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  1. Does this mean that on Several Extrasolar Planets May Be Optical Illusions · · Score: 1

    the fourth rock from the sun (Mars) is REALLY there despite what the article CLEARLY states!?

    I think that you need to stop with the 'shrooms man, your theories are messed up.

  2. P.C.M.C.I.A. on Building The Broadcast Box · · Score: 1

    People Can't Memorize Corporate Identification Anacronyms

    I guess we /.ers really aren't people. At least we aren't 31337 |-| @ >.

  3. WTF!? on C# for Java Developers · · Score: 1

    This seems like a smaller scale of Hitler's planes.

    Rather than trying to convince us that ther Jews are to blame for our troubles, they blame Java. The purpose is obvious. Microsoft wants us to exterminate Java in favor for a "prettier" language, when M$ ittself doesn't use that language!

    The fact is that Java is what I want. I can use it on my Linux server/desktop, my iBook, my graphing calculator and even lego robots! I may not have moral reasons for keeping Java alive, but it is supperior.

  4. I have an IQ of 175! So there. on The Ultimate Universal Remote Control · · Score: 1

    And I watch DVDs on my iBook so that I won't be bothered.

    While <technically>the laptop screen is larger than my TV screen when I'm on the couch</technically>, I often take my laptop downstairs to watch tv rather than just starting up xawtv, despite the latter's supperior channel selecting method.

  5. You JERK!!! on Faith Returns to Buffy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some people NEED to know if Willow is gonna ressurect Tara and live happily every after.

    Some people NEED to know if Angel will ever escape from the bottom of that lake.

    Some people NEED to know if Xander will ever convince Anya to take him back.

    Some people NEED to know if Cordelia will leave Gruselug.

    Thank Torvalds I'm not on of them!!!!

  6. FlameBBS on The BBS Documentary: A One Year Report · · Score: 1

    Flame Entertainment is working on a program called FlameBBS. It is a Java BBS software designed for Linux, but usable in any UNIX variant with a jvm.

    This project isn't our highest priority, but it will be if enough interest(personal emails, voting in polls, etc) is expressed.

    I was an avid BBSer myself five years ago, and the history needs to be preserved.

  7. why bother? on Revitalizing the Internet and VMS · · Score: 1

    I was able to break from the login shell by hitting ^something, prob. ^C, a bunch of times.

    It gave me a prompt, which I assume was like a root or single-user-mode prompt. Too bad I didn't know many VMS directives.

    The thing's error message is longer than the DOS one in winshit2k.

    I still think the project should go on, but my time will be spend on more pressing matters. UNIX one the OS war by being superior. It didn't do it by blackmailing other companies to include it(M$). It didn't stay alive by forcing it on users of its hardware(Apple, Sun). Linux survived because anyone could get a hold of it. BSD kept up with the best of them, and would still be going strong if Linux didn't have a cooler name.

  8. $30/month for 512kb/s on Why You Don't Have a Broadband Connection · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am getting 512kb/s for $30 a month. It's only $20 for 256kb/s. I am using Charter cable, powered by HSA Corp. The only other choice is bellsouth DSL (BLECH).

    I can run a server through it (here) and connect as many computers as I want directly to it.

  9. 100khz!? I think NOT!! on Pentium 4 2.8GHz · · Score: 1

    Eniac run at a guelingly slow 3hz, which REALLY puts things into perspective. It's replacement ran at 3khz, which is one hell of a leap compared to today's progress.

    A 3ghz machine is a BILLION times faster than ENIAC, not a mere 30 thousand.

    I know that ENIAC was not 64 bit like my incoming iBook or 32 bits like my Linux server. Asuming that it was 8 bits(4 seems more likely), a 3ghz PC is four billion times faster.

    Other things would effect the equation. For example: If we take into account all the copies of "AOL & Internet FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE trial" in the startup menu of the average windos system, and adjust the results accordingly, ENIAC would be able to boot 10-100 times faster than a windos box. I don't know what kind of Unreal Tournament framerate that would justify, but it is worth mentioning.

  10. They copied it from on Marsoweb · · Score: 1

    here

    I think there is a page that generates javascript for this.

  11. The flaw: on How to Build a Time Machine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your theory, and millions of other ones, are based on the theory that one cannot travel faster than light(e).
    You consede the fact that one can travel at half the speed of light(e/2). Assume that two object(a&b) both have a y and a z coordinate of 0 and that they each have a y and z velocity of 0. If object a is heading with an x velocity of e/2 and object b is heading with an x velocity of -e/2. Object a and object b then have a velocity of e relative to eachother.

    Origin (0,0,0) only exists for the purposes of describing mathematical situations and velocity cannot be measured relative to a nonexistant point. When all speed is relative, it cannot be capped. Why the hell does everyone insist that nothing can go faster than light when no one can give me a reason WHY.

    I've heard that it is "infinit speed". That's complete BS. Does infinity==299,792,458!? If it is not infinite speed, then a craft wouldn't need to carry infinite fuel. Hell, a craft doesn't even need to carry its own fuel!

    I do not have a phd. I do not have a college degree. Hell, I don't even have my high school diploma yet. If you can explain this, please email me.

    That said, time travel would be a great way to make seemingly instantanious trips. I think that "facsimily transmissions", such as that episode of the Outer Limits would be the fastest way, without time travel. That said, it would take a LOT of money to make it legally permissable.

  12. repost? on Tenebrae Quake · · Score: 1

    Haven't I read this exact post in response to 2-3 other fps articles here on /.?

    I apologize if I am mistaken, but this seems hauntingly familiar.

