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  1. Re:640K--not true on The Most Incorrect Assumptions In Computing? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You might run out of memory with some of the larger Mersenne primes.

    ((2^n)-1) is a fun equation.

  2. Re:Is this what the customer really wants? on The Blind Men and the Elephant · · Score: 1

    Genius. This totally explains the Telus organization.

    "Have you shipped my ADSL modem yet?"
    "I'm sorry, our system doesn't give us that information."

    What kind of ordering/shipping system DOESN'T SAY WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED, for CHRISSAKES!?!?!?!

  3. Re:And the corollary is... on The Blind Men and the Elephant · · Score: 1

    In my opinion, purple cloth coverings with some nice throw-pillows is the best theme for an elephant. Just ask Frank from Trading Spaces, he'll agree.

    (As a sidenote, I almost made the funniest typo ever; "Tarding Spaces" ... now I want to create a tv show around it.)

  4. It has to be said ... on Paraphrasing Sentences With Software · · Score: 1

    Paraphrase THIS!

    (from the I'll-Paraphrase-YOU! department)

  5. Re:Oh YES THEY ARE... on Longest Physics Lecture in History? · · Score: 1

    Media Studies isn't exactly a worthless degree.

    Many people who take that would do well to have a minor in marketing, and following that they would be able to get several hundred thousand dollar/pound/year positions in various industries, such as advertising.

    There are quite a few who prefer to simply return-in-kind to their field of study, somewhat like a computer science student who creates an operating system, but that doesn't really get them anywhere, does it? (*Emphatically points at Mr Torvalds*)

  6. Er ... on President Bush To Call For Return To Moon? · · Score: 1

    I always thought he might be a bit looney, but this would sinch it.

    I'm VERY curious to see what the next election will bring.

    Someone claiming to be a time traveler once suggested that in 2004/2005, America would be hit with a civil war ... every day that goes by, it looks more and more like he might be right :)

  7. Re:Is it the same as the real thing? on Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ · · Score: 1

    "Hey Hey We're the Beatles, We Just Love Eating Dung!"

  8. Re:Is it the same as the real thing? on Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ · · Score: 1

    Finally! A real use for the Earth-Simulator. Or maybe ASCI Q would be better suited?

    And why can't the supercomputers have more intense names?

  9. Re:Like a local newspaper... on Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ · · Score: 1

    They should just run "Car Stolen in Surrey" as the permanent cover story, and be done with it. They don't even need the extra crap. :)

    They could print 24 or more "different" issues each day, one for each car stolen that day.

  10. Re:I can see the advertising slogan now... on Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ · · Score: 1

    Uh, what OS were you using, then? BeOS?

  11. Re:I can't wait to see them.. on RIAA Extends Legal Action · · Score: 1

    As a sidenote, I'd like to point out that only a minority of tourettes sufferers display the "extreme coprolalia", or random swearing symptom that is commonly associated with the disease.

    That said, I just can't resist impersonating Doc from boondock saints ... "FUCK! ASS!"

    (A penny saved is worth two in the bush ;-)

  12. Re:It's that time again ... on Japan's TV Broadcasts To Be All-Digital By 2011 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I have them both. I like them both.

  13. It's that time again ... on Japan's TV Broadcasts To Be All-Digital By 2011 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm a twenty first century digital boy ...

    I can't believe it, the way you look sometimes,
    Like a trampled flag on a city street, oh yeah,

    And I don't want it, the things you're offering me,
    Symbolized bar code, quick id, oh yeah,

    'cause I'm a 21st century digital boy,
    I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys,
    My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual,
    My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual,
    Ain't life a mystery?

    I can't explain it, the things they're saying to me,
    It's going yayayayayayaya, oh yeah,

    'cause I'm a 21st century digital boy,
    I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys,
    My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual,
    My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual,
    Ain't life a mystery?
    I tried tell you about no control,
    But now I really don't know,
    And then you told me how bad you had to suffer,
    Is that really all you have to offer?

    See I'm a 21st century digital boy,
    I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys,
    My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual,
    My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual,

    That's what I yearn for (21st century digital boy),
    Neurosurgeons scream for more (21st century digital boy),
    Innocence raped with napalm fire (21st century digital boy),
    Anything I want I really need (21st century digital boy),
    21st century schitzoid boy (21st century digital boy),
    21st century video boy (21st century digital boy),
    21st century digital boy (21st century digital boy),
    21st century sofa boy (21st century digital boy)...

    (props to King Crimson for the original tune)

  14. Re:TELEcommuting blues ? on Ways to Beat the Telecommuting Blues? · · Score: 1

    Well, the direct cause of not having a heater is also the direct cause of not having more than one computer in the room (I have a server and a second desktop as well, but they are in different rooms). Ah well.

  15. Re:TELEcommuting blues ? on Ways to Beat the Telecommuting Blues? · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean normal people don't have to do that?

    I need a heater in my room, I think. Or a remote starter. ;-)

  16. i snd you this file in order to have your advice on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 1

    Er, your sig gets cut off. "Will work for" what? :)

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  17. Re:Hmm on SliMP3 Successor; Radio Station in a Box · · Score: 1

    I've got about a half-dozen other devices on my wishlist before this one, but yeah. It sounds cool. :) Of course, my computer has better speakers than my stereo, so I'm not sure how useful it would be. :)

  18. Hmm on SliMP3 Successor; Radio Station in a Box · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One thing I'm not too clear on; does it stream from shared folders, or does it have an internal HD? Or perhaps both?

  19. Re:Markers? on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 2

    Does that mean you can kill people at a certain altitude and get away with it?

  20. Re:Markers? on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 1

    Money, at least in the US, is the remaining 1/10th, so Mr. Nimitz really has 0/10ths of the law on his side.

  21. Re:ever heard of selling the brooklyn bridge? on Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim · · Score: 1

    One could argue that the American Indians had no concept of land ownership, and that they didn't realize what it meant to buy and sell land.

  22. Re:Windows? on Experiences w/ Drive Imaging Software? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *bzzt* sorry , wrong answer.

    You obviously meant to say "Losedows".

  23. Re:That's right on SCO Now Willfully Violating the GPL · · Score: 1

    September 11th, 1973.

  24. Re:Total operating system cost on IBM's Blue Gene powered by Linux · · Score: 1

    *bzzt*, sorry, wrong answer.

    $1499/CPU * 65000 CPU = $97,435,000

    (Remember, the end of october signals the increase in the per-CPU price)

  25. Re:We need a goddamn fix and there's money in it on A Gator By Any Other Name · · Score: 1

    Yes, prototypes like the Moller Skycar. I heard the MSRP was going to be about a million dollars, when the FAA certifies it for sale.