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  1. I'd rather listen to... on Nathan Myhrvold and the Business Of Invention · · Score: 1

    ...Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

  2. Re:Price? on R2D2-Shaped DVD and Videogame Projector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda

    Well, I left home just a week before,
    And I'd never ever been a Jedi before,
    But Obi-Wan, he set me straight a course,
    And said "Go to Yoda and he'll teach you the Force!"

  3. Re:Just the start on R2D2-Shaped DVD and Videogame Projector · · Score: 4, Interesting

    R2D2 is actually a perfect beginner home robot.


    I have to disagree. My R2D2 ran away as soon as I took out his restraining bolt!

    Luke Skywalker
  4. Re:Agreed on finding a drive on Retrieving Data From Old Amstrad Floppies? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Assuming he means a PC 5 1/4 inch drive, 5 1/4 inch drives connected to the floppy controller, which remained basically unchanged in the switch to 3 1/2 inch drives. Modern motherboards still generally have a floppy controller; if your PC has a 3 1/2 floppy drive, it'll support a 5 1/4 inch drive. My PC actually has a 2-in-1 drive hooked up in it, so I can still read and write 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 diskettes even today.

  5. Re:What failure? on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK · · Score: 1

    And if they are unconstitutional here, why do they fly other places?


    Which constitution? Since it was the state Supreme Court that ruled against it, I'd tend to assume that it was the Minnesota state constitution, which would only apply in Minnesota.
  6. Re:$3000 for a laptop?? on US State Dept. Loses Anti-Terrorist Program Laptops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not like they have repurchase the same software for the replacement computers.


    Haven't dealt with Microsoft lately, have we?
  7. Re:Not everyone has figured out user moderation on Washingtonpost.com Wants Identities of Posters · · Score: 1

    Damn straight. It's about time the world realized how left-wing biased they are!

  8. Re:More proof of the Gospels on Earth May Once Have Had Multiple Moons · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, that's no space station!

  9. Re:Wait, what? on How To Move Your Linux Systems To ext4 · · Score: 1

    Drive access is a red light.


    Actually, on my system, it's a yellow one, just under the green power light.
  10. Re:Robert Morris, OMG on Malware vs. Anti-Malware, 20 Years Into The Fray · · Score: 1

    I prefer to think of this William Morris.

  11. I learned, you learned, he learned? on Second Person · · Score: 1

    No, no, no, the poster does *not* understand how to conjugate verbs. "I learned, you memorized, he was indoctrinated."

  12. Re:Bad omen? on Tesla Motors Opens Retail Store · · Score: 1

    Rumors of Minbari involvement in the Whitestar remain, as yet, unconfirmed.

  13. Re:Whatever they decide on MacGyver Film In the Works? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's right. You have to be [i]in[/i] style before you can go [i]out[/i] of style.

  14. Re:I hope on Jack Thompson's Letter To Take-Two Exec's Mother · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, no, he isn't, at least not directly. Unless he was buying stock from a public offering (which I assume he was not), he paid the former owner of the stocks, not the company, to own those stocks. This might indirectly fund Take Two since buying the shares pushes the price upwards, making any shares they might sell in a future public offering (or issue in some other deal such as a takeover) possibly more valuable, but Thompson himself isn't putting any cash in their wallets. In fact, if Take Two was paying dividends, *they'd* be funding *him* (I looked it up on Yahoo, and Take Two is not currently paying dividends). What it *does* do is make him part owner of the company, thus possessing certain rights such as attending shareholder meetings (which is probably why he bought the shares).

  15. Man, no wonder... on How Earth Resembles a Gooey Confection · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Galactus wants to eat it!

  16. Re:Que pasa? Nada. on Slackware 12.1 Released · · Score: 1

    When you're installing a server OS for production use, boring is good. Very, very good.

  17. Re:ok and? on Slackware 12.1 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Welcome to Slackware. Now go home."

  18. Re:oh, that is rich on Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship · · Score: 1

    How recently was Saddam Husein a client of our state department and defense organizations?


    About 20 years ago. Full-grown men and women have no personal memory of when Saddam was a US Client.

    Or Pinochet or...


    Also about 20 years ago.

    you know it is a long list.


    And apparently a very old one.
  19. Re:Though is some places? on Nevada Governor to Bill Fossett Widow For Search · · Score: 1

    You left out Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater (although ol' Joe *is* gettin' a bit long in the tooth).

  20. Re:Iron Giant on Self-Healing Robots of Doom From UPenn · · Score: 1

    And then we can all say, "Snake robot! I thought you were dead!"

  21. Re:Oh, great on Self-Healing Robots of Doom From UPenn · · Score: 1

    I occassionally wonder if we /.ers don't set our sites a bit high.


    I *told* you http://www.mteverest.com/ was a bad idea!
  22. Re:Jokes aside on Self-Healing Robots of Doom From UPenn · · Score: 1

    First it was the "power switch," most computers don't have a power switch. You have to physically unplug them to be sure. Now, they'll put themselves back together, after you take them apart.


    I don't know where you get your computers from, but, except for my laptop, all my computers have, in addition to the soft power button on the front, a rocker switch on the back that is part of the power supply. You flip that switch off, and the computer is *off*.
  23. Re:I guess I need to RTFA on FSF-Approved gNewSense 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I suspect it's more because even though they aren't made available by default, Debian actually maintains non-free repositories. And let's face it, adding the debian.org non-free depositories is one of the first things anybody with a Debian system does while setting it up.

  24. Re:useful on Xerox Demos Self-Erasing, Eco-Friendly Paper · · Score: 1

    Wow. You've just invented the hand-held computer.

  25. Re:Suggestion. on Unexpected Slashdot Downtime · · Score: 1

    This is Halo!