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  1. Swimming? on Firefox nears 50 Million Downloads · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any devs volunteered to swim the Pacific over this?

  2. Re:It's not what you think on Human Animal Hybrid Created in Lab · · Score: 2, Informative

    The stegosaurus had much more brain-room than we did. Yet, it was as dumb as a rock. Intelligence is related closer to brain/body proportion than "absolute" brain size. Granted, these mice may not be talking or solving differential equations -- but we can't say anything about consciousness.

  3. Go into an interesting major on Uniquely Bright: Experiences and Tips? · · Score: 1

    I guess the major piece of advice is to go into a major you're interested in. However, though you might not enjoya class's topic, you shouldn't ignore it completely. Your undergrad GPA might not be important in the long run (10-20 years), but it's crucial for landing initial interviews in companies which could accelerate your career.

  4. Re:Dry-labbing on Physicist Loses Degree for Data Falsification · · Score: 1

    The main reason why kids make up data during labs is because they're making you verify Ohm's LAW over and over again.

  5. Fluxbox on Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally -- I prefer fluxbox's minimalism. It doesn't really matter what the distros ship with because at least you're given an option on going with a lean option or a feature-ridden one.

  6. Re:Yeah, it's cache... on Brain's Cache Memory Found · · Score: 1

    Only 8 megs? You'll probably be obsolete in a couple of months.

  7. Re:Battery Pack? on Solar Powered Jacket Charges Your Gadgets · · Score: 1

    True -- but my Palm wouldn't really mind anyway, since it has a built-in battery. Sure -- the current would jump up and down, but the internal device battery is being charged when the sun is up anyway.

  8. Battery Pack? on Solar Powered Jacket Charges Your Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Not a bad idea for a jacket -- though I do have a gripe with the battery pack. Though small (sized like a cardpack) -- it will still probably make the jacket feel offweight. I wouldn't mind just using the solarpanels by themselves to charge up my devices (since most of them already have built-in batteries).

  9. Re:Innocent Until Proven Clueful on The Computer Owner - Guilty or Not Guilty? · · Score: 1

    All I know is, in the month of February, I can suck 25 hours/day of that that 700 hour cd!

  10. DMCA on Aussie Music Industry Sues ISP Over Filesharing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We don't see that because the DMCA limit's ISPs of liability.

  11. In other news... on Kids Kill, Victim Sues Game Maker · · Score: 1

    The US government blames violence and aggressive behavior on the Koran, citing that it causes individuals to commit acts of terrorism. Congress is looking into a Bill to prevent the book from getting into the hands of minors, requiring strict enforcement over its sale as well as warning labels for parents.

  12. Microsoft Bob? on Bob The Builder Gets A Personality Transplant · · Score: 1

    The only Bob mascot I've ever seen is Microsoft Bob

  13. Elvish Pickup Lines? on Writing with Elvish Fonts · · Score: 1

    What i'd really like to see is a catalog of pickup lines in elvish.

  14. P2P Insurance on 2191.78 Years for the RIAA to Sue Everyone · · Score: 1

    The RIAA should maybe adopt a business model (helping slow transition into a pay/month service) where they sell insurance for getting sued. Given the current sue rate (100/day or so) and assuming an average settlement cost of $1000 dollars (and a total number of P2P users at 60 million). You'd end up w/ the probability of getting sued /day at 1.66 * 10^-4% (assuming the 60 million stays constant) with an expected loss of $0.0016666/day Over a year, that's $0.6083333 (fair premium). OK -- not very much. Now, eventually, they'll sue more and more people (and the 60 million would decrease [fear or otherwise] -- not including those who bought the insurance) leading to an increase in premiums -- until they have a pay/month service for music around 19-20 dollars -- like internet access). I mean, if sharing slowed to 5,000,000 uninsured people, and they upped the sue-rate to 4000 people, that would be 4k/5000k * $1000 * 365/12 = $24.333/month (fair premium) + some premium loading.

  15. Huh? DMCA? on Cyber Sleuths vs. Secret Networks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sure this encryption-breaking is violating the DMCA somewhere (considering how broad it is)

  16. Re:get it on tv... on EFF Ad Campaign On File Swapping · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually -- I would even suggest banner ads. Though banner ads have been proven to be ineffective, alot of people might actually click on one that talks about their IT rights.

  17. Re:Huh? on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1

    Its pretty sad, but you can probably get half those terms in penis enhancement spam.

  18. In other news... on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    Sen. Hatch was caught smoking too much crack.

  19. Well... on Will Bounties Cure The Spam Problem? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It could cause a lot of problems to those who spammers masquerade as -- since most spammers don't use their real emails. We could end up with innocent individuals with bounty charges because the spammer forged their emails.

  20. OS on New Whitespace-Only Programming Language · · Score: 1

    This is pretty cool. However, my tab-delimited OS is much better.

  21. Re:My take on Are Programmers Engineers? · · Score: 1

    Personally, I'm a firm believer that experience is more important than education in practice. I seriously don't think that people actually memorize and use the formulas that they learn in a computer math course. The education that you get from college is more about teaching you to get into a programming mindset. I don't see why anyone can't learn that from experience. Also, the 16 year old might just be smarter than you.

  22. Monkeys on Teach A Robot To Drive, Win A Million Bucks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone knows that any finite path can be traversed by an infinite amount of monkeys driving an infinite amount of cars (with infinite gas) over an infinite amount of time.

  23. April Fools? on Some Geek Guides for Dating · · Score: 1

    Wow, I guess Slashdot decided to put up an April Fool's post early.

  24. P2P on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or they could just put it on Kazaa. Less chance of records being lost if its on a lot of computers.

  25. Contract Law on Helping Your Ex-Employer? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, you won't really be able to bill your ex-boss for work you did in the past (Past consideration -- anything your boss gives you now is probably considered a "gift"). However, if this happens next time, anything goes.