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  1. Soon (wrings hands) on Homing In On Laser Weapons · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be able to walk into a store and ask for: "Phased plasma rifle in 40-watt range. "

    Excellent... Oh wait. 40-watts isn't very much. Is that what the Terminator really asked for? 40 watts? Sheesh. I could just hook up a light bulb and start shining bright lights in people's eyes. Perhaps the idea is to convince them to stare into the bulb for hours on end (like several of my classes that I attended) and eventually go blind-ish...

    I will be back...

  2. Is Ben Edlund aware of this? on Microsoft Vandalizes NYC · · Score: 1

    Copywright lawsuit pending?

  3. No data for Antarctica? on Humans Use 83 Percent of Earth's Surface · · Score: 1

    Come on, what about an educated guess?

  4. And in another couple of years... on Canada to Launch Countrywide Virtual SuperComputer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "We're borg, eh?"

    "Give us all your beer and beer making technology, eh?"

  5. This reminds me... on Fuel Cell Laptop announced by Toshiba · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of an old Transactor Magazine cartoon with a 1541 drive and this huge engine/blower contraption up on top. There's this hick with a baseball cap claiming that it would back up disks in XX seconds...

    But yeah, everytime I see news about fuel cell powered laptops, I imagine cranking over a two-stroke engine, pull cord, blue smoke, and noise!

    Perhaps it's just the cold medication...

  6. Every slashdot reader... on Slashdot Turns 5 · · Score: 1

    should enter their own little mark on this anniversary...

    This one is mine...

  7. What? No screenshots? on 3D LCD Display · · Score: 1

    Sheesh - I wanted to see that 3D effect in my 2D browser window...

    3D's for losers - I want 4D

  8. In unrelated news, SETI packets... on RC5-64 Success · · Score: 1

    ... were inadverently fed into the RSA search, and interesting patterns developed which were determined to be an alien world's attempt to flagrantly disregard their version of the DMCA with pop tunes such as "Shake those crazy antennae", "Happy CycleDay", "Zoood I did it again", and Lanthinatica's hit "Enter SmallRoundPebblesFoundOnBeach Man."

    Earth's branch of the RIAU (Recording Industry Artists of the Universe), the RIAA said that they would begin to crack down on these pirate receivers and guarantee their brothers in the stars more revenue...

  9. Ooooh... on Pro-Active Furniture Assembly · · Score: 1

    I saw the words dangerous and furniture together, got all excited, then actually read the article...

  10. 1984 is already here and it's on TV... on MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong · · Score: 1

    It's true! I turned on my television, and there, was Big Brother staring at me!

    I turned it off and ran and hid...

  11. They should use these people's technology... on "Random Walkers" may speed P2P networks · · Score: 1

    Sandvine Incorporated has an interesting solution to this situation... Sandvine, Inc.

  12. This company might help out... on Will Cable Unplug the File Swappers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sandvine, Incorporated has a p2p optimizer for ISPs - could prove to be interesting...

  13. Oh great - more MAKE MONEY NOW spams! on How To Profit From Telemarketing · · Score: 1

    I can imagine the body of text describing how all you have to do is sit around the house, answering the phone when it rings, record who called you, etc...

  14. Two words... on Using MEMS to Miniaturize Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    Phone sex...