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  1. Best 2+ Player game on Best 2+ Player Video Games? · · Score: 1

    Quake 1 deathmatch... and it's never looked better.

  2. tried MailNavigator? on How Do You Store and Reconcile Email Archives? · · Score: 1

    Faced with the same problem, I found that a nagware program: MailNavigator (www.mailnavigator.com) was finally able to help me consolidate my mailboxes into one common format. That's all I'd recommend that one particulary tool for however. Apparently it does all sorts of other stuff, but from what I've seen, it doesn't do it well. Once your mailboxes are in one giant mailbox of some standard format, it becomes much easier to convert/grep using more readily available open-source tools.

  3. Linux: the official OS of terrorists on Iran: Even If Windows Is Free, Linux Is Preferred · · Score: 2, Interesting

    this is NOT going to help linux' image at all...

    (ps, i know we supposedly like iran comparatively)

  4. Exercise on Sleeping Problems? · · Score: 1

    The only way I've found to develop a normal sleeping pattern is cutting out caffeine and exercise regularly. The exercise will allow you to sleep normally and surprisingly will leave you feeling refreshed and alert the next day.

  5. That picture... on OpenBSD Review at DistroWatch · · Score: 1

    Anybody have a link pertaining to the picture of which he speaks? Even better, anyone have a jpg of the picture used on the t-shirt? (this image would make an excellent addition to my bafflingly random image collection)

  6. Summer BlackOut on Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable · · Score: 1

    My story?

    When the blackout hit, I was working as a chef at a summer camp serving 380 people 3 meals daily. Without power we were still supposed to wash thousands of dishes and prepare several meals. The kitchen staff of seven ended up having to work two consecutive 11 hour work days.

    The backup generators for the two walk-in fridges were unable to generate enough current to save all of the food, and not all of our 6 freezers received backup power. So, I tried to eat as many frozen deserts as possible before they melted. I think I probably hold a record for eating the most popsicles in 30 minutes.

  7. Re:Look at all the SNES games for GBA on Nintendo To Sell Old Consoles To China? · · Score: 1
    "The Gameboy Advance is clearly based on the Super Nintendo"


    Clearly, because I remember playing a lot of 2Color Gameboy games on my Super Nintendo. Oh yeah, and I remember carrying my Super Nintendo around with me and playing games on its built-in LCD screen. The GBA is definately based on the SNES.

  8. chlorophyl? more like borophyl on Sendmail Performance Tuning · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "The writing style and use of language was easy to read."

    Unlike this article... NEXT!

  9. Sennnsational! on Improving Digital Photography · · Score: 1

    So much hype. I'm surprised the author didn't suggest I hibernate for the next four years until the technology is on the market... Cause according to him, there really isn't any reason to live in an age of CCD cameras.

  10. Re:Probably fake... on First Human Clone Born? · · Score: 1
    • ...Are you some sort of Vegan or something? Otherwise I'd stop looking down that nose at the world. You can live just dandy without eating them, but the medical community CAN'T do a lot of reaseach without them...

    What the hell are you trying to say man? You can live "just dandy" without eating Vegans? Or, only Vegans are allowed to "look down that nose at the world"? Someone help me out here...

  11. Best edit ever. on DVD Review: Back to the Future Trilogy (Widescreen) · · Score: 1

    I was remembering how TV censors changed "Son of a bitch" (which isnt that bad to begin with) to "Slug in a ditch"... I couldn't remember where it was from, Google helped though. Turns out I'm not the only one that thinks this edit is hillarious.

  12. think harder on Gaming Fuel: 4-way Shootout · · Score: 1
    "it's important to note that ginseng is listed in a lower placement than caffiene, meaning it's possibly simply an insubstantial amount"

    Nice conclusion there Sherlock. I suppose that's possible. But it's also possible that Ginseng is relatively quite potent. Meaning that less has to be ingested for it achieve it's effect. This would be why less was included in the drink.

    Example: A small glass of absinth could get you drunk eventhough it weighs substantially less than a bottle of wine.

    "Nope, no more science class mumbo-jumbo here"

    No I guess not...

  13. Re:You mean RATML? on Tactile the Future of GUI? · · Score: 1

    I can't help but wonder what dangerous chemicals could be created in this thing. Imagine someone who could trick out this device and make your SmellBlaster Audigy spew out chlorine gas... Tack that on the back of Code Red and... well...

  14. Here's what people do on Motivating Your Co-Developers? · · Score: 1
    In your case, there isn't a hope in hell that your co-developers will write anything. In the rare case where they do contribute, the code probably hasn't been tested -- so it probably won't work or integrate with the rest of the project.

    What you must do is, write all the code yourself. Otherwise you'll be debugging the code of others line by line which takes longer than doing it entirely yourself. The only up side of all this is that you get to badmouth the rest of your team all term...

