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  1. Re:crap on Direct-to-Vinyl Recording Makes a Comeback (Video) · · Score: 1

    Come out to Cambridge/Boston and visit Elements at Phoenix Landing. Longest running DnB night in the US at 15 years nearly. Preferred format by many DJs is still vinyl on 1200s. You can keep your dubstep and prog house.

  2. card? on State of Virginia Technology Centers Down · · Score: 1

    What is a SAN memory card?

  3. Re:Already using 1.6 more or less. on Google Releases the SDK For Version 1.6 of Android · · Score: 1

    Do these unofficial builds include Google-sanctions apps such as Gmail, Google Maps, etc? Without those, the functionality of the phone decreases to near zero for me.

  4. Re:Urban jungles on The Worst US Cities To Work In IT · · Score: 1

    Likewise, if you head 25 minutes west of Boston via 90 you'll hit MetroWest (Framingham, Natick, Ashland, Hopkinton, Holliston) where housing is relatively affordable and large lots of land can be had. The Commuter Rail goes into Boston at a regular and convenient schedule, so if you work in Boston and live in MetroWest you can save a lot of money on gas by taking the train every day.

  5. Not even close on Cray's CX1 Desktop Supercomputer, Now For Sale · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yawn. Lame. This isn't even close to the high density, high performance machines from my friends at SiCortex. If you're a serious player in HPC-land, the SiCortex machines have you salivating. I'm not trying to sound like an advertisement but they're simply awesome machines. Up to 5832 64-bit MIPS processors running Linux in a relatively small footprint. I don't have a direct connection to the company but I've worked closely with them in the past and it's the real deal. Check it out - SiCortex.com

  6. Re:Fiat Multipla - does not look bad on People Prefer Angry-Faced Cars · · Score: 0

    An '87 Grand National is one of the most badass cars ever. It looks like it wants to rape and murder. I would buy a GN or (drool) GNX without hesitation if I had the money, and this lofty praise is coming from someone who has Ford blue running through his veins. Too bad GM were a bunch of pussies who killed it because it threatened their halo car.

  7. Slackware on Server Optimization For Newbies? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Slackware. Forget about Redhat and all the other GUI-fied distributions. Install Slackware and do everything yourself. It's the only way to learn.

  8. How is this possible? on Sequoia Vote Machine Can't Do Simple Arithmetic? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I honestly do not understand how companies screw up something as simple as a voting machine. A first year CS student could write it in Java in a weekend.
    The only possible explanation is that the votes are intentionally being miscounted.

  9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps on A Plant That Can Smell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (note - I'm convinced that when this song is done right, it's quite possibly one of the top songs ever written/sung)

    George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
    While my guitar gently weeps
    I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
    Still my guitar gently weeps

    I don't know why nobody told you
    How to unfold your love
    I don't know how someone controlled you
    They bought and sold you

    I look at the world and I notice it's turning
    While my guitar gently weeps
    With every mistake we must surely be learning
    Still my guitar gently weeps

    I don't know how you were diverted
    You were perverted too
    I don't know how you were inverted
    No one alerted you

    I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
    While my guitar gently weeps
    Look at you all...
    Still my guitar gently weeps

  10. Re:Wireless office deployments are solved ... on A WiFi-Only Office Network? · · Score: 1

    I can definitely second the suggestion to go with Meru Networks gear. At my office we have 6(?) access points associated with one controller. No matter where you are in the building, you'll get full signal and stay on the same network. The access points and controller run Linux. They do some neat and funky stuff to deal with large amounts of users, bandwidth shaping, QoS, etc.

    We tried the Trapeze Networks solution for a while but we weren't as happy with it as we are with Meru. YMMV, of course.

  11. Re:Zonk 5-on-1: Slashdot's Best Gay DVD? on Core Duo - Intel's Best CPU? · · Score: 1

    omg hi2u ltns lol@911

    irc?

  12. Rhymes With Ditty on Dell Launches Flash Music Player · · Score: 5, Interesting

    (taken w/o permission from Daring Fireball)

    Rhymes With Ditty
    Wednesday, 21 September 2005

    See news item that Dell had released a new flash-memory-based music player to compete against the iPod Shuffle: the Dell DJ Ditty.

