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  1. Damn on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought Eccleston made a very good Doctor Who - A great actor with just the right amount of humour. I didn't like *any* of the previous Doctors - excepting Tom Baker - to the point where I couldn't watch the show. Just when I start getting back into it, the guy leaves.

    Chris Evans would agree, that's what happens when you spend too much time with Billie Piper!

  2. Excellent. on Sun Grants Access to 1,600+ Patents · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I look forward to seeing more projects based on me.

  3. Rearranging things. on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 1

    When I'm tidying/rearranging my desk/home, I imagine it all as moving stuff from slots in my WoW backpack. Last year it was the same but for the Diablo stash.

  4. Re:(Sorry in advance) on British Authorities Nail Online Blackmailers · · Score: 1

    British Authorities nail honor blackman in Japan?

  5. Re:slashdot logins on Turning Up The Heat On On-Line Registration · · Score: 1

    Wooo! My very own NYT Logon pal, just what I've always wanted!

  6. Re:slashdot logins on Turning Up The Heat On On-Line Registration · · Score: 1

    Slashdot
    Slashdot.org

    This works on the NYTimes site - I've been using it for years now!

  7. Re:well why not? on 100-Year Domain Renewals? · · Score: 1

    Agh! Beat me to it by three minutes!

  8. Re:well why not? on 100-Year Domain Renewals? · · Score: 1

    It's especially useful for companies that forget to renew domain names :)

  9. CPU load monitor? on Linux Duracell CPU Load Monitor · · Score: 1

    What the f*** does that mean? :)

  10. Re:Who the heck wrote this? on Feds Working to Stop Worms · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or maybe it's early publicity for "Leaves: The Movie".

  11. Stair push game on Go Stand By the Stairs, So I Can Protect You · · Score: 1

    Great. First of all, porrasturvat was attacked by the forum goons on somethingawful, forcing them to redo the rules slightly (there was a great "cheat" where you could make the guy fall on his leg and stick there, racking up hundreds of thousands of points). Now they're going to get the slashdot readers going at it too?

    They could make a lot if they put this game up for sale. It's sooo much fun! :D

  12. Alternate link on Giant Raptor Terrorizes Alaskan Village · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. Disabilities on Constructing Accessible Web Sites · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "people with disabilities in the U.S. are estimated to control a discretionary income of over $175 billion"

    That means "Texans"

    j/k :p

  14. Re:another 1st ... on Going Up? · · Score: 1

    The first to join the thousand mile high club?

  15. Re:here we go on Sprint PCS Launches 3G Network · · Score: 4, Insightful

    .. because it's impossible for you to switch the thing off when you don't want to be reached.

    They're good for emergencies. Why not get one purely for that purpose? I bought a cheap shitty top-up-card thing for next to nothing, and I'm glad I did. Only the closest friends and family have my number so I don't get bothered unless it's urgent.

  16. Victims on EFF Lists Wi-Fi-Friendly ISPs · · Score: 1

    To see if any of the ISPs become a victim of a disgruntled employee, Look out for the marks :-)

  17. Re:Water-Cooled and Depending on a Rubber Band? on Slashback: IEEE, Liquid, Swings · · Score: 1

    The whole point of this is that he's started from scratch. He's testing out as many different possibilites as he can. Rob could have just made a regular water cooling block, but that would've been boring.

    What Rob's aiming to do with this series of articles is to go through as many of the problems as possible before making a block that works well. It's mainly for complete beginners, to help them avoid some of the basic mistakes. L337

    One great thing about this project is the number of emails we've had giving us advice on how to improve on the design, rather than the "haha what a dick!" style comments we've had here. People have been very helpful, and that's encouraging to the sort of person that this article is written for.

    This was posted under "it's funny, laugh" by the way, but it happened to come up under slashback instead.

    Laugh about it, email some tips, but please don't just rip into the guy just because you can't see what the article is actually trying to achieve.

    Cheers :-)

  18. yeah right on Interview With Herb Sutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The need for a flexible programming language that can handle everything from high-level abstraction to bit-twiddling, all unified within the same language, isn't going away anytime soon."

    I think he forgot to add "because we have waaaay too many bugs to fix" at the end of that sentence. :)

  19. Pills everywhere on Provigil Extends Your Day? · · Score: 1

    Pills to help you sleep

    Pills to keep you awake

    Pills to chill out

    Pills to exercise

    .. all of this could be achieved with a few bottles of Pils instead.

  20. I was offered broadband today... on British Broadband (Finally) Jumps · · Score: 1

    The little town of Launceston (gateway to Cornwall, right on the main road etc.) has finally been offered broadband by BT... In the form of a stupidly expensive satellite link-up. £900 installation and £60 per month after that. BT can now say "oooh, we've enabled 99.999% of the country with broadband", but they'll neglect to mention that it's unfeasible for a lot of those customers.

    Of course, this means that they no longer have to install ADSL here.

    Broadband for businesses? Fine. Broadband access from home? Never going to happen while BT are still a monopoly. Bastards.

  21. Re:Personal Experience on Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler · · Score: 1

    Try the mouse-mod on the same site. Rob goes into detail about electronics and other stuff that I really couldn't care less about, but overall it's a pretty easy to follow article/set of instructions.

  22. Re:Why water, try oil. on Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler · · Score: 1

    There's an article on the same site that goes into immersion cooling - the motherboard is basically dumped in a bowl full of vegetable oil. :)

  23. Re:Looks Safe on Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler · · Score: 1

    Finally, someone who's actually read the entire article!

    You're spot on there though. Channels for the water, hose clamps, arctic silver paste, a better pump and some mineral oil will all be used in our third attempt.

    Thanks for reading :)

  24. Re:String and rubber bands? on Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler · · Score: 1

    We are reading. :)

    Thanks for all your comments. If you'd like to help out, drop us an email - news@eimod.com.

  25. Re:String and rubber bands? on Do-it-yourself CPU Water Cooler · · Score: 1

    The whole point of the article is that Rob's learning as he goes along. The next water cooling attempt will have channels inside the block, and much more reliable block-to-pipe joins using proper hose clamps and a tapered edge to the in and out-flow pipes on the block itself.

    We're also going to try using mineral oil, and a possible immersion-cooling system, within the next month or so. Watch this space :)

    If you or anyone else would like to give us some pointers on this, feel free to email us - news@eimod.com. :)