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  1. Re:Gah, no! on On PHP and Scaling · · Score: 1
    "but he didn't use the phrase "paradigm shift", so we could give him the benefit of the doubt"
    • Way to think outside the box!!!

    • </sarcasm>

  2. XM? on Use an iPod Mini to Broadcast Pirate Radio · · Score: 1

    What if that Oaf is listening to XM radio?

  3. Re:Boycott on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 1
    "What is the point of MS providing a search facility via their websites and eventually tied directly into their OS. So they can make more money. Yeah a secondary concern might be to help their customers have a better experience, but believe me, it's to make money."
    • yeah ... 'cause Google is doing everything in their power to go into bankruptcy

  4. Re:But on Mono Project Releases Version 1.0 · · Score: 1
    "Is any besides mono developers user mono yet? The screenshots are pretty but why haven't I seen a single mono framework or C# app come to the linux desktop in any of the major distributions?"
    • Go watch 'Field of Dreams'

  5. Typo... on Spider-Man 2 Reviewed [updated] · · Score: 5, Funny
    "some of us have seen it a bit early"
    • I think you meant to say 'some of us have seen it a bit
    • torrent early'

  6. Re:Sounds great... on Spider-Man 2 Reviewed [updated] · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Sounds great...hoping to see it tomorrow :)"
    • You do realize that you don't need to submit every thought that passes through your mind to Slashdot, right?

  7. More on this... on Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'll be moving in a few months ... I'd like to take the following things with me when I move:

    • The next-door neighbor. She's cute, and I deserve access to the same when I move.
    • Hot water. It's included in my current apartment. I shouldn't have to start paying when I move.
    • The wireless internet connection I've been sniffing for the past 5 months. It better have the same strength too.
    • The fruit-stand on the corner on my way to work? Bringing it with me ...
    • My mailing address ... It's been mine for a few years... I'm liberating it from the future owner and claiming it as my own.
  8. dpi? on Jobs Previews Displays, Tiger at WWDC · · Score: 1

    2560-by-1600 is great ... but when will we get monitors and OS's that exceed the 72-dpi standard?

  9. Re:For Rich Folks Only (marginal?) on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "I guess if you have a lot of money and want to play with a (marginal) advantage, an SLI setup is for you."

    "On early driver revisions which only offered non-optimized dynamic load-balancing algorithms their SLI configuration performed 77% faster than a single graphics card. However Nvidia has told us that prospective performance numbers should show a performance increase closer to 90% over that of a single graphics card."
    • I wouldn't consider 77% or 90% to be marginal.
  10. Re: Response to Gordon Cormack's Study of Spam on Response to Gordon Cormack's Study of Spam Detection · · Score: 2, Funny

    He launches rockets ... He develops 3D game engines ... He analyzes spam trends ... Is there anything this Carmack guy can't do?

    What'd you say?
    Cormack?

    Nevermind...

  11. Here's My Suggestion on Building A Homebrew Robotic Lawnmower? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's what I'd recommend. It'll cost you about $10 per mow, but it's worlds easier than building your robomower.

  12. Re:I love this quote on U.S. Navy to Deploy Rail Guns by 2011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't argue with that logic...

  13. Re:Ohh Slashdot! on Cross-Platform VoIP Software? · · Score: 1, Troll
    "Oh Slashdot, in this story, you have not provided any external web-sites but only yours....So I am anxious to see whether Slashdot will itself be slashdotted!"
    • You forgot ... Real Slashdot readers don't read the articles.

  14. Irony on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 1
    "Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another."
    • How ironic that this follows a story titled "Get the Facts".
  15. We don't? on Hits or Misses: Who is Your Website's Audience? · · Score: -1, Redundant
    "Most websites have no idea how many people view their content."
    • Umm... Weblogs ... cookies ... IP analysis ... User content contributions.
  16. Re:passports on Rio Rancho, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles of WiFi · · Score: 1
    "Actually most the book stores sell these cute little yellow New Mexico Passports. Unfortuantly I can't find a photo of one online."
    • I promise to keep holding my breath, if you promise to keep looking.

  17. Suggestion... on Terraform Humans First, Then Mars? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we're going to make it a place where people walk around naked, we're going to need two new websites. One where we can vote who to send to Mars ... and a second with up-to-the-minute webcams from the red planet.

  18. I use ToDoList on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 4, Informative

    ToDoList ... currently on version 3.6.4 is a great To-Do list manager. Incidentally, the site it's offered through (TheCodeProject.com) is a great resource for Windows developers as well.

  19. Re:IANALAIDUTP on Sen. Hatch to Introduce Wide-ranging Copyright Bill · · Score: 1

    focus of the damn enter key was on the "SUBMIT" button instead of the text box. Anyway, if you want to talk about exploiting children, why don't you focus on some of the CONTENT that's on these P2P networks. That's far more questionable than the networks or technology themselves.

    Banning cars isn't a viable solution for solving auto accidents, and banning VCRs and DVRs won't stop copyright infringement.

  20. IANALAIDUTP on Sen. Hatch to Introduce Wide-ranging Copyright Bill · · Score: 1

    I am not a lawyer, and I don't understand this bill...

    Seriously, I read the thing ... it's one page ... and I still don't understand what it's saying. It's got something about exploiting children, then it's got something, rephrased in 5 or 6 different ways along the way, about infringing copyrights so that the sale of an item is no longer viable.

    What the heck do children have to do with it?

    If you want to talk about exploiting children, why don't you start with

  21. I'm not worried.... on Invisible Cloaks, Translucent Walls · · Score: 1
    "Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube."
    • We're still running Windows NT on Pentium IIIs. I'm not too worried that my office wall is going to be built with one of these anytime soon.
  22. Re:Let's get this out of the way on Huge Console Auction Debuts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forgot one...

    "You're new here, aren't you" ...but maybe you're new here, and that's why you forgot it.

  23. Context on Rowing the Pond Again · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This story is like the newscast that spends 26 minutes talking about murders, rapes, and natural disasters ... 3 minutes on sports ... and devotes the last three minutes to kittens that were stuck in the tree rescued by Mr. Owens from the YMCA.

    If you're out of stories, either look back at some of my old rejected submissions, or repost something from yesterday.

  24. Do you like watching grass grow? on DARPA Announces Grand Challenge 2005 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "Should be a very interesting Challenge next year!"
    • Yeah, 'cause this year's challenge was just captivating.
  25. Re:Am I the only one... on Atlantis: Discovered at Last? · · Score: 4, Funny
    "What I don't get is why someone just doesn't go there and start having a look around?"
    • 'Cause then they might be WRONG silly! This way they can get media coverage, financial backing, and pump the whole thing up before they admit that what they're seeing is actually the remnants from
    • this.