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  1. Re:well... on Final Matrix Set for Synchronous Release · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is the third film going to be good like the first film was, or is it going to suck like the sequel?

  2. used by Chile's revolutionary government on Cybersyn And Early Uniminds · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "experimental computer network based on cybernetic principles that was used by Chile's revolutionary government between 1971 and 1973"

    Then they decided it was more effective to unplug the computer and just torture people with the mains lead.

  3. Re:Blinded By Hate on Microsoft to Build High School in Philadelphia, PA · · Score: 1

    "by the time they resolved all the dependencies it would be time to graduate"

    Sounds like "DLL Hell" to me...

  4. Free BIOSs? on Phoenix Bios to Incorporate DRM · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A few questions..

    1) Are there any?
    2) How much bios code is reusable between completely different motherboards?
    3) Will we always need a bios?

  5. Re:God I hate those tags on Blocker Tags to Protect Privacy From RFID Tags · · Score: 1

    "Blockers will be outlawed before they ever make it to market."

    Yeah, well I'll just build one into my tin foil hat!! There's no way they're taking THAT off of me!

  6. Re:Memory? on NTT Verifies Diamond Semiconductor Operation At 81 GHz · · Score: 1

    1) Because you have to run those signals over wires

    2) At the sort of frequencies we're currently using...They essentially act as antennas

    I'm not a hardware guy, but can't we deliberately send (broadcast) the signals, and `receive` them at the CPU/RAM input terminals?

    Or failing that, use light - line up the cpu and ram on the same level. Somehow.

  7. Re:Well, DUH... on Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    "Most still seem to rely on skin color detection to pick out candidate areas of a scene, and, frankly, that method is still pretty dicey when used out in the real world. "

    That's good enough for the police!

    if (object.nPercentageReflectedLight 30)
    { // We got us a suspect
    Arrest();
    }
    else
    { // Oops!
    Message("Sorry to have troubled you, Sir!\n")
    }

  8. Re:Shocking.... on Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras · · Score: 3, Informative

    "I'd love to have some sort of laser pointer that I can point at cameras in public areas to break them"

    Why not use a regular laser pointer? I believe the link below was featured on SlashDot once (or was it www.cryptome.org?).

    http://www.naimark.net/projects/zap/howto.html

    "Or not. It didn't work. No duh. Did anyone really think it would?"

    Sure. It DOES work, if set up properly. What, you think it's not possible in theory? Why?

  9. The standard is scheduled to be finalized in 2003 on Standard Brewing For PC Card Replacement 'Newcard' · · Score: 1

    Not long to wait then!

  10. Re:Of course... on Optical Recognition System To Foil Card Counting? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand the second part of your post (uReason? unsigned char reason?)

    But, as has been pointed out, I DID understand that your post was sarcasm. I'm not saying "hey, you`re wrong - there IS something wrong with the casino rigging games". What i'm saying is that you are comparing a player counting cards with a casino cheating, as if there is some sort of equivalance. There is no such equivelence. The casino hosts a game, and should be hosting it fairly. The player should be allowed to use any method* available to them to win.

    *for some value of `any` - ie no electronic aids, for example.

  11. Re:Of course... on Optical Recognition System To Foil Card Counting? · · Score: 1

    So you`re equating a gambler counting cards (that is, paying attention to what has been dealt) with fraudulent activity (rigging machines)? How do you come to that conclusion?

  12. Re:This is just the sort of thing... on Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo · · Score: 1

    "This kind of headline is just going to piss everyone off and hinder the progress of the research. "

    So, you don't like the headline SlashDot used, or the research itself. In the absence of any proof of the existance of god, "playing god" is a pointless criticism. You have any sensible, intelligent objections to this research?

  13. Re:Obvious omissions? on GameCube Production to Halt · · Score: 1

    "They goofed and they goofed big time."

    and

    "The sales figures of the GBA SP a two year old hardware platform prove it."

    So...they didn't goof then. They made a lot of money out of this `mistake`.

  14. "Pause" button? on GameCube Production to Halt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "struggling games company was developing a radical new product to be announced"

    I make that the "stop" button.

  15. Re:Disney supporting open-source? on Photoshop in Linux Thanks to Disney · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He was a socialist but that didn't mean he was an idiot. Hence:

    http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109 ,9 82198,00.html

  16. Re:nutty limeys on Low-power FM Transmitters Banned in UK · · Score: 1

    I'll be sullen and withdrawn.

  17. Re:nutty limeys on Low-power FM Transmitters Banned in UK · · Score: 1

    > (here's hoping someone gets the reference...)

    With leather?

  18. Re:Not Invented Here syndrome on China Proposes Rival Video Format · · Score: 1

    > Dictators are even worse regarding this.

    Yes, Hitler and Stalin may have been miles apart from each other when it came to political ideology, but one thing they both simply couldn't tolerate was all those Jewish data compression systems! Hitler in particular wanted a codec which could store 1000 years of video.

  19. Re:Please understand... on Software Archaeology · · Score: 1

    Don't confuse him with the facts for god's sake!
    !! Life's a lot simpler when you just treat everything you don't like as some sort of conspiracy!

  20. Re:Please understand... on Software Archaeology · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I really dont want strong crypto keeping out of stuff that I OWN, or My CONTENT"

    Then don't add strong crypto to your programs! Simple!

  21. who can't wait 100 seconds??? on Swiss Researchers Exploit Windows Password Flaw · · Score: 1

    ObSimpsonsQuote:
    "40 seconds? I want it NOW!" - Homer Simpson.

  22. don't know much about them? on State Of The Filesystem · · Score: 1

    "Have you heard of Plan 9 or Reiser4 but don't know much about them?"

    Then STFW!!!

  23. Sounds like my flat mate! on He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...set coffeemakers on fire, knocked computers off desks, short-circuited fans, and blown up everything from toasters to curling irons..."

  24. Re:God... on Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and you're a bitter Atari ST owner. "Its better than the Amiga!". Its a subset of the Amiga, dude.

  25. Re:Bandwidth has a cost... on MP3.com Removes "High-Bandwidth" Streams · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd be interested to know why bandwidth is so expensive. Anyone here have any concrete answers? Surely with more and more of the world being connected, the cost should go down slowly, as there is just maintainance costs to deal with. Are we still paying for the initial road digging, satellite launches etc?