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  1. so... on Microsoft Trial Sent Back To Lower Court · · Score: 1

    so assuming MS is forced to break up, will it be good for the IT industry or will there be more unemployed geeks. What were the short and long term effects on the telecom industry when ATT ???was forced to break up in terms of employment figures, efficiency n cost to consumer?

  2. Re:This is not a good trend to cheer. on Brazil Breaks Patent to Make AIDS Drug · · Score: 1

    CIPLA is the Bombay, India based firm providing the cheap costs. The google search page on CIPLA gave this list

  3. umm people on City Of Houston To Offer Free Email To Residents · · Score: 1

    ummm people this was supposed to be a joke. u dont have to dissect it.

  4. hmm so why... on Welcome to Slashdot 2.2 · · Score: 1

    so why is it that the only story of mine which has been accepted but never posted doesnt show up in my user info after the updates? It was regarding NASA's genesis project

  5. olympics expansion on Drug Testing For Olympic Chess Players? · · Score: 1

    I thought the new Samaranch stooge (Rogge-whoever) whos replacing him isnt too keen on adding more disciplines. If they do add chess, will they remove a genuine sport (genuine sport: involves running, jumping, sprinting, kicking, hitting or a combo of the above) which doesnt have much fan following and is seen only in the olympics? Maybe they be better off adding this sport

  6. Re:Woah... on Drug Testing For Olympic Chess Players? · · Score: 1

    Yes I agree with you. I am in Canada and the only only results available here is how the Canadian athletes did in their fields. If I am following any other sport or country its supa-dupa hard and I have to go to other resources.

  7. Re:Bigger Brother on Florida Surveillance Cameras Claim a Victim · · Score: 1

    me thinks it is better to be pepper sprayed in the eye than be run over by tanks wot?

  8. wait a min on Tracking A Thief Via The Sircam Virus? · · Score: 1

    wait a min. Isnt this the same paranoid crowd that is ready to go to war when some third party (law enforcement) gets hold (or wants to get hold)of their own info.
    oh wait its only when some other party wants to use the info for the same shit u r suggesting

    No its not a troll or flamebait. I am indeed curious. How easy it is to jump fences

    PS How the hell are my posts rated at 0 even when when i amlogged in?

  9. Re:Specs on Russian SLBM Launches Solar Sail · · Score: 1

    err the link points to site dedicated to the sport of rugby...

  10. Re:why cant they on Russian SLBM Launches Solar Sail · · Score: 1

    ahh..me brain dead ..3 hrs sleep... so we are yet stuck using those panels?
    maybe we should start using spiderman like propulsion systems..where does he stick the other end of the rope anyways

  11. why cant they on Russian SLBM Launches Solar Sail · · Score: 1

    why cant they use similar technology for intra-earth travel..i.e on roads? maybe i misunderstod how the propulsion system works

  12. Re:Duplicate the network? on Caltech & MIT Urge Wait On Net Voting · · Score: 1

    damn should have hit preview. c/c++ should be automatically parsed n formatted

  13. Re:Duplicate the network? on Caltech & MIT Urge Wait On Net Voting · · Score: 1

    computers can be hacked and programmed to have political affiliation. if (republican) { ignorevote(); } else { votecount ++; }

  14. Re:free software on Patent On Software Downloads Upheld · · Score: 1

    I hope not..otherwise i will have topay for my office 2000 hack download..

  15. Re:Colder than New Hampshire? on ISS Airlock Installed · · Score: 1

    dont forget the PEI potatoes and the magazine ads and Cuba and ...

  16. Re:Colder than New Hampshire? on ISS Airlock Installed · · Score: 1

    so why do we celebrate vic day when even the brits dont...except for the fact that we need a long weekend?

  17. Re:Suitcase nukes on NASA Sends One Up; DoD Shoots One Down · · Score: 1

    hmm what if the neighbourhood is whitehouse or martha's vineyard or wall st

  18. Re:Why is it that... on Napster Settles with Metallica/Dr. Dre · · Score: 1

    on a slightly offtopic why is it that coloured ppl think that other coloured ppl have to like rap n basketball. I am brown and my "brown" friends call me a coconut (brown on the outside and white on the inside - sorta like how some African Americans are called Oreo cookies) coz i happen to like alternative mroe than rap and ice hockey mroe than basketball

  19. Re:What next ? on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    Yeah I heard about it. I go to UW too. except I am a mathie:)

  20. Atlantis is in Mediterranean(sp?) on Pillars Underwater · · Score: 1

    Long ago I watched a program on TLC which talked about the search fro Atlantis. Accrding to the show and some evidence they found, they think Atlantis was around Malta or somewhere in the straight of Gibraltar. I dont exactly remember:(

  21. Re:schools and computers... on Microsoft and the U.S. School System · · Score: 1

    Computers are not meant to replace teachers, but rather complement them. But we know how TVs have replaced parents in raising kids. So its possible that they will replace them. Computers are necessary just coz it can store information and resources or point to them ( say internet .. well the reliable sites anyways). No human can possibly store all the info in the noggin.
    I know I would rather learn from a person than a screen but with teaching becoming an unionized profession, the reluctance of spending more on public education (aka Mike Harris and the Ontario Public Education System), I wouldnt be surprised if computers do replace teachers. However, those computers would have to be intelligent rather than a "Learn Addition in 6 steps wizard"

  22. Re:schools and computers... on Microsoft and the U.S. School System · · Score: 1

    Top 6 reasons to have computers in schools:
    6)If not for anything else, then to show the kids that there is a world beyond the east and west coasts, north of buffalo and south of texas. Not like what CNN and ABC would have you believe. But that's another rant.
    5) Help them keep up to date with the latest happenings with BOTH sides of the story.
    4) There's a lot of info and resources out there. Which is free at the moment. (Till AOL-TW take over all content creation)
    3) Free music!!
    2) Unreal Tournament!! (My cuz's high schools computers are powerful enough to run a quake server and its a public school.)
    1) Plus we do need to expose them to slashdot.org

    Well maybe my priorities are wrong. but the point is there

  23. Re:Cisco Support on Blow-by-Blow Account of the OSDN Outage · · Score: 1

    yes..if the future is same as one indicated in demolition man..watch the movie to figure out what i am saying

  24. how many..? on Hyperion Robot Follows the Sun · · Score: 1

    How manmy such similar rovers has nasa lost already.. i remember they sent somehitng last yr which was a big deal in canada coz a canadian company made some crucial part..it also lost communicaiton and got lost i think so in all thje missions to the moon/mars how many such vehicles have been lost?

  25. Re:This is insane. on Typosquatting Held Illegal · · Score: 1

    already happened.. ala FLA