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  1. Re:More filesystems on TrueCrypt 6.0 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tumbleweed will be here all night.

    All too true...

  2. Re:More filesystems on TrueCrypt 6.0 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    And mucking about with Reiser[FS] doesn't seem to appeal to anyone right now.

    Yeah, but if you're already in trouble, you could make a deal by showing them where you hid the filesystem.

  3. Re:Okay there you go on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 0

    They had physical blood evidence that Nina bled in his car. Doesn't mean she died there, nor that Hans killed her.

    It's nonsense like that that got O.J. off. The relevant bit is, "beyond a REASONABLE doubt." Granted, 'reasonable' is in the eye of the beholder, but it's pretty clear that most people are rather stupid, and when lawyers each try to game the jury with someone who will be stupid in favor of their side, it shouldn't be too surprising that you wind up with nothing but stupid people.

  4. Re:Pentiums? on Larrabee Based On a Bundle of Old Pentium Chips · · Score: 1

    Hey, you insensitive clod ... you forgot the Natalie Portman and the hot grits! (and the welcoming of the new overlords and all the bases that are belonging to us).

  5. Re:What the hell is Larrabee? on Larrabee Based On a Bundle of Old Pentium Chips · · Score: 0

    It's one of the larger cities in Wyoming. Get with it. ;)

    I suppose it depends on what you define as a 'city'. By my definition, there ARE no 'cities' in Wyoming, only some large towns. The largest town in Wyoming has about 55k people, right? That ain't a city, son.

    Big mountains, though - the Grand Tetons are *way* more impressive than the Rockies.

    The first and only time I ever saw a tequila lollipop (WITH WORM) was at a gas station outside of Gillette, Wyoming. That's the kind of experience that sticks with a man.

  6. A Better Fake Username: on User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace · · Score: 1

    Charles U. Farley

  7. Re:New 3G Data plan is $30/month on AT&T To Offer No-Contract iPhone · · Score: 1

    What's wrong is that it's simply too expensive. I'd like to get an iPhone 3G but there's no way I'm going to pay $70/month for a telephone.

    Yeah, I have the same problem with Ferrari. They should make them cheaper so I can afford them.

  8. it's apparently amateur night on Interview With Author of the First Spoof Language · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh please.

    Has noone here ever used perl? :)

  9. It's a Mac? No worries! on What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    The RDF(TM) automagically repels any viruses or germs. Just another benefit of using a Mac.

  10. Re:optimal & maximum on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    Can it configure part of itself for memory? That would be interesting - configure the balance of cores/memory for what's needed at the time. How long does it take to reconfigure? Is it on the fly, or is it like an EEPROM that has to be loaded?

  11. optimal & maximum on Intel Says to Prepare For "Thousands of Cores" · · Score: 1

    The optimal # of cores will inevitably wind up being 42, but nobody should ever need more than 640K cores.

    Perhaps a machine that can configure the # and type of cores it needs on the fly will come about some day.

    I'm more interested in on-die RAM for now. A combined CPU/GPU/RAM hooked to SSD storage. Yum.

    Where's my Singularity? I was promised a Singularity!

  12. Re:For me... on Adobe Makes Flash Crawlable · · Score: 1

    ...Flash always crawls. That's life on dialup.

    Dialup is its own punishment. You probably did something really bad in a previous life. Digital karma is a bitch!

  13. Re:Caps-Lock key on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    It is rarely used, and often accidentally hit.

    Being able to type properly actually solves that problem without needing a redesigned keyboard. I learned to type on a typewriter with no letters on any of the keys - you learn pretty quickly. :)

  14. Yay for Microsoft! on Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format Specs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait ... what did I just say? ...

    I don't think I'm feeling well. I'm gonna go lie down now.

  15. Re:There is only one true keyboard... on Review of Das Keyboard · · Score: 1

    The MS Natural Keyboard 4000 goes back to the proper key layout, plus tilts properly (from the front, not the back), has nice padded palmrests plus it's black, and thus beautiful. A shame they can't use the buckling springs from a Model M, but no keyboard is perfect. I'd also like the keyletters to light up.

    I recently found an IBM Model M SpaceSaver (84 key; no numeric keypad on the side) - these are VERY hard to find. It's like I won a lottery or something. :)

    Now to paint it black...

  16. if someone's asking... on What Do You Want On Future Browsers? · · Score: 1

    I guess it's time to dig out the wishlist I made for OpenScape/Mnemonic back in the day. Most of the features still haven't been implemented in any browser.

  17. Re:The "7" refers to nothing in particular on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 1

    NT 3.1 was released not too long after 3.1... I was just postulating that they "continued" from there.

    Which is a silly way of numbering things.

    You could make an argument that NT 3.1 was the third generation of OS/2, though how they got the .1 on there, I dunno. It was obviously just marketing.

  18. Re:Fluff piece on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 1

    The Microsoft Research site has a page on product contributions that have come from MS Research.

    An interesting link. And very sad, considering their budget. Yeesh.

    I guess I expect more from the most profitable software company in the history of the planet.

  19. Re:Fluff piece on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd like to point out that Microsoft employs one of the original authors of the Mach kernel, Rick Rashid. He runs Microsoft Research. Look it up.

    Being put in MS 'Research' is the kiss of death if you want to make something that MS will ship. They seem to hire those brilliant people and give them massive funding only to keep them happy and prevent them from working for a competitor who might want to actually SHIP something brilliant they would come up with. Rather like IBM, only substitute incompetence in place of amorality as motivation.

  20. Re:The "7" refers to nothing in particular on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually it stands for Windows NT 7.0. Here's a quick run-down:
    NT 3.1
    NT 3.5
    NT 3.51
    NT 4.0
    NT 5.0 (aka Windows 2000)
    NT 5.1 (aka Windows XP)
    NT 5.2 (aka Windows 2003)
    NT 6.0 (aka Windows Vista/2008)

    And subtract 2.1 since they started at 3.1. Math. MS should look into that stuff some day.

  21. Re:ICANN? on GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers · · Score: 1

    Even worse, they are a 'trusted' SSL Certificate Authority. Someone pointed me to GoDaddy for SSL before, I was wondering why they were so cheap compared to more respectable looking sites.. well, at least they pass savings on to some customers while screwing over others

    Yeah, I've been using Dotster for a long time, now. More spendy than GoDaddy, but way cheaper than netSol, and Dotster has never tried to screw me. Must be run by a hot woman.

  22. Re:... and? on Dark Alex Releases 4.01 M33 Firmware For PSP · · Score: 0

    I can understand new releases of major software... a new GIMP, new KDE, new GNOME, new kernel, new release of a distro or operating system being newsworthy... but an announcement of a cracked firmware bin for a portable game system?

    Welcome to Slashdot. If you don't likes the Slashdot, you don't have to reads the Slashdot. Go check out Reddit or Digg if you wants only important news. :)

  23. this reminds me of a book... on Magazine Photos Fool Age-verification Cameras · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow. I just finished it, and it's full of stuff like ths. Great book, btw, HIGHLY recommended.

  24. Re:ICANN is I couldn't. The GoDaddy list: on GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers · · Score: 1

    What amazes me is that even though they are a US quasi government company performing this badly

    "You're doing a great job, Cannie..."

  25. ICANN? on GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    More like ICANN'T!

    Why is anyone surprised at unethical behaviour by GoDaddy?