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  1. Something doesn't smell right on OLPC Experiments With Cow-Powered Laptops · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no way this is true.
    There is no way they can get cows to power laptops, there is no way they would stay in their wheel.

    Now, if they suggested a beowolf cluster of hamsters then I would believe it.
    As it stands this article is just a load of bull.

  2. Re:Xbox on Valve Locking Out Gamers Who Buy Orange Box Internationally · · Score: 1

    Isn't XBox live just steam with extra hardware?

  3. Re:Game portability on Valve Locking Out Gamers Who Buy Orange Box Internationally · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wonder what would happen if you took your laptop with you on a round the world trip?
    If you connect via wifi your IP will report you being in X country and will this prevent you from playing overnight in the hotels?

    This stinks, if the account is valid, why the fuck are people buying it again - I know I wouldn't.

  4. Re:What are you going to do??? on Running the Numbers on a US Pandemic · · Score: 1

    Sure thing.
    Its down to some people called Primotech, they worked out that if you extract the hl maps from the halflife data file into the portal game folders then lo and behold you can go round half life with a portal gun.

    It looks like you think it will look.

    It almost acts like it should, but the monsters don't fall through and if you miss a landing from high you die its so frustrating in part, but where it works its amazing.

  5. Re:What are you going to do??? on Running the Numbers on a US Pandemic · · Score: 1

    Whichever kind of zombie comes after you, don't try to make them fall through a portal.

    The cake is a lie.

    (none of the monsters fall through, it was a travesty that I got a portal gun into a hl map but couldn't use it as god intended)

  6. This report is open sores on Running the Numbers on a US Pandemic · · Score: 4, Funny

    The report is available in paper format.

    Just make sure you print your own copy out, the last guy who wanted to give it you didn't wash his hands.

  7. Re:we need a comet, a big one on Comet Unexpectedly Brightens a Millionfold · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the show a comet puts on has been dampened by all our modern lighting?

    Its rare now for lots of people to see anything substantial so it would have to be a REALLY big event to be seen.
    In the mists of time however the skies were open and the heavenly show was spectacular.

    I know when I go abroad I try to find time to do some stargazing because its impossible here.
    (Manchester, England is known for its rain more than its visible light astronomy)

  8. Testing methods on Software To Evaluate Facial Expressions Developed · · Score: 1

    Confusion I can understand, just get the human interacting with the system.

    Disgust as well, the system just needs to show goatse or something.

    Fear is the simplest, it just takes an automatic gun and 20 seconds.

  9. WARNING on Comet Unexpectedly Brightens a Millionfold · · Score: 5, Funny

    The comet is now readily visible to the naked eye.

    WARNING
    Do not look into the comet with your remaining eye.

  10. wasting time on Terror Watch List Swells to More Than 755,000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely it would be quicker to make an Anti-Terror list of people who are allowed to fly.

  11. Curious now... on New Hydrogen Engine Test Shows Future of Aviation · · Score: 4, Funny

    What sort of mileage does a Taurus get at 65000 feet?

  12. Re:so... on Huge Balloon Lofts New Telescope · · Score: 1

    *PANIC*

    I just looked outside and the sun has gone. GONE I tell you.
    Now what the fuck are we gonna do?

  13. Re:Google needs to add an SQL function on MySQL to Get Injection of Google Code · · Score: 1

    Actually I wasn't and that FULLTEXT indexing method looks really interesting and just the kind of thing I was thinking about.

    Looking at it, they even give an articles table as an example :)

    mysql> CREATE TABLE articles (
            -> id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
            -> title VARCHAR(200),
            -> body TEXT,
            -> FULLTEXT (title,body)
            -> );

    Thanks for the link.

  14. Re:6 Months on Spore About Six Months Away · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need to get Jack Bauer involved (when he is not in prison).
    Whenever he is around everything seems to get done "within the hour"

  15. Google needs to add an SQL function on MySQL to Get Injection of Google Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to add a GOOGLE function to allow queries to be searched nicer.

    SELECT * FROM articles WHERE GOOGLE('boobies');

    something similar might be available but it is a PITA to list the fields to search and specify the operators etc

  16. Re:Great start on Personal Robots From Valley Startup · · Score: 1

    It works out at about 60% of the E.U. shoe quota.

  17. Re:Great start on Personal Robots From Valley Startup · · Score: 4, Funny

    * Load the dishwasher -> Wife
            * Empty the cat litter -> Wife
            * Feed the cats -> Wife
            * Let the dogs in/out -> Wife
            * Feed the dogs -> Wife
            * Do laundry -> Wife
            * Clean gutters -> Wife
            * etc

    The Wife unit also does the hoovering.

    *Incidentally darling if you are reading this I don't mean it and I will assume the party escort submission position.

  18. Re:Obligatory ... on Aussie Claims Copper Broadband now 200x Faster · · Score: 1

    Consider: If it takes 10 seconds to transmit a single bit.

    Please tell us the bits per second.

  19. Re:there's at least 1 in the slashdot crowd on Apple Says 250,000 iPhones Sold to Unlockers · · Score: 1

    $0.0393CND or 3.93c

    arghhhh I made the same mistake as Verizon

  20. Re:there's at least 1 in the slashdot crowd on Apple Says 250,000 iPhones Sold to Unlockers · · Score: 1

    I don't think you are wrong based on the page linked, its $307.20

    Incidentally, to download your comment took more than the $0.02 CND you credited us with.

    Flat unformatted it was: 1.31 KB (1,350 bytes), costing 0.0393c, please deposit the difference.

  21. Re:Pull my finger... on Caltech Creates Electronic Nose · · Score: 1

    Whoever made the rhyme did the crime.

    (as my son gleefully informed us the other day)

  22. Re:Paid for the dinner on Microsoft Finally Bows to EU Antitrust Measures · · Score: 1

    I know we are meant ot live in an equal world, but damn Ballmer is not a gentleman.

    Mind you, his mindset will have been "if they are having 500 mill from us they can pay for the meal"

  23. Re:Youtube on Viacom Wants Industry Wide Copyright Filter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are right, but I think we should help them.
    Lets remove all pirated content everywhere.
    No more illicit MS Windows, no more photoshop, no more movies, no more music.

    Let them go out of business when they realise word of mouth is 99% of the battle.

  24. Re:Woohoo, let's go gliding! on Giant Atmospheric Waves Filmed Over Iowa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would imagine if you could get up there you could surf them.
    There is a really interesting article about people surfing one such wave (called morning glory!) in Australia:

    http://www.williamolive.com/soliton/al-giles-original-morning-glory-article.html

    One of the images inside is particularly striking:

    http://www.williamolive.com/soliton/PK%20on%20roll%20cloud.jpg

  25. Re:Nice to know... on Senator Slaps Down FISA Telecom Immunity · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe he is the first politician who has realised he is under the microscope himself.