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  1. I think.... on Can I See Your License for those Plants, Sir? · · Score: 2
    this guy should sue Mother Nature. I mean she's the one spreading his seeds without his concent.

  2. this used to happen....... on Bringing Interruption-Based Ads To the Web · · Score: 1
    on the online version of 'you don't know jack' about three to five years ago. Pretty cool at the time but annoying as hell now, I won't be visiting this site.

  3. This surprises me on Organic LEDs to Supercede LCDs? · · Score: 1
    *turning sarcasm up*

    It really does! I never would have thought that someone would ever would have found, or claimed to have found a suitable replacement for LCDs. Exspecially one that was brighter, thinner, lighter, and faster than liquid crystal displays. Not to mention they take less power to run, offer higher contrast, look equally bright from all angles and have the potential to be much cheaper to manufacture than their conventional counterparts." This is amazing news! I'm sending my VISA information so I can be the first one to have one.

    sheesh

  4. Re:foot and mouth on Foot and Mouth Virus and Outlook · · Score: 1

    mod this up.

  5. Here's a thought. on Don't Trust Code Signed by 'Microsoft Corporation' · · Score: 3
    A software update is under development and will be released shortly. When it is available, we will update this bulletin to provide information on how to obtain and use it.

    What if the hacker(s) releases a patch before MS releases one?

  6. we used to do this... on Get a Grip on LAN Parties · · Score: 2
    in universtity but it was used for getting to gether and writing assignments/projects and programs for classes. Then we could all go out and get pissed. I miss those days. Now they LAN party is the office and we all go home afterwards. *sigh*

  7. how do we know......... on The Creation of "Fan" Sites · · Score: 1
    that the person that posted the story was Hemos. It could be some marketing genius's evil scheme to boost excitement over new films. Damn them!! Damn them all to hell!!!

  8. I would have.... on Customs Forms for Moon Rocks · · Score: 5
    checked them too. I mean come on, there travelling with a guy who's middle name is Buzz. Moon dust........ sure it's moon dust.

  9. Why, why, why? on Too Much Tech Makes End Users Blink · · Score: 2
    - there are hundreds of new technologies every year arriving faster than users can assimilate them or their makers can perfect them.

    The nice thing about technology is that nobody expects you to know everything. The other nice thing about technology is that once your involved with a section of technology, it's easier to relate that to other areas.

    The bad thing is that if your involved in technology, your expected to know everything about everything that plugs into a wall. It may be hard to believe but I don't know why the copier isn't working. Sheeshh.

  10. Hmmm.... on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age · · Score: 3
    He earned 241 patents.

    Today all are owned by obscure companies suing NASA for big bucks. Every satelite launch buys them another Malibu beach house. :)

  11. So what your saying... on Sophomore Uses List Context; Cops Interrogate · · Score: 3
    is that essentially these kids were suspended for voicing their opinion on the web rather than speaking it. If they were to contact the same number of people who saw the site vocally than they'd be protected by the first amendment? How does this make sense? Aren't private school governed by the same laws as public schools? Why are they able to do this?

  12. I can't wait. on A PlayStation In Deep Blue, Or Vice Versa? · · Score: 1
    Pong on the PS4! Oh BABY!!

  13. What's next? on PS2 Games to Require Online Authentication · · Score: 3
    If the PS2 encounters a false ser# one of the following will happen.
    • mechanical arms emerge from the front of the console cuff you and dial the local police department.
    • erases all the information on every memory card within 50 yards.
    • calls your Mom.

  14. can you guys.... on CurlyCart: How To Hack Your Power Wheels · · Score: 1

    hack my car?? I'll drive it to work one more time and then I can sit back and read the paper every commute after.

  15. When the tiny......... on Biotech Insects to be Released Into the Wild · · Score: 2
    condom experiment failed, researchers went striaght to manipulating genes.

