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  1. About as useful... on Time for a Beer? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think this is about as useful as the Matrix Binary Watch reported on Slashdot here.

    Seriously, if you have a couple hundred dollars to waste on device like this, perhaps you should think about donating to a charity or something at least worthwhile.

  2. Other links on Respond To The Tunney Act · · Score: 5, Informative

    Article here.

    Microsoft says that it does not have lobbyists pushing its interests in the pending antitrust case, but that stance probably glosses over the indirect influence its lobbyists have had on the current administration.

    Link to US DOJ.

    Article by Cringely

    Dont forget to send in comments to the US DOJ

  3. Re:Real link on Respond To The Tunney Act · · Score: 1

    You would think the editors would at least check the god damn links on the main page!

  4. Shop around first on Buy John Romero's Ferrari On EBay · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you really wanted that same model, you could find it from another less well known seller and end up paying less for basically the same car. Minus the mods made to it. Shop around first of all. You don't have to buy it off the famous John Romero.

    Description for anyone wanting it.

    Now some other Ferrari Testarossas that are better deals

    http://www.findit.co.uk/uk/cars/ferrari/173188.h tm

    http://www.findit.co.uk/uk/cars/ferrari/174393.h tm

    http://www.findit.co.uk/uk/cars/ferrari/195377.h tm

    http://pro-auto.com/showroom/91fertest.htm

  5. Daikatana? on Buy John Romero's Ferrari On EBay · · Score: 1

    I know this is offtopic but read.

    Why does this parent post and another poster both mention Daikatana?

    I did not find Daikatana anywhere on the pages.

    Can someone clue me in.

  6. Quite frankly on Buy John Romero's Ferrari On EBay · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is anyone else distrubed by the graphic on the top of his home page?

    Quite frankly, I am disturbed by all the graphics.

  7. Re:Title? How about... on 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You think Harrison Ford is old. Well how about Pierce Brosnan. He is 50 years old and has plans to do at least one more James Bond movie. Maybe even 2 or 3. After that there are two other Bond movies in the works that he might star in. I even heard that Brosnan was too old to star in Goldeneye.

    Haven't you ever noticed most movie stars in Hollywood are in their 50's? Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert DeNiro, and Sean Connery just to name a few.

    Look here

    Harrison Ford was picked as the most popular movie star the last couple years. All of these actors are probably working on new movies so it's nothing out of the ordinary for someone this old to be in a film.

  8. Re:Linux vs Windows: which one is right for you? on Mega Public WAN In Sydney · · Score: 1

    i can assure you i did not base anything off bbspot. i have never been to their site.

  9. Re:who will be their provider? on Mega Public WAN In Sydney · · Score: 1

    Their provider is MCI.

    look here

  10. Sydney LAN information on Mega Public WAN In Sydney · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look here for information on the Sydney LAN.

  11. Re:Not Funny... on Credit Suisse First Boston Fined $100 Million · · Score: 1

    Hey gimpboy, your link is wrong, go here instead.

    Look at the statistics

    Sourceforge:
    Hosted Projects: 32,738
    Registered Users: 338,498

    Savannah:
    Hosted Projects: 517
    Registered Users: 4,176

    Now tell me which one is winning

  12. CSFB was fined before on Credit Suisse First Boston Fined $100 Million · · Score: 1, Insightful

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  13. Amazon's Future on Amazon Makes a Profit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is a recent story here about Amazon's future.

    It talks about Amazon making its way to open real stores and even let customers order online and pick up their purchases at stores like Circuit City to save on shipping. Amazon has started working with its competitors by providing them with services instead of competing. Amazon is also going to provide e-commerce services to AOL subscribers starting next year.

  14. Reuters story on Amazon Makes a Profit · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Reuters story can be found here and there is a story here on The Guardian.

  15. Aditional Reading on German Government Introduces Digital Signatures · · Score: 2

    Can be found here.

  16. CmdrTaco....CmdrTaco....CmdrTaco.... on Pinball Wizards on the Internet · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I need to order new Rubber for my Jack Bot sometime too.

    I agree. The last think you would want is to get a girl pregnant.

  17. It's just what AOL wants you to believe on No Red Hat-AOL Merger In The Works, Says CNET · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's just what AOL wants you to believe. They are infact merging with RedHat

    The same goes with George Bush's encounter with a pretzel. George has in fact died because of the encounter and has been replaced with a robot replica using an Athlon cpu. They would have used a superior cpu, such as the Pentium 4 but it would make him appear too intelligent. We all know how dumb George Bush is. Whos with me?

