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  1. Re:Like it matters. on One Last New Episode of Futurama · · Score: 1

    Psuedo-Japanese, you idiot.

  2. Re:Chapter 10: Learning Hindi or Russian on The Career Programmer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nonsense. They're completely different. Myself, I'm thinking of moving to New Zealand so I can brush up on my Australian.

  3. Re:Rating on Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules · · Score: 1

    Some people feel awkward rating anything 10 ever because (if taken incredibly literally) it means that there is no book which can ever be better than this book.

  4. Some incentives for public domain art. on How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1) The desire for fame.
    2) The desire to make good Music "just for fun."
    3) Music for contract. Like an ad, for instance. I can't see why companies would mind an ad being copied endlessly.
    4) Writing for performances. You can copy a song, but you can't copy a concert.

    Copyright Law does have a place, though. I'll give you that. (It's got some incredible flaws, but it has a place.)

  5. Re:It's not poetry on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't make me cool, and I know that. But I've contemplated that it might be easier than scheduling a viewing with an adult. I'd probably never sneak in though, and I only have to wait until November when I'll be 17, and just hope its in theaters then.

    And yes, Mr. Mildly-agressive-troll, this country is lame. But I suppose most countries suffer this lameness.

  6. Re:It's not poetry on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen the movie yet. (Under 17, and haven't had the energy to find an over-18-er or sneak in.)

    I just like the word Ergo, and have been using since before the movie came out. It's shorter than therefore, by five letters.

  7. Re:Call me a cynic, but... on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 1

    I read the poems before the website died. They're pretty good. And voting isn't really completely contradictory with the Evolution.

    In Evolution, the organisms interact with their environment, and those with interact best thrive. In reality, the environment tend to be other organisms, and the geology and climate of the area. Here, for better effect, humans are the environment, and

  8. Re:poetry generated by... on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 2, Informative

    While cells typically reproduce by splitting in half and copying the contents to each half, this is a sloppy method for making complex organisms, and doesn't produce the genetic variety one might like.

    Sexual Reproduction is the proccess by which a cell splits WITHOUT copying its contents. The half cell then meets another half cell, which fuse to form a new cell with a brand new genetic code which contains a 50-50 mix of each former cell.

    This method is used to perfection in multicellular organisms. Each half-cell is prepared especially to do its job, and when they unite, the cell begins to rapidly divide and reproduce using the traditional Asexual Reproduction method, but while still remaining in contact with its "brother cells."

    Slight chemichal variations causes each cell to utilize its genetic code differently, and the cells become specialized. The cells eventually form a gigantic single organism formed of millions and millions of cells working together in tandem.

    "Sex" is the proccess by which these organisms send the "half-DNA cells" (or gametes) to each other. In humans, (to pick a species at random) the proccess involves two humans of opposite "gender" (each gender produces a different form of gamete, and the opposite kinds have to come together for the proccess to work) line up their bodies. After the male's body is stimulated, the male's gamete enters the female's body, where the cell, equipped with a flagella, approaches the female's gamete. After the cells unite, the newly formed organism grows in the female for approximately 24 Megaseconds (9 "months"), after which the organism exits the female's body.

    Typically, for approximately 560 Megaseconds (18 "years"), the organism is often under the gaurdianship of the parent organisms.

  9. Re:It's not poetry on Darwinian Poetry: From Bad to Verse · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except this IS made by Humans. We're doing the selecting, ergo we're making it, just as we made Dogs.

    So of course it's not the same as "Natural Selection," but it's still pretty evolution-like.

    And at any rate, it is fastly approaching coherence, and I think it IS art. Before it got slashdotted, I saw grammar, and stuff sort of made coherent sense, in a moody surreal sort of way.

  10. Re:Constitutionally Protected in some places... on Flash Mobs: Peaceable Assembly for Spontaneous Fun · · Score: 1
    That's the fourteenth amendment. Tenth says that powers not specifically delegated to the Federal Government belong to the States and/or the People.
    No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
    ...is what you're looking for.
  11. Re:It's like sex... on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    "The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, in so far as possible, the killing of civilians."

  12. Re:The GPL is like a Vaccine on LGPL is Viral for Java · · Score: 1

    Err, no. All works are automatically covered under copyright. But authors can un-copyright it, if that's what they want.

  13. Re:First Spelling Mistage Post on Philip K. Dick Speaks (Sorta) · · Score: 1

    Two words:

    "Grammer Syndrome."

  14. Re:Useful things for the interstellar hitchhiker on Duct Tape Goes Minature · · Score: 1

    It's prefect. Ford Prefect.

  15. Re:If only... on Can Open Source Save Hardware? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh, it's possible, it's just that "compiling" hardware is harder than software, and you can't distribute hardware as easily, either. You share the schematics and stuff.

  16. Re:I HEAR ITS BIG AT MICROSOFT on Which Organizations Have Standardized on Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft uses IE for their Email? WOW! I never knew IE was an Email Client! I could've sworn it was a web browser. Well, live and learn, I suppose.

  17. Re:Why are 17" PC Notebooks heavier than MACs? on Toshiba Introduces A 17"-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    It's like the word "DOS." There's plenty of Operating Systems named DOS (Apple used one, for a bit) but when in doubt it is short for "MS-DOS."

    Likewise, PC can be short for "IBM PC Clone." Maybe it shouldn't, but it is.

  18. Hallejujah! Iframes don't suck anymore!!! on Mozilla 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    In prior versions, for a moment while iframes had new content loaded into them, the screen was black. Very distracting for websites which use iframes.

    NO LONGER!!

  19. Re:It's full of hex! on A Critical Look at Trusted Computing · · Score: 2, Interesting
    More like Unicode, and it doesn't look entirely random.

    This is pretty much what it says, save for a the stuff at the end. Format is unicode.

    [%s] & Bd[%s] values for User Name text OK description ... Unexpected type [%s]
    What with all those [%s]s everywhere, it seems like it has some sort of a practical purpose, although it isn't "code" per se.
  20. Re:It's full of hex! on A Critical Look at Trusted Computing · · Score: 1

    You can also see the text "User Name", so yeah, that sounds reasonable.

  21. Using "preview" is dying. on Debian And The Rise of Linux · · Score: 1
    You don't need to be a Kreskin to figure out that using "preview" is dying.

    Lets keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Slashdot leader Coyboy Neal says that there are 40 people at Slashdot who use preview. How many previewers at other forums are there? Well, lets see. The ratio of crap on other forums to Slashdot is 2. Ergo, there are 20 people on other forums who use preview. A recent article said that Wikis take up 50% of the previewing market. Therefore, 60 people on Wikis preview, totaling to a mere 120 previewers.

    All major surveys show that previewing has rapidly decereased in popularity. If previewing continues at all it will be about grammar nazis, Wiki freaks, and hobbyists. For all pratical purposes, previewing is dead.

  22. Re:This reeks of SCIFI on The Real Reason for Sending Astronauts into Space · · Score: 1

    Yes, well, I'm pretty sure accenting the first syllable is the default accent in English.

  23. Re:Knoppix on Debian And The Rise of Linux · · Score: 1

    They took that out in version 3.2 because "GNOME is stupid." Knoppix 3.1 can't be too bad, though. (And being 3.1 allows you to make any number of cheesy Windows 3.1 jokes, like how Knoppix 95 should be coming out soon or something.)

  24. We're all dying, man. on Debian And The Rise of Linux · · Score: 1
  25. Re:I want to believe. on Windows Tech Writer Looks at Linux · · Score: 1

    Most slashdotters use Windows for one reason or another, but they many still appreciate the simple beauty of a command prompt.

    Of course, DOS != cmd.exe