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  1. Re:No it doesn't on OpenGL 3.0 Released, Developers Furious · · Score: 1

    There was. It was near release and the bean counters cut it. There were, iirc, some betas floating around HotLine (yes it was that long ago).

  2. Re:For the lazy.. on Cryptic Studios Releases New Star Trek Online Details, Trailer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Details from TFA:

    • Big galaxy, lot's of space, away missions on planets

    How many red shirts do you get per ship?

  3. Re:$300M on Microsoft Tries a New Ad Agency · · Score: 1

    I can say that if Microsoft threw me a vast sum of money. I will promise to think of them better. So yes, you can.

  4. Sweet on IBM Open Sources Supercomputer Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I have something to run on that spare Power4 I have laying around in the basement.

  5. Re:too big? on The DIY Dialysis Machine · · Score: 5, Informative

    There might have been a minimum flow required to push blood across the cleaning medium. Given how small she was, she might not have had enough blood in her entire body to even use the larger machine.

    An electrical analogy: Say you have electrons you want to flow from A to B. If you use a wire too thick in diameter all the current is going to go into resistance of the wire. This girl's current source wasn't powerful enough to drive electrons through the wire, so the doctor swapped in a thinner wire.

    And since this is slashdot, a car analogy: Turbo chargers work by using exhaust air to spin a turbine which spins a compressor to compress incoming air. If you put a massive turbo on a small car, there wouldn't even be enough air to spin the blades. So you have to get a smaller turbine.

  6. Re:Hot chicks at the olympics on New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0 · · Score: 1

    Whats the difference between the 'professional' gymnasts and the ones that just do it for sport in HS? Tits.

    My mom and sister were huge into gymnastics and she's the one that told me that. All the ones that have been on a strict diet and actively working out since they were young all looked like 14 year old boys in wigs, not that there's anything wrong with that.

  7. Re:Perfect example on IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops · · Score: 1

    AT&T Seems to be doing well. (Colbert Report flow chart)

  8. Re:Troll? No. on Craigslist Prankster Sued, Argues DMCA Abuse · · Score: 5, Informative

    The comedian was Tom Mabe, the album was A Wake Up Call for Telemarketers

    Only place with samples I've found were on Rhapsody. Scroll down to the "Hotel Calls". They're not as funny as some of his other stuff where he just outright leads a telemarketer on, but they're funny in the sense of, you can tell the guys are tired as hell and they're getting a taste of their own medicