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  1. Re:Speaking of "no higher-order reasoning" on Danish, Western Websites Under Attack · · Score: 1

    There have been numerous experiments that show that inorganic process (such as the condition of the primordial earth) can give rise to organic molecules. The have also shown where you can get double layer lipid bubbles that are on the border of life/non-life. Clay is thought to be the transcriber of RNA. We can't produce life but we have a good idea of how it might have started.

  2. Re:OT: Down Under on A Bathroom That Cleans Itself · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't be easier to just use zinc oxide/ titanium dioxide cream? It would give you a 100% block without the harsh side effects of octylbenzone but does leave you looking pasty white.

  3. Re:General on Cutting the Cost of Household Bills? · · Score: 1

    On clothing and shoes, it does cost less in the long run to buy quality stuff. One should have at least two pairs of shoes. By swapping them every day, they will last like three times as long in total hours. Shop at sales. The department stores usualy have 50% off or greater a couple of times a year. Good quality stuff can be had for cheaper than the cheap crap at Walmart.

  4. Re:Compact Fluorescent Bulbs on Cutting the Cost of Household Bills? · · Score: 1

    Try the newer ones. I have replaced most of the ceiling lights with compact flourescents and there is a delay of about a second if that.

  5. Re:That's pretty shocking. on RIAA Sues Woman Who Has Never Used a Computer · · Score: 1

    If you have made a call in the last 20 years then you have used a computer regardless of what type of telephone you have. Since we have gotten rid of the manual switchboard operators, the automatic switching systems have been computerised.

  6. Re:Thank you for following up even more on Brain Surgery Patient Trapped in a Mental Time Warp · · Score: 1

    That we only use 10% of our brain is a myth. There are many more articles out there but the 10% thing is just an urban legend.

  7. Re:for what purpose? on Red Hat, Linux and Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    Well, Sony has FE notebooks out that are half the price but if you are talking equivalent hardware then only about $800 off.

  8. Re:Im not sure I understand... on Red Hat, Linux and Intel iMacs · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's Because. We're. Lazy. Geeks.

    Though in reality it is more like why IBM ported Linux to a watch, because it garners advertising and show how versatile Linux is.

  9. Re:forgetting the off button on Standby Electronics a Waste? · · Score: 1

    If offline non-urgent message queueing is important to you there is a very old technology available. It even has a cutesy internet name: E-Mail. go try it some time, you will get hooked. :-P

  10. Re:OpenVZ? on OpenVZ Pushing for Linux Kernel Inclusion · · Score: 1

    How exactly is that different from chroot system?

  11. Re:Shut up! on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    Dude, get with the times, XP still blue screens, the Vista beta blue screens, hell we have seen screenshots of the Xbox360 blue screen (though weren't they actualy grey?), so trying to sweep MS's flaws under the rug is still BS and I will call you on it. I don't care if they are trying harder with patches, they stil have a horrible track record. Billy G may donate money but his company still operates immorrally.

    And yes Steve was a bit dishonest with benchmarks, but then benchmarks are just a form of statistics. How did that quote about lies and statistics go? But then anyone with half a brain realized the Jobs was just in another snit with IBM. He did the same thing with ATI.

  12. Re:Linux? What else do you expect slashdot to say? on Home Network Data Storage Device · · Score: 1

    Many Mobo's now have onboard gigabit NIC and SATA RAID5. Many also include PATA RAID 1, 0, 0+1. So I would suggest 4 SATA in RAID5 for Network file storage and 2 PATA in RAID1 for OS boot. Something like the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum would be ideal. The Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 would also work but provide less expansion. I recently bought a Seagate PATA 120Gb drive for $30. You can find hard drives cheap now and for the boot drive would not need to be large.

  13. Re:Some clarification on Intel Macs May Boot Windows XP After All · · Score: 1

    Actually a system like Win4Lin might be of benefit. It offers better speed than VMware while not offering full virtualization but offer true compatibility unlike Wine.

  14. Re:Ship unformatted dammit. on Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld · · Score: 1

    Most flash media uses jfs and is transparent to users reformating or repartioning the device. The repartioning is iffy if you are doing it in Windows but the theory is sound, just Windows is crap.

  15. Re:FAT's valuable on Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld · · Score: 1

    Disk Management sees any USB mass storage device as a removable drive and will let you repartition. not a good idea on the flash drives as they usually have a funky partition scheme, and many flash media cards technically have no partition at all.

  16. Re:A simple suggestion: on On the Matter of Slashdot Story Selection · · Score: 1

    **Beatles-Beatles is one of those search engine optimizers. Many feel such people are scum. They are pissing in the public pool. While some feel that this is a problem only for Google and other search engines to solve, I think that the 'net community as whole needs to strive to discourage such discourteous behavior.

    BB's stories are ok and could lead to meaningful discussion. His discourteous behavior needs to be stopped. If he continues to submit stories, but not be reward with pagerank boosts, then that is fine. If he does not submit any more stories, that is fine too. Taking a stand does involve some pain on the part of the person taking a stand.

  17. Re:A simple suggestion: on On the Matter of Slashdot Story Selection · · Score: 1

    See, that is part of the problem. You reward the worst submitters so anyone else says why bother.

  18. Re:No gray area. on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1

    Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

    Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

    We need to start taking back more of our rights under those two Amendments.

  19. Re:What did the student say? on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1

    Any authoritarian body can wield quasi-governmental control over a person. Universities have greater quasi-governmental powers than most municipalities. Additionally most private Institutions still receive Federal and State funding. No place should be allowed to impose sanctions on speech, but especially Instituition of higher learning should not be allowed. If they will not do so on thier own, then they should be slapped down by the will of the people.

  20. Re:How about pointing out... on Linux/Unix Tops Charts for Vulnerabilities in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Each different Linux distro uses a different kernel version number let alone that each is not from the 'linus' tree but the seperate 'distro' tree with extra code added in. If NT, 2000, XP, & 2003 are all seperate versions of Windows, then Red Hat, SUSE, Mandriva, and Ubuntu are all seperate.

  21. Re:hmm on Pluto is Much Colder Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Was it the cold or was it the flourinert freezing solid and the process of freezing shift some components on the mobo? I think the latter is more likely.

  22. Re:ELF again. Sheesh. on SCO Amends Novell Complaint · · Score: 1

    You forgot the Gold, Moon, and Star Elves. Though there is some overlap in names.

  23. Re:My Humble Submissions on Share Your Most Dangerous Idea · · Score: 1

    Apparently not well or she would not be your ex. :-P

  24. Re:So? on Sony Graffiti Ads Draw More Anger · · Score: 1

    But the problem is not so much Sony's as the property owners' not getting the appropriate licence. Additionally it gets into a more nebulous area as it is not a Billboard nor any sign but paint directly on a building.

  25. Re:and I always thought ... on Women Now Outnumber Men Online · · Score: 2, Funny

    I take it you have never questioned why she only wants anal sex with the lights off? :-P