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  1. Re:Breathed is back? on Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies · · Score: 1

    Banana Jr PC 6000, if I remember rightly. And it's butt was ok, after the bump in the wagon.

  2. Bummer! on Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies · · Score: 1

    My Bloom County baseball jersey doesn't fit. It couldn't be the 135lbs I've gained since high school, could it?

  3. Formula on Users feel Password Rage · · Score: 1

    I just use a formula using two different input lists (i.e. Shakespeare characters, '60 muscle cars, etc.). The inputs are then run through a formula and combined to form a password. It's easy to remember the list items and the formula makes a good non-sensical password.

  4. Re:curious about Apple's move on Everyone Needs a Personal Server · · Score: 1

    I don't think that such a device would be broadcasting 24/7. You'd have some button or such to push when you want it to make a link. Now how you protect your connection while you're working is another thing.

  5. Smart Underwear on Everyone Needs a Personal Server · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why can't they just weave this sort of data server into clothing? Average user could get by with a thong while a slashdot user would likely need long johns.

  6. Re:dual use for these machines? on Virginia Tech Announces Supercomputer Plans · · Score: 1

    There's some software called Pooch that lets you run parallel clusters across PPC Macs. It's pretty minimal but you can still use the Macs for regular work and then run parallel software on them when they're not being used.

  7. Re:Apple ... supercomputer...? on Virginia Tech Announces Supercomputer Plans · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact that these fans are low speed/high volume fans. They spin slower, producing less noise but moving more air than small, high speed fans.

  8. Re:What the?! on Games and the 'Geek Stereotype' · · Score: 1

    SMAC and SMAC-X rule. Am playing the same player (Spartins) at home and on my laptop, using the same map. Lots of fun, taking different choices in each game. Will have to check out Martian Dreams.

  9. Re:no offense.. on Games and the 'Geek Stereotype' · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm 35 and I prefer email to phone messages. Data retention is so much easier and I don't lose the little notes I write as I talk with someone on the phone. I don't IM at all. It's just a little too frenetic for my tastes.

    One of the reasons I prefer email is that it keeps people at a distance. I work with computers because I like machines and don't really care for people in the flesh. They kinda' creep me out, with all their breathing and random movements and such. Not to mention their staring at me. Ugh! For what it's worth, several bosses have praised my people skills and have said that I am great at working with l'users and such. Good thing that the eyes are not the door to the soul or they'd all know how much disdain I feel for the skin bags.

  10. Re:no offense.. on Games and the 'Geek Stereotype' · · Score: 1

    I just want a first person building game. Something where a 2x8 Lego block is about 6' tall and the nubs on top are 18" across. The blocks should mass about 20 lbs (6-8 kilos?). Give the first person character jumping abilities so that one can build really tall structures and then walk around in them. Or maybe just Bryce, from the inside. That'd be cool.

  11. Re:Mostly FUD on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 1

    This isn't new. MS has done this before with Word by repeatedly changing the format of the documents to make it as incompatible with other word processors as possible.

    Hell, some of their Word formats are even incompatible with other versions of Word. Go figu'h.

  12. Re:Mostly FUD on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 1

    So, how's Calgary?

  13. Re:Mostly FUD on Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in · · Score: 1

    Just like faking a video, showing how software bundled together couldn't be seperated. It's amazing just what Microsoft's lawyers have tried in court. Not that it matters, apparently. The courts find them in the wrong and then it's just business as usual.

  14. Re:"just barely miss us"? on Armageddon... in 2014. Almost. · · Score: 1

    Not to mention all the boy bands. They seem to want to fly in space.

  15. Re:Hugos these days... on 2003 Hugo Award Winners Announced · · Score: 1

    I have nothing against HP, but it doesn't deserve a Hugo. It's not adult fiction...

    Especially when there's work by LeGuin and Pullman. There's some great children's literature that is enjoyable as an adult.

  16. Windows solution? on Gates Says Windows Reliability Is Greater · · Score: 1

    Why doesn't MS ship Windows with all services turned off and all ports blocked? If any app needs to open a port it should bring up a pop-up window where it explains what port number it's opening and how to close the port later. Seems that would take care of a lot of these problems.

  17. Re:'Cause.. on Light Bulb Replacements · · Score: 1

    What if there were low level tanker (KC-135a models are cool. Love to hear a 4 engine water injection take off.) and the hood of your car had a socket for the boom? Just radio in when you're on a level 30 mile stretch of road and they'd drop in and fill you up.

  18. Re:42 == Tea for two on How About A Cup Of The Answer To Everything? · · Score: 1

    Christ refereces? What references?

  19. Re:what about Gentoo? on Windows Is 'Insecure By Design,' Says Washington Post · · Score: 1

    Would be nice if Adobe would jump on this. New installs are a real pain, having to run all the Adobe stuff.

  20. Re:what about Gentoo? on Windows Is 'Insecure By Design,' Says Washington Post · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hell, not only does OS X patch itself and Apple apps (Safari, iMovie, iTunes, etc.), it'll even path Internet Explorer with a security patch. This is accomplished via a pop up window with a list of updates to install, check boxes next to each one, info buttons next to each one and a single install button. Nice being able to que all the installs and set them d/l'ind and running. After doing a restart, if necissary, it'll check again, to see if there are more patches that are now needed.

  21. Re:Corel Draw on Corel Goes Private · · Score: 1

    In the main library of University of Central Florida (go k-niggits!) there is a book on postscript. It doesn't look to much more complicated than html.

  22. Re:Since when... on Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Brevity be damned! This is Slashdot and we demand accuracy and precision in our unsubstantiated opinions.

    Now what about 53, 54, and 55? Afganistan, Iraq, and Liberia or France, Germany, and Japan?

  23. Re:Since when... on Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad · · Score: 1

    Europe is a country like Canada is the 51st state.

    I thought Puerto Rico was the 51st state?

  24. Re:Dec. 16th Marathons on The Trilogy as One · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, watching a downsampled, stereo only version on my 19" monitor would look just great.

  25. Re:What we want to know... on Using Spyware to Report Pirates? · · Score: 1

    If you have a site license for Office X, it doesn't need a serial number. You just copy the Office folder to your app folder and run it.