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  1. Re:1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise on Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek' · · Score: 1

    Was that sarcastic or sincere?

  2. Re:1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise on Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek' · · Score: 1

    For those not in the know, in (afaik) every episode the person who wore the red shirt died. See a wiki on "red shirt".

  3. Re:Unless we spend more on education... on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 1
    I don't understand how your media doesn't through your leaders to the wall for such outrageous lies.
    Because the politicians have their finger in the honeypot that is known as public mass media.
  4. Similar to the "so-called" vulns. in WordPress on 'Opener' Malware Targets OS X · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As you already pointed out, you have to have root access to the machine then install a root kit. This is just a bunch of FUD similar to the ruckus the so-called WordPress vulernabilities that were reported last month. Yes, they allowed you to redirect to any url as part of a seemingly innocent url, but you have to be logged into WordPress to exploit them. Highly overrated as severe security vulnerability.

  5. Imagine... on Government Linux Gaming Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    Oh you mean like this?

    So... I don't have to imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

  6. I know what they'll find on Google Desktop Search Under Fire · · Score: 1

    Naked pictures of the librarian's wife.

  7. So if this is a preview on LotR: RotK Extended Edition Preview Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does that mean this preview is the original theatre release of LOTR:ROTK? ;)

  8. Ever Read Snowcrash? on Wearable LCD Display · · Score: 1
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned this sounds like the beginning of a "gargoyle" from SnowCrash.

    "Gargoyles represent the embarrassing side of the Central Intelligence Corporation. Instead of using laptops, they wear their computers on their bodies, broken up into separate modules that hang on the waist, on the back, on the headset They serve as human surveillance devices, recording everything that happens around them. Nothing looks stupider, these getups are the modern-day equivalent of the slide-rule scabbard or the calculator pouch on the belt, marking the user as belonging to a class that is at once above and far below human society. They are a boon to Hiro because they embody the worst stereotype of the CIC stringer. They draw all of the attention. The payoff for this self-imposed ostracism is that you can be in the Metaverse all the time, and gather intelligence all the time."
    [...]
    "Gargoyles are no fun to talk to. They never finish a sentence. They are adrift in a laser-drawn world, scanning retinas in all directions, doing background checks on everyone within a thousand yards, seeing everything in visual light, infrared, millimeter. wave radar, and ultrasound all at once. You think they're talking to you, but they're actually poring over the credit record of some stranger on the other side of the room, or identifying the make and model of airplanes flying overhead."
    [...]
    "There's also a gargoyle in one corner, patched into a bigger-than-normal laptop, mumbling to himself."
    [...]
    "I decided I wasn't spending enough. So I got a beltpack machine. Smallest ever made, I'm walking down the street with this thing strapped to my belly. It's really cool"
    "You're a gargoyle."
    "Yeah, but it's not like having all this clunky shit strapped all over your body?'
    "You're a gargoyle. Listen, I talked to one of these wholesalers."
    "Yeah?"
    "She says she used to be a hacker. She saw something strange on her computer. Then she got sick for a while and joined this cult and ended up on the Raft."
  9. I think I speak for a lot of people here on If Windows Came to PPC, Would You Switch? · · Score: 1

    When I say I use Windows mainly because it plays popular games. I like the way MacOSX looks and runs, but I don't think I could do without that right-mouse button.

  10. Single Use! on EQ2 Voiced By Hollywood Actors · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you would take the time to read the EQ2 dev chats/journals, you would realize that for music they intend to play it once to set the mood. For example, whenever you enter a zone, it plays a music score once, then fades it out. I imagine (haven't checked for sure) they'll be doing a similar thing with voices; you hear it once, then the rest of the time is just text. That way it NEVER gets old.

  11. Or if he's stuck on IE on The Ultimate MacDate · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He can use one of the 'browsers' that wraps itself around the IE browser to add functionality. MyIE2, SlimBrowser, etc. come to mind.

