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  1. Re:Some minor defenses... on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 1

    In fact, New York County is only Manhattan. (Queens is Queens County, Brooklyn is Kings, Bronx is Bronx, and Staten Island is Dutchess.)

    Minor correction. Staten Island is Richmond county. Dutchess is a county north of NYC, considered "upstate" by city-folks.

  2. Re:Sound a little fishy to me. on Armed Dolphins Released Into Gulf of Mexico · · Score: 1

    In the U.S. navy's Aquarium, the dolphins shoot you!

  3. Browser Elitism on IBM Donates Code to Firefox · · Score: 1

    Does this mean the retun of Browser Elitism that was prevailent in during 199?-2000? Firefox forced M$'s hand in turning many sites away from "This site requires IE to view" (eg. MSN Zone) because IE lost their market dominace (A more mature DOM/CSS helped too). I would hate to see the return of this on the web even if the browser in favor is open source.

  4. great... on NRLB Redefines 'Your Own Time' · · Score: 1

    this add another "excuse" for the girls at work to use when I ask them out.

  5. Instead of EastCoast vs. WestCoast in hipHop ... on Nerdcore Rap In The Press · · Score: 2, Funny

    we will soon hear Diss Records generated by the U.S. Coast Geeks vs. India Coast Geeks rivalry

  6. Re:Hopefully the guy was innocent. on Using Google Maps to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket · · Score: 1

    you'd have to be stupid to say that to a cop. You'd have to be stupid to call your girlfriend stupid. Chances are, she won't be as understanding as the judge.

  7. Taco gets kickbacks from Wiki! on The Wikipedians Who Make it Happen · · Score: 1, Troll

    According to WikiPedia, we should question why this story got accepted. from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot
    The Slashdot editors are sometimes accused of posting (and even preferring) stories that are, themselves, thinly-disguised trolls, which encourage large numbers of postings in response, and of accepting kickbacks to post certain stories.

  8. M$ controlled Spam White List on Microsoft Anti-Spyware to Be Free of Charge · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On the spam front, Gates said that Microsoft is working with all of the major ISPs on an initiative to positively identify the senders of e-mail. The system will rely on data from the DNS infrastructure to ferret out the true IP address of e-mail senders in an attempt to defeat the address-spoofing that is de rigeur for spammers. Gates said the system may be up and running by this summer.

    Sounds like they plan to have their own White List of ISPs that play nice with M$. I wonder M$ will leverage this new free spyware tool to lock out smaller competing email systems that will be marked as "unsafe" by default.

  9. what a lame message.... on LokiTorrent Shut Down · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they REALLY wanted to scare people this would have been better: D1Z S1Te was PWN3d Bi Da R1AA Cr3W!!! K33p Stealing Our Sh33t n U B3 n3Xt!!!

  10. super compression on Backing Up is Hard to Do? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone taught me a cool trick to backup up all files with the highest possible compression ratio and speed: mv * /dev/null

  11. shounds like on Internet Hunting · · Score: 1

    I know know it's early but it sounds like its gonna be the Killer App.

  12. why waste money? on Warm Offices Boost Productivity · · Score: 1

    Why turn up the heat when you can simply turn on Clippy the OfficeAsisstant® to correct mistakes.

  13. Re:ATOM feed on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 1

    They removed the link but the ATOM feed is still available: https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom

  14. Re:MediaCar on In Dash Car MP3 Player with 802.11? · · Score: 1

    Also look up OPUS power supplies. They are especially made for the auto environment (soft shutdown/startup).

  15. MediaCar on In Dash Car MP3 Player with 802.11? · · Score: 1

    Forget the commercial pre-built products. They are non-upgradable and expensive. Build it yourself and you can have navigation system/mp3/dvd/video files/fm tuner for relatively cheap price.

    These are some of the more popular choices for parts i've seen from reading about other CarPc DIYselfers.

    touch screen lcd:
    http://www.digitalww.com/

    software (donation-ware):
    http://users.skynet.be/media-car /software.html

    MoBo (Via's "car" form factor):
    http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spe arhead/min i-itx/
    personal websites of ppl who used the via MoBos:
    http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spear head/min i-itx/car-pc.jsp

    EVen after you add
    1)USB GPS reciever
    2)FM usb tuner (your gonna have to claim the dash space for the LCD)
    3) HD and RAM

    It will still only be ~$800 versus the $2000-3000 properitary offerings.

  16. Re:He has a webpage! (for real) on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 1

    forget MS Word. He broke a higher cardinal nerd learn. LoTR ROTK is only #3 on his top ten movies list.

  17. video games on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sure he is a gamer. How would explain is god-like timing for the answer button.

  18. Re:surprised on Ghost in the Shell 2 in Theaters Late This Summer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not really, it's a different medium. English dubbed cell drawn Anime has proven to do well (Princess Monenoke) in the US.

  19. crazy Balmer in my mind on Joel On Microsoft's API Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers
    Why do I get an image of a ranting sweaty Balmer in my head when I read this?

  20. not a coincident on DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF · · Score: 4, Interesting

    DTV has recently shut down the HU stream, the only hackable signal thus killing the demand for these equipment. This PR throwing a meanless bone, in reality it is no longer a significant concern for them anymore.

  21. you can drive through it on A Complete Map To Springfield · · Score: 3, Interesting

    THere is a console game from EA (xbox, ps2) that lets you drive the entire Springfield. The game goals is identical to Crazy Taxi. Gameplay is so-so, The value of the game is in the creative details around town that a fan of the show can appreciate.

  22. what about... on SBC Park Plans A Giant 802.11 Hotspot · · Score: 5, Funny

    How are people going to do "The Wave" with a laptop on your lap?

  23. You know your a GEEK... on Online Gaming for Couples? · · Score: 5, Funny

    when you rather FRAG then SHAG your girlfriend.

  24. Re:where are the open source XML repositories on Effective XML · · Score: 0

    XML.org has a Schema/DTD registry. Most of them are industry specific (I doubt you'd find a general usage definition such as photo tagging) but this is the largest repository I've seen.

  25. Of course they did... on Symantec Claims They Knew About Slammer In Advance · · Score: 0

    *puts on conspiracy hat*

    they write the virus that directly benifit themselves as a result.