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  1. Re:Show me the money.... on How Should You Interview a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they all own Macs.

  2. Show her your love is stonger than STEEL! on Diamonds - Are They Really Worth the Cost? · · Score: 1

    My ring is from TeNo, stainless steel jewelry.

  3. Re:Whats with the "To Rule Them All" stuff... on One 3D Format to Rule Them All · · Score: 1

    I think the original poster's point still stands. 2 years ago, before the movie and the hype, you wouldn't have seen story titles like this on slashdot. Now every other story has it. One lame cultural in-joke to rule them all, perhaps?

  4. Bah! I want a 1D web. on One 3D Format to Rule Them All · · Score: 2

    Just a continuous string of ones and zeroes, straight into my noggin. All, 2D, 3D and 4D information can be serialized.

  5. Another option on Build A Custom-Fit One-hand Keyboard · · Score: 2

    For those interested in something that fills this function, leverages your existing typing skills, and does not require chording check out the half keyboard. The disadvantage I can see is that it isn't truly one-handed as you need to strap it to your other arm, and as a result it's also not "stealth". The advantage is you can buy it right now. I do not own one of these or endorse the product in any way, but I had a link that actually seemed to be on topic for once. :)

  6. Re:My Shop Class teacher would have loved this.. on Build A Custom-Fit One-hand Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I believe there are the same amount of actively working shop teachers with missing fingers as there are buffed-out female coaches with a nickname of "butch". In other words, plenty. My shop teacher was missing digits. It helped him effectively explain the consequences of not paying attention while working with equipment capable of removing extremeties.

  7. Re:You did not answer his question on Cheap KVM Over IP? · · Score: 1

    Which technology does Sun equipment ship with to allow the remote dousing of equipment fires? There will always be a need for physical access to a machine at *some* time, even if it is to plug it in and power it on for the first time. This is a secondary observation, though.

    A KVM may not be the optimal solution for you, but the asker may have to run a mixed environment with some NT servers, neccessitating(sp?) system work after the bios but before full boot to a remote access enviroment (many errors can happen loading drivers before PCA/VNC/TS are available).
  8. Re:pirate school mod on Attack Of The Dreamcasts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Glad to see they're still teaching the 3 'arrs.

  9. Re:Joke on DIY BMW Computer Chair · · Score: 1

    Funny, I have lived in the Silicon Valley my entire life and have rarely seen BMW drivers do this. It's usually crap Mercedes (which they are.) And to compare a BMW - or anything German - to a civic is awful. Japanese cars suck.

    He made the statement equating BMWs and inexpensive Japanese vehicles... a device called a "metaphor", to achieve what we like to refer to as an "insult". Your failure to observe this is at once startling and amusing, but more the latter than the former.
  10. Re:3 + hours? on DIY BMW Computer Chair · · Score: 5, Funny

    i spend 16+ hours.. and i sit on my floor..

    Playstation doesn't count. :)
  11. Re:You mean-- on R2D2 Beer Getting Machine · · Score: 1

    In the Jabba's slave girl outfit. Awwwwwwwwww yeah.

  12. Re:You mean this NT7? on A Rock Moves In Space · · Score: 2

    Nah, Windows NT is much more likely to do us all in.

  13. Re:run over by a llama? on A Rock Moves In Space · · Score: 1

    A zoo visit seems unlikely since the petting areas are usually not big enough to get a stampede going, so llamas are likely a part of the individual's environment (farming them, living in their native habitat, etc). Statistically I'd say someone who has been around llamas is usually more likely to be in that situation again (I don't imagine one gets caught up in a llama stampede just anywhere).

  14. Re:Lockheed's Avionics Press Release on F-22 Avionics Require Inflight Reboot · · Score: 2

    They didn't say which two Crays. Perhpas a couple of 'em while powered-off?

  15. Re:make sure to ask on Drive a Greasecar - DIY Biodiesel · · Score: 1

    You, sir, are sicker than the average AC. Congratulations.

  16. Re:Smells like...? on Drive a Greasecar - DIY Biodiesel · · Score: 1

    Your ecological consciousness and irreverance for olfactory sensibilities is simultaneously awe-inspiring and disturbing. Go to the back of your local fish fry, and take a good wiff of the trap. Fill your lungs deep with the fumes. After you're done horking, tell me you prefer diesel. :)

  17. Re:Smells like...? on Drive a Greasecar - DIY Biodiesel · · Score: 1

    Yes. Grease traps truly are The Bog of Eternal Stench.

