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  1. Re:Hopefully there's a silver lining on Judge Rules WoW Bot Violates DMCA · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope - the fish can still escape you. In the racial starter areas the fish are quite easy to find and you won't lose many there after skill 30 or so.

    Also - you still need to get the books and teachers to raise your profession level.

  2. Slashdot to the rescue on Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption · · Score: 1

    Did we slashdot the volcano or just the observatory?

  3. Re:And the previous owner was? on US Army Files Found On Second-Hand MP3 Player · · Score: 1

    To be honest, if I were such a spy, I would at least give the files a .mp3 extension. I don't know how spies work, but it's still plausible.

    Are you kidding? Extraordinary rendition is not as bad as messing with the RIAA.

  4. Re:Think Of The Children! on Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They even have a page where teens ask question regarding sex and their bodies and are answered by a doctor. It's called Ask Dr. Sommer and has been around since at least the early 80s.

    I can't recall anyone making a fuss about that. Most German teen mags have a similar page.

    And yes, the name is Bravo. We grew up with it and then grew out of it. It's considered a normal state of mental development, the Bravo-age.

  5. Re:Presumptive admission of guilt on Breathalyzer Source Code Ruling Upheld · · Score: 1

    I've often wondered: What if you ate a piece of chocolate containing brandy and got some into the wrong throat? The Breathalyzer should go haywire on the concentrated alcohol you breath up, shouldn't it?

    Does anyone know how these situations are prevented, if at all?

    Breathalyzers have recently replaced blood tests in Germany and the result is that if people loose their licence because of a DUI they can blame the breathalyzer and get commiserated instead of scorned as before. DUI is now treated like speeding - a way to make money from drivers.

  6. Re:I've heard enough about the RIAA on RIAA's Request For Appeal Denied In Thomas Case · · Score: 1

    6. Book deal, movie deal, well-paid position when some sort of corporate or political Anti-RIAA crops up, a really good offer from the RIAA....

  7. Re:Multiple interpretations on The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead · · Score: 1

    Should have tried the demo first.

    I wanted to have Doom 3, too after I upgraded my graphics card. Thankfully, it was a weekend so I downloaded the demo. The third time a mob spawned inside me, so I could see only part of its polys while it was merrily shooting away at me, I decided Doom 3 did not fit my mode of play, deleted it and turned back to Deus Ex.

  8. Re: Dropping Anchor on Mediterranean Undersea Cables Cut, Again · · Score: 4, Informative

    Umm... just how deep do you think the Mediterranean Sea is?

    Apparently 20,000 leagues.

    20k leagues under the sea is not referring to the actual depth but to the distance covered during the trip.

  9. Re:Not astonishingly suprising... on Hacked Business Owner Stuck With $52k Phone Bill · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I was thinking the exact same thing. It's like avoiding a certain doctor because you found out he had gotten sick. OP must be pretty simple minded.

    Rather like avoiding a doctor who got sick because he did not keep basic hygiene rules.

  10. Re:Oblig. Daniel Plainview post on Drilling Hits an Active Magma Chamber In Hawaii · · Score: 1

    So that's what they served me when I ordered a strawberry flavoured hot chocolate. I did wonder why it took ages to cool down to a drinkable temperature.

  11. Re:I'm glad I'm not a Hoosier on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 0, Troll

    Note to the mods- "Hoosier" is not an insult

    It's a sad comment on the state of Slashdot's moderation system when you have to preemptively explain a fairly common phrase you used because you have a reasonable expectation that someone will mistake it for "flamebait."

    Imagine - there are people on Slashdot who are not American at all. I have a good grasp of English language colloquialisms (mostly BE, though) and I didn't know that one.

  12. Re:Mmm... on A Web App For Real-Time Collaborative Writing · · Score: 1

    He did not see the yellow eyes watching him from the edge of the forest. For a moment the storm chased the clouds away and the full moon shone on the land.

  13. Re:Like to see this replicated on German Doctor Cures an HIV Patient With a Bone Marrow Transplant · · Score: 3, Informative

    They can't be vectors because the viruses have no chance to multiply in their bodies and die fast.

    Same thing as with other viral diseases like measles, flu oder German measles. If you get the inoculation ratio high enough you have herd immunity. It's how smallpox was eradicated. Measles are supposed to go next. Flu has too many varieties for this to work but I hear a new vaccine is under development that works with all strains.

