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  1. Sure, good news, but... on Engineers Use Laser Pointers To Guide Household Robots · · Score: 1

    How realistic have their vaginas become? Get to the point, guys!

  2. Re:Flickr on Yahoo!/Microsoft Execs Meet For Round Two · · Score: 1

    WTF? Why do that before a takeover?

  3. Re:*Yawn* on Wikileaks Releases Early Atomic Bomb Diagram · · Score: 1

    Not that anyone said anything else than that most obvious fact.

  4. Re:Google Maps Off the Map on Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So what component in Ubuntu is at fault then, so he can roll it back?

    Somehow I think you're better at giving a hand waving reply here than knowing what you're talking about in this case.

  5. Re:"Surprisingly"? on Breakdowns of Website Defacement by Platform · · Score: 1

    Given the proportion of Apache servers to IIS servers on the Internet, I don't think the ~280% difference is that strange. After all, most websites are vandalised through oversights in custom scripting etc., rather than security holes in Apache. I agree; how many of those were caused by a brain dead password in a web admin console or elsewhere?

    I mean, it's not really OS/software vulnerabilities behind most of these.

    That would have been surprising, and a true eye opener with web servers having years of development time and bug fixing behind them.
  6. Re:Well, being a geek... on BattleBots Delayed, Will Go Brains Over Babes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know about you, but I did watch MythBusters before she even was on the show. ;-)

  7. Well, being a geek... on BattleBots Delayed, Will Go Brains Over Babes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... it's the bots that turn me on, so I'm not sure I understand what the loss would be.

    (seriously though, I think focusing on the main content instead of "babes" will give the show much better longevity -- while Kari Byron can be pretty in MythBusters, that's not the main reason to why I watch that show)

  8. Re:Localizing means less anonymity on Enhancement To P2P Cuts Network Costs · · Score: 1

    Localizing would also mean normally higher speed. I get much much higher speeds domestically than across the Atlantic, for example.

    So it would be a double edged sword...

  9. Re:Alternative Theory: Joe Consumer sees $400 DVD on Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs · · Score: 1

    Salesman walks away with the man from his wife a bit and whisper, "just between you and me, the porn quality is awesome!"

    Deal!

  10. Re:slashdotted on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 1

    Over here the page still loads swiftly. *shrug*

  11. Re:Get 'em while they're hot on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 1

    By now it'll always* be online regardless what CoS do... I wonder if this organization will realize that this time, or if they'll once again do a Streisand.

    * as in until it falls out of interest

  12. Re:alpha build.. on Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered In Palau · · Score: 1

    These humans must have been part of a different build branch then.

    I wonder what happened to them?

  13. Re:Software patents? on German Police Raid 51 CeBIT Stands Over Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    Considering the EU has a Constitution And so have the countries that make up it.

    Different ones at that.

    In short, I think you're oversimplifying things a bit. ;-)
  14. Contracted work? on US Air Force Issues DMCA Takedown Notice · · Score: 5, Informative

    If it's work by a contractor of the US Gov't, with the ownership transferred to the gov't, it could still be copyrighted.

    AFAIK, that's the only exception.

    If it's work "prepared by an officer or employee of the US Gov't as part of that person's official duties", it's not copyrighted.

  15. Adams *did* reveal the "secret" behind 42 on Hitchhiker's Guide Turns 30 · · Score: 5, Informative
    FTA:

    Douglas Adams never revealed the secret of number 42 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d1064f7b27808692
  16. Re:Big Mistake on The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    Oh crap the RIAA just appeared at my desk complaining about a copyright infringement. This can't be right! 80 year old ladies don't post on Slashdot!
  17. Pre-emptive comment on Rings Discovered Around a Moon for the First Time · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pre-emptive semi-funny comment involving the Goatse guy, a ring, and mooning.

  18. Re:Firefox 2.0.0.12 on Acid3 Test Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Opera 9.5 is the best I tested at 65. It better be good, since Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technical Officer of Opera Software, worked together with Bert Bos to develop the CSS standard.

    I'm not sure how many actually knows this. *shrug*
  19. Re:Firefox on Acid3 Test Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ooh, my Opera 9.50 weekly actually didn't crash this time. Maybe the test was changed, or something in Opera did.

    Anyway, Opera 9.50.9807 receives a 65.

  20. Re:Bad day for IE8 on Acid3 Test Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    At least that beta doesn't crash. When I ran on a recent Opera 9.50 beta build, it counted, stalled, stalled, crashed. ;-)

  21. Re:AJAX Navigation Support on Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features Revealed · · Score: 1

    That and process isolation by tab to not have your stupid PDF plugin crash the entire browser (no IE only issue, it's being heard of in e.g. Firefox too).

    Personally, I think IE 8 for once looks promising! Combine this with the PNG transparency of IE 7 and the vastly improved standards compliance in IE 8 with improved security too, and MS may actually have something competitive on their hands *gasp*

  22. Re:Whats with all the change? on Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features Revealed · · Score: 1

    I don't think MS will ever get it... What do you mean?? MS disabled ActiveX by default in IE 7, for example.

    And IE 8 further improves security by improving its anti-phishing code.
    Phishing are among the most problematic things that plague the web today, that's why IE 8 joins the crowd with Firefox and Opera here.

    You may still not be satisfied, sure, but you smell and read like a troll.
  23. Re:Good news, but how good? on NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers · · Score: 1

    It's not anything we can do anything about though.

    Those who want to have the cookie for free will always be around.

    The worst thing I think we can do about it, is throwing money down the drain like the RIAA does, instead of having that spending go to the artist instead.

  24. Re:Good news, but how good? on NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers · · Score: 1

    I agree, I guess these are the prices we will start to see when the middle men are being cut.

    It really gives you an idea of how much revenue is lost before it finally trickles down to the hands of the artist!

  25. Re:Tipping my hat and a moment of silence. on Obituary For the Sony Trinitron · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure they are rare now but if one feature hasn't been surpassed it's by far the black levels, by a long, long way!
    When you can plonk me down, in front of a widescreen LCD and I can say the picture surpasses my old CRT - then I'll be a happy man. That's why I paid a bunch of extra $$$ for something better than your run-of-the-mill Dell/Samsung/etc LCD and bought myself a NEC 20WMGX2 display, using an "Advanced S-IPS" panel instead of all those TN (you'll find those by their 2 ms refresh rates and inaccurate color reproduction) or PVA panels completely littering the market. I was particularly sold on one by the review claiming it to be the best CRT replacement he had seen yet.