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  1. Re:Pancakes, crepes, flapjack... on Pancake Physics to Cut Batter Splatter · · Score: 1

    It was a joke. Apparently about a 3.5 on the Dennis Miller scale. Don't worry about it. ;-)

  2. Re:Pancakes, crepes, flapjack... on Pancake Physics to Cut Batter Splatter · · Score: 1

    Americans should bear in mind that in Canada they're called "Back cakes" also...
    "... equals the square root of Pi, times the gravity divided by the distance the pancake is from the elbow times four ...
    You'll have to double that and add 30.

  3. Re:Original Game Boy and Samsung SCH-8500 on Your Most Damage-Resistant Hardware? · · Score: 1
    I've had my Samsung 3500 for almost 3 years and it's never seen the inside of a toilet. How do all of you manage to drop your phones in the tiolet? I just don't get that. Now, if you'll excuse me I have to make a phone call and take a whiz.

    *splash* Doh!

  4. Here's an idea... on NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10 · · Score: 1

    Somebody should design and launch a probe with the sole purpose of seeing how far it can get and how long we can communicate with it. No (other) on board experiments, no camera. Just a beacon and a propulsion system. A big fat RTG with a freakishly huge antena. It might even be useful for space navigation since it should travel in the same direction for a damned long time. Just a thought.

  5. Put in terms I can understand... on Building the A380 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and the height of an olympic swimming pool.
    How high is that in Libraries of Congress?

  6. Re:... aaah, you're breaking my heart! on Music Industry's Future Foretold in China? · · Score: 1

    Yes I do.
    Love,
    Mariah

  7. Re:Helping with the death of weblogging. on Google buys Pyra Labs · · Score: 1
    > Free clue: No one gives a damn about you, or your thoughts. Thank you, drive through.

    I have a few friends and family members who read mine to see what I 've been up to lately. There are a few that I read for the same reasons. I'm certain that you don't give a damn about me or them, but the feeling is mutual. We don't do it for you so piss off.

  8. Re:just me or .. on Google buys Pyra Labs · · Score: 1

    > One feature that google could add would be something like /.'s 'slahboxes', a form where I could stick 10 or so links to be displayed on my google page.
    I think this is one hell of a good idea. I wind up searching for the same things again and again and having the top 5 or so results constantly updated in separate sidebar boxes would be great. Even add a header that says i.e. "wide+open+beaver 5 of about 220,000,000". Chopping the HTML to make it work on my own page would rule, too.

  9. Windows Key Replacement on Keyboard Layouts for the 21st Century? · · Score: 1

    This is what should really go there http://tim.griffins.ca/gallery/laptop/fuck-it-key. jpg

  10. Re:An addition to the Geneva connection... on Bush Orders Guidelines for Cyber-Warfare · · Score: 1

    > That would keep most of their government personnel tied up for months
    More likely that would keep Microsoft auditors tied up (in a dark cell) for months. :P

  11. Re:Translation on Sony Combines Pocket Drive with 802.11 · · Score: 1, Informative

    d00d, it runs linux. I can't for the life of me see what could get in the way of installing SSH. Or anything else for that matter.

  12. Re:Ethically reprehensible on More Ways to Blow Things Up · · Score: 1

    What makes you think denying teenagers access to to technical information will keep them from pursuing a simpler strategy? If they don't know how to build a railgun they can just purchase/steal the garden variety 9mm and get to work. Deranged teenagers are deranged teenagers. Keeping the rest dumb won't solve a thing.
    And another thing...nobody at Columbine had a rail gun. Sheeesh.

  13. OK now this part's lame... on Science Fact From Fiction · · Score: 2
    Open to: - space and science fiction enthusiasts from all nations between 15 and 30 years of age

    WTF?
    Whoever it was that said "...my old Tom Swift books..." can forget it.

  14. Re:My question is... on Chemotherapy Patients Set Off Subway Alarms · · Score: 2
    ...any attempt by terrorists to try to hide the radiation (thick lead, etc) will be thwarted.

    I don't think that's the reason for the sensetivity. I don't need a 'detector' to spot a guy dragging a couple of hundred pounds of lead around the subway. I'd speculate that the purpose is to spot a guy who has been handling radiological material or been exposed in some other way. I'd say the Feds would like to talk to anyone who's walking around hot without a valid excuse.

