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  1. Security, security on A Fiber-Optic Cable To Inner Space · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fine. And for security we have Blowfish.

  2. Ohhh on Circuits Everywhere · · Score: 5, Funny
    Heard in the office:

    "Ohhh, fuck, I shreded my computer!"

  3. Ooops on High-Tech Glasses Help Improve Memory · · Score: 1

    Hmmmrf... where did I put my glasses...

  4. The reason? on Hardware Makers Unhappy With Tablet Sales · · Score: 1
    As history has shown, widgets without keyboards have short lives. So, sure, you can get tablet pc's with keyboards, but then you buy a real portable instead, right?

    What people are looking for these days are not tablets, but desktop replacement systems: high-performance portables.

    A lot of my colleges have bought PDA's, tablets, etc, but they use them extremely rare, if at all. The digital pen is dead.

  5. It works!!! on Amazon Launches Full Text Book Search · · Score: 5, Funny
    1) I typed 'porn'
    2) It returned a lot of results

    Conclusion: It works!!!

  6. Re:No probs. on Broadcast Flag All But Approved · · Score: 1
    While we're at it... I'm thinking about starting a "Right to mod" movement. Perhaps I'll call it "The Transparent Ribbon Campaign" or something ;-)

    Anyone interested?

  7. No probs. on Broadcast Flag All But Approved · · Score: 1

    Why the fuzz. Haven't we all learned about mod chips by now?

  8. WHAT? on Three New Releases (And Other News) From Mozilla · · Score: 0

    No Taurus yet!?!!?

  9. MS - stay away on The Step-By-Step DIY Approach To The X-Prize · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft tried this, the stratosphere would be on fire by now.

  10. Re:Metaphor on SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony' · · Score: 1

    "Should stealing unlocked cars be a crime?" What country do you live in? I'd like to live there as I like driving various kinds of cars.

  11. Branding on Napster Tries Again · · Score: 1

    This is "same wrapping, new shit" I'm afraid.

  12. Fix bugs...? on Distributed Statistical Debugging · · Score: 2, Funny
    "statistical debugging techniques to report, find, and fix the bugs"

    A debugger that FIX BUGS?

    What's next? A compiler that brews beer?

  13. Sounds like a... on Power Plant Fueled By Nut Shells · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...nut version of The Matrix.

  14. Re:Soundex into BIND! on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 1

    OK, OK... I admit it.

  15. Re:Soundex into BIND! on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 0

    I proposed it as an alternative... Yes, it's dumb, just like you.

  16. Soundex into BIND! on BIND Strikes Back Against VeriSign's Site Finder · · Score: 0, Interesting
    BIND should be enhanced in several ways:

    The most important one, IMHO, is to compute a list of close matches and present these choices to the user. They may use the Soundex algorithm or some other tricks to see if characters are transposed, if one characters is wrong, if one is missing, etc. If well implemented, this would solve 60% of the problem.

    The remaining 40% is due to the fact that people sometimes doesn't actually mistype a known address... they type a dead wrong address, such as "amazonbookstore.com" instead of "amazon.com". In this case, BIND should split up the phrase into separate word (in this case "amazon book store" and redirect to a search engine with those words as parameters.

    The big question in this case is: which search engine? I think that one should be able to choose, in one way or another. If not, Google would be my choice ;-)

  17. No XXXXXX-Large :-( on New Slashdot T-Shirts On Sale Now · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't have XXXXX-Large? You insensitive clods.

  18. No good on CNET News.com Turns 7 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    No need to celebrate. News.com hardly produces any stories themselves; mostly editing of press releases and RSS'es. Besides, they've become to Windows centric.

    I like the video section, though.

  19. Great on Nokia Shows Off Phone with Printable Faceplate · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I shall print out my girlfriend with the great body, but ugly face. A face that will be covered by the display :-)

  20. Damn it on Phone Plus Sensory Deprivation Equals... · · Score: 2, Funny
    "...that isolates the user from all other sensory input"

    Sounds like sex isn't going to be as much fun as before.

  21. It's a dating service on Exposing Personal Information in the Whois Database · · Score: 1
    Look at it from the bright side. Whois is a great dating service for geeks.

    Hey, Ladies who are looking for nice, knowledgable dot.com'ers... you know where to look!

    And to blonds who may need some guidance: First you look at the whois facts, then the site. If both look good - call him.

    (It would be even better, of course, if Whois contained fields such as "married" (not that it matters), "income" (matters big time!), "interests" (err, redundant).

  22. Anyone have CDs from the 80's? on CDs, DVDs Eyed For Long-Term Archival Use · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It's almost 20 years ago since the first CD's came along.

    Are they still working?

  23. Touch on CDs, DVDs Eyed For Long-Term Archival Use · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I've done my own research - on a variation of the Touch method:

    1) Right now, put your right hand where it belongs

    2) Repeatedly write type "watergate zed was a starwars retard" with your left hand.

    That's touch.

  24. Believe me on American Science: Addicted to Pentagon Cash? · · Score: 1

    It's all about the money.

  25. Just wait'n'see on Barnes and Noble Drops Ebooks · · Score: 1
    The eBook will be ressurected. It will be gray, expensive and popular. It will even have a picture of a fruit on it.

    Its name will be.... (drumroll)... iBook.