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  1. Re:You see... on Fast CD-R Drives Make For Twice the Piracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is mathematics like this that allows an Italian bistro to travel through space.

  2. Re:first official freek-out recorded? on 100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics · · Score: 2

    Well, as a certainty, whether a photon is regarded as a particle or a wave it is interacting in some way with the slits, that is, the slits are changing the light's trajectory. I contend that the slits' interaction with the light is altered and determined by the lights position relative to the slits as it passes them. The lens, light source, and all other components of the photon-emitting apparatus are certainly moving, enough to make a difference in the trajectory of the photon as it passes the slit. I think this is much more feasible than the idea of multiple universes for explaining how light can continue to behave as a wave in situations in which only one photon is involved.

  3. Re:first official freek-out recorded? on 100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics · · Score: 1

    I don't buy that one, really. I'm inclined to think that the photon emitting device, siply because it is not at absolute zero, cannot be perfectly still, I think it must vibrate in a way that a photon might notice. The results, in my opinion, are best described by chaos theory, and I think that in most circumstances it provides a more rational decription of our world than quantum theory.

  4. Re:Inspirational on Old Age Simulator · · Score: 2

    I think the suit is actually not presently version one, I think the article said it was version III.

  5. Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl on MacAddict Tracks Down eBay Scam Artist · · Score: 2

    Well, that's just on the forums, I think we would all agree that the counterfeiter is also an asshole, so it's at least 102:2 = 51:1.

  6. Re:Dont they have something like this. on Clothes Make the Network · · Score: 2
    Why do these wireless comunities need to be on clothing?
    our most mobile and intimate technology
    So that you can sell each user a unit for every day of the week? I suppose it would be more conveniant if my PDA was my pants instead of just being in them, but friends tell me I need more than one pair of pants, and I can't afford to have eight PDAs.

    Mark my words, wearable computing is a doomed industry.
  7. Please don't ask... on Please Don't Ask Me About Windows On Christmas · · Score: 2
    ... and don't tell.

    Mr. Cray-Baker figured out that she needed to change the channel through her VCR rather than her television.
  8. Re:Perhaps on Radio Waves Employed in Space Construction · · Score: 2

    I suspect that street bum might have this to say.

  9. Re:Constant Restatement of the obvious on Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless' · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I was on Macrovision's website, reading their SafeAudio FAQ.
    6) Is SAFEAUDIO compliant with the 'Red Book' standard?
    The SAFEAUDIO coding option is designed to be compatible with Philips Red Book CD audio
    standard. This design ensures that SAFEAUDIO has superior compatibility and playability across
    the worldwide installed base of CD players and PC drives.

    Isn't it clever how they dodge the question my not repeating the word compliant in the response, but instead using a similar word, compatible? I guess one must be on one's toes all the time these days, even technical FAQs are no longer a haven from sneaky public relations propaganda.
  10. Re:Yeah Right on Lucky Green vs. Palladium · · Score: 2

    There's a third option, they could try to buy it from him. Really, how much money do you think you could resist for the cause, or do you think his goal would be accomplished whether he resisted or not?

  11. Re:How cool is this?!? on Walk-Thru Virtual Environment · · Score: 2

    It would probably be less expensive than the costly projector required to use it. It should probably be sold seperate from projectors, becuase it really should work with any projector. Becuause the only thing it does that a regular canvass screen can not do is allow you to pass through it, I doubt it will be popular in laptops, as most people would opt to reach around their LCDs. Look for it in plays and other stage performances as well as physically interactive entertainment venues.

  12. Is the DMCA an issue here? on Red Hat, IBM Expand Linux Deal · · Score: 2

    Allright, so this music is protected from copyright violation by glue. Does this mean that solvents are now illegal? Start stockpiling acetone now.

  13. Re:Best where electrical power is questionable.... on Solar Surgery · · Score: 2

    Despite all the jokes on here about it... scalpels.

    In a relatively undeveloped country, this would make a lot of sense!

  14. Re:Freedom of Speech: then and now on X-Box Flaw: MS Won't Use DMCA · · Score: 2
    by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors

    I think the biggest problem is that there isn't really a limited Time on the DMCA. My understanding is that should the games or DVDs you are buying today ever reach the public domain, if the DMCA is still in force nobody will be able to legally distribute or modify the work, as it will still be illegal to produce devices capable of removing the decryption. Additionally it will be illegal to publish research on such topics that might lead to fair use of the works whose copyrights have expired.

    That is why the DMCA is unconstitutional.
  15. Re:Even in the bathrooms? on Iowa College Goes Paperless · · Score: 2

    Anyone notice the Xerox advertisement above the article? That's just bad placement.

    I'm treating this as a put your jokes here thread.

  16. Re:Watermark? Share and share alike? on Sneaking DRM Amendments Through the Back Door · · Score: 2

    Thank you, music geek. You get to keep your medal.

  17. Re:Better Picture on Skydiving from 25 Miles Up · · Score: 2

    *butt, I noticed just after posting. I can spel butt. It's not like I'm stupid.

  18. Re:Better Picture on Skydiving from 25 Miles Up · · Score: 2

    Is that a red toolbox strapped to his but?
    I think I see drawers.

  19. Re:Dieting and eating contests on Scientific Battlegrounds in Diets · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well the stomach actually shrinks and grows as its lining is replaced. The shrinking and growing occurs in sync whith how full a person's stomach is on average.

    I am just guessing here, but the skinny Japanese guy might have some sort of 'training program' which involves drinking a lot of fluids or eating sugar-free jello to keep the stomach expanded while not gaining any weight.

  20. Re:Can't hear the message for all the screaming on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 2

    If absolutely everybody said that, the steady improvements would stop. I don't think industry would reduce pollution without the financial incentives ( fines ) that the whiners worked so hard to put into place.

    It is all moot, however, because the whining will never stop and full productivity will never be realized.

  21. Re:No. on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 2

    Actually I think there was an arcticle on slashdot about how the paper consumption rate has actually risen. To summarize, more business models based entirely on information and general economic growth. Another point in the article which lends itself more easily to to a neat and tidy mental picture is the fact that it is much more difficult to get on-paper data into a computer than it is to get digital data onto paper.

  22. Re:...From the Footer on Got Evil? Buy it Here! · · Score: 2

    Treachery!
    This is slashdot, and the first company you noted missing from the list wasn't Microsoft!

    I'd rant more, but I've got to go get a net and get tomorrows breakfast.

  23. Re:Robots.txt on The Wayback Machine, Friend or Foe? · · Score: 1

    Next thing you know they'll be putting all the robots in reservations, and I know you humans won't honor those treaties you signed.

    -Speaking as a brain in a robot body (sealab)

  24. Re:Teleportation, or recreating? on Laser Beam Teleported · · Score: 2

    It's the tearing apart that I don't like.
    Is the body to be transferred destroyed at the exact same time as the new body is created? Does it matter? More importantly, what becomes of the remains? Are they to be delivered to the new body in an urn? Or would that just be too weird?

    Oh, and additionally: You Skinnarian Baboon, you.

  25. Re:Tip charts?! on Calculators vs. PDAs in the Classroom · · Score: 2
    it can split a check, as many ways as you want.

    So it can perform division by any number?
    With this variable division technology already developed, Bistromathic space travel must be nearly in our grasp.