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  1. Re:The Russian court has got see reason, here. on Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Probe · · Score: 1

    Umm....I can just see the Geek that ripped it off: Excellent, now I will start a holy war. They'll naturally blame the Christrians, but little do they know, I was just too poor from selling free OS's to be able to buy my own.

    Two sides to every truth my friend :)

    Yo Grark

  2. Saw this a decade ago.... on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 1

    Ok, not to be a stickler, but I saw this technology almost a decade ago on an old PBS documentary.

    Maybe it's cool and all, but the research and everything is at least 2 decades old!

    Yo Grark

  3. Guess I'll be buying the stock at 282.64 then! on Google Takes Top Spot From Time Warner · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No seriously. It's insane. I scoffed at it's opening bid of $116.00 and just proved why I don't play the stocks :/

    How many other geeks actually invested and how much? Any life savingers?

    Yo Grark

  4. For those forced to use IE at work: on Which is Better, Firefox or Opera? · · Score: 1

    I was an avid Firefox user until I was literally forced to uninstall it at work. Avant Browserhttp://www.avantbrowser.com/ Kicks Ass. Not as expandable as firefox which will instantly lose it's points, but the download is is less than 2 meg, and Speeds up IE HUGE. It uses the core IE engine, without all the crap. Firefox is slow now in comparison. :| Anyone else find it as worthwhile as I do? Yo Grark

  5. Re:How about a focus on quality? on ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    FYI, I had a similar problem. It was a HARDWARE issue, which, ATI was more than happy to fix by replacing my card. Not a problem since.

    Yo Grark

  6. MythTV vs BeyondTV on Home Theatre PC Guide · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is my personal final thoughts on MythTV vs BeyondTV.

    MythTV != Novice.
    I could never get a season pass to work, never did record "quite right", never got the thing to run smooth, never got the parsing of the xml guides fully automated, Hardware problems with ATI AIW cards. Fix was available, but messy.

    BeyondTV = Simply Works.
    It worked out of the box, I could access it anywhere in the world via web and record at home, had "season pass", no messing with xml converters, scripts etc. It just works on my hardware (ATI9700 AIW)smooth and simple. I can stream out the shows all over my network and have never regretted purchasing it.

    So? In the end I paid the $50.00 to get a TIVO like service on my PC via Snapstream's BeyondTV. It's not as flexible or customizable as MythTV, but for it's specific purpose it wins hands down.

    Don't get me wrong, while the 4 weeks spent aggrivated with MythTV was worth it just for the fun, I'm just not enough of a Nerd to keep at it and I paid to have something that was reasonable priced, and worked.

    Yo Grark

  7. Re:Email Powered? on A Voice-Controlled TV Remote · · Score: 1

    www.snapstream.net.

    Next request? :P

    Guess it would be to learn HTML eh?

    Yo Grark

  8. Re:'linux distros'? on Nielsen Report Says Internet Usage Flattening · · Score: 1

    I tried downloading several distros lately. Downloading them @ 2-3k/sec means I WAS downloading Linux distros 24/7....for 2 seven's even. :(

    Anyone have GOOD FAST sites for distro's where people actually seed more than they leech?

    And before you go saying it was me, my ports were forwarded and I routinely get 400-500k on ....umm...."linux distro's".

    Yo Grark

  9. Oh come on, cut the sensational CRAP out. on 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Cancelled? · · Score: 2, Informative

    First line when I go to read the article?

    "Enterprise showrunner Manny Coto today denied a rumour that crew members had already been told of the show's cancellation."

    Not only is the article based on a rumor, it was officially denied.

    "As to the crew being let go in March," Coto said, "we've always been scheduled to finish production in March!" A DUH.

    If they want to cancel it fine, just don't play this stupid media OH NO game slashdot. Please & Thank you.

    Yo Grark

  10. I'm sure the **AA will LOVE this to become US law. on First BitTorrent Arrest in Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    "Hong Kong authorities have made their first arrest for allegedly " and then later, "The suspect was not immediately charged and investigations are continuing,"

    In Hong Kong, you can be arrested without being charged with anything?!?

