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  1. In My day... on Broadband Over Power Lines vs. Radio Relayers · · Score: 2, Funny

    We had to make HF frequencies by hand! In the Snow! Uphill both ways!

  2. New quote from the future: on Q&A With MIT's Nicholas Negroponte · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Honestly mom, that pr0n was just going THROUGH my device. I think it just got stuck!"

  3. Wait wait wait... on No Federal Do-Not-Spam Registry For Now · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought they had this now: Isn't it the "Opt-Out" thingy?

  4. Damn inconsiderate... on Web Quantum Computer Simulator · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've taken out all the fun of the "imagine a beowulf cluster of these..." by putting it in the article itself...DARN YOU SLASHDOT! DARN YOU TO HECK!

  5. This is old... on Invisible Cloaks, Translucent Walls · · Score: 1

    I remember this about 2 years ago...has anything changed since then?

  6. Forgive the ignorance... on A Look at the Newly Released Mozilla Firefox 0.9 · · Score: 1

    Firefox is Mozilla without the email client, right? It can accept the same modules/plugins and everything, right? Or am I way off?

  7. Watch... on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darl's going to turn around and claim that this is proof that the Linux Business models don't work.

  8. Call it what it is: on First Science From A Virtual Observatory · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a frickin' database!!

  9. Wow.... on LA to Oregon at Mach 9 · · Score: 0

    in the 3 minutes it said that it was gonna take to down this initially, I went from 273 kB/s to 101.

    Go /.!

  10. obligitory "Ocean's 11" Quote... on Geeks and Poker? · · Score: 1

    "Guys, read 'em and weep: All....Reds!"

  11. You know... on Fathers of Linux Revealed: Tooth Fairy & Santa Claus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is one of the reasons why I love linux: It's so down-to-earth. The early versions of the gentoo installation instructions told you to play Bom-Bad Racing on the PS2 while waiting for it to set up. It's nice to see people laid back. Can you picture Microsoft doing this?

  12. My guess... on nVidia Announces MXM for Notebooks · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They are Extremely power-efficient unless you are running a file named something other than "windows.com"

  13. Taking bets.... on Freecache · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How much you wanna bet this is going to become a haven for bit-torrent seeds? Put 'em up, get 'em to people, get it started, then take 'em down.

  14. Other problem... on Camera Phone Tips · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For those of us in the defense industry, it's mandatory that we get a phone without a camera on it. If you are working in an Open Secret area, you will be fired on the spot if you don't. I suspect that while that rule is in effect, phone manufacturers will always produce a camera-less version, lest they lose defense industry contracts.

  15. w00t! on Spiderman 2 Trailer · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was skeptical after the first trailer came out. However, this one looks just as good as the first, if not better. Looks like real character development (*gasp* *shock*). I also liked the character of the editor of the Daily Bugle. Looks like another weine...er...winner. ...Cluster bombing from a B-52 flying at 30,000 feet is HIGHLY, HIGHLY accurate: The bombs ALWAYS hit the ground.

  16. Uhh...yeah... on Downloaded Music Gets More Expensive · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Umm...Wasn't one of Apple's guidelines that you can't sell a single for more than $.99, or an album for more than the price of the singles?

    I don't care if OSX IS Unix-based. He just lost MAJOR cool points with me.

    (Like he REALLY listens to what I have to say anyway...)

  17. Wow.... on Installing Linux on a Dead Badger · · Score: 4, Funny

    This should have definitely come from the "sick-and-wrong" dept. Or maybe a new mod: "-1, Sick" Nasty Nasty Nasty.

    Though I wonder if you could put linux on an Aibo, then use the badger skin...

  18. Max files... on IBM's Mainframe Dinosaur Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    No, I'm talking there is no database program that could manage that many files.

  19. Interesting... on IBM's Mainframe Dinosaur Turns 40 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In Woodland Hills, CA, there is a mainframe that contains all the medical records of every event that has ever taken place in the state. (I used to work IT there, and I've seen it...farkin' impressive piece of machinery.)

    They TRIED to convert it to a more conventional system, but they couldn't, due to the fact that no database on earth could handle the sheer number of records.

    Impressive, no?

  20. Wow... on Optimizing distcc · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some reason, "Imagine a beowulf clusters using this" is on-topic.

    This is so weird.

    I must drink now.

    "I do NOT suffer from a mental condition. I'm enjoying every second of it."

  21. Well.... on Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't blame them for trying...I just hope they have the good sense to back off if they find someone using p2p for legal uses...

  22. GULLIBLE! on City Officials Almost Ban Foam Cups · · Score: 1

    I hope this shows up some of the actual "research" that goes on before some of our duly-elected officials vote to restrict things "for the children".

    C'mon people, when you restrict car's emissions but allow barges to come in unchecked, you aren't really helping me breath easier. (FYI, each barge that comes into port at Long Beach and Los Angeles puts more pollution in the air than just over a million cars.)

  23. How fitting... on Tracking Social Networking In Shakespeare Plays · · Score: 2, Funny

    They called it "MacBeth", and they got slashdotted. Guess it really is unlucky. :)

  24. Re:Maybe McBride has been HELPING Linux all along! on SCO - EV1, Licensees, Groklaw, Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    Now THAT deserves a Google-bomb. What could we link it to?

  25. Re:SEC investigation underway? on SCO - EV1, Licensees, Groklaw, Armed Guards · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't thinks so...I think the SEC thinks we are a bunch of miscreants trying to cause trouble. The fact that they haven't done anything is a problem. What we SHOULD do, is make a coherent case on Groklaw, and refer the SEC to it. PJ could supervise to make sure it is secure.

    emerge -DU SCO-SEC-case.1.2.3