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  1. Kickbacks? on Puzzle Pirates Puzzles Previewed · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So, how much money is /. getting for advertising Puzzle Pirates? This isn't a review, and "Zonk" seems to have posted it on his own initiative. Maybe Timothy can investigate it for his next installment of "Your Rights Online".

    This link offered no more information that one can get by clicking on the documentation for the puzzles. In fact, the documents have more information, and have pictures.

  2. Re:Too bad that doesn't translate to users on Firefox nears 50 Million Downloads · · Score: 1
    Well, I'm using Firefox from Gentoo's Portage system, which downloads the source from a set of mirros, and not from Firefox's servers, so I'm thinking all the Gentoo Firefox users aren't being counted at all.

    So, this miscount works both ways.

  3. Re:As much as it pains me to say this... on PDF Tracking On the Way · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Remember, it was Big Brother who wrote Emmanuel Goldstein's "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism".

  4. A Day Late on PDF Tracking On the Way · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's April 2nd already! Stop with the unbelievable stories...

    Oh, wait...

  5. Re:Great, now all we need on Digital Life and Evolution · · Score: 1

    "The question is then 'who created our creator', since, by definition, for something to exist, someone must have created it."

    If time is an attribute of the created universe, then there would be no concept of "before" and "after" outside of it. Talking about what happened before the big bang is meaningless, since there is no "before the big bang".

    If this is the case, then a creator would need no creator. The creator exists outside the created universe, and is not subject to it's rules.

    You do make a good point about logic, though.

  6. Re:Great, now all we need on Digital Life and Evolution · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, it is a bit noteworthy that you need an intelligent being to create the program to kick off the evolving software.

  7. Steady Job? on Programming Until Retirement? · · Score: 1

    I've got one word for you.... "defense". There is a real need for people who know software design for large projects, and government contracts for some large projects.

  8. Locked in for updates on Linux Looms Large in DVRs, PVRs · · Score: 1
    I've been looking into building my own MythTV box from scratch, but now I'm considering waiting for this to come out. My concern is that ESG is going to modify the MythTV code enough that you'll be forced to get updates through them, as oppose to using the binaries from their site.

    As an aside, does anyone know where I can a document on how to connect a MythTV box to a Comcast High-definition cable box?

  9. Re:Microwaving water on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Whatever mythbusters did, I did this to myself. When I was in my early teens, I put a glass mug of water in the microwave for something silly (like 5 minutes) waiting for the water to boil. It never did. (My parents have very nice well water.)

    Finally, I figured it must at least be warm, and pulled the mug out of the microwave. As soon as I put the spoon in the water, it exploded all over me, scalding me pretty bad.

  10. Age of Wonders on Does Anyone Still Play-by-Mail? · · Score: 1

    My wife and I, before we were married, used to play Age of Wonders by email. It met our needs well, in that we were able to play the online strategy games we both loved, while still being able to work around our respective school schedules. I wish more gaming publishers would integrate the format into their turn-based multiplayer games.

  11. Re:Must explain in one sentence or less on An Analysis of Various Election Methods · · Score: 1
    I was surpised, too, when I heard "the original" version in Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring Alec Guinness (1949).

    FYI, it's one of the danged funniest movies ever made.

  12. Re:Must explain in one sentence or less on An Analysis of Various Election Methods · · Score: 1

    You aren't required to rank every candidate on the ballot. Leaving candidates unranked simply means that you have no preference for any of them, and they are all less preferential than any candidates you have ranked.

  13. Re:Deleteing the $HOME is unacceptable on Independent Developers Fight Piracy & Lose · · Score: 1
    Just because I stole your bike, doesn't mean that you are allowed to burn down my house, both things are a crime and the first doesn't justify the second.

    I don't think the analogy is correct. It seems that a more correct analogy would be attaching an explosive device to my bike, and putting a big sign on the bike that said, "Don't steal me!"

    If a person stole the bike, put it in their garage, and the bike exploded and burned down their house, I don't think the thief would have any moral justification for recompense.

    Just my $0.02.

  14. Huh? on South Park Creators Have A New Film · · Score: 3, Insightful
    For a second, I thought I was at Ain't It Cool News!

    How exactly is this news for nerds? Yeah, I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'm not looking for information about it on slashdot.

  15. Re:How Fast? on AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 3, Funny
    Uncomfortable is right! Imagine trying to defeat the forces from hell with a keyboard hanging around your neck, and a dreamcast on your back, and you'll realize why I keep losing!

    what? Typing of the Dead was the bomb!

  16. Re:If I had money to spend... on Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery? · · Score: 1

    No, we don't.

  17. Re:Rand? on Rand Report Says Geospatial Data Not Big Threat · · Score: 1
    They advocate privatizing our EDUCATION system, for chrissakes.

    I mean, look at the success of the public education system! How could they even think about privatizing it! Think of the children...

  18. Is it worth it? on Safe "Engineered" Fugu, Sans Gene Manipulation · · Score: 1
    I'm leaving for Tokyo next month, and I'm wondering whether it's worth it to go to one of the blowfish establishments. Is it actually good eating, or does the value lie in telling your friends that you did it?

    I'm not really a sushi gourmand, but I do really like it (just can't tell the bad stuff from the good stuff.) I'm looking in dropping about $90 for a dinner at this place in Tsukiji, but I just want to know ahead of time if I'm going to be disappointed if I'm going for an amazing culinary experience.

  19. Bug? on Unofficial Chrono Trigger Resurrection Impresses · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't it be "s/better/convoluted" ?

  20. Mirror of video on Make A Hole - And Sustain It Indefinitely · · Score: 5, Informative

    I downloaded the removed video when the site was on Fark this week. You can get it off my server here (3.8 meg wmv).

  21. Re:That's nothing. on The Politics of the Video Game · · Score: 1

    Wow? Michael Moore posts on slashdot? ;-)

  22. Re:Mirror... on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 1

    Thanks! They should be fixed, now...

  23. Mirror... on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 5, Informative
    I mirrored the site here since his site doesn't seem to be weathering the storm. If you see broken images, it's because I'm still wgetting it.

    I'll take it down if he wants me to, of course, but I thought it would help.

  24. Heh... on The Mellow Baboon · · Score: 3, Funny
    Thought it said, "its nastiest, most british members". That was a weird image...

  25. Great... on Lindows Agreeing to Change Name · · Score: 1
    Now MS will sue them for infringing on their newly discovered DOS trademark.