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  1. Re:White House stats on How Company Employees Use The Web · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's because even though they told the president he had a laptop, it was really an etch-a-sketch. It came with easier instructions:

    Mr. President, if your laptop gets mess-i-fied or subliminalated hold it upside down and shake to reboot.

  2. You're not alone on DVDCCA Sues Maker of Luxury DVD Jukebox · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I want one, but I'm not a pro athlete, rapper or movie star, so I'll probably have to roll my own"

    Dude! I think they roll their own too:

    Ricky Williams
    Snoop Dog
    Woody Harrelson

  3. 38,600 matches on The Search Engine Belt Buckle · · Score: 5, Funny

    WTF! There are 38,600 matches for "night diaper bondage"

    Okay that's it, we're all going straight to hell.

  4. This will work for about ten seconds on Software To Stop Song Trading · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If this is based on fingerprinting technology it would be pretty trivial to cutoff the Type 1 and Type 2 tags, reverse the content and stick'em back on. Reverse the process after downloading. Of course you could always UUencode the song and add a zip extension to it or a multitude of other tricks to hide what your doing.

    Never underestimate the power of broke, bored, determined college students.

  5. The title should have been.. on Stop Christmas-Gift PCs From Feeding Worms · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our Server: Surviving the Slashdotting

  6. Too bad on Downloadable Origami Motorcycles · · Score: 5, Funny

    My mom won't let me use scissors.

  7. The Seattle PI has a little more on US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software · · Score: 4, Informative

    The deal $970 per seat includes OS, Exchange, SQL, and Office so that's about right.

    The article also says the US military seems to think Microsofts security problems were not significant enough to stop the deal.

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/128059_msft military25.html

  8. It looks like a birth control pill dispenser! on Nokia 3650 Released in US Market · · Score: 1

    The keypad looks like your dialing on a birth control pill dispenser. I should have gotten one of these for my girlfriend, oh the trouble it would have saved.

  9. First Post on Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Using Win2k, haha!

  10. Re:Practical Applications on Effective Java · · Score: 1

    Java probably isn't the best choice if you're coming from VB. Mainly because of how spoiled most people get after using a Microsoft IDE, and VB's is damn nice. ;)
    Besides, if your skill set is based around MS products why not look into C#. I can tell you from experience that C# is a hell of a lot easier (or maybe more intuitive???) than Java. I like Java a lot, but damn is it painful to do GUI based apps. If you do decide to go the Java route take a look a the Eclipse IDE, it's not quite like using an MS IDE but it's clean and stays out of the way (cough**Borland**cough).

  11. Why not included the best of breed on LCD Round-up · · Score: 4, Informative

    All the lcd panel reviews seem to focus on the same thing, cost. When people review crts they don't go out and find the cheapest monitor they can consider that the standard (That's why you have 'budget' reviews).

    I've been using an AG Neovo 17.4" monitor for about eight months and it is absolutely fantastic (IMHO better than the mac 17's). The text is crisp and the color reproduction is oustanding. Yes, it's expensive (~$899US), but if I have to look at something for 10+ hours a day I'm going to spend the extra cash. Besides, how many slashdotters are there that don't seem to have a problem buying $400+ video cards twice a year to make sure they get the extra 200fps out of quake3?

    As for gaming, I play UT2003 on it all the time without a single bit of ghosting. One thing from the article that the author should have made manditory was the use of DVI. Why anyone would buy a DVI-only lcd is beyond me. Having both inputs is great for using my laptop (analog output only), but the picture is noticebly better through the DVI connector.

  12. Commercials before and after a program? on Broadcasters vs Producers on Content Integrity · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's funny, oh those crazy Swedes. I can't even fathom a two hour movie that hasn't been 'compressed for time, content, commercials.' I mean, after all the reductions, my god man, how would you fill the other 80 mins.

  13. Re:Disney are hypocrits on Taiwan Rejects US Copyright Extension Demands · · Score: 1

    Add Mulan to that list as well. It's based on a Chinese fable.

  14. Disney are hypocrits on Taiwan Rejects US Copyright Extension Demands · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Disney's fortune has been made utilizing public domain works. Their entire movie list is made up from the works of the Grimm brothers (Grimms Fairy Tales is public domain). Now that they are being required to add pack to the public domain they are pushing to extend the time (which they do everytime the expiration period comes up).