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  1. Title incorrect on Oldest Animal: Fossilized While Hatching · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't that be youngest animal?

  2. Re:modeling unknown passwords on Letters-Only LM Hash Database · · Score: 2, Funny
    much less likely password

    Yes, much less likely, but people sometimes choose things like that for their passwords anyway. My wife's self-chosen password to her bank account, for example, is 'Nfok3G!~qOmp', and I can tell you that NOBODY is going to guess that one!

  3. Re:Cute, but why? on The Art of Cable Folding · · Score: 1
    and in some case trip over

    Well you're asking for a good tripping, if you are walking around in your case. You'll crack your motherboard for sure.

  4. Hulk Hogan - Yeah! on Group Warns on Consumption of Resources · · Score: 2, Funny

    As much as I respect the World Wrestling Federation's opinions, I don't know if their research in this area is entirely trustworthy.

  5. Sorry, I can't take it anymore... on Male Bass in Potomac Producing Eggs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Phenomena" is PLURAL! The singular is phenomenon. Jeez. I can't believe how many people get that mixed up.

  6. Re:18-35 #15 EDUCATION (SEX ED) on Help Select Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1
    I misread the question. I thought it said: "Do you believe that abstinence alone is enough to save our children from teen pregnancy and spreading disease?"

    I would say that's a pretty effective solution, yeah.

  7. This is why I read slashdot on Samsung Demos Future Memory Chips · · Score: 1
    Flash chips, which retain data after a host computer is turned off, are used in flash cards and cell phones, while DDR DRAM is used inside PCs.

    I'm so glad to get useful computer tips like this. This is why I love this forum. You never know when some obscure technology will suddenly become crystal clear by means of a helpful, knowledgeable story poster. My spelling has improved because of Slashdot, too. Thanks, guys! You're real swell.

    Sincerely,

    A grateful IT professional.

  8. 1/25,000? Ha! on Revolutionary Spam Firewall Developed · · Score: 1
    My spam firewall is more accurate by a factor of infinity. It lets in 0/25,000 spam messages.

    0 root@mail:~$ iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -dport 25 -j DROP
  9. Re:Above average? on Clear Solar Panels Double As Projection Screens · · Score: 1
    3.8 doesn't sound above average to me.

    3.8 watts per square foot is actually almost 3.8 W/ft^2 above average power generation for a window.

    ;)

  10. Re:Information on Lawyer Sues Yahoo for Message Board Name-Calling · · Score: 1
    Mr. Liegh:

    Your blatant disregard for the proper spelling of Folgers has come to our attention, and we are seeking restitution in the form of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) and an injunction against your posting about us on slashdot.org. You will soon receive more information regarding this matter.

    O. Boyd, Attorney
    Law Office of Boyd, Dewey, Cheetum, and Howe.
    In behalf of
    Folgers, Inc.

  11. Re:There May Only Be One on EC Approves Unconditionally Sony-BMG Merger · · Score: 1
    You forgot one:

    CocaWarner McMicroSonySoftMart

  12. Re:Give the Europeans a Turn on Mars Rovers Alive Until 2005? · · Score: 1
    ... And crash into the first available boulder? I don't think so.

    ;)

  13. Be wary on Snap Appliance Snap Server 1100 NAS Device · · Score: 1

    We have a snap server here, and if more than about two people are accessing it at once, it's SLOW AS MOLASSES!!! You can practically sit there and watch the bits shuffle by. (We only use it for long-term, low-access storage because it sucks so bad.)

  14. Mixed-up on your optimization on NASA - Robotic Repair Of Hubble 'Promising' · · Score: 1
    minimizing crew EVAs while maximizing assembly time

    Why on earth would you want to maximize assembly time? ;)

  15. Size problems? on Iomega Ships 35GB 'Son of Jaz' · · Score: 1
    2.5in removable disk. The disk is mounted inside a 1 x 0.8 x 0.8cm cartridge

    Okay, I'll bite. How in the world did they fit a 2.5-inch disk in such a 1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm cartridge? (Or is this just another english-to-metric conversion problem?) I mean, yeah, you could fold it up into something that size, easily, but that's not very good for a disk.

  16. Yeah, but ... on Carbon From Outer Space Older Than Our Sun · · Score: 1

    How do we know that this carbon they found started out with the same isotope ratio that we have here on earth? That seems like an audacious assumption. Do we have any evidence, for or against this idea?

  17. Re:Single vendor; that's a BAD thing on SCOoby Snacks · · Score: 1

    If you can't fix it, list it as a "feature".

  18. Re:If it doesn't exist.... on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1

    99.9999999%

    Do you really think only 6.5 people would notice? I know CNN has been getting some bad PR lately, but I don't think it's quite that bad yet.

    </nitpick>

  19. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1
    String theory "tends to suggest" almost anything. I like the quote I heard once regarding manipulating data:

    "Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything."

    String theory is so complex and so extensive that many (of course not all) mathematicians say that solutions could be found that would represent any concievable set of physical laws. It all depends on what constants you throw into the equations. Yes, some string theorists argue that gravitation bleeds from other branes (like other realities parallel to ours), but that's far from being an accepted or even widely-held belief.

  20. Re:what if theory didn't exist? on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    knowledge of its existence and how much of it exists will determine whether or not the Universe eventually implodes on itself I think it's safe to say that our knowing ANYTHING about dark or exotic matter will have no effect whatsoever on the fate of the universe.

  21. Re:Or coffee... on A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice · · Score: 1
    as two things are true: ...

    So which two of the three criteria you mentioned need to be true? Or is it any two of the three?

  22. Re:If the dock had been introduced back in the day on Tog Takes on Mac OS X 10.3 · · Score: 1
    had no keyboard shortcuts other than option tab

    That reminds me of the old saying:

    "Hey, if we had some ice cream we could have some pie and ice cream, if we had some pie."

    (Sorry, I just thought that line in the parent post was hilarious.)

  23. Re:MS Orbital Vehicle Assistant on Paul Allen Confirmed as SpaceShipOne's Sponsor · · Score: 1

    Nice. We need more ASCIIArt on this forum. We're geeks, after all!

  24. Same subnet - duh on PC Mag - Mac OS X Insecure · · Score: 1

    Of COURSE you have to be on the same subnet to worry about this. A MAC is a transport-layer feature.

  25. Nice link on Windows Security GM Talks NGSCB (Palladium) · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Isn't that nice, the link to the article goes straight to http://slashdot.org. Yes, I've been rtfa for the last few minutes now, but the only info I see about NGSCB is that scanty little write-up at the top of the page. :)