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  1. Re:just taking care to take care. on Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set · · Score: 1

    I own a gun so when the government come to take my gun away, I can shoot at them.

  2. Wrong on Scientists Create Di-positronium Molecules · · Score: 1

    No, no, no, the lasers go on seabass, not sharks.

    Ill-tempered seabass.

  3. Re:And.... on Why Myths Persist · · Score: 1

    Somehow chemicals came together and you posted on Slashdot. That doesn't mean something else made it happen.

    I.E. you are not intelligent. None of us are. All the behavior of everything was perfectly predictable from the big bang onward. So stop trying -- you can't change anything and it doesn't matter anyway.

  4. Re:Mod me up! on The Software Awards Scam · · Score: 1

    Let me try: Send me Money!

  5. One word: on Breaking Gender Cliques at Work? · · Score: 1

    Orgy.

  6. Re:Yet Another Bogus Science Story on Self Contained Power Source? · · Score: 1

    Bigfoot was busy doing a photo shoot for the National Equirer magazine and could not be available for this story. I agree with you though, his inclusion would have made a nice touch.

  7. Re:new dimensions on Evidence for String Theory? · · Score: 1

    Also in this other dimension, Spock has a beard.

  8. Re:Duck... on Mysterious Stars Surround Andromeda's Black Hole · · Score: 1

    That is already going to happen in a mere 63 million years.

  9. Decent piece on William Gibson on The Age of The Remix · · Score: 1

    I like the idea, but its not too real. Even if everybody can/is remixing music, the best will still rise to the top and most people will want to hear their versions. By definition, everybody can't be the best.

  10. Re:Body Just needs to think it's getting morphine? on 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense · · Score: 1

    Naloxone is a opiate antagonist. That basically means it will displace a morphine molecule from its receptor, but not activate the receptor. This video (real media) explains everything.

  11. Not a Major step on G4 Drops TechTV Name · · Score: 1

    I think this is a incremental step toward me never watching the channel again.

  12. Re:Electric bill? on DIY LED-Illuminated Sleep Chamber · · Score: 1

    ...normal LEDs light at maximum with about 10-15mA, after that
    they burn out pretty quickly.


    If you put enought current through a LED, it will become an LER (Light Emitting Resistor).

  13. Re:What a day! on U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns · · Score: 0

    Buy lottery tickets!

  14. Re:Worldwide results on The Votemaster Is...Andrew Tanenbaum · · Score: 1

    THAT'S why the rest of the world feels they must state their opinion, obviously.

    They could do a lot better than stating opinions. They could move to the US, become citizens, and then vote in our elections. Of course, that is what has already been happening for 200+ years and has got us exactly where we are now. Do people change and then come to America, or is it the other way around?

  15. Re:Worldwide results on The Votemaster Is...Andrew Tanenbaum · · Score: 1

    If you recall Newt Gingrich's 1994 10-point "contract with america". Well about 7 of those points were lifted straight from Perot's platform. His 19 point showing in 1992 had a large effect -- 2 years later. The republicans lost in '92 and looked at those 19 points and said "If was adopt some of his stuff, we can get some of those votes."

    If all the people who REALLY think Nader is best would actually vote for him, he might have gotten 7-8% (who knows?) Maybe enough to get the democratic party to shift a little to try to get some of those votes.

    Anyway, as I always like to say "democracy works best when everyone votes selfishly"

  16. FInally on OpenBSD 3.6 Released! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Awesome! I can finally run BSD on my old quad 386sx with 1Meg of RAM! Now I'll be cooking with propane.

  17. Re:In Other News... on "Phishing" Attacks to Increase · · Score: 1

    Also at 11...

    Fools and their money are being parted faster than ever before. Man, this intarweb thing really does increase productivity!

  18. Patrick's name is Volkerding on Slackware Likely To Drop GNOME Support · · Score: 2, Informative

    not Volderking.

  19. Re:Politics on Slashdot? Never! on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm not exactly big on politics, but it looks like a large amount of readers are.

    I think the term apolitical is the best description of most /.ers. The reason these threads get so many comments is the political minority tend to be vocal. No suprise there.

    I hope this section will take that minority out of the rest of /. It should reduce the number of "offtopic" mods so those points can be used better. But, me and my mod points won't go into the politics section and if nobody gets modded up/down over there, they will, unfortunately, come back to where everybody else is.

    Perhaps we could have a bot do random modding over there, just to keep them thinking somebody is listening. Hmmm.....What is that saying about "keeping an idiot busy?"

  20. Re:Don't worry on The Next Social Revolution? · · Score: 1

    No I can not turn rocks, dirt, and dog feces from my yard into a computer.

    You left out the busted wading pool and the '67 El Camino on cinder blocks. :-)

  21. Re:No proof that technology (not legislation) work on Microsoft to Deploy SPF for Hotmail Users · · Score: 1

    SPF is a case of "solving the wrong problem"

    I think you are looking at this the wrong way. I think of SPF as an enable-ing technology. You are right: by itself, SPF does not do alot of good, but makes other techniques much more useful.

    Say you get a spam email. Look up the SPF from the source domain. Does it match the source IP? Yes: block the domain. No: block the IP. Done, Done, and Done.

    You can't do this without SPF. It has to reach a critical mass first, but this announcement means the ball is rolling over the top of the hill.

    (Not perfect, but think for a few minutes and you will know how to improve it. I did.)

  22. Worthless on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 1

    I tried the last version before this one. I ran the .run file and it failed saying "cannot fine module name". Huh? This driver couldn't find its ass with its own two hands.

  23. Re:Extend the character set? on Auto Manufacturers Running Out Of Unique IDs · · Score: 1

    Why not something simple, like 2004Corvette1, 2004Corvette2, etc? Wouldn't that make sense?

    Better yet, lets go full XML. DTD included of course!

  24. Re:nice on In These Games, the Points Are All Political · · Score: 1

    Its training for Florida voters so they can mark their ballots right.

  25. Re:Confused on Lead Developer of SPF Anti-Spam Scheme Interviewed · · Score: 1

    ..users using their pants email client..

    Those must be some fancy pants. Do they come with a fax machine, too?