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  1. Re:Go for it on India Debating Manned Space Flight · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Why doesn't India look down before it looks up.
    Look down and see the squalor that so much of their people live in. Seems like a waste of money to go and get moon cheese when your people at home need the help more.

    But then again, I guess the US is no example.

  2. Re:4.3 Gigabytes on An Interplanetary Laser Communications System · · Score: 1

    Your seek time will be astronomical!

    No, your seek time would be Astrological

  3. Re:Interesting... on PDA Designed for the Great Outdoors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have used these which have been around for a while (a repacked IPAQ).
    I'm not sure if >$1000 counts as consumer, but anyone can buy them. They have a touchscreen that is scratch resistant, but obviously not scratch-proof.

  4. well if it does go down on .org Registry Offline - Not · · Score: 0

    Well if this does halt DSN, we may have slashdotted, slashdot..

  5. Re:Cereal on Talk It Over With Captain Crunch · · Score: 1

    Is it wise to slashdot one of the most renound phreakers webserver? Better watch out OSDN.

  6. dsl... on Embedding Data Signals In White Noise · · Score: 1

    Isn't this the same idea as DSL? Using audio frequencies outside our hearing range to transmit data?

  7. Re:What a scam on UCSB Bans Windows NT/2000 in the Dorms · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm.. my school just locks your port when you start DOS or port scanning... I would think this would be a more reasonable approach instead of banning an OS..

  8. Re:Why a reboot - because the creators are bozos on F-22 Avionics Require Inflight Reboot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    not bozos, it's the government guidlines. For instance the fuel systems have redundent processor units. when started both are online with the slave electronicly disconencted. Following FAA guidlines dictates that a one strike and your out is enforced. At the first sign of CPU trouble (crash,freeze,any electronic part failing within the system) all inputs and ouputs on the unit are sent to high-z and the other unit takes over. Now the reboot part, the first unit will sit in a frozen state indefintly until it is manualy reset with a POR or full HR. But the plane will fly just fine on the redundent system. In an emergency the pilot can manualy reboot the halted system and it will either start up again (if the inital failure was some glitch) or immidiatly halt again if it was a critical falure.

  9. Re:So... on Linking Hardware To Wetware · · Score: 1

    I know kung-foo...

  10. Re:Fucking Great on McAfee Will Ignore FBI Spyware · · Score: 1

    Well what if they use AOL.

    Please wait while aol downloads new feature...

    or...

    FBI: We almost got it.. 1 minute remaning on download.
    Terrorist's computer: goodbye..(random disconnect)

  11. but is it real on US Military Ramps Up Stinky VR Training · · Score: 1

    If blood doesnt spray from the screen when your VR buddy gets shot in the neck.. I ain't interested.

  12. its not new. on Hellhound Paintball ATV · · Score: 1

    Its not a new toy, they have had it for at least 4 years. They drag it out to all the competitions and set it up net to their tent. I have only seen it fired once but must have seen it displayed two or three dozen times. The cannon they drag along on the back shoots tee-shirts out at the crowd.
    What is really cool is Tipman's Granade Launcher


    TheStruuus

  13. Movies to see on Review: K-PAX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I saw the 13 ghosts instead of kpax.. and boy was i rewarded.. I saw a nipple..

  14. hmm.. on Microsoft Shuts Auction Doors On Old Windows · · Score: 1

    So you are saying that if i buy windows 98se and then decide i dont want it i am not allowed to sell the media and license? WTF?

  15. Re:Needs constant power on Why Not Solid State Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    What about hampsters? those suckers can run for weeks..

  16. Re:Power! on The Next Big Particle Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Finaly, something that pulls more power than my dual AMD motherboard. Sheesh..

  17. Do they talk to each other on Hackers: Uncle Sam Wants You! · · Score: 2, Informative

    Didn't they just bring up a bill that would consider hacking as terrorism? Do any of these people talk to each other?

    Hackers are 'Terrorists' Under Ashcroft's New Act


    -TheStruuus

  18. bootleg? on Pyramid Shaped Keyboard · · Score: 1

    The name of that site should be bootlegGear.com. Who buys that crap?

  19. Weighing the good Vs. Bad on Learning Java Through Violence · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Violence in a game is always seen as a terrible thing. Especially in this day and age with violence everywhere, I really don't see 2 tanks shooting each other as incredibly violent. Have you played Soldier of fortune or any recent 1st person shooter? You can de-limb a victim and see the blood splatter against the wall.

    Even if this game is violent think of what it is doing, it's trying to get people involved in programming and computers in general. I attend an engineering school and have been amazed at the number of people that have no computer knowledge of any sort, especially in a technological field. Things like this could get people involved at a high school level in computers, so violence is bad, but sometimes the benefits are worth the cost.

  20. Dont blame Jr. on Bush Administration Stops Microsoft Breakup · · Score: 0

    If you want somone to blame, dont look at george jr. We all know he is a puppet. try looking at george Sr..

    Note George Jr has spent just under 42% of his time in office on vacation..

  21. Have you looked inside your case today? on Clear Computer Cases · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that has ever noticed the 30 lbs of dust inside my computer? Build it one day, 4 hours later, you can't even pick the case up there is so much dust. Yea' that's what I want my guests to see. "Come'on over and see my ribbon cables knotted up and my dusty dirty computer case".

    -TheStruuus

  22. finaly on 1TB In A Cubic Centimeter · · Score: 1

    Finaly a place to store my napster downloads. Would you like one lump or two?

  23. Re:Technology Demonstration on Microsoft Shuts Windows On Bluetooth Support · · Score: 1
    Yea i think you're right. I remember windows 98 blue screan of death at a computer show:
    http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9804/20/gates.co mdex/gates.30.240.mov.

    Should have given it right then i guess.

  24. sounds familiar on Coming Soon: Burn-Proof CDs · · Score: 1

    "Copyright protected cd's do not allow you to replicate them in a cd burner nor do they allow you to rip the audio tracks "digitally" ", Sounds very familiar... divix anyone? Didn't they learn, they spent x millions of dollars on DVD encoding that was "hack proof" and "someone i know" has backed up all thier DVDs to divix.

  25. Re:add to my wish list..... on Silicon Graphics Will Put Linux On Origin · · Score: 1

    mmmmmm...SGI... wonder when that $1,000,000 publishers clearing house promissed me will arrive.