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  1. Re:Too bad it's Tony Merchant running it... on Massive Canadian Class-Action Cellphone Suit Is Approved · · Score: 1

    So 12bil / 7500 = $1,600,000 - minus lawyer fees = 0

    The Merchant Law Group is basically an overgrown ambulance chasing operation that sues anyone they can for 1000 trillion dollars.

    And yeah, they've had a lot of legal "trouble" themselves. I've heard that the son of a partner in the firm was disbarred in Alberta. Maybe just a rumor.

  2. Re:What I really want on New "Terminator" Trilogy Planned · · Score: 1

    Aliens vs Terminator vs Predator vs... Spiderman.

  3. All joking aside... on Microsoft Invents Split Screen PC · · Score: 1

    I think this would be not too bad for dual-screen type situations. I have played around with dual-screening a bit and my major problem with it is when an application is full-screened on one screen it usually minimized applications on the other screen. Likewise, when you moved the mouse/keyboard focus away from full-screened application it usually minimized while you were in another application. I never really played around with it too too much but this might be an elegant way around this.

  4. Re:Slashdotted ? on New Crater On Moon Caught On Video · · Score: 1
    Easy. 1. Run an article titled "Science: New Crater On Moon Caught On Video"
    2. Include a brief summary such as:
    "NASA has released a video clip of a meteorite striking the surface of the Moon. From the article: 'On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the Moon's Sea of Clouds (Mare Nubium) with 17 billion joules of kinetic energy -- that's about the same as 4 tons of TNT," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL.'"
    3. Wait 45 seconds.
    4. ???
    5. NASA server is slashdotted (profit?!?).
  5. Lest we forget... on Retro Gaming Hacks · · Score: 1

    Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start

  6. Don't you know who they are? on RIM Chairman Wants Changes to U.S. Patent Law · · Score: 1

    They're Americans! They don't give a fuck about screwing over a Canadian company or even themselves. Trade laws? They mean nothing! Look at the 5 billion dollars that have been screwed out of the Canadian softwood lumber industry.

  7. Did anyone else... on Ars Technica Reviews Controller Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Notice that in the demonstration video on the product website, the guy demonstrating how easy it is to use made simple typing errors...

  8. Re:Oh, dear. on Japanese 'Minerva' Robot Lost in Space · · Score: 5, Funny
    When working with the USA, spacecraft get lost due to forgetting to switch between imperial and common (SI) units.
    Fixed
  9. Re:Crafting on Review: City of Villains · · Score: 1

    Star Wars: Galaxies did have a great and pretty unique system of crafting, and the majority of in game items where player-crafted. However, this crafting and social aspect of the game didn't seem to be the money-maker that Jedi combat was so it has slowly been phased out in favour of a point and shoot, loot based system. Too bad, it was really fun.

  10. Wait, don't you mean... on IBM Announces "Blog-Spotting" Software · · Score: 1

    they wrote a RSS feed reader?

  11. Re:Old News on Branched Nanotubes Offer Smaller Transistors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Making one 5 years ago and now knowing that it has semi-conductiong properities are two entirely different things.

  12. Thirsty? on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, now I don't have to feel bad about running the tap for a couple seconds before filling my glass....

  13. could someone post a link to the llist itself... on Top 100 Games Of All Time Decided - Again · · Score: 1

    yeah, i couldn't find it within 15 seconds, and am too tired to look any harder.

  14. Re:here's a question.... on Linus Has Harsh Words For Itanium · · Score: 1

    yes, this thread is probably redundant and crap, but i felt i needed to say it.

  15. here's a question.... on Linus Has Harsh Words For Itanium · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...who gives a rat's ass what Linus thinks. It's not like can not let Linux be used on the CPU. Besides, FreeBSD is the way to go.

  16. Re:Chips for linux? on The Linux Uprising · · Score: 1

    funny... i thought we wrote software for a type of hardware, not designed hardware for a type of software...

  17. funny... on Software/Hardware FPGA Dev Board that runs Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the term 'engineer' is used very loosely when you are refering to software engineers...

  18. Re:Peroxide on Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy shit. I didn't see all these other posts with way better answers. My bad, sorry.

  19. Peroxide on Carmack Needs Rocket Fuel · · Score: 1

    I would assume it is hydrogen peroxide(H2O2) because rocket fuel is made up of liquid hydrogen (H) and liquid oxygen (O). Burning them together is gread, and can produce water.

  20. next up, my gym bag on DIY Living Computer Battery · · Score: 0

    using only a rubber band, chewing gum, a twist tie and a paper-clip, i turned my bacteria-ridden gym bag into a geo-thermal power generator. top that, fucking scientists.

  21. help on Pentagon and Wi-Fi Deal Reached · · Score: 2, Funny

    if the army takes away my wireless, how will i play America's Army online?