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  1. Re:and to quote... on Internships for Talented High School Students? · · Score: 1
    My school offers "mentor connection" for juniors and seniors. Basically the hook you up with a mentor in the field of your choice (and they can place kids in top medical labs and the such, its a very demanding program) and you spend the second half of the day or so doing that (you recieve 2 credits for doing it I guess). I think some might have even had some amounts of pay.

    Personally the program didnt click with me because I would rather further my general education (IB Program) and remain with my friends for my last year of high school but it does offer a lot of opportunities.

  2. Re:xbox media center on A Cheap and Easy Network Digital Media Player? · · Score: 1

    xbmc now works just fine with the softmod too so you really only need a usb adaptor and a thumb drive

  3. Re:Hard to take seriously on Hiper Type-R Modular Blue Line 580W PSU Review · · Score: 2, Interesting
    unfortunately according to their "calculator" I will need a 730W PSU for my system

    I have noticed that I run a bit undervoltage according to PC Probe on the +5 and +12 lines but the stability is rock solid so I havnt worried about it (athlon 64 on a 480W I believe)

  4. Re:Here's what I don't understand on Hiper Type-R Modular Blue Line 580W PSU Review · · Score: 2, Interesting
    you COULD run it outside the case (there are some small cases that do this). But that would kind of defeat the purpose of the big desktop with everything inside of it.

    your drives all make heat but most people prefer to keep them contained in the system.

  5. Re:If they had been Comp Sci students.... on Stanford Rejects Business School Hackers · · Score: 1
    what if somebody knew this was going to happen and knew somebody who they really didnt want to get into a good business school...

    Hey Jimmy, click HERE to see if you got into harvard and HERE to see if you got into stanford!!!

  6. Re:SSNs as Student ID Numbers on U of C Student Information Compromised · · Score: 1
    though there still exists web-based usage of SSNs: I had to use my SSN a couple of weeks ago to claim my CNetID/email/access to class of 2009 site.

    Who knows, maybe thats where the numbers were showing up.

  7. Re:jedi council on Creating a High-Tech Meeting/Conference Room? · · Score: 1
    Well I believe that in the books there are a few jedi who come out of the cracks (as well as people who are force sensitive but not claimed as jedi).

    I would think that all of the lightsabers were gobbled up by the emporer...you wouldnt want to keep them floating around.

  8. Re:Specialization of labor vs. wasting your time on Searching for Quailty A/V Carts? · · Score: 1

    In most situations you wouldnt, but here we have a school which has a section of their students who are LEARNING TO BE those specialized laborers. What better way to make sure they are ready than to give them a real problem to put into production.

  9. Re:switchers on Apple Powerbook and iBook Battery Recall · · Score: 1

    Well, at least they get some guaranteed brand new li-ion cells.

  10. Re:Go see it in theaters on 'Sith' Already Found Online · · Score: 1

    Oh, they definately sell them by the boatload, I was asking the last time you've actually watched one. If you are buying them before the movie is on dvd or video, they are absolutely terrible and probobly worse than the one floating around the internet. I think that the last one I have seen that is watchable is the chapelle show simply because it was vhs quality from a TV show rather than a crappy cam from a movie theater.

  11. Re:Go see it in theaters on 'Sith' Already Found Online · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you watched a movie bought on the steets of new york while it was in theaters?

  12. Re:Upload, not download on Cuban Says RIAA Damages Should be $5 Per Month · · Score: 1
    for all you know it could be sitting on the copyright owners computer.

    Lets look at a more established copyright infringement medium: photographs. My dad is a photographer and his living is based on copyright law. If he takes a product packaging photo, it can only be used on the product packaging and not in a magazine ad without additional requirments (and he would probobly deliver content more suitable for magazine print). Now, if he took a picture for a magazine ad and some guy saw the ad, thought it was a cool picture, started printing and selling/giving away the picture, that would be copyright infringement. That is a lot like a song, some guy likes it and decides to share it with others. You aren't going to go after the people taking these copies but instead after the guy making and distributing them. He is the one who is commiting a crime (though it is definately not stealing).

  13. Re:And if you want something really cool on FireWire for 75% Better Mac mini Disk Performance · · Score: 1

    how do they do in terms of heat and battery life?

  14. Re:And if you want something really cool on FireWire for 75% Better Mac mini Disk Performance · · Score: 0, Troll

    7200rpm notebook drive?

  15. Re:From TFA: on Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents · · Score: 1

    my hash: you spit out the file in binary, for every 1 you add one to $hash and for every 0 you subtract 1. The final number is your hash.

  16. Re:lcd's are expensive on Searching for a Cheap Overhead Projector? · · Score: 1

    did it really work as well as this does (same level of brightness)?

  17. Re:Why yes, on 25 Years After DOS - Lessons for Linux? · · Score: 1

    I just checked mine...and its prime so I suppose that means I am a lucky duck. I have always liked my UID but now I have another reason.

  18. Re:Really ... on Post-It Notes - 25 Years of Hypertext in Paper · · Score: 1

    Now all we need is a post-it that tells slashdot that the issue of the rake in question has been on the stands (or rather is already off the stands) for months.

  19. Re:I'll admit... on Slashback: VoIPersecution, Israel, Plug-in · · Score: 1
    I've been trying to get a very sexual date with Natalie Portman and most sources of intelligence that would study me would agree to that. Doesn't mean that I am anywhere near entering into a relationshop (though I have seen Julia Roberts plane take off from the highest commercial airport in the US and she was in a movie with Natalie Portman...so I suppose thats close to a sexual encounter). I dont really think that is enough for her personal security guard to come and beat me up...

    its ok though, I know that its not going to work our between us Natalie.

  20. Re:Exactly. on Google Web Accelerator · · Score: 5, Funny
    Until they start trying to combine browsing habits into one.

    "Based on your recent browsing habits, Google would like to suggest MidgetsHavingSexWithFerretsInSpace.com"

    All I wanted was a smaller computer, a pet toy, and some homework help....GOOOOOOOGLEEEEEEEEEe

  21. Re:A suggestion maybe on Will America's Favorite Technology Go Dark? · · Score: 1
    They dont have to buy a new tv, only the adapter.

    You dont HAVE to get an FM radio, but if you want to listen to commercial radio (bleh) then you definately do. That AM radio just wont cut it for the latest and greatest top40 station (though it is great for college radio and the like).

    They arent ruining it for the sake of change but for the simple fact that it has room for more content and looks better. Sometimes they have to step in with a mandate. Sure, cars cost more when they first required a catalytic converter but it was a neccesary change that did much to help curb pollution and would not have happened as fast without mandatory compliance.

  22. Re:Agreed. on Hardware or Software Major? · · Score: 1
    What about CompE

    Isnt that what the poster is really looking for?

  23. Re:Privacy Rights and Breaking the Law on Judge: Schools Don't Have to Help Music Industry · · Score: 1

    You just wait until the RIAA makes their own court with a judge who gives them warrents.

  24. Re:Punishment and Crime on Judge: Schools Don't Have to Help Music Industry · · Score: 1
    just find a student you dont like and use thier name instead of a username.

    They wont go through the effort of checking the name vs the ip address and they will probobly be sharing anyways. When they get the letter it will say something about how "JohnDoe" was sharing files and they wont catch that that is reffering to a username

  25. Re:Royalty free license on Microsoft to Introduce PDF competitor 'Metro' · · Score: 1
    Great, just what we need, ANOTHER "universal document publishing" standard... and this time we will get it free with the purchase of coffee :)

    That way we can stay up late enough to convert all of our documents to BOTH formats.