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  1. What's googles version going to be called?? on Yahoo Pipes · · Score: 5, Funny

    BONG. Bigger than a pipe. And it holds more too. Just don't drink the water.

  2. Wondering why you can't get to the site? on Wikipedia's New Archnemesis · · Score: 4, Funny

    check here

  3. the Read/Write web? on Tim Berners-Lee on Blogging And The Web · · Score: 2, Interesting

    TBL offers his thoughts on the Read/Write web

    "It's very hard to have the Read part of the Read/Write web without the Write part."

    What in the heck is the Read/Write Web?

  4. Re:Yeah, right. on Equal Time For Creationism · · Score: 1

    Does anyone care what Clinton thought about string theory?

    he's an expert in g-string theory!

    [rimshot]

    Thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the eggplant.

  5. Re:Current != Power on 19 million Amps · · Score: 2, Informative

    so, if there are 86400 hours a year

    There aren't 86400 hours in a year, at least not on this planet. There are 8760 hours in a year. (other than leap year)

    There are 86400 seconds in a day.

  6. sounds mellow on New International Serenity Trailer Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that a Recreational Vehicle where people of differing cultures, nationalities, and backgrounds meet and discuss nothing in an effort to achieve minor enlightenment?

    At least that's what I got from the headline.

  7. Stupid oracle commercial on What is Mainframe Culture? · · Score: 1


    It's interesting that this shows up now with the ads for the "Oracle Grid" running on TV. It's a cluster. Big freaking deal.
    My favorite part is near the end where it says about the mainframe "When a mainframe dies, the server dies." The only problem there is that MAINFRAMES DON'T DIE! Everything is redundant, ECC'd, hot-swappable, etc.

    I've never worked on mainframes, but I've worked on AS/400s. We were able to kill one, but it was because of a mislabeled patch tape from IBM.

  8. 4-fold purpose of the GPL on Drafting GPL3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Make Software Free(as in Speech).
    2. Make Free(as in Speech) software Free(as in beer).
    3. ????
    4. Profit!!!

  9. I need all the acronyms that haven't been used! on Linux Distro turns PCs into Night-time Clusters · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unfortunately, CHAOS isn't one of them. There was an article on CHAOS in Linux Magazine in 1996-97 somewhere. It stood for CHeap Array of Obsolete Systems. The author put together a set of 386, 486, and Pentium boxes that he bought bundled on a pallet. I think he used slackware and beowulf, but in the end, it actually had some pretty significant computing power. The computational power/Kwatt hour ratio wasn't very good though. I wonder if he ever had to run his furnace in the winter?

    I've got the Cheap and Obsolete part of his setup already, but not setup in an array.

    yecrom2

  10. Re:Just have to ask... on Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition · · Score: 1

    no, but it comes with the radiator from a 1971 Chrysler New Yorker to assist with cooling.

  11. It looks like the server has already made the leap on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    Or someone happened to hit the Big Red Button and shut powe off to the data center to prevent slashdotting.

    matt

  12. I have an idea. on Google Revises Usenet Search · · Score: 1

    Let's take one of the most useful pieces of the internet and make it completely useless! I for one hope that they spin it back off into dejanews. First they took out the ability to set it up like a web-based newsreader, specify the groups that your interested in and it tracks what you've read and what you haven't. Now they get rid of the last good features that it had and give it a totally counter-intuitive interface.

    I still can't find a way to just go to a specific group directly.

    pffth.

    matt.

  13. Re:Voltron for Dummies on Four Linux Vendors Agree On An LSB Implemenation · · Score: 1

    I never understood why Voltron didn't just stay together and carry the blazing sword around all the time. There's probably some comittee somewhere that determines when the different steps are possible.

    "Don't form the blazing sword yet, The ro-beast might get mad if we defend ourselves too successfully"

    "#*%$ you, McNamara! Time for a Blazing Sword Enema (c)."

  14. Re:How does it sound on Waterproof MP3 Player Uses Bone Conduction · · Score: 0

    Woody Allen reads /.
    I had no idea.

  15. Re:so... on C++ In The Linux kernel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    for us non-developers, this means what?

    Not a dang thing.

  16. Personally I like anti-social software. on Tracing the Evolution of Social Software · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like the old saying goes:
    "Unix is very user friendly. It just picks it's friends very carefully."

    m.

  17. Re:Quite interesting on Novell to Defend Open Source Using Patents · · Score: 1

    However, we'll put it in such sweet-coated words hoping that the idiots over at Utah get what we mean before we haul their asses to court.


    um. last time I checked, Novell was in utah also. Unless they made some move since I drove past their building this this morning.

  18. How about quoting the title. on Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence in Theaters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looking at the way it's worded, I thought it was something about a new game called

    "Ghost in the shell 2: Innocence in Theaters"

    Do you have to go do a confession in a theater to become innocent again?

    Oh, well.

  19. 9th circus court of schlamiels. on Grokster Wins Big in Ninth Circuit · · Score: 1

    The were and still are the most overturned federal appeals court in the country. Occasionaly being overturned by themselves when they really go out on a limb.

    matt

  20. Re:Perfect! on IPv6 is Here · · Score: 1
    If each human being has their own IP, then we would need to pack a whole bunch of planets to require more than that!

    I'm trying to find the link, but I read an article a couple of years ago that showed that with IPv6, every atom (may have been subatomic particle) in the known universe could have it's own address and we still wouldn't be anywhere near running out of addresses.

    Matt
  21. Re:Headline on Baby Steps Toward Quantum Computers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes.
    Yes you were.

  22. As said by George Strait on Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ocean Front Property in a server farm running in a datacenter in Arizona"

    At some point this week I'll sleep and these thoughts will quit plaguing me.

    matt.

  23. Re:There's no such word as "virii" on First IA64 Windows Virus Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure. Next you'll tell me that the plural of box isn't boxen. It has to be. English is a totally consistent language and the plural of VAX is VAXen.

    It is well known that the pluralizing of nouns in english is well defined:

    ouse -> ice.
    eg. house -> hice.
    ata -> atabase.
    eg. data -> database.
    ink -> egnancy.
    eg. drink -> pregnancy.
    That one is a little tricky because it requires a change in the base word.

    outer -> 0,000
    cisco router -> $450,000
    See previous example.

    Just a thought.

  24. The next release will be ... on FreeBSD 4.10 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    28 gauge, then 20 gauge, followed by 16 gauge, then 12 gauge, and finally 10 gauge. 8 gauge would be next, but anything larger than a 10 gauge is illegal in my state.

    Matt

  25. Two words on Rendering Shrek@Home? · · Score: 1

    Jessica Rabbit.

    ok, a few more words. Are they going to do redundant rendering and compare the result to make sure that someone isn't "improving" any of the frames?

    just a thought.

    matt