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  1. Re:How could they forget STAR WARS: TRILOGY???? on History of Star Wars Video Games · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know! The original Star Wars vector arcade game was loads of fun for its time, but the trilogy game actually made you feel like you were in the movie! How could you *NOT* get goosebumps when you are flying through the trench trying to destroy the death star?

  2. Re:Of course we will! on New Advances Bring Fusion Closer to Reality · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares about fusion? What geeks REALLY want to do is re-hydrate a pizza.

  3. Is it all about emulation? on Palm OS To Run On Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The new OS5 already has emulation capabilities for the Motorola processors of the older palms. I wonder if the linux will run an OS5 emulator that will emulate the motorola CPUs...

  4. This is almost appropriate... on MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Someday · · Score: 3, Funny

    If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
    And your double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
    And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
    Then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!

  5. I'm all for advances in technology, but... on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 1

    It has always been by firm belief that it is NOT a good idea to have a phone, MP3 player, or PDA so SMALL, that you could swallow it.

    You *KNOW* it's only a matter of time before someone does.

  6. Coward! on Anti-Spyware Products Don't Live Up to Promises · · Score: 1

    Any idiot can just reinstall the OS! Microsoft makes that SO simple. It's a REAL CHALLENGE to take it upon yourself to LEARN all the places where spyware can be installed to, LEARN all the ways you can protect yourself from spyware and exploits. In doing so, you become A BETTER COMPUTER USER.

    Just reinstalling the OS only does one thing: It gives you experience in reinstalling the OS, which is already painfully simple.

  7. Re:drop in water, sprout flower from phone in use? on Biodegradable Cell Phones Sprout Into Flowers · · Score: 1

    Better yet, cut out the middleman and just make cell phones that look like flowers. I'm sure FBI agents already have a few of them...

  8. Dual mania! on Dual Video Cards Return · · Score: 1
    but I can't see myself using more than 2 video cards.
    That's because you need to use Dual Webcams!
  9. Confused senses on BrainPort Allows People To Reclaim Damaged Senses · · Score: 5, Funny

    This music tastes Great!

  10. Better yet... on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print · · Score: 1

    Use your new laser printer to create a registration card with a bogus serial number and send THAT one in. You just know that the serial numbers will be scanned or typed by a minimum wage employee into a database anyway. When the feds ask the manufacturer about the serial number, it's not yours!

    Use greater technology against itself!

  11. CARBON Nanotubes on Futuristic 'Smart' Yarns from Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But wouldn't the sweater cause all this black ugly carbon to rub off on you?

  12. I can save you money right now... on Screw-in LED Floodlights · · Score: 2, Funny
    No, but it is 5.7 years ($14/year) of continuous light, or 17 years $4.7/year) of eight-hours-a-day light.
    Well, that's the problem right there. You should consider using the floodlights at NIGHT...
  13. Re:There is no challenge here. - I Challenge Thee! on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Incandescent light bulbs don't create X-rays.
    You are, of course, correct. The light bulb doesn't create X-Rays, and a CRT does.

    But...
    The X-rays generated by a CRT do not come hurtling towards your face. They are emitted on the same plane as the surface of the display area. They don't get too far, because there is shielding inside the monitor's enclosure. If you disassemble your monitor, and look at the SIDE of the CRT (in a way that you would not be able to actually VIEW the contents of the display) for long periods of time, you might actually get some x-rays.

    So, don't do that.
  14. Re:There is no challenge here. - I Challenge Thee! on Thin CRTs to Challenge LCDs in 2005 · · Score: 1

    A CRT Firing what? Electrons? The electrons hit the phosphors, and do not continue through the thick glass on the front of your CRT.

    I have no idea what you are worried about. Touch the front glass of your CRT. Go ahead, you can wipe off the fingerprints later. What do you feel? It's not even warm, is it? You get more radiation from a 25Watt incandescent light bulb.

    I agree that LCD displays do have some advantages: light power consumption, and portability, and the 'cool factor'. Price is not one of them however. The major advantage of CRT's is phosphor persistence is lower than the response time of your LCD pixels.

    I think LCDs are pretty neat, but your health concerns are unfounded. You are not going to get a reverse image of the SLASHDOT logo burned into your forehead.

  15. Re:Women and Computers on How Computers Work... in 1971 · · Score: 1
    Is it me, or were they a little optimistic that there would be just as many women as men working on computers?
    Actually, I think they were a little optimistic about the dress code for most of their programmers...
  16. I wonder.... on Microsoft Says Firefox Not a Threat to IE · · Score: 1

    Does firefox have a kiosk mode like IE does?

    Also, Firefox 1.0 doesn't run properly on Windows 95. It's not even supported on that OS.... But the installer still lets you install it. Why? Certainly it's possible to detect the version of the OS and notify the user that the product WONT WORK on it.

  17. Re:Game Quality on EA Games: The Human Story · · Score: 1

    Well, the solution to that is simple.... Don't call it NBA Live 2003. Call it something like "Jump-shot", or Nike moon-shot.

  18. Make an orbit on Rules Set for $50 Million America's Space Prize · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've got a gremlin and a huge rubber band... now if I only had 4 friends!
    Your taun-taun will freeze before you reach the first marker!
  19. power boost on Evidence of Glaciers on Mars? · · Score: 5, Funny

    The martians were trying to connect their iPods to the rover so they could get the latest U2 album.

  20. Re:Bogus. on Hardware That Recognizes You · · Score: 1

    *You* try accurately firing a handgun while holding a gob of jello on it. Not so easy, is it?

  21. Re:Pegasus Mail! on No-Click Phishing On The Way · · Score: 1

    Why, yes, I do know. I even tried a recent version, and it was SO SLOW compared to mine. As the programs get bigger, they also get slower.

  22. Re:Moving the Groupwise/Suse on Novell Swings Back at Ballmer · · Score: 1

    We use Lotus notes...

    Can I go work for you?

  23. Re:Pegasus Mail! on No-Click Phishing On The Way · · Score: 1

    Neither does Eudora 1.5.4. That's why I use it.

  24. Spamfest on Spam-maker Hormel Spends to Reclaim Name · · Score: 5, Informative

    My mother lives in Albert Lea, MN, not far from Austin, MN. Austin is a Hormel town, and every year they have a Spamfest celebrating the stuff. There are parades, music, and free handouts of spam and other goodies. A couple years ago she got a Spam piggy bank.

    It just sounds like Hormel is expanding spamfest to encompass the globe. It's not horrible stuff. It tastes good grilled, fried, diced and mixed with macaroni and cheese..... And it doesn't ask you to click now to unsubscribe.

  25. Re:Not THAT much to it, overthinking it. on How Infants Crack the Speech Code · · Score: 1

    Parrots also react and imitate, but that doesn't leave you with a parrot that you can have a conversation with. They just learn words or phrases (maybe just SOUNDS), and parrots end up sounding like babies their entire life.