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  1. Re:Tweens on Dance Dance Revolution Spawns TV Show · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ages 10-12.

  2. This is how we know it's really Web 2.0 on No Space for MySpace? · · Score: 1

    It's spawning political and social controversey again.

  3. Re:OMG! Poniez!!!!1 on MPAA training Dogs to Sniff Out DVDs · · Score: 1

    Whoever modded the parent up paid no attention that his username is "Inigo Montoya" ...

  4. Re:Longevity? on A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tom, you really should have mentioned this in the article...

  5. Re:windering.. on A Dolphin By Any Other Name · · Score: 1

    ScreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEE!!!!!!!

  6. Re:9 things? on Nine Things You Should Know About Nautilus · · Score: 1

    I know how to use scp and sftp on the command line. 90% of my time on Linux is spent in a shell. (That may change if/when I install jedit again.) I like GNOME because of its thumbnailing of pics and video, which it does better than KDE.

  7. Re:9 things? on Nine Things You Should Know About Nautilus · · Score: 1

    I was pleasently surprised when the version I recently installed supported ssh.

    Setting up an ssh daemon on my computers is much easier, and more secure, than setting up an FTP server. And more convenient than NFS or Samba.

  8. Re:Wave of the future... on Ageia PhysX Tested · · Score: 2, Informative

    Multi-stage processors have latching mechanisms between stages that release on a clock pulse. I think what he meant by "data ready flags" was to allow the latches between the stages to unlock automatically, instead of being dependant on a chipwide clock signal.

    But then, I'm only working on a Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems...what would I know about signalling in a complex silicon device?

  9. Re:Somone poke Jack in the eye for me if you see h on Jack Thompson Weighs in on Oblivion · · Score: 1

    Video games don't make me fell [the] violent, morons do.

    Thy words speak true, good sir!

  10. Re:Wait a second on Debian Etch to be Released in December · · Score: 1

    Woody? Meh. I've still got a hard drive lying around with potato on it.

  11. Re:Let me see.... on ODF Offers MS Word Plugin to MA · · Score: 1

    Such plugins, being independently developed, aren't necessarily up to the same quality standards as the system they plug into.

    And by "independently", I don't just mean separate companies. Microsoft's own Works plugin for MS Word is an unstable POS.

  12. Re:Oh yes! on Can You Spoof IP Packets? · · Score: 1

    "ps ax"

    What's that tell you?

  13. Re:Wizard of Oz can tell you how will this works on Software Lets Programmers Code Hands-free · · Score: 1

    "Create a loop using fileindex as its iterator. Now open, erase, and close each file, starting with fileindex."

    "Wait a sec...erase that loop. Create a new variable, call it tempindex. Use that as an iterator. Now open, erase, and close each file, starting with tempindex."

    "Wait a sec...fileindex was passed in by value, wasn't it? OK. Erase that loop. Create a loop using fileindex as its iterator. Now open, erase, and close each file, starting with fileindex."

    "Doh...we need to use fileindex later in the function. Erase that loop..."

    My backspace key is the most used key on my keyboard. Other than that, it sounds like fun.

  14. GoogleFight on Growing Censorship Concerns at Digg · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows Googlefight is the appropriate tool for this job.

    Digg vs Slashdot. Slashdot wins!

  15. Legitimacy of the tests on IRS Leaves Taxpayer Data Largely Unprotected · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has it occured to anyone that perhaps DHS and the DoD get failing grades because they take different, more effective approaches to security than what's handed down by a beauracracy?

  16. Re:What kind of data? on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 1

    Aw, come on. I posted a thank-you reply. :)

  17. Re:The Sun on Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I should mention...I got a sunburn once, years ago. So I moved my computer away from the window.

  18. What kind of data? on New 25x Data Compression? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can create a compression algorithm that compresses my 2GB of data to 1 bit. But it would be crap for any other datastream fed to it.

  19. Re:The Sun on Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle · · Score: 1

    Ah, a new sig. Thank you. Thank you very much.

  20. Stress on Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle · · Score: 1

    I love to work I love to run I love to waterski, snowboard, jetski
    Skydive, parasail, hang-glide, rollerblade, mountainbike, bungee-jump
    Well I mean I'd love to do these things if I ever had the time

  21. Porn Collection on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 1

    I so love screwing with people 50 years from now.

    That's why I'm going to keep my porn collection intact.

  22. Re:I use quantum encryption .... on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 1

    All I gotta do is check the comment data, huh?

  23. Re:Yes, there is. on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 1

    Now I need to figure out who to leave my Slashdot account to.

    Your youngest. What Slashdot needs right now is a 5-year-old with a 5-digit Slashdot UID.

    I'm the youngest I know about...a 22-year-old with a 5-digit UID. I wish I could find out when exactly I created the account...

  24. Re:Slashdotted on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 1

    Slashdot's main page is cached. Pages with comments (such as this page, and journal pages) aren't.

    Many people who read Slashdot do so only for the articles, not the comments. Many don't bother visiting a comment-enabled page. However, in this case, everyone who clicks on that article is going to a non-static, non-cached page.

    Slashdot is definitely seeing a higher load than usual, today. I imagine their IT staff are using it as a stress-test.

  25. Re:No way on Your Digital Inheritance? · · Score: 1

    That's why I don't save any porn which would likely create a bad image of me.

    Still have a couple gigs of it, though...I laugh, imagining my family exploring /home/shortcircuit/.../d . What an awesome, horrible prank.