  16. Make way for..... on Is Hacktivism Robin Hood Politics? · · Score: 4
    high tech hippies. Protesting from the comfort of their own homes. Defending the rights of the human race with only a keyboard, a mouse, an internet connection and granola.
    Sheesh

  17. Re:Way to go Microsoft on Rumors of the Upcoming iPaq · · Score: 2
    dos was nice, Win3.1 was good, Win95 was O.K. (although late), Win98 reboots well and now ME. There seems to be a trend here.........

  18. Re:It's YOUR business on Where Do You Get The Games? · · Score: 2

    Dude, you want to open a business, but you don't have the first idea about how to start it? Why are you asking Slashdot? If we knew, or if it was easy to do, we'd do the same thing, and probably put you out of business.
    He's asking Slashdot because there are smart peope who visit the site and contribute positively to it, unlike some, DUDE. Why would you assume that nobody within the Slashdot community hasn't opened their own business anyway? With a positive attitude like yours, the ability to type like you speak and the unwillingness to take a risk, I'm surprised we haven't yet seen you on the cover of Fortune Magazine.

  19. What will people do.... on Code for Running GPS Satellites Stolen · · Score: 2
    the codes were more dangerous than once thought. Not only was the hackers rendered the GPS system useless, they've also reset every digital clock on the planet (causing mass panic amoung morons and elderly people), screwed up the tracking on everyone's VCR and demagnitized the strips of millions of ATM cards.

    Damn these hackers, damn them all to hell!!

  20. Re:Not bad, but... on The Plusses And Perils of Overclocking · · Score: 2
    Yeah, right. Almost identicle.

    When's the last time a hot girl wanted to ride shotgun on your PC? Now hold on! I'm about to login!

    It's cool to juice up anything but not the same....... 'nuff said

  21. does he know the implications of his actions? on Second Thoughts: Microsoft on Trial · · Score: 2
    The appeals judges are so upset with Jackson that they are reported to be considering sending the case back to a different judge. Jackson's behavior is considered grossly unprofessional, especially in the federal judiciary. Something seems off about this judge. The final decision in the Microsoft case will shape software and new economy laws for decades -- the ruling ought to be credible and beyond doubt.

    I don't think that Judge Jackson completely understand the implications to the industry if Microsoft were in fact broken up. This man, (I use the term loosely) has visions of cheap software, the glorious emergence of alternative OS, and happy users all over the world. I also thing that this guy has visions of his picture on the cover of every magazine in the world.

    Judge Brown is after fame, period.

    Don't get me wrong, I get as frustrated as anyone when I have to run a separate Win98 box to just collect my email but the software solutions that MS provides solutions for the ordinary user and they seem pretty happy about it.

  22. Re:just offer a quote from Alan Kay on Computer Science vs. Computer Engineering? · · Score: 2

    clear as mud. thanks.

  23. Re:Confusing? Um... on Do You Consider Your Social Life When You Choose A Career? · · Score: 2
    I'm quite surprised that it would be the guy that posts eleven times to the same article that would reply, give it a rest.

    The comment implied that drinking in a social atmosphere required on to get drunk to the point of losing one's motor skills. So yes, it did question whether or not people who drink couldn't have fun socially without it.

    But then again, maybe your right. I was trying to convince myself, the last step before the admittance of my problem. You have conformed me with your persistence. I will never drink again! Preach on brother!

    Get a life.

  24. Re:Confusing? Um... on Do You Consider Your Social Life When You Choose A Career? · · Score: 2
    If that's all you think drinking is, than you've been misinformed. The majority of things in the world are fine in moderation, and that includes alcohol.

    I haven't once felt the need to, while enjoying a bottle of wine over dinner, to over-indulge and drink until "I lose control of my motor functions". People who drink socially do not need to have alcohol in order to have a good time. Believe it or not but we are capable of interaction without a drink in our hands.

    The fact that people who do drink are being negatively judged is hypocritical. Does that mean that if I don't spend my time playing laser tag or online, that I'm intitled to criticize someone who does? No. Any hobby in excess is not healthy.

  25. they blew that idea on Auto-Suicide for Grey Market Electronics? · · Score: 2
    Now Motorola's European research laboratory has found a way to thwart these grey imports by fitting equipment with a device that secretly checks where it is.

    Not any more it doesn't.