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  1. daydreaming? on Does Gaming Reduce Productivity? · · Score: 1

    I'll agree about overconsuming, being a slug, etc...

    But I imagine daydreaming is better than playing a game. Daydreaming is relaxing and creative and doesn't constrain you to a specific task. You might come up with some useful ideas and insights when daydreaming.

  2. "MAJOR" contracts needed? on NASA Ames Research To Close Largest Windtunnels · · Score: 1

    Can it really cost *that* much to maintain these windtunnels?

  3. Re:A browser that puts the user's interests first on Mozilla Firebird Soars Into View · · Score: 1

    I pretty much always middle-click to open links in a new tab in the background. That's where it will load if you set it that way, even if it has a target="" tag to make it pop into a new window.

  4. phoenix... on Creating Car Free Cities · · Score: 1

    ...is a city that you CAN NOT live in without a car, for the most part. This city is ridiculously spread out and it gets bigger every day. This is a city that needs to start building UP and not OUT.

  5. Re:Whew! on Creating Car Free Cities · · Score: 2, Funny

    well... that's a relief... i was worried for a moment that monorail was mentioned without someone bringing up the simpsons. what a sad day on slashdot that would've been!

  6. why do they have problems? on T-Mobile Dumps MS SmartPhone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm confused.

    I underatand why Microsoft's operating systems and word processors and stuff might be buggy: they have to provide legacy support and the hardware configurations can be complex.

    However, considering their resources and (I'm assuming) talent... shouldn't they be able to do something like this and have it be pretty sound technology?

    I think nowadays even to non-technical people, Microsoft has come to symbolize a product that will work but also let you down in so many ways in terms of quality, security, bugs, price, etc.

  7. Re:Hehe on More on the PowerPC 970 · · Score: 1

    It makes more sense though for intel because until that point, they had consistently named their new processors by adding 100 (386... 486... 586...) for each new generation and with the Pentium they sort of broke that trend.

  8. Re:Hehe on More on the PowerPC 970 · · Score: 1

    ...except it makes a lot less sense than the intel version

  9. Re:Anecdote on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    I'd feel even ickier then for giving them money. What on Earth are you thinking?

  10. Re:Anecdote on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    I just would feel too guilty and icky to even enjoy the extra $30.

  11. Re:One change we won't likely see on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't let you tell if the bill is facing forward or backward. You could flip the bill so the other side is showing and still have the strip on the same side in relation to yourself.

  12. yes indeed on Lowest Raw Score Ever on the SAT · · Score: 1

    1400 (700m/700v) and I got sick of college (physics major). Now I waste time doing creditcard customer service during the day and then at night I go out with friends. I couldn't be happier.

  13. Re:Bloat will kill the increase in storage availab on Mass Storage Leaves Microchips in the Dust · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That 10% figure still stinks from where you pulled it out of.

    Your rear end apparently because you've obviously got something that's crawled up in there.

    Take a moment to relax, hmmmm?

  14. Re:If the shoe fits, wear it. on Windows Security Through Annoyances? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I bought him dinner... I can vouch that he does suck. Not the best though.

  15. David Bowie - Life on Mars? on Life on Mars? Why Not? · · Score: 1

    thought I would post this... since the subject reminded me of it...

    Words and music by David Bowie
    It's a god-awful small affair
    To the girl with the mousy hair
    But her mummy is yelling "No"
    And her daddy has told her to go
    But her friend is nowhere to be seen
    Now she walks through her sunken dream
    To the seat with the clearest view
    And she's hooked to the silver screen
    But the film is a saddening bore
    For she's lived it ten times or more
    She could spit in the eyes of fools
    As they ask her to focus on

    Sailors fighting in the dance hall
    Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
    It's the freakiest show
    Take a look at the Lawman
    Beating up the wrong guy
    Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
    He's in the best selling show
    Is there life on Mars?

    It's on Amerika's tortured brow
    That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
    Now the workers have struck for fame
    'Cause Lennon's on sale again
    See the mice in their million hordes
    From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
    Rule Britannia is out of bounds
    To my mother, my dog, and clowns
    But the film is a saddening bore
    'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
    It's about to be writ again
    As I ask you to focus on

    Sailors fighting in the dance hall
    Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
    It's the freakiest show
    Take a look at the Lawman
    Beating up the wrong guy
    Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
    He's in the best selling show
    Is there life on Mars?

  16. Re:cost justification on Sony & Toshiba Disclose Cell Fab Plans · · Score: 1

    ...and MiniDisc.

  17. Re:If my twin is reading this... on Parallel Universes Are Real · · Score: 1

    Not only has your twin done that... but there's an infinite number of twins who knocked her up and got her pregnant, found out she cheated on you, which made you a drunk, then you got a divorce and she got custody of your brat kids, and now you sit at home crying every night.

  18. Re:It's gotta be 'Brazil' on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    ....my favorite movie of all time. It's one of those movies you can watch a few times before you really understand it... like Donnie Darko sort of...

  19. Re:MST3K The Movie on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    hooray... i saw it in theaters and own the DVD.

  20. Am I influenced by what I read? on Designers - Are You Influenced By What You Read? · · Score: 1

    Well... should I be?

  21. Re:no longer pronounced "Scuzzy." on Serial SCSI Standard Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    The way I read the article title in my mind was "serial scuzzy"

  22. Re:Mod down please on Speeding up Evolution · · Score: 1

    That's kind of how I feel about it, too. I dunno.

    *shrug*

  23. Re:The Time Machine anyone? on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1

    From The Time Machine remake with Guy Pearce, the image of the moon crumbling and crashing was the first image that popped into my head when I read this article.

  24. Re:Duke Nukem Forever on GTA: Vice City Sells 8.5 Million Copies in 3 Months · · Score: 1

    You think those pics are bad... you should see the pic of me in drag I posted on hotornot.com... I can't believe those guys can't tell it's not a girl... I got 30 double matches in one day!

    I don't get Channel 4 in america.

  25. Re:Duke Nukem Forever on GTA: Vice City Sells 8.5 Million Copies in 3 Months · · Score: 1

    Oh hey! I'm a fag... (seriously)

    If $$$$exygal were a transvestite or drag queen or something... that would make her just that much cooler in my book!

    Fun links, too.