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  1. Re:From the article on Professor iPod Discusses Device's Social Impact · · Score: 1

    When I downloaded a country music video from your grandmother, and got one of her home videos, I really new the shit hit the fan...

    But the issue at hand isnt illegal or legal downloading

    So mod me and the parent off topic :d

  2. Re:Another Article Troll from Pudge on One more G4 for the PowerBook? · · Score: 1, Funny

    While you wait for your G5 on your lap...
    "why we'll probably see a 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook before any G5 PowerBooks materilize"

    You harness the full ONE POINT FIVE ghz of power from the next powerbook...us PC tower users will never see such power.

    And, speaking of humour...my prof's PowerBook core dumped yesterday as he was lecturing

    It was fun to see the scrolling text take over the screen from the GUI

  3. Re:This is not especially interesting on Robosapien: Latest Toy Robot From Mark Tilden · · Score: 1

    This could be REALLY fun to play with I want to buy one, and create a 20$ modchip for it that allows you to turn it into a weapon of miniature distruction (WMD)

    Then, late one night, sneak an army of these into iraq. Take that GWB!!!

    Can you imagine like 20 of these things having a game of tag?

  4. Re:This is not especially interesting on Robosapien: Latest Toy Robot From Mark Tilden · · Score: 1

    How about we leave AI for autonomous functionality

    And continue using robotics correctly to refer to ROBOTS

    Like Mr. Roboto.

  5. Re:What about a CodeBlue variant? on MyDoom.C Making Its Way Across The Net · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know when you feel like you have something really clever to say and want to say it really bad cuz you think its so amazing?

    Here it is!

    Why dont I create a machine that will fix your car for you too, and mow your lawn, and take out your trash and solve that pesky virginity problem of yours?

    Because thats why WOMEN were invented! They solve all of the worlds problems! Go away from your computer, and find a woman who will download the new anti-virus definitions for you and solve the rest of your problems!

    Now to all the women out there: YES, I am avaliable, please send me your resume containing important skillsets outlined above.

    (but seriously, I am going to die alone)

  6. Re:Mini Me? on iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial · · Score: 1

    If they have a commercial with mini me and yao again I will buy whatever they sell

    Seriously, this is going to be a huge hit. Im tired of flash memory and it being able to hold 11 songs unless u spend 300 on flash memory, then it can hold 40 songs. And you dished out the price of an ipod. Flash memory hopefully gets big fast, or mini hd's get cheap fast ;)

    The war of the worlds! Flash vs mini hds! Which can be produced cheaper/expand in size faster?

  7. Re:Of course this will be secure? on UK Police Want An Automotive Tractor Beam · · Score: 1

    I think the only people that will gain from this is Detroit thugs.

    Now you will be forced to drive slowly through the rough neighborhoods, with the "no standing" signs on the sidewalk

    And the thugs can all steal car parts at will...

    The only thing saving me right now is I never go below 10mile/hr even if I see a stoplight. A ticket is cheaper than a door or tire.

  8. Re:Of course this will be secure? on UK Police Want An Automotive Tractor Beam · · Score: 1

    "little zapper"
    "1967 Chevelle SS"
    " don't have a problem getting chicks"
    The difference between you and I my friend, is that I am able to keep chicks.
    But you keep making up for you inadequate size with more horsepower...
    ;) (all in good fun)

  9. Re:You know... things just don't amaze me. on Message in a Battle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wasnt Dobby in Lord of the Rings?

    Who is this gollum you speak of?

    (hah if you say that at the theatres these days you will get attacked by a swarm of 12 year olds dresssed as orcs)

  10. Warflying....ok.... on Warflying 2013 Access Points in Los Angeles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats all cool, checking for open networks in your little plane.

    But WHY did you have to set up all those servers to syn SCO?

    They are an honest company looking to make a profit from suing their potential customers, which doesnt follow the DOT COM era at all, so it should be profitable.

    On a side note, you also violated homeland security.

  11. Re:No Fault Tolerance? No Server on Low Powered Mini-Server for the Masses · · Score: 1

    Hahaha...well i dont mean NO backups...

    I meant no excessive amount of backups of your entire system, in case you need to restore all your services.

    And we are talking small business here...you dont have Bob in accounting, you the boss are also the accountant.

    And if you did have Bob, you would fire him.

    For big business, you should have appropriate enterprise content management which will not let you delete important files like that without permissions, but will let you update a new "version" of the file so you can still edit and save it, keeping the original intact.

  12. Re:No Fault Tolerance? No Server on Low Powered Mini-Server for the Masses · · Score: 1, Insightful

    For small business, I dont see a reason why you would not use raid-1.
    #1. You can set it up yourself, with minimal costs, and skills.
    #2. If a drive fails, you have no problems. No time/cost to you for backups.
    #3. You could build a server for much cheaper than these premade "small cheap" ones.
    #4. Dont go for the trendy small things so you save costs, or if you do, build your own and build your own box for some creative input.

