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  1. Re:Coasters? on How to Make a Starship Enterprise out of a 3.5" Floppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Set the oven for 'warp' factor 9.

  2. Re:Now .. on Anger as a Software Design Philosophy · · Score: 1

    Clamshell?

    --
    The author of this post has just been sacked.

  3. Re:Any fundamentally difference from... on A New Spin On Physical Phenomena · · Score: 1

    ty

  4. Re:FUCK BIG BROTHER on Take Big Brother on Vacation with You · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    -666 terrorist

  5. Re:"Salvage One"? on Starchaser Plans Test Drop · · Score: 1

    I don't remember the series, but I saw the pilot movie. Remember who played the lead? Good ole sheriff Andy Griffith.

  6. Re:The U.S. government is increasingly corrupt. on Former Intel Employee 'Disappeared' by U.S. · · Score: 1

    Actually, that distinction probably belongs to Israel. But I think you misunderstood. What I was trying to say is that dubya considers the UN to be a joke.

    Before the war actually started, most people in the US were opposed to going in without the UN's blessing. Of course, after the action started, everyone started waving the flag.

    I don't understand or agree with France's and Germany's reluctance to take action against Saddam, but that's their choice. Bush should have shown some respect for their decision and for the UN, especially since the US is largely responsible for creating the monster.

    But try not to judge Americans too harshly. We became a superpower out of necessity. Some judicious preemption of Hitler might have prevented that.

  7. Any fundamentally difference from... on A New Spin On Physical Phenomena · · Score: 1
  8. Re:The U.S. government is increasingly corrupt. on Former Intel Employee 'Disappeared' by U.S. · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "your country has become a police state"

    Elections don't work anymore. Mass media and education are controlled largely by the party. The private militia, which is the basis for our country's internal security is nonexistant. Law enforcement at all levels tends to be pro-gov and anti-citizen. The UN is a joke. We're on a runaway freight train and people think it's an amusement park ride.

    It's time for the people of this country to wake up and demand that the U.S. administration reconcile their actions with what is written in the constitution. These bastards are traitors.

    I don't know how it will all turn out. The only thing I can say for sure is that dubya has made an anti-republican out of me.

  9. Re:Protect? on Do Privacy Fears Allow Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    "carrying fire arms is legal?"

    Only for those who have been cleared by the thought police.

  10. Re:Piss Off Hollywood? on New Sony PVR/DVR and DVD Recorder · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we'll start to see people sharing "edit scripts" to remove/skip the commercials from particular broadcasts.

  11. Re:strangely quiet on Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows · · Score: 1

    "you can start developing and deploying with MySQL"

    In some cases, s/can/should/. By coding an app for Oracle when MySQL would be sufficient, you risk locking yourself into a db that provides certain bells and whistles.

  12. This thing is no match... on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    for my Acme disintegrating pistol and illudium q-36 space modulator.

    -Marvin

  13. Re:Warfare on Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military · · Score: 1

    "but I doubt there would have been much intrest in this area of research 2 years ago before 9-11."

    Yeah, the need for laser rifles is critical now that we know the bad guys have boxcutters ;-)

  14. Re:Not a good comparison on Gzip on a PCI card · · Score: 1

    Forget about the real (wall clock) and system times. user time tells the real story in this case.

  15. Re:New bit for Slashdot on New RFC Adds "Evil Bit" · · Score: 1

    "this is the first article..."

    1st article, 2nd posting -> DupDupe

  16. Re:Once again.. on Flash Memory And Its future · · Score: 1

    It's the redundancy that matters?

  17. Re:So this is the 'freedom' Dubya talks about... on Michigan First With A Law That Could Outlaw VPNs · · Score: 1

    I hope we "Won't Get Fooled Again"

    We'll be fighting in the streets
    With our children at our feet
    And the morals that they worship will be gone
    And the men who spurred us on
    Sit in judgement of all wrong
    They decide and the shotgun sings the song

    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
    Take a bow for the new revolution
    Smile and grin at the change all around
    Pick up my guitar and play
    Just like yesterday
    Then I'll get on my knees and pray
    We don't get fooled again

    The change, it had to come
    We knew it all along
    We were liberated from the fold, that's all
    And the world looks just the same
    And history ain't changed
    'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
    Take a bow for the new revolution
    Smile and grin at the change all around
    Pick up my guitar and play
    Just like yesterday
    Then I'll get on my knees and pray
    We don't get fooled again
    No, no!

    I'll move myself and my family aside
    If we happen to be left half alive
    I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
    Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
    Do ya?

    There's nothing in the streets
    Looks any different to me
    And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
    And the parting on the left
    Are now parting on the right
    And the beards have all grown longer overnight

    I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
    Take a bow for the new revolution
    Smile and grin at the change all around
    Pick up my guitar and play
    Just like yesterday
    Then I'll get on my knees and pray
    We don't get fooled again
    Don't get fooled again
    No, no!

    Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

    Meet the new boss
    Same as the old boss

  18. Re:Well, there's your perpetual motion, right ther on The Museum of Unworkable Devices · · Score: 1

    "Without ever stopping!"

    And... without ever actually getting anywhere. Stevin's principle applies! Give the man a cigar!

  19. Re:Myth on 56k Times Five: Myth Or Moneymaker? · · Score: 1

    Sheez yourself. I know they existed back then because I used them.

    V42bis and MNP5 compression have been around since the early 90's. They have nothing to do with modulation techniques.

    modem history

  20. Re:Myth on 56k Times Five: Myth Or Moneymaker? · · Score: 1

    "Modern dial-up modems already use compression"

    Wow! Something older than a decade being described as "modern" must be a /. record.

  21. Re:Upgrade path concerns on Mandrake Linux 9.1 (Bamboo) Is Available! · · Score: 1

    (Doh! forgot to preview. This looks better.)

    "will it blow away data"

    It won't blow away *my* data ;-) Some stuff you may want to backup:

    /etc
    most configuration info

    /var
    databases, mail spools ...

    /home
    at least be certain not to reformat it, and
    to make a copy of your dotfiles. I always backup .kde and .gnome before upgrading them.

    /boot
    kernel and bootstrap stuff

    /usr/local
    Make sure you don't let it get reformatted.

    /var/lib/modules*
    Your device drivers. If a problem crops up in the new version, it's handy to see what you had before.

  22. Re:Upgrade path concerns on Mandrake Linux 9.1 (Bamboo) Is Available! · · Score: 1

    "will it blow away data"

    It won't blow away *my* data ;-) Some stuff you may want to backup: /etc
    most configuration info /var
    databases, mail spools ... /home
    at least be certain not to reformat it, and
    to make a copy of your dotfiles. I always backup .kde and .gnome before upgrading them. /boot
    kernel and bootstrap stuff /usr/local
    Make sure you don't let it get reformatted. /var/lib/modules*
    Your device drivers. If a problem crops up in the new version, it's handy to see what you had before.

  23. Re:Thing is, I can and have, done it for a lot les on Sun to Build Alternative Desktop ? · · Score: 1

    Vnc

  24. Re:Too bad on Apple Terminates Safari Seed Program · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a few had to ruin it for everyone else"

    Admit it. You were about to say "a few bad apples".

  25. What if.. on What if Microsoft went Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Superman had been a German?