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  1. Would that be a on Fun With Nanotechnology Advances · · Score: 1
    Single pole, single throw switch?

    Sounds like a fuse to me, which is a slow one-way (ie on->off, permanently) switch.

    Does voltage cause heat anyway? Isn't that current? If so, it should all be fine, because the currents should be low anyway at that kind of scale.

    Panic over, everybody get back to work.

  2. Bush on encryption: on Help Bush and Gore Answer Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1
    6) Encryption....

    Well I am commitificated to supportifying the rights of the populatory constituents of the Unified Statifications of Americanism to Dis-encryptificate as strengthily as possibility permissions.

    Best quote from Bush:Why do you think all those internet addresses start with a dubya?

    That's the world wide web, George.

  3. Don't use "apostrophes" as 'quotes' on Napster Cuts Deal With BMG · · Score: 1
    'or' you'll end up with 'unterminated' strings.

    Everyone knows that ' is for a char, and " is for a string, anyway - unless you use a scripting "language".

    Anyway, to get back on topic, should we ban photocopiers? Or at least prosecute Xerox et al, cos they've been trading in illegal goods.

    Oh no. That was us. You and me, buddy.

    --I liked the old Sig 11 better.

  4. Alternatively... on Chandra Discovers Enormous 'Skull' · · Score: 1
    Cambridge dictionary says:

    nebula noun [C] SPECIALIZED
    a cloud of gas or dust in space, appearing either bright or dark
    nebular adjective SPECIALIZED

  5. Try posting without previewing when you link on Chandra Discovers Enormous 'Skull' · · Score: 1
    Because there's a bug that screws up character entities and adds & to the text just when you don't need it.

    This appears to translate into a space when you post.

    I know we're talking about nebulae, but that doesn't mean we need space in our links.

  6. Subjective interpretation on Chandra Discovers Enormous 'Skull' · · Score: 2
    These nebulae don't look humanoid!

    The human brain is pre-programmed to infer human characteristics from visual inputs.

    Remember the man in the moon?

  7. Don't you read /. ? on Soyuz vs. Space Shuttle · · Score: 1
    not that anyone has a bus in orbit they need to retrieve

    Oh no?

  8. Another way to distribute on Sending Pumpkins Where No Gourd Has Gone Before · · Score: 1

    DeCSS?

  9. These boys are big! on Sending Pumpkins Where No Gourd Has Gone Before · · Score: 1
    Hurlers

    I guess soon they'll run out of pumpkins, and revert to slinging spam around.

  10. I got the joke on AMD's DDR-Capable 760 Chipset Reviewed X3 · · Score: 4
    from the not-brd dept

    This is about DDR being the abbreviation for East Germany, and BRD West Germany, isn't it?

    I'll remember to set my chip to Eastern-bloc mode.

  11. Patent vs Copyright on EU Study Looks At Software Patents · · Score: 3
    Could someone explain why patents are necessary when copyright is automatically conferred when, for example, a book is written?

    I know people try to steal copyright, but authors have caught on, and now assert their copyright explicitly.

    If copyright is breached, the owner can sue for plagiarism etc, without needing to get involved in patents at all.

    I always though patents were meant to be applicable to products/processes, rather than documents - which is what source listings are.

    Apart from from the copyright expiring (which may not be relevant in a fast-moving environment) what else makes this impractical?

  12. Re:Slashdot as a Sphere on Cyberdemocracy And The Public Sphere · · Score: 1

    Probably not. I think this is the closest we can get:
    Slashdot sph ere

  13. Waaaaaaaaaaasssssssssup? on Microsoft Cracked · · Score: 1
    I just logged in as slashdot123/slashdot123.

    No problems. Why all the bitching?

  14. The best link (irony) on Microsoft Cracked · · Score: 2
    is at http://www.msnbc.com/news/481927.asp

    We are confident that the integrity of Microsoft source code remains secure.

  15. Re:Info also at the Washington Post on Microsoft Cracked · · Score: 1
  16. The only true language on English, The Global Internet Language? · · Score: 1
    is /.

    and if you don't speak it, you get modded down. </humor>

    English is, and has been for hundreds of years, a living, evolving language, and always will be.

    Its power is that it absorbs the most important current ideas and concepts from other languages, and also allows unfashionable words to die.

    Some English words are now quite passé. (Oops I did it again.)

  17. Hello, calling any sane moderators on Emmanuel Goldstein Profiled · · Score: 2
    The guy is from a book called 1984 by a man called Eric Arthur Blair who wrote as George Orwell. It was published in 1949, and had its title taken from the year of writing (1948) with the last 2 digits reversed.

    It begins It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.

    The text is here Try reading it to find out the difference betweem Smith and Goldstein

    THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
    OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
    by
    Emmanuel Goldstein

    Winston began reading:

    Chapter I
    Ignorance is Strength

    So Winston Smith, you will agree is the better name to assume

    Another ONtopic comment here

  18. I think I overstepped the mark on ICANN And The Domain Game · · Score: 1

    when I registered linu.cx

  19. Re:PGP? on UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail · · Score: 1
    I now have 138000 something keys, and rising.

    They can have them if they must.

    And no, I don't believe I have to tell them which one matches which data.

  20. Re: Kenny on UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail · · Score: 1
    Can I say RIP?

    And no that is most definitely not off-topic, on either count.

  21. Hot off the press (well nearly) on UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail · · Score: 1
    The BBC reports that today the UK introduces Controversial new regulations (RIP)

    Actually, it came into force yesterday.

  22. Re:Wirless protocols and the decline of technolgy on IPv6 and Wireless Networks · · Score: 1
    I don't think meta-moderate would be viable if we all knew who had modded us down.

    Maybe there should be some method of atonement introduced.

    My karma needs it with these confused moderators who think I am serious when I'm not, and ironically think I'm not serious when I am.

  23. Just wanted to point out the futility on Messages From Democracy's Ghosts · · Score: 1
    of guessing percentages to make a point.

    If you are suggesting that 1 individual's vote is not important, maybe you should run for president. :)

  24. Re:None of the above on Messages From Democracy's Ghosts · · Score: 2
    No, that's Vladimir Nonovabova.

    But I see where the confusion occurred.

  25. Re:Competency on Messages From Democracy's Ghosts · · Score: 1

    That's how Reagan did it.