  14. Re:One man army? on NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations · · Score: 1

    As much as I respect NYCL, the reason you don't see more like him is that it doesn't pay. Being noble is difficult when it effects your ability to feed your kids.

    Huh? He is still getting paid handsomely for his services.

    His ability to feed all the kids a man can father is certainly not in any danger. He might have chosen to work for someone enabling him to feed his kids beluga caviar each day, but he will not go broke any day soon.

  15. Re:due vs. undue stress on NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations · · Score: 1

    We were impressed by their ability to talk and relate to us as adults and to have reasonable, well thought out conversations.

    How about their ability to talk and relate to their peers? What you are describing is a typical sign of an outsider youth. More relations to adults than to kids of their age.

    Why not kill the poor sods outright before they run amok. The best they can hope for is an accident instead of suicide.

  16. never get to France on French Senate Passes Anti-Piracy Internet Cut-Off Law · · Score: 1

    So for every 3 comments you read on Slashdot, your access gets cut of for a year? Each comment is copyrighted and you never paid the copyright holder.

    And who says you have downloaded something in the first place? This would be the perfect moment for all big media to branch out into webdesign and similar as they can effectively wipe out all competition be declaring the filesharers 3 times.

  17. Re:The bigger controversy on Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy · · Score: 1

    like when you just saved a crappy town and the guard is thanking you and then calling you scum while arresting you because someone literally ran into your line of fire during the mass battle and there's a bounty on your head.

    It's still fun though. I'll give Fallout 3 a trial run and buy it if that info about avoiding securom is true. However - if Betheseda does not give us mod tools before Christmas, I don't think they'll so much as break even on this game. It's the mods as well as the modding that makes Oblivion so great.

  18. Re:Theoretical Theology on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    If there were an experiment that could prove the existence or nonexistence of god, it'd be worth $8 TRILLION!

    I think the best we can do is an experiment to prove that we cannot prove or disprove the existence of god.

    However - take one look at Stephen Hawking. There is a god and he's got a mean sense of humour. It's also solid evidence he gets ratted out of his divine mind sometimes.

  19. Obvious reference on LHC Success! · · Score: 1

    The universe was all destroyed in one go.

    But it came back in one go - I can tell by looking, you know.

  20. Re:Wait, what, man? on WCG Tournament Director Admits Drugs In E-Sports · · Score: 1

    These advantages are offset by the 50-line ASCII art comments I insert and the functions named "dogg_butt()" and "jibblejobble(int whaaaaat)." So, there are pros and cons.

    Are you sure those are the effects of the drug? I do exactly the same when coding while seriously tired. My code is usually brilliant at these times, but don't ask me to speak to someone, because I am apparently incoherent.

    It's certainly not some delayed drug effect, as I - as a personal choice - do not smoke, drink alcohol at all or do any drugs. I drink coffee and coke, but not enough to be out of my mind.

    The state is somewhat zen-like - the code just flows, even difficult algorithms just translate into working code without having to think much about it.

  21. Re:How to fix this: on Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks · · Score: 2, Informative

    You have problems....

    Surely - because with Adblock you block AFTER you have seen the Flash. So unless the Flash comes from an already blocked source (*.doubleclick.com?) it will already have done its evil magic.

    Only if you block all Flash you did not specifically allow you are clear. NoScript should work, then.

    And some of us have to develop in Flash (stupid designer - stupid clients) so NoScript is out of the question.

  22. Simply on Digitizing Rare Vinyl · · Score: 1

    DownThemAll A list of links - how very convenient.

  23. I have a cheaper way on Ohio Researchers Advance Heat Reclamation Technologies · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just attach a generator to the lower jaws to my husband and his mother. The energy they produce by moaning about the heat should cool the whole of Cologne for the summer.

  24. Win XP 64 on A Video Game To Teach AP Level Immunology · · Score: 1

    This game does not install on Win XP 64 (de). It says the game needs Windows XP. I assume it will not run under Vista either.

  25. Re:But on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 1

    Not just that but there is something seriously wrong with that archangel, Tyrael. I bet he had his own reasons for destroying the world stone and they are not good. Didn't Izzy hint at something there?
    Funnily enough I started a new game just yesterday.