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  1. Re:Did they get the pot of gold as well? on Scientists Trap a Rainbow · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard they have had trouble separating the rainbow from the gold from the leprechauns, hence the low rainbow yield. On the positive side, there has been a bounty of yellow moons, purple horseshoes, blue diamonds and green clovers.

    But they'll never get my Lucky Charms.

  2. Donate to a charity on What's the Best Way to Recycle Old Tech in the US? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I started a charity for this purpose.

    If you have old equipment that you'd like to donate to a charity, we'll put linux on it (if it's a PC) and ship it to poor kids in a developing nation.

    If you're interested, feel free to email me at zavPublic (at) mac (dot) com

    The link below is our first shipment.
    http://web.mac.com/zav/iWeb/Zav-O-Matic/Off%20to%20Africa.html

    Cheers,
    - Zav

  3. Re:Heh on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 2, Explosions · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where I come from, it means getting your saddle, saddling up your yak and hiking up over the mountains into town.

    Actually, it doesn't mean that at all. I just felt really really left out.

    Yes, quite. Umm. Uhhh.

    In Soviet Russia, saddle yaks you!

    3. PROFIT!

  4. Name? on A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I hope this is not flamebait but what is it with these continually lame names of the releases? Gutsy Gibbon? Um, WTF? How does this say "Reliable, Trusted Operating System" to the user who is outside the geek circles?

  5. Re:quick on 200,000 Elliptical Galaxies Point the Same Way · · Score: 1

    Step 3?

    3. PROFIT!

  6. Re:Paperless billing on iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long · · Score: 1

    AND YOU LIKED IT!

    Heh :]

  7. mmm not really on Blogging Is 10 Years Old · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out the .plan files by American McGee and John Carmack and the other guys who were at Id in the mid 90's.

    They are at least one case of blogging before the reported originator.

    Carmack wrote about "Stupid Testarossa Adventures" in addition to the ongoings at Id. American wrote about "Stupid Contests I Get People to Do" in addition to the ongogings at Id. Others "blogged" too. Tastefully or not. Steed wrote about his stripper inspired 3d models. Cash wrote something too. Brian Hook was there writing as well, in addition to others I have forgotten.

    This all was documented at BluesNews.con where you could read their plan files on a daily basis.

  8. Re:Other references already exist though... on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    Wee...! More!

    http://www.cariboucoffee.com/ourcoffee/coffeeqna.a sp#09

    How much caffeine is there in a cup of coffee or a shot of espresso?
    12 oz. cup of coffee = 230 milligrams of caffeine [average]
    1.5-2 oz. shot of espresso = 80-100 milligrams of caffeine
    12 oz. cola drink = 30-60 milligrams of caffeine

  9. Re:How much? Well, this is Slashdot, so: on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    You sir, are indeed awesome.

  10. Re:How much caffiene is in a... on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    That's 14 shots of espresso if I understand you correctly and at 100 mg caffiene per, that would be 1400 shots mg of caffeine.

    Enough to down a full grown elephant.

  11. And lest I forget more efficent delivery systems.. on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1
  12. Other references already exist though... on How Much Caffeine is Really in That Soda? · · Score: 1

    like this one:
    http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm

    and this:
    http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2003news/caffeinecontent.h tm
    Starbucks regular drip coffees contain an average of 200 milligrams of caffeine per 8-ounce serving; their decaffeinated drip coffees contain an average of 5 milligrams to 11 milligrams of caffeine per 8-ounce serving, according to the statement. ...
    The study's second phase used 16-ounce cups of Starbucks' Breakfast Blend, a mix of Latin American coffees, purchased on six consecutive days from a single Gainesville store and analyzed by the same method. Results for the six days were, in order: 564 milligrams, 498 milligrams, 259 milligrams, 303 milligrams, 300 milligrams and 307 milligrams.

  13. Re:Congratulations on Ocarina of Time — Best Game Ever? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, you know what that means don't you?

    3. PROFIT!

    In Soviet Russia, horsecock profits you!

