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  1. That distortion has a common name. on Sony Sells Defective, Damaging CDs in Eastern Europe · · Score: 5
    there are bursts of distortion as the player tries in vain to decode the garbage.

    That "garbage" is called "New Country" and belive it or not, some people like it.

  2. names and addresses on DirecTV to Pursue Pirates · · Score: 3, Funny
    As many as 100,000 names and addresses were collected from searches of alleged bootleg equipment operations

    O.K. we have search and arrest warrents for a Mr. S. Clause, I.P. Freely, Phil McKraken, and George Washington. We're still waiting on the ones for Clark Kent and M. Monroe. Let's roll.

    Ha ha, what chumps. Why don't they just go door to door and ask people if they're stealing Direct TV's signal?

    Agent: "Sorry to bother you sir but I'm Agent Thompson from the FBI, are you stealing a Direct T.V. signal?"
    Man at Door: "No."
    Agent: "Fair enough, thanks for your time."

  3. You and your OS on Joy of Linux · · Score: 3
    It's alright to love your operating system, just as long as you don't LOVE your operating system.

  4. I looked at the animation... on Code Red! All Hands to Battle Stations! · · Score: 1
    and it looks as if all of the zero computers in greenland have been infected. brrrr, that's scary. Is anyone safe??

  5. It could have been much worse.... on Code Red! All Hands to Battle Stations! · · Score: 2
    Then, at midnight, all Code Red zombies quit searching for new victims. Instead the horde of enthralled computers all focused on flooding one of the servers that hosts Slashdot Web site with junk connections threatening its shutdown. "Slashdot essentially turned off one of its two DNS servers, saying that any requests to slashdot.org should be rerouted to the other server," says Jimmy Kuo, a Network Associates's McAfee fellow who assisted slashdot in finding a solution. Luckily, Code Red couldn't cope with the newly altered address and waged war on the inactive site. "The public didn't notice anything because any requests went to the other server," Kuo says. We feel that this is payback for the numerous servers the "Slashdot Effect" has grinded to a halt. The author of this worm has made it personal.

  6. The two sides will never get together.... on Could Eminent Domain Break The RIAA Stranglehold? · · Score: 2
    The Court suggested that such holes might be avoided if the two sides the authors and the publishers could get together and agree contractually on the terms of electronic publication.

    It seems that the Internet has turned from a dot-com frenzy into a contest about who can sue in the most unique way. Find a loophole, create a stir publicly about the injustice and then sue.

    I agree that people should be compensated fairly for what they produce but come on! There has to be some limits.

  7. three year study? on The Internet Might Not Be So Depressing · · Score: 3
    "A three-year follow-up of the original sample found that negative effects dissipated,"

    It took them three years to find that out? Now that's depressing.

  8. Re:Look toward auto racing. on Are Games Turning Kids Into Jocks? · · Score: 1
    here's an article

  9. Look toward auto racing. on Are Games Turning Kids Into Jocks? · · Score: 4
    Jacques Villeneuve (Formula One champion) attributes some of his reaction speed and mental quickness to playing video games. He is know as being one of the best starters in Formula One.

    Geeks are fast, strong and pissed off, look out.

    Next on Fox, "When good Geeks Go Bad"

  10. It's about time. on All The World Over, Your Stolen I.D. · · Score: 3
    you might want to check your credit card bill post-haste. .

    *checking statement* "What the hell is this monthly charge from Verizon? They've been doing this monthly, like clockwork! Someone has to put a stop to this.

  11. DON'T DO THAT!! on Tracking A Thief Via The Sircam Virus? · · Score: 1
    I wouldn't wish Microsoft on my worst enemy. *shudder*

  12. can anyone find out...... on Win $200,000 In RSA's Factoring Challenge · · Score: 1
    what I have to factor for the ten dollar prize. I forgot my lunch money today and ten bucks would really come in handy.

    Is there anyone out there that's against cracking a 64bit encryption key?

  13. Viruses are bad on Death To Virus Writers · · Score: 1
    I'm still trying to open this loveletter and see Kournikova naked. I hate Outlook.

  14. Re:I wonder .... on Dmitry Protests Running · · Score: 1
    Attention everyone, obviously we have found the leader of the protests. Who else would have access to such valuable inside information?

  15. I wonder .... on Dmitry Protests Running · · Score: 3
    what graphics suite they used to produce their signs? Adobe has nothing to worry about.

    Seriously though, good luck with the protest.

  16. vacumming?? on NASA Developing Space Droids · · Score: 1
    I dunno about you, but if I could get one to vacuum my apartment I'd be a happy dude.

    I can think of alot more *ahem* chores that I could teach a driod that would make me a happier man.

  17. What will be next? on "Big Brother" And The Web · · Score: 1
    Next will be shootings, accidents and executions.

    What will be next? I bet they start putting pornographic material on the web. What a bunch of sickos.

  18. Re:Why should they be famous? on The Faceless Astronauts · · Score: 1
    And let's face it, growing bacteria in zero-G doesn't exactly get the public's pulse pounding.

    Speak for yourself!


    Murphy's Law of Copiers

  19. it's not that nobody knows them on The Faceless Astronauts · · Score: 1
    That's a loss for the country, NASA administrator Dan Goldin says. "These people reflect the American spirit. I'm sad America doesn't know them."

    It's not that nobody knows them, it's just that not as many people follow the space program. It's not the nolity it used to be. There are people that follow every mission in detail and these are the people that are facinated with space and space travel. People have many more things to be interested in now with the advances in technology.


    Murphy's Law of Copiers

  20. wonderful invention on Books on Demand · · Score: 1
    Watching the book move along is a bit like watching a doughnut go through a Krispy Kreme machine.

    Mmmmmmmm...............doughnuts. Is there anything they can't do?

  21. I can't wait on Bringing Quantum Chips To The Assembly Line · · Score: 2
    Eventually, they'll hit RadioShack though ...

    Yeah, right between the cm cubed terabyte of storage and the ream of colour electronic paper.

  22. What about a ..... on Better Sniper Detection · · Score: 1
    a spitter? Could they find out where the other spitter was?

  23. Brute force?? on Sweat-Eating Bacteria to Live in Your Clothes · · Score: 1
    Brute force was required.
    "They're tough little guys,"

    Are you telling me that this Fowler guy and his team of scientists almost got their asses kicked by bacteria? BO is the least of their worries if that's the case. Hit the weights boys!

  24. I think that they.... on Fourth Indiana Jones Installment · · Score: 1
    should be trying to find the fountain of youth. Maybe George Burns could play a part in the movie too.

  25. Re:I'm doing this study... on The Psychology of Passwords · · Score: 1
    yeah, I'm doing a study on credit cards......send me yours and I'll include you in it.

    One user was amazed that I knew his password but he had it plastered all over his monitor.


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