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  1. Horoscope on The Onion in 2056 · · Score: 1

    Slashdot readers in particular will probably enjoy the Horoscope. It uses the New Revised Standard Zodiac agreed on at WorldCon 2025.

  2. Re:Bah on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    Wow, a talking cat!

  3. Re:Pretty weak so far on Google's New Personalized Homepage · · Score: 3, Funny

    - Doesn't have a big flash-ad at the top.

  4. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 4, Funny

    Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms!

  5. Re:One thing has changed on The Star Wars Money Machine · · Score: 1
    One would think it would be more efficient to ?

    I'm sorry, I don't understand.

  6. Re:Missing an important step. on Apple to Release first Tiger Update · · Score: 0

    I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. That's the only way to be sure

  7. Re:What I do... on Organizing MP3s and Other File Collections? · · Score: 1
    Ah, good point. That wouldn't quite work for the original poster though, as he replaces all non alphanumerics with '_'. You'd end up with spaces instead of apostrophes, for instance.

    As for scp, it should work if you blackslash your spaces:
    scp root@server:~/music/The\ Crystal\ Method\ -\ Vegas/* ./

  8. Re:Orson Scott Card on No Need For Trek Anymore · · Score: 1

    Did you actually read the parent of the comment you replied to? Seriously, go do it now. Or maybe you already have and just don't want to admit you messed up.

  9. Re:True, but... on Hitchhikers Guide Movie Might Become a Trilogy · · Score: 1
    It definitely is in the copy I have. When they teleport to the flying party Agrajag hijacks Arthur. (The party they're at to retrieve part of the Wicket key (The Rory For The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word "Fuck" in a Serious Screenplay. (Which is changed to "Belgium" in the version with the swearing taken out))).

    Of course there could easily be a different version where it IS in "So Long...".

  10. Re:Who? on BBC Apologizes To Who Star · · Score: 1

    I should've never saved you from those seals!

  11. Re:Well... on BitTorrent Inherently Illegal? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is there a source for this? Because I'm on Shaw Cable and BitTorrent still works fine for me.

  12. Re:It's never too late... on Canada Says No To DMCA · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a Canadian I find that very offensive! We're freedom hating socialists and don't you forget it!

  13. Flickr on Yahoo Adds Search for Creative Commons Content · · Score: 2, Informative

    This might have something to do with Yahoo buying Flickr. Flickr is a photolog site that uses creative commons for its users who want to license their pictures (It's quite a good site, I use it myself). Yahoo is now hosting a bunch of creative commons licensed pictures that they'd like to draw attention to.

  14. Re:This is a public service announcement on Firefox and Open Standards the Way Forward · · Score: 2, Funny
    The word is its. He wrote it correctly, why did you have to insert an error?

    Its fun!

  15. Re:Speculation on Google's X Files Vanish · · Score: 5, Funny
    Speculation (Score:4, Informative)
    Re:Speculation (Score:3, Informative)

    Bumbling idiot like a fox!

  16. Re:what a goddamn bad idea on Microsoft's Tray And Play Unveiled · · Score: 1
    Going to DVD only games would be easier but so far no game company wants to take the risk of upsetting the non-dvd owners.

    Just a minor point. Myst 4 is actually DVD only (Which is a good thing, because it takes up 2 DVDs, with a third for Myth 3 thrown in.).

  17. Re:okay i'm confused on Setback for Marvel in NCSoft Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Funny
    Don't worry: Forming your own opinions and thinking for yourself gets easier with practice.

    Yes, forming my own opinions and thinking for myself does get easier with practice.

  18. Re:Three Letters: on Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    It's fun to charter an accountant
    And sail the wide accountancy,
    To find, explore the funds offshore
    And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy!

    It can be manly in insurance.
    We'll up your premium semi-annually.
    It's all tax deductible.
    We're fairly incorruptible,
    We're sailing on the wide accountancy!

  19. Re:Gee...wonder why? on Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science? · · Score: 1
    I really, honestly, would rather have 1 single, lonely, friendless coder who can rock my socks and doesn't mind working late because he *likes his work* instead of a whole team of guys who're just there for the paycheque and don't feel passionate about their work and spend most of their time thinking about their (boy/girl)friend/wife/kids/friends/hobbies/car/etc instead of the code in front of them.

    Well, yeah, people who don't have a life outside of work are probably best for the company. The question is really whether or not you want to be a lonely, friendless coder. Being passionate doesn't mean you have to work 90 hours a week.

  20. Re:google: the next Msft? on Google Adds Features and Plugin to Desktop Search · · Score: 2, Informative
    Frankly I prefer the honesty of a spam, or a flashing and blinking popup with audio, to what Google's doing. At least I know the spammers intent. I'm not sure what Google is trying to do.

    Provide web searching and other services in exchange for you seeing text-ads. They don't slip them in, Google's services have ads as part of them. If you don't like their ads, don't use Google. I can't fathom why you think this is underhanded.

    GMail, no thanks. I DO NOT WANT CONTEXT-RELATED ADS EMBEDDED INTO MY EMAIL.

    They aren't actually embedded, they're off to the side. And if that's not acceptable to you then fine, don't use it. Google is providing a webmail service in exchange for you seeing ads. Most people don't find the text ads so horrible, and they're not doing anything underhanded.

  21. Re:Trash can disk ejection? on In Which OS Do You Feel More Productive? · · Score: 1
    Worst features? Do they still have the feature where you have to drag the disk icon to the trash can to eject it?

    You never had to, you could always just hit cmd-e or the eject key (F12). But no, now when you start dragging a disk's icon the trash can turns into an eject icon.

  22. Re:Pot? Kettle. on Study Points to Sixth Sense in Humans · · Score: 1

    "It's idiomatic, beotch."

  23. Re:Plurals... on EFF's Logfinder · · Score: 1
    It's fine if you want to sound like a huge fucking dork all the time.

    As opposed to a suave ladies-man like yourself. Nothing's cooler than trolling slashdot.

  24. Re:Sequels are *ALWAYS* less creative. No exceptio on Creativity in Game Sequels · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your error is that you assume that the first version was created in complete isolation, with no similarity to any other game (creatio ex nihilo, seeing as you're fond of latin). There are many ways that the first version of just about any game is related to previous games. Yes, a sequel is related to the previous version, but that relation can be quite small and superficial. It can easily be smaller than the connection of the first game to other, technically unrelated, games.

  25. Re:MP3Beamer? on MP3tunes Offers Music Service Without DRM · · Score: 1
    iTunes missed the clue train.

    Ah, that must be why it's been such a failure.