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  1. Re:This reminds me. on Earth's Gravitational Field Is Getting Flatter · · Score: 1

    When did gravity get polarity? I thought it was just kinda down.

  2. Everyone knows that on unix.com Wins Domain Dispute · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows that UNIX is really just a is really just a Fire Extinguisher, and certainly not a web page or much less a legal trademakr. Extinguisher, and certainly not a web page or much less a legal trademakr.

  3. Re:If you like it on NVIDIA Cg Compiler Technology to be Open Source · · Score: 1

    They make cards now? I thought they just made kick ass chipsets, belive if they made a card I would purchase it.

  4. Re:Picture -- FAKE on Dual GPU graphics solution from ATi? · · Score: 1

    it looks like a gimp job to me

  5. Re:What do Christians think about this? on Planetary System Similar to Sol · · Score: 1

    I found this explination of the commonly quoted Pi=3 in the bible to be interesting. It shows an alternative view.

    http://www.yfiles.com/pi.html

  6. Re:What browser war? on Browser Wars II: CompuServe Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    eat browsing with tabs and die!

  7. While it's no StarOffice on Another Office Alternative · · Score: 1

    "it's no StarOffice" so in theory it should load in reasonable time? oh wait its written in java so scratch that idea

  8. Good web design on What Makes a Good Web Design? · · Score: 1

    Good web designs are best viewed in any browser, including Lynx.

  9. Slashdot, news for Apple lovers on Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.3 · · Score: 1

    Did /. get a new corporate sponser? Why do I see 11 different topics dealing with Apple? Why only 5 with Linux in them? oh

  10. Picture Summary on Most Detailed Image Of Earth Yet · · Score: 1

    The oceans of the earth are all one color, Dark Blue! It looks like the north pole is also Dark Blue. Everything else is either green or brown, with antartica and iceland being pretty white.

  11. Re:With Radar and Nearly Instant Re-Positioning... on USAF Readies Laser of Death · · Score: 1

    "Isn't this the most powerful weapon we're ever going to see on a battlefield?"

    I thought we allready invented the most powerful weapon

    http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/

  12. .NET is on What is .NET? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .NET is the latest greatest Not Engineered Technology to come from Microsoft.

  13. Re:Also Java 1.4 out on Sun Unveils More Linux Strategies · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mod this one down. Informative usually means its true. Java 1.4 RC1 has been released at http://java.sun.com/j2se/

  14. Re:Submerging circuit board in an inert liquid on Using Radiators to Cool CPUs · · Score: 1

    Why not just use H20, if you get the water pure enough it is not going to conduct electricity. Be careful not to use tap water! I wonder if there are any refrigerants out there that have good electrical properties for this. Well it sure would be cool to have a case full of liquid and I bet it would cut down / eliminate fan noise.

  15. HP is dying because of the ti89 on HP Calculator Department Closing · · Score: 2

    HP calculators have been obsolete for quite sometime now. It comes as no big surprise to me that HP is finally stopping the development of future models (I am sure H & P are rolling over in there graves). Simply put a ti89 gets the job done quicker and faster than a HP. Ever try and evaluate a triple integral with an HP? My experience has been that it can sometimes take minutes to work a problem with an HP that would take a ti89 just a fraction of a second. I took a vector calculus course in college that was technology based. Aside from using computers (maple and matlab) the professor encouraged us to purchase ti89's. The proff even wrote a vec calc package for the 89. Previously the course had been taught with HP calculators, but the proff switched over to the ti89 and told the class how he regrets the sad death of the HP calculator line. In my engineering classes I often work with students who prefer HP's. I routinely solve problems at a quicker rate with my 89 than the HP users in my static's class. I will give the HP some respect on its postfix notation, I will admit that is handy. I still prefer the power of the ti89 with its 3d graphing and ability to get me an A in diff eq and linear alg. I have yet to see anything that the HP calc can do that I can't do with my 89. Yet I see lots of stuff that I can do with an 89 that either takes to much time or is simply impossible to do with an HP. That's why I think the HP line is dying.