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  1. That Threw me too... on Weta Digital's Render Farm Upgrade · · Score: 2

    but i figured out.. Fellowship of the Ring

  2. not to mention the AMOUNT of energy... on Slashback: Disclosure, Maricopa, Telecoms · · Score: 2

    OK...
    if a pure matter to energy conversion took place...

    Energy = Mass(Speed of light)^2

    Assume a 90kg person, and C= 2997992458 m/s

    Energy = 90kg(299792458m/s)^2

    Energy = 90(8.9876e16)

    Energy =5.3925e18 kg-m/s or 163,410,032,498,000,000 kilowatts

    SO in short, that shroud wouldn't have an image burned in, the shroud (along with a good deal of the surrounding tomb and Pilate's Guards would have been vaporised. :) ... the problem when applying human logic to Devine events...

  3. Re:Yes, providing you price it reasonably on Would You Attend a Slashdot Convention? · · Score: 2

    I'd vote for Minneapolis though, I could stay at at home!

    I Second that!

    Although, michigan would be kinda fun too... not THAT far from MN and much closer to the heart of slashdot :)

  4. I hope not... on Will Digital Cinema Wipe-Out Today's Movie Theaters? · · Score: 2

    or are we going to end up a straight-to-video world?

    GOD i hope not... if these people are gonna hype a movie like crazy, and make me just ITCH to see it I shure as hell BETTER get to see it on a screen bigger than 27 inches and with sound that is crystal clear, and makes the room shudder... without pissing off the neighbors.

    I think there is something to be said for the 'theatre experience' Its just not the same to watch a movie on video/dvd! I'll gladly shell out 10 bucks to see a movie in a theatre, it keeps me from having to spend tens of thousands of $$ for my home equipment :)

  5. Re:ACK!!! on PVRs and Advertisers' Worries · · Score: 2

    you didnt read far enough then! I'm not saying make non-traditional, use the same TV commercial, but (like some current ads) make it such that you may want to slow down the fast forward not to go over it.... make the ad apealing, not annoying.

  6. NYTimes Account info on PVRs and Advertisers' Worries · · Score: 3, Informative

    In case you're not the 'free registering' type.
    Use this account info:

    Username: slashdottroll
    Password: slashdottroll

    should work, i just set it up...

  7. Make ads work with PVR on PVRs and Advertisers' Worries · · Score: 4, Interesting

    either make them REALLY eye catching so i notice them when i fastforward over them(which works, cuz if i DO see an ad worth watching i slow down and take a look, and am still able to skip over the feminine itching ads)

    or make them in slow-mo :) that way you'd see them in normal time FFing over them... sux to be a normal TV veiwer hehe :)

  8. Tried a few with Opera on Microsoft Opts-In Hotmail Users · · Score: 4, Informative

    Identify as Opera: dont work
    Identify as Mozilla 5.0: dont work
    Identify as Mozilla 4.76: Works
    Identify as Mozilla 3.0: dont work
    Identify as MSIE 5.0: Works(duh!)

    Yet, in Opera, all the pages are rendered the same way, and all pages in hotmail work fine in Opera assuming you identify it as a 'preferred browser'. So, its not a functionality issue, just a "use our damn browser or else" issue. A DDoS attack from MSN to non-IE users? hehe

  9. I vote for college... on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 2

    ... I got in and out of a 2 year SysAdmin program(AAS degree). WELL worth the time. I'm glad I went, and now I wish I would have done the full 4 years.

    I found that sys admin is not as much about knowing computers, but about managment of computers, resources, etc. Things I never would've picked up outside of school, on-the-job-on-the-fly(like most of my technical knowlege) type learning. The college forced me into quite a few 'unrelated' classes but for dealing with the managment end of sysadmin, the experience is priceless.

    Also, for me I wish i would've stayed for another 2 years to get a BS degree. Becuase now that I have a full time job, its almost IMPOSSIBLE to go back to school. Time is a finite resource. I had the time before, but with a full time job, heh, good luck. And I'm kinda outa luck in the advancment department, the fields I want to get into all REQUIRE a 4 year degree, so I'm SOL right now.

    Go to school, get it over with. Do it while you have the time and the drive.

