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  1. In other news... on Inquiry Into RIAA's Piracy Crackdown Tactics · · Score: 3, Funny
    "It will confirm that our actions are entirely consistent with the law as enacted by the U.S. Congress and interpreted by the courts," the RIAA said in a statement issued to The Associated Press.

    In other news, the RIAA has cut off the hands of 75 people today in Iran for downloading Busta Rhymes songs.

    In a statement issued by the RIAA in Iranian newspapers...

    "It will confirm that our actions are entirely consistent with the laws as enacted by the Iranian government and interpreted by the courts". The statement continues, "Yes, we realize many of our artists publish songs that support killing policemen, and raping and beating women, but downloading copyrighted material is wrong and totally unjustified!!"

  2. This explains Comcast's new pricing structure! on Speed Of Light Broken With Off Shelf Components · · Score: 1
    Quote Signals also get weaker and more distorted the faster they go, so in theory no useful information can get transmitted at faster-than-light speeds

    Comcast Broadband Pricing:
    Warp 9 Broadband - $4.99/month
    56K - $69.99/month :)

  3. BIOS? on Secrets Of BIOS Tweaking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, BIOS means Bandwidth Instantly Obliterated by Slashdot?

  4. Coincidentally... on Elements 116 and 118 are Bogus? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft will announce on Sunday the discovery of a new element which is the densest element known to date.

    It will become element number 286 and be named Windownium.

    Windownium (element 286) also includes elements 47 (silver), 78 (platinum), 79 (gold), and 92 (uranium), as well as a few other elements, SO there will no longer be a need to aquire those elements from 3rd party distributors.

  5. AT&T transition to Comcast on Broadband In Australia Just Got Slower · · Score: 1

    As AT&T transistions to Comcast, my email address will change from alias@mediaone.net to FirstInitialLastNameAccountNumberStateInitial@comc ast.net.

    For instance, if my name is David Smith and my account number is 123456, and I live in Michigan, my new email address will be dsmith123456MI@comcast.net. Now if that doesn't fly in the face of privacy!

    Also, Comcast is dropping all Newsgroups after the transition. I guess all those geeks downloading all that ASCI is slowing down the KaZaA downloads and Comcast won't stand for that kind of abuse :P

  6. MSGS 2K on MS Chief Security Officer to work for White House · · Score: 1

    You will soon need a Passport account to contact your senator's office. You will also need a Pentium 4 with 256MB of RAM and WinXP so that, once you do connect to your senator's office, you will be able to run Microsoft Government Simulator 2002 without locking up ;)

  7. "Tabbed palette" is probably at the core of this on Macromedia Sues Adobe, Claims Photoshop Infringes Patent · · Score: 3, Informative

    My guess is that this is a continuation of last year's suit(s) where Macromedia is claiming they own the "tabbed palette" technology that Adobe has incorporated into Photoshop.

    Here are some links from Aug 2000:

    http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0008/10.adob e. shtml

    http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressr el eases/200008/20000810macro.html

    In any case, it looks like Macromedia isn't going to let up too easily on trying to drive Adobe under.

  8. Possible bug here? on New Singer Sewing Machine Uses ... Game Boy · · Score: 1

    Why is it that every time I try to sew pattern #4 from the Nike GB Cartridge, it keeps embroidering the words, "Help! I am a prisoner in a child slave labor camp."? Is this some kinda bug?