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  1. Preferences on Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other? · · Score: 1


    I always knew that penguins prefer to eat small and soft fishes than Apples ;)

  2. Still Happy ? on 25 Best Linux Games · · Score: 1


    The Linux Game Tome has announced the winners of the Happypenguin Awards

    Is the penguin happy about the /. effect ? ;)

  3. This is what happens... on Potato Bazookas · · Score: 1


    ...if you lock up a geek in a hardware store without internet. ;)

  4. Question on Long Computer Sessions Could Cause Blood Clots · · Score: 2, Funny


    The Australian reports that extended stints in front of the computer can cause blood clots to form such as those that occur from Deep Vein Thrombosis

    How about if I use 2 computers ? Will it cause blood clots ?
    How about 3 computers ?
    How about 4 ?
    . .
    . .
    . .
    How about 100000 ?[typing with one hand on chest]
    How about 100001 ?
    How about 100002 ?
    . .
    . .
    . .
    How about 100945 ?
    How abo

  5. Dear /. editors on Why VHS Was Better Than Betamax · · Score: 3, Informative


    Here is a crash course tutorial on how not to repeat stories on Slashdot. This tutorial comes FREE(as in beer) of cost !

    1. After you have decided on the story, point your URL to http://slashdot.org.

    2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page you see.

    3. Locate the text box on the left. Make sure that there is a button titled "Search" on to it's right.

    4. Choose some keywords from the article, and type them out in the text box. If you need a tutorial on how to select keywords, quit this job.

    5. Now click the search button and wait for the results. Among the results, see if any articles have been posted before.

    Yes, it's that simple ! Example query listing is here

  6. Possible ? on Lifetime Careers in IT? · · Score: 4, Funny


    Yes, here are a few ways you can make it happen right now.

    1. Take an electric cable and fit a plug on one end. Put the plug into an electric socket. Hold the other ends of two wires in your hands. Switch on the power supply and you can see Lifetime IT career reaching you soon at electric speed.

    2. Take your server machine to the topmost floor. Tell your assistant to put down the server in five minutes. Go down to the ground floor and stand right below the server. Within five minutes, you can achieve lifetime IT career falling into you.

    3. Disassemble all the parts of your computer. Eat the parts in the following order. Processor, RAM, Video Card, Audio Card, Motherboard. This method is so special that you can get rid of your hunger at the same time you acheive lifetime IT career. wow !

    That's all for the trial version. For full version of advice, please register at http://lifetimeITcareers.gotse.cx. Hope you enjoyed our tips. We wish you good luck !

  7. Introducing Slashdot Server Benchmarks on Archive.org Deploys Macromedia Software Titles · · Score: 5, Funny

    INTERNET Jan 29: Today Popular News Website Slashdot announced the Slashdot Server Benchmarking System. From their FAQ:

    How do we use your system ?
    We provide this service as a tool for analyzing the strength of your server. To use our service, simply pick up a random story from the internet and send it to us. We will post the story and the time taken to bring down your server is inversely proportional to the strength of your server. For best results, choose stories that contain evil news about M$, RIAA or USPTO. For advanced options...

    Slashdot demonstrated their system by posting links from Archive.org. The site was brought down in less than a minute. Many server manufacturers all over the world thanked Slashdot for providing such a wonderful service. "We see this as an opportunity to serve news to the world and testing our servers at the same time...", said Slash Dottroll, Product Manager at IBM Server Division.

  8. Re:AI? on Tetris AI System · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Its not like its trying to guess what move a human is going to do next then place a piece.

    Your view suggests that playing two-player games like Chess is the only application of AI. Although this is the most popular application of AI, it also has various applications in problem solving, belief networks, fuzzy control, theorem proving and lots more.

    I dont think so. Just a lot of caculations.

    Actually every application of AI is just a lot of calculations. Even when a human plays, the neural networks inside the brain does just a lot of calculations based on wieghts to make the move.

  9. But the point is... on Tetris AI System · · Score: 2, Funny


    ...whether it can win even if the freaking long piece doesn't come at the right time ;)

  10. Re:Oh but... on Tetris AI System · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Being NP-hard means there are no existing polynomial-time algorithms to find the *optimal* solution. That doesn't mean it is impossible to write a program that can find *good* solutions. Moreover, NP-Hard problems get really impossible for higher instances. For small instances of NP-Hard problems, brute force search is still feasible.

    Another point is that the article you mentioned discusses a restricted version of Tetris.

  11. Problem Solved ? on Google vs. Boilerplate Activism · · Score: 4, Funny


    If making a centralized DB could solve the problem, we wouldn't see so many repeated stories on /. ;)

  12. Google's Mistake ? on LinuxWorld Exhibitors' Responses to Slashdot Questions · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    a Google search with "vulterant" as a keyword returned zero results

    As far as I know, there are at least two pages that which show this word. Looks like Google hasn't updated their cache yet. Here are the links 1 and 2.

