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  1. Re:Non-connected users on Sony & Panasonic Plan Next-Gen 300 GB Optical Discs By the End of 2015 · · Score: 1

    I've got some 33 1/3 RPM albums that load and play just fine and some of them are over 40 years old

  2. Re:We should buy them some windows on NOAA Goes Live With New Forecasting Supercomputers · · Score: 1

    The weather guys around here are 60% right 90% of the time

  3. Re:A place and time for anarchy? on Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized · · Score: 2

    Well . . . the police purchased all of these weapons and armor so in case there was an emergency they would be prepared. It would be a shame if there was not an emergency and the equipment was wasting away at police headquarters. I guess they need to generate some emergencies so they can use that stuff.

  4. Re:Started out impressive on Small Town Builds Its Own Gigabyte Network; Cost To Citizens $57/month · · Score: 2

    lol it is the same confusing thing they do with gasoline in the US. they try and make it look better by using some retarded system. internet companies wouldnt be able to get away with giving 5 megabits per second of the majority of the people realized that one megabit is only 1/8 of a megabyte. gasoline is the same way, they use 9/10 of a gallon to price their gasoline... everyone thinks they are getting a full gallon for the price listed, but they are only getting 9/10.

    You are wrong. You are buying a full gallon, but where they get you is that while they are posting a price of $3.25 a gallon, they are actually charging you $3.259 a gallon. It's 9/10 of a cent more than the posted price. This pricing comes from the days of low priced gas when the price may have been 12.3 cents a gallon

  5. Re:Phone alerts on Pre-Dawn Wireless Emergency Alert Wakes Up NYC · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can you wake anybody up in the City That Never Sleeps ?

  6. Re:In other words: on A Database of Brains · · Score: 1

    We Need More Brains . . .

  7. Re:so many things on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With New Free Time? · · Score: 1

    Styx
    Too Much Time On My Hands
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNYKxiRJ2LA

  8. Re:Windows mobile 6.5 on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't https://www.seecrypt.com// encrypt your calls and send them over the internet as VoIP calls ?

  9. Re:Still slower than AMD on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Offers 2,304 Cores For $650 · · Score: 2

    They seem to be using the terms Cores and Shaders interchangeably. is a Shader a core ?

  10. Re:Karma on Equipment Failure May Cut Kepler Mission Short · · Score: 4, Informative

    Reaction Wheels on spacecraft have always had problems and fail regularly. They are only on spaceships that are flying in space as they are used to orient the ship without using fuel. Rovers don't need them.

  11. Re:What are we going to call this? on Smartphone Used To Scan Data From Chip-Enabled Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Funny

    WarGroping . . .

  12. Re:One antimalarial course per child on OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's what I'd prefer to see for the third world.

    But would that help the fourth world ?

  13. Re:It's not true 3D on Has 3D Film-Making Had Its Day? · · Score: 1

    Most people get headaches because their eyes can not focus properly on the generated images. Eye muscle health plays a huge role in both comfort and the ability to see 3D. To compensate for "normal" eye damage they can use faster frame rates, reduced depth, and high color separation. There are many studies on this, remember that stereo viewing goes back 30+ years. Longer if you count the old analogue systems. (Analogue is the old cardboard glasses with red and blue plastic lenses).

    3D with Red/Blue glasses is not "Analog", Its an "Anaglyph".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_3D

  14. Re:Anybody have another link? on Cassini's Christmas Gift: In the Shadow of Saturn · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Ciclops site linked in the summery is the official Cassini site for processed pictures and raw images taken by Cassini. NASA gets the pics after they are released on Ciclops.

  15. Re:So, Cassini is like my sister on Cassini's Christmas Gift: In the Shadow of Saturn · · Score: 1

    I like this picture from 2006 much better . . .
    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

  16. Re:Users who experience failures when they try to on Users Abandon Ship If Online Video Quality Is Not Up To Snuff, Says Study · · Score: 1

    I have never seen a video on slashdot cause they don't play
    but I came back

  17. Re: marriage (worthwhile?) on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 1

    Common Law Marriage
    In Alabama you are considered married if you live together for more than 3 years.
    or
    You claim to be married, like checking into a motel as a married couple, or having your own wedding ceremony.

  18. Re:Non story on German Police Stop Man With Mobile Office In Car · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can vote for the stories that you you want on the front page
    http://slashdot.org/recent
    Or you can submit your own awesome stories . . .

  19. Re:New project on US Air Force Scraps ERP Project After $1 Billion Spent · · Score: 4, Funny

    This project has grown too big to fail . . .

  20. Re:Brain Implants?! on Better Brain Implants With Ultrathin Carbon Fiber Electrodes · · Score: 1

    You know it got to be some good stuff since it is about "100 times as thin" as the conventional metal electrodes widely used to study animal brains.

  21. Re:recovering an RFC 1149 "lost packet"??? on WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney · · Score: 1

    England, as you may be aware, is often cold. A bird could easily decide to perch next to a chimney to keep warm. It then passes out from carbon monoxide inhalation, and topples into the chimney, where it becomes lodged.

    But then the fireplace was never used again . . . which is odd . . .

  22. Re:Desktop on 48-Core Chips Could Redefine Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    640 cores should be enough for anybody

  23. Re:Can something that is not a planet on Beware the Rings of Pluto · · Score: 1

    Can a Moon have a moon ?

  24. Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio on Laser Strikes On Aircraft Becoming Epidemic · · Score: 1

    My solution would be to mount even more powerful lasers on some of the aircraft. Fight fire with fire. Plus, it would just be cool.

    I would mount Lasers on Sharks and train them to laze the planes . . .

  25. Re:Who told you public healthcare == no competitio on Apple's Secret Plan To Join iPhones With Airport Security · · Score: 1

    ObamaCare does not provide health care
    it raises the cost of health insurance
    then forces you to buy it . . .