  14. DeGroot? on Virtualization May Break Vista DRM · · Score: 1

    Who is DeGroot? His name appeared in the article without ever mentioning who he was.

  15. They missed 3ivx on In-Depth Look At Video Codecs · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not "everything you wanted to know about codecs." In fact, 3ivx just released 3ivx 5.0 for encoding to MPEG4 a few days ago.

    A bit of a bummer that an Australian website missed reviewing an Australian created codec.

    FYI, here's the press release. And YES! It does do Linux!. Tux be praised.

    http://www.3ivx.com/pr/pr20070607_50.html

    Cheers

  16. Re:[ot] Precious Catch! on iPhone Release Date Is June 29 · · Score: 1

    Ahh, sorry bro. I shoulda been paying attention to your subject!

    Heh. Oops.

    Cheers,

  17. Re:[ot] [sarc] Advertising Catch! on iPhone Release Date Is June 29 · · Score: 1

    Uhhh, can't a guy who has no connection to a restaurant, happened to actually like it, express his opinion without getting called a corporate schill?

    Are we THAT paraniod?

    Look, I used to live down the street from PC and used to walk up from the Marina in between coding sessions to miss the crowds and for a sake, cricket cola (ooh, there I go, being a schill again) and some Hawiian poke or grilled salmon fillet.

    It tasted good so I did it again.

    There is my complete history with Pacific Catch and summary of all the corporate connections I have with the company (read: none). In short, I have collected no money from my attesting to actualy like said eatery.

    I just thought it was cool to have a place I liked from a city I lived in for 15 years to be in an Apple ad. Jebus.

  18. Pacific Catch! on iPhone Release Date Is June 29 · · Score: 1

    Woo hoo! It is so sweet to see my old favorite local restaurant from SF (Pacific Catch) in one of the commercials!

    Man, I used to eat there twice a day sometimes.

    Mmmmm Hawiian Poke Tuna. Mmmmmmm. Sweet potato fries. Mmmmmmmm.

    MMMm.

  19. Re:Vehemently Anti french on McCain on Net Neutrality, Copyright, Iraq · · Score: 2, Informative

    And if it weren't for the French, there would be no USA as they bailed us out when we were seeking independence from British rule during our Revolutionary War in the late 1700's. Or maybe you forgot that part of history?

    Cheers.

  20. Awesome! on Longevity Gene Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we can have worms that live FOREVER!

  21. Re:awesome machine on Apple Ships 8-Core MacPro · · Score: 1

    This app does:
    http://www.3ivxcrush.com/

    We're working on an Intel native version and already have multiprocessor/all processor support in the G4 and G5 versions.

    Video of all 4 processors in action on a Quad G5:
    http://youtube.com/results?search_query=3ivx+Crush &search=Search

    Download Freebie:
    http://gerome.free.fr/discovering3ivxcrush/3ivxCru sh_1.0.1.dmg

  22. Please punctuate appropriate with 5th grade on A Developers Security Bugs Primer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The title, "A Developers Security Bugs Primer", is incorrect.

    Developers = more than one developer.
    Developer's = the term following belongs to the developer.
    Developers' = the term following belongs to more than one developer

    We are supposed to learn this in 5th grade.

    It is embarrassing that grown men, employed by the most prominent IT website, will publish an article where the title would fail 5th grade English.

    If we are to hold ourselves to a higher technical standard, we should at least be able to spell and punctuate as if we have passed Grade School. I'm not talking about College, not High School, not even Jr. High, but Grade School.

  23. Re:PC only? on NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer · · Score: 1

    OMG, this is seriously beautiful.

    IMHO, a great competitor to Google Earth.

    Great imagery. Fast response

  24. PC only? on NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's a serious bummer when the download page only has a windows executable.

    Is there a Mac of Linux version available or are we left out in the cold?

  25. Structure. on Why Software is Hard · · Score: 1

    Even dealing with a high level language like that in Adobe's Director, there are too many unknowns and edge cases and it is not painfully clear just how everything plugs together. Building a structure for doing all the tasks you need to accomplish is also paramount. As I said, "The structure allows you the luxiry to focus on the details". Build the structure.

    Cheers