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  1. I installed this yesterday on SUSE 9.1 FTP Version Available · · Score: 5, Informative
    I installed this yesterday. Took around 4 hours on my home 1MBit to upgrade from SuSE 9.0 using the mirror.ac.uk mirror.

    Tip! Get the IP address of the ftp server before attempting the install! DNS isn't picked up on the SuSE boot/install CD.

  2. 12GB Compact Flash card on World's Fastest Flash Memory Card? · · Score: 1

    I don't know how much this card will retail for and anyway it is MMC. I don't think the Zaurus takes MMC. Why not get a 12GB compact flash card? A snip at $14,999.

  3. Ceramic vs Organic packaging on AMD's Socket 939, Athlon 64 FX-54 amd 64 3800+ · · Score: 4, Funny
    Anyone got a definition on what the "Organic" packaging on the new Socket 939 processors is and how it compares with the previous ceramic packaging?

    I guess it isn't wicker based.

  4. Compared with radio on Vorbis And Musepack Win 128kbps Multiformat Test · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Compare this with radio. There are a lot of popular AM and LW radio stations here in the UK even though FM is a superior format. MP3 will be around for almost ever due to the popularity and level of takeup.

  5. Re:So... on Fedora Core 2 Officially Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    Use bittorrent! It has the weird effect that the more people using it the faster the downloads get.

  6. Mozilla Firefox on SCO Prides Itself on Inspiring FUD · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think there is a bug in the web page. In Internet Explorer the frames render with bars as separators but in Mozilla Firefox the bars are replaced with balls. This isn't funny until you scroll down the end of the report to find unlike everyone else in the list Darl McBride only has one ball.

  7. Re:i don't want to be a fireball on Can Cell Phones Ignite Gasoline Vapors? · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just do as advised... "make sure your car, cell phone, PDA, pacemaker, etc. are all turned off before you start pumping"

    Make sure your pacemaker is switched off on your next visit.

  8. Cybiko on Device for Taking Travel Notes? · · Score: 1

    Cybiko's are dirt cheap these days. I've seen them for 5 quid each. USB, keyboard, very long battery life. Just what you want I think. Only 1MB of RAM in the standard model but that is a lot of typed text. Processor runs at a monster 11MHz (with a 4MHz co-processor).

  9. Star Trek on Welcome to the 'Plogging' World · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why are there all these abbreviations anyway?

    Never heard James T. Kirk put an entry in the clog.

  10. Re:Qualifier on World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be Built At ORNL · · Score: 1
    But the definitions are there.

    From the Yahoo article "50 trillion calculations per second" and if the machine is to feature on the top500.org then from top500.org "the best performance on the Linpack benchmark is used as performance measure for ranking the computer systems."

  11. Re:Don't get too excited on The Ultimate All-In-One Storage Solution · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost a Petabit though.

  12. Other requirements on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    At least you don't require a keyboard and mouse any more though. Leave that to the Linux hackers eh?

  13. Re:As Don Jolly would say *ahem* on Why Mobile Phones Are Annoying · · Score: 1

    Drat and double drat those typos. :-(

  14. As Don Jolly would say on Why Mobile Phones Are Annoying · · Score: 5, Funny
    [nokia tune=annoying] ring [/nokia]

    Hello. HELLO.

    I'm writing on slashdot.SLASHDOT

    Nah its rubbish

  15. What happens to the fine money? on EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Where does the fine go? Spending it on Real player/Quicktime development might be poetic justice?

  16. Re:No more imagination.. on War of the Worlds Remake · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Time to move :) on Titan Missile Complex Up for Sale · · Score: 1

    I thought it was... Step 1 ) Collect underpants Step 2 ) ??? Step 3 ) Profit

  18. In other news... on Playstation 3 Already Won the Next Gen Battle? · · Score: 1
    And Microsoft have won the OS battle. By 2010 it will be installed on all machines in the world.

    The real story here is that reading a crystal ball = = slashdot news. :-(

  19. Face... on Astronauts Attach Mannequin to Outside of ISS · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm all for scientific experiments in space but why did this dummy get the face of Darl McBride? Did he upset someone?

  20. Re:Chew, chew, chew on The Future PC as a Set of Pens? · · Score: 3, Funny

    How shocking!

  21. Re:Wow, deja vu!! on Jobs to India -- A Broad Look · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea but the editor has been outsourced to India.
    What do you expect?

  22. KISS of death on Kiss Technology Counters MPlayer GPL Arguments · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is this the KISS of death for GPL?

  23. Re:Lakh? on Bangalore Beats Silicon Valley · · Score: 1
    According to The Handbook of World Stock, Derivatives and Commodity Exchanges a lakh equates to 100,000.

    Why not just say 100,000?!??!

  24. So what will all these people do? on 235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is a lot of people changing career. What will they all be doing though?

    Will they be:

    Professional hover-board racers?

    Anti-gravity technicians?

    Time-travel holiday sales people?

  25. A die to die for? on 2000 Year Old Roman d20 Up For Auction · · Score: 2, Redundant

    So this was a die to die for?