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  1. So? on Ultrawide Zoom in a Compact Camera · · Score: 0, Troll
    What is remarkable about this?

    Did Kodak pay for this advertisement?

  2. Re:Are hydraulic exoskeletons the only way? on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 1

    Nicely said.

  3. RTFA on First Military Exoskeleton Reaches Prototype · · Score: 1

    It's designed as an all-terrain vehicle, not some kind of mighty all-purpose super suit.

  4. Agreed! on A Look at Data Compression · · Score: 1

    Why use JPEG or PNG when you can just use .BMP files?

  5. Re:List of Effected CD's on Sony DRM Installed Even When EULA Declined · · Score: 1

    If only Slashdot had some sort of a button that would allow you to "preview" things before you submit them.

  6. Tada! on Google Acquires 5% of AOL · · Score: 1

    You just got his point.

  7. Moron on Wikipedia... on Hubble finds Mass of White Dwarf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  8. Physics is not the only field that uses the word on Virgin Galactic to Build Space Port in New Mexico · · Score: 1

    And no, they are not using SpaceShip One.

  9. Bingo on Mice Created With Human Brain Cells · · Score: 1

    You got his point exactly.

  10. Everything is an object? on Java Is So 90s · · Score: 1

    You mean everything except byte, char, short, int, long, float, and double?

  11. Exactly on Wikipedia Hoax Author Confesses · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you're serious about looking something up, Wikipedia is an excellent starting point. That's all.

  12. Why did you have to ask your question on Slashdot? on Sober Code Cracked · · Score: 1
    Couldn't you simply have read the article?
    The virus even synchronizes the machines via atom clocks so the activation will not happen before January 5th, even if the clock of the computer is incorrect.
  13. You lose three times on Sober Code Cracked · · Score: 1

    Once because you would mod such an obvious idea as "insightful"; once because you didn't get the joke that the GP is making fun of the Slashdot moderators; and once because you didn't use Preview.

  14. Also, isn't that the point? on The Future of HTML · · Score: 1
    If you were going to choose how many heading levels to support, would you (a) support plenty, or (b) support just barely enough for what you think people will need?

    Clearly, the right answer is (c) use semantic markup, and let the sections (with their headers) nest arbirarily; but if you perceive your choices as a & b, doesn't it make sense to pick a?

  15. Re:The (sort of) correct list. on USPTO Unable to Find Top Ten Patent Holders · · Score: 1
    Just because they are listed in a certain order doesn't mean they are listed in order of seniority. They could very well be listed by seniority.
    Yes, or even by seniority.
  16. Re:Well duh on Robots With Square Wheels? · · Score: 1
    What's your point exactly? That a science news blurb and a Slashdot post aren't the same as a mathematical proof?

    You seem smart enough -- I think you know what they are asking for. What purpose does your nitpicking serve here? I don't see it.

  17. Re:Wishy-washy on Patents and User Protection In OSS · · Score: 1

    Well, o humourless one, you've displayed an ignorance of irony that would make Alanis Morissette proud.

  18. Is it just me? on EFF Has Outlived Its Usefulness? · · Score: 1
    Or is The Register slowly turning into The Onion?

    By that analogy, I guess Slashdot would be turning into the Beijing Evening News.

  19. Well duh on Robots With Square Wheels? · · Score: 1
    No, the road is made of a series of segments, and the segments must be the same shape as the wheel.

    Before you come up with your next objection, ask yourself if it's plausible that the mathematicians involved are too dumb to have thought of it already.

  20. My mistake on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I thought you meant 4 different 5x5 solutions.

  21. I know you're joking, but... on A Solution for the Ten Letter Acrostic Puzzle? · · Score: 1

    That doesn't work. Try it.

  22. Re:I disagree on Free Software Foundation Begins Rewriting the GPL · · Score: 1

    Good points. Thanks!

  23. I disagree on Free Software Foundation Begins Rewriting the GPL · · Score: 2, Insightful
    So I could take slash code (if it's GPL, which I don't recall), hack some changes, and sell access to the website using those changes, and never have to share my code, which violates the spirit of the GPL.
    How does this violate the spirit of the GPL? We'd have to ask Mr. Stallman for an official answer, but in my opinion, the GPL was intended to maximize people's freedom with regards to the software they use, and I don't see how forcing web sites to publish their server code enhances anyone's freedom.
  24. Ok, thanks for that... on Free Software Foundation Begins Rewriting the GPL · · Score: 1

    Now, would you care to answer the question?

  25. Thank you!! on Linux Desktop Email Key to Success · · Score: 1

    I was just thinking to myself, won't someone PLEASE tell me what's holding back Linux on the desktop!