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  1. I dunno... on Return of The Holy Grail to the Silver Screen · · Score: 2

    sound of screaming while falling off bridge

  2. They're slashdotted already on Star In A Jar · · Score: 4

    But, IIRC, this comes out of fusion research. Surround a pellet of deuterium with lasers and blast it. Watch it fuse. Everybody gets their name on the paper. They've been doing this for years.

  3. From the post on Searching for Real Estate Using the 'Net? · · Score: 2
    The Washington Post's .com column today is about realty sites.

    btw. I hate it when people say "real-ator".And "nuke-ular". Makes me twitchy.

  4. WP Driver on XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 2

    Yeah, 80X50 text, and it sped up scrolling wonderfully.

  5. Radeon on XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Nice to see the Radeon support is upgraded, and that the chip is recommended, since I have the All-In-Wonder Pro Radeon. Now I just need to get Gatos working with it.

  6. Re:Serious Question on XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 3

    Yes. In about 91 or so. That's when I decided to upgrade from VGA to an accelerated SVGA with, IIRC, 512K of on board memory AND a WordPerfect driver.

  7. Not just GM on GM Investing in Fuel Cells · · Score: 2

    More from the Post

  8. ZDNET on the lawsuit on Covad Faked DSL Trouble For Verizon? · · Score: 4

    This story ran yesterday at ZDNET

  9. Re:Best quote in a Slashdot article... on RC5-64 Project Teeters At The Halfway Mark · · Score: 4
    It differs because, well, umm, uh, let's see.

    What was the question again?

  10. Stolen 63" on NEC Announces 61-inch Monitor · · Score: 2

    How the hell did they sneak it out of the hall? They certainly didn't stuff it under their jacket! It'd take two hands to carry the thing!

  11. Re:This worries me on Alliance for Linux Set Top Boxes · · Score: 5
    Yeah, the only thing worse would be if one company were able to set the standard for a programming language that many of us use.

    BTW, QNX is not a linux clone. Unix clone, kinda-sorta-maybe, but not linux.

  12. Re:repeated recounts on Supreme Court Limits High-Tech Snooping · · Score: 1

    I said "complete". There was never a complete recount. Many counties never recounted, even though the law required them to.

  13. Anyone remember "Blue Thunder"? on Supreme Court Limits High-Tech Snooping · · Score: 3

    Movie with Roy Schneider made in about '84. With the LAPD using infrared imaging technology and Apache-like helicopters.

  14. repeated recounts on Supreme Court Limits High-Tech Snooping · · Score: 2
    There weren't repeated recounts. There wasn't even one complete recount. It looks like a complete recount wouldn't have changed the outcome, but that doesn't change the fact that claiming that there were "repeated recounts" is, at best, misinformation.

    Now, let's watch that karma burn.

  15. The Hacker Crackdown on The Future Of The Book · · Score: 2
    Bruce Sterling, tangentially, on e-publishing.

    THE HACKER CRACKDOWN:
    Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
    by Bruce Sterling

    From the Preface to the Electronic Release
    "However, if you were so foolish as to print this book and start retailing it for money in violation of my copyright and the commercial interests of Bantam Books, then Bantam, a part of the gigantic Bertelsmann multinational publishing combine, would roust some of their heavy-duty attorneys out of hibernation and crush you like a bug. This is only to be expected. I didn't write this book so that you could make money out of it. If anybody is gonna make money out of this book, it's gonna be me and my publisher."

  16. Looking around the site on The Future Of The Book · · Score: 2
  17. Round 2: on OSX/Win2K Deathmatch · · Score: 3
    I dunno, bash is very consistent across platforms and over time.

    What's that 'window manager' thingy, anyway?

  18. Re:I hate webbugs!! on Web Bug Detector · · Score: 1
    Your sig:"Keeping /. free of grammatical errors for 3 years."

    Your post: "Websites that use webbugs should be drug out back and shot!!"


  19. And more... on Web Bug Detector · · Score: 3
    Three from our friends at k5.

    Oh My God! Rusty's tracking me! That Low-Life Capitalist Corporate Big Business Pig! What do he and Inoshiro want with me! Why can't you guys leave me alone!!!!

  20. Re:Turn of face time on Capture MPEG From TiVo · · Score: 2

    Is he a troll? Yes. Does he have a point? Most definitely.

  21. I sent links to the article to the Washington Post on Where Does Microsoft Want You to Go Today? · · Score: 2

    That's right, I sent email to a couple of Post columnists, and the editor,containing links to the article, and the quote mentioning the Post. I wonder what they think about it?

  22. Wow on EFF Files First Anti-DMCA Lawsuit · · Score: 2

    Someone sure is humor impaired around here.

  23. wtf? on Sheet Music to Napster: Music Distribution Tech · · Score: 2
    I'm going to propose something radical. I'm going to claim that the current system of pop music, ..., colors our popular music just as much and just as fundamentally as the social structure of the female pianist colored the pop of the 19th century.

    I think I read something like that in RS, 20 years ago. Hell, that's been a perennial complaint of listeners for years.


  24. Felten v RIAA on IPIX Shuts Down Free Software Developer - Again · · Score: 3
    EFF & Princeton Scientists Sue Record Companies Over Squelched Research , at EFF.

    Since the editors seem to think that the /. crowd wouldn't be interested.

  25. Re:An idea to prove the GPL. on Attorney Dan Ravicher on Open Source Legal Issues · · Score: 1

    See this comment