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  1. Re:Nothing to worry about... on Driver's Licenses with Digital Watermarks · · Score: 1

    this might actually be a good from the teenage perspetive. When the digital encoding is cracked, and the use of the scanners is wide spread, most vendors won't even take the time to look at the card. They'll just swipe it and serve you.

  2. What an obscure unit... on Digital Packrats · · Score: 4, Funny
    10 trucks of paper "weight"

    Can't they use a real unit? Like Library of Congresses? I'm getting a bit sick of all of these random units. Back in my day, my data had a densitey of 2.3 Library of Congresses per Hogs head, and that's the way we liked it!

  3. Re:Well, what do you expect... on Tougher Copyright Laws for Australia · · Score: 1
    Eventually it will be The world versus Australia + America + England

    You mean Oceana versus EastAsia and EurAsia. Because we've always been at war with EastAsia and EurAsia.

  4. Re:internets on 1.6TB In a Shoebox, If You've Got the Money · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude. Use a real unit. Like Library of Congresses. I wont' be satisifed until I can get a data-density rate of at least 5.6 Library of Congresses per Hogshead!

  5. Re:Share the road with automated 18-wheelers? on Will Our Cars Become Our Chauffeurs? · · Score: 1

    I don't think you have to worry about that. Let's face it. If a trucking company began replacing drivers with auto-driving computers, the Teamsters would raise hell long before the first computer ever drove.

  6. of course it will. on Half-Life 2 Finally Activated · · Score: 1

    By the time it comes out, Duke Nukem Forever will be a Holodeck game

  7. Re:Groan on Largest Digital Photograph in the World · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we ignore it, it won't go away. If we all click on it and try to download it....well, after this guys server catches on fire, he won't be doing any more of this for a while.

  8. Re:Disgusting on Windows Source Code Seller Arrested · · Score: 2, Informative
    It's covered in the 9th amendment

    The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

  9. Re:It's hard to establish military superiority on US Ready to put Weapons in Space · · Score: 1

    There's a good reason we didn't just use a pencil: A pencil, when used, will produce lots of graphite dust. Graphite dust in weightlessness is bad since it's conductive. All you need is the wrong button short circuited and all hell can break loose.

  10. Math time! on SCO Puts a Cap on its Legal Expenses · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Alright, so this crap has been going on for about 18 months now. A bit longer, but let's just say 18 for a round number. That has cost them $12 million. Thier cap is $31 million. 31 / 12 = 2.58. Now we multiply that by how long they've done this, so 2.58 * 18 = 46.5 months, or a little over 2 more years, assuming they keep spending the way they are now

    This is less than encouraging

  11. Re:Existing infrastructure on China's Superior Technologies · · Score: 1

    This is true. But keep in mind that a lot of Western Europe (Germany especially) got reduced to rubble during WWII, everything had to be rebuilt from the ground-up. In Eastern Germany especially, they're still repairing damage from 1945, so it would make sense that as long as you're rebuilding the telephone system, that you might as well rebuild it with the latest hardware.

  12. Re:Spamfest on Spam-maker Hormel Spends to Reclaim Name · · Score: 1
    I'm from Rochester, and I frequently drive through Austin on my way to visit my Girlfreind in Ames, IA. In Austin they have the Spam Museum. Driving past it on I-90, it smells like bacon...mmm...bacon... Some of the billboards advertising it read:
    • Like the vatican, only for spam
    • Yes, we answer the ingredients question.
    • Even we don't know what to think.
    There are more, but I can't remember them all. Perhaps someone can fill in?
  13. Re:omg, Canada is doomed! on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least there's a good side to Dubya getting re-elected. Four more years of him gutting the clean air act and every environmental law on the books, and we'll be reaping the benefits of 44% error reduction (hopefully enough so that we can figure out the ballots and vote for the Democrat instead of Pat Buchannon)

  14. Re:Bono's a moron on U2 iPod: Any Color You Want, As Long As It's Black · · Score: 2, Funny

    He works for the music industry. Therefore, his count is accurate if he was counting 6gb iPods for the first three, and a 60gb iPod for the fourth.

  15. Re:If Hannu H. Kari dosn't work for... on Hannu H. Kari Gives The Internet 2 More Years · · Score: 2, Funny
    we had someone check every 2-3 days but never had any FPs to my knowledge

    Of course you're never going to get a First Post if you only check every 2-3 days! You need to be checking every 2-3 minutes, at least.

  16. Re:Cost over $100 ??? on Make Your Own Digital Camera ISO Test Target · · Score: 5, Funny
    You're right. I apologize to you on behalf of everyone here in america. For your convience, I have converted the price to a more european-friendly unit.

    It cost over 45.35 kilograms

  17. Great... on Neopets Gambling Controversy · · Score: 3, Interesting
    , so when a mother discovered her nine-year-old playing online poker to feed his virtual pet, she approached Today Tonight claiming McDonalds was setting her son up for a life of gambling addiction.

    Great, another parent who can't take responsibility to raise their own kid. How about you don't let the kid play the neopet? How about you watch the kid for signs of gambling addiction? How about you take responsibiliy for raising your own kid instead of blaming someone else

  18. Re:British Pornographic Industry on UK High Court Orders ISPs to Identify File-sharers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For those of us that don't surf porn on the internet (me and this other guy over there), it would probally half or less our ping times and 5x our download rates....

  19. Re:New on MTV Russia on Russian Mock Mars Mission · · Score: 4, Funny
    And following the tradition of MTV 'Real World', the six choosen would be the following:
    1. A Chechnian Rebel
    2. A Hard Line Communist
    3. A 'liberal' reformer
    4. A Finn
    5. A Lithuanian
    6. A red army Soldier
  20. Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea on Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What I want to see: Someone running MacOS on CherryOS on Virtual PC on MacOS.

  21. Re:sorta OT on House Passes Another Spyware Bill · · Score: 5, Funny
    the best way I found was:

    c:\>format c: /y

    or, if you want your system to boot up afterwards:

    c:\>format c: /y /s

    Works every time

  22. Re:Indeed on Securing Pricelessness · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm not sure how you'd copy paintings though

    Here's an idea

  23. Re:Flip-Flopping on Real Presidential Debates · · Score: 3, Informative
    I think the daily show did this at one point. they spliced together old news clips to debate President George W Bush vs. Texas Governor George W Bush. There were things like:

    Jon Stewart: So what is your opinion on Foreign Policy

    President Bush: We have a duty to bring democracy to the peoples of the world

    Jon: Ok, how about you, Governor

    Governor Bush: The US has no bussiness being the policeman of the world

  24. Re:Welcome to the Internet, Nerdorama. on Nerdorama for All Your Geeky Needs · · Score: 1

    Brings new meaning to the phrase "baptism by fire".

  25. Re:I wonder.. on Star/OpenOffice XML Format To Become ISO Standard? · · Score: 4, Informative
    Kind of how like how Microsoft (please, don't ever use 'M$') obeys ANSI C standards in VC, like how they oben the W3C html standards in Internet Explorer.

    How many microsoft engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They just declare darkness to be the new standard.