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  1. 1Ghz processors on Next-Generation Chip Fabs · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've worked in motion control, although nothing that big, and 1 GHz processors are overkill for that application. Heck, we got decent results with 486-50s.

  2. Mustard? on Haiku vs Spam · · Score: 2

    Yuck. Mayo is much better.

  3. What're you doing here?!?! on ATi Radeon 9700 Full Release Review w/ Benchmarks · · Score: 2
    Shouldn't you be helping Rusty with the non-profit stuff? And the search engine? And, ummm, other stuff?

    Get to work, or it's back to default poll option for you!

  4. Also in the crypto-gram on Schneier Analyzes Palladium · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Down in the news section, he has a link to an article which shows that profiling airline passengers is "provably less secure" than random searches at the gates.

    He has issues with arming airline pilots as well.


    The real dangers, though, involve the complex systems that must be put in place before the first gun can ride along in the cockpit. There are major areas of risk.

  5. Damn... on Crusher Crushed from Nemesis · · Score: 2

    never have mod points when I need them.

  6. Bjo Trimble on Crusher Crushed from Nemesis · · Score: 2

    Did the old Star Trek Concordance, right?

  7. Re:If I cloned myself, I could say "I'm with stupi on Crusher Crushed from Nemesis · · Score: 2

    Wil Wheaton is a world famous slashdotter. His nick is 'CleverNickName'.

  8. Bad editor, no treats! on Python Programming with the Java Class Libraries · · Score: 2
    That's a problem with, oh, I don't know, 99% of the programming titles (O'Reilly excepted) out there.

    Btw, there is an O'Reilly book, Jython Essentials, on the market.

  9. Speaking of skateboards... on Slashback: Futurama, Shattering, Footage · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Washington Post Sunday Magazine has an article on the corporatization of boarding.

  10. He wrote an errata on Schneier et al Report PGP Vulnerability · · Score: 2

    It's called "Secrets and Lies". Also, see the article at The Atlantic.

  11. learn the essentials on Ask Alton Brown How Food+Heat=Cooking · · Score: 2

    Good cookbooks. "Joy of Cooking" (I prefer 2nd ed) is very good on the essentials. Julia Child's "The Way To Cook" likewise. Her "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" is excellent.

  12. Carrot Juice Is Murder! on Ask Alton Brown How Food+Heat=Cooking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Listen up brothers and sisters, come here my desperate tale.

    I speak of our friends of nature, trapped in the dirt like a jail

    Vegtables live in oppression, served on out tables each night

    This killing of veggies is madness, I say we take up the fight

    Salads are only for murderers, cole slaw's a fascist regime!

    Don't think that they don't have feelings, just cause a radish can't scream.

    I've heard the screams of the vegetables, watching their skins being peeled.

    Grated and steamed with no mercy.. how do you think that feels?

    Carrot juice constitutes murder.. greenhouses prisons for slaves!

    It's time to stop all this gardening.. let's call a spade a spade.

    ...

    I'm a political prisoner, trapped in a windowless cage

    'Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips, by killing five men in a rage

    The Arrogant Worms

  13. Interesting resonance on IE and Konqueror Bug Makes SSL Insecure · · Score: 5, Informative

    With this article from the Atlantic Monthly about Bruce Schneier and bad security.

  14. 101*3*3 on Turns out, Primes are in P · · Score: 2

    nuff said

  15. In the original release on Directors Guild of America is Fighting Edited Films · · Score: 5, Informative

    Greedo never pulled a gun on Han. In the 'update' Greedo drew first, thus making Han's shooting of Greedo an act of self defense, instead of cold blooded murder.

  16. Re:Bruce Perens??? on Adam Bresson Demonstrates Fair Use at DefCon · · Score: 2

    That's who they're referring to.

  17. Depends on the water on Transparent Water Cooling Case · · Score: 2

    The water in the local river isn't particularly transparent.

  18. The Hacker Crackdown on Dungeons and Dragons Knowledge Compendium · · Score: 2

    Has several chapters on the raid. The full text of the book is available at Bruce Sterling's site.

  19. Best quote on Digital SFX Wizard Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 2, Funny

    there's nothing about patent law that isn't weird and suboptimal.

  20. About time they noticed on ACLU Files New DMCA Challenge · · Score: 2

    It only took them a decade or so to realize that there were free speech issues online.

  21. mmmm, krispy kreme... on Chip a Playstation, Go to Jail · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The one true doughnut.

  22. ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility on Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1 · · Score: 2
    it didn't have accelerated ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility drivers

    From what I've heard, Windows doesn't have (decent) drivers for that card...

  23. Looks like it on Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Redhat 8.0 beta uses gcc 3.1

  24. Washington Post Story on 100th Anniversary of Air Conditioning · · Score: 2

    Here. And Washington DC is a town that really needs AC.

  25. Re:Bad news on FCC Allows Bells to Sell Your Telephone Usage Data · · Score: 2

    Sales calls to wireless (i.e. cell) phones are legal.