  10. an answer to my .sig? on Navi-Like Network Predicted · · Score: 2

    ... kinda

  11. ooh.. searchable index... on Digitizing Your Dead Trees? · · Score: 2

    I dont know HOW many times i've looked at a tech manual(or other paper book for that matter)trying to find something I read a while ago and thought " i wish i could just do a text search to find the 3 or so words i remember seeing..." Sure theindex and table of contents gets you part of the way there, but if the author mentions something off-hand in an 'unrelated' section of the book...

  12. Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business.... on Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business · · Score: 1

    ...Oh my!

    Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business
    oh MY!!

    Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business
    OH MY!!!


    *out pops the wicked digital witch of the west*

  13. Re:Ohhh the station on G4: The Pong Channel? · · Score: 1

    yah.. and ST:TNG "All Good Things..." Riker flew straight up at a klingon cruiser and smoked it...

    ... 'course that was set like 20 years in the future.. maybe it was a new tactic :)

  14. Ok, but PLEEESE not the cow... on Singing Cow To Attack CBDTPA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok i'm all for lobbying against the bill...
    but PLLLLLLLLLLEAAAAAAAASE dont show more of that cow!!!!! I hope Steve from Dell eats it! then gets mad cow disease and dies!!

  15. Re:ram prices on PC Prices to Rise? · · Score: 2

    ditto!!!
    I deal with a CEO of a mem distributor.. it has tripled in the last 2 months.. we were gettin about 30 for a stick of 256pc100, now its well over 88

  16. dot coms ran out of VC's to screw... on PetsWarehouse vs. Mailing List · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... now they have to make money using their legal departments?

    someday they'll hafta make profit the old fashioned way... sell a good/service that ppl want at a decent price...

  17. And in other news today... on Intel's 2.4GHz Pentium 4 Unleashed · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...reports of fatal data collisions are up 300% today, due to little 1's and 0's comming down off a 2400mhz processor slamming into 333mhz ram and careening down to a 33mhz PCI bus...that's GOTTA hurt!

    :-)

  18. and a warning label woulda stopped it? on Suing Sony for Everquest Related Suicide? · · Score: 2

    If the person ignores family/friends/all responsibilites and quits his job... the person is supposed to take a warning label to heart?

    Besides.. the dude probably got Britished

  19. notice how the FP are down now? on Mac OS X Secrets of the Elite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .. with now AC posting trolling goes down exponentially..

    except ppl like me who have gobs of karma and have the urge to do a FP :)
    (at least the 'no score +1 bonus' is still available)

  20. posted by CmdrTaco, so email Hemos! on Updated Slashdot Advertising Policy · · Score: 2

    ... i didnt catch the fact that its april 1 today at first...
    but then i read the part where i'm supposed to email Hemos... and its posted by CmdrTaco...

    This sounds suspicously like geeks in space when ur supposed to email The Pope 1024 copies of 0 :)

    I'll be Hemos is getting KILLED by ppl who dont get it :) One way to weed out the not-so-quick users :)

  21. Re:Exacly what i did... on Alternatives to Yahoo! Groups? · · Score: 1

    The only thing in can think of why they have it on yahoo groups is (beside reliability issues :)) advertisement. Its a nice searchable DB of groups. Which is really nice for tech forums that ppl need to be able to find...

  22. Exacly what i did... on Alternatives to Yahoo! Groups? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I used phpnuke. Slash-like, runs on any server capable of mysql and php.. VERY easy to install and administer. I use tzo.com's dymanic dns service myself... although dyndns is cheaper :) i just forgot about it when i set it up(i'm a previous tzo customer.. so i knew about that one from a few years ago)

    i tried slascode, but couldnt get the mod_perl to work quite right... and found php nuke much more admin friendly

    my group is at linuxdistro.tzo.com right now, soon it will be just linuxdistro.com...

  23. loose a mac over an ipod? on iPod on Windows · · Score: 1

    whether or not they stand to lose money in lost Mac sales or gain money in extra iPod sales.

    will people really buy a mac just to use an ipod? No WAY i'd spend the extra $$ for a mac(and loss of some software selection and hardware support) just to use an MP3 player... I should think more ppl will buy ipod if it works with their existing, or cheaper systems. I know i would if it works with my linux box...

    i need to get out more... never seen this slashdot theme before.. nice :)

  24. So what's next? on RedHat 7.3 beta (skipjack) is out · · Score: 1

    That's slick!

    Any guesses to the next codename?
    Flapjack maybe :-)

  25. How long untill we see... on Are You Being Served? Don't Open That Email! · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... online restraining orders?
    Food for thought... "dont come within 2 subnets of this server under penalty of law"