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  1. Re:Just smoke Pot on Nicotine-Free Cigs, Genetically Engineered · · Score: 1

    Apart from the fact (an extremely debatable one at that) that mj has 4x the carcinogens of tobacco, can you tell me why no scientific study has found a conclusive link between smoking mj and lung cancer?

    I'm not saying it won't cause cancer, but tobacco has been proven, without a shadow of a doubt, to cause cancer. If mj is truly 4x more carcinogenic, wouldn't a link be fairly easy to find?

    BTW, the diesel engine was originally designed to run on hemp oil, and henry ford had big plans to use pressed hemp to create panelling for his cars.

    Hemp isn't some miracle plant, but there are plenty of uses, and plenty of reasons why it isn't used, almost none of them based upon common sense.

  2. Re:Don't be silly, it had to be an American! on Tuxedo Park · · Score: 1

    They did, they were making pasta before marco polo was born.

    Believe it if you will.

  3. Re:Names on Intel Delays Dual-Core Processor, Plans New Server Chip · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I vote for Percy and Hawthorne

    Pip pip cheerio!

  4. Re:Why Sun? on Sun Opens First Linux Competency Center · · Score: 2

    So you're saying they're doing it to improve all around knowledge/usage of "unixy" OSes?

    Makes sense, I'm just surprised it's sun who is doing it.

  5. Why Sun? on Sun Opens First Linux Competency Center · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I realize that they do make use of linux, but haven't they got their own OS?

    I could think of many more companies that have a more vested interest in seeing linux succeed.

  6. Re:Why I never cared much for LOTR on David Brin On LOTR · · Score: 1

    Man, at least rip your stuff off from somewhere that most people haven't seen.

    Loooosssssssaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

  7. I can see the use on transcontinental flights.. on More On Airplanes And Internet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I haven't flown in a while, do they also offer power connections for your laptop?

    Cuz a 12+ hour flight wouldn't be very much fun after your backup batteries die.

    And remember, the foldable tray will stop your willie from overheating:)

  8. wow.. on University of Twente NOC Fire Arson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that's a dedicated luddite.

  9. Re:seeds are amazing on How An Andromeda Strain Might be Strained · · Score: 1

    You can even freeze them, they'll still germinate.

  10. Ok, Step # 1 on Another Millionaire Spammer Story · · Score: 5, Funny

    Find that T1 line.

    Step #2 hire some blackhats to turn the entire center into a bunch of machines with blank disks.

    Step #3 Repeat as necessary

    I've got $20 in my hand that I'd give to that effort in a second.

  11. Re:Excellent! on Senate Approves Censored .kids.us Domain · · Score: 1

    Tried bogofilter yet?

    http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/bogofilter/

    Supposedly it's really potent when given enough time and material to learn.

    You might be an excellent training ground :)

  12. Re:Excellent! on Senate Approves Censored .kids.us Domain · · Score: 1
    Just an idea, if you're running a squid proxy, you probably have a box (and enough knowledge to install) where you can install this:

    spampd: Spam Proxy Daemon

    spampdacts as an SMTP relay server, and in the process of relaying a message it passes the mail through SA. If SA decides the mail could be spam, then spampd will ask SA to add some headers and a report to the message indicating it's spam and why. spampd is written in Perl and should theoretically run on any platform supported by Perl.


    more info here

    Or just plain old spamassasin.

    And then use a simple filter in your local mail client, and whee, much less spam (and pretty much zero pr0n spam).

    My 2 cents
  13. Much ado about nothing on Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets Leaked · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know my kid wouldn't settle for seeing some grainy rip of a movie at 200 x 180 (or whatever crappy res it looks least bad at).

    Hardly a comparison to the movie on a big screen.

    It's also not like you can't read the book to find out the ending, sheesh.

  14. Re:theory, schmory on One of Many · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is there anything in science that isn't?

  15. Re:Google cache? on Mice Designed by Famous Anime Artists · · Score: 1

    I'd say the biggest difference is what google does, search engine vs. news site.

    I'm thinking since /. would make use of the site, there might be different issues.

    I personally don't see a problem with it, but I've never been a big lawyer type.

  16. Re:Not sure about the gundam designer.. on Mice Designed by Famous Anime Artists · · Score: 1

    Well, now I've seen them, I have to say that's quite a pretty mouse.
    Functional, who knows, but definitely not your average mouse.

  17. Re:3... 2... 1... Slashdotted! on Mice Designed by Famous Anime Artists · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, that would be like hanging a sign saying "sue us for infringing on your copyright".

    The idea is cool, but the legal issues are a big hurdle.

  18. Get your tetanus shots first on Mice Designed by Famous Anime Artists · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obviously you've never tried to handle a scared mouse, those little guys have some nasty sharp teeth..

  19. Not sure about the gundam designer.. on Mice Designed by Famous Anime Artists · · Score: 3, Funny

    But Masamune Shirow can draw some really nicely curved women, and sweet organic tech, if the link ever gets un-/.'d I'd like to see what he came up with.

  20. Re:Vehicle 14 on Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology · · Score: 1

    sigh... the [br] tag

  21. Re:Vehicle 14 on Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now on my things to remember list "when using html, remember the
    tag".

  22. Vehicle 14 on Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology · · Score: 2, Funny

    "By Vehicle 14 these robots could hardly be said to differ from actual living creatures" As Kraftwerk puts it, "we are the robots".

  23. Re:Ineffective? on Google Complies with Law, Excludes 'controversial' Sites · · Score: 1

    I just click "Google in English" on google.it, which is where I usually get redirected before they set a cookie on my machine. Afterwards, it's always google.com .

  24. Nice for HUDS on 'Computer-On-Glass' Display · · Score: 1

    This would work much better than projecting the image onto a surface.

  25. Re:Seems a little shady on Intel Must Pay $150M for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    I think you mean comeuppance :)