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  1. Beowulf joke..... with a twist on Jurassic Plants Make A Comeback · · Score: 0

    What do you call a beowulf cluster of these?

    A Jurassic park!

  2. Ha! on Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired · · Score: 1

    So much for free speech!

    It's becoming increasingly common to have to do your job WRONG to keep it.
    When you ask your superiors: Do you want it quick, cheap or good? - You know which one they will NOT choose.

    As for Daniel E. Geer Jr. he did a good job... I am quite sure he will find a job pretty quick, however I do doubt the job will be with a large company.

  3. Re:We should get rid of the torino scale regardles on Astronomers Upset About Asteroid Panic · · Score: 1

    Once we get the proposed 'asteroid hit' probability scale proposed...... then we can have notification relayed to a plethora of Syslog consoles that can take appropriate action (backup, shutdown, pager)

    It's good to have a backup if the asteroid hits, you know.

  4. Ummmm.... on Cell Phones May Spread Infections · · Score: 1, Insightful

    While working at a hospital.... how about putting the mobile in a transparent plastic bag, and discard the bag after use?
    Seems fairly easy to implement.

  5. Re:-1; Flamebait on JetBlue Gives Away Passenger Info To TSA? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "the terrorists are just a stupid bunch of assholes who want to use fear to affect our daily lives but not actually give a reason on what sorta reforms they are fighting for"

    Nobody does something 'voluntarily' without a reason.
    If we don't get the reason; blame the media/authorities.

  6. Re:Similar thing happened to me... on JetBlue Gives Away Passenger Info To TSA? · · Score: 0

    They can do nothing about it, those procedures came straight from the very TOP.

    If you don't get the drift, the very TOP is the originator of my sig.

  7. Quick way.... on College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor · · Score: 0

    Junkyard
    Craig Wallace
    ????
    Profit!

  8. Re:way too much time on College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor · · Score: 0

    That kid obviously has waaaay too much money on his hands. I can't imagine doing that my freshman year.

  9. Re:I was a bit worried about this... on Mandrake Linux 9.2, Adware Version · · Score: 0

    There might be other slow-loading free software projects that could benefit from this.

    Open Office developers take note!

  10. Leather clad mouse on Logitech Ships 500 Millionth Mouse · · Score: 0

    Last week, Microsoft Corp. announced a computer mouse with horizontal scrolling capabilities and even a mouse outfitted in leather

    Oh yeah, I can't wait until I get my sadomouse!

  11. Re:This goes back to the early days of Apple on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 1, Informative

    The Beatles don't control Apple Records anymore .

    Hmm I wonder if they ever did.

    Have a look at these to know what I mean...
    http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2002-09-15 -artists-rights_x.htm
    http://www.negativland.com/albini.html
    http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.h tml


    In short: in corporate america the artists *PAY* the company for their work!

  12. Re:beowulf cluster of beer? on Beer-Coated CDs are Optical Biocomputers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Beowulf cluster of beer?
    Just wait until the system admin is alone with the cluster.

  13. Re: Awwww boo hoo on New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work · · Score: 0

    I manage to get a ~50% BROWSING speedup by using Squid (with transparent proxying, on my linux gateway) on a raid 0 array (2xIBM 15Gb drives*) with 256M allocated for squid memory and
    ...tada...
    A caching DNS.
    Nothing expensive, considering the machine is a Pentium1 200 MMX.

    * Well, IBM deskstars and RAID 0 aren't really a wise thing, but the raid 0 is only for squid use, the system itself is RAID 1 and therefore relatively safe.

  14. Re:UV on CDs, DVDs Eyed For Long-Term Archival Use · · Score: 0

    Well after seing a lot of plastics degrade after being in sunlight IMHO I think that it would be a good idea to use some kind of strong, sturdy glass instead of plastic.

    To begin with glass doesn't bend easily, doesn't scratch easily, and is more resistant to heat.
    Maybe a special DURABLE glass CDROM could could be made of two layers of glass with different refractive indices. One layer is imprinted (read: poured over) from a master, the second layer is poured on the first..... The resulting reflective layer in between would be used to store the DATA.

    I bet such a setup would be expensive, but if you want to conserve something REALLY important, you'd do it.

    I'm off to the patent office. Cya. :-)

  15. Hmm.... on Wind River To Stop Selling BSD/OS · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Maybe SCO will be the next to sell BSD....

    If not; go get them SCO!!! (I'm sure SCO owns some of the code in BSD, must be, I tell ya!)

  16. Re:it slices, it dices on Quantum Cryptography Gets Nanotube Boost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I still haven't managed to get a date by using nanotubes.
    Way to go, nanotubes.

  17. Re:No cryptography is unbreakable... on Quantum Cryptography Gets Nanotube Boost · · Score: 1

    Well.....
    If you can't break the encryption....
    You can always break(as with a hammer) the encryption equipment.

  18. I wonder..... on Mobile Linux Project In Ammo Canister · · Score: 1


    I really wonder how a Beowulf Cluster of these would look like.

  19. I don't wish to troll but...... on World Nuclear University Launched · · Score: 1

    What's the admission status for north korean students?

    Just something to think about regarding this World Nuclear University.

  20. Souvenier on Mystery Tiles From Around the World · · Score: 1

    I celebrated the beginning of the 21'st century....
    and all I got was this lousy toynbee tile!

  21. Re:Headline -- All Computers Stolen on Microsoft to Build High School in Philadelphia, PA · · Score: 1

    And this is what you'll be seeing going through that garage door.

  22. Electronic Voting... on Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True · · Score: 1

    Next election should be done through Slashdot Poll!
    Most reliable results!
    Vote Cowboyneal for president!

  23. Yeah.... on Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True · · Score: 1


    and maybe bring the Lewinsky back....

  24. Re:This is really a new intelligence test. on RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers · · Score: 1


    Actually the last two should be swapped IMHO.

  25. Re:Parking Algorithms on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 0

    Parking Algorithms?

    Donald E. Knuth must surely have thought about these :-)