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  1. Re:What Time Is It Now? on A Clock That Runs for 10,000 Years · · Score: 1
    It's essentially a "future-proof" clock

    But it's not Congress-proof.

  2. RIAA, meet The Pope on Record Labels Unveil Greed 2.0 · · Score: 1
    "If you type in 'Madonna' - a Warner act - at the Google Video site, and the results are accompanied by ads, Warner wants a share of those ad dollars."

    The Catholic Church has first call for a tithe of those ad dollars.
    And twice as much from the RIAA to fund the Devil's Advocate.

  3. Re:Starchaser blew up on 20,000 Show up for X-Prize Expo · · Score: 1

    At least it blew in the right direction.

  4. 1,000,000,000:1 contrast on Sharp LCD Display with 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio · · Score: 1

    So how close are we to 1 TeraContrast?

  5. Re:Brilliant on The Mind of an Inventor · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you're supposed to put the speakers on top of your cubicle you first need a top on your cubicle.

  6. Re:Sweets on Tim Bray on Implications of OpenDocument Format · · Score: 1

    It means we're going up to the 13th floor to suite 1337.

  7. Seldon Naming on Name That Worm · · Score: 1

    I lean toward Harry Seldon's naming approach: "Idiot number 1", "Idiot number 2", etc. For both a virus creator and their product. His emperor's approach of following that with execution is an optional enhancement.

  8. Technology on The Digital Dark Age · · Score: 1

    Because a CD-ROM is an optical technology, you can include a definition of the data storage method. They may be able to put it on their home office optical scanner and decode the image of the data dots. Or include a printed copy of the treasure map.

  9. Simulated? on Next NASA Centennial Challenge Competition · · Score: 1
    $250,000 USD will be awarded to the team that can autonomously deliver the most lunar regolith to a collection device

    If that's not simulated lunar regolith, I think they'd be quite willing to pay a lot more.

  10. Re:I can just see it now... [OT] on New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices · · Score: 1
    Let's not forget about the scourge of my existence: slow people in the fast lane. They're just asking to be tailgated.

    Tell it to the judge.

  11. Re:I can just see it now... on New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices · · Score: 1
    Better yet, protection from police speed cameras.

    Even if you can get a model which works beyond 33 feet, in the real world you'll need a unit which can direct hundreds of beams of light. It will be busy illuminating everything reflective: other driver's eyeglasses, chrome bumpers, license plates, tail lights, highway signs, parts of windows, clean cars, store signs, shiny window frames, police car lightbar, police badge, policeman's reflective sunglasses ...

  12. Edited... on Black Hole in Search of a Home · · Score: 1
    Edited for clarity.

    Hey, Slashdot has a tradition to uphold!
    Or actually... A reputation to improve!

  13. Water, water, everywhere on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 1
    "...and desalinate seawater."

    Sevmash Spring Water! Only $20 a bottle!

  14. I'll take six! on Floating Nuclear Power Station · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think New Orleans could use a half-dozen of those...

  15. Scurry? on Logitech Unveils Smart Mouse · · Score: 1

    Does the mouse scurry into its recharging hole when a cat approaches?

  16. Re:Why? on Logitech Unveils Smart Mouse · · Score: 1
    42 muscles to frown, 22 to smile

    So, does your mouse smile at you often?
    How do you feel when it does that?

  17. Waiting on Supernova 1987A Decoded · · Score: 1

    OK, so "soon" either the main shock wave will hit the inner ring and we'll see a lot of X-rays or "I do not expect the ring to grow as a shock-wave-produced ring would be expected to. Some bright spots may be seen to rotate about each other and to merge. It is an opportunity more rare and valuable than a diamond to be able to verify the electric discharge nature of a supernova."

  18. Re:Site seems down; here's that article's text on Supernova 1987A Decoded · · Score: 1

    Don't be silly, electricity can't convert lead into gold. Obviously you have to convert cats into gold with it.

  19. Was not a celebrity on How I Failed the Turing Test · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But now that he's in Slashdot, he is a celebrity. At least his ISP will think so.

  20. Re:slashdot on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 1

    We get to watch all the news channels overheat.

  21. Features of Vista on Trusted Computing And You · · Score: 4, Funny
    Vista allows you to:
    • Play Minesweeper.
    • Download trusted security updates for Minesweeper.
  22. Look it up on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1
    "This simply begs the question of..."

    Too bad he doesn't know the meaning of what he is saying is the opposite of what he thinks it means.

  23. I could tell you on Building Secure Computers? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Prepare for "I could tell you, but..." comments.

  24. Re:Why on College Libraries Without Books · · Score: 1
    Its a Phonetics teachers worse nightmare.

    The phonetics teacher should speak and not write poorly.

  25. Sleep Imperative? on Drug Reverses Effects of Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 2, Interesting
    One sleep theory is that a brain consumes more energy than the bloodstream can deliver, thus sleep is required so the brain can store energy (food) for proper operation. If sleep is a physical requirement, avoiding it could be life-threatening if the body-controlling part of the brain also requires sleep.

    If this drug eliminates the desire for sleep but not a physical requirement, it provides a test for the theory. See if people fall over dead after not sleeping for a while.