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  1. Re:oven on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Back in the day when I was an intern MRI operator, I brought in some HDDs to wipe in a 2 Tesla magnet. There was a strong tug when bringing the HDDs into the strongest portion of the magnetic field but it was by no means so uncontrollable as to rip it from my hands.

    Now, I never actually ran the MRI with the HDD in the bore, so I can't attest to the damage caused by doing that. But I imagine the results would be quite spectacular.

  2. Am I the only one. . . on Will Vista Run Your Games? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one that read the headline as "Will Vista Ruin Your Games?"

  3. Re:Controller... on PS3 Launch Details Announced · · Score: 1

    I'm sure you mean 60 GB model.

  4. Real bosses on Know Thy Bosses · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think these strategies can be applied to real bosses or PHBs. For example:

    -Keep moving.
    If you aren't where they expect you to be, they can't ask you to come into work on Saturday.

    -If the boss stops, panic.
    S/he is likely to give you a mundane task that is below your abilities or ask you a stupid question.

    -Scan for weak spots.
    If you know their weak spot, you can always bring it up in a time of dire need.

    -The quarter rule.
    At the end of a quarter expect your assigned tasks to multiply, there are deadlines to be met.

    -Take a break.
    The water cooler is an excellent place to share boss strategies with your comrades.

  5. Re:Yoshi's a crackhead! on Pac-Man As Pot Head · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mario 2 wasn't really a mario game to begin with. In Japan it was called Doki Doki Panic. The original Japanese Mario 2 was released in the US on Mario All Stars as Super Mario Brothers: The Lost Levels.

  6. Re:daikatana on What's the Best Geek Joke You Know? · · Score: 1
  7. Where is the basis for comparison? on Nintendogs Pummels Sony Products · · Score: 0

    This is like comparing apples to premature apples and very old oranges.

    The PSP has a release date of September 1 in Europe, This obviously skews the number of units sold in comparison to the DS that is available worldwide.

    AND the PS2 is more than half a decade old almost everyone who has ever wanted one has one now. Of course the number being purchased is going to decline, it's called the end of the life cycle.

  8. Did anyone notice. . . on Preview of New Games at E3 2005 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana~ and Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome, were under the nintendo section? When both are for the PS2?

  9. Re:Switch, or Switch Back? on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1

    I don't like my iPod, given the choice again i would have prefered the iRiver ihp-20. Sure everyone may be fine with it, but i don't care for the way it's designed. I desire a certain amount of robustness in an interface, sorting to be done by filename and not to be tied to iTunes.

    not trolling, just saying.

  10. HDR Lighting on G4TV To Preview Half-Life 2 Expansion · · Score: 1

    I thought Farcry version 1.31 had HDR. if is the same technology it isn't exactly new.

  11. The tennis shoes wore computers? on A Running Shoe For Agent 86? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obligitory reference to the movie "The computer wore tennis shoes"

  12. Support for wind energy is support for violence! on Wind Turbines Kill a Few Birds · · Score: 1

    Wind energy is a method of collecting power from the blowing of the wind. Not only is this a clean and renewable energy source, but it can actually displace excess Carbon Dioxide in an area. Problems behind wind energy also exist. It is not available in many areas, and requires a lot of money to build. The wind turbines can also interfere with television and radio signals and cause noise pollution. Also, birds can fly into the rotors. Then they have to send the janitor Steve out to clean the thing, and it just ruins his day. Then he goes home and beats his kids. So if you support wind energy, you support domestic violence.

  13. RvB reference on California Makes Recording in Cinema a Crime · · Score: 1

    California just hasn't been the same since they banned all forms of carbohydrates.

  14. Re:Is this important? on Diablo II 1.10 Patch Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Can you explain that to the koreans?

  15. /. poll on Hardly Anyone Cares About Computer Voting Problems · · Score: 1

    future elections should just be put up as a /. poll and not tell anyone about it. however i do fear cowboy neal being elected president

  16. Mr. Cranky says otherwise on Tomb Raider Game Blamed for Movie's Poor Ticket Sales · · Score: 1
  17. Coop? on Halo's PC Upgrades Explored · · Score: 1

    The article makes no mention at all about the apperance of the cooperative mode.

  18. Yay! on RIAA Wants Taxpayer-Funded IP Police · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Its great, as a government worker a fraction of every cent i make pays me, now another fraction of another cent i make could go towards arresting me!