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  1. yeah.. right.. on New Dr. Who Episode Leaked · · Score: 5, Funny

    can anyone say "Promotional Ploy that Slashdot fell for"?

  2. Reports initially stated.. on Microsoft Research Showcase Explored · · Score: 4, Funny

    that the original version of the beloved teddy bear was, in fact, a small wooden horse. Details at 10.

  3. Re:Yes, but... on German Railways To Get WLAN RailNet · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I'd probably kill time by reading a book instead."

    I hope it's on the Slashdot Approved List, else ye are a sinner and should lose -2 points for blasphemy.

  4. Re:Confused on MS-DOS Paternity Dispute Goes to Court · · Score: 1

    that's okay.. I made money (about 50 buck a pop) for the ansi adverts I did for the underground BBSs in ANSI.. so while they made fun of me for not being able to oooh and ahhh at various graphical routines, I took dates out, bought a car, and started a promotional business leading up to a recording studio with my DOS under-powered 486. Poor me.

  5. Re:Anybody remember Spectre VR? on Flash Developers Fear Spectre of Spyware · · Score: 1

    heck yeah! It was the closest thing to Tank I could find.. very addictive. Nice packaging, too.

  6. Re:Confused on MS-DOS Paternity Dispute Goes to Court · · Score: 1

    that may seem funny, but seriously.. there was no competetor when it came to creating ASCII and ANSI art (TheDraw, GuileDraw, edit) or running a warez BBS (OBV/2, Telegard, or hacking WWIV boards). Even the demos scene was out of this world. And the trackers. Oh.. and editing basic games was worth hours of fun. Nuclear Bananas would take out a whole building!

    I miss MS-Dos..
    *Sniff*

  7. Re:Too much Google? on Google Calendar Coming Soon? · · Score: 1

    no.

    but go ahead and tell us how not every problem can be fixed by a govt program or a commercial product.

  8. Re:No, the tool is the arm. on Robotic Arm Controlled By Monkey Thoughts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    sugar gliders have them as well.. one per hand. and they even have unique fingerprints.

  9. Re:About time on Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens · · Score: 4, Funny

    they were snowed in.

  10. Re:No Jobs? on Torvalds Dubbed Most Influential Executive of 2004 · · Score: 1

    He and his money making company kept Austin, Texas as a viable technological force throughout and past the 90s crash. This is important for economy, jobs, innovation (from other austin based companies like TI, 3M, and smaller indie companies). His investments and capital have dramatically influenced the executive world. It IS about making money (with love overhead hopefully) afterall, isn't it??

  11. Problems arise, and this is GOOD for education.. on Build Your Own Cyclotron · · Score: 0

    "We expect there is an azimuthal distortion," says Koeth. "We think we might have to further adjust the shape of the pole pieces."

    yeah, just what _I_ was thinking.
    *rolls eyes*

  12. Re:Off Topic: Porn on /. on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you're new here, aren't you?

  13. what a good citizen would do.. on MPAA Looks to Sniff Internet2 Traffic for Sharers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hereby volunteer to let the MPAA install a camera in my livingroom and bedroom to insure I do not fast forward past ads, initiate a public viewing, or copy any of their bread-and-butter.

    or have lawsuits become their bread-and-butter? *Sigh* either way.. I want to do my duty.

  14. Re:lame on RF Connector Chess Set · · Score: 1

    so if they matched, it would be??

  15. Re:Where have they gone? on Humans in America 25,000 Years Ago? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    actually, I am not.. I have dual nationality. You don't. you can't.. american will not recognize it for you unless you are Native American like me. so thhhbbbbttppppp.

  16. Re:Where have they gone? on Humans in America 25,000 Years Ago? · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is.. go to your local Casino. They are called Tribes. They are independant nations inside the US numbering in the thousands.. they were nice systems that were too nice, and were thusly erraticated due to brilliant warfare waged by early US. (see first biological warfare- also: pox ridden blankets)

    oh.. and I'm Chippewa, BTW.. card carrying, voting, and casino owning.

  17. Re:Amplifiers... on Happy 100th To The Vacuum Tube · · Score: 2, Funny

    umm.. that's funny, people. or is Spinal Tap on the do not watch list here at slashdot?

    and i agree.. nothing like a warm, over driven glowing tube. i prefer fender, though.

  18. Re:TCO on DIY High-Quality XGA Projector for ~$300 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And somehow you managed to make this post even more boring in 1/100th the time it took those events to occur.

  19. Re:Dome on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1

    so does oklahoma city.. because of the wind. the result was a deserted downtown, which scared off investors. worst move ever.

  20. that's an easy one.. the answer is on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 3, Funny

    First we state that women require time and money:
    Women = Time X Money

    And as we all know "time is money"

    Time = Money

    Therefore by substituting Money for Time we get:

    Women = Money X Money

    Women = (Money)2

    And because "money is the root of all evil" we therefore can state:

    Money = (Evil)1/2

    And Since

    (Money)2 = Women

    Then (Money)2 = Evil

    And we are forced to conclude by substituting "women" for "(money)2" from above that:

    Women = Evil

  21. Re:Clunky gray FM Thing on Virgin's New iPod Rival · · Score: 1

    No, man.. you dont get it.. didn't you read the specifications? "Volume output settings 0 to 60".. to 60! Most only go to 10. This one goes to 60. That's 50 higher..

  22. Re:Who will enforce it? on Copyright Law Mashup Moving Through Congress · · Score: 1

    Patriot act coupled with FBI spyware. Court ordered warrant, harddrives, analyze logs, prosecute.

  23. Re:Why not sue? on Copyright Law Mashup Moving Through Congress · · Score: 1

    Wonderful idea! Start a paypal donation thingy for a legal fund and hop to it! I'll throw in 20 bucks for your woes.

  24. Re:Some things I don't understand about anti-matte on Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons · · Score: 2, Informative

    You would store it with magnetic fields, presumably. We know a lot about those. Pretty good at making them efficiently now, as well. Radiation? We're pretty good at testing radiation safely as well, but I suspect we'll just use it on some poor unsuspecting country first. Measure later. If you get a warning that we're under attack by the same type of device, just duck and cover like Tommy the Turtle.

    Anti-matter can't touch matter.. but you can build anti-matter containments.. even devices, but I suspect we are very far from this, as it takes a lot of anti-matter to create something on such a large scale. We'll probably use a form of particle trickery, directing the resulting anti-matter towards matter. Viola. Weapon.

  25. Re:Energy Conversion on Air Force Researching Antimatter Weapons · · Score: 1

    Forget about it.. what you don't know won't kill you.

    Wait.. but what you're not made of might!