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  1. \m/ on Centuries-Old Longitude Clock Runs Again · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is what screwed everyone up at the time, because the majority of folks were into heavy metal

    ROCK.

  2. Re:You are born free, of Christ, not a DUMBY!! on Criticisms of KDE 3 Release Process · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I demonstrate absolute proof
    Time is Cubic and not linear.
    Stupid educators ignore this,
    and teach students stupidity.
    Time Cube empowers wisdom
    above all gods and educators.
    I am the wisest human of all,
    for I have absolute proof of 4
    simultaneous 24 hour days in
    a single rotation of the Earth.
    God is 1-day, Science is 1 day.
    My 4 days disproves 1 day god
    and evil lying 1-day educators.
    Students are dumb and stupid
    for ignorance of Time Cube.
    Cubeless word allows the evil
    to rule and the liars to teach.
    You've ignored the Time Cube
    and you shall suffer its curse,
    as did all the past civilizations.
    Prepare for a hell you created.

  3. Re:Truck Stops. on Low-end Laptops? · · Score: 1

    or maybe they're like every other retailer with a brain and don't advertise their lowest prices. that way, you're in the store, you see the low price, and since you came thinking you'd spend more, you buy other stuff. :)

  4. Re:Excellent game. on Command and Conquer Generals · · Score: 1

    it hasn't been an ad-hoc composition of cliched parts as many games in the last few years have been in terms of storyline/plot.

    *cough*maxpayne*cough*

  5. Re:3% on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 1

    Of course the movie industry (like the beer industry) is normally completely recession proof - economic downturns often give people more leisure time to visit the theaters.

    absolutely. the great depression saw the boom of the film industry as people went to films in droves. and then, of course, the introduction of television gave the movie industry something to bitch about :)

  6. industry solution - genius! on Movie Industry Cries All the Way to the Bank · · Score: 1

    here's the plan, boys! we'll make tons of absolutely horrible movies, take Queen of the Damned for a recent example. then, we'll hype them up so much that everyone in the world goes to see them in the theatres. the kicker is - they wouldn't have bought the stupid DVD anyway, but at least we got their money at the box office!

  7. Re:Just read the entire IRC log... on Slashdot IRC Forum · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Basically, we run the site. I don't run the company. I'm not the CFO - that's the person who tracks all of that data.

    then why were we talking to *you* on irc?

  8. images not slashdotted on The Incredible Invisible Case · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    he, being a smart person, removed them from the server.

    smartay mahn, he!

  9. Re:extremophile bacteria on Lots of Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    unfortunately, you're using earth as an example. the biota on earth (all of it) exist in symbiosis with the biota, the atmosphere, and the rock itself. life cannot and does not exist in small pockets, closed off from reactive chemicals, but in theory swarms and consumes. the main requirement of "life" is chemical reactions, and mars stopped reacting a long time ago. water or not, if it's inert, it's a sure sign of no-life.

  10. Re:Ok let's stop looking for water for a bit on Lots of Ice On Mars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    exactly, mars is nearly devoid of nitrogen (2.7%, earth's atmosphere is 79% nitrogen). the entire planet reached chemical equilibrium some time ago. this is yet another publicity stunt to get money for sending shit to mars. NASA has been doing it since the 60's and the viking missions. back then it was *just* life on mars, now we're easily wowed by the thought of water.

    not that learning more isn't fun and all, but cries of "water means life!" are unfounded and dumb.

  11. Re:Wouldn't it be cool... on Lots of Ice On Mars · · Score: 2, Informative

    (un?)fortunately, james lovelock discovered in the late 1960's that atmospheric volitility is where to look for signs of life, and mars' reached equilibrium long ago. we may indeed find signs of previous life forms, but it more than likely died off millions upon millions of years ago.

    if you're interested, dr. lovelock was working on this very thing, finding life on mars for NASA when he formulated this hypothesis. the details of which can be found in a very good book called The Ages of Gaia.

    (and no, what you saw in the Final Fantasy movie is not really Gaia theory.)

    enjoy :)

  12. Re:uh, table trouble? on Excellent Hacks to the ReplayTV 4000 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh nevermind, it's just slashcode not being prepared for super-cool trolls who know that browsers won't break long lines themselves.

    tip for slashcode programmers: insert a space every 60 letters.

  13. uh, table trouble? on Excellent Hacks to the ReplayTV 4000 · · Score: -1, Troll

    what'd you do now, taco? put in nobreak tags or something?

  14. i'm suprised... on Movie Review: John Q · · Score: 1

    i'm suprised no one realizes this in the trailer:

    denzel gets all mad and stands up, "I WANT MY SON ON THE DONOR LIST!"

    don't you mean, receipient list, jackass?

  15. Re:Seen a few flicks this way. on Lack of Digital Screens for Attack of the Clones · · Score: 1

    Same reason why I think 96khz cd's are ridiculous. I can't hear outside of a certain range, who cares if it can faithfully record it?

    Psychoacoustics.

  16. Re:Turn it on? on Intel's Answer to AMD's Hammer - Yamhill · · Score: 1

    of course there's good reason. as much as i like the attention to customers, overclocking abilities, and price - intel's chips are markably more stable.

  17. the evolution on AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? · · Score: 1

    consider this.

    aol is buying and merging with media companies.

    it buys a browser and then completely reshapes the way it works, from the ground up.

    now they're buying a linux distro.

    do i smell a wireless thin client coming soon?

  18. Re:Whoa: let's see step B, please on The Brave New World of Work · · Score: 1

    it's about this time when one like myself must step in and state the obvious:

    read the book.

  19. Re:PC-based musician ? on Lunchbox Computers for Live Music Performances? · · Score: 1

    Seriously though, what the heck is a "PC-based musician" ?

    there are any number of virtual analog modeling software, composition/sequencing, performance aplications out there which, when combined with soundcards with onboard synths and hard disk sampling, do, indeed, allow a person to be a musician who uses nothing but their computer.


  20. Re:Judges are known for their technical prowess? on U.S. Department of Interior Ordered Offline · · Score: 1

    Scary because most judges are not technically competent nore do they have advisors technically competent enough to know who is making sense and who is just talking slick.


    read the article again. the database was consistantly broken into by the court investigators. if they, being "not technically competent" are able to break into the systems, i say it's fair to assume the security is shit. :)

  21. hoho taco you are discovered! on Nintendo Declares GCN Most Popular Console Ever · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hah! you are found out, mister taco man! you thought we would find your mind bullets funny, BUT WE KNOW YOU ARE NOT FUNNY! IT IS TENACIOUS D WHO IS THE FUNNY MAN!

    you bastard :P

  22. Re:No, they're not on Apple Cease-And-Desists Stupidity Leak · · Score: 1

    It's like pointing out that someone left their front door unlocked, and getting sued for pointing it out when someone ELSE uses that information to burgle the house.

    that's called accessory.


  23. great interview here if you're interested... on Bruce Campbell Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Sorry if you don't like the transcription. on Bruce Campbell Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    thank you, chris :)

  25. Re:Sorry if you don't like the transcription. on Bruce Campbell Answers Your Questions · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    I really would have rather waited the month or more. you could have explained the reasons in a slashback and we would have understood. instead, we're now faced with an interview that barely answers any of the questions, lifeless, and presents Bruce Campbell in a severely unflatering light. your shoddy interview makes Bruce look like he doesn't care about his fans, and that's not fair to him or to us. I suggest that you shoot Bruce an email and tell him that you'd like to do a second, more in depth interview ON HIS TIME, and appologize for this butchery. it's only fair.

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