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  1. Re:Nonsense! on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 2, Informative

    two letters, dd

    For non unix users, dd can be used to copy a file bit for bit. Since Everything Is a File, you can copy a file to a harddrive without using a filesystem.

  2. Re:Brazil nuts, and extracting waste pharmaceutica on Money That Grows On Trees · · Score: 1

    Considering Canabis is perhaps the easiest plant to grow (provided you live in a country where the growing has been decriminalised) It would certainly be a complete waste of time to extract THC from the ground (if thats even possible).

    PS: THC is one of the working chemicals in marijuana.

  3. Re:margin of error? on Another English/Metric "Spacecraft" Problem · · Score: 1

    yeah, Like the american system is like clearly superior, I mean like, no one has like ever confused ' with ", you know?

  4. I work in an apple store on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    I work in at and Apple Dealer and it took an experienced tech 6 hours to replace a bezel. If you read the guide for dissembling an ibook it just tells you the parts you need to remove before you get to the bezel (basicly the entire computer)

    The bezel is the part that remains!

  5. Re:Not really surprising, is it? on Sobig Worm Attacking RBL Lists? · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a great idea! I'm not sure how we should advertise for a service like that though.. its a pretty niche market.

    How about we try Direct-Marketing via email? I hear it works pretty well for other businesses like ours

    Oh, wait.

  6. Re:a new Sun? on Galileo, Consumed by Jupiter · · Score: 1
    I call bullshit. quoted from http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanet s/jupiter.html
    The chance that such a small quantity of plutonium would cause the whole damned planet to blow up is pretty small to say the least.
    Jupiter radiates more energy into space than it receives from the Sun. The interior of Jupiter is hot: the core is probably about 20,000 K. The heat is generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism, the slow gravitational compression of the planet. (Jupiter does NOT produce energy by nuclear fusion as in the Sun; it is much too small and hence its interior is too cool to ignite nuclear reactions.) This interior heat probably causes convection deep within Jupiter's liquid layers and is probably responsible for the complex motions we see in the cloud tops. Saturn and Neptune are similar to Jupiter in this respect, but oddly, Uranus is not.
  7. Re:That's not only awesome, but.. on Panther's TextEdit to Open MS Word Files · · Score: 1

    textedit for programming? I use projectbuilder, syntax coloring and all that!

  8. Re:latex still worth learning on Is Latex Still Worth Learning? · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    I also use a computer in class because of inaccurate handwriting. Are you fast enough with LaTeX to use it during math tests? I figure it may be nice to show teachers (and myself) something else than the ^ and /'s I'm currently using.

  9. macosx software update down on Screensaver Bug in Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    I think the update is about to be released, I can't access the software update servers. I think that usually happeneds just before an upgrade

  10. Re:Apple Scores again on Gentoo, Fink, and DarwinPorts Join Forces · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, all developers in this world should hail the great leader rxed the 634882th because he obviously knows more than we all do! Have you ever written a single line of code yourself?

  11. Re:I'm totally in favor of genetic engineering on Genetically Engineered Pets Hit the Market · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, aquarium fish already escape into the wild frequently to wreak havoc. I don't think the native species give a swimming fuck weather or not the exotics glow or not.

    NEVER release your pets into the wild!

  12. Mispellings in the NY times on SCO Berates Linus' Approach To Kernel Contributions · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mr. Torvalds developed the software engine, or kernal, blah blah blah

    Maybe we should ask Mister Steve Lohr to become a slashdot editor :)

  13. Re:Defending Windows 2000? on Special Ops · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was thinking more allong the lines of a good, old fashioned, brick and concrete wall.

  14. 2200% yeah right on Spammers Exploiting Hotmail Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I grepped my mbox file for DAV and it returned only one line. This is from an mbox file with 800 pieces of spam in it. 1/800*100%=0.1% of my spams mails in the last week where send using this vulnerabillity.

    ofcourse I don't use hotmail so hotmail users may be getting hit harder than I am.

  15. IRDA vs IR on Using a PC as a Remote Control? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you sure that you have an remote control style IR port built in? Most laptops ship with IRDA style IR ports, these are designed for communication with other laptops, palmtops, mobile phones, etc.

    It might be possible to rig something up with a parallel port and a IR LED. But I'm not sure about that...

  16. first spelling post on Optical Cellphones · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it seams like the editor made yet another spelling error...

  17. Re:Related question. on GPL Issues Surrounding Commercial Device Drivers? · · Score: 1

    sure, have a look at other open source drivers for macosx, However, I belief there aren't very many. you might want to have a look at macam its a userland driver for usb cameras...

  18. Re:*BUT* it's a Perl script... on Working Bayesian Mail Filter · · Score: 2, Funny

    sure... an .exe file everyone could run... have you had your pills today? a perl script runs on many more platforms then any .exe file.

  19. Re:this is true on Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings · · Score: 1, Informative

    if you save a file as rtf and change the extension to .doc word will open it without complaining.

  20. if you don't want to live forever on Tweaked Genes Can Double Worm's Lifespan · · Score: 0, Troll

    you die

  21. cheapest domain name? on See Ya .su · · Score: 1

    What is the cheapest domain name to get? has there been a third world country yet who has decided to sell domain names for $5 a year? I think that could create some serious money..

    Nico

  22. How about on Read a Good Word Processing Book Lately? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Teach them some basic linux stuff... how to boot in and use kde/gnome/etc. Show them a dumb linux terminal and how to use it. oh, and tell them about RTF.

  23. Re:Excuse me on SpinCam: High-Gravity (100G) Camera · · Score: 2, Funny

    any volumnteers to go and gain 100 times your current weight? no, nobody? ok, I guess we will have to go with worms instead...

  24. Not a plant on Caring for Your Plants in Unnatural Environments? · · Score: 0

    Have you ever concidered a fish or two, three? you can buy an aquarium and set it up, Many fish don't mind if you are gone for a weekend and you will get to enjoy an aquarium full of fishy colors.

    PS: be sure to do some research on fish first, it can turn into an expensive hobby!

  25. Re:Life Imitating Star Trek on Virtual Genetic Evolution · · Score: 0

    the way i remember it was that they wheren't nomatic, they believed that they had a "birthright" to their planet... and that them comming from another planet disporved that birthright... freaky creatures... /me is sick that he knows this