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  1. Upgrade, but in the wrong direction on Hubble Getting an Upgrade · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    As much as I find the discoveries of Hubble and expensive toys in Space amazing, I would rather have the Bush administration put an equal amount of funds into their alternative - energy program, so in 200 years we still have a earth we can make discoveries from.

    Dirk

  2. Re:Phrenology on Highbrow Highjinks Come to an End · · Score: 1
    This remark is not only based on crap science, but is also degrading, racist and one of the worst I have read on this server.

    Dirk

  3. hooray on Highbrow Highjinks Come to an End · · Score: 1
    Great Stuff.

    So, does that mean our limbic system is similar to our animal friends?

    No wonder...

    Dirk

  4. Storm? on Watches for UberGeeks? · · Score: 3, Informative
    I always found Storm Watches quite attractive in a geeky sort of way.

    Dirk

  5. Re:CU-SeeMe? on Cross Platform Video Conferencing Software? · · Score: 1
    We used it successfully to have an interplatform chat with 9 participants, using a humble Imac Rev B with a 128k ISDN connection as central broadcaster (or whatever you called it). Worked well for the Matt Bianco Mailing - List .

    Dirk

  6. this could save the australians: on Will Barry White Songs Help Sharks Get Down? · · Score: 1
    This could save numerous Australians and their tourist industry: Build big Speakers playing Barry White Songs on Bondi Beach and finally surf and swim without the fear of shark-attacks (shakatak?).

    Dirk

  7. Um.. on Kathleen Fent Read This Story · · Score: 1
    ...only if you shave, loose 10 kg and get ris of all these horrible computers..

    good luck anyway!!

    Happy Valentines Day,

    Dirk

  8. Python on What Makes a Powerful Programming Language? · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Python...

    Dirk

  9. Libel on ArsDigita Founder Responds to Closing · · Score: 1
    Interesting read, although I would not be surprised if she would get sued for libel or slander. It is very hard these days to call some business-boy al liar without seeing your lawyers...



    Dirk

  10. Sinclair ZX 81 on Computer Hardware That Can Pull Double-Duty? · · Score: 1
    I use my Sinclair ZX 81 as a wedge to keep my library door open.

    Dirk

  11. Re:Alpha Centauri on What Games are You Addicted To? · · Score: 1
    same here.

    There is nothing like wasting a complete Sunday for a game of Alpha Centauri. The only problem is that it is hard to find somebody with the same amount of time on his hands to do a multiplayer game.

    Dirk

  12. wow.. on Oracle Switching To Linux · · Score: 1
    Gosh, exciting times for red hat: First the rumour about it's acquisition by AOL, then the announcement that Oracle is going to run on Red Hat's distribution. Is Linux finally breaking through? Should I start buying Red Hat shares??

    Dirk

  13. Re:Butt-ugly interfaces on Libranet GNU/Linux 2.0 Coming Soon · · Score: 1
    This is actually quite nice: the Icons have a nice plasticity and the background looks gorgeous. nevertheless the control fields on the terminal windows frame again are pretty ugly. Nevertheless, I am impressed.

    Dirk

  14. Still there? on Libranet GNU/Linux 2.0 Coming Soon · · Score: 1
    We got started before they did and here we still are. Libranet has proven that to stay in the race what you need is a good product rather than millions of dollars behind you; but that's what the world of Free/Open software is all about, isn't it? I wonder what makes the difference. With so many distributors down the drain, what did Libranet different from the others (apart from VA and Redhat), and whether new startups like OpenOSX have a chance.

    Dirk

  15. Costs on Artwork from Ancient Atari History · · Score: 2, Interesting
    If you look at picture of this chaps "game room", I wonder how much money and space he has invested in this impressive collection of eighties arcade machines and pinballs. What does a Centipede Console actually cost these days?

    Dirk

  16. Re:damn! on EuroBSDCon 2002 Announced · · Score: 1
    Short answer: no. Long answer: Your a fuckwit pillock.

    gosh, what a good vocabulary you have.

    Dirk

  17. damn! on EuroBSDCon 2002 Announced · · Score: 0, Troll
    I would love to go, but unfortunately I only speak GUI. Can't they do a OS X Conference???

    Dirk

  18. Apple Icebook on Structural Integrity of Laptops? · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Dropped my 2001 Icebook a couple of times. no problems at all, everything hunkydory..

    (..that's what happens if you play Baldurs Gate in Bed and you get so scared by the whole thing that you hide under the linen, and then your laptop falls out of bed...)

    Dirk

  19. Great news! on BBC Reopens Ogg Streams · · Score: 1
    This is great news, as I will be moving to NZ and I really would be missing their comedy - and current affairs programs.

    After a 6 year diet of Radio 1 I have finally found the way..

    Dirk

  20. too little, too late on Palm Releases New Wireless Handheld · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Unfortunately, Palm has lost the battle for the handheld with their lack of vision to provide timely hardware.

    Shame, really: that's another independent manufacturer down the drain...

    Dirk

  21. Re:Mac OSX on Mac OS X: Game Developer's Playground · · Score: 1
    It is always interesting to see what kind of thoughtprovoking and genuinely intelligent comments the new Apple GUI can provoke.

    I am impressed..

  22. Transparent Aluminium?? on Transparent Concrete · · Score: 1
    ...you've been at that Star Trek IV DVD again, haven't you???

    Dirk

  23. Go Electric Cars, Go! on Electric Car Sighted on Highway - Who Makes It? · · Score: 1
    Whatever it is (and I don'y know), it is sexy enough to attract the interest of slashdot, which is unbelievably important to make these cars attractive to a new, ecologically aware generation of traffic users.

    ..and whatever that "gentleman"was saying about the 3 wheeled Robin Reliant: it has an impeccable safety record and still has a large following in the UK. It is even build again.

  24. Measure? on Electrical Pulses Break Light Speed Record · · Score: 1
    As I am not a physicist, I wonder how you can measure something that's faster than light???

    D

  25. Spock! on Retro-Futuristic Computing · · Score: 4, Funny
    You could even hook up an eyepiece like the one spock uses on the classic Enterprise and then mutter "fascinating" every time you're getting fragged at a Quake III tournament.

    D