    I realize that not everyone has amazing computer skills, but to setup a server like that, it would require not much skill or time, and its a one time setup. With raid-1, you dont even have to make backups. So make an informed choice, instead of saying that this crappy expensive server is prefect.

  13. Re:Come on guys... on SCO Group Web Site Attacked Again · · Score: 1

    1. The public can't even spell DDoS, yet alone know what it is.

    Just because slashdotters know the word "denial" like the palm of their hand *cough*
    Doesnt mean you have to hold it against everyone else!

    How subtle...how subtle...:P

  14. Re:644 ? on Linux Power Tools · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh my god he is a clever one!

    chmod him up!

  15. Re:Someone please save WinAmp!!! on AOL Lays Off 450 In California · · Score: 1

    APPARENTLY...

    They skipped 4.

    Since winamp 2 + winamp 3 == winamp5

    The speed and stability of 2 with the features and more of 3

    *cough*

  16. Re:Tis the Christmas Season on AOL Lays Off 450 In California · · Score: 1

    I hate to laugh

    But haha...there was 2 people working there and you got fired :)

  17. Re:Well... on Examining an Automated Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Exactly

    Thats why all our xdcc bots were set to have max upload speeds.

    And we didnt quite fill their hd's so that they didnt run out of space all of a sudden

  18. Re:I agree, except about the movies on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    You are going to die a virgin.

    30-45 minutes is not longer than it takes to go to blockbuster and get it on dvd. And you can get 700k/sec off of anyone, i wouldnt accept less.

    Legal movie downloads wont occur soon because the film industry does NOT want to cut their profits that much. And the most average users cant download movies yet, like they do music. Because our society is REACTIVE, they wont worry about movie downloading until it cuts into their paychecks.

    So, then they will flip out, sue everyone, and go crazy.
    Movies will remain more "underground" for a few years until hardware/bandwidth improves so that the average home computer (which is prolly 1+ year old), can download and watch these movies, and store them.

  19. Re:Digital copying is ALWAYS possible. on Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP

    If you can listen to it, you can copy it.

    How can you prevent copying when you do not have control over the hardware they are listening to it with. They could a cd to mp3 or to the audio port...and you have no control over that.

    Sad thing is, it takes Ph.D's to say that.

    I have been shouting that to everyone that will listen for years

  20. Re:just say NO to the UN on World Summit On The Internet And IT · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sounds like an angry American that is pissed that the UN did not say "USA: GO TO IRAQ AND KILL EVERYONE"

    I dont wish to get on an Iraq debate, so I will stick with the UN topic. The UN is necessary. The UN is good. The UN is somewhat slow and unaggressive, but it has to be to prevent any rash action.

    And your UN managed internet rant is completly erroneous, ignorant, and foolish.

    Whoever modified you as +interesting should have modified you as +ignorant

  21. Re:Feck Off Crow on World Summit On The Internet And IT · · Score: 1, Insightful
    • Should the UN Shut the Fuck Up? Yes__ No_x_
    • Should the UN be Abolished? Yes__No_x_


    • I vote no on both accounts. And your comment about to hell with globalization efforts is very narrow minded and ignorant.
  22. Re:Is 576bit big? on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    If you are worried about the security of your data, just pump up the bits of the RSA key, and it will exponentially increase the time it would take to crack it basically.

    RSA is a nice little scheme, where you have a public key so that anyone can encrypt data for you, but you are the keeper of the private key. In Algebra, we learned how to actually encrypt and decrypt RSA with just a pencil and paper, and we quickly learned that computers are much quicker :P (i couldnt imagine doing a 128bit encryption using a pencil)

    The tough part for breaking an RSA scheme is basically related to factoring theory. I imagine these programs are very efficient and well designed, but still there are soooooo many possible values that nobody could crack your data in a reasonable amount of time.

  23. Re:My favorite part of the Reply Memorandum on SCOrched Earth · · Score: 1

    Object or binary code is the code computers use and appears as a series of is and Os.

    SCO has invented some sort of new computing!

    Where I am from, i stands for integers when it is in the same sentence as series and 0's. So, they have some sort of new computing model that detects even the most discrete changes in voltage throughout the cpu, resulting in a computer that can use any integer as a "bit"!

    Lets hack it make i=10 kazillion and explode their computers!

  24. Re:Guess what's in space? Nothing! on Buzz Advocates Lagrange Point Spaceport · · Score: 1

    You are damned right

    A 0G environment... ..and surprisinglh a 0G environment is very useful for many things... both in scientific and manufacturing fields..

    I would sure as hell like to know how boobies are in space...do topheavy girls have any problems with breasts floating upwards and giving them spacial black eyes?
    And even more important, would they still bounce as a space-floozy runs towards me in her futuristic silver clothing?

  25. Re:Raises interesting questions on Economic Analysis of the Nanotech Future · · Score: 1

    Unless nanotechnology will allow for the reproduction of oil, which would be a bad idea, you may want to copy your friend's renewable energy sourced car :)