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  1. Waiting for the inevitable on Chilling Effects Cease & Desist Clearinghouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I have the feeling that some featured organization will issue a C&D onto ChillingEffect.com?

  2. So Many Versions, So Little DVD Space.... on (Another) Cut of Blade Runner · · Score: 1

    Somewhere down the road, and with sufficient advances in technology, *all* of the little nuances and versions will be available in one complete set (whether on DVD or the sucessor to DVD) to market.

    (I was going to expand that thought with the availablity of new revised versions of BR to upgrade without buying a new DVD/Whatever, but images of M$ and its Security Patches started to float in my mind.)

    Anywho, I may break down and get the Special Edition, if only because the CowboyNeal/Lego version isn't in the forseeable future.

  3. More scapegoats on Violent Video Game Protection Act · · Score: 1

    If/when this winds through the courts, and if/when it gets similarly slapped down Indy-style, it will allow the local yokel politicians/officials to bemoan that "them Godless liberals won't let us protect our children".

    No matter the cost, they're prepare to declare victory or victimhood.

  4. Upgrade to MrsCmdrTaco-Beta! on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 1

    Compatible across all platforms and user-friendly. Best of all, no M$ Security Patches and no DMCA quandries.

    Just remember to let Social Security and Ashcroft know your new name, for um, tax purposes.

  5. Where is MS Technet Update? on Microsoft Instant Messenger Virus Sweeps Net · · Score: 1

    M$ is suppose to have a Security Notification Service
    which informs you by E-mail when a new Security Bulletin is available. Ever since the December Uber-Patch, the system has been malfunctioning, and useless.

    The easiest way I found was anticipating the URL (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default .asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-nnn.asp, where nnn is the next Bulletin in sequence), but oddly enough, I discovered MS02-005 on the McAfee homepage.

  6. From Reuters/Variety on Concerning The Cancellation of Futurama · · Score: 1

    Despite virtually no promotion and frequent preemptions, ``Futurama''has still managed to win its 7 p.m. Sunday slot this season in teens, adults 18-34 and adults 18-49. Executives at producer 20th Century Fox TV have already had early talks about launching the show in syndication, though no deals are close.

    Can you imagine what would happen if they actually supported the show?

    Then again, I wouldn't put too much hope in other networks. 'Inside Schwatrz' was cancelled with its 30 share because it lost half of the lead 60 share from 'Friends'.

  7. Re:Been there - done that on Computer History Museum · · Score: 1

    I also worked at TCM in the early 90's (and helped bring the above author over from the MOS). It was a wonderful ecletic collection of artifacts (at one point, I could do the historical tour with Whirlwind and SAGE in my sleep). I also worked on the Walk-Through Computer, and I helped behind the scenes for the first two Computer Bowls (seen now on Stewart Chefeit's 'Computer Chronicles'). I mourn the loss of the old place on Congress Street.

  8. Re:Inquiring minds would like to know... on Feds to Publish Public Comments on MS Settlement · · Score: 0

    ... and how many would fit the CowboyNeal option?

  9. And Var'aq Programmers.... on A Warrior's Programming Language · · Score: 1

    ... drink large quantities of prune juice for all-night sessions.

  10. This'll be moot in 50 years.... on Space Tourist Standards · · Score: 1

    The Space Cartel will be run by the Five Families.

  11. Parody and Copyright Revisted on 007 Dis(Gold)members Austin Powers · · Score: 1

    This issue of parody vs copyright was in focus this past summer with the release of
    The "Gone With the Wind" parody. If Universal wants to pursue this route against MGM, they have a legal leg (IANAL), but MGM has time on its hands, so the next sequel may be titled "Austin Powers: So Very Old".

    This may be all moot if MGM keeps it 'inhouse' with the MPAA as arbitrator.

  12. More 80's Retro on A Real Tabletop PC · · Score: 0, Funny

    Remember the table-top Galaga and Ms PacMan at the local pizza joints?

  13. Re:Microsoft's First Security Policy on Security Community Reacts to Microsoft Announcement · · Score: 1

    This is eerily true. it's been over a month since the last MS Security Patch, MS01-060. The only other "Service Pack/Security Patch" has been XP-SP1.

  14. Retro-80s Blast! on California City Issues Internet Cafe Moratorium · · Score: 1

    Scary thing is most of the parents supporting this measure were probably teens themselves around the time that the last great "let's close all the arcades!" wave hit.

  15. Coming Full Circle.... on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 1

    RotLA came out in '81, and was apparently set in the mid-late 30's (Nazis existed, but Germans could still operate freely in Egypt.) Now it's '02, so roll Indy's age up by 21 years and you get mid-late 50's.

    Or set it in '62.....

    "Indiana Jones and the Blond in the T-Bird."

  16. Re:How is it "extortion" to enforce the law? on Business Software Alliance "Grace Period" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    More like:

    "We think you have stolen merchandise in your home. We're going to search it, and if you don't have a receipt for everything here, we're going to assume it's stolen, so you'll have to pay for it again, plus pay penalties. And remember, the proof is on you."

  17. Re:now... on Michigan Creates Cybercourt · · Score: 1

    And the CyberJudge.... Max Headroom meets Judge Judy:

    I-I-I-I'm the bos-s-s-s-s-s, App-app-app-applesauce!

  18. Voting Skewed Beyond Use on Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll · · Score: 1

    With all the automated voting and link manipulation, we'll find out the most popular platform for Web Services is Britney Spears' "Baby, One More Time" video.

  19. Re:So... on Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll · · Score: 1
  20. Run the Slashdot Reaction Subroutine on ACLU Examines Face-Recognition System · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a little tweaking, I believe the commentary on this issue will be iterated in the same categories as cited here.

  21. Slashdot Friend/Foe System on Slashdot Code Update · · Score: 1
    So how do you perceive So-and-So?
    • Friend
    • Neutral
    • Foe

    What? No CowboyNeal Option?
  22. Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk! Rejoice, Beantown Knuckleheads! on New Years Marathons · · Score: 1

    WSBK-TV, UPN-38 in Boston is hosting its yearly Three-Stooges Marathon from 10 PM to 2 AM EST. WSBK can also be picked up through a few satellite TV.

    It used to be a staple for my wife and her friend to eat Chinese food and watch the Stooges before we got married.

  23. Limited Thinking in Post-Eleventh World on Escape from Data Alcatraz · · Score: 1

    [Brown] stops for a moment before continuing the tour and points out some details which make it impossible to escape from the dimly lit metal and glass cell in which he stands.

    "It is called the dead mans zone because even if someone manages to get this far into the building, they won't make it any further, and they certainly won't be able to escape," Brown says.


    That's assuming that whoever intrudes wants to escape alive.

    How does this prevent cyber-martyrs?

  24. Re:I don't think I believe him... on Joss Whedon Is Creating a Sci-Fi Drama For Fox · · Score: 1

    I can make people that are scarier than anything you can put in latex.

    Scarier than Janet Reno in Latex?


    Now how did you find out about this year's Big Bad?

  25. Bad News/Good News on al Qaeda Hacks XP? · · Score: 1

    Bad News is that XP has been thoroughly hacked by Al-Quida.

    Good news is the hacks have made XP the most stable and rugged OS for M$ since DOS 6.2.