  15. Re:how do i apply the patch? on PHP Vulnerability Announced · · Score: 1
    newbie here. the file only came with *.patch file and no instructions

    You need the source code.... In your newbie case however, I suggest that you wait until your Linux distribution provides an updated package for you. (Hopefully you're running Debian or something similar in which case (apt-get update; apt-get upgrade) may work)

  16. Re:inflammable on Weirdest Case Mod You've Ever Seen · · Score: 0
    Give the guy a break, judging from the sad state of his room/desk he's either:
    1. a child
    2. an adult who had a depraved childhood and thus has no account for taste, or
    3. is suffering from dangerous chemical inhalation due to all the aerosol spray foam in a closed environment and should be given some a cookie since he's still able to type at all
    But yes, I laughed as soon as I saw the unfortunate use of the word inflammable :)
  17. Hold on just a second... on LED Lights: Friend or Foe? · · Score: 1

    If you're looking over at your hub and thinking "damn, it's broadcasting all the plaintext on my network" don't freak out so quickly.

    This is taken from the PDF in question: "None of the LAN interface cards tested, including 10 Mbits/s Ethernet and 16 Mbits/s Token Ring Adapters, were found to broadcast any recognizable data."

    Basically, the data rate of the divice in question has to be quite low to acquire any useful information by analyzing LED output. (Modem / Serial Port devices) So most people don't have to worry about this, and the people who do, hopefully are already quite aware of this problem. After all, TEMPEST was pretty big news.

  18. Re:Ads test on Slashdot IRC Forum Today · · Score: 1, Insightful
    The ads are HIDEOUSLY out of place. Let me say it again: they look dumb where they are.
    Do you really want ads to look like they belong on Slashdot? Take a look at MSNBC. Their ads are huge and ugly yet somehow they belong. Why do they belong? Because we expect a company such as them to try to sell crap to us. I'm glad ads look out of place on Slashdot, that means they're doing something right. (And half the reason they look out of place is just because we're not used to them, which is also good)

    More specifically I like the ad system right now because I know exactly where the ads are going to be so I know exactly which section of the page to skip (or code out via a proxy server).

  19. Re:One Hell of a reader on Wil Wheaton Responds to your Questions. · · Score: 1
    • I read all of Niven's books, then nearly everything Asimov had ever penned, Ender's Game, Foundation, all of what are considered the classics, I guess.

    Too bad Asimov didn't write Ender's Game... (See this guy)

  20. raving 'n ranting on More News And Links On Yesterday's Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1

    It'd be nice to see the towers repaired but they're quite beyond repair now. So you'll see either some monument, or some majestic memorial skyscraper erected a decade from now. Depending on the course of the next few months though, you might see a museum of innocence there in the future.

    I mean, even if it wasn't Osama Bin Laden, the public will demand that all terrorism is wiped out. Much backlash to follow on both sides.. A museum of "Life in America before WWIII".

    In any case, I have to let it sink in that this is real. This is actually happening. Our brains just aren't wired to classify something of this scale as "real". I keep filing it under Fight Club-esque... bah I'm going to go pop some pills

  21. Why Today? on Further Updates On Terrorist Attack · · Score: 1
    "Why Today? Why did this attack happen on September 11, 2001."

    For an added kick in the nuts, today is UN International Peace Day

  22. More Features for all! on Pentium Throws a Fastball · · Score: 1

    Let's forget practical applications for a second. Even more interesting are the things this baby can do which a regular pitcher can't. Take your regular curveball, but increase the speed of spin by oh, let's say a factor of 100 and then make a contest to see who can hit it. Imagine a pitch breaking the sound-barrier. I'm sure that would have some fairly interesting instant-replay effects. Aside: ... 3D graphics eh? Would be interesting to get beaned by DoomGuy or QuakeGuy or some swimsuit model.

  23. Re:The Pseudo Pro-Children Argument on Barney vs. Right to Satire · · Score: 1

    Have any studies been done as to the permanent effects Barney-watching can have on a child's mind? I'd imagine that show encourages otherwise normal brains to devolve so that they might actually get some sort of enjoyment out of the process.

    We've all seen that Barney has extremely adverse effets on the minds of adults... (aka: that dinosaur generates murderous impulses (aka: barney-doom))

  24. Re:Cavitation + Resonance? on Cement Canoe With A Contrarian Approach · · Score: 3

    Sure going a few hundred mph is fun for a while. What do you do for kicks after you have a whale embedded in the tip of your vessel?

  25. Re:Yes please on Embedding Chips Into Paper Money · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the chances of the general public seeing the benefits you speak of are non-existant. When was the last time surveilance systems helped you?

    So let's say you get in a car accident in a busy intersection. You were plainly not at fault. Unfortunately there's no witnesses. But WAIT there's that traffic-cam installed on the traffic light for catching people who go through red-lights. Maybe you can get that footage to sue the bastard?

    As nice as that would be, it wouldn't happen. If they did, then they'd have to go through and find footage for Joe Bloe everytime a dispute came up in court. Technology, specifically surveilance technology only rarely helps your average citizen.

    (Someone pi$$ed in my corn-flakes this morning)