    Yo Grark

  11. Better Attitude on Ambulances to Get Virtual Doctors On Board · · Score: 4, Funny

    PLEASE make sure his matrix can handle singing, art, and while you're at it, give him a WAY Better attitude. Align the holo-emitters so he can travel outside the prep-room, oh and might as well make sure he has hair for vanities sake :P

    Yo Grark

  12. Re:Downhill After Sierra's Classics on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    THROW PANTIES ON STAGE.

    Panties? Come on, it was the 80's for pete's sake. What 10 year old male knows to do this?

    Playing Patti trying to score with men, seriously hurt my brain for weeks. I miss those games. Hero's quest learned me to type real good.

    Yo Grark

  13. bugs on Tiny Aircraft Feeds Itself With Dead Flies · · Score: 1

    Well, here's one time I guess they hope they DON'T work the bugs out!

    or

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA, THE BUGS MAKE YOU WORK OUT.

    or

    ALL YOUR BUGS BELONG TO US.

    or...

    Boo Hiss... I know I know.

    Yo Grark

  14. Re:legos are one of the BEST childrens toys on LEGO Star Wars Video Game · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude!

    You didn't use your imagination enough.

    My guns fired real blocks.

    Nothing but adding a rubber band on an inverted barrell of blocks (smooth sides all around). Had great accuracy too! Though the 1x2 blocks always made better bullets thann the longer 1x8 blocks. (learned aerodynamics early on! Hey, I just figured out why I don't have very many 1x2's anymore!)

    Yo Grark

  15. Pocket PC and Microsoft NOTES on Limitations in Current Breed of Palm Handhelds? · · Score: 1

    Ok here's my biggest beef with Pocketpc "progress".

    Why can't I sync my notes with categories? Phatnotes crashes with Exchange, and no other "open" or closed source solutions even come close to giving me that functionality.

    I invested a good amount of time organizing everything by categories, and bought a pocketpc for seemingly seamless integration with Outlook.

    Boy was I wrong. Does ANYONE have a solution?

    Thanks.

    Yo Grark

  16. Re:Can you say RSI? on Wireless Mouse with no Batteries · · Score: 1

    1. Try a trackball, no pushing the mouse at all.

    2. Rechargeable batteries.

    3. Make a trackball self powered.

    4. Patent

    5. PROFIT!

    Yo Grark

  17. Re:Former EA Employees? on Electronic Arts Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    You never hear about the soldiers who questioned the system. Actually, they were never heard from again.

    Yo Grark

  18. Bye Bye Winamp on Winamp Down for the Count · · Score: 1

    Bye bye Winamp
    Bye bye happiness, hello crapiness
    I think I'm gonna cry
    Bye bye Winamp, bye bye sweet codec's hello "unable to play"
    I feel like I could die
    Bye bye my Winamp goodbye

    There go the last developers, to someone new
    they sure look unhappy, we sure are too
    It was their baby till AOL stepped in
    Goodbye to future perfectness that might have been

    Bye bye Winamp
    Bye bye happiness, hello crapiness
    I think I'm gonna cry
    Bye bye Winamp, bye bye sweet codec's hello "unable to play"
    I feel like I could die
    Bye bye my Winamp goodbye

    I'm through with big corps, I'm through with closed source
    I'm through with counting the bugs add up
    This is a perfect reason, Open Source is free!
    My Winamp playlists, export for me.

    Bye bye Winamp
    Bye bye happiness, hello crapiness
    I think I'm gonna cry
    Bye bye Winamp, bye bye sweet codec's hello "unable to play "
    I feel like I could die
    Bye bye my Winamp goodbye

    Bye bye my Winamp goodbye
    Bye bye my Winamp goodbye

    Yo Grark

  19. Dood on Web Search Garage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dood your daughter writes better than you!

    :P

    At first pass I simply refused to believe this 12 year old net savy (net sp3akin?) child wrote that blurb.

    Are you sure daddy didn't help you with your assignment?http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/cont ent/homework.html/

    :)

    Yo Grark

  20. Re:Hmmm Submitting Patents like Gamblers? on Microsoft FAT Patent Rejected · · Score: 1

    Good thing. I wouldn't want the stress of actually being Good!