  13. I took the: on Medicine for a Sick Linux Box · · Score: 1

    Red Pill

    Linux rules, and nothing will tear me away from it! The real world, and the crash world, simply SUCK. Trees can't be tied up searching for Pi. Windows would crash before finding it. Dos would give me several hundred "no command or filename" errors in the process.

    I took the Red Pill, and I am proud of it.

  14. are YOU retarded!?!? on One Step Closer to NWN for Linux · · Score: 1

    It came with winshit 2k. It started by default whenever a CD was inserted.

    I have NEVER had two programs conflict in Linux or *BSD.

    TIP:Use the &ltbr> tag to insert line breaks. You can also use the extrans setting on slashdot. Is html too hard for you?

    I bought an iBook since I posted that comment. I'm gonna use it for gaming.

  15. I think the point.... on Is Monitor Spanning Possible on an iBook? · · Score: 1

    ....is to get a higher resolution. This is why connecting my calculator to a projector doesn't let me see more details in mario.

    Please don't tell Ms. Deaton, the teacher of Adv. pre Calculus at JCHS that I, Travis Goodspeed, the only sophomore in the class, used her overhead projector to play mario during fourth period onaugust 22, 2002. Feel free to suggest that she replace the TI-86 projector with a TI-89 projector.

  16. Newfangeled crap! on Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds? · · Score: 1

    Why not just through them in a deep crevace, and seal the crevace!? It has been working for millions of years, and with better results than any of this "newfangeled crap".

  17. A better way to screw them over: on Shrinkwrapped Books · · Score: 2, Funny

    Carefully open the package, and replace the contents with a brick if it'll fit, though semi-dried cement works just as well. Reseal it, and mark it "Refused - return to sender". Put it back in the mailbox, and see how the company likes paying for sending a brick cross-country.

    I don't know if this will still work, but it's worth a shot.

  18. Linux is NOT JUST FOR SERVERS!!!!! on One Step Closer to NWN for Linux · · Score: 1

    I use Linux on all of my computers from my servers to my laptop.

    Back before I saw the light, I played BG in winshit 2k. I needed to save every minute, because the game LOVED to crash when I changed CDs. PlaneScape:Torment wasn't quite as bad, but it still crashed on occasion. I recently discovered the cause, a cdplaying systray program. Why the hell would one want to play games on a system that crashes at the drop of a pin!?

    Some of us need server stability on a workstation. I guess that you don't do anything important enough for that.

    People aren't as attached to winshit as you seem to think. I moved my mother over to Linux, and she hasn't had any problems. In fact, she prefers it.

  19. Second. on Congress to Ashcroft: Go After Song Swappers · · Score: 1

    I second that proposal.

    While they're at it, why not take down this one. There are rumors going around that they stole GPLed source code for their own use, but they refuse to release the source code that would contain it. This "source code" is like D.N.A(Deprecated Natural Ability blueprint stuff) in that it can prove guilt or innocence.

    If I've learned anything from CSI episodes 1-&CURRENT, it's that those who refuse to give a DNA sample are always guilty.

  20. Sounds like a good idea. on UK Prepares Own Version of the DMCA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Drunk politicions will forget which bills they were paid to vote for.

  21. XINE on Consumer Friendly (or Disney Hostile) DVD Players? · · Score: 1

    I think that xine works with all locations, but I cna't get it to play more than the FBI warning on a dvd. It works great for mpegs.

  22. "no one will ever need more than 640kb of ram" on X-Box Flaw: MS Won't Use DMCA · · Score: 1

    "WTF!? XP requires 64mb! SAVE MY EMPIRE JEBUS!", bill gates 2002

  23. Re:ObTrek Reference on Speed of Light Inconstant? · · Score: 1

    I thought it was constant:
    warp[0]==11 * e;//warp 1

    All the other values are multiples when compared to one another, and squares when viewed individually. On voyager they are:
    warp[i]=new Random().nextInt() % (voyager.lang.obsure.class.name.hErE.getDistanceHo me() /distancehome/distanceHome());

  24. fortune? on Jon Johansen DVD Trial Date Set · · Score: 1

    This had better get into a fortune module.

  25. BSDs have their use. on USA Today says "Linux waddles from obscurity" · · Score: 1

    I have experimented with virtually all of the PC operating systems. I loved the security features of OpenBSD, sending EVERY warning to every root console. I loved the software library of FreeBSD, 5 cds for download full to the brim with goodies. I loved the media capabilities of BeOS, 3d software rendering on my pathetic laptop. I loved the response times of QNX.

    I love nothing about Winshit.

    Linux became the keeper however. I started with Mandrake for its PERFECT hardware detection, and after a year of dedicated use on my desktop (which became my server as well shortly afterwards), I recently switched to Debian GNU/Linux.

    The software library is seemingly endless, and everything I want from essentials like gnome-xbill to my BSD favorites such as moria. It even has j2dk1.3 for crying out loud!

    I convinced my boss to let me install it on my workstation, and tommorrow, I'll be running Forte4Java in style (with a manual J2DK1.4 install)!

    Linux started a good thing, UNIX with a cool name. The more I use it, and the more I work on it, I realize that the best stuff is free. Linux ittself is free, Debian GNU/Linux is free, moria is free, gnome is free. I don't need to pay a single $1 for software!

    In a few weeks, when I buy my iBook, rest assured it will have gnome in os X, and Debian GNU/Linux will have more than half of the hard drive.

    (For those that joke about Debian GNU/Linux, think about what it means. It means that it is free and open. There are no catches. I will proudly call it Debian GNU/Linux. (even if I have the "non free" packages option enabled :)