    Note that no picture of said Ditty accompanies news item.

    Visit dell.com.

    Note that no picture of said Ditty appears on front page of dell.com, even after several reloads to cycle through random promotional images.

    Search for "ditty" in text of front page of dell.com.

    Note that "ditty" is not found.

    Begin to suspect that even Dell is not very proud of this device.

    Visit apple.com.

    Note prominent and primary emphasis on luscious product porn of new iPod Nano.

    Hop back to dell.com and search for "Ditty" in site-wide search box.

    Note vague resemblance to a 50-cent Bic lighter:

    Note footnote attached to claim in "Product Highlights" that the Ditty can pack 220 songs into 512 MB of memory, roughly twice the songs Apple claims can fit on a 512 MB iPod Shuffle.

    Follow footnote to see explanation that this storage estimate requires encoding songs as 64 kbps WMA, which bit rate is half that of Apple's default of 128 kbps AAC, and roughly equivalent in fidelity to that of transmissions carried over tin cans and string, but which, perhaps, is not a dirty marketing trick, but, rather, a fair assessment, considering that anyone with such profoundly bad taste in industrial design who would consider purchasing this device probably also has such bad taste in music as not to notice that their 64 kbps-compressed songs sound like mush.

    Sit back and recall, with tremendously smug satisfaction, a decade's worth of tech industry punditry holding that superior design would never get Apple anywhere, and that Apple should instead, you know, be more like Dell.

  13. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: -1

    I swear to God, Hitler is in the lower left corner of this picture. We're finally determined he wasn't hiding in Argentina; he hides at MacWorld confs! I always knew Mac users were a bit.. fanatical in their beliefs. This just proves it. (clutches his 1.5Ghz PowerBook lovingly).

  14. The World At Large on Nielsen Will Measure TV ratings Among DVR Users · · Score: -1

    Here's a good song for a cold, depressing winter night.

    Modest Mouse - The World At Large

    Ice-age heat wave, can't complain.
    If the world's at large, why should I remain?
    Walked away to another plan.
    Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.
    I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way.
    Went to the porch to have a thought.
    Got to the the door and again, I couldn't stop.
    You don't know where and you don't know when.
    But you still got your words and you got your friends.
    Walk along to another day.
    Work a little harder, work another way.

    Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan.
    We'll float on maybe would you understand?
    Gonna float on maybe would you understand?
    Well float on maybe would you understand?

    The days get shorter and the nights get cold.
    I like the autumn but this place is getting old.
    I pack up my belongings and I head to the coast.
    It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.
    The day's get longer and the nights smell green.
    I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

    I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
    They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
    Walked on off to another spot.
    I still haven't got anywhere that I want.
    Did I want love? Did I need to know?
    Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

    The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
    Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
    Outside, water like air was great.
    I didn't know what I had that day.
    Walk a little farther to another plan.
    You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

    I know that starting over is not what life's all about.
    But my thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
    My thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth.
    My thoughts were so loud.

  15. Re:Magnusson Moss Warranty Act on Hack Your Car · · Score: -1

    95, as in 95/128 in MA? I live almost right off of that. I also own a '90 5.0. Weird.

  16. Re:Magnusson Moss Warranty Act on Hack Your Car · · Score: -1

    You must be doing something wrong then, because my '01 Cobra has seen 140MPH on the highway. A C5 Vette should be able to keep pace with that.

  17. Re:Sat. night on Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away · · Score: -1

    Well, I wasn't about to chat up the girl. Her boyfriend was standing right next to her and they appeared to be having a good time. If she looked disinterested, I'd have given it a shot. It's worked for me twice before. Shrug.

    If the choice was (a) have sex with a stoner girl (b) have sex with a mare, I'd pick option B. I'd probably catch less diseases.

    The thought of running my hands through the hippie girl's unwashed, greasy hair and the odour of her sweaty, unshaven arm pits, combined with crabs and her raggedy second hand clothing would make me want to become a eunuch.

