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  1. WTF? Turkeys can't fly!

  2. Re:Simple on Microsoft, Partners Probed Over Bribery Claims · · Score: 1

    Exactly. That would be the only reason U.S. federal authorities even care about this, it's not like they have any jurisdiction in those countries.

  3. Damn! on The Nuking of Duke Nukem · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew I shouldn't have pre-ordered back in 1999.

  4. Re:Arrogant Power Play on Arrington's CrunchPad Dies · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:library of congress on How Heavy Is a Petabyte? · · Score: 1

    and since E=mC^2

    177,249 gigajoules/C^2 ~= 1.97 milligrams

  6. Re:Agreed, but engineers still use Fortran on Should Undergraduates Be Taught Fortran? · · Score: 1
    I used both Matlab and Fortran in school. I would say that Matlab is more C like in it's syntax, and considerably easier to write number crunching code. I remember having to write subroutines in Fortran that were merely a function call in Matlab, granted, several of the Matlab toolboxes were available to me, but I had to wrtite everything from scratch in Fortran.

    I think that's why schools are still teaching Fortran, they are actually teaching numerical methods, not just programming, at least in the engineering programs. In fact, Numerical Methods was the title of my first Fortran class.

  7. Re:Gee, thanks for the notice on Leap Second To Be Added Dec 31, 2008 · · Score: 1

    What are you complaining about? They gave you about 259,200s notice.

  8. Let me see ... on States Throw Out Electronic Voting Machines · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wide use of these machines was adopted in the 2000 election: Winner=George Bush

    Even more are used in the 2004 election: Winner=George Bush

    Now they throw them out just in time for the 2008 election because George Bush might win again if they didn't.

  9. Signature? on Are Contactless Payments Really Secure? · · Score: 1

    Visa, for instance, doesn't require your signature for purchases at or below $25. You don't need a signature for purchases > $25 either, just buy something online.
  10. Re:Hope it doesn't pass away on Is Gentoo in crisis? · · Score: 1

    Neither do I, I was a gentoo user since version 1.1a (2002 I think) and loved it, but I have recently switched to ubuntu. I switched because I was seeing broken packages in portage, and because of package bloat, I no longer had the time to wait for everything to compile, also my boxen were beginning to show their age. But I'm a much smarter linux user, and a better admin, because of gentoo. If it was easier to install pre-compiled packages I might not have switched at all. I have (mostly) fond memories of gentoo, and hope it's development continues, especially on portage.

  11. All email is stored on someone elses computer! on Government Has a Right to Read Your Email? · · Score: 1

    Federal prosecutors say they don't need a search warrant to read your e-mail messages if those messages happen to be stored in someone else's computer. My ISP doesn't allow me to run my own mail server, so all my email gets stored on their computers. Additionally, the email resides (at least temporarily) on both the sender's and receiver's computer. One of which is likely to be someone elses computer, if we're not talking about intra-organizational email.
  12. Take all the time you need on Slashdot Posting Bug Infuriates Haggard Admins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take all the time you need, I'm more than willing to refrain from posting durin.... Oh shit!

  13. He realized on SunnComm Reconsiders Lawsuit Threat · · Score: 1

    ... that he could use the shift key to shift is attitude.

  14. OK, but on Track a Soda Can with GPS? · · Score: 1

    they're going to have to dig that can out of the backseat of my car themselves.

  15. Re:Hired or not hired... on Open Source/Proprietary - An Issue of Two Codebases? · · Score: 1

    I see your point, but if the code written before he's hired is GPL'd, then isn't the code written after he's hired derived from the former, where it would also have to be GPL'd?

  16. Military Intelligence on US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    ... is proven yet again.

  17. does this mean ... ? on Google Tries To Silence IPO Rumours · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that Slashdot made first post on Google?

  18. Re:Dangers of "Opting Out" on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    I'm not "replying" to the sender, I'm bouncing it as undeliverable. Just as would happen if my email address no longer exists.

    It may indeed use some bandwith, I'm not real familiar with how an MTA handles undeliverable mail, and I don't do it with every unwanted message, just the most anoying and frequent ones.

  19. Re:Dangers of "Opting Out" on First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed · · Score: 1

    I Agree that "click to remove" just validates the email address to the spammer.

    Since I started using Kmail, I just use the option to bounce the message back.

  20. microsof... oops, wrong thread on Technologies that Have Exceeded Their Expectations? · · Score: 1

    eom

  21. Key? on Building a Better Back Button · · Score: 1
    'Net surfers use the back button more than any other key.

    I never did have a "Back" key on my keyboard.

  22. Re:Damn skippy! on California EULA Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    But think of all the game sales to minors that would be lost because their signature is not legally binding.

  23. Excellent on ElcomSoft Verdict: Not Guilty · · Score: 1
    After much wrangling among attorneys over the definition of the word "willful," the judge told jurors that in order to find the company guilty, they must agree that company representatives knew their actions were illegal and intended to violate the law.

    Me: Gee officer, I wasn't speeding willfully.

    Officer: Move along

  24. I can't resist on IBM Wants CPU Time To Be A Metered Utility · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you imagine a Bowulf cluster of these.

  25. frozen water ice? on Galileo's Flyby of Almathea · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that anything like unfrozen ice water?