    Yo Grark

  21. Inconceivable! on Survey: SOA Prominent On 2005 budgets · · Score: 5, Funny

    Inigo: [looking confused] You keep using acronyms I do not think they mean what you think they mean...[looking back down] my god...his whole article is like that.

    Vizzini: Whoever he is, he's obviously seen us with the slashdot factor and therefore thinks his webserver must die. You [to Fezzik] read the article. We'll [to Inigo] head straight for the first posts. Catch up when it's meta-moderated. If his webserver fails, fine; if not, the use the wiki.

    Inigo: I'm going to do him in with bug-me-not.

    Vizzini: You know what a hurry we're in!

    Inigo: Well, it is the only way I my anominity can be satisfied. If I use my right name, the spam will come too quickly.

    Vizzini: Oh have it your way.

    Fezzik: [to Inigo] You be careful. People in marketing cannot be trusted.

    Yo Grark

  22. Hmmm Submitting Patents like Gamblers? on Microsoft FAT Patent Rejected · · Score: 5, Funny

    On a warm summer's evenin' about a patent bound for approvals,
    I called up the patent officers; they were too tired to speak.
    They just took turns a starin' at the leagal techno babble
    'til mind-numbing boredom overtook them, and errors began to creap.

    One said, son, I've made a life out of readin' people's patents,
    And knowin' what their prior arts were by the way they dotted their i's.
    So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're really reachin.
    For my sons university education, I'll give you some advice.

    So I met and wrote his man a cheque, and he looked the zero's that followed.
    Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
    And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
    Said, if you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

    You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to appeal 'em,
    Know when to walk away and know when to sue.
    You never count your patents when you're sittin' at the judges table.
    There'll be time enough for countin' when the approval's done.

    Now ev'ry patent leecher knows that the secret to survivin'
    Is knowin' what to sell off and knowing what to keep.
    'cause in ev'ry merger's a winner and ev'ry buyout a loser,
    And the best that you can hope for is to grab patents while people sleep.

    So when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
    Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
    And somewhere in the darkness the patent officer, he got even.
    But in his final words I found a crooked officer I could keep.

    You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to appeal 'em,
    Know when to walk away and know when to sue.
    You never count your patents when you're sittin' at the judges table.
    There'll be time enough for countin' when the approval's done.

    You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to appeal 'em,
    Know when to walk away and know when to sue.
    You never count your patents when you're sittin' at the judges table.
    There'll be time enough for countin' when the approval's done.

    With nods to Kenny Rogers

    Yo Grark

  23. Got a GREAT idea.... on File Trading Law Would Include 'Willing' Traders · · Score: 4, Funny

    We'll build large complexes to house all the file traders. Force them to attend some kind of "knowledge" classes, make them pay restitution, keep them up til all hours of the night studying how good societies act, how responsible citizens should act.

    We'll ban all contraband and make sure we run them through a series of tests before letting them out.

    Oh wait, I've done my time, it was called University!

    Yo Grark

  24. Re:Dupe, Dupe, Dupe.... on Federal Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 4, Funny

    You Forgot:

    As I wade through dup'd Articles
    Will noone stop the Duped Url's
    And-a you, where did you go editors?
    And no one can stop you now

    Yes-a, I, oh a we.....we're gonna get you, oh Taco
    Not gonna subscribe no more
    'Cause you ignore, the duped Url's
    So hey yea yea yeah

    And when we warn you,
    You'll ignore our emails, Emails about Duped URL's
    So we're left to pay to read our duped Slashdot
    While the profits you just don't share

    Yes-a, we, oh we're gonna get you, oh Taco
    Nothing will make us renew now
    'Cause we're still seeing Duped Url's
    So hey yeah yeah yeah

    Well, we, oh we're gonna get you, oh Taco
    Try searching before you post it now
    'Avoid the duped URL's
    So hey yeah yeah yeah

    Yo Grark

  25. Re:Groundbreaking??? on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Cause you KNOW I hate when the only real things in the movie are the props. 8P

    Yo Grark