  18. Smells like...? on Drive a Greasecar - DIY Biodiesel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember reading that running on vegetable oil smells more or less like french fries. Anyone who has worked fast food can imagine the smell of burned grease-trap fuel. *wretch*

  19. Re:MODS ON CRACK on Software for the Realtime 3D Modeler? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mods, please read this entire post before moderating, I get to the point in the last paragraph.

    Just because a poster may not be verbose or even have a full understanding of the topic matter doesn't make a post off-topic. Instead, it is an opportunity for geniuses like yourself to give input. What you are reading right now is what we like to call a "discussion forum", where people come to talk. This occasionally means intelligent discourse instead of the tripe you're serving today.

    As far as the subject at hand, I think that using the de facto game engine as the basis for a modeling tool isn't out of the question at all. You already have an API to move objects in three dimensions. You'd have absolute WYSIWYG if you used the quake engine as the basis for the game. Does "common sense" mean never using a readily avaiable codebase for a novel purpose? Bah. If you are making models for games, then why not use a hacked out game engine to do the modeling, like many game companies are doing internally anyway?
  20. As dangerous as a bullet or bomb on House OKs Life Sentences For Hackers · · Score: 2

    Spoken words can be as dangerous as a bullet or bomb depending on the sitaution, but censorship is only morally justifiable dpending on the circumstance. One of our basic values is that punishment should match the crime... and I have yet to see hacking cost one human life, and if it did shouldn't the assailant be charged with murder or manslaughter instead? Wouldn't there be public outcry if we sent 19 year old burglars to jail for life? This is insanity.

  21. Re:[klerck] Dear Ask Slashdot on Russia Loses Inflatable Spacecraft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I rarely venture far enough down the page to encounter the suicidal section, but because of the widening I decided to slum it. I actually have an opinion that may be helpful for you. Get a gun, some duct tape and a rope, and find a tall bridge. Duct tape the gun to your hand in a position comfortable enough to use it (this is so when you jump, you don't accidentally drop it). Tie one end of the rope around your neck noose-style, and the other to the aforementioned bridge tightly. Use some duct tape to reinforce it if you're not sure. Now, jump off the bridge. Make sure its a good jump, so you'll most likely break your neck instantly. If you don't die instantly and you still have some degree of motor control, use the gun for quick relief. If you didn't get your cub scout merit badge in noose-tying, duct tape, jumping, or sucking on your nine mil, then you always have surface tension and gravity assisted flight as a your backup. For good measure, you can add the following: Taking sleeping pills, using a bridge over a busy freeway instead of water, or slitting your wrists. I've been told it is impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath. Always keep in mind the sequence of events, you don't want to do something like take the sleeping pills first and completely eliminate your ability to multitask later on.

  22. Lies! All lies! on Mac Users May Be Smarter · · Score: 2

    Mac users are simply more likely to tell you they are smarter and make more money when polled!

    OK, OK, so that was a troll, but the premise remains that correlation does not mean causality. Statistics are a tool for understanding when you don't start making assertions, or a tool for manipulation when you do.

  23. Mississippi on Easter Eggs in Web Sites? · · Score: 3, Funny

    From an episode of Farscape (paraphrased):

    Chrichton (human): OK now count, one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi...
    Dargo (big alien with tentacles): One Mippippippi, two Mippippippi, three Mippippippi...

    At the ecommerce company I worked for, Zoovy, I wrote the shopping cart system used by a few hundred merchants. I wanted to make a completely innocuous egg since it would be used on stores selling everyting from dildos to bibles. If the merchant turns on international orders (so the state selection in checkout turns into a box instead of a dropdown), and you type in Mippippippi, it corrects it to Mississippi. I know, I know, boring... :)

  24. Re:How about a real Digital Tuntable? on Digital DJ Turntable · · Score: 1

    That's not to say you can't get them on MP3. I would say that club play of someone's music without buying it is morally justifiable, if the musician didn't make it purchasable in CD or MP3. They'll probably sell more regardless of format if the audience reaction is positive, and their rating in the charts goes up.

  25. Keyhole? Nah. on OSI Launches Certification Program With Logo · · Score: 2

    I don't think it looks so much like a keyhole, as it does the outline of the top of a person. Which makes sense. Its an "O" for open, and it puts people in the middle. How 'bout that. :)