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  1. Someone has to say it on Scientists Need Volunteers To Look At the Sun · · Score: 1

    Do not look at sun with remaining eye!

  2. Kzin ethics on Space Exploration Needs Extraterrestrial Ethics · · Score: 1

    You scream and you leap.

  3. Re:Really? on Latest Columbia News · · Score: 1

    Argue with them if you want...

    http://www.starsem.com/news/releases.htm

  4. Soyuz safety record on Latest Columbia News · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just as a point of comparison: The 1675th Soyuz launch took place recently. There have been only two fatal Soyuz accidents, both over 30 years ago. I don't think the Russians have to apologize in any way for their safety record.

  5. Do people still talk this way? on The Return Of Solaris 9 For x86 · · Score: 1

    "Sun will focus on its core competencies to help grow the market..."

  6. Re:what about omniORB?!?!?!?!?!? on UK Lab Responsible for VNC To Close · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is from the omniORB mailing list:

    AT&T Laboratories Cambridge will close on 24 April. Some time before
    that, the majority of the www.uk.research.att.com web site, including
    the omniORB bits, will move to a new home at the LCE, part of
    Cambridge University. Links to omniORB's web pages will continue to
    work. The FTP site and the mailing lists will move too.

  7. Re:There's nothing loke a longhorn to ... on Windows 'Longhorn' Kicks Off (On Paper) · · Score: 1

    Oops... 'loke'?? The problem with previewing is that
    sometimes you read what you thought you wrote.

  8. There's nothing loke a longhorn to ... on Windows 'Longhorn' Kicks Off (On Paper) · · Score: 1

    generate plenty of bullshit.

  9. Re:so now on Insect Robots For Mars Exploration · · Score: 1

    Even worse than Big Brother, just wait until every
    annoying little twerp you know gets a pack of 'em
    for Christmas.

  10. Question for the GUI gurus... on KDE 3.0 Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Every now and then I try out the latest Gnome and/or KDE but I always end up back in FVWM because I generally want to customize more stuff out of the window manager than it will permit. My preference is for a minimalist layout with the occasional really fancy addition.

    The brick wall that I always encounter is that I want to be able to replace (not add to) all of the root menu windows for all three mouse buttons. Is there anyone out there that has succeeded at this?

  11. Russian espionage on At My House We Call Them "Uh-Oh's" · · Score: 1

    According to this article, the Russians have already moved on to open-air fire tests.

  12. Stupid Name on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    I know I'm being judgemental, but if someone wants to ensure that I take no interest in their product, all they have to do is include exclamation points in the name.

  13. Re:D(r)ummers on Compressed Beyond Recognition: An MP3 Compendium · · Score: 1

    When the bassist accidentally locked the keys inside the
    van, the drummer was stuck inside for four hours before
    the locksmith arrived.

  14. Just like freedom of the press on Gag The UK Net in 3 Easy Steps · · Score: 1

    Remember, freedom of thr press is guaranteed only to those who own one. Similarly, freedom of expression on the net can never be guaranteed to those who have to work through an ISP.

    The difference, in practice, is that the print media has a long history of fighting to retain that freedom.

  15. Deader than a doornail on Beneath the Surface of the World Wide Web · · Score: 2

    Does it contain the first occurrance of the slashdot effect?

  16. When will it all end... on The Geek Compound Prepares for Y2k · · Score: 1

    The economy won't collapse until late in january because no one will have to buy anything all month. We'll all be living off all of the stuff we've been stashing away.

  17. Obituary on Wearable PCs Under Linux · · Score: 2

    Rodney Geekfreund passed away yesterday when he dodged a virtual missile in the game on his wearable, only to get hit by a non-virtual crosstown bus.

  18. System Requirements on SGI Release Iris 2.3 for Linux · · Score: 4

    ** Disk Space Requirements for IRIS Performer: Nearly 125 MB of disk space is required (30 MB temporarily and 95 MB permanently).
    ** Other Product Dependencies for IRIS Performer: To be functional, IRIS PerformerTM 2.3 requires that you have the following items installed on your Linux system:
    * glibc 2.1.1
    * XFree86 3.3.3.1
    * Mesa
    * Motif® installed

    I wonder if there is any chance it will work with Lesstif.

  19. Open source or nothing on Iowa to test forms of Internet voting · · Score: 1

    If any part of an internet voting setup is based on
    anything other than completely open source, I see
    no reason to trust it one bit.

  20. Dust Puppy better check his backpack on 3Com's "Gamer" Modem Pings Faster? · · Score: 2

    ... and make sure that the One True Ping is still there.

  21. Use CNAME records to fake out your PHB on I Want Names for my Servers! · · Score: 1

    I suggest that you give machines real names with the A record
    and also give them stupid corporate names with CNAME records.
    Then, only tell your PHB about the corporate ones.

    That way, if (s)he wants to think that a machine is named
    solaris279f6c3, (s)he doesn't have to know that it is really
    named bigdaddywarbucks.

    It'll be our secret.

  22. Central Bugle on Hubble Discovers Birth of Galaxy · · Score: 2

    The central bugle comes first so that it can trumpet
    the announcement of the stellar disk's birth.

  23. Big high resolution satellite images on Geek CAM watching Hurricane Floyd in South Florida · · Score: 2

    If you want to put your big monitors to use, NOAA posts a handfull of
    big high resolution satellite images here.

  24. Whore of Babylon on We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties · · Score: 1

    You spent the night in a hotel with an NT box?
    You've got a lot of explaining to do, young man.

  25. Re:Well, I'm asking for it... on Eclipse Today, Meteor Shower Friday · · Score: 1

    There isn't an eclipse every month because the orbit plane
    of the moon around the earth doesn't coincide with the
    orbit plane of the earth around the sun. In addition,
    the moon's orbit plane is constantly precessing (wobbling)
    so that the orientation of the tilt is different every
    month. Because of this, the moon is usually above or
    below the earth-sun line when full or new moon occurs.