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  1. Re:Why would you want it to end? on Ken Jennings Gets a New Challenge · · Score: 1

    no it aint.

    i live in canada and watch jeopardy.

  2. Re:cheat sheets are allowed... on Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic? · · Score: 1

    Secondly, depending on the casino, you can ask the dealer what the odds are, what the house's play would be, or you can even ask the dealer to play your entire hand as the house would. This varies from game to game and casino to casino.

    uhhhh.... where do you play poker?

  3. Re:Old news at MIT on Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic? · · Score: 1

    winning $60 in 3 hours isn't anywhere nearly enough to conclude that your bot can win at those tables.

    i'd love to hear your results after 10,000+ hands

  4. Re:Hmmm on Kodak To Stop Selling Film Cameras In U.S. · · Score: 1

    "10-megapixel sensor captures three layers (RGB) of color at a maximum resolution of 2268 x 1512"

    translation:
    3.4-megapixel sensor captures color at a maximum resolution of 2268 x 1512

    2268 x 1512 = 3,429,216. not 10 million.

  5. awesome on 8th Grader Suspended for Using 'net send' Command · · Score: 1

    that reminds me of getting yelled at for pressing the degauss button on a monitor in high school...

  6. Re:2,200,000? on Feds Want to Tap VoIP · · Score: 1

    "No? Where will you get your internet access? It all has to go through some big corp that will be more than happy to "comply" with any wiretap order that comes down the pipe. We're doomed as long as we need wire to connect."

    that's what the encryption is for.

  7. Re:this is not totally true on The Hidden Costs of Bargain Electronics · · Score: 1

    uhhh... i don't think a cheap plastic case is really any more likely to fail than an anodized aluminum alloy case. though you will pay a LOT more for the aluminum case.

  8. Re:Imagine. on You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion Spam · · Score: 2, Funny

    or then people will just realize, "oh, that's why my viagra never arrived, they couldn't reach me to confirm my shipping details"

  9. Re:Interesting... on Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle · · Score: 1

    why is this interesting/insightful?

    first of all, what does "Assuming a circular crater, the cross-section of hitting this crater would be 2%" mean?

    nothing. but assuming he means there's a 2% chance of hitting the crater where all spots in the "70km long by 45km wide" area are equally likely, he's wrong. there's a 0.025% chance of hitting a crater that size (area of crater/total area = pi*(0.5)^2/(70*45)).

  10. Re:The "Home Computer Museum"... on First Computers · · Score: 1
    The worst problem was that absolutely no peripherals were available, especially not in Elkhart, Indiana, ...
    duh, haven't you heard of ebay?
  11. Re:1,000 Blank Cards! on Making Your Own Board/Card Games? · · Score: 1

    the name is "52 pickup"!

    the point is that you can ask your friend if they wanna play "52 pickup", and having no clue what it is, they'll agree to it.

    if you call it "52 card pickup", it's too obvious, and it won't work.

  12. Re:Except it's not. on Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus · · Score: 1

    dell's R&D is paid for by the companies that actually manufacture dell branded parts. and the cost of that r&d is embedded in what dell pays for the parts. sure, you can compare them if you want, but its pointless unless you include the R&D money that goes into the stuff dell buys from other companies.

  13. Re:Walmart is evil and full of controversry on Wal-Mart Music Download Service Launches · · Score: 2, Insightful

    don't blame walmart for taking advantage of an opportunity to make money - blame america for making it profitable to run a business in such a way

  14. Re:Some mp3 examples of the correction: on Perfect Pitch for Those Without It · · Score: 1

    actually, the whole thing was "corrected"

  15. Re:Nothing new.. on Perfect Pitch for Those Without It · · Score: 1

    dammit, all this time i could have been an opera singer and i just find out aboot it now? okay, i wanna mess around. what's the easiest to use of the "host" programs? one that has a free trial would be nice.

  16. Re:how silly is the government? on Profile of An Internet Bookie · · Score: 1

    that's still not often enough, and pick 3 isn't particularly addictive because winning anything is rare, while its ridiculously obvious how bad the odds are.

  17. Re:how silly is the government? on Profile of An Internet Bookie · · Score: 1

    gambling is a lot more addictive than the lottery.

    with gambling, the rewards are immediate.

    with the lottery, you have to wait until the next draw to see what happens.

    do you think people would smoke crack if they got high a week after smoking it?

  18. Re:Huh on Top 10 Inventions in Money Technology During the 1900's · · Score: 0, Troll

    okay mr. nitpicker, why don't you tell us what PHP stands for? or GNU for that matter...

  19. Re:Beware the Joe-Job on Russian Minister Gets Spammed, Spams Back · · Score: 1

    i think what you were trying to say is...

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA...

    suspects fuck the beat out of the policemen.

  20. that's cheap! on Yahoo Buys Overture for $1.63 Billion · · Score: 1

    $1.63 billion? that's nothing. the exposure on slashdot as a result of the deal is worth at least that!

  21. Re:Carefull .... on Estonia: Where the Internet is a Human Right · · Score: 1

    three words come to mind: no shit, sherlock

  22. Re:Why the negative slant? on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    All the defense has to do is rattle off their reasons for legitimately sharing... "I own the CD", "I encoded it myself", "it was a live recording", etc.

    how does any of that make it "legitimately sharing"?

  23. Re:Don't Wives??? on Smart Cellphone Would Spend Your Money · · Score: 1

    don't be ridiculous... women don't read slashdot ;)

  24. Re:That's fast but, on 150 Mbit/s DSL. · · Score: 1

    I think you mean 16KByte up... That woul be 128kbps which is what many DSL users get. 16kbit would mean less than 2KByte/sec...

    i think he means 160 kbit up... which is a much more common DSL upload speed that 128 kbit for some reason.

  25. Re:The numbers are part of the problem on AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ · · Score: 1

    actually, i don't think _myn1ckn4m3__2563 (since _myn1ckn4m3_2462 is probably already taken on AOL) is any easier to remember than an ICQ number...