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  1. emusic.com 25 free tracks image on Making Money Selling Music Without DRM · · Score: 1

    looks a lot like the female reproductive system! take a good look; that ipod is the holy grail ;)

  2. the rest are idiots. on Closet Slashdotters: The 'Intellectually Curious' · · Score: 5, Funny

    i for one welcome our...uhhhhhh

  3. Re:The atmosphere is a heat engine... on Global Warming Expected to Intensify Hurricanes · · Score: 1

    Many scientists are also predicting global warming to also slow or destroy the circulatory system of the ocean, or the Thermohaline Circulation. However, this is part of what powers Hurricanes. The Gulf stream (sorry, I'm from the US) flows up from the Carribean across the shores of the Atlantic Coastal States and back up and across towards Europe. If this conveyor belt were to be disrupted (forgetting the dramatic climactic changes that would already occur) it seems to me that Hurricanes hitting the US would be weaker as there would be less warm water moving up the East Coast of the US since warm water is what powers Hurricanes.

    I am certainly not a meteorologist, but it seems that these two catastrophe scenerios do not coexist well. I suppose Hurricanes could be much worse around the equator. Any thougts on all that?

  4. Don't like the LVMonorail? Build your own! on Las Vegas Monorail Finally Ready To Open · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just like Kim Pedersen. Wired did a nice story on him a few months ago and now he's started the Monorail Society.

    Cool!

  5. Or on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 1

    The only thing in show business that's hollow is the music industry.

    Mickey Rooney, 2F17: Radioactive Man

  6. read the article? on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music · · Score: 2, Funny

    In case you're curious, the filename is 07 Double Dutch Bus.m4p and it is 3,391,504 bytes long or 3.2 MB

    it's probably an .m4p

    but not for long ;)

  7. well just look at the list... on Toothbrush Ranked Number One Invention · · Score: 1

    Adults and teens were asked to choose from the following list and specify what invention they most wanted: toothbrush, automobile, cell phone, personal computer, and microwave oven.

    one of these is clearly unlike the others. the toothbrush is for preservation of the body, the other items are all luxuries you could do without. why don't they make this a real article/survey and ask "which is the greatest invention: toothbrush, clothing, medicines, shelter, etc."

    (and no, trolls, pr0n is not a more important invention than any of the above) :)

  8. Re:Superfood on Gene Tweaks Promise Vitamin Drenched Food · · Score: 2

    there are many things pills just couldn't provide for you. these things are called non-nutrients that are crucial to sustaining a healthy life.

    you can support your basic functions on mountain dew (that provides water and sugars) but you'll surely pay for that in the long run.

  9. Chief Wiggum's on the case! on More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks · · Score: 2

    Every sign points to one obvious culprit: a giant rat.

  10. more info in case above links are /.-ed on Adapting a Webcam for Astrophotography · · Score: 2

    Dave's webcam/telescope mod.

    And this has been posted on slashdot before, that's where I first found this link. Not trying to karma whore, this is just a great site that deserves mention.

  11. great way to get some nice shots of saturn on Great Views Of Saturn · · Score: 5, Informative

    webcam astronomy

    this guy has great instructions on how to "mod" your telescope for a webcam addition as well as documentation on how best to capture these images.

    this chance comes along about once a lifetime, take advantage of it!

  12. Obligatory Simpsons Quote on Searching for Lethal Influenza Strains · · Score: 2

    The strain's attack and mortality rates were highest among people aged between 20 years and 50 years. Are you scared already?"

    Homer: Eh, not the end of the world.
    Marge: No, it's the Apocalypse! Bart, are you wearing clean underwear?
    Bart: Not any more.

    Seriously though, if you want an article that will make you soil yourself silly, read the Demon in the Freezer. It's a long read, but definitely worthwhile. And scary as hell...

  13. Re:oh great... on Searching for Lethal Influenza Strains · · Score: 2

    in The Stand the communicability was more like 99.4% (pg. 30).

    that would leave about 1.5 million people in the US (assuming our population is 280 mil). seemed like there were fewer in the book/movie, but that is a technicality.

  14. mel brooks knows what it'll do on Two Black Holes to Merge · · Score: 4, Funny

    make this more apropo :)

