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  1. if its in the movie on MPAA Ruins Own Films As Anti-Piracy Measure · · Score: 1

    how exactly does this ruin a compressed version? messing up the difference values? wouldnt it just wash on the next frame?

    and then, isnt this noticeable to people who are watching the DVD anyway?

  2. Re:someone had to say it... on MPAA Ruins Own Films As Anti-Piracy Measure · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i was goign to make that joke, you insensitive clod

  3. Re:not so great for us on Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers · · Score: 1

    no fortran compiler? did you do 0 research at all? in about two minutes i found g77 and Computation Tools 4.0, so there are probably more out there.

    couldnt find any speed difference in 3 days? it sounds like you gave each group a day a piece. given that your developers didnt have any experience with the platform, im not surprised you couldnt come up with anything.

    and as for your preference for FVWM...well...im sorry. its not 1981 anymore.

  4. Re:fine on Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers · · Score: 1

    well, since darwin IS open source, and there is an X11 server available FROM apple, you arent limited to the "closed source" portions of the operating system if you dont want to use them.

  5. Re:Boycott Lexmark on U.S. Court: Lexmark Can Tie Rebates To Refills · · Score: 1

    uhhh, i could be wrong, but i thought it was the other way around (lexmark made the samsung laser printers)

  6. Re:Boycott Lexmark on U.S. Court: Lexmark Can Tie Rebates To Refills · · Score: 1

    hey, you know whats funny? lexmark manufacutres those cartridges too.

  7. Re:Market can solve this, buy Canon on U.S. Court: Lexmark Can Tie Rebates To Refills · · Score: 1

    read your warranty dude, canon does NOT let you refill cartridges. using non-canon ink will void it immediately (not to mention result in ultimately crappy print quality)

  8. Re:Is this bad? on Microsoft Taking Over the BIOS · · Score: 1

    only if you dont mind All your BIOS are belong to us jokes.

  9. Re:Is this bad? on Microsoft Taking Over the BIOS · · Score: 1

    thats so insane, it just might be in the perhiperary of their plan.

  10. Re:Bigger turn on? on Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release · · Score: 1

    depends. if keanu reeves is involved, its definitely nmap.

    however, Trinity having sex with Niobe...

  11. Re:cool on Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release · · Score: 1

    remind me where you lived that they took 8.50$ from you if you didnt go see the movie? usually they only charge you if you DO go see it.

  12. Re:NXDOMAIN on Slashback: VeriSign, Balance, Manifestation · · Score: 1

    pricewatch, ebay, direct from mrfgrs, theres a lot of places. lots of places still roll hard with dot matirx, especially for invoices and such.

  13. Re:NXDOMAIN on Slashback: VeriSign, Balance, Manifestation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yea, they really showed verisign didnt they!

    be nice, or we will tape MORE paper up over your logo, so that people wont know where you work!

    that just screams obey.

  14. Re:Say goodbye to stealth technology on Weather Radar Goes Miniature · · Score: 1

    but its got facets, seams and such, all over.

  15. Re:Say goodbye to stealth technology on Weather Radar Goes Miniature · · Score: 1

    i thought the whole point of stealth is that it doesnt HAVE a wide side, even from the bottom. or at least one wide enough to look bigger than a flock of geese.

  16. Re:Evil uses- on Weather Radar Goes Miniature · · Score: 1

    frying pidgeons? can it be modified to destroy squirrels as well? ill take 1 million of them, heres my visa...

  17. Re:MOD THEM DOWN on Weather Radar Goes Miniature · · Score: 1

    back in soviet russia, bad jokes mod down you!

    (sorry, i couldnt help it)

  18. Re:thanks-- on Practical mod_perl · · Score: 1

    only when its warranted.

    although i think in this case (attempting to summarize a 900 page behemoth) it might be.

  19. Re:Why all or nothing? on MS Psychologist on How We Read · · Score: 1

    given the immense support for paralell letter recognition in vast amounts of psychological and linguistic research, id say your brain is still working in paralell, but at some point in your "serial" search you are taking the time to focus on each letter on lower input levels.

  20. this doesnt conflict on MS Psychologist on How We Read · · Score: 1

    in fact, its actually MORE accurate than whole word shapes and the tpyo study. if people were recognizing word-shapes, end-loading words with larger letters like syllabl to sayblll would decrease recognition.

    using feature (letter) based recognition, words can be ridiculously out of order and still be recognized because every feature except for order is being activated.

    think of it like this: every word in our head has a feature pattern, in fact, for simplicity, just assume that thats how it is stored. so the word "people" has all the features (curves, lines, order, etc) stored. when you read a word, your eye recognizes parts of this immediately (sometimes on the order or ~70ms, or the time it takes for the image to get from your eye to your visual cortex). some of these features will be missed, but most will be activated. then your brain picks out a word that matches the features you have activated.

    basically, these dont conflict.

  21. Re:Have you considered using bongo drums... on Major Problems with Cingular Network · · Score: 1

    frat boys as well...

  22. Re:Partial translation on The Weak Signal Challenge - Decode and Win $100 · · Score: 1

    in soviet russia, bad joke mods down you!

  23. Re:Region 0? on The Borg MegaCube · · Score: 1

    Back on Romulus 1, dvd buys you!

  24. Re:You reap what you sow. on IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement · · Score: 3, Funny

    500 million falls out of [random microsfot exec]s' pocket when his wifes servant does the laundry.

  25. Re:what's the the numeric keypads ... on Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone · · Score: 1

    oh please, thats not the only thing you use one-handed text messaging for.

    SMSex!