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  1. Re:Why do people think this will help anything? on $200 Net PC to Close Brazil's Digital Divide · · Score: 1
    If I only paid attenting during Spanish at school

    You would have noticed that Brazilians speak Portuguese!

  2. Re:Computers for the homeless on $200 Net PC to Close Brazil's Digital Divide · · Score: 1

    He tried, but FedEx couldn't find where to deliver them.

  3. Damned 5cr1p7 |1dd1e5 on Antarctic Ice Cap Breaking Up? · · Score: 1
    Overclocking their CPUs!

    Maybe they should get some MicroFans

  4. Re:does this break the theory of relativity? on Stop, Light. · · Score: 1

    Also, when you want to stop light, you have to make c static

  5. Re:Just wondering... on Stop, Light. · · Score: 1
    When you stop light, you have to rename it heavy.

    Something to do with rest mass...

  6. Re:does this break the theory of relativity? on Stop, Light. · · Score: 2
    i thought that light always moved at c

    It does, but no-one remembered to make c final so it's a variable.

    Nothing is immutable - except flux.

  7. Re:It's not the Internet, it's Holywood! on Is the Net The Cause of California's Power Problems? · · Score: 1
    Is the Net The Cause of California's Power Problems?

    I don't think it's entirely fair to blame Sandra Bullock for all of this.

    On second thoughts...

  8. Re:HTML Compliance - "Gotta get back in time" on Will Browser-Neutral Web Soon Become Thing Of Past? · · Score: 1
    I made the effort to be pedantic, and pushed all the pages through the w3c validator service.

    Nice in principle, but the HTML 4 spec is ahead of both NS and IE who don't really need to comply with the standard, because they each see themselves as de facto.

    Just because it's valid HTML according to w3c, doesn't mean the big players saw it as important to implement in their browsers.

  9. Let's just hope... on Chinese Rocket with 'Lifeform' Goes Into Space · · Score: 1
    ...the the mystery lifeform is not the "accidental doomsday virus".

    Whatever it is, they plan to bring it back to analyze.

    No details on whether that's a medical or an autopsy though.

  10. Re:Coolest one I had... on The History Is In The Shirts · · Score: 1
    That's Tera-ble

    Made me Gig-gle though.

  11. Depends... on "D-VHS": Will it replace DVD? · · Score: 1
    You're probably thinking of lossy compression.

    With a loss-less algorithm, you gets out what you puts in, so it will be fine.

    Really.

    Trust me.

  12. How it works on Surfing The Net With Brain Waves? · · Score: 2
    The Attention Trainer(TM) is noninvasive. It detects signals emitted from the external surface of the head. Although The Attention Trainer(TM) poses no greater threat than a Walkie-Talkie or regular video games, it is not recommended for children under the age of 7. There are no harmful side effects from using The Attention Trainer. Although safe, if health issues exist, it is recommended that a physician be consulted prior to use.

    The sensors contain a simple solution that has been tested.

    Find more here

  13. Hang on... on The Honeypot Project · · Score: 5

    Micro$oft did this months ago!

  14. Re:whatever on Non-banner Ads Coming to the Web · · Score: 1

    How am I gonna track down a Slashdot Cruiser now?

  15. Re:no more on Non-banner Ads Coming to the Web · · Score: 1
    a new technology that downloads the ad while you read the content, then displays the ad when you leave the page (aka "superstitials").

    This is like chain letters, don't break the chain or... Oh, no, sorry, that's superstitions

  16. Isolation on Glowing Potato Plants as Dryness Alert · · Score: 1
    The potatoes are not intended to be eaten but would act as "sentinels," planted beside the commercial crop to alert a farmer that the rest of his field needed watering.

    So how do they keep them apart at harvest time?

    If they are isolated in some way whilst growing, they won't be indicating anything very relevant.

  17. Those guys... on The Encryption Wars · · Score: 1
    WORTHINGTON: We'll see. We should have this conversation again twenty years from now.

    MOGLEN: Oh, we'll all be having this conversation constantly.

    They obviously know /. too well.

  18. OpenSource, EFF etc on Up, Up, Down, Down: Part Three · · Score: 1
    We know that gamers are the new prophets

    On Slashdot?

    We don't like prophet here. Or Kats.

  19. Metaphor of the day: on Up, Up, Down, Down: Part Three · · Score: 1
    Adults may quake...

    And in a gaming article too.

  20. Put the boot on the other foot. on Bridging The Language Gap In Multi-Lingual Workplaces? · · Score: 1
    You say it's difficult to understand a native speaker when they speak another language. I agree, it's much easier to speak a language other than your own than to understand someone else speaking it.

    How about trying a compromise whereby you each speak the other's language?

    For example, you speak to a French guy, in French, and he replies in English.

    It might not work, but I'd be willing to try it on the basis that it may help.

  21. Now that's funny! on plex86 ported to NetBSD/i386 · · Score: 1
    But shouldn't they work on irony out all of the bugs on one OS before porting it to others?

    Couldn't have said it better.

  22. Re:Mores law on ASUS P4 Motherboard Bests Intel, Says Sharky · · Score: 1
    Yep, thats what Mores law dictates.

    No, that's Moore's law.

    More's law dictates that there will be an exponential number of redundant posts over time on /.

  23. Have I got the wrong end of the stick or what? on ASUS P4 Motherboard Bests Intel, Says Sharky · · Score: 1
    four RIMM slots

    Wow! and real hair?

  24. You will meet a tall, dark stranger on A Pair of Google Bits · · Score: 1
    "When somebody searches for 'cancer,' should you put up the site that paid you or the site that has better information?" Brin is betting better information will win the day.

    Who cares, as long as I get my Horoscope.

  25. Re:Administering Apache on Administering Apache · · Score: 1

    I would also have reservations.