    Anyway, on a somewhat unrelated note, a few weeks ago I was at a strip club. They were raffling off a private dance in the VIP room. It was only $2 per, so I bought a ticket. The number is drawn and son of a bitch, a winnar is me. There is a middle-aged and obviously retarded man sitting a few stools down from me. I figured he needed it more than me, so I gave him the winning ticket. The MC of the club is looking for the winner and I tell the lucky new owner of the ticket to go to the DJ booth and claim his prize. He does, and the look on the face of the stripper administering the dance was... comical. I guess everything went well though, because 10 minutes later the guy comes out of the room with a big stupid grin on his face.

    Just doing my part to help "the mentally challenged" everywhere.

  18. Sat. night on Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away · · Score: -1

    So I was at River Gods last night and noticed that most of the attractive chicks were the ones with the pixie-like noses. Kind of small, slightly upturned? There was this one chick in tight camo jeans and a tight gray sweater.. I wanted to slam her 'alf a foot so badly. Her boyfriend was a shaggy-looking motherfucker.

    On the T coming back from Central Sq, I watched two completly fucked stoners (male and female) stuff their faces with potato chips and cookies. It just re-inforces my dislike for them. Take a shower, you ugly smelly shits.

    Ah yes, intellectual observations after a few beers.

  19. You Don't Know on Chinese MagLev Train Opens Next Week · · Score: -1

    I heard the fucking greatest UK Garage remix of this song. It had a decent MC over it.

    702 - You Don't Know

    [Intro:]
    Yeah, 702, come on,
    Soulshock, Karlin,
    That's right.

    [Verse One:]
    Why'd you leave,
    I gave you everything,
    So why you wanna tell me lies?
    You mean so much to me,
    You know I can't believe,
    That you have got me open like you do.

    [Bridge:]
    Now what've I got to do to make you see,
    That we should be together you and me,
    I want your love.
    I get excited, can't fight it,
    Baby you just don't know.

    [Chorus:]
    You don't know what you do,
    Got me loving you,
    So please don't go 'cuz,
    You don't know what you do,
    Got me all over you,
    And I don't know what to do about us.
    [Repeat]

    [Verse Two:]
    Can't you see,
    That you're hurting me,
    Build me up and let me down down.
    Oh, ain't never felt this way before,
    Don't walk out the door,
    I can't take no more.

    [Repeat Bridge & Chorus]

    [Break:]
    Baby, can't you see,
    You're killing me,
    You just don't know,
    I like your flow,
    Come dig me though,
    I can't take no more,
    Really though, really though, really though.

    [Repeat Chorus to fade]

  20. Garridge on KDE 3.x Installation On Solaris Discussed · · Score: -1

    Anyone have this MP3 : "UK Garage - Freestyle FM Crew live Mix - Uk Garage and 2Step Summer Flingdown Party Part 01 (45199360,garage 2 step mp3).mp3" ? I can only find incomplete copies on gnutella. I do like what I hear so far though. Thanks. - TLG

  21. Born On The Bayou on Microsoft Researching Anti-Spam Technique · · Score: -1

    CCR - Born on The Bayou

    Now, when I was just a little boy,
    Standin' to my Daddy's knee,
    My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you
    Do what he done to me."
    'Cause he'll get you,
    'Cause he'll get you now, now.

    And I can remember the fourth of July,
    Runnin' through the backwood, bare.
    And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
    Chasin' down a hoodoo there.
    Chasin' down a hoodoo there.

    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou

    Wish I was back on the Bayou.
    Rollin' with some Cajun Queen.
    Wishin' I were a fast freight train,
    Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans.

    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou

    I can remember the fourth of July,
    Runnin' through the backwood bare.
    And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
    Chasin' down a hoodoo there.
    Chasin' down a hoodoo there.

    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou
    Born on the bayou

  22. Radio in Boston on Hackers on Linux's Exciting Desktop Future · · Score: -1

    If you're in the Boston area, you MUST listen to 88.9 WERS (Emerson) from 8pm - 3am every weekday. From 8 to 10 we have 889 At Night, a very good hiphop show. Then from 11 to 3 we have Revolutions, Boston's best electronic music show.

    On Sundays, you should listen to 90.3 WZBC (Boston College) from 6pm - 9pm. 6pm - 7pm is Dark Entries, playing goth/synthpop/etc. At 8pm to 10pm, The Industrial Factory is on the air with stuff like Suicide Commando, etc.

