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  1. If you need a book on how to use legos on Getting Started with Lego Trains · · Score: -1, Troll

    You probably 'ride the short bus' if you know what I mean.

  2. Re:Taking bets... on Mercury Probe Delayed by Ten Weeks, and Two Years · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long before "Ten weeks != Two Years" is posted by some moron?

    But don't 10 metric weeks equal 2 Imperial years?

  3. Re:Why 2 years? on Mercury Probe Delayed by Ten Weeks, and Two Years · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mercury goes around the sun in 87 days. Assuming that the orbits are circles (they're pretty close) it should never be more than 86 days for the planet to be in an optimal position to launch a probe. So, why would it be off by two years? What am I missing here?

    Uh, maybe an in depth knowledge of how the gravity of all the planets affects trajectories?

  4. Re:...when? on HP to Globally Launch Linux-Based PCs · · Score: 1

    Linux being more stable and less resource hungry.

    Word to that. This week I am rebooting three servers that are close to 497 days uptime. Unfortunately, I have to lose my fabulous uptime because there are a few utilities that do not function so well once it reaches the 497 day mark due to 32 bit integers.

  5. Re:XP in a nutshell on Extreme Programming Refactored, Take 2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did your code look like this:

    int int mamainin (voidvoid) {{

    pprintrintff(("%.3ff", "3"vavall;);

    retreturn 0;urn 0;

    }}

  6. Re:Censorship on Wal-Mart Relaunches Online Music Store · · Score: 5, Funny


    So if you like bubblegum pop, hiphop, and country, Wal-Marts the place to shop. Otherwise, no dice.


    Very true. I went to Walmart once. Turns out they don't sell asyncronous laser diode current controls either.

  7. E Ink? on Sony To Launch E Ink-based eBook In April · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a marketing department gone bad.

  8. I predict: on Gnome.org Compromised? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Slashbots will point blame at the admins. However, if it were Microsoft...

  9. Re:My Take... on Broadband Access Leading to Internet Breakdown? · · Score: 1

    Internet usage is not a RIGHT. It's a PRIVILEDGE.

    Except for the stealing music and movies. If Slashdot has taught me anything, that part is a RIGHT. I believe it's actually in the US Constitution. At least, that's what 1337_linux_haX0r (7830482) said in one of his posts.

  10. Re:Freedom? its a paradox on Broadband Access Leading to Internet Breakdown? · · Score: 2, Funny

    99% of the people you ask would say

    Ah, Slashdot: Home of the made up sweeping statement.

  11. Re:MOD DOWN: Parent is karma-whoring troll on A Field Guide To Wireless LANs for Administrators and Power Users · · Score: 1

    Review stolen from here

    And securityworm stole them from here (and I see no attribution, so I say stole)

  12. We saved 45% on our typesetting budget on How Do Small GNU/Linux PC Vendors Survive? · · Score: 1

    By calling it Linux.

  13. Re:Detection/Removal instructions? on PhatBot Trojan Spreading Rapidly On Windows PCs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Has anyone come across a removal tool and/or removal instructions? They would be helpful for future reference.

    Here is a helpful site. It provides instructions on how to get rid of windows viruses forever. Even ones not yet invented.

  14. Re:As soon as I figure what this things does.... on GTK 2.4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm, this is true and sad: The first indication I got that Glib was vitally important was when I uninstalled it using red-carpet. I did manage to keep it running long enough to tar up and ftp my home directory off my system.

  15. Re:Coffee and music -- Why? on Top Web Businesses Oppose Utah Spyware Law · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's say you're sitting at a Starbucks, drinking some coffee. You hear a song over the speakers you happen to like. All you have to do is call out: "Could I get this on a CD, please?"
    You, sir, have just written the most succinct analogy of the Slashdot mentality I have ever read.

  16. Re:Wonderful book on Pragmatic JUnit Testing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am assuming you are from the Pragmatic Bookshelf based on your username. You might be interested to know that prag is slang for a prison bitch.

  17. Re:Cut Spending on Creative Commons Moving Images Winners · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make a contest and have somebody ELSE come up with your campaign...

    Reminds me of something....what was it...oh yeah - a t-shirt contest.

  18. Re:Just curious... on Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks · · Score: 3, Informative
  19. Re:Laminate flooring and electrical system on What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack? · · Score: 1

    I'll second that. I just pulled the last of some 95 year old wiring out of my 95 year old house. How many people have hacked really old things?

  20. Re:#9 is wrong on Debugging · · Score: 1

    What if someone else fixes it?

    Rule 0: Use a bug tracking system and assign yourself the bug before starting anything.

  21. Re:can it be used with SA? on Two Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As Humans · · Score: 2, Funny

    can this be used with Spamassasin, or is a stand alone program? Does it need something like Amasis to run?

    I'd tell you, but I'm not 100% sure.

  22. Re:Happened to me on Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court · · Score: 5, Funny

    I ended up working late on some Microsoft catastrophe at work.

    Nice. Work in a dig at Microsoft. Ah, Slashdot.

  23. ACLU on Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even the ACLU says to you have to show ID when stopped in a car. (read here) It is irrelevent whether or not you are parked. (You can get a dui for sitting in the driver seat of a parked car with the engine off.)

  24. Re:A "thumbs up" review! on Paranoia · · Score: 4, Informative
  25. Funny? Yes. on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just not 'ha, ha' funny.