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  1. Re:See it dubbed! on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1

    The irony of this comment is that Mark Hammil is now an accomplished voice actor.

  2. But did they find intelligent life? on NETI@home Data Analyzed · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what we need to know.

  3. If they crack the hash on Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm switching to hashish.

  4. Recipe for cooking with Cyrix on Cyrix Hotplate Howto · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Host server on Cyrix processor.
    2) Post on Slashdot.
    3) Watch food get cooked.

  5. Just when you thought photography on Public Park Designated Copyrighted Space · · Score: 1

    couldn't be more fun, they went and made it illegal!!!

    WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!

  6. First on Linux: Fighting the FUD of Forking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win. - Gandhi

    We're in phase 3...

  7. Re:This call may be monitored or recorded on This Call May Be Monitored ... · · Score: 1

    Alabama isn't on that list.... :/

    So much for all 50 states.

  8. Studies also show that Sunlight causes DNA damage on Study Links Cell Phones to DNA Damage · · Score: 1

    Man lands on MOON!

  9. Re:Just to nitpick on X Prize Launch At Mojave Spaceport [updated: success!] · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't confuse the issue with your "facts"

  10. Re:just like them on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 4, Informative

    I haven't been to a website in years that I couldn't see in Mozilla.

    Care to provide any examples?

  11. Re:End of limited liability? on Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik Answers · · Score: 1

    What's the problem with that?

    You've exactly described what it's like to be a Physician in America...

  12. Computer Shopper has been hit first. on Is "Marketingspeak" Killing Technology? · · Score: 1

    Their mag is remarkably slimmer than it was in the early 90's.

    I guess you can only run the headlines "Fastest Desktop Ever" and "Fastest Laptop Ever" for so many years before people start ignoring you.[1]

    [1] Yeah yeah, I know the net killed a large portion of their ad revenue.

  13. Re:That's what happens... on Tuberculosis May Become A Global Threat Again · · Score: 2, Informative

    TB has never been and never will be resistant to Penicillin. Your grasp of antibiotics is slightly less than your grasp of spelling.

  14. America on Tuberculosis May Become A Global Threat Again · · Score: 4, Informative

    America has the lowest rate of TB infection because we manage the disease differently than the rest of the world.

    The rest of the world gives the ineffective TB vaccine, while the US doesn't. The TB vaccine is known not to work, and it ruins the best test we have to screen for infection - the ppd (TB skin test).

    In America, we treat everyone that converts their skin test and we don't administer the TB vaccine. Our public health officials deserve a big pat on the back for this decision.

  15. Re:Nice Feature, but.. on The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo · · Score: 1

    It can. Just move Futurama up to the top of your Season Pass list and it will never miss an episode.

  16. Re:You gotta fight... on Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    You bought a new CD - man you don't wanna know
    You go to your PC it says "no go"
    Loaded DRM - your machine won't work
    But the Beasties don't tell you like you're some kind of jerk.

    You gotta fight for your right to copy

    The Boys caught your sampling and they said "No Way"
    Those hypocrites - use samples every day.
    Man, del-ing this is such a drag
    Now your idols tossed all their cred in the bag.

    You gotta fight for your right to copy!

    Don't you buy our CD if you expect to have a hear.
    Cause our DRM won't let you play it through the air.
    Your PC busted and you said "Where's my noise?"
    Aw, man, it won't play cause it's the Beastie Boys.

  17. This makes a lot of sense on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So by messing with the scratch protection algorithms in most CD players, it makes the CD less durable.

    Doesn't this increase the consumer's need to rip it immediately?

  18. Re:But.. on Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Exactly.

    I purchased this album at the store. I asked the girl behind the counter if I could bring the CD back if it didn't play in my car. She said I could.

    I bought it, it played in my car, and Grip had no problems archiving it for me. Dunno what the copy protection is, but it works GREAT!!!

  19. Re:That's a shame...no, really it is. on Are PDAs Simply Finished? · · Score: 1

    Define PDA.

  20. Re:That's a shame...no, really it is. on Are PDAs Simply Finished? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I disagree that PDAs are a gimmick. Maybe for most people they were, but they've led a silent revolution in medicine. My PDA is indespensible, and I know of no young physician who doesn't rely on one heavily.

    It can store several texts at once, drug information (including indication, dosing, and interactions), and most importantly the ever-revolving formulary your insurance company uses. There are many programs that make calculating certain medically related formulas a cinch.

    The PDA may be dead for the general public, but it has found quite a nice niche in medicine.

  21. Re:Oh great on TheOpenCD 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    There is nothing morally or ethically wrong with selling free software, and in fact, the GPL doesn't prohibit you from selling free software.

    As long as he includes the license and the source to whomever asks for it, it's totally kosher to sell GPLed software to those who want to buy it.

    At the price he's offering it, he's actually selling a service. He's also probably near the break-even price point for a small operation mailing individual CDs across the country.

  22. I'm already a step ahead in the DRM realm. on Microsoft's Janus DRM Software Officially Unveiled · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to offer the movie studios the ultimate in DRM.

    For a large fee, I'll cut the optic nerves in all of their customers, thereby preventing any unauthorized duplication or descriptions thereof.

  23. Warez the Future on Swedish Pirate Demo · · Score: 1

    Is that sort of like offshoring?

  24. The Digital Camera Revolution is not in Megapixels on Beyond Megapixels - Part II · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But rather X3.

    CCDs can only recognize one color per pixel, whereas X3 can recognize each color per pixel, producing much better pictures.

    The CCD will be dead in 10 years and replaced by X3.

  25. Re:Random fact... on The Bugatti Veyron · · Score: 1

    ome manufacturers experimented with shutting down fuel flow to cylinders at cruise in order to make the engine effectively smaller. Emission problems due to accumulation of oil in deactivated cylinders, poor engine life due to thermal stress and pumping losses made that a failed technology.

    Uh, that's been available as an emergency use setting in Cadillac's Northstar Engines, which has been in production for several years.

    It's also a technology being used in the new Chrysler 300 series, and is called Multi Displacement System