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  1. Re:Greek Alphabet on Will Wright on the Colbert Report · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're right, "version Phi-Delta, substage Tau" makes a world of sense.

  2. Monitor, not TV on What Gamers Need To Know About Buying an HD TV · · Score: 1

    I just bought one of these too, and I'm totally loving it. I've got MythTV piping directly to it over DVI, my Mac Mini in over DVI, and everything else piped in through my video switching receiver via component.

    My subject is meant to inform folks that this is a monitor, not a TV, becuase it lacks tuners. Makes for a great price (I got mine on sale at Best Buy for $1500) if you don't need em, and I don't.

  3. Someone get the board... on Games Come To the Colbert Nation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Zonk, you're on notice.

  4. Re:One possible reason on Experts Rate Wikipedia Higher Than Non-Experts · · Score: 1

    Maleducation? I resent that. They teach the girls badly, too.

  5. Re:Those of us with girlfriends on The Death of the "Cell Phone" · · Score: 1

    The fact that you had a plan A and B frightens and confuses me. My advice is to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!

  6. Re:Yes. on Are More Choices Really Better? · · Score: 1

    O RLY? How would you like to die today? We have a lovely selection of slow, painful ways to die. Nobody has a wider selection!

    See, if I had more choices I'd choose not to die at all. Better!

  7. Another Record on Gears To Be A Trilogy, Ousts Halo 2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now it just has to become the most hyped game on Slashdot. You'll see to that, right Zonk?

  8. Re:Jon Stewart said it best... on An Inconvenient Truth · · Score: 1

    Waaaah! Thinking is hard!

  9. Re:Big Brother Mario is watching? on Wii Launches, Sells Out Peacefully · · Score: 1

    The camera's in the Wiimote, so all you have to do is store them by wrapping them in two rolls of gaffers tape and put them in a lead lockbox. Or take out the batteries ;) The sensor bar just casts infrared light.

  10. Re:WTF is a Sol? on Mars Rovers Celebrate Their 1000th Sol On Mars · · Score: 0

    I believe the usage of the term here to describe a mission that involves the context of both Earth and Mars is clearly ambiguous. They should have just said "martian days" or "days."

  11. WTF is a Sol? on Mars Rovers Celebrate Their 1000th Sol On Mars · · Score: 4, Informative

    From TFA, "A sol is a Martian day, which lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds."

  12. Re:It's all about the interface on Apple Orders 12 Million iPhones · · Score: 1

    It's learning voice recognition, right? I was under the impression you could be speaking Japanese and it would still work. Not the case?

  13. Re:Will this one implode too? on Apple Orders 12 Million iPhones · · Score: 1

    Where do you want 'em manufactured, Detroit?

  14. Re:It's all about the interface on Apple Orders 12 Million iPhones · · Score: 1

    No, even if you store them on your phone as opposed to the sim card they show up as multiple entries.

  15. Re:Ho hum... on Gears of War's Epic History · · Score: 1

    Yeah, though it may actually be fun to play.

  16. WTF? on Is Computer Science Still Worth It? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this supposed to suggest that we're somehow "done" with computer science? Application is great and all, but it has basis in constantly evolving theory, just like in any basic science.

    Don't be fooled. Application is important, but try doing your physics homework without understanding the underlying theory and see how far you get. If you want to be respected in the industry, and if you want to find a lifetime in computer technology fulfilling, get a degree in computer science.

    If your career aspiration is "high paid code monkey," then ignore this post.

  17. Re:This is on the front page of slashdot why? on Demo Virus For Mac OS X Released · · Score: 1

    I think that's my new favorite ANYTHING. EVER.

  18. A Few Good Men on Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary · · Score: 1

    Jo: I object!
    Judge: Overruled!
    Jo: I STRENUOUSLY object!

  19. oops, small typo on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    I wish I had the guts to post misdirected, uninformed rage with enough courage to attach my name to it.

    There, fixed it.

  20. Re:NPR abusing taxpayer money. on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    Why are so many sheeple stumping for NPR on this site? I would have expected better from a technically-minded site like Slashdot.

    To complement your confusion, I'm wondering where the outrage against NPR is coming from. Are you saying that because XM is more technologically advanced approach deserves some sort of immunity from criticism?

    XM is breaking the law, right?. NPR is protecting their interests and the interests of their contributors (listeners, corporations, Uncle Sam) by suing. What does it matter if tax dollars contribute to NPR? Does that remove the ability for NPR to run their organization? Is this protection not necessary?

    The airwaves are still a public trust. XM can't just do whatever the fuck it wants with them. There are rules.

  21. Re:Think of the children on NPR Finds XM's Achilles Heel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And why is public broadcasting using public funds to research FM modulators. I don't want donate to that research.

    Government assistance only makes up a portion of NPR's funds. The rest comes from the support of its listeners and its advertisers. NPR spends that money investigating the news. That's what this is.

  22. Re:For the love! on Take-Two Loses Another Round in Court · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hypothetical.

    I make furniture, but as a joke, I paint erotic pictures on the wood under the upholstery. Now, as long as people use it as furniture and don't take apart the product, no harm done.

    Am I selling porn?

  23. Yeah but... on Apple Should Get Out of Hardware? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wasn't Apple, like, actually doomed in '97?

  24. Re:Simple Child Care on School Bans 'Tag' · · Score: 4, Funny

    My kids will play a variant of paintball without the gun but keeping the goggles. I'll call it goggles...game...thing. Whatever. It's safer.

  25. It was a nice run on DVDs w/ Built in USB Ports for Copy Protection · · Score: 4, Funny

    Goddamnit. They've done it. They've ended DVD piracy.