  15. RedHat + OpenMosix rpms... on Mandrake Announces Turn-Key Clustering Distribution · · Score: 3, Informative
    This seems pretty easy to me. Add the follwing to your RedHat distro, a little scripting, a little autorun info and you got it (for your hardware at least).
    You will need:
    Then:
    1. Install RedHat
    2. Install openMosix rpms
    3. Install kernel source to /usr/src/linux and patch with openMosix-2.4.18-4.gz
    4. Compile and install openMosixUserland-0.2.4
    5. Configure /etc/openmosix.map
    6. Reboot new openMosix kernel
    7. setpe -W -f /etc/openmosix.map
      on each node
    8. ...and you're clusterin'
  16. Re:hmmm... quantum effects on Cascading Molecules Drive IBM's Smallest Computer · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Close. I think you mean "quantum level" or "sub-atomic level". On a molecular scale things still follow the laws of classical physics.
    <scold>

    Go look up the difference between "quantum" and "molecular" levels and start your post over.

    </scold>
  17. Re:may god forgive him for what he has unleashed on The First Smiley :-) · · Score: 2
    Forgive me for whippin' out my pedantium here but the Holy Roman Empire was a contrivance of Charlemagne named so in order emulate the glory of the (by then) fallen Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire eventually became the Germany we know today. It follows that there were no Romans in the Holy Roman Empire only Germans.

    I'll sit down now.

  18. Re:RAID on 320GB Hard Drives announced · · Score: 2

    Are you talkin' mfs or acual RAID with mosix? I sure like to set up my 5 node dual proc cluster as one big RAID 5. :D Got a link to a how-to?

  19. Re:"us domain name" on RIAA Sues Backbone ISPs to Censor Website · · Score: 2

    I think they are refering to the "Listen4ever" part being in English. Not necessarily U.S. but probably not Chinese. Still, when did English become a U.S. only language?

  20. Re:Newsworthy on Transparent Water Cooling Case · · Score: 2

    Alright pull over. Your geek lisence is now under supension. In this instance it is best to just stay quiet and nod if you din't get it. Mods are cool.

  21. Re:Pretty awesome but... on Transparent Water Cooling Case · · Score: 2

    You must be the guy that drivres that 500 hp Eclipse with the brown door and stock wheels.

  22. Re:Anyone else email Ferson? on HP Backs Off DMCA Threat · · Score: 1

    It's also an effetive summary of the follow up article. 'Zaclty what I expected. I was hoping see a few examples from others that may have felt like hara^H^H^H^H^H offering Ferson some constructive criticism.

  23. Anyone else email Ferson? on HP Backs Off DMCA Threat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Appreciate your note and concern. Let me just start by saying, "don't
    believe everything you read in the press :-)". I can assure you that my
    primary interest and concern is for the Tru64 customers and that the
    Tru64 engineering team is committed to finding and fixing any security
    problem in the product and getting these fixes/notifications out to
    customers ASAP. Trying to do everything possible for Tru64
    customers is what motivates and brings me to work every day
    (and night :-). We also encourage our customers and 3rd parties
    that find security issues in the product to coordinate through the
    CERT process, which has been set up to support both product
    vendors and customers. Again, I appreciate your concern and
    feedback.

    Kent ...

    -----Original Message-----
    From: XXXXXXX
    [mailto:teaser@XXXX.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:56 PM
    To: Ferson, Kent
    Subject: Rethink this approach.

    Concerning this Zdnet article: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html

    HP is going about this all wrong. You have managed to alert many more
    people of the mentioned exploit (by making legal threats) than would
    otherwise have ever noticed the Bugtraq post. That genie is way to far oput
    of the bottle to to be put back now and the poster will just comply to any
    cease and desist requests. Besides, there are plenty of buffer overflows in
    True64 according to the Bugtraq poster Phased.
    My suggestion to you and your colleagues would be that you quietly fix the
    code, in a timely fashion, and avoid both the bad publicity and potential
    liability.

    Thank you.

  24. Re:And, yet nother article on PDA and Subnotebook Killer? · · Score: 1

    and here's a link to Antelope's site for those who are google impaired.

  25. Re:on good music on Electronic Music 101? · · Score: 1

    Just so everybody knows, The Ramones are beter than Britney Spears.