  13. So, tell me... on Is Windows Ready For Joe Longneck? · · Score: 1


    ...what's Joe Longkneck using now ? Linux ? Unix ? Minix ? Xix ? Yeah, riiiight !!!

  14. Re:Hello? on Palladium Changes Name · · Score: 2, Funny


    Palladium was simply one of a list of metals that they had used for secure O/S projects.

    What ? Palladium for Open Source Projects ? MS should get *real metal* swords to fight open source... palladium's too light ;)

    Wow Wow.. wait... lemme explain.. tht was... just... a.. joke...ZOOOOM.... [ducks and runs away]

  15. Next /. Poll on HOWTO: Annoy a Spammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you sign up Alan Ralsky yet ?
    * Damn Right
    * No...I suck
    * Not Yet
    * I was busy deleting spam from my inbox
    * I signed up CowBoyNeal instead.
    <vote>
  16. Petition on Ellen Feiss Interview · · Score: 1

    Sign the Ellen Feiss is hot petition ;)

    From the site:
    We, the undersigned, agree that Ellen Feiss, of Apple Computer's "Switch" ad campaign (http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/ellenfeiss.html), is hot. We also agree that we'd like to boink her all night long.

    324 signatures already, let the /. effect begin :)

  17. There is a patch... on Controversy Surrounds Huge IE Hole · · Score: 1


    right here

  18. A similar... on Helping Your Ex-Employer? · · Score: 1


    ...funny thing happened to me today, I haven't had sex for over 5 months, and all of a sudden my ex-Wife calls me and demands (well, it sounded like a demand) that I help her out, because her entire collection of pr0nsites were down. Naturally, she knows that I'm kind person, but boy what attitude, so I did help her save the night. She did not even bother calling me back to thank me, (like if you get laid once, turn to the other chick, as Joe once said) Has anyone else had this happen to them before? What actions did you take?

  19. Snakes and Ladders on Operating Systems Are Irrelevant · · Score: 2, Funny


    "We need Microsoft itself to be the universal stepladder that lets us climb out of our hole and smell the roses"

    So, what are they now ? Universal snake that eats all of us down to the basement ?

  20. Re:Looking for proof. on Halloween VII · · Score: 5, Informative


    Here is a Web Archive link to the MS document that *somewhat* validates the first set of Halloween documents, obtained from the Haloween FAQ.

  21. Trolls Meeting Today on Microsoft takes on PDF · · Score: 0, Troll


    In a significant attempt to improve International Trolling(tm), the Association of Slashdot Trollers (AST) are holding a round-table conference in a mysterious location. This has reflected in the number of score 0 and above comments in /. to as high as 405 of a total of 408 comments.
    Officials of the AST were not available for further comments. However, one of the AST members who happened to be still trolling /. said that "he was appointed by the AST to monitor the mission-critical auto-trolling systems".
    For more info, logon to trollstation.com,
    AOL Keyword: Slashdotroll

  22. Re:more slashdot immaturity on Microsoft Alternative in Extremadura, Spain · · Score: 1

    "The article talks of their problems last spring and how the community banded together to solve them. But the glitches are more an annoyance, [Ana Acevedo, who heads one of the government's document-processing units] said, than a hassle."

    In other words, Microsoft software is terrible and GNU/Linux software is great.


    Yes, that is your conclusion from the above quote. *That* is exactly what an unbiased article should be, it should reflect points from both sides and let the readers decide what they think of the overall situation.

    Also from the article,
    "Consider that there's a lot more to the total cost and value of a product than the initial offering somebody might give you," Smith said. For instance, it is often expensive to find support services for free software, whereas such help comes bundled with the purchase of Windows.

    I take your point that there are blind M$ bashers in /. but this article is not the right one to raise your point upon, IMHO of course.

  23. Overall Performance on Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium? · · Score: 1


    After going through many discussions and FAQs, I am quite convinced that the Palladium is more of a nuisance than a feature. What I am wondering is about how the inclusion of Palladium will affect the overall performance of the system. Won't these encryption, decryption, remote server verification pocedures be time-consuming ? I haven't seen this discussed in most Palladium discussions, may be it's not very significant. But I'm curious...

  24. Just curious... on Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium? · · Score: 1


    What technical details have you been dying to know about Palladium?

    Is Palladium poisonous to human customers ?

  25. /.ed on Microsoft Puts SourceForge Clone Into Beta · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, M$ renamed their project management site to www.got/dotnet.com after the site was heavily /.ed. "The / also represnts the split that /. brought to the site and we're learning from our mistakes", said Miss.Laura Hurlton, M$ spokeswoman who is also a stock photos model...