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  1. Re:ST theme became clear the other day on New Heinlein Novel · · Score: 1

    All politicians should have to have given their lives in combat first! Hey, if Heinlein can come back, what's to stop the Illuminati from ressurecting dead combat veterans to run for office?

  2. Re:What's the big deal? on Photographer Fired For Digitally Altering Photo · · Score: 2, Informative

    you actually misread what the guy said. he was trying to ascertain whether "you" (the slashdot crowd) thought folks that *didn't* use red-eye reduction should be fired. try reading it again.

  3. Re:the "normal laws of science reporting" on More on Lenses with a Negative Index of Refraction · · Score: 1

    I haven't read the article, but I'd guess the person writing it got confused with "light normally doesn't converge through a flat lens", or something like that.

  4. Re:So now we need to subscribe on Slashdot Subscribers Now See The Future · · Score: 1

    of course, there's the possibility that the /. effect may actually subside more quickly (from the point of view of us non-paying plebes)

  5. Re:Domain Registration is second best net business on Amazon Becomes Domain Name Registrar · · Score: 1

    well if that's the case, when is Micro$oft going to enter into the market?

  6. Re:believe it or not on A 1974 Review of D&D · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uhhhh. TSR has been out of business for years. It's been Wizards of the Coast since then, and (imo) they've actually done a reasonably good job of putting life back in the system.

  7. trying to lighten things a bit -- on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 0

    looks like they forgot their carbon rod. or... gee, another repost from CowboyNeal! or... when's /. going to stop posting OLD news?! didn't this happen, like, 17 years ago?? :sigh:

  8. Re:Have you ever seen some people's email? on Large File Problems in Modern Unices · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree with MS on this one. government employees shouldn't be allowed to hold their positions for longer than a year. DOWN WITH GOVERNMENTAL CORRUPTION! ... :)

  9. Re:Ants? on Ants... In... Space · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I was simply segueing off of your commentary. I said a lot more (in this post) and decided I was being stupid. la la la. :)

  10. Re:Ants? on Ants... In... Space · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have to say, I think the israeli chemical garden (as scary as that title may be) is by FAR the best thought out of the bunch. Most of them are "gee, let's see if this creature turns out or acts any different, just because, well, they might". The chemical garden is nifty in that it actually gives scientific explanations as to what might change, and why -- multiple hypotheses, even. la la la.

  11. Re:this reminds me of that crappy 'tekwar' series on Deadly Perversions · · Score: 1

    tek* is actually a series of books. gotta love william shatner. :cough: however, I'd have to say that people dying from computer viruses is likely *not* the stupidest thing you've heard. admittedly, the technology of the books was difficult to accept -- if I remember right, they were basically goggles that "programmed" you optically. but say we jump the optical thing and plug straight into the neurons. computer viruses frying the hardware (wetware) in such a situation is a common thread.

  12. Re:The "More is Better" School of Statistics on Fast CD-R Drives Make For Twice the Piracy · · Score: 1

    yeah, I love the drug thing -- supply and demand. The more we bust, the more it costs street value. They're just bragging at what they've brought street value up to (or quality down to, depending...)

  13. Re:perhaps they used the same math.. on Fast CD-R Drives Make For Twice the Piracy · · Score: 1

    I've always felt that 2+2=6 for sufficiently large values of 2. or even better, 1+1=4 for sufficiently large values of 1. Hmm.

  14. Re:What I got on Company Christmas Gifts / Bonuses? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that's funny -- I got my christmas bonus six months early! :/

  15. Re:Ouch! on Motorcyclists To Get Wearable Airbags · · Score: 1

    lane sharing is perfectly legal in california, and generally encouraged given long-standing traffic congestion. (at least, encouraged on the biker's part, not on the car's part). What's really nice is when you can get behind a police biker, because cars really make room for them. :)

  16. Re:I love my provider on How Much Do You Pay to Host Your Website? · · Score: 1

    I got a call from pacbell a few weeks ago saying they were just getting dsl in my area. I told them I already had 768 sync from speakeasy and they said "oh, never mind," and hung up. I've got no complaints with se. :)

  17. Re:LargeCorp ++ Lawyer != Logic on MS Asking Makers of 'Windows' Software To Rename · · Score: 1

    largcorp ++ lawyer doesn't even parse. :/

  18. Re:it's 06:50am on Mini PC in an Actual Lunchbox · · Score: 0

    03:55 here (other side of the US). I haven't seen any slashdot posts about life... maybe you should submit it. :)

  19. Re:Little Jonny starves to death... on Mini PC in an Actual Lunchbox · · Score: 2, Funny

    contents may provide food for mind, none for belly choose wisely my son

  20. Re:For less than $300,000... on Coolest Cluster Ever · · Score: 0

    hmm. super-hi-res realtime 3d fractal tripper toy. :)

  21. Re:Not that impressive on Coolest Cluster Ever · · Score: 0

    or more importantly, generally *unused* for productivity. ;)

  22. re: your sig on Bringing Back the PDP8 · · Score: 0

    thanks, I didn't know about the | in vi. learn something new every few weeks, still... [and it's been about 3 years]

  23. Re:So, MS will just buy the opera browser... on Opera, Microsoft, and the Mobile Browser Market · · Score: 0

    pride? since when has microsoft not been all about buying out and squashing all competition? microsoft has no *pride*.

  24. world of warcraft on Living with Darth Vader · · Score: 0

    just... had to be mentioned. still no release date. la la la.

  25. Re:HP/lift: fanwing vs. cessna on Fanwing Planes? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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