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  1. Re:Ministry of Truth? on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying it shouldn't be renamed. I'm merely noting the 'monumental' efforts needed to update all existing documentation referring to the new Mt.Denali.

  2. Ministry of Truth? on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 0

    Having just recently read 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', I can't help but see the parallel.

  3. A bit unsettling on Google Launches Android Automotive Consortium · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...enable the car itself to become a connected Android device."

    hmm. It's one thing for me to carry an android device around in my pocket. It's quite another to have an android carry me around in it's pocket.

  4. mailbox app? on Ask Slashdot: Life Organization With Free Software? · · Score: 0

    http://www.mailboxapp.com/ looks promising, but for now is iOS only.

  5. Re:Very tempted to get this on Amazon Announces Kindle 2, With Slew of New Features · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mod Parent Down. Too much FUD. Most of the material I read on my Kindle comes from feedbooks.com. You can also convert from many other sources, including PDFs and Word Documents. You aren't limited to DRM'd books only.

  6. Re:Skewed results on 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is very true. Overall, with eastern philosophy, the emphasis on the group rather than the person. Many people in China have a difficult time understanding the individualistic nature of western culture

  7. Re:Broadband Wireless Card on Dealing With Dialup · · Score: 1

    Where do you get that number? Last I checked it was more like $70/month. http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pda-personal-plans.jsp

  8. Re:-20C on Australia Outlaws Incandescent Light Bulb · · Score: 1

    Same here. I live in PA and even though I keep the CFL inside the garage, it is still cold enough to significantly decrease its life. Not good when you are paying a premium for the bulb anyway - I expect it to last.

    Northern CA would have similar problems, and Australia has very harsh winters too.

  9. Re:Where's the beef?! on Freeing the Good Stuff From University Labs · · Score: 1

    How long did THAT take?

  10. Re:OMG on Dell We'd Sell Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    would that make it DellHell(tm)?

  11. Let's hear it for objective reporting! on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh wait, this is /.

  12. Re:I learned everything I know from Doom... on Games Better Than Books? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    But think of all the kids from this generation that will say, "All I know about WWII I learned from Call of Duty and Medal of Honor".


  13. Re:I agree. on Games Better Than Books? · · Score: 1

    A good example would be Call of Duty (or the like). You can read all you want, and even watch movies on the subject. But you develop a newfound understanding of what it might have been like (in a very, very, very small way) for those that were there, once you find yourself cowering behind the carcas of a dead cow, with bullets whizzing past your head. Seeing your fellow soldiers lying dead on either side of you. And you being afraid to stand up, because you know just how great the chances are that you may catch a bullet too.

  14. Re:Headless Alternative for Less on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 2
    play doom3


    You can't buy a graphics card that will play Doom3 (well) for $499.

  15. Re:Like the first one... on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 5, Funny

    i wasn't stupid when i was 11, i was fixing TVs and my friends' game consoles.

    But you still haven't been able to find the shift key on your keyboard?

  16. Re:Because Steam is a mess on Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Confirmed · · Score: 1
    You just gave them over $50 and they are now trying to hustle you for an email so they can sell it for a nickel?

    How about $80 for the Commemorative Edition? Am I allowed to be that much more pissed off at Valve/Steam?

    Great descriptive post concerning all of the headache that retail customers have gone through. Do I smell Class Action Lawsuit?

  17. Re:*Shock* on Cray CTO Says Cray Computers Are Great · · Score: 1

    In other news:

    Microsoft CEO Bill Gates announces today that their Windows Operating System is *really* great!

  18. mini iPod shoots self in foot on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True · · Score: 0, Redundant

    $250 is a far cry from the $100 rumors.

  19. Apples to Grapefruit on Microsoft Rolls Out New Anti-Linux Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    Microsoft-sponsored benchmarks prove that multiple WinTel Web servers perform better than a Linux mainframe acting as a Web server consolidator.

    Hmmm. Windows on Intel vs. Linux on Mainframe?

    It seems as though costs associated are skewed by the cost of the hardware and hardware support. Run Windows and Linux on identical hardware. THEN compare the cost differences between the two.

  20. Now that I've seen RotK, on The Matrix Trailers, Reloaded and Re-Encoded · · Score: -1, Troll

    *YAWN*

  21. Re:Holy Dupe Batman! on Culture of UNIX and Windows Programmers · · Score: -1

    I think I like

    "UNIX culture of explaining the Windows/UNIX programmers' Windows cultural divide"

  22. Why do I feel ... on Culture of UNIX and Windows Programmers · · Score: -1

    like this article is being rammed down my throat?

  23. Am I missing something? on Yahoo Reminds Users That 'No' Doesn't Mean 'No' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why does YAHOO! get such a bad rap from Slashdot? They run almost all of their services on FreeBSD and are a huge advocate, supporter, and patron of the FreeBSD foundation. Why does the majority of Slashdotters despise them?

  24. Re:Education is key... on EU Hi-Tech Crime Agency Created · · Score: 1

    Smells like the BSA. They have no legal or judicial authority, yet they sound important and brandish a Big Stick to make people believe that they have some power. While I think that this agency can do some good, they are little more than an educational institution.

    Because they are multinational, they will have no power whatsoever within any single country.

  25. ... you insensitive clod. on Home Theatre Projectors, Dell, InFocus and Sanyo · · Score: 1

    "...They decipher the marketing mumbo-jumbo you'll be faced with and explain all that you need to know prior to buying a home theatre projector."

    IF, unlike me, you can afford one.