  12. Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press! on Indymedia Server Raided by FBI · · Score: 1

    Surely you don't actually believe no one supports Bush? Don't vote Kerry because he's the lesser of two evils, vote Badnarik (Libertarian Party) or Cobb (Green Party) if that's what tickles your fancy.

  13. My Blanket! on Fantastic Four Animated Series · · Score: 1

    Then I guess that TMNT blanket I still have that's about 14 (a little less, like 12?) years old sucks. I still like TMNT even though I'm 21, but I don't like the new series. And yes, I'll post pictures when I get home. Check on my website for updates about 10 hours from now (8:00 p.m. EDT).

  14. No on Google Launches Google Print · · Score: 1

    I'm as big as a technology geek as any other (maybe more so), but nothing beats the nostalgic smell of the book and flipping through it's crisp, perfect pages. I like the musty smell of old libraries. I, for one, do not welcome our paperless book publishing overlords.

  15. It's pretty obvious why on Doom 3 for Linux Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Monkeys. Lots and lots of monkeys with high UIDs. And mod points.

  16. Definition of Expected: on Web Standards Solutions · · Score: 0, Troll

    A /.er attempting to define irony, especially when incorrectly identifying a CSS standards book as an HTML standards book.

    CSS is for styling/layout, HTML is for structuring of the document. Two completely different beasts.

    And why buy a book when you can read the W3C recommendations/specifications for HTML/XHTML and CSS that are (imo) very understandable and easy to read?

  17. Re:Compatability? on AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared · · Score: 1

    Only if the motherboard can support the multiplier and bus speed of the XP 2500. It might work at a slower bus speed, but the multiplier is locked, so it won't run that. If you have an 850 mhz duron and the rest of the components pretty much match it, I'd say it's time for a complete upgrade.

  18. Re:Site seems down: here is conclusion I saved on AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared · · Score: 1

    old review.. from 13/09.. not new? Look closely at the date! It is a review only old to the cybernetic turkey from the future, brought from the year.... brought from the year... brought from the year 9999.

  19. Something I can add to this on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1
    This is one nation under God.
    IIRC (and I do) the "under god" was added to the pledge of allegiance in 1954.
  20. This Puts a Smile on my Face on Infineon To Pay $160 Million For Fixing RAM Prices · · Score: 1

    No for those poor people who got screwed on RAM prices, but that I bought Mushkin memory instead of Micron, Infineon, or any others. Damn good memory. Their Blue Line memory really has one of the best bang for the buck. About 4 months ago the price for 2 x 256 MB PC3200 Blue Line Mushkin memory cost about $112 on Newegg. Sadly, the price has risen about $30, but the price of a 1 x 512 MB DIMM is at $108.

  21. Re:Too many Distros on Review of Yoper Linux v2.1 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Though I'd prefer seeing ALL distros unite (without SCO) and call it "Final Fantasy Linux".
    Do you really want a Final Fantasy Linux 8?
  22. Re:1000 MB???? on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 1

    Actually... if you ever look at screenshots where people have tried to max their mailbox it hits 1023MB (and not usually 1024 because hard to get that with big files).

  23. The Company I work for on FCC: Broadband Usage Has Tripled Since 2001 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Helps in increasing this. We're sort of a meta-ISP. We do cable modem infrastructure rollouts and provide phone technical support for small MSOs (multiple service providers, i.e. cable companies). Check us out at ibbsonline.com. And, wouldn't you know it, it was founded at the end of 2001.

    P.S. I hope our servers can handle a /.ing.

  24. Re:Launched where? on 60 Years Later: The V2 And The Space Race · · Score: 2

    Actually, I am ignorant. I apologize for the ignorant statement (I hate history). I thought it was a mistype in the post and didn't realize it was actually correct.

  25. Launched where? on 60 Years Later: The V2 And The Space Race · · Score: 0, Troll
    sixty years after the V2 rocket was first launched on London
    I hope London didn't take offense to be bombed 60 years ago.