mysterious future!

    Yesterday's article:

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/1532 23 3&mode=nested&tid=95

  5. Re:Bah! on Master of Orion 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Cygwin provides all the basic commands. I have it on my work machine - it also runs eXceed so I can have local xterms pop up with not a (real) unix machine in sight.

    Thought I was going mad the other day though when "dmesg" didn't work!

  6. Re:It does hurt! on Psychologist Consoles Data Loss Victims · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just call it something juicy, put it on kazaa... instant distributed backup!

  7. Re:Sounds like fun on Junkyard Wars Wants You! · · Score: 1

    Steelworkers of America, unite!

  8. Moore's Law on Forget Moore's Law? · · Score: 1

    Dammit, I always thought that came from Mandy Moore, not some old guy!

  9. Re:The obvious answer on Where Should Space Exploration Go From Here? · · Score: 1

    I fear Mr, Jackass would have won the Darwin award by then, and thus be out of the gene pool... :)

  10. Re:Very good work on uClinux Ported to the iPod · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you are trying to do there!

    How about:

    cat *.mp3 | mp3decoder -

  11. Re:Impressive on uClinux Ported to the iPod · · Score: 1

    Are you going to complain to Hyundai because you can't install Ford's software on the engine computer? Not trying to troll, but I guess there is a line somewhere between PC's and embedded apps.

  12. Nature vs. Nurture on Cloned Cat Not a 'Carbon Copy' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's the old Nature vs. Nurture debate - I would imagine these cats were treated differently, and this could account for differences in behaviour.

    It might however have been a different story if both cats had been cloned before birth to make them identical twins. The older cat in the article would have had to change it's behaviour when the new one came along.

    It just goes to show the genetics doesn't define "who we are".

  13. Re:it's a bad idea on Segway Banned In San Francisco · · Score: 1

    What good is a sense of humo(u)r on a slashdotter?

  14. Re:Email him here on Competition To Find Aussie PM's Email Address · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So if he had an email address, that would definately be read by him?

    Do you really think that when you email Mr. Bush at the white house, that little voice says "You've got mail" and he turns round in his chair to click on it?

    I'm sure whitehouse.gov email gets read and responded to by secretaries too.

  15. Question for Seller on Buy Your Very Own Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle · · Score: 2

    Dear Seller

    I am very interesting with your item, and do you accep credit cards and please you calculate shipping cost to Indonesia?

    Thank You

  16. Re:Accounts? on Newest Scam: Fake Escrow Accounts · · Score: 2

    Well, you are enough to reply! Have a nice day!

  17. Accounts? on Newest Scam: Fake Escrow Accounts · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do they mean Accounts or Sites? I'm currently being "scammed" by a chap in france, who wants to buy 30 mobile phones off me. He insists we use www.golden-escrow.co.uk for "safety" and I'm playing along.

    I'm seeing if I can get him to wire me a £30 admin charge before we do business, after all, that's a drop in the ocean for him! :)

    I'm actually quite impressed with the fake escrow site, the registration and setup process seems to work quite well. A few things give it away though, no real contact details, lack of SSL even though privacy policy mentions ecryption, and the fact the the scammer insists I use it of course.

    I can see this as being so very dangerous for non-technical people. The scammers must be making thousands. The only thing we can do is to warn people.

    A few tips:

    * See if you can contact your trading partner on the phone or whatever BEFORE you do business
    * DON'T send money outside your own country (especially not to Indonesia ;) )
    * Only buy from people with positive feedback
    * NEVER ship goods before you have Actual Money in your pocket
    * Be suspicious of EVERYONE

    I'll post a follow-up if I hear back from my scammer chap today!

  18. Re:Another way to look at it on Googling For Dates? · · Score: 2

    I'd actually be quite impressed! Most of my past girlfriends have been somewhat less than tech-savvy... almost to the point of phobia in one case!

  19. Mmmmm.... on FCC Considers Expanding Unlicensed Spectrum · · Score: 2

    Mmmmm....promulgating.... *lifts head back and drools like Homer*

  20. Re:Huh? on IAB Recommends Larger Web Advertising · · Score: 2

    Good is not "they" (evil moneygrabbing corporations) - google are "us" - cool geeky company with the best tech. Hands up who'd like to work for them? I know I would!

  21. Re:IIS? on Russia's Role in the ISS in Trouble · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Offtopic? OK so now pointing out errors in article summaries on the front page is OT?

    Metamod away, please :)

  22. IIS? on Russia's Role in the ISS in Trouble · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm not suprised Russia had a hand in making MSFT's web server product.

    Maybe they mean ISS? Who knows? Who cares?

    Oh god I've just had a premonition. We are going to have a lot of In Soviet Russia jokes aren't we...

  23. Ouch! on Motorcyclists To Get Wearable Airbags · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like this sort of thing, if not calibrated perfectly for the person wearing it, could blow your head off!

  24. Re:The gaming rules I follow on Project Entropia's Universe Solidifies · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the rate is $1 = PED10 then how is stealing 1000PED off someone in the game any different from mugging them and stealing $100 from them in real life?

    Seems like this is blurring the fine line between the virtual "world" and the real world a little too much.

  25. Re:Ask who's actually doing it. on Large IDE Drives as Long-Term Archival Media? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, don't know about LucasFilm, but Pixar use massive tape libraries (we are talking robots with 100+ drives and tens of thousands of slots.)

    Incremental backups every HOUR, tape drives spinning all the time. They are a customer of the company I work for. (Veritas)