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  1. Re:Techology has gone full circle on High-Altitude 'Security Blimps' Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Yes, sadly no visionaries are left on the earth. This good idea here was never really realised because of money problems, only the giant hall is still standing: Cargolifter

  2. Re:Yeah! Car manufacturers pulling an Epson? on Technology Makes New Cars Too Expensive to Fix · · Score: 1

    Audi A8 parts are one of the most often stolen. To "protect" them they have a kind of DMR-system, which has to be activated.

  3. Re:High speed trains on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth? · · Score: 1

    This happend in Germany a few years ago. Blackmailers put concrete blocks onto the tracks of the ICE-trains.

  4. Re:Super sweet on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    You can switch it on/off in Options->Advanced->Use smooth scrolling.

  5. Re:Doesn't work, cryptic messages on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    This is generated by Tabbrowser Extension or another extension. Disable it.

  6. Re:Lots of Catching Up to do on Locus 2003 Recommended Reading List · · Score: 1

    Which is what like?

  7. 150 Watt? on First Look At Intel Tejas & Socket 775 · · Score: 1

    How many energy-company-stocks do the Intel techies own?

  8. why on Colorization of Mars Images? · · Score: 2, Funny

    are we talking about the colours of the photos, when this guy has much better things on his page, we can discuss, like:

    - Space travel in the old Indian Mahabharata Epos
    - Was Viking 2 hit by a projectile?
    - The connection between Mars and Star Wars Episode 1
    - Ruins of acient cities on Mars
    - Another(sic!) fiveside pyramide on Mars

    You all seem to miss the really important things here!

  9. Re:Also missing ... on Eight Biggest Tech Flops Ever · · Score: 1

    It is still going. It enables people on the Base Camp 3 on Mount Everest to download the weather maps for tomorrow's run to the summit from the Internet. Quite amazing I must admit.

  10. Re:Really, really sad on Best Original Games of 2003? · · Score: 1

    You don't lose the abilities of the other side, but you need a lot more Force Power to perform them.

  11. Re:Apple doesn't make batteries on Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus · · Score: 1

    This is not that strange. People shouldn't get free repairs forever on any device, [..] No? My Zippo has. And I don't have to pay them an extra fee for it.

  12. Re:WMD detector on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1

    Bush and Powell talked about several ten of thousands of tons of various agents. Nothing you hide in the fridge of your local 7-11.

  13. Re:WMD detector on Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards · · Score: 1
    From tons of biological and chemical agents lying around, uranium bought in Niger and "45 min to use WMDs" we came to "he surely had a program". Well, well.

    if/when he talks, lots of people are gonna fry. and that scares the shit out of the germans, french, and russians. where you think lots of his weapons came from?

    I think the country which has to fear the most regarding of use of chemical weapons are the USA.

  14. Re:Better Than The Simpsons? on Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy" · · Score: 0

    So the only way to get rewarded of wasting most of your youth is to be able to get some jokes while you waste away more of your life. Yeah, it is great, isn't it? The perfect show for the average Slashdotter.

  15. Re:Thats a lot of money for... ummm... money. on Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issues New US$20 · · Score: 1

    The value is different from the old currencies, which makes it difficult for people to calculate the cost of something in the new currency, especially for older people. It also hinders the acceptance of the new currency.
    Imagine that your sixpack cost 49 Schilling (or whatever) before and now costs 3.64 .

  16. Re:Euro on Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issues New US$20 · · Score: 1

    That might be funny if the Euro wasn't worth close to the same as a US dollar -- 85c last time I looked. Maybe you shouldn't look into it only once a year: The Euro is now worth 1,17 $.

  17. Re:No-one seems to have asked this.... on Quicksilver · · Score: 1

    Not enough cute little, nearly naked angels flying around.

  18. Re:Looking forward... mostly on Quicksilver · · Score: 1
    1688: A Global History [amazon.com] by John E., Jr. Wills

    A book worth reading. I enjoyed it a lot.

  19. Re:Terry Pratchett on Ask Neil Gaiman · · Score: 1

    "The other guy"? I think Terry Pratchett is far more known (at least here in Europe) than Neil. Even when Good Omens was written this was already the case. I had the impression (from both Pratchett's comments on the Usenet and Neil's jounal) that they're good friends.

  20. Re:no offense.. on Games and the 'Geek Stereotype' · · Score: 1
    I'd love to see a strategy game that could reproduce a battle like in Two Towers ... thousands of troops fighting.

    You want Rome: Total War

  21. Re:speed on Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released · · Score: 1

    You could try the optimized builds for Firebird. I use one for my P4 at home and another for my P3 at work, and both are much faster (responding) than the vanilla-Firebird.

  22. Re:All About the Same on Rechargeable Batteries - Yes or No? · · Score: 1
    "Made in China" also includes "Made in Taiwan"

    Maybe you should read a bit about China and its history since 1920...

  23. gee on Filesharing Traffic Drops After RIAA Threats · · Score: 1

    Since July there are about 30 % less cars on our streets during rush-hour. Are they all exploded? Or may it be that it is summer and people are enjoying their holidays?

    Summertime -> People have holidays -> People are switching off their computer -> People do download less or nothing while on holidays -> 15 % drop in usage.

  24. Re:Not true. on Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead · · Score: 1

    Well, it is a third-party-product and does not substitute every action, but it is very valuable (and it responds faster than the Firebird Mouse Gestures): Stroke It! for Windows

  25. Re:Personal Whine on Comics On The Net - A Business Primer · · Score: 1

    True, but so did Sinfest and PVP. I am surprised that there are no more mentions of PVP, Dork Tower and Nodwick, which all combine paper and online publishing.