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  1. Re:The government should ban on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Which kids shows did that? Honestly, I'd really like to see a kid's show glorifying drugs.

    Scooby Doo, H.R. Pufnstuf, the Pacman cartoon show...

  2. Re:Ban idiotic research first on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 5, Funny

    celibate slashdotter

    One of these words is redundant.

  3. Re:Hey, the pirates can help on Master Engineer: Apple's "Mastered For iTunes" No Better Than AAC-Encoded Music · · Score: 1

    No they aren't, that's why they have different names.

    Valve preamps like the venerable Telefunken V76 can reproduce discrete sine waves from 20Hz to 20kHz, but if you put a 10kHz or 20kHz square wave into one it comes out an almost perfect sine wave with no frequency dependent attenuation of the fundamental (unlike a filter). This is due to an effect called slew rate limiting, which is where the edges of a wave rise or fall faster than the circuit can respond, and it's the reason valve gear has the prized "warm" sound: it's rounding off transients (nice in a preamp when recording, but terrible in a power amp if you want to reproduce what's on the media).

    Sample rate isn't frequency response either: you need a lowpass filter below the Nyquist frequency (half the sample rate) to prevent aliasing distortion. How far below depends on the filter circuit topology, so sample rate doesn't tell you anything about the true frequency response. For example, the sample rate on CDs is 44.1kHz, which would suggest a frequency response of 22.05kHz, however the actual frequency response is limited to 19kHz.

  4. Re:Really? on Women More Likely To Unfriend Than Men · · Score: 2

    ...and GTFO's response was unprintable.

  5. Re:How swine flu ... on New Avenue For MRSA 'Superbug': Pigs · · Score: 1

    "Mmm, future bacon!"

  6. Passing of the God of Pinball on Inventor of the Modern Pinball Machine Dies At 100 · · Score: 2

    Praise Kordek, killer of time, devourer of small change.

  7. Re:Or how about Android Marketplace? on The Dark Side of Digital Distribution · · Score: 2

    Then it should give you the option of specifying directories, not take the liberty of indexing everything.

    No! My data! Bad Google! [hits Larry Page on nose with rolled up newspaper]

  8. Re:Supremacy Clause on State Legislatures Attempt To Limit TSA Searches · · Score: 1

    Plural, you insensitive clod?

  9. Re:Supremacy Clause on State Legislatures Attempt To Limit TSA Searches · · Score: 4, Funny

    Still, you have to admire their balls (but only if you work for the TSA).

  10. Re:yellow visible in blue light? on FOIA Request Shows Which Printer Companies Cooperated With US Government · · Score: 1

    The white paper reflects blue light while the yellow ink doesn't, so the dots would appear darker. Both ink and paper could fluoresce under UV, which would probably reduce contrast and make the dots harder to spot.

  11. Re:Nope on Twisted Metal Designer Rails Against Storytelling Games · · Score: 2

    Watch 15 minutes of the movie when the timer goes off. Walk a mile on a treadmill then go back and watch an other 15 minutes, you will get the same effect.

    Wait...video game, exercise, same effect...somehow that doesn't sound right.

  12. Re:LOL! on Tapeheads and the Quiet Return of VHS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You'll never beat the warmth of phonovision discs.

  13. Re:I have nothing to worry about. on Text Message Brands Quebec Man a Terror Suspect · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only a terrorist would feel the need to deny being a terrorist. Take him away, boys!

  14. Re:I like their position on Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints · · Score: 1

    That's one way to make people stand up for their rights...

  15. Re:I like their position on Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints · · Score: 1

    The porn talks to him.

    Entirely possible.

  16. Re:Context is important on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 1

    "Get really trashed and party".

  17. Re:Presumably on Defending Your Cellphone Against Malware · · Score: 1

    All that link proves is you don't know the difference between vulnerabilities and malware.

  18. Re:Platform loyalty: 94% iPhone 47% Android on Apple Announces Most Profitable Quarter in History · · Score: 1

    Planned obsolescence is an Apple feature.

    Ah, so that's why Apple are suing the other manufacturers: everyone else does that feature better.

  19. Re:Handwringers & luddites on Mutant Flu Researchers Declare a Time Out · · Score: 2

    So would that mean the personification of sex is Mother F...

  20. Re:Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 2

    Consecutive carbon copy commencing consonants create cringing cowards? Cool!

  21. Re:High Quality on Apple Threatens Steve Jobs Doll Maker With Lawsuit · · Score: 2

    Do you mean articulation or a disturbing attention to anatomical detail?

  22. Re:We need a new fashion on Avoiding Facial Recognition of the Future · · Score: 1

    I's illegal in Italy to walk the streets unrecognisable.

    Attention Venice, you're under arrest.

  23. Re:where do i find it? on X-Men Origins Pirate Draws a 1-Year Sentence · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Oh just great on India To Cut Out Animal Dissection · · Score: 1

    If he's asking that while you're still conscious you're already in trouble...

  25. Re:Didn't the chinese adapt cracking from the Stat on The Undeclared "Cyber Cold War" With China · · Score: 1

    Gesundheit!