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  1. Re:Makes Sense on Apple Antitrust Case Gets Green Light · · Score: 1

    Have an iPod? Better get your music from iTunes

    BS. I have two full iPods and have never purchased any music online, iTunes or anywhere else.

  2. An opposing view on 20th Century Warmest In 1200 Years · · Score: 1

    Research done by this scientist proves that all is well.

    http://www.oddbooks.com/oddbooks/westfield.html

  3. Re:iTunes, DRM-ridden?! on Songbird Flies Today · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. I have 85+gigs of ripped music in iTunes, not one track purchased from the Music Store.

  4. Great news - for HIV+ test tubes on Possible Breakthrough for AIDS Cure · · Score: 1

    Many. many things kill HIV in vitro. Dynamite, sledge hammers, various chemicals, biomolecules, etc. The trick is getting those things to kill the virus in vivo without harming the host human.

  5. Re:ODF, Romney, and pro-tech presidental candidate on Romney Continues ODF Support With New Appointee · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm waiting for their next generation operating systems with baited breath

    Bated. BATED.

  6. Hey Cingular! Emote this! on Cingular Patents the Emoticon? · · Score: 1

    ,,!,

  7. OK by me! on New RIAA/MPAA "Customary Historic Use" Plan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I still have all my old wax cylinders. That damn punk Rudy Vallee - I showed him at last.

  8. Re:expensive sex. on Domain Name Sold for Millions · · Score: 1

    $14, million!

    is that the most money paid for sex ever?


    Wait for the Gates v. Gates divorce settlement.

  9. Re:yep. on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    Chuck Norris does not have to kick anyone anymore. He just shows his opponent a few of his acting chops and they fall down bleeding from the ears and eyes.

  10. Re:Self serve advertising on Google to Transform Television Advertising? · · Score: 1

    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/soapshopping.ht ml

    MIT Media Lab's HyperSoap uses hyperlinks to mix shopping, entertainment

    November 9, 1998

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The TV soap opera you watch may soon be a home shopping program, thanks to researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory. The Lab recently produced a soap opera which lets viewers select clothing and furnishings with a special remote control, and see an item's price and purchase information on a pop-up screen display. The program, called HyperSoap, offers an engaging and entertaining form of interactive shopping, and an alternative to the printed product catalogs that stores and manufacturers mail and distribute to customers.

  11. Re:Self serve advertising on Google to Transform Television Advertising? · · Score: 1

    Tell your friend to expect a call from the MIT Media Lab lawyers.

  12. Re:Jobs is the Anti Buddha on The Odds at Macworld · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Buddha would tell us that anyone who goes on about Buddhaism for more than two sentences is to be ignored because they do not get it.

  13. Re:Make perfect sense to me. on North Pole Heads South · · Score: 1

    I mean we live on this planet, don't you think we should look out for it? We're not going to get another shot at this. Once we fuck it up, we're extinct.

    The neocons believe (seriously, you could not make this shit up) that if and when the planet goes to hell, whether by thermonuclear war, rising ocean levels, giant meteor, or whatever, that Jesus will come back and save us. Them, actually, because they are going up in the Rapture, not us.

    By the way, they believe that they are headed to Heaven to weep on the shoulder of Jesus when any objective person who compares the historical commandments of Jesus with the behaviour of the neocons will conclude that Jesus will meet them outside the Pearly Gates and kick the shit out of them, screaming (in Aramaic) "What part of turn the other cheek/love your enemy as your brother/give all your wealth to the poor did you not understand?"

  14. Hoorah! Marines got there first again! on The New Air Force Mission? · · Score: 1

    I am sure I am in copyright violation and therefore due some jail time according to another post, here goes:

    From the servers of Montezuma
    To the routers of Tripoli ,
    We fight our country's battles
    Electronically.

    First to fight for right and freedom
    And to keep our temp files clean,
    We are proud to claim the title
    Of United States Marines.

    Our flags unfurl'd to every ping
    From dawn to setting sun;
    We have fought in every clime and place
    Where we could take a solder gun.

    In the jpg snow of far-off northern lands
    And in sunny bitmap scenes,
    You will scan us always on the job
    The United States Marines.

    Here's health to you and to our Corps
    Which we are proud to serve;
    In many a term we've fought the worm
    And never lost our nerve.

    If the Army and the Navy geeks
    Ever try to crack Heaven's scenes,
    They will find the ports are guarded
    By United States Marines.

  15. They'll sing a song with different lyrics... on Song Sites Face Legal Crackdown · · Score: 1

    When members of this mob are convicted of conspiracy, racketeering, extortion, etc., they will be arguing just as hard that fines and community service are enough punishment.

  16. Good news! on The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 1 · · Score: 1

    This is good news for anyone who wants to learn how to write riveting, non-cliche riddled dialog. Read these scripts and do the opposite.

  17. This guy is an idiot on The 11 Year Soap Bubble · · Score: 1

    He spends years trying to color crap in his kitchen before he asks a chemist? He relies on consumer-grade detergents that contain a stew of fragrances and dyes and who knows what without obtaining some of known composition? This is not how you solve problems.

    And the dye does not just go away. It does not disappear - it just becomes colorless. What ever toxicity it might have is still on your hands, clothes, and the dog.

    And what about disappearing ink? The reporter never heard of that?

  18. Re:Praise God! on Start of Life Gene Discovered · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because it is so optimised is why it exists in different species.
    Hmm...


    F and E nurses everywhere just wet their pants laughing.

  19. Praise God! on Start of Life Gene Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Praise God, who in His infinite wisdom and omnipotence, used the same genetic methodology in fruit flies as He used in that created in His image.

    He works in mysterious ways, so don't bother to wonder why He couldn't optimize the system in each species.

  20. Need new tactics on X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League · · Score: 1

    I am guessing that drafting will not be a feasible option on this track.

  21. Read my book: George Jetson In The Breadline on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 1

    ...containing my predictions: the rich will become richer, the poor will get even more poor, and the average IQ will remain 100.

  22. Which is from the totalitarian regime? on FCC Giving Veto Power to FBI Over VoIP? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The exercise by citizens ... of their freedoms and rights may not infringe upon the interests of the state"

    "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement"

  23. Help me out here on Google Releases GDS 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I'm trying to push the adoption of GDS here to help us wade through the unmanageable morass of emails and documents that accumulate in our interaction with customers. IT mandated that it was a security risk because it indexed our local information and sent it off to Google. I tried to tell them that it really did not do that, but they have already branded it and that is that. Help! I need some reliable references to bolster my position.

  24. Translation of an important footnote on Original Einstein Manuscript Discovered · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the margin, he had scribbled:

    Und so investieren die Schüler nicht selten mehrere Monate, um einem Problem auf die Spur zu kommen. Von der Literaturrecherche bis zur Slashdotten durchlaufen sie in kleinen Gruppen alle Phasen einer Forschungsarbeit

    which can be translated as:

    I have elucidated the necessary relationships that describe the General and the Special Theories of Relativity. Now I must add to those the third and last: the Slashdot Theory of Relativity, namely that a URL posted to Slashdot will result in the associated server being relatively quickly removed from our frame of reference.

  25. A rule of thumb on Requiem for the Once-Imagined Future · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I too grew up on the hard sci-fi, and most of the future has not lived up to my junior high expectations. Now I know that if you want to know what the world will be like in ten years, look back ten years and compare that technology to what you have. Add 5-10%. Adjust interval accordingly.