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  1. Re:Strangely enough.. on Interview with IE Lead Program Manager · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Strangely enough.. Your Personal Page looks better in Opera :-P

  2. You must be a registered Member! on The U.S. Navy's Doctrine of Laser Eye Surgery · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Of NyTimes? I don't think so ...
    This is all I got to read ... The popularity of free laser eye surgery in the armed forces is transforming career choices.

  3. Re:No Justification on Apple Releases Shake 4.1, Drops Price To $499 · · Score: -1, Troll

    As long as it's software I won't buy ... I think it's cool that it costs so much. Here's why ...
    I went the Reflections/Projections conference at the University of Illinois a few years back ... and a MSFT rep was there ... he literally threw several high priced software items into the crowd ... I was lucky enough to catch an Enterprise Edition of .NET ... and I proceeded to return home, post it on eBay ... and make like $600 ... which is pretty good considering the conference costs like $15 or something to get in !!! :-)

  4. No Frozen CPU on Apple Releases Shake 4.1, Drops Price To $499 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Min Requirements say 1ghz cpu. Darn, this couldn't run on the Frozen CPU

  5. Re:That's why I hide everything by ... on U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info · · Score: 1

    I don't use the Internet
    I don't surf Slashdot


    I'm confused? Do you have some AI bot that posts for you or something?

  6. Re:How about an API on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 0

    My serious sympathies to you ... the imcompetent Winblows user who can't figure it out on your own ... so I couldn't remember it off the top of my head? ... my bad ... I looked it up for you ... it's actually ... To disable pop-ups in Opera, go to Tools >>>> Quick Preferences>>>> Block all pop-ups.

    If you need any more help, Opera has Tech Support ... I have to get back to work now.

  7. Data Warehouse on U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info · · Score: 2, Interesting

    FBI lawyers rationalized that even though data brokers may have obtained financial information, agents could still use the information because brokers were not acting as a consumer-reporting agency but rather as a data warehouse.

    So seriously, what's the difference?

  8. Re:How about an API on Opera 9.0 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you ever used Opera? There is quick & easy to use ad-blocking capabilities built-in ... It's under Tools->Options ... and there are like 4 stages ... ranging from Allow-All to Block-All

  9. Misuse? on Prototype System Blocks Digital Cameras · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Couldn't this have terrible issues of misusage? Government could block off any area they desire ... no pictures allowed (we could never uncover conspiracies then). It sounds like it's a technology for the power hungary.

  10. Why this is important ... on Successful Merger of Butterfly Species · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In layman's terms...
    The study demonstrates that two animal species can evolve to form one, instead of the more common scenario where one species diverges to form two.

  11. MXPX on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage · · Score: 1

    No ... MXPX is reviving it!

    "MXPX has undergone a punk rock revival, and Panic is the result. They stripped every bit of gimmick and artificial sweetener from their brand of West Coast Punk. I couldn't be happier with their effort, and neither could the thousands of punks who have been looking for a new battle cry to sing as they raise their banner and fists in the air."
    -Daniel Brantley
    the Chattanoogan.com

  12. Re:#1 solution on Linux Annoyances For Geeks · · Score: 1

    Somebody is going to need to WTFM for all the acronyms being tossed around!

  13. Re:My #1 annoyance: on Linux Annoyances For Geeks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Jealous /.ers because the parent got modded Funny ... and they didn't

  14. Re:My #1 annoyance: on Linux Annoyances For Geeks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Know-it-all ./ers

  15. Re:baaad grammatical pun on 3D Realms Won't Rush Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Word of advice ... if you have to explain a joke ... it's not worth telling

  16. Re:The real Classics on Dragon's Lair Remastered in HD · · Score: 1

    If I go down that route ... I'd need to include Wolfenstein 3D and Doom (and all extensions).

  17. Re:Server Count on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    :p And you call yourself a slashdot nerd

    I prefer geek ... and I've cut back since graduating college ... therefore I bow to your server supremacy.

  18. Server Count on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 4, Funny

    The best guess is that Google now has more than 450,000 servers spread over at least 25 locations around the world.

    Huh ... and I thought the 3 at my parent's house and 2 in my dormroom were quite impressive :-(

  19. Re:The real Classics on Dragon's Lair Remastered in HD · · Score: 0

    Are you like in your 20's?

    Yep ... you'd probably call me "kid".

  20. Re:The real Classics on Dragon's Lair Remastered in HD · · Score: 1

    Well, it was the first game I ever really played on Linux ... so I included it on my list :-)

  21. Re:The real Classics on Dragon's Lair Remastered in HD · · Score: 0

    All from about 78-81.

    Sorry ... our definitions of classics are different cause I wasn't born yet :-P

  22. The real Classics on Dragon's Lair Remastered in HD · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Dragon's Lair HD is an achievement no classic gamer will want to be without

    I'll stick with the real classics...
    • Tetris
    • Super Mario 1 & 3
    • Frozen Bubble
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Dig Dug
    • PaperBoy
    • Dr. Mario
    Need I say more?
  23. Stupid on New IP Treaty Looming? · · Score: 4, Informative

    What if only Fox or CBS has the footage of a particular public event? Do we let the broadcaster eviscerate the ideas of fair use, prohibiting other networks from showing fragments so as to comment on the events, or criticise the original coverage? The proposed treaty text allows for fair use-like exceptions but does not require them. Once again, we harmonise upward property rights for powerful commercial entities, but leave to individual states the discretion whether and how to frame of the equally crucial public interest exceptions to those rights. Increased property rights for broadcasters are required. The public interest in education, access, and free speech is optional. (Among other things, most of the recent drafts would outlaw home recording of TV and radio unless a special exception was put into the law, state by state.)

    Well written article. This sounds like a poor idea ... that will more than likely pass simply because of the big company backing ... of course it would be almost impossible to enforce at the individual level ... nobody has the resources to check such things as recording tv or radio programs on your home pc, tape deck, etc.

  24. Funding on Projecting Data on a Sphere · · Score: 1

    The idea has come a long way since it came to Dr. MacDonald in 1995.

    "I was driving down a road and the thought came to me: Why don't people display things on spheres?" he said. "When I got home, I painted a beach ball white and projected pictures on the ball.


    So, I wonder if he took that beach ball to his presentations when he was trying to get research / grant money for the project?

  25. Open Source Weak Spot on Microsoft Calls for Truce With GPL and Linux? · · Score: 1

    Open source, on the other hand, historically has had a tough time building integrated solutions in that distributed fashion, Muglia said, and, "Our customers demand that from us. So there are certain things we have to do that are core to our development and our customers that we can't learn from open source because they are not doing that."

    Say what?