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  1. Work out / exercise / fitness on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1

    Get serious about working out and exercise (cardio/core/strength). Try a Yoga or Pilates class, the ratio is often 10:1 female:male or more. You'll look better, feel better, and things will just come together. You can go from 0 to seriously fit in about 9 months, but progress is visible along the way.

  2. Barcode scanner on the bridge? on New Star Trek Trailer · · Score: 1

    You can clearly see futuristic looking barcode scanners (Symbol M2004) on the bridge, used as props.
    http://4msu.com/symbolenterprise.jpg

    Gives a whole new meaning to 'scanning for lifeforms?'

  3. Re:What's the problem? on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    From: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

    What cost $42.95 in 2002 would cost $49.26 in 2007.
    Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2007 and 2002,
    they would cost you $42.95 and $37.60 respectively.

  4. see the logo here on Google Paying for Firefox Installs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can see what the referral logo looks like here.

  5. Re:Human greed knows no bounds on Global Warming Past The Point of No Return · · Score: 1

    If making a car run on water was viable, you can bet that they would do it in a heartbeat. There isn't anyone in a backroom keeping this technology under wraps.

    When the day comes, you'll be buying this water from Mobil/Exxon refilling stations. Why would they bother with difficult oil extraction from the planet when they could just tanker in sea water to their filling stations?

    Let's be realistic, there's money to be made just selling water. Look at Aquafina and Dasani brand water.

  6. skype users will bypass eBay fees on eBay To Buy Skype For $2.6 Billion · · Score: 1

    People will start using Skype to bypass eBay and their fees and deal directly with their favorite sellers.

  7. Gives new meaning... on Vietnam Medic Makes Homemade Endoscope · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to Intel Inside.

  8. republican stance on abortion logical on Reconciling Information Privacy and Liberty? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Republicans are against killing innocent beings but for killing guilty people, while the Democrats are for killing innocent beings but for saving guilty people. Seems that the Republican stance is logical to me although I acknowledge that the government perhaps should not have say what women do with their bodies.

  9. Re:Will this help on Mozilla Foundation Launches Mozilla Corporation · · Score: 1

    I'd gladly put up a small bounty to fix the memory leaks that Firefox is having. I came back from to my desktop after leaving about 7 browser windows open (I don't like tabs), and Firefox was consuming 614 megabytes of memory and was very sluggish.

  10. Don't forget GizmoProject on Skype's Sale As Media Feint · · Score: 3, Informative

    GizmoProject uses SIP, which makes it a little bit more open.

  11. Wiki wrong tool for this on LA Times Pulls Wikitorial, Blames Slashdot · · Score: 1

    They should of used a moderated comment system such as slashcode for this.

  12. Futurama - Roswell that Ends Well on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Farnsworth: Oh, a lesson in not change history from Mr. I'm my own Grandpa!

  13. Crass categorization on Nerds Make Better Lovers · · Score: 1

    The article sucks. People are not so easily pigeonholed. If someone likes to watch the Sci-Fi channel, they are branded a 'geek'? What ever happened to shades of grey?

  14. wink is great on Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All joking beside (peace/piece), Wink is a great utility and is a must download. It's great for creating tutorials on how to do things on computers.

  15. Suggest they un-integrate IE on New IE7 Information Announced · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The biggest problem with IE in my eyes, if that your install of IE goes bad, you have to reinstall the whole operating system, as opposed to Firefox, where you can uninstall, remove the Firefox directory and start over.

  16. Marvin said it best... on BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ..."I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed...about this movie"

  17. easy prevention on LexisNexis Breach Worse Than Believed · · Score: 1

    Just threaten to legislate that the owners of said databases have to keep all their own personal information in them. They'd probably try harder.

  18. to stop spam, on Microsoft Researchers on Stopping Spam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    give spammers a 9 year prison sentence.

  19. Smuckers Uncrustables on Court Denies Smucker's PB&J Patent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For people who don't like crust. Smucker's Uncrustables

  20. Time for a deterrent on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While 9 years might be a little harsh, I'm sick and tired of the spam problem, and he should be punished. If he actually goes to jail, I think it might make others think twice. Spamming pretty much equals theft in my eyes (as in bandwidth and time). What really made this article real for me is that I received an email from Gaven Stubberfield not a few days ago.

  21. I asked google 'who is John Galt?' on Google Delivering Factual Answers · · Score: 1

    and it told me "Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Galt was the son of a naval captain"
    Who is John Galt?

  22. Imagine how many they'd sell... on PSP Hacks and the Mainstream · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...if the PSP was even more open. They could open up development, allowing downloads to memory stick permitting 3rd party games to be developed (think Palm) . I think this constant tendency of Sony shoving down our throats things like Memory Stick and ATRAC have really hurt them, instead of enhancing their bottom line like they think it would.

    Before you say that allowing anyone to develop for the platform would hurt sales, I say to you that people still buy commercial games in droves.

  23. Regulation will only slow things down on Should Nanotech Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    With all the promises of nanotech, regulation will only slow down development. Not a good idea.

  24. emulate most pinball games on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can download various tables and emulate most pinball games, including many favorite Williams tables, such as Indiana Jones, and Star Trek the Next Generation, and Addams Family. These were classics, and the emulation is very good.

    You need Vpinmame and Visual Pinball working together. It's a little complicated to get setup, but it works well. You then need to download table files.

    There are some good sites on how to make them work together, but I don't want to slashdot them.

  25. If you have cooler servers... on Cooler Servers or Cooler Rooms? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...you won't need as much cooling in the room. Easy enough. This will save a ton of money in the long run, not to mention the environment and all that.