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  1. Magnavox Odyssey 2 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    Intel 8048 8-bit micro controller running at 5.37 MHz

  2. Bloglines was not bad in the day on What's the Best RSS Reader Not Named Google Reader? · · Score: 1

    I used this before Google.... signed up again today, They are now reporting on a banner at the top that service may be slow due to many new accounts being setup, At least I didnt get the old plumber!

  3. Re:No server available on For Your Inspection: Source Code For Photoshop 1.0 · · Score: 1

    Edit: not of the 5 1/4 variety

  4. Re:No server available on For Your Inspection: Source Code For Photoshop 1.0 · · Score: 1

    what FedEx and UPS ? - serving you 5 1/4 inch bits of plastic or if you were lucky 3 1/2

  5. Re:I don't write this question as a troll... on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 1

    its to fit the round peg in the hole better

  6. I see the marketing for it now on Space Potato Hits the Streets · · Score: 1

    It's Spudnic

  7. Since its slashdot on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 2, Interesting

    what kind of technology are you both into and using. (eg. PC or Mac? Windows or Linux? Explorer or Firefox?) and do you use it for any aspect of the show.

  8. Have you ever believed a myth on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    Have either of you ever believed a myth to be true at anytime in your life? And how did you find out it wasn't true and how did that make you feel?

  9. Solution? : The King and the Chalice on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    *** Possible Spoiler***

    I have two possible solutions. The first involves the prisoners electing a starting prisoner. once he is selected he places the chalice at the edge of the table nearest to his door. This would assume the king only changes the orientation of the chalice and not the position on the table. Then the other prisoners are called and if the chalice is placed one position counter clockwise to their cell then they move its position. Once all the prisoners have been called the original starter will notice the chalice in the position in the cell counter clockwise next to his. He can then answer the question yes. My other solution would be as others have described in the orientation of the chalice, as others have said if the king can change it then you can't possible calculate anything from it. But I think that there is a chalice and a cup on the table. reading the problem it mentions the word cup when describing that the king can manipulate it.

  10. Fantastic on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    Now I won't be able to carry a pizza without it being stolen just incase theres a lapton in it

  11. Patiently waiting to see what happens in 10 years on Will Video Surfing Become Reality? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    My initial thoughts were as most (bandwith, content, Feh, etc)

    but then I thought well it has to start somewhere, hands up all of you that were on the internet 10 years ago (ok bad audience to ask in!) but you get the picture

    I think in 10 or so years time everyone will be wondering how they survived without their inter-thing-a-mabob that does everything and will probably be talking about if going to the local implant shop to get the latest wotsit 'uploaded' is a good idea or will take up too much space.

  12. New applications on the horizon on Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling · · Score: 3, Funny
    I can't wait for the next advancement in cooling technology....

    CPU heat exchange engine providing enough energy to power your PC.

    Behold the perpetual PC!

  13. Re:Buying other items with small performance incre on P4 3.2GHz Reviews · · Score: 3, Funny

    yes of course, but the toast shop making that volume of toast would not be buying toasters built for home use. They would have a toaster farm probably running 'open toast' insted of winToast

  14. Buying other items with small performance increase on P4 3.2GHz Reviews · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have been thinking what other products (cars, appliances, electronics) that boast such small performance increases for such greater expense?

    Picture this....

    Salesman: and this toaster makes toast .5 seconds faster

    Me: great, how much?

    Salesman: its double the price of the standard model

    Me: Hmmmm

  15. Re:INTV had a 2600 adaptor too on Intellivision 25-In-1 TV Game Debuts · · Score: 1
    1) The colecovision, better games and an atari emulator

    I ment to write : 1) The colecovision, better games and also had an atari emulator

  16. Intellivision Control on Intellivision 25-In-1 TV Game Debuts · · Score: 1
    This joystick (looking nothing like the original Intellivision controller

    Thank god! that controller must have been the worst thing ever developed. I never had an intellivision (my friend did) but more importantly I never 'wanted' one and it was because of two things

    1) The colecovision, better games and an atari emulator

    2) That controller!

  17. Re:Give them an Apple II for the love of God on The Little Coder's Predicament · · Score: 1

    good point, Boot up time is always something that has always bugged me, this is the reason why my PC stays on all the time. I have never liked the hibernation or standby options, they never seam to work properly

  18. Re:Give them an Apple II for the love of God on The Little Coder's Predicament · · Score: 1

    Ah the good old days, I also remember my IIe, got it for christmas in 84. Your right about the 'No appreciation' factor, everything today is so instant, I remember typing in programs from the mags (remember beagle brothers one liners!) I live in fear of the "non-dos command" generation

  19. Learn the old fashioned way on The Little Coder's Predicament · · Score: 1

    10 print "hello"
    20 goto 10

    My advice would be to get dos installed and see where it all started (well almost started). It will teach some valuble lessons. then get something like pascal which is fairly easy to program. after playing around with that you will be ready to progress onto VB in windows

  20. Did the brown stuff ever hit the cooling thing? on Talk To a Successful Free Software Project Leader · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Was there a make or break moment when it could have all ended? If so what pulled the project back on track?

  21. PING on Web Enabled Spacecraft · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hope it has an IP address, It would be cool to ping something not on earth.

  22. SPAM Haiku on Haiku vs Spam · · Score: 1

    Its amazing what you find when you do a search this is an entire site devoted to Haiku's about SPAM http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/spam/