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  1. Re:Spectrum auction on FCC Chairman Warns of Wireless Spectrum Gap · · Score: 1

    Minus the sarcasm, you're absolutely right.

    The AWS and 700MHz auctions have opened up a vast amount of real estate to be used for high speed data. When that's exhaused, the FCC will start dolling out other valuble spectrums vacated by analog TV. I feel like today's RF environment is still fairly green, dispite Genachowski's comments to the contrary.

  2. Re:Run for the hills! on In Round 2, Jammie Thomas Jury Awards RIAA $1,920,000 · · Score: 1

    Did you know that "Underpants Gnomes" is almost 11 years old? Amazing how times flies, doesn't it?

  3. Rita? on Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who thought that they opened a Rita's Water Ice on Mars? They seem to be opening them all over the place of late.

  4. Re:host memory! on Aging Security Vulnerability Still Allows PC Takeover · · Score: 1

    Don't you remember the old saying, "one man's feature is another man's security hole"?

  5. Re:Eliminate it? on Airport Security Prize Announced · · Score: 1

    Didn't you see the commericals from back in 2002? I think it ran durring the superbowl:

    When you buy drugs, some of that money goes to terrorists such as Al Qaeda who grow poppy in Afghanistan. So therefore having drugs makes you a terrorist.

    It would be funny if it weren't completely true.

  6. Re:Should have tried the Internet King on Why Are T1 Lines Still Expensive? · · Score: 1

    I never make it on ./ fast enough to point out the cultural references.

  7. The "Hair" press conference in it's entirety on Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M · · Score: 1

    I just found the entire press conference on youtube. Their discussion of haircuts was really amusing. And yes, they are taking this seriously.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=05C0Jr8NEkA

  8. Re:Not for me on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    You could buy one of these. It doesn't look like a USB stick. How would they know? As a side note, I don't take responsibility if you are fired.

  9. Re:Great... on Nuclear Battery That Runs 10 Years · · Score: 0

    In Soviet Russia, foil wraps YOU!

  10. Re:If you... on Logitech Gives A Mouse A Laser · · Score: 1

    That is so true.

  11. Re:Abraham Lincoln said... on BSA Asks Kids to Name Copyright Weasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, Drugs Are Really Expensive.

    Saw it on a t-shirt this summer.

  12. Re:Does it run Perl? on Pearl, a Robot for the Elderly · · Score: 1

    Is there anything Perl CAN'T do? I don't think so.

  13. grammer check? on Searching by Shape... · · Score: 2
    To type keywords in a general search engine to retrieve an image?
    It's as if they're not even trying anymore. I mean, it's almost getting to the point where I don't understand what is being said.
  14. Re:Numbers on The Galaxy's Largest Diamond · · Score: 1

    Put it in terms I can understand.

    How many Library of Congresses is it? That's what I want to know.

  15. Re:Best: LOTR/Matrix. Worst: LOTR/Matrix on The Best and Worst Movies of 2003? · · Score: 1

    We are such dorks. I was just about to nit-pick, and you beat me to it.

  16. speak english! on A Game of Thrones · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dude, this is a good review, but PLEASE take the time to read it over before you submit it!

    Run-on sentances, you start sentances with conjuntions, the first sentance of the review appears to be referring to SOMETHING, but I'm not sure what...

    Just spend the time to read it over and have someone else read it. Sorry, I'm really anal about these things.

  17. Cowboyneal... on Scientists Attempting to Create Simple Life Form · · Score: 1

    ...is a simple life form.

  18. Re:Scientists Also Discovered ... on Lotus Nanotech · · Score: 1

    When i saw this post, I thought, "better post a reference to the Black Lotus; no one else is as nerdy as I am and would be thinking about a Magic card from 10 years ago".

    One again, thank you Slashdot for exceeding my wildest expectations!

  19. Re:Interesting.... on Cold War Satellite Pics Declassified · · Score: 3, Informative

    This joke is overused, and you used it incorrectly because you don't understand it.

    The reference is to "Underpants Gnomes" (a South Park episode) where a bunch of gnomes steal Tweak's underpants. Their business plan is as follows:

    1. Steal underpants.
    2. ????
    3. Profit! ...and so now you see how this often related to the .com's back a few years ago, but how your "conspiracy theory" list doesn't make any sense.

  20. Like bums on a streetcorner on The Economics of Spam · · Score: 1

    Does anyone else see the analogy?

    I live in a university in a big city, and I have to listen to my friends complain non-stop about the bums that sit outside of 7-11. I told them that if people stopped giving them money, they would be gone tomorrow. Spammers are the same way.

  21. Drexel CS Student? on Computerized Betting System Proves Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    I currently go to Drexel.

    Drexel recently merged their CS major with the engineering school. I didn't know what to think. For all of you who don't know, Drexel university is a very business oriented school. It seems then that the desire for money simply becomes more and more.

  22. Re:Three for, Four Against on Satellite Radio in Fiscal Trouble · · Score: 1
    It gets bad press on ./ (only kind of kidding)

    This is very important:

    ./ = dot slash = current directory in unix

    /. = slash dot = the website you are currently reading.

    Thank you for your time.

  23. Re:Interesting on Batteries Powered by Leftover Food · · Score: 1

    You're assuming 100% efficiency. Rarely would i expect any more than 25% efficiency out of a battery of this type.

  24. Re:This was posted six months ago, on The Rise and Fall of the Geek · · Score: 1

    I feel like such a stupid American right now. Never mind me...

  25. This was posted six months ago, on The Rise and Fall of the Geek · · Score: 1

    Did anyone look at the "posted" date? /. is supposed to be a news site, and they're posting stuff from April.

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    O geeks, what has become of us?
    By Tom Steinberg
    Posted: 04/10/2002 at 13:22 GMT