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  1. Re:$22 for 16k of RAM... on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, it would be $1,441,792. 22 * 1024^2 / 16. You forgot to multiply by 22/16. Close, though!

  2. Re:Passwords and memory on Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate · · Score: 1

    Yes. You could forget where you left your key.

  3. Re:Gigablast... on How to Build a Search Engine · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Search is a fiercely competitive arena, even though there are really only five Web search companies today: Google, Yahoo (Altavista/AlltheWeb/Inktomi), Looksmart (Wisenut), AskJeeves (Teoma), and Gigablast."
    You don't even have to RTFA. Read the summary.

  4. Haha! on SCO Postpones Lawsuit, Now Threatening Two · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "They also have said that these first two lawsuits will be against companies that hold SCO Unix licenses." Wow. That's a great business plan. Alienate your few and diminishing customers.

  5. Re:Umm... on NYC Crosswalk Buttons are Inoperative · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "I also belive that at the gas station, Regular, Plus and Premium Unleaded all go to the same tank underground."
    Actually, sir, according to a very reputable gas supplier that I know, many gas stations do NOT purchase higher octane fuel. It is far from a preposterous notion, in fact it is a reality at many, many gas stations.

  6. Re:Well... on Cheap Fast Eyeglasses from a Desktop Fabricator · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah... who could have seen a Google cache link posted by the editors coming? Not me!

  7. D(isney) R(ules) M(onsters) on Disney Licenses MS Windows Media DRM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wolf in sheep's clothing makes deal with devil. Sounds like a Disney movie to me.

  8. Re:Litany of Beer on A Microbe's-Eye View of Beer · · Score: 1

    Does that mean that Adam Freeland's epic song from Rez is now named "Beer"? "Beer... beer is the mind-killer, the mind-killer..."

  9. Re:Don't Forget The Video Store on Requiem For The Record Store · · Score: 1

    Being an East Village resident myself, I can tell you that the problem with Two Boots is that it does NONE of its tasks exceptionally. Its pizza is far worse than that of nearby Stromboli (on 1st and St. Marks), its video selection is much smaller that that of Blockbuster or Broadway Video (both also close) and its theater pales in comparison to Village East (or the slightly farther Angelika). So yeah, quality is important, too. Not just the mere gimmick -- although that hasn't stopped Two Boots from getting its hipster following. But one would be cautioned not to attempt to follow the same example of mediocrity anywhere but the hipster capital of the world.

  10. Re:how long on Recycle some of your 100 million Pepsi Songs · · Score: 4, Informative

    No. Generally, game pieces have a clause in their contract that they cannot be resold individually. Furthermore, they technically have a cash value of 1/20 cents (read the fine print). IANAL, but IAARSP (I am a relatively smart person).

  11. Re:Would it be legal to copy (backup) these? on Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds · · Score: 2, Informative

    (Be forewarned: IANAL.) Thou are buying a license to watch for 48 hours, no more. You do not own the DATA -- simply the right to watch it.
    So, yes... your backup would be legal -- provided you only watched the movie off of it during the 48 hour period. Otherwise, you are not legally in possession of the right to watch it.

  12. Re:Not likely on Pixar Drops Disney To Find a New Studio Partner · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's unture. While Gates is a partial owner, the G in SKG stands for Geffin. SKG stands for Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffin.

  13. Am I the only one... on Slashback: Zip, Language, Opportunism · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...who associates the name "Orkut" with the Hanna-Barbera Smurfs ripoff, "The Snorks"? ...I loved that show.

  14. Cliques rock! on Google Social Network: Orkut · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I miss the old exclusive LiveJournal. Perhaps this can assuage my lost status?

  15. Hungry? I think not! on FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft · · Score: 1

    They thought they were hungry NOW?
    Wait until they get their bandwidth bill!

  16. You know... on GTA Violence, the Media, and the Gamers · · Score: 1

    Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is seemingly REALLY feasible right now.
    Follow it, and ALL these problems are solved!

  17. Of course! on Tech Scholarships for College/University? · · Score: 1

    Cooper Union, one of the best Engineering (and Art and Architecture) schools in the nation offers a full scholarship to any student admitted. The EE program is phenomenal. I might be a lowly Civil Engineering major, but the price can't be beat.

  18. Re:Judging from the pictures.... on USB Menorah · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, LEDs on a menorah could very well suffice, depending on the circumstances.
    I mean, the lighting of the candles might be awkward, but it certainly can be done. Judaism is not really so much of a methodical religion as much as it is a spiritual one.
    Of course, what do I know? I'm a very bad Jew.

  19. Does this make it a: on Doomsday PC-Cooling With Dual-Cascade Coolers · · Score: 1

    Superconducting supercomputer?

  20. Error in post. on Spidering Hacks · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Someone forgot an </i> tag...

  21. I quote: on Slashback: Hilbert's, Transgenic, Silicon · · Score: 1

    "Utah may not be Utopia after all."
    Gee... what tipped you off to that?
    Maybe the fact that SCO is headquartered there?

  22. New media, new politik.. on Disintermediation and Politics · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just as JFK utilized the nature of the televised debates to triumph over Nixon, Howard Dean will attempt to use the power of the internet in order to take the Democratic nomination.
    Just a prediction.

  23. DMCA? DMCA. on TiVo Goes After Sites Hosting Image Backups · · Score: 4, Informative

    Opening the box, extracting the images, installing the images... all illegal under the DMCA.
    Is it fair? No.
    But it's the law -- an asinine and relatively untested law -- but the law nevertheless.
    Get used to it. Your property is no longer your property. You merely own the license for its use.

  24. Re:Portible in the making on First Nintendo IQue Reviews · · Score: 1

    Two words: battery life.
    SEGA tried doing that with the Nomad for the Genesis. Guess what? HUGE bomb.

  25. Re:Those that do on Outsourcing Winners and Losers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Those that "connot" spell: read slashdot.