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  1. Re:Skype is a dead-end. on eBay To Buy Skype For $2.6 Billion · · Score: 1

    eGold works well, but take up is still too low to be a viable alternative.

  2. Re:Why? on Logitech Unveils Smart Mouse · · Score: 5, Informative

    I had a Genius Netscroll POS that flashed the scroll wheel light when it got email. From memory it could play some shitty MIDI tune from an internal speaker too.

    Anyway, it's hardly new.

  3. fine code on The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stoners and dole bludgers, what wonderful code they will create!

  4. Re:IlluHand? on Adobe Buys Macromedia for $3.4B · · Score: 1

    That's the point, no?

  5. Re:That's why they call it Open Sores!! on Bruce Perens Tells Linus Torvalds To Cool It · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tridge verses Linus. It's like Father Christmas verses Jesus...

  6. iButton/RFID on High Accuracy Indoor Location Tracking? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's a bit more labor intensive, but i think it's the more sensible solution.

    Each location (shelf/floor area) has a tag, RFID or iButton would both work i think. Each item/pallette has a similar tag. When dropping an item off he scans them both in with a mobile reader, uploaded to central, linking the two in a database.

    Are you looking for the sexiest solution, or one that works?

  7. Re:Wait a minute on Linux.conf.au Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Freshwater crocidiles are relativly safe. Ocasionally someone gets a small nibble, but the don't tend to kill people.

  8. Wank words on Curious Blend of VPN, PDA and USB Drive · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It is a paradigm shift,"

    Jesus H Christ. I'm getting sick of this pointy haired bullshit.

  9. Re:Firefox never worked for me... on Planning For Mozilla 2.0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I was never excited about Firefox (or whatever it was called at the time) because it looked like if took away all my power settings and generally dumbed things down. Then I found out about 'about:config', and haven't loaded mozilla since.

    I think it's time for all the mozilla people to just accept the inevitable and focus their development effort on Firefox.

  10. Re:AppleWorks isn't dated on Apple's Rumored Office Suite · · Score: 1

    pwned!1!1!!!

    Couldn't help myself.

  11. passed at the last minute on Private Spaceflight Law Passes Senate · · Score: 4, Funny

    passed by Congress at the last minute (almost literally).

    Passing a bill literally? Sounds painful.

  12. Re:The two are not nesicarily related on A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia · · Score: 1

    Fireworks are only allowed to be used in the Northern Territory on the 1st of July every year. They don't sell skyrocket type fireworks here, only small mortar, and small whizzy things. Nothing that would reach the height or distance that the trail suggests.

    Two related strange events in a short time frame are much more likely than two independant events.

  13. Re:The street light? on A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia · · Score: 1

    I'm in the area and will try and get some photos of the area, but i think the wharf in question is restricted in terms of access.

    If the forums come back up i'll post them there.

  14. Re:Licensing? WTF? on Dell Infringes on Patent by Selling Overseas? · · Score: 1

    Depends, were you using their One-click buy?

  15. Re:Dole Bludgers on Australian Government Agency Moves Towards Linux · · Score: 1, Funny

    Idle oxygen thieves could apply just as much to centrelink employees as the dole bludgers they 'help'.

  16. Re:Centrelink is a huge mess on Australian Government Agency Moves Towards Linux · · Score: 1, Funny

    All of these systems don't really talk to each other well

    Sort of like a metaphore for centrelink itself...

  17. Re:Social Ramifications of "On Demand" on MP3s From The Phone Box · · Score: 1

    How do you avoid the lameness filter then?

  18. Re:How Do They Plan To Support All Players? on MP3s From The Phone Box · · Score: 1

    If i were doing it, i'd get the file to buffer in the phone (hard drive or ram) and then set it up to automatically transfer it to any removable storage medium that's plugged into the phone. This would mean either the phone has a hardened usb cable attached, or you have to carry one around, with the added negative of only working on players that actually mount as a USB storage device.

    That's the sensible way to do it, but still not good enough to be effective and easy.

    Or they could have a plug in memory card reader, but that would target even less devices.

    It's just not a practical fusion of existing technologies.

  19. Re:Any cheap bare-bone GPS chips available? on Two Ways To Use GPS With Linux · · Score: 1

    Mate did you keep any of the schematics and pinouts? I tried to do the same thing with an oncore OEM about a year ago and had no luck. My board (using a max232 chip, i forget the particular variation) just didn't work, i think i overestimated my skills.

  20. Re:Scanning is nice but.... on Proposal: Put Library of Congress' Contents Online · · Score: 1

    If you're paying $60k for a terabyte, you're getting ripped.

    A terabyte is only 1024 gigs.

  21. Re:Bad teeth on Digital Music Eyewear From Oakley · · Score: 1

    Watch out, this is slashdot, you'll get your teeth kicked in for not being able to master linking.

  22. So now we are looking for... on Should SETI Be Looking For Lasers Instead? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aliens with frickin' laser beams on their heads?

    Because that would rock.

  23. Re:Whitenoise on Sleeping Problems? · · Score: 2, Funny

    When my computer was in for repairs I couldn't get any sleep at all, every little noise woke up up and it did't feel normal.

    You were just worried about your computer being away from home, all alone and exposed.

    WAIT...you didn't fix your own computer? What has slashdot become?!

  24. Password on North Korea Opens Official Website · · Score: 1

    Bugmenot suggests bobdole/bobdole2

    The bugmenot extension for firfox friggin rocks.

  25. Commodore MP3 player on Commodore Follows Up TV Game With ROM Selling · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Commodore brand also popped up on a cheap-and-nasty MP3 player a little while back, as shown on Dan's Data.

    Apparently it's unlicenced, but certainlty a shock to the brain to see that logo on a recent product.