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  1. Re:Apple vs Microsoft on Samsung Cell Phone Features 3GB Hard Drive · · Score: 2, Funny
    Except that Windows Mobile *is* a special-purpose OS.

    Windows Mobile certainly is special, kind of like how the short school bus is special.

  2. dogs & cats on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 4, Funny

    since you can only have 99 tracks the CD, wouldn't "Eleven Cats" would be a more fitting name? Or "99 bottles of Linux"?

  3. Re:Deserved on Harvard Business School: You Peek, You Lose · · Score: 1
    What if it was my sister that had applied and I happened to read about the hack.

    You screwed your sister. Incest is best, don't sweat it.

  4. Re:What is WAPI anyway? on China Walks Out of Wireless LAN Security Talks · · Score: 1
    To have a secret algorithm is a bit untrustworthy! Would you trust your secrets to a secret Chinese algorithm? It might be good but clearly the Chinese can break it.

    I'd have difficulty trusting this ancient chinese secret. It'd probably have a backdoor by using they key "Calgon Laundry Detergent".

  5. Re:Excellent Chance to Test Anti-Asteroid Technolo on Asteroid To Be Naked-Eye Visible In 2029 · · Score: 1

    not only that, but the parent talked about sending up nukes. Remember the deal when the Cassini launched? People don't like nukes, especially nuclear material attached to a rocket that may malfunction while trying to leave the atmosphere. Their is so much liability involved with this that it's just not practical.

  6. Re:Can you say "invented"? on HP's Crossbar Latch... Next-Gen Transistor? · · Score: 1
    If they had cross-bar latch-based systems they wouldn't have been using transistors in the first place.

    I dunno, you could always put an 8-track deck in a Porsche Cayenne. Maybe the martians like listening to Saturday Night Fever on 8-track?

  7. Re:speed focus on Streaming a Database in Real Time · · Score: 4, Funny
    How do you do relational queries on IRC traffic BTW? I must have missed that - "#select something" I guess...

    you start with /join, of course...

  8. time enough for the important things on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    This may give Slashdotters a lifespan long enough to find a chick that's willing to sleep with them.

  9. difficult for slashdotters to find p0rn on Searching with Images instead of Words · · Score: 1

    it's going to be difficult for slashdotters to find p0rn with this search engine. Not only must you have sex, but you've got to take a picture of the act too...

  10. celebration on Robot Makers Say World Cup Will Be Theirs By 2050 · · Score: 1

    what sort of celebration dance does a robot do after scoring a goal...the robot?

  11. Re:Downhill After Sierra's Classics on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 4, Funny

    And don't forget Leisure Suit Larry, which is where most Slashdoters believe they lost their virginity.

  12. Re:Someone didn't read the whole article! (Not Hoa on Alek's Christmas Lights: Humbug · · Score: 1
    parent post is a hoax, mod down as a troll.

    Furthermore, from the article:

    Komarnitsky said when he went up in Airtracker 7 for a live report on his Christmas lights that his wife was actually on the ground turning them on and off -- not Internet visitors. so yes, the whole thing was a hoax.

  13. Re:Question 3 Solved on Programming Puzzles · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That isn't correct C/C++. You're modifying the same variable multiple times in the same statement. Although it'll probably work on most compilers, the result is technically undefined.

  14. AudioDBI on Centrally-Controlled Home Music System on a Budget? · · Score: 1
    Tooting my own horn... for the backend, I've written a metadata persistence module called AudioDBI for perl that derives from DBI. It should be pretty easy to use. I've got a couple other tools written against it, but they're not quite ready for prime time.

    Using AudioDBI not only can you store/retrieve metadata from a DBI supported database (well, just PostgreSQL right now but that should be easily overcome), but I designed it to support most any CD you come across. Imagine a CD where each song is by a different artist and composed by an entirely different artist, such as a tribute album. Using AudioDBI it's pretty easy to capture all that information.

  15. how about a real bicycle? on E-bike E-xperiences? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    when I was employed (oh so long ago...) I biked to work 2-3 times a week, about 12 miles each way. Screw the e-bike, get the real thing. Peddling your ass that distance will get you in great shape. On top of that, I find cycling a lot less stressful than driving, it's relaxing really.

  16. Re:C'mon now on Nintendo DS Network · · Score: 1
    But Tommy in Montana might have a hard time finding 100 opponents.

    Fair enough, but Tony Montana could easily find 100 opponents.

  17. Re:I'm not sure this is that new on A Liquid That Turns Solid When Heated · · Score: 3, Funny

    so next time I'm at the car dealership, I should inquire if the car comes with LSD, and if so, what sort of LSD it uses? I've been told to avoid the brown LSD.

  18. The Last Starfighter vs Cobra The Musical on The Last Starfighter--The Musical! · · Score: 1

    Maybe they'll go on tour with Cobra The Musical?

  19. Re:Rolling back the meter ?. on Green Housing Takes Root in Oregon · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia solar panels buy you!

  20. Re:MS stands behind its products? on Microsoft's Chief Linux Strategist Interviewed · · Score: 1

    You think the GPL is better?
    [switched to lower case to avoid caps filter]

    no warranty

    11. because the program is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty for the program, to the extent permitted by applicable law. except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.

  21. obligatory Spaceballs quote on Simulating the Whole Universe · · Score: 1

    Dark Helmet: What the Hell am I looking at?! When does this happen in the movie?!
    Col. Sandurz: Now! You're looking at "now," sir. Everything that happens now is happening "now."
    Dark Helmet: What happened to "then?"
    Col. Sandurz: We passed it.
    Dark Helmet: When?
    Col. Sandurz: Just now. We're at now "now."
    Dark Helmet: Go back to "then."
    Col. Sandurz: When?
    Dark Helmet: Now.
    Col. Sandurz: Now?!
    Dark Helmet: Now!
    Col. Sandurz: I can't.
    Dark Helmet: Why?
    Col. Sandurz: We missed it.
    Dark Helmet: When?
    Col. Sandurz: Just now.
    Dark Helmet: When will "then" be "now?"
    Col. Sandurz: Soon.
    Dark Helmet: How soon?

  22. shuttle Atlantis on Hurricane Threatens Shuttle Program · · Score: 2, Funny

    perhaps shuttle Atlantis will make it to its namesake?

  23. you too could be a winner on HP Linux Laptop Is A Winner · · Score: 1

    Someone must of used this HP laptop to hit the monkey on that annoying web popup ad. Don't believe the hype, hitting the monkey doesn't make you a winner.

  24. old SunOS exploit on Peeping Tom Worm That Uses Webcams · · Score: 1

    didn't an old version of SunOS have /dev/mic readable by all? Reportedly it was quickly patched to prevent grunts from listening in on PHBs.

  25. Re:a LCD display? on New Disposable Digital Cameras with LCDs · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it uses a LCD display and not an CRT tube.

    <ducks for cover>