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  1. Re:1000 results for your query? on Knowledge Overload or Internet Lazy? · · Score: 1

    Good quote, it was included in my original submission of the story. Glad to see someone pull that out. Fear grad students who do not know how to research in a library.

  2. Bullets Mass on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions · · Score: 1

    Bullets are generally not very massive. They rely on velocity and the fact that they expand when they hit targets at such high velocity.

    A typical deer round has a 140 to 150 grain bullet. See below for conversion to grams:

    FOR BULLET WEIGHT

    Grains converted into GRAMS, multiply by .0648
    Example: 130 grain bullet
    130 grain bullet X .0648 = 8.42 GRAM BULLET
    GRAMS converted into grains, divide by .0648

    Quote from http://www.hodgdon.com/data/general/conversions.ph p

  3. Authenticate on regular gmail and try again on Google Launches Mobile Mail · · Score: 1

    ... Once I authenticate ( Mozilla Browser ) on the regular site, I can then access the m.gmail.com without authenticating again.

  4. Exact Version on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 1

    Red Flag GNU/Linux ... no really it is. *grin*

  5. +2 year old post on EU Approves Data Retention · · Score: 1

    Yeah, thank goodness my old Slashdot post's are not retained indefinately...

    Especially the ones I don't want my wife to read....

    Oh Hell... now I have to keep my wife off of Slashdot for at least the next 2 years...

    *Wink* Really isn't that much of a problem...She just LOVES Slashdot! */Wink*

  6. Madonna Remixes Farting in the Bathtub on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE' · · Score: 1

    ... funny, I just got in trouble with my wife for saying she would buy a remix CD of Madonna farting in the bathtub. This was in response to her buying both the whole CD and the remix CD for the first single of Madonna's newest release.

    Hey, this would make a great new Slashdot Meme:

    Yeah, but I bet you also bought the remix of Madonna farting in the bathtub!

  7. Ouch! on Opera to Put User's Face in Times Square · · Score: 1

    That comment hurt... not as much as errr.... well hell, yall know what I mean!

  8. Hot Babe?!? on Opera to Put User's Face in Times Square · · Score: 2, Funny

    They wouldn't just pick a nice photogenic female would they?

    As apposed to a pasty male, "Afraid of the evil daystar!", person.

    Winning quote: "I love Opera, especially when the fat lady sings."

  9. Deminishing Returns on Would You Like Some Fries With That Download? · · Score: 1

    ... just like gambling... very addictive!

    I'm just talking about the food mind you.

  10. PHP MYSQL LAMP? on Five Reasons Why Web 2.0 Matters · · Score: 1

    Does this qualify as dynamic and get a 2.0 Star?

  11. Make Room on Song Sites Face Legal Crackdown · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess we need to make room in the jails.

    The MPA is demanding jail time for the maintainers of websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics.

    Time to let all the copyright honoring murderers out of jail to make room. After all, the people they killed probably illegally downloaded music!

    Society knows who the "real criminals" are.

  12. Correllation not Causation on Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males · · Score: 1

    This variation, he and his colleagues found, correlates with a lower IQ.

    Even though they only tested Caucasians, might there not be some other causing factor?
    Is there another common factor(s) shared between these individuals?

    Why does it only affect males? I think the "norms" for the IQ test could be gender biased.

    Interesting for debate, but nowhere near the threshold of declaring that this gene directly affect IQ. Scores were averaged for groups. You could have this gene and still have a higher than average IQ.

  13. Backports? on Vista To Be Updated Without Reboots · · Score: 1

    Any chance that they will backport this to NT 4?
     
    Sure would make installing all these proxy servers alot faster!
    Install Patch/Reboot...Patch/Reboot...Service Pack/Reboot...Patch/Reboot...

  14. Re:Where's my scale? on Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries? · · Score: 1

    You know what they saw about guys with big noses....

    That they got big boogers!

  15. Re:Where's my scale? on Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries? · · Score: 1

    Oh nog, if I was measuring anything else, I would have reached for the yard stick. *grin*

  16. Where's my scale? on Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries? · · Score: 1

    You made me pull out the scale ( sitting on my desk ) and measure!

    Measure what? My nose, you pervert! ( Added to prevent the obvious punchline. )

  17. There are many Christians like us. on The ESRB Gets An 'F' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We are just not as vocal as the Ralph Reed variety.

    I am a Christian. I believe in God. I also read fantasy novels, play D&D, and even play some violent video games. I am also an adult.

    I do not press my views on other people, yet I do not hide what I believe when asked.

    I can't scare people into heaven, but I can tell them that I have a close relationship with God. Nor do I claim to know everything, or have a perfect understanding of God and religion.

    My beliefs are personal, between myself and God. I will let other people develop (or not) the same relationship. I just know it works for me.

  18. Eat at Earth on Is SETI a Security Risk? · · Score: 2, Funny

    What we should be worried about is the interstellar equivalent of flashing road sign saying,
    "Eat at Earth".

    And even if they do not want to eat us, who says we won't want to eat them. If Broccoli based aliens land on Earth, I will become a mass serial killer running around with a jar of cheese whiz!

  19. Dot Com Bubble on Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs · · Score: 1

    We snagged them during the dot com bubble.... women flocked to techies/geeks in colleges due to our high earning potential....

    Some of us even managed to keep them after the bubble burst....

    *Hint, we mastered the 3 C's, Computer, Cooking, and Cleaning.*

  20. Sony is an Equitable Partner on IBM And Sony Form Linux Alliance · · Score: 4, Funny

    They will provide "Root Kits" for any operating system!

  21. Re:Having two "Root" Systems is an oxymoron. on Lessig on Internet Governance · · Score: 1

    One of the computers on the lan gets to be the master browser. Control is always somewhere. Do we want country by country, or worse here in the US, state by state, control of the internet?

    That might be enough to bring back the BBS model, only private intranets.

    World sure has changed since I had to slurp my way onto the web.

  22. Having two "Root" Systems is an oxymoron. on Lessig on Internet Governance · · Score: 0

    A shared parent would be required for the two "Root" systems to interoperate. That parent would then be a single "Root". Then you are right back to where you started.

  23. Voodoo 3 3500 with TV in/out on Nvidia Launches New Affordable GPU · · Score: 1

    Best card ever! Ran many a game on this card. Runs Linux/KDE just fine too.

  24. Review??? or Multiple Tests/Hits on Amazon's Mechanical Turk · · Score: 1

    If a person has to review each and every hit, then that person could have done the work themselves.

    How many "agreeing" hits would you need before you can "accept" that the result is valid?

  25. What about gravity? on Next NASA Centennial Challenge Competition · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will the difference in gravity between Earth and the moon make a difference in the performance of these devices?

    Oh, and will any of them bounce over craters, and have massive 2 directional (front and above) firepower?