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  1. Hmmm... on Linux Web Browsers Reviewed · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it looks like even if you remove these web browsers, Linux will still work.

  2. Computer Emotion on Affective Computing: Teaching Machines About Emotion · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here are two good links on researchers trying to model emotion using computers.

    Lola Cañamero's Emotion Page

    Steve Allen's Home Page

  3. Re:Parent uses "humour" on Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA · · Score: 1
    Yes, it was a sarcastic jab at the "typical" American's lack of knowledge of geography and of other cultures in general.

    Bet if I find a way to make fun of the average Slashdot reader's lack of understanding of sarcastic humor I can get a -1!

  4. Not sure I understand? on Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Umm, like, where is this Europe people keep talking about? Is that like near Canada or something?

  5. Finally! on Robocup 2002 World Robot Soccer Championships · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, a robot with balls.

  6. Might you be able to help me? on Salon On Computer Forensics · · Score: 2, Funny
    I recently came across a box of these strange little plastic things. I'm fairly sure they are some sort of computer medium. They are about 3.5" square and various colors. On one side there is a silver circle toward the center, a little less than an inch in diameter.

    Anyone know what they might be and how I could go about reading them them?

  7. Bandwidth on Provigil Extends Your Day? · · Score: 1

    Just great! You finally tailor your sleep habits to be awake at 3am when the bandwidth is better and someone comes out with a pill that lets you stay online around the clock. Doh!

  8. Mod the Mod on Mods: "Lifeblood of Gaming Industry"? · · Score: 2
    N.E.R.D. is an online gaming community that provides players with tons of statistics & customizations for Counter-Strike which is a mod of Half-Life.

    It is all the mods to the mod that has made it one of the largest Counter-Strike communities in the world!

  9. Recursion on Google Releases an API for Their Database · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can it be used to query for Slashdot stories on the Google API?

  10. Common Frame of Reference on Top Research Labs in Human-Computer Interaction? · · Score: 2
    My two cents (and I am biased), is that the future of HCI involves the human and the computer sharing a common frame of reference.

    My dissertation research involves developing a software system that will allow a computer to acquire a lexicon grounded in visual experiences. Thus words to a computer start to have some "meaning" rather than just being based on other words.

    I'm working through the Robotics Research Lab at LSU.

  11. Credentials on Professor Testifies Windows Is Modular, Separable · · Score: 1

    Not that I don't believe this guy, but what makes him an expert on Windows modularity other than being a computer science professor?

  12. BetaMax on PVR For Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    But does it support BetaMax & LaserDisc?

  13. Corporations bad? on Globalism, Corporatism and Open Source · · Score: 1

    You say valueless, greedy, and proprietary like they are bad things. Have you been talking to Ralph Nader?

  14. And in other news... on Unix Isn't Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    FMS (FORTRAN Monitor system) has been dead for about 40 years. It is not expected to re-appear anytime soon.

  15. Recursion on ASCI White Detonates The First E-Bomb · · Score: 2, Insightful
    IBM today announced that the company has built the world's fastest supercomputer--capable of 12 trillion calculations per second--more than three times faster than the most powerful computer in existence today.

    If they've already built the thing, how can it be 3x faster than "the most powerful computer in existence today"?

  16. Substantial on Exploring Apache's SOAP Serialization APIs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ummm, I've been in the office for like 16 hours and reading is hard and stuff. Could someone please provide me with like 100 words or less or something?

  17. Re:Here's something actually funny.... on Blizzard removes Orcs from Warcraft III · · Score: 1

    Keanu Reeves will be very disappointed to hear that. Oh well...

  18. Here's something actually funny.... on Blizzard removes Orcs from Warcraft III · · Score: 2

    Arthur T. Murray has apparently become the first person to build a system that demonstrates true artificial intelligence (A.I.). It is expected that his Mentifex system developed in Forth and JavaScript will soon pass the Turing Test, and will shortly thereafter enslave the entire human race.

  19. After midnight...somewhere? on Linus Retiring from Kernel Dev · · Score: 1

    Isn't it after midnight somewhere yet?

  20. Game engines for A.I. research on AI in Video Games vs. AI in Academia · · Score: 2
    Not sure how useful embedded A.I. logic in gaming can be to academia, but using a game engine as a platform for developing and testing A.I. offers a lot of potential.

    My research involves modeling human language acquisition, grounded in "visual" experiences. While I'm pretty much developing a crude vision system from scratch for my prototype (because I want to use some real video) my next step will be to try the same logic inside of a game engine. With a game engine, I can query exact details of objects and their motions, without the great complexities of a computer vision system.

    Until computer sensor systems catch up, game engines provide a wonderful opportunity for testing A.I.

  21. Lesson Learned... on Leaked FEMA/ASCE Draft Report On WTC Collapse · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the future, we'll just have to build all really tall buildings underwater. Maybe Kevin Costner could offer up some good advice.

  22. Non-compete on MS: Use the Source, Luke! · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wonder if the students will have to sign non-compete and non-disclosure agreements?

    Here is your diploma and FYI, M$ owns all of your future work.

  23. Re:Scares the crap out of me... on Face Recognition On Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Yes, but giving every cop a cell phone that can do this is a whole new ballgame.

  24. Scares the crap out of me... on Face Recognition On Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Can you say big brother?

  25. Re:Opposite Solution on Ximian Connector 1.0 Available · · Score: 1
    I was basing my response on this (from their knowledge base):

    Can an Insight Client share a calendar with an Outlook user?

    No, you are not able to share calendars between and Insight and Outlook client. It is not possible to get a calendar view of an Outlook users calendar.