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  1. Nobel prize in math to these guys on Preempting Hailstone Formation To Protect Cars · · Score: 1

    They found out that the way to solve the Collatz problem was to prevent the hailstone sequence from happening in the first place!!

  2. The DMCA on Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The DMCA: Democracy Means Cash for Americans

  3. To all the people that think liberation is bad... on Ask About the Iraqi LUG · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    please do not access the site, it would be hypocritical of you.

  4. Question on AMD Aircooling Round-Up of 2003 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can anyone explain why thermoelectic coolers (Peltier coolers) are not the standard accessory to any cooling kit?

    My guess is current draw.

  5. I sent in my money on Wikipedia Needs $20K · · Score: 1

    I just donated and I have a nice idea for an additional slashdot filter.

    I wish I can add a -6 score modifier to anyone who is too cheap to donate.

    I bet that between eating McDonald's, drinking Coke, buying CDs and then paying the bandwidth bills for bitching all day on slashdot about why you aren't going to donate just leaves some people impotent.

  6. Can you say... on Microsoft Looks At Integrating Forums and E-mail · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Usenet?

  7. Re:It does make perfectly good fiscal sense on Israeli Ministry of Commerce Picks OO.org Over MS · · Score: 1

    Considering the fact that you are concerned about the Israelis treating the Palestinians unfairly and go so far as to state that both sides are equally guilty. What are your opinions concerning what the Jordanians are doing (and did) to the Palestinians? Do you think that suicide bombings would be understandable in Jordan as well?

  8. Uranium Pebbles on Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Uranium Pebbles" Sounds like a great name for a breakfast cereal. Makes your teeth glow!

  9. We live in interesting times on IBM Releases Desktop Linux Presentation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We live in interesting times as far as the Linux desktop is concerned. We saw two great desktops emerge for Linux: GNOME and KDE. We are also witness to a paradigm shift in the approach to development under Linux, brought about by the different needs and demands of the desktop environment. The server space has its own, well rooted developers. Most of them cannot switch to developing under a desktop environment successfully unless they too notice the paradigm shift.

  10. Cooling clusters on Sun Donation Spurs Linux Cluster at Purdue · · Score: 1

    Are there any interesting innovations in cooling clusters of computers? Are most clusters and main computer rooms still cooled by central air-conditioning?

    Nuclear submarines show us that given the space constraints and enough money, cooling solutions can become very interesting.

    Just wondering out loud.

  11. With a real web browser... on X10 Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...so rest easy, X10 popups are here to stay.

    If you use a Web browser made by people and not corporate drones you will never have to see another pop-up/under/over again.

  12. Re:Cool can't be manufactured on Microsoft Wants to Project "Cool" Image · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I almost spilled coffee on the floor via my nose when I read the title. "Cool" is manufactured, mass produced and marketed every day. Did you think that the kids decieded that "Nike" is cool all by themselves? Who told them that "British Knights" is in/out? Get real, "Cool" is what's on the self with the biggest glossy poster.

  13. Re:The lesson to be learned here on Yahoo Messenger Blocks Outside IM Clients · · Score: 1

    You are of course very welcome to use someone else's infrastructure.

    Just don't be surprised if one day they decide to stop giving you the service.

    My main point is that if it is their network then 3rd party clients really can't complain.

  14. The lesson to be learned here on Yahoo Messenger Blocks Outside IM Clients · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Never trust a corporation with anything you value or at least with proper constraints over that corporation.

    If you want to feel safe that you can use your service tomorrow too then run jabber or any other service that you can run a server for if your main server stops.

    Serves people right for trusting closed systems.

  15. Re:Great example... on 20th Anniversary of RMS's Original GNU Post · · Score: 1
    I believe that RMS has alienated a significantly-sized group of people.

    "Significantly Sized"? Is that a PC way of saying fat?

  16. Good News on MSN Cuts Unmonitored Chatrooms Around the Globe · · Score: 1

    Let Jabber step up and recieve its rightfull place.

  17. You clod! on Plasma Comes Alive · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm inorganic you insensitive clod!

  18. Had to on Low-Cal Diet Extends Life... As Long as You Don't Eat · · Score: 1

    Low-cal diet extendes life, expands consciousness. Low-cal diet is vital for space travel.

  19. Wow on Space Elevator Going Up · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats the longest extension on a CAT-5 I've ever heard of, I'd go with wireless instead.

    You'd also have God's wrath to deal with when he trips over it when going to the fridge for a midnight snack.

  20. I can help... on CDs, DVDs Eyed For Long-Term Archival Use · · Score: 1, Funny

    The researchers are very welcome to use my workplace, it has managed to age me 30 years in as much time as their machines do (at least I feel like it).

    Might I also suggest showing the CDs and DVDs our collection of SCO stories? Those get old so very fast. They are guaranteed to feel like its been 20 years already.

  21. Memories... on Step-by-Step Computer Destruction · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was 5 I decided that the floppy drive of our C64 was thirsty and promptly poured a half liter glass of Coca-Cola into it.

    Children are a joy.

  22. Secure communications on Camera Watch: Links to Public Webcams · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So here is my idea:

    Could one collect the information streaming from these cameras and use it as a source for random number generation? Over a large number of Webcams the rate of information change must be huge. At any given point you could also single out darkened cams and use their CCD noise too. Doesn't sound too difficult to do (for someone else, someone with brains that is). How would this compare to typing randomly and jiggling my mouse as a source of random numbers?

  23. A letter to Jon's Parents on Microsoft to Build High School in Philadelphia, PA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. Doe I'm sorry to say that your son's report "What Microsoft Applications I Ran This Summer" was not graded because our systems can't read old Word files anymore. Please upgrade to a newer version of MS Word at home and resubmit your son's work for grading before the next semester.

  24. At last on Distro Taste Test - Linux and Beer · · Score: 1

    I am very glad someone took this cognitive step. At last I can strike another item from the list of things in my life that are NOT related to Guiness. Mmmmmmmm Guiness...

  25. Re:Product activation works. on Symantec Adds Product Activation · · Score: 1
    You have every right to use it without accepting the EULA, and if the software forces you to accept the license in order to install it, then the license is void.

    The license is not void. You think it's void and are welcome to try and defend your misuse of the software in a court of law. Effectivly the license is never void because 99% of the population will never have a chance to justify their misappropriation of the software.

    If you do not agree with the license, why buy the product? By purchasing the product you give your vote of confidence in the business practises that created the license.

    Can you justify buying a pair of shoes made in a sweatshop when others are available? Can you really say that purchasing those shoes is not the ultimate act of consent for the company's practices?