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  1. Oh, come on now. on Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    No one is going to fall for that.

  2. Stallman ... committed seppuku with a Frisbee. on Britannica Takes Over the Wikimedia Foundation · · Score: 1

    We should be so lucky.

  3. Those kids being in the US is good for the US on High School Kids Beat MIT at Robotics Competition · · Score: 0

    and bad for Mexico.

  4. No on Metafor: Translating Natural Language to Code · · Score: 1

    Haughty sniping is first nature to most of the Slashdot crowd.

  5. Robot Porn! on Evolving Lego Mindstorms · · Score: 1, Funny

    Woo Hoo!

  6. What, no Zaurus? on A History of Portable Computing · · Score: 1

    SL-C3000 has a 400 MHz processor, 64 mB RAM, 4 GB HD. It's probably more powerful than Slashdot's first server was.

  7. That's what the polygamists did on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    When polygamy was outlawed in Utah, thepolygamists just built their town (Colorado City/Hilldale) on the UT/AZ border. Now when the police show up, they just walk across the state line.

  8. Well, you did get through to 911 on Texas Attorney General Sues Vonage over 911 · · Score: 1

    Even if she didn't know your address, she did pick up. With Vonage, if you haven't set it up you get an error message when you dial 911.

  9. Wil Wheaton on mc chris Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Whatever happened to that interview? Did he ever answer the questions?

  10. But the Hockey Stick is True! on Open v. Closed Source-Climate Change Research · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    It has to be! It supports the Global Warming Theory! Anything that supports global warming is true, and anyone who talks about the opponents of the theory maybe doing something more correctly than the supporters is a neo-con radical supporter of Dubya!

    It's sad to see Slashdot becoming a supporter of the Republican Orthodoxy.

    Almost as sad as seeing the ad hominem attacks that some greens use against anyone who questions their orthodoxy...

  11. Why betamax on Apple Backs Blu-ray · · Score: 1
    IIRC, betamax was a consumer version of the "beta" tape used by professionals at the time.

    Two reasons beta lost out to vhs, despite higher quality: Sony was restrictive in its patent licensing, and the tape couldn't record more than 2 hours.

  12. What if on Media Organizations Join Forces to Fight Canadian Ruling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They publish an uncomfortable truth, and it's read online in a country where that particular truth is illegal to express?

  13. Depends on the libel laws on Media Organizations Join Forces to Fight Canadian Ruling · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the US the plaintiff has to prove that what was said was false, and in a case such as this, that there was malice. In the UK the defendant has to prove that what was said is true, which can be much more difficult, especially if off the record sources are used.

  14. Mother rapers, father stabbers. Father rapers! on Israeli Army Frowns on D&D · · Score: 1
    And the biggest meanest nastiest father raper of them all said "What'd ya get, kid?" "I got fined $50 and had to pick up the garbage" "What'd ya get arrested for" and I said "Litterin'"

    And they all moved away from me on the Group W bench.

  15. OpenZaurus on MiniMo(zilla) Running on Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    Won't even install on the sl-c3000 dammit. Apparently the ROM in that model is smaller than in previous ones and some of the os (/usr for example) has to be installed to the hard drive. Naturally, the developers have ensured that the documentation for compiling OpenZaurus/OpenEmbedded for sl-c3000 is at best opaque.

  16. Cool on MiniMo(zilla) Running on Windows Mobile · · Score: 1

    Now if only they'd get it running on an sl-c3000. None of the embedded distros I've seen run on that yet.

  17. Maybe it was... on Harvard Business School: You Peek, You Lose · · Score: 1

    and they failed.

  18. Speaking of Physics on World's First Physics Processing Unit · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hans Bethe Dies at 98

    "Nobel prize-winning physicist, he found the energy source of the stars and campaigned for nuclear power - and nuclear disarmament"

    He also worked on the Manhattan Project, as head of the Theoretical Physics Division.

  19. Eventually? on Samsung Unveils 82 Inch LCD · · Score: 1

    Since 82 inches =6 feet 10 inches, you can see her right now. In fact, if she's of average height and shown diagonally, you will see her larger than life size.

  20. I liked the ending on Can Sci-Fi Fans Face the Future? · · Score: 1

    of Angel.

  21. Re:Missing Informaton? on Battlestar Galactica Available for Download · · Score: 1

    The pilot was a mini-series. It's out on DVD. Worth buying.

  22. Have you ever heard of on Battlestar Galactica Season 2 This Summer · · Score: 1

    Tivo. Or even the good old VCR?

  23. Earth First! on Martian Sea Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can strip mine the rest later!

  24. Even easier if on Can Terrorists Build a Nuclear Bomb? · · Score: 1

    you have enriched uranium. Then you don't have to worry about precise detonators, imploding shells, etc. Just slap two pieces together fast enough by, say, firing a near critical slug of U down a barrel through a ring of near critical U. That's how we did it over Hiroshima.

  25. That's not sarcastic on United Kingdom Leads the World in TV Downloads · · Score: 1
    It's true. London has great Indian cooking, and several other cuisines besides. Sure, it's not the US which gets a new cuisine every time someone loses a war, but still. Good food.

    Many UKian women are hotties.

    The climate isn't that bad. Spring in Yorkshire is, well, can be, lovely.