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  1. Re:Yellowdog Linux on (When) Will Linux Pass Apple On The Desktop? · · Score: 1
    For starters, comparing a more advanced distribution like Debian to OSX is rediculous.

    It's not stupid! It's advanced!
  2. Re:Think it's confusing now? on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1

    You forgot:
    USB 2.0 Mega Ultra Fricken Wide Full Top Speed LVD

  3. Re:hummers do on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 2, Funny
    Its 2002 where the hell is my flying car?

    Its not 2002 anymore. FYI.
  4. Re:110VAC outlets available today on 42-Volt Autos · · Score: 1

    Charging your laptop battery requires relativly very little power. If you had a 1250W inverter, it would require at least 100A at 12V, or 2-4gauge wires. If you ran at 42V, you would only need 30A or so, and you could do that with 8-10gauge wires. That would even create the possibility of using a temporary connector (a 100A connection needs a direct line to the battery). HTH.

  5. Re:Thumbs on Why Johnny Can't Handwrite · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that a typewriter in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

  6. Re:I have to agree... on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1
    blah blah blah......free beer.

    The rock'n'roll lifestyle isn't all it's cracked up to be...


    Doesnt sound too bad to me.
  7. Re:Will they still be behind Intel ? on Apple to Announce the Power Mac G5 at WWDC? · · Score: 1
    It used to be that any computer that had an '040 could run any OS from 7.0-8.2

    <nitpick>7.5.5 ran on any computer 68000 and up (with at least 4M of ram). 7.6 was labled to run on '030 and up, but actually ran on machines with 32bit clean ROMS (namely, IIci and up). 8.0-8.1 (there was no 8.2) was labled to run on 68040 and up, but could actually run on a '030 with hacks.
    8.5-9.2.2 required a PPC.</nitpick>
  8. Re:Equity on Putting the TV Broadcast Spectrum to Better Use? · · Score: 1
    Personally, I have a little black & white TV that is battery powered and that I can turn on during power outages (e.g., due to hurricanes) to find out the weather.

    If the power is out due to a hurricane, couldent you just assume that the weather == hurricane?
  9. Re:It has to be done... on Future Army Battle Uniforms - Wired, Lethal · · Score: 1

    I think that would be called a 'War'

  10. Re:grrr on 3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives? [UPDATED] · · Score: 1
    I want that 80 meg drive to be backed up

    <sarcasm>
    Have you heard of Zip drives? They hold up to 100M. Should be enough for your data.
    </sarcasm>
  11. Hmm... on Microsoft to Pay AOL $750M in Settlement · · Score: 1

    With this ruling, mabye AOLTW will actually turn a profit this quarter.

  12. Nah on Getting Inside Einstein's Head · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its probably a dupe from 48+ years ago.

  13. Re:sourceforge.net on Misterhouse - a Home Driven by Perl Scripts · · Score: 2, Informative
    (in the USA there are two leads that are 240V to each other, but 120 to ground, but they're not really separate phases, otherwise you'd have about 210V to each other).

    They are seperate phases, 180 out of phase to each other.
    Three phase power is 120 between each phase, yeilding 208V between each phase
    120 * sqrt(3) = 208
    sqrt(3)= ~1.73
  14. Re:Ummm on Solid-State DV Camcorder · · Score: 1

    The data /is/ different. MiniDV is not the same as Digital8, however (this is where my knowledge gets shakey) they both convert it to regular 'DV' when it goes on the firewire cable.

  15. Re:This is a manufactured problem on Analysis of Netflix's DVD Allocation System · · Score: 1

    Is this a physical problem with current burners? or is it the lack of double layer dvd-r media?

  16. Re:McNugget-powered Volkswagen Rabbi on Run Your Car on Grease · · Score: 1
    doing something more fun like getting fellatio or posting to Slashdot.

    Naturally, these are mutually exclusive...
  17. Re:Trends, Big Brother, etc. on Deus Ex Writer Discusses 'Dangerous Technology' · · Score: 2, Funny
    Read Macheiovelli's 'The Prince'

    I tried reading that once, but I didn't have the Symbol font installed on my system
  18. Re:Diamonds as CPUs on Diamonds As Room-Temperature Superconductors · · Score: 2, Funny
    but Discovery has been airing a documentary about the discovery.

    Score: -1, Redundant
  19. Re:Yes, well, here is my experience... on Legacy-Free PCs · · Score: 1

    Usually theres an option in the BIOS to do some kind of keyboard emulation (probably labeled for DOS). Does this board not have that?

  20. Re:From the article on Newly Discovered Fault Under L.A. · · Score: 1
    # Knives don't kill people, a thrusting motion does.

    Ohh yeah....
  21. Re:Get 'em on Pennsylvania Refuses to Disclose Banned Website List · · Score: 1

    Alternately, just publish the list on /. - I bet the sites would never be back up.

    What are you suggesting about slashdotters' habits??
  22. Re:It's time like this... on Photographer Fired For Digitally Altering Photo · · Score: 1

    just remember: in soviet russia, photo retouches you!

  23. Re:Hi on First Certified DivX/DVD Player Released · · Score: 1

    Sorry, its "DivX;-)" not "DivX;)".

  24. Re:MOD PARENT UP!! on Cheating Online Gamers · · Score: 1

    up up down down left right left right b a (select if multiplayer) start

  25. Re:Wow!G3 and G4 basically the same (at first) on Apple Responds to Adobe · · Score: 1

    Nope. The G4 does have FPU upgrades. The G3 was notoriously bad at FPU, a 604e at the same clock rate would beat it in that dept (iirc).