    Dark Helmet:"What the hell am I looking at?
    When does this happen in the movie?"
    ColonelSandurz: "Now. You're looking at now, sir.
    Everything that happens now is happening now."
    Dark Helmet: "What happened to then?"
    Colonel Sandurz: "We passed it."
    Dark Helmet: "When?"
    Colonel Sandurz: "Just now. We're at now, now."
    Dark Helmet: "Go back to then!"
    Colonel Sandurz: "When?"
    Dark Helmet: "Now!"
    Colonel Sandurz: "Now?"
    Dark Helmet: "Now!"
    Colonel Sandurz:"We can't!"
    Dark Helmet: "Why?"
    Colonel Sandurz: "We missed it."
    Dark Helmet: "When?"
    Colonel Sandurz:"Just now."
    Dark Helmet: "When will then be now?"
    Colonel Sandurz: "Soon."
    Dark Helmet: "How soon?"
    Technician: "Sir!"
    Dark Helmet: "What?!"
    Technician: "We've identified their location!"
    Dark Helmet: "Where?!"
    Technician: "It's the moon of Vega."
    Colonel Sandurz:"Good work. Set a course and prepare for our arrival!"
    Dark Helmet: "When?!"
    Technician: "Nineteen hundred hours, sir!"
    Colonel Sandurz: "By high noon tomorrow they will be our prisoners!"
    Dark Helmet: "WHO??!!"

  15. i love bebop on Adult Swim Revamps; Removes Most Anime · · Score: 2

    i modded you up b/c i completely agree. bebop is random as hell, an amazing series for those who might have a preconceived notion that they dislike anime. too bad there are only about 25 episodes, that's going to make reruns appear on CN every 5 weeks. not that bad, but definitely going to get old considering futurama has 72 episodes.

    anyway, back on topic. you can own the dvds by purchasing piecemeal off half.com. bebop is dark and shadowy, with an odd conglomeration of characters that you can't help but love. there's a lot of the story you aren't told (some of which i still don't know) and you have to derive from the shows. this really draws you into the series. anyone know what a datadog is? :)

    see you, space cowboy

  16. simpsons jab at RIAA on Studios, RIAA Warn CEOs On File Trading · · Score: 4, Funny

    Milhouse (as Fallout Boy): Movie stardom is just so hollow.
    Mickey Rooney: Hollow?! The only thing in show business that's hollow is the music industry.

  17. dragon warrior 4 rules! on Flash Version of Adventure · · Score: 2

    ouch, what an awful mistake! if you can find the DW games on ebay i definitely recommend purchasing them. or the ROMs ;) by far the BEST games ever made for NES. too bad they were horribly underproduced and negligibly marketed. everything2 has some good writeups on the DW series. dragon warrior 4 rules

  18. hydlide? on Flash Version of Adventure · · Score: 2

    sadly enough, nintendo made an 8-bit game many years later that would have confused you just as much. hydlide. and everyone hated it, that is its legacy. i tried out this adventure game and i honestly don't get it either :)

  19. this would be the ultimate on Downloading The Mind · · Score: 1

    beowulf cluster (then you could be smarter than that ann landers woman!)

  20. my response on Google Sued over Page Ranking · · Score: 1

    SearchKing began business as an Internet search engine and web hosting company in 1997, approximately a year before Google's inception.....SearchKing is one of the pioneers in developing portal and search engine software and services.

    So, if by pioneers you mean "jumped on the bandwagon during the dot-com craze rather than actually being a 'portal pioneer' like Yahoo in 1994," you are correct.

    But you still ain't got no case!

  21. Re:The title says it all... on Liquid Nitrogen Beats Air Cooling (Again) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Insensitive clod! Some of us never had high school physics!

  22. what dept? on Rendering Software Used In LoTR Goes Open Source · · Score: 1, Interesting

    make-your-own-$50,000,000-animated-epic dept.

    roblimo must be in london working in pounds, not dollars. the total budget for the LOTR series was around $270 mil. i'm assuming since they filmed almost the entire trilogy without interruption that each film could safely be said to cost 1/3 of the budget. so this should be from the $90,000,000-animated-epic department (if you don't believe my conversions, check for yourself)

    yeah, i guess you could say this is a troll... a +5 funny troll! :)

  23. Re:America in the 1500's? on Library of Congress Map Collections from 1500's · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not exactly.

    America (the landmass) has been inhabited for several thousands of years.

    "People" began arriving in America between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago via the Bering Strait.
    Columbus arrived here in 1492 as (supposedly) the first European.
    Virginia Dare was the first American child born of European parents in 1587.
    The Declaration of Independence was finished on July 4, 1776, creating the United States of America

    An interesting sorite. When did America come into existance???

  24. shakespeare = disturbing indeed! on Kramnik and Deep Fritz Draw, Tied Before Final Game · · Score: 1

    heckled Kramnik with its Shakespearean chatter througout the game

    if you've taken a serious shakespeare class, this takes on a whole new comic element! :)

  25. another commercial tie-in on Boeing Bird of Prey Stealth Fighter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmmm, WB has a new show called "Birds of Prey." Boeing acknowledges existance of their new fighter "bird of prey." WB.com says hope comes in the unlikely form of a trio of beautiful and relentless heroines, so I guess these Dawson's Creek kiddies are going to fly around in these badass jets stopping evil-doers, (just like our military, I'm starting to get the idea)

    Who says WB shows are lame! :)