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  1. Re:Multiple layers? on Solar Windows Could Help Power Buildings · · Score: 2

    Wait now... this dude is on to something. What would happen if they combined SIX layers?!

    *mind BLOWN*

  2. Re:Wait! on Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects Master, Dies Aged 92 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Weekend at Harryhausen's?

  3. Re:The NYSE shouldn't reverse trades. on Knight Trading Losses Attributed To Old, Dormant Software · · Score: 1

    Where do you suggest one goes for short-term, no-risk investments? I want to go to there.

  4. Wheel of Fortune Sally Ride Heavy Metal Suicide. on Sally Ride Takes Her Final Flight · · Score: 1

    47 down, 9 to go: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Fidel Castro, Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan, John Glenn, Doris Day, and Bernhard Goetz.

  5. Re:If you want to impress me on Dolby's TrueHD 96K Upsampling To Improve Sound On Blu-Rays · · Score: 1

    This is because the sound SHOULD have a large dynamic range in a movie -- conversations are not as loud as things exploding.

    If you want to compress the range, most modern receivers have an option for that...

  6. Torrent? on Star Wars Uncut Project Complete · · Score: 1

    Is there a link to a complete version of this? The site is hosed....

  7. Cut a hole in the glass? on Gadget Allows You to Keep Bees In Your Apartment · · Score: 1

    yeah -- that's gonna make your landlord happy....

  8. Makes Prints on Ask Slashdot: Best Long-Term Video/Picture Storage? · · Score: 1

    Send them to Walmart or Costco or wherever, makes some prints and put them in an Album. If your house burns down, sure, you'll lose them and that will be sad... but if you lost them all because of a harddrive crash, I know my wife wouldn't be as understanding! :)

  9. math fail on IBM Now Officially Worth More Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    500 million users * $10 per user = $5 billion...

  10. Re:except on Facebook May Bust Up the SMS Profit Cartel · · Score: 1

    Examples? I've never had that happen....

  11. Re:Wow, Jar Jar and that shitty kid actor in 3D! on Episode I 3D Release Date Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was like watching your favorite aunt get raped for 2 hours. No amount of overpriced popcorn could make that any better.

    So that would be a thumbs down?

  12. Re:PHFT! Nothing new! on Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets · · Score: 1

    Been a while since you've checked the exchange rate.... :)

    http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1000000&From=AUD&To=USD

  13. Sounds Great! on Amazon, Not Developers, Will Set New App Store's Prices · · Score: 1

    So if the MSRP that I submit for my app is a million bucks, but they think it is worth $1 -- someone buys my app for $1, and they pay me 20% of the MSRP because that is greater than 70% of the actual retail price? sounds great!

  14. Re:No, I don't on Google CEO Schmidt Predicts End of Online Anonymity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That doesn't stop your friends (or enemies) from posting photos and tagging them with your name...

  15. Re:It's Nova Scotia on Canadian Nuke Bunker To Be Converted Into Data Fortress · · Score: 1

    please correct summary.

  16. Re:Oh crap I am in Trouble now. on Facebook Scrabble Rip-off Capitalizes on Mattel's Lethargy · · Score: 1

    Trouble, Sorry is a Parker Brothers game!

  17. It sounds like EVERYTHING is recorded... on Teen Creates Device to Track Speeding · · Score: 1

    "His program weeds out extra information from the GPS, protecting teens' privacy" -- sounds like the GPS unit actually records all the data, but it is isn't until the parents try to view it on the computer that the software blocks out certain data...

    The biggest design flaw though has to be that it plugs into the power outlet inside the cabin... just pull it out, and off you go. "Look Mom! no data! I've been good...."

  18. 20 patty burger on Forget Expensive Video Cards · · Score: 3, Informative

    On a dare onetime, I had to go to Wendy's and try to order a 20 patty burger. We had already determined at this point that the double the meat deal really only meant 1 extra patty, so I had to order a "single burger with 19 extra patties" which resulted in a pimply faced reply of "uh.. sir... I'm going to have to get the manager" -- the manager insisted they could not construct a burger beyond 4 patties, even after I said I didn't care whether or not it was properly wrapped. We were actually able to reach a middle ground where he gave me my 4 patty burger and then put 16 other patties in 2 of their plastic salad bowls. We took the burger home, assembled it, took pictures, then deconstructed it into more manageable burgers served on white bread.

    What's the biggest burger you've ever made or had made?

  19. Re:Not always so catchable... on Microsoft Offers A Bounty On Virus Writers · · Score: 5, Interesting
    History teaches us that the greatest thieves and criminal got caught due to their hunger for fame.

    History has taught us nothing about the greatest thieves and criminals -- they have never been caught!

  20. In Soviet Russia... on Walk-thru Fog Screen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...fog walks through you!

  21. Holiday Special on The Return of Chewbacca · · Score: 2, Funny

    In efforts to save money, I heard that Lucas is going to resurrect some of the wookie footage from the Holiday Special and cut it into Episode III...

  22. Collaborative Fiction on Making The News - In the Age Of The Internet · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of collaborative fiction sites around including http://www.prosebush.com -- check it out.... Mostly crap, but every once and a while a few people get together and create some great stuff.

  23. Re:Client-Side Filtering is Wasteful on Mozilla Adding Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    I read your post correctly. I responded about BLOCKING. Tagging on the host is cool... WE do it at our University and it captures almost everything except for email about animal rape which always seen to be just under the classification threshold... hrm...

  24. Re:Client-Side Filtering is Wasteful on Mozilla Adding Spam Filters · · Score: 1

    Blocking spam at the host is a problem because there is always the chance of false positives.

    I want the chance to periodically review the spam I tag -- missing one important email is far worse than having to sort through any amount of spam.

  25. Re:Tourists, eh? on Sony-Ericsson Starts US$5M Astroturf Campaign · · Score: 1

    No one who has seen European Vacation will make that mistake... :)