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  1. Re:break-even isn't always the only concern... on More Evidence for Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 1

    When is the last time you saw a factory operating at peak efficiency?

    But I do agree that it's easier to control emission on a single factory than a hundred thousand private vehicles.

  2. Re:The problem with biometrics... on Disney World Collecting Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Go back to your biodome and watch your Full Season DVD's of Monk. The scanners will need to be kept optically clean to function. Can you say that about the restrooms doorknobs? In any public venue?

  3. Re:even too geeky for /. on Dungeon Master's Guide II · · Score: 1

    missed out many words. must defrag the keyboard. *bam* *bam* *bam*

  4. Re:even too geeky for /. on Dungeon Master's Guide II · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're no geek. Saying "too geeky for /." is clear proof that you had way too life a teen. You probably have sex on a regular basis, too.

  5. Re:The second sentance maybe? on Microsoft's Personnel Puzzle · · Score: 1

    And it's not too much of a stretch to infer that AFTER the first UNSOLICITED invitation to Microsoft, he brought a resume, which he later withdrew.

  6. Re:The second sentance maybe? on Microsoft's Personnel Puzzle · · Score: 1

    Ok here's a lesson from General Obvious: The blurb states that he withdrew his application. Any subsequent job offers from Microsoft are then unsolicited. I didn't even have to RTFA to gather that much.

  7. Re:I thought that said CHINA! on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Claria · · Score: 0

    China, nothing. I thought it said California! Nah, the Terminator pwns that.

  8. Re:only one of them, right? on Newly Formed Solar System · · Score: 1

    Regardess of which term is correct, the public will accept the most publicized version of the term. That's why it's so important to get the most appropriate term into circulation early enough for it to be publicized as the "Correct" version.

  9. Re:Container-less Glass on Glass In Spaaaaace · · Score: 1

    Sure. And they're welcome to come do inspections as often as they can afford to. Besides, the orbital space above the Earth is not subject to the laws of the political entities beneath it.

  10. Re:Great article on Possible Cryovolcano Discovered on Titan · · Score: 3, Funny

    So this moon is really made out of cheese . . and it just cut itself?

  11. Re:Makes me wonder on If Bad Software Developers Built Houses... · · Score: 1

    Trailer park. The bright colors are simulated by makeup and tonka toys.

  12. Re:finally on Anonymous Library Cards An Option? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Trust me, they need no more proof of your geekdom than your ID at Slashdot.

    Of course, then they would be proving themselves just as geeky, so it's win-win.

  13. Re:The Cell concept is really cool on Cell-based Server Blade Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. Anything as big as Windows has plenty of competitors preparing coffins and waiting for their eventual need.

  14. Re:Problems on Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Narf! Oh Brain, you're so silly! Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

  15. After this project . . . on Stanford Accelerator Uncovers Archimedes' Text · · Score: 5, Funny

    They will turn the accelerator to more useful purposes, like seeing all the women in the Sears catalog without their underwear.

  16. This'll be big on Goblet of Fire Teaser Trailer Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    Almost as big as Star W. . . .Ahh!!!! Get away you freeks!

  17. Missing Option . . . on Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn · · Score: 1

    Saturnian Moon "Cowboy Neil", the Slashdot god of "None of the Above"!

  18. Re:Not a movie! on Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Enlighten us with your refined definition of "Movie"?

  19. Microsoft is too gaudy on Gates on Google · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, if Microsoft hadn't built up an AOL-like overdone presence with their MSN web portal, maybe people wouldn't be sick of M$. I go to Google for the refreshing simple-ness.

  20. Re:i don't mind all of the dupes on Nuclear Fusion Discovered · · Score: 1
    That's because the New York Times posts "Now News". They don't post it if it didn't happen yesterday or today. Slashdot posts "Any News." Their range of coverage dates are much larger. If two different sources post original stories on the same subject, then two different versions can be submitted to Slashdot that appear to be different stories.

    Don't flame me. I'm just playing Devil's advocate.

  21. Re:Ulterior motives on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Maybe a desktop OS for the masses *should* be crippled in some ways, to protect people from themselves. And people who need a full featured OS can use something else (a seperate version of Windows, or whatever).

    That won't fly in homespace. It won't even walk. It'll work in the workplace and nowhere else.

    Home users ARE their own admins, and they need to be able to install software, develop programs, and do other "insecure activities" as a matter of course.

    The best you can do for a home operating system is to demand a password for EVERY new piece of software, including Java and Flash apps.

    Expect to see automatic password programs soon after.

  22. Re:Baby, meet bathwater. on Microsoft States Full TCP/IP Too Dangerous · · Score: 1

    Do you trust them remember to let through packets from machines such as 196.168.0.1, or 10.0.0.1?

    I don't.

    Although, I supposed those addresses should be properly nested in the NAT packets.

  23. Re:It finally happened on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 5, Interesting
    And you would be the manager of what previously litigated store?

    The reason corporate payouts are so large is because corporations do not feel the weight of small disbursements. I swear corporations have more rights than actual citizens these days.

    A parking ticket can run $200. That's an entire week's take home pay for some people. You can bet they won't be parking there again. What's an entire week's take home profit for Best Buy? Don't you think that this guy was effectively slandered by the best buy representative, and that slander is worse than a parking tickit?

    Think about it.

  24. Re:I wonder... on Gene Therapy Ages Human Cancer Cells in Lab · · Score: 3, Funny
    You missed the point where they had to inject each cell to target it. If we just uniformly make all cells immortal, then we would have out of control cell reproduction. You know, kind of like cancer.

    The real trick would be to figure out how to hold the human body at the point of equilibrium for 18 to 21 years of age.

    Never mind that. Then we couldn't legally get beer. 8-)

  25. Re:how? on Tracking GPL Violators · · Score: 1

    By integrating it into a commercial product without giving credit or derivitave source to the true authors, and/or copyrighting the code.