    Anyway, this robot is really just a front end for Dick Cheney to spread his zionist Jew loving Neo-Nazi Communist Conservative Liberal Republican Democratic Fascist ideals and to reinstate the Taliban as rulers of Afghanistan inorder to crush women's rights and return them to their proper place--kneeling sucking our fattie cocks.

    Under what one would think is Osama Bin Laden hides Dick Cheney with a mask who is the mastermind of attacks on his own country for what reason I am not sure of.

    He was also the one behind the Enron disaster we are hearing of so much in the news. Cheney has come out of the disaster with a huge sum of money to fund a private research lab calculating how many more times George Bush would have choked on his own cock had he stayed in office.

    Right at this moment the roboticized George Bush is performing his trademark low brow hickville knucklehead whitetrash anti-environment speeches whilst spreading Dick Cheney's plans for world domination.

    As you can see, it is all very complicated.

    -Metrollica

  18. could you be anymore vague on Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    this discussion is over. you lose. that quote says nothing about cpu's. quit giving fake links. stop trolling

  19. Re:Optus on Pity Broadband Users In Australia · · Score: 1

    Quick question - why is Slashdot so interested in DownUnder?

    Maybe there are just more nerds down there.

  20. in response to mr troll on Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    you are only right on this:

    they add their own tech too, which is why they get different results.

    quote

    Now, the Athlon processor is made by a rival company, AMD. They have
    basically reverse engineered the Intel processors and tried to make a
    processor that operates just like Intel's processors, and then sell them
    cheaper than Intel does.

    This makes it a little more difficult to compare them to the Pentium
    processors. Some things the AMD Athlon actually does faster than a Pentium
    III, some things it does a little slower, and some things it can't do at
    all, while other things the Intel can't do, the Athlon does do.

    quote

    Had AMD had a design ready when Intel released their Pentium, their market share
    wouldn't have dropped to 10%. In the days of the 286, 386, and 486, AMD, Cyrix, and other "clones"
    reverse-engineered the Intel chips. In a sense, it was Intel's design (with maybe a few improvments),
    but it was reverse-engineered so it did not violate patents.

    quote

    But nothing lasts forever. The companies that had built Intel chips under license eventually reverse-engineered the chips and built them license-free. Intel copycats including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Cyrix (a division of National Semiconductor) used the courts to validate their right to copy Intel's chip architectures. And PC manufacturers like Compaq and IBM used these clone chips as a weapon to force Intel prices down. Now the best way for Intel to stay ahead is to simply run faster. Running faster means shrinking product cycles from three years to 18 months by running parallel product development teams and spending more money faster than the other guys. Since Intel has more money to spend, this keeps them in command, but shorter product cycles mean less time to recoup R&D expenses. Hence, those lower margins.

    someone better mod me up for all my work

  21. Sure is on Coleman To Sell Portable Fuel Cell Generator · · Score: 1

    After the September 11th attacks I would think many would want things like this banned. It would make a great bomb for use on an aircraft or in a public area. It surely isn't illegal or dangerous and see as an outright threat by most like knives and other weapons that are banned from carrying around. It has purely legitimate uses.

    I would not be surprised if things like these were banned.

  22. Well that is it! on Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered · · Score: 2, Funny
  23. Mirror/cache from Google! on Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Here is the cached article.

    Thank Google again for this one!

  24. Don't think so on Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't think so. AMD reverse engineered the x86 and made their own implementation without Intel's crap in it.

    AMD's version of the x86 that is in the Athlon and the Duron runs faster than Intel's chips because of this reverse engineering.

    This bug could be a problem of reverse engineering the x86. It doesn't say Intel's chips have the problem.

  25. Other links on Farscape Video Game · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a link to an article about the Farscape Video Game at SCIFI.com

    Here is a link to a preview at Sonyweb.com for the game. It looks like the game will come out on the Playstation 2. The preview includes many pictures and lots of information.

    Here is a a little of what it says:

    The #1 sci-fi television show, Farscape, is set to make its appearance on PS2 and PC, and although not due to be released until early next year, the hype surrounding the game is already building. Farscape, a critically acclaimed original sci-fi channel series, has quite a large fan-base, and these science fiction lovers will be anxiously awaiting the release of a Farscape video game. Thanks to Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the show is brought to life with innovative creature design and high-tech special effects.