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  1. Re:Don't trust it! on Net Connected Dream Inducer · · Score: 1

    funny, but completely irrelevant. subliminal messages and hypnotism cannot make anyone do something they wouldn't otherwise do. anything that claims the contrary is a parlor trick.

  2. Re:Would the prize even cover costs? on Non-commercial Manned Rocket Test (pre1) · · Score: 1

    i think part of the point is to bring it in under the 7mil quid.

  3. Re:DivX on Dreamcast using Linux? on Sega Drops Dreamcast Price To $50 · · Score: 1

    nope. divx requires a much faster processor for decoding than the dreamcast has.

    sorry, i wish it could too :(

  4. Re:the origin of punk rock on Cringely On Gates' Free Software Connection · · Score: 1

    either you didn't get the joke, or that reply was just dripping with sarcasm... either way, cheers :)

  5. the origin of punk rock on Cringely On Gates' Free Software Connection · · Score: 1

    it was the sex pistols!

    it was the ramones!

    stfu. thank you.

  6. Re:djbdns and opennic on Securing DNS From The Roots Up · · Score: 1

    last i heard, ORSC's future was highly questionable. regardless, their root was accepted into OpenNIC quite some time ago. they're all one big happy family these days :)

    i had gone to ORSC looking to set up a search engine for the network and to get artists building on the alternative roots, and they basically told me not to bother talking to them because of their unstable future. they referred me to OpenNIC.

  7. stop timeout (sleep mode) on Homemade Digital Picture Frames? · · Score: 1

    change /config/SYSTERM_ScreenSaveSecs from 500 to 0

  8. using the glove for mousing... on New "Power Glove" for the PC · · Score: 1

    i didn't see any talk of this, but i figured it to be a natural enough question... if you're using this glove to do menial mouse tasks, do you have to type with one hand, or does the glove have to be turned off to type? does it recognise the motions of typing and turn itself off?

    seems like this would get bothersome...

  9. here in philly... on Nintendo Game Cube On (Limited) Preview In 12 Cities · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    here in philly, the cube club is an excuse to sell drugs. i went down there earlier this week, and it's all drug dealers and dirtbags. pretty much a no-geek zone.

  10. Re:So is this a remake of Man Facing Southeast? on Review: K-PAX · · Score: 1

    K-PAX is as much a "remake" of Man Facing Southeast as Atlantis was a "remake" of Nadia. that is, as long as you think of "remake" as "rip-off."

  11. slashdot making up our minds? on Polaroid Can't Compete with Digital Cameras · · Score: 2, Informative

    i'm sorry, but i don't see where in that link anything was said about not being able to keep up in a digital market.

    please, slashdot, let your users make up their own minds.

  12. does this mean... on Winamp Alpha for Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Winamp Is Not A Monopoly's Property?

  13. Re:We bitch about civil liberties on /. on Senate Trashes Civil Liberties; House to Vote Today · · Score: 1

    first of all, the anthrax cases in NYC are being investigated as a murder, not an act of terrorism.

    second, the rights destroyed under this act are more than civil liberties. provisions against illegal search and seizure are being RADICALLY undermined by this legistlation.

  14. Re:The lone cowboy... on Senate Trashes Civil Liberties; House to Vote Today · · Score: 1

    Only Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) did not vote for this... and he tried last ditch efforts to include privacy.

    that is false. read the wired article. i quote:

    The handful of other senators who endorsed Feingold's amendments included Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota), Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), and Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania).

    this says three other reps supported Feingold's amendments, and also infers others supported it as well.

  15. Untrue. on File Extensions And Monopolies · · Score: 1

    Then, you're basically at Microsoft's mercy. Because Windows makes you go on a mad hunt through menus and folders and options to find the dialogue box that lets you make any such change. It's not in the "add/remove programs" control panel, where you'd expect it. It's not under "properties" when you right-click on a file. It's not in any obvious or easily accessible location. (For future reference, here is where it is: In Windows 98, open Windows Explorer, find the View menu, look under "Folder Options," then find the hidden "File Types" tab -- which may not even be there, depending on what you have selected in the Windows Explorer window. In Windows XP, the feature is similarly hidden behind the cryptic "Folder Options" label.)


    untrue. in windows XP (and i believe win2k), you can simply right click a file, go to "open with" and "choose program."

  16. reports from new york... on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 1

    all land line circuits are jammed.

    public transportation is being shut down.

    military presence is expected

  17. Re:I don't get this... on Browser Spyware: Watching Where You Linger · · Score: 1

    besides the fact that anyone moderately skilled in javascript and php can track your mouse movements and scrolling habits already. with that kind of data in a db, all it takes is a little bit of polling and interpretation.

  18. $200 worth of depth? on Mindstorms' Next Generation · · Score: 1

    well you're already aware of how fun the previous version of mindstorms was. what you're reading is $20 worth of depth.

  19. Re:Slashdot will be sued next on Australian Court OKs International Net-Defamation Suit · · Score: 1

    I expect the eventual outcome of this will be a national Australian firewall, where if you don't kowtow to hte Australian court, the entire nation is blocked from accessing your site.

    welcome to china.

  20. Re:french post on Australian Court OKs International Net-Defamation Suit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wait... didn't the french give us "our damn statue"?

  21. please on Sklyarov Indicted · · Score: 2, Insightful

    spend the time you'd be writing the same things you said last time news on dmitry was posted here writing to your congressman or attending/organizing rallies.

    less talk, more action.

  22. Re:want more? on Still More Advertising Links · · Score: 1

    screenshot.

    it always appeared to be searching for something, but starting yesterday was the first time I saw it actually go to a the search engine.

    i took a quick look at anything available in the browser settings, and i can't seem to find any way to change this.

    anyone have any clues?

  23. want more? on Still More Advertising Links · · Score: 1

    has anyone seen what page you get if you type in an invalid domain with IE5+ now? instead of the usual error page, it now goes *straight* to an MSN search page.

    now that's some shit.

  24. QUESTION... on RIAA To Target CD-R · · Score: 1

    how is paying a tax on cds because a few people pirate any different than insurance rates going up because people claime fraud?

    it's not.

    and personally, i care more about my insurance going up.

    so quit whining, it'd be a paultry few cents.

  25. Re:Quick (legal) question... on Convicted by the Movie Cops · · Score: 1

    I think you'll be hard pressed to find an ISP whose TOS doesn't specifically state that they can terminate service for any reason, and without warning or notice, at any time.