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  1. In Soviet China... on Symantec Updates Cause Chaos in China · · Score: 1, Interesting

    In Soviet China, EVERYONE has "official restore" disks.

  2. Re:I am left to wonder.... on Amazon to Open DRM-Free MP3 Music Download Store · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The 'used' section couldn't support mp3 sales... how would you tell if a 'metallica.mp3' file was really used or not? Basically if they allowed the used section to exist, all their profits from 'new' sales would immediately disappear as 80 zillion kids upload "used" mp3's for sale for 1 cent.

  3. Icy Hot sues planet on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 2, Funny

    this just in, the makers of Icy Hot sue the rogue planet for DMCA copyright infringement via slashdot's digital summary of the material known as 'hot ice'.

  4. Re:The moral of the story is: on Even My Mom Could Hack These Sites · · Score: 1

    Or, you'll pay for security eventually, either up front in a better host, or in the end, when you get hacked.

  5. No similar tool for grammar on Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text · · Score: 1

    unfortunately, the scientists did not offers any such tool for correcting grammar.

  6. 18 foot composite mirror on NASA Unveils Hubble's Successor · · Score: 1

    Sweet... 18 feet of desktop wallpaper-enhancing power! It would be great if it had a self-repairing mirror with a few extra panels installed, in case of close encounter with space dust at 18,000 miles per hour.

  7. the old MTV of web 2.0 on Last.fm Plans Custom Music Video Channels · · Score: 1

    clearly they mean "Music Television" when it showed music videos, like say in 1985. They're not talking about the post-real-world "MTV" that goes out of its way to show as little music as possible.

  8. that shouldn't be a big deal... on For Democrats, Florida Primary May Not Count · · Score: 1

    that shouldn't be a big deal... after all, back in 2000, the actual Florida election didn't count! hey-o!

  9. Re:E P O -we have- E P O (failure IS an option) on Big Red Button Disasters? · · Score: 1

    Awesome quote! That one might have to go in one of my next books.

  10. documentation for the documentation-less on MySQL Cards and Charts · · Score: 1

    so these are for if you built a bunch of sql stuff and didn't document it, right? Because why not just look in the documentation on the functions, unless there is no documentation.

    Documentation isn't an afterthought, it's supposed to be the blueprint for what you build (just like a house). How is the team in agreement on what's being built without something written down?

    The mind boggles at how people get so close to documenting their systems and yet still miss many of the benefits.

  11. nice to hear some confirmation on Ceiling Height May Affect Problem-Solving Skills · · Score: 1

    i always felt less constrained mentally in a high-ceiling space. It's nice to see that there might be a biological or scientific explanation besides, "surely you must be joking, Dr. 192939495969798999!"

  12. can't you just do this now? on Hybrid Cars No Better than 'Intelligent' Cars · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought just "not excessively racing the engine" saves gas, i.e. using cruise control, coasting, etc. Can't we just teach people to do this now? If you have to push on the gas to pass someone, does the chip say "nope, too much gas"?

  13. Re:i own the answer to everything on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 1

    Actually, that's the question. Moron.

    You're so awesome! Look at how you replied and said I was a moron. That was incredible! I always wanted to meet someone as witty as you. You took my joke and pointed out that I am a moron, and at the same time, you showed how you know more than everyone about Douglas Adams' stories! You really put me in my place...when I grow up, I'm gonna be awesome, just like you! We all stand in your shadow, you are like a god to us mere mortals. All of us only wish we could reply to postings in as intelligent a way as you did! Congratulations, oh lord of the poignant reply!

  14. i own the answer to everything on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 4, Funny

    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 42
    thats right suckers! I own the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Please, don't all send your checks to me at once.

  15. Do we need bulletproof vests? on Do We Really Need a Security Industry? · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not like we can take back guns, so yes. And in the same way, if crime exists, it makes sense to protect against it. If computer software were secure -- it was once, and now it's not, not because it got less secure, but people try harder now to break it.

  16. A lot about hacking, not so much about bandwidth on Bridging the Gap Between Hackers and Academics · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently the disconnect may have to do with how bandwidth works, because that site is slashdotted all to hell now! Either that, or during that long delay, they were hacking into my PC. Anyone else get the jitters when they go to a website about hacking and it just sits there and grinds in the browser?

  17. securid? on VeriSign To Offer Passwords On Bank Card · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wouldn't this basically be a version of SecurID? Why don't banks just roll out SecurID to everyone and get the same net effect?

  18. Re:Methinks the Ballmer doth protest too much on Microsoft CEO Claims iPhone Will Be Bust · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because microsoft really has the street cred on which products that are new and innovative will flop and which will succeed... aren't they basically saying here that they don't have a product to compete with the iPhone, so basically they hope it fails? If it succeeds, thats just one more foot-mouth 3-pointer for Ballmer.

  19. Re:Alternatively on Home Secretary Requests Fingerprint-Activated iPods · · Score: 1

    And if you hack into that central revocation list, then you're like a god!

    No iPod for you!

  20. Re:The Essay? on Student Arrested for Writing Essay · · Score: 1

    Ouch, the picture says it all. The kid coincidentally looks just like the VTech shooter, how awful for him and how shameful for the administration for doing this to him!

  21. Re:Next up on "Government Contracts!" on Ohio Audit Reveals More Diebold Problems · · Score: 1

    I'll have you know the dome is chewing gum, ceiling wax, and other fancy stuff!

  22. Any word on cause? on Human Head Offices Destroyed, Company Bands Together · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can we safely assume it was an extreme-overclocking-to-meet-ridiculous-gameplay-r equirements related fire?

  23. See the device in action on Bussard Gets Navy Funding For Fusion Research · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looks like it works to me:
    http://www.emc2fusion.org/

    I can't believe the gov't doesn't just immediately fund the full-scale reactor, given the fossil fuel crisis we're currently stuck in. 200 million dollars is a handful of days in Iraq, and we could immediately drive the price of oil down to 10 dollars a barrel with fusion as a reliable commercial power source.

  24. PR to IT translation results on RIM Releases Reason for Blackberry Outage · · Score: 2, Funny

    "insufficiently tested software upgrade" => "untested software upgrade" => "some superstar at RIM changed the CRASH_NETWORK constant from 0 to 1."

  25. same as in real life on Turbo Tax Melts Down on Tax Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    line backs up at post office, line backs up with turbotax. Do they have some kinda guarantee about "if you file by x, even if our systems are down, you get credit?" I doubt it, they must've anticipated this very scenario!