    So to conclude, independant radio in Boston is awesome.

  23. I Know You Hate Me on CRIA Prepares To Sue P2P Copyright Violators · · Score: -1

    Esham - I Know You Hate Me

    I know you hate me, bitch / 'Cause I ain't rich
    And I'm tryin' to get mine / Fuckin with my mind

    And I know you don't mind / What's yours is mine
    And what's mine is mine / Let me do some time

    If I find you switch / Then I gotta slap you
    Bitch you bitch, suck my dick / Till the funk in my trunk
    That I packed to the mack / Play back, play back, spit it back

    Rude boy, roughneck white duck / Nine dead bodies then my bitch turns up
    Lately you've been trying to play me / In a mental state G
    Wait G!

    (Chorus X2)
    I know you hate me
    I know you hate me
    I know you hate me
    Bitch

    I know you hate me, ho / You still can't let it go
    From a long time ago / Hey yo!

    Bitch take a check / Before you get ship wrecked
    And I snap your fuckin neck / I ain't havin' dat

    Bitch, ho / stank booty freak
    Nuts in your mouth / Stretch marks on your cheeks

    Ya say I ain't the same / Ya say I'm actin strange
    Well bitch I'm still the same / motherfuckin insane

    I'm crazy like a wannabe / I'll sew your fuckin mouth up
    Jump on ya stomach / till ya cough ya fuckin lunch up

    (Esham argues with his old girlfriend)
    (Chorus X2)

    I know you hate me / To be or not to be
    A bitch, bitch, / Why you gotta be a bitch

    Dumb hoe, workin on an ass kickin / Get yo ass in the kitchen and cook this chicken
    Bitch or I'll slap you upside the head / Hoe have you ever seen a burnin bed

    I ain't playin / Know what I'm sayin
    Hoe you better act right / I ain't against fuck you up like a street fight

    All in all in I think you've fallen / 911 bitch get the call in the cops
    Or better yet call homicide / Cause somebody in here just died

    (Chorus X2)
    I know you hate me

  24. Ventura Highway on Roland Backs Down On MT-32 Emulator · · Score: -1

    America - Ventura Highway
    (I have a weird obsession with this song..)

    Chewing on a piece of grass
    Walking down the road
    Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, Joe?
    Some people say this town don't look good in snow
    You don't care, I know

    Ventura Highway in the sunshine
    Where the days are longer
    The nights are stronger than moonshine
    You're gonna go I know

    'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
    And the days surround your daylight there
    Seasons crying no despair
    Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

    Did di di di dit ...

    Wishin' on a falling star
    Waitin' for the early train
    Sorry boy, but I've been hit by purple rain
    Aw, come on, Joe, you can always
    Change your name
    Thanks a lot, son, just the same

    Ventura Highway in the sunshine
    Where the days are longer
    The nights are stronger than moonshine
    You're gonna go I know

    'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
    And the days surround your daylight there
    Seasons crying no despair
    Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

    Did di di di dit ...

  25. I Wanna Be A Kennedy on Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit · · Score: -1

    I wanna be a kennedy
    i wanna be a big heartbreaker
    live fast and for real
    and you can follow it in the papers
    i wanna be a kennedy
    i wanna shake hands with heroes
    and kiss the girls of centerfolds on the tongue
    and die young

    i'll be brave tonight
    either live or die
    i'll be brave tonight
    standing tall and bright
    such romantic eyes
    got me hypnotized
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go

    i wanna be a kennedy
    i wanna be tall and handsome
    i'd conquer the world
    and you'd see me on television
    if i could be a kennedy
    if i could be a big heartbreaker
    i'd watch you crash into my arms
    with the stars under the barrel of a gun
    we die young

    i'll be brave tonight
    either live or die
    i'll be brave tonight
    standing tall and bright
    such romantic eyes
    got my hypnotized
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go

    i'll be brave tonight
    i'll be brave tonight
    i'll be brave tonight
    i'll be brave tonight
    i'll be brave tonight
    i'll be brave tonight
    and if i had my chance i'd never let you go