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  1. Destroy? on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    Is that destroy as in launching 16 SCUD missiles armed with nuclear warheads against the home of a filesharer? ....Or as in installing a pesky virus that doesent work in linux?

  2. FBI has invented... on Smart Bricks to Monitor Buildings of the Future · · Score: 1

    ... an even smarter brick, which listens to all communication within 5 meters, and automatically logs who said what and uploads it to the homeland security dept.

  3. The danger lurking... on New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption · · Score: 1

    The problem with this kinds of things is that it makes people feel secure without actually being secure. God knows what backdoors AOL might have included in the code. A good rule of thumb is to not trust anything you can't see the sourcecode of. If you want something said, either GPG encrypt it (not recommended as it is breachable) or deliver the information physically.

  4. Geeks? on Modern Day Gamer Documentary · · Score: 1

    Games are _not_ for geeks. It's not even remotely close to geekness. Stupid gamers are everything geeks are not.

  5. Re:Win/Linux Games...Mac? on RTCW: Enemy Territory Full Version Released · · Score: 1
    Well, they want to keep the Mac gaming market down.

    Otherwise they'd need resize the annual "Mac gamer" to *gasp* TWO pages! (it is one single page now)

  6. Re:Save Linus on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement? · · Score: 1

    Oor. he could simply ask all the linux users to send him 2 or 3 bucks. that would make about $54'000'000. (counter.li.org estimates 18'000k users).

  7. Hehe on Phoenix Unveils Anti-Theft BIOS · · Score: 1

    What if some evil person were to tinker with a router to make it route any package sent to [the_good_auth_IP_0=)] would end up at [the_EVIL_IP_>=)], instructing the computer to erase itself.

  8. hold on... on Sony Announces a Super Playstation 2, the "PSX" · · Score: 1

    Isnt PSX the general name used for PS1?

  9. You don't happen to... on Ant Farm PC · · Score: 1

    ...be one of those sadists who used to run ants in the microwave as a kid, do you?

  10. scenario on Hijacking .NET · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You drive around in your brand new .NET. Suddenly a man rips open the door, and points a gun at you, commanding you to sit down quietly amongst the other passengers. He drives off, parks it, and makes a phonecall. He demands a $70'000'000 ransom -- otherwise he will start to kill hostages, and he will start of with the women and children.

  11. Okay on Does Gaming Reduce Productivity? · · Score: 1

    what is the most producive out of
    1. Play UT2k3
    2. write something in [insert-programming-language-here]?

  12. Does this mean... on 'Pacemaker'-like GPS Device for Humans · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... that in the future you'll have to mumify yourself in copper wires / sit in a copper cage every time you wank?

  13. Re:You might call me paranoid... on 'Pacemaker'-like GPS Device for Humans · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, if you were to make it out of a thin, soft plastic material, and make the wires extremely thin, it wouldn't show up on x-ray. it would, however show up on ultrasound.

  14. Exactly what material? on Falling to Earth's Core in a Big Blob of Iron · · Score: 1

    ... would sustain that ammount of heat? and exactly what data did they plan on finding down there?

  15. Wtf? on IRC Networks Unite in Fight Against Fizzer Worm · · Score: 1

    Does that mean QNX RTOS, MS-DOS 1, MS-DOS 2, MS-DOS 3, MS-DOS 4, MS-DOS 5, MS-DOS 6, MS-DOS 6.1, IBMDOS, DRDOS, Windows CE, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11 and beos is affected?

  16. heh on AI Going Nowhere? · · Score: 1

    Anyone else reacting over MIT Artificial Inteligence Laboratories would become "MAIL" acronymized?

  17. Interesting idea on New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change · · Score: 1

    What if you were to print the value of [value-of-the-bill]>Government_GPG_key>bill on the bills instead..... ... ... ......... on the otherhand. that's pretty easy to forge. damn.

  18. Re:Try a few hundred.... Check these out... on Intel Reveals Itanium 2 Glitch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear mr. Glasswire. You have now spoiled a perfectly fine joke. Congratulations.

  19. Hmm on Install An Xbox/Linux Media System In Your Car · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now you can both play F1-sims AND drive IRL at the same time!

  20. Jay! on Buckminsterfullerene Strikes Again - Nanotube RAM · · Score: 1

    Now i can store infinite ammounts of pr0n in my memory!

  21. Re:wow on Buckminsterfullerene Strikes Again - Nanotube RAM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nanotubes can't have sex.

  22. Err... on World's Most Powerful Laser · · Score: 1

    Exactly what did they -really- intend on fiering it on? You don't build the worlds largest laser w/o planning on blasting something to smithereens.

  23. Tried this? on Preserving VHS Recordings For Another 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    VHS -> TV-in -> DivX -> CD-R

  24. Re:Err... on Childhood Memories Ruined by the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Look, i got a licence to mess up the order of letters. I have been awake in 46 hours.

  25. Err... on Childhood Memories Ruined by the Internet? · · Score: 5, Funny

    All my childhood memories are circulating around the computers in my life. ... when i got my C64... the first time i fired a CPU... my first Intel 286 reference book...