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  1. Re:Finally... on SCO Ordered to Produce Evidence · · Score: 1

    If you own SCO stock, I'd advise dumping and running now.

    dude this is slashdot. NEWS NEWS NEWS for nerds. mmmkay. we figure already.

  2. Re:group theory on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 1

    damnit that should have been a party of hadrons going to work in a tunnel. it's friday night ok. i've been knee deep in users all week and now i'm pissed.

  3. Re:group theory on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 1

    damnit that should have been a party of hardons going to work in a tunnel

  4. Re:group theory on So You Think Physics is Funny? · · Score: 1

    Q: What's purple and commutes?

    A party of dicks going to work in the tunnel?

  5. Re:Bill Gates once said... on The Most Incorrect Assumptions In Computing? · · Score: 1

    He did say that 16-bit cpus were enough for desktops tho'

  6. anyone..anyone.. on Stealth Inflation · · Score: 1

    voodoo economics!

  7. by 2020... on BT's Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    ...we'll have unslashdottable servers

  8. Re:56K limit... on Where Are The Founders Of The Dial-Up Revolution? · · Score: 1

    why do you drop the bit? is this because of fcc regulation of 53k?

  9. Re:56K limit... on Where Are The Founders Of The Dial-Up Revolution? · · Score: 1

    some good information here.

    however, i understood it that the theoretical maximum for an analog phone line is 64kbps (8khz sampling rate, 8bit ulaw encoded samples).

  10. Re:Too bad about these guys.... on Where Are The Founders Of The Dial-Up Revolution? · · Score: 1

    I remember cruising along with my 1200 baud modem

    Lemme see here. You were in a car, with a modem, looking for chicks?

  11. Re:Ok let me get this straight.... on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cables like the TAT-14 don't stay unfixed just because someone in management is lazy.

    no, but they do if it's up to the French to fix it.

  12. quick... on Ars Dissects POWER5, UltraSparc IV, and Efficeon · · Score: 1


    ...ship them some super fast cpus for their web server - it's smokin'

  13. As We May Think - Vannavar Bush on Great Computer Science Papers? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oft cited classic paper As We May Think.

  14. Re:Well on Nintendo To Launch New Machine Next Year? · · Score: 1

    they were probably thrown off by the spelling mistake!

  15. Re:Well, this is a good place to start on Toshiba Pushes Safe, Small Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alaskan homes need a lot of heating.

    someone should send them a couple of athlons for xmas.

  16. Re:VerySued.Com on ICANN Asks VeriSign To Stop DNS Wildcarding · · Score: 1

    VeryHigh...

    Oh, SCO seems to own that one already.

  17. Re:Is this designed just to piss us off? on More on BTX Motherboards · · Score: 1

    they put the interface cards on the other side of the motherboard

    Depends on which way you look at it. I'd say the layout is more flipped around the vertical (tower mount assumed) rather than the horizontal (which opposite side would be).

    The gay cooling duct module is going to make it a pain to get into your system to add memory or change jumpers around

    Not so. The ducting on Dell units is simple to remove.

    the last thing we need is to go back to the days where we had to worry about PCI/ISA/VLB with the parts we buy

    You don't. Just buy PCI-X.

  18. BBC also has the story on Tech Rich Get Richer · · Score: 2, Informative
  19. Re:Objectives on Top 10 Reasons for a Space Program · · Score: 1

    Goddammit no! We've got the ISS which is just sucking money and a mission to Mars would just cost to much at the present time. This is just political bullshit. We need to spend the time, money and effort making the whole thing cheaper, easier and most of all an entirely everyday thing. We must learn to walk before we run.

  20. All together now... on Anniversary of the First Computer Bug · · Score: 1


    99 little bugs in the code,
    99 bugs in the code,
    fix one bug, compile it again,
    101 little bugs in the code.
    101 little bugs in the code,....

  21. Re: Bang on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: -1, Troll

    Am I trolling if I say this is one for the girls...

  22. Re:"earlier this month" on IBM's Billy Goat Squashes Worms · · Score: 1

    We used to have a saying when I was younger - "My face, your bum". No I mean, "Your bum, my face". Goddammit never could get the hang of that one. Ah "Your bum, my face". That was it.

  23. Re:Oh, man on NEC to Introduce 3D Laptop Next Year? · · Score: 1

    business as usual on slashdot then!

  24. Re:Good on Microsoft Tracking Behavior of Newsgroup Posters · · Score: 1

    My other personality keeps modding me overated. When I get my hands on him...

  25. something's gonna pop on Georgy Tells Why She Should Be California Gov · · Score: 2, Funny

    although she's not afraid to tackle that issue head-on, too

    georgy..head..georgy..head..stop it godammit.