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  1. What about 2046? Distance r(earth)=0.05 on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 3, Informative

    4x more likely to hit then in 2035. Impact risk

  2. What a ringing endorsement... on Martian Sea Discovered · · Score: 1

    I don't think the guy who wrote the headline read the article... A frozen sea, surviving as blocks of pack ice, ---->maysuggestlook similar--- to ice formations near Earth's poles "Maybe the ice is still there in the ground, protected by a volcanic cover, as they suggest," he says. I'm convinced.

  3. TBO? As in Tampa Bay Online? on California Drivers Can Tank Up WIth Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    That's where you get your news about California?
    Why not get the news from the source?

    http://www.chevrontexaco.com/technologyventures/ co mmercialize_tech/hydrogen_energy_stations.asp


    Just because /. can't link to it properly?

  4. Push down harder with the mouse. on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    If you have an old style mouse with the ball, it won't work. The newer mice should be able to get that map to slide. Also try clearing the area under the printed page on your desk to reduce friction.

  5. Commonality between cars will increase. on If The Problem Persists, Reboot The Car · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As technologies moves away from OEM's and to the Tier Ones, more and more components become the same between automakers. Look at MAF's and Fuel injectors, and O2 sensors, and (fill in blank). They are likely to differ by 1 digit in a part number between different makes of cars (if at all). As sensors and actuators become standardized, the only difference between automakers will be what they do with them (software!!!).

  6. Huh? on U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment · · Score: 1

    I don't understand.

  7. Re:More evidence... on SBC Might Buy AT&T · · Score: 1

    If you link to the image with that tag, this loads: http://www.sbc.com/Common/images/homepage/winback_ att.jpg which looks like an add to "Win back" old customers from AT&T.

  8. Modern C compilers write better assembly on Does the World Need Binary XML? · · Score: 1

    them most assembly programers can right.

  9. what about... on Planning For Mozilla 2.0 · · Score: 1

    How has your slashdot use affected wiki.mozilla.org?

  10. Wow! Just like my Nikon D2H! on The Wi-Fi Cameras are Coming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Let's see... I've had it for 10 months now. This is big news!

  11. Wildblue... on Regional Bells Blocking Broadband Competition · · Score: 1

    Come on already! Give me my satellite broadband!

  12. Just hit reload. It will come up. on Indoor Tropical Island · · Score: 1

    It seems to work every other time. Maybe it can only serve 1 person at a time.

  13. News for nerds. From 2 days ago. on ISS Food Shortage Cause Revealed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What happened to this place?

  14. The shuttle will be back in 6 months anyway. on US to Pay to go to ISS · · Score: 1

    Congressional rules prevent the US from paying for the flights. I guess we'll have to charge the Ruskies for flights on our shuttles.

  15. He should have used a different PIC on Homebrew Digital Picture Frame w/Remote · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the RF12F675 makes a nice transmitter.

  16. Those damn egyptians! THEY caused global warming! on Major Climate Change 5,200 Years Ago Could Repeat · · Score: 1

    I knew those pyramids were evil.

  17. Maybe they should call Burt Rutan. on India Debating Manned Space Flight · · Score: 1

    Governments in space. Humpf.

  18. The shuttle orbits at 18kmph. Is 26k significant? on To Mars and Back in Ninety Days · · Score: 1

    It seems like 26,000mph should be easily achivable with conventional methods. How fast do current mars missions travel?

  19. of course, UN Sanctions banned those rockets... on White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs · · Score: 1, Funny

    but well just ignore that. If they weren't for nuclear use, then we should have left Hussein alone.

  20. Hmmm. Same day as Scaled's X prize launch. on Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Will Miss Earth, This Time · · Score: 1

    Hope they miss!

  21. 272391kB = 266.01mb. on Windows XP SP2 In Release · · Score: 1

    Interesting, indeed.

  22. This story is like, so two weeks ago. on What Are You Looking At? · · Score: 1

    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/04/07/eyes.html

  23. It expired a year ago in the US anyway! on GIF Slips Away From Unisys; Your Move, IBM · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From the GNU website...
    "We were able to search the patent databases of the USA, Canada, Japan, and the European Union. The Unisys patent expired on 20 June 2003 in the USA, in Europe it expired on 18 June 2004, in Japan patent expired on 20 June 2004 and in Canada until 7 July 2004. "

  24. The nice thing about standards is that.... on Universal 3D File Format In The Works · · Score: 1

    everybody's got one!

  25. It's already been dropped off my laptop : ( on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 1

    There should be a law against that.