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  1. My T-Rex on Ever Smell T-Rex's Breath? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Brushes and flosses regularly, then rinses with 5 gallons of Listerine. He say its worth it cos the ladies like good teeth. He does say he is struggling to find a decent scale moisturiser though. He's such a vain beast.

  2. Re:4th of July on Disney Launches Fireworks With Compressed Air · · Score: 1

    God yeah, when I look back now some of it was insanely dangerous, no wonder so many people end up hospitalized when the fireworks come out. Jeez it was great fun though.

  3. The mighty Thor on Disney Launches Fireworks With Compressed Air · · Score: 5, Funny

    needs no puny patents to create an aerial light and sound extravaganza.

  4. Re:Microsoft and GPL on Microsoft Eases "Shared Source" Restrictions · · Score: 1

    Microsoft can start adding whole chuncks of warm binary goodness and call it "Windows CE Super Platinum Edition", with "Super secure cryptography and cutting edge realtime multimedia support", while the base code under shared source has none of this.

    OSS proponents tell me this is one of the best features of OSS though, the ability to build on existing software rather than reinvent the wheel. If OSS developers are as good as they claim then they should be able to outdo anything MS can build on the shared base.

  5. Visionary guy on Herman Goldstine, ENIAC Developer, Dies at Age 90 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just reading the article though prompted me to do a quick google on IBM, I knew they were around during the war and I was thinking it is some achievement for a company in such a rapidly changing landscape to be still going strong today. Its a further shock to discover they were incorporated in 1911! Lets hear it for our geriatric IBM overlords.

  6. Buy all the hardware were want on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series · · Score: 1

    The proliferation of aimbots and wallhackers will still mean you just look better getting pwn3d.

  7. Re:Server already melting on 2004 U.S. Puzzle Championship Winners · · Score: 1

    password is xcode6fire

  8. Clever alright on 2004 U.S. Puzzle Championship Winners · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But does he run Linux?

  9. Re:parent + 12 insightful on EC Suspends Microsoft Sanctions Due to Appeal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Great idea, so suppose I am wrongly found guily of murder and sentenced to death should I be executed before the appeal which may prove me innocent concludes ?

  10. Re:Downtime anyone? on HP Recall on 900,000 Notebooks · · Score: 1

    Yes but it wont be 900,000 returns, this issue does not affect all laptops. They provide a program let you test your machine for the faults identified. It will still mean a lot of downtime though.

  11. Re:Memory replacement, not recall on HP Recall on 900,000 Notebooks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I imagine this only applies to the opening the casing, most laptops have a removeable panel to access the memory.

  12. Cant see many votes changing on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Moore is really preaching to the choir with this movie. If you agree with what he says you are unlikely to vote Bush regardless and Bush supporters will most likely view it as fabricated propaganda regardless of its accuracy or failings.

    What might make a difference is how the rest of the world feels about it given the closed and inaccessible nature of the current US administration.

  13. Highly effective business generators on The Pragmatic Programmers Interviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually thats the role of the Company, thats what its there for, to be in business. Its up to the developers to fulfill the requirements of the specs. I'm not saying developers cant be more pro-active in pushing technology and solutions and helping to pitch for solutions but ultimately the budget and PHB's constain what is and is not possible. I work hard for my clients but I am under no illusion that I am a comodity and despite good working realtionships the rug can be pulled from under me at any time. As I tell most of my clients, if I do my job properly they wont need me after the project anyway.

  14. pfffft on Build Your Own KiteCam · · Score: 3, Funny

    A real nerd would build and launch his own satellite camera rig. Then when it crashed he would launch a global appeal fund to rebuild downtown LA.

  15. Re:Let's sic Burt Rutan on it! on NASA Abandons SimCIty Microwave Power Concept · · Score: 1

    Its not though, its just one of the big risks and thats the problem. This would be difficult technically to achieve, never mind the cost. There would be reliability issues. If it breaks how are you going to fix it while we have no power down here. There will be sunbstantial ongoing and maintenance costs, since it will probably be in a decaying orbit. Its vunerable to attack. It also has huge potential as a weapon which would make it a no-no for any other country as far as the US is concerned.

  16. Re:Break-even point? on NASA Abandons SimCIty Microwave Power Concept · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It would be interesing but also carries huge risk. You spend a fortune putting the infrastructure in place hoping to make it back over the next 20-30 years and 10 years down the line someone perfects cold fusion. We have cheap, unlimited power and you are dead in the water.

  17. Another new power source required on NASA Abandons SimCIty Microwave Power Concept · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some even claim that microwave power is essential for farther explanation. Accordong to the folks at Maxis

    For a spelling and typo checker.

  18. Re:Intentions? on Intel Recalls New Chipset-Based Motherboards · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We all know that Intel puts all their equipment through a strong Quality Assurance check. They run tests on computer equipment that others in manufacturing envy.

    The first line you wrote pretty much negates all the drivel that follows it. You obviously have absolutely no idea how a manufacturing process works.

    Intel needs to restructure their company.

    Yes because they have been such a consistently pathetic failure over the last 10- 15 years.

    all innovation in the CPU industry is put on hold until the market demands updates in speeds

    The market constantly demands increases in speed as enterprise applications become more sophisticated and complex.

    before we find an accounting error trying to sustain a broken company

    One of the dumbest comments I have ever seen on /. Intel have been in a dream position for the last 20 years to make shedloads of money. They have consistently produced high quality minor engineering miracles used by 100's of millions of people daily. You try design and build a CPU rather than spout mindless, unsubstantiated drivel.

  19. We should be more surprised on Intel Recalls New Chipset-Based Motherboards · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That this is not a more frequent occurence. Any company that pushes complex technology the way Intel does will always run the risk of this happening. Its no big deal, they are going to fix it and make reparation. From Intels point of view the most damaging part is the marketing boost AMD get from this.

  20. Re:99.84% pure pork fat on PCs Use More Sick Days Than People · · Score: 3, Informative

    Vbug, a Microsoft developer support company based in the UK with just six employees, received around 720,000 e-mails messages in a month, 99.84 percent of which were spam.

    No its the figure for one company for one month.

  21. Yeah its always taking sickies on PCs Use More Sick Days Than People · · Score: 5, Funny

    My PC just cant handle its liqor at all. Damn Mac boozes all night and gets up in the morning no problem though. Its killing me trying to keep up.

  22. The CIA will love this on Fingerprint Scanners Still Easy to Fool · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If its so easy to falsify fingerprints then they will want more. Say hello to have a DNA sample taken at birth to be used as ID for the rest of your monitored exixtence.

  23. Re:Profit! on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 3, Funny

    WTF sort of profit scheme is not in a vertical list?

  24. Re:Prove it. on Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What sucks, is that "Big Name" companies, like Playboy have already got suckered into licensing the "technology." The Defense Lawyers really need to start attacking these patent claims.

    And what you think the Playboy lawyers didn't already look at this and say fuck it, cheaper to license than take it to trial?

  25. Re:A quasi-official word from Yahoo. on Slashback: Civilians, Rubyx, Restrictions · · Score: 1

    Everyone should have switched to Jabber years ago!

    And do you think Yahoo would continue to provide free IM servers and bandwith to users if this were the case?