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  1. Great solution for noise polution on The NSA Knows Who You've Called · · Score: 0

    Make sure you tell a friend about the article.

  2. Sounds like it can pass the Turing Test! on Next Generation Spam Zombies Will Use Data Mining · · Score: 0

    ...at least when compared to the inteligence of an average joe.

    If that is the case, now that AI is at least as advanced as the average joe, time to start working on Meta-AI: a computer program able to distinguish between AI and the average joe.

  3. Re:Can we lose the troll writeups? on Seven Mobile ATA Hard Drives Compared · · Score: 1, Interesting

    That's because rational consumers 'persist' in saving a buck by buying the least expensive thing they think will fill their needs.

    The rational does not persist, rather it is a new way of thinking. It probably has something to do with the guilt of having to throw away a top-of-the-line-x-years-ago-that-cost-an-arm-and-a -leg-back-then equipment which is worth nothing today (actually in some cases it costs money to get rid of the equipment). In my case, I can't throw away, but I don't use for obvious reasons, a functioning SGI workstation my company bought for $25K, 10 years ago.

  4. ...a metaphor for Wikipedia... on Wal-mart's Wikipedia War · · Score: 0

    "When I was a child, my mother lectured me on the evils of 'gossip,' " Seigenthaler wrote in the column. "She held a feather pillow and said, 'If I tear this open, the feathers will fly to the four winds, and I could never get them back in the pillow. That's how it is when you spread mean things about people.' For me, that pillow is a metaphor for Wikipedia."

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikiped ia/index.html

  5. What is 3,750 out of 46,350? on RIAA Recommends Students Drop out of College · · Score: 1

    http://web.mit.edu/finaid/tuition_fees/index.html and don't forget the travel money.

    Less than 10%? Just pay the fine and go on with your life, but please don't turn it into a fight out of principle. You'd expect MIT students to be either a lot less ignorant of the law, or savy enough not to get busted if they do break the law.

  6. Microsoft: No Vista Code Changes on 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten · · Score: 0

    http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_No_Vista _Code_Changes/1143232877

    From Important Stuff section under the submit button

    "...Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated. (You can read everything, even moderated posts, by adjusting your threshold on the User Preferences Page)..."

    What the hell is an "Illegal" message?

  7. Can the shipped x86_64 kernel be recompiled? on CentOS 4.3 Multi-Platform Release · · Score: 0

    In previous releases kernel compilation borked due to several problems. At least one error was due to a typo in one of the scripts. (In all fairness the problem might not be Centostrific)

  8. The feature was also locked on certain Intel chips on Skype 5-way Calling Limit Cracked · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So when the patched version runs even on your 486DX2, but runs like a special olympian don't forget not to bitch.

  9. You're either a masochist or in love with color... on Linux On Older Hardware · · Score: 0

    blue. 98 (even SE) was/is way too unstable for today's standards/expectations.

  10. Attention-Span-Less-Than-An-Insect's Generation on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 0

    is what I call it, and MTV is to be blamed.

  11. Are you a "federal employees and contractors"? on NIST Standards for New Biometric ID Card Published · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you are, how is this any different than for example the generic attire/monkey-suit your employer expects you to wear?

    If you are not a federal employee and/or contractor, please have a sit and keep your mouth shut.

    Thank you.

    P.S. Why does everything on slashdot has to be blown out of proportions?

  12. Bulgarians on the Black Sea Coast beg to differ on More Bad News About Global Warming · · Score: 0
  13. I though Searle disprooved conscientiousness on Robot Demonstrates Self-awareness · · Score: -1, Troll

    on Von Neumann's offsprings.

  14. Deeper holes on Journey Towards The Center of the Earth · · Score: 0
  15. Will the algorithm work on vertical lines/curves. on Algorithms Determine Mona Lisa's True Emotions · · Score: 0
  16. No shit! on Get RSS Feeds on Your Toilet Paper · · Score: 0

    Cool!

  17. Now that you have to pay for it, is RH any better? on Red Hat Listed Among 50 Top Tech Companies · · Score: 0

    If Centos' genericization and repackaging of the RH product gives hint of RH's quality, then there leaves something to be desired.

    Petty example: on x86_64, compiling the kernel fails due to two typo errors in one of the scripts (yes, there is a fix/patch), and then it fails again due to a problem with the offset?.? file. Does the same thing happen on RH?

  18. Nothing Truly "Plays for Sure"... on Dealing with Digital Music and Vendor Lock-In? · · Score: 0
  19. Big F*cking deal on New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole" · · Score: 0

    Who records anything anymore anyway especially in analog? The crime should be wasting tax payers money debating the right of the citizens to record using baseball as an example when there are 150+ games/year/team. Couldn't they use an event that happens once a year as an example?

  20. Where are the good old days... on SBC CEO: Pay up if you want to use our pipes · · Score: 0

    when the Internet was not available to the general public and was not in the hands of profit-oriented business bastards.

  21. OS not included in the price on How to Build a $500 Gaming Machine · · Score: 1, Informative

    $500 will get you CPU+MB+RAM+HD+CD/DVD+VGA+P.S.

    Does anybody read the article anymore before posting, or FP is more important?

    Link to the conclusion, if you don't have the attention span to read a 400 word article.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20051014/the_500 _gaming_machine-08.html

  22. " ...15% admit to changing a study..." on MIT Professor Fired over Fabricated Data · · Score: 0

    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/1 0/1243222&tid=14

    Should an individual cases of a stastic be more troublesome than the statistic itself?

  23. How much is time worth these days? on Which CPU Is Tops in Price/Performance? · · Score: 0

    time-testing-hardware/common-sense -> Infinity

  24. No shit Einstein! on UK's Chief Scientist Backs Nuclear Power Revival · · Score: 0

    About time.

  25. "To migrate from Windows 95 to Windows XP..." on Interview with Tony 'Say No to Windows' Bove · · Score: 0

    you most likely need more memory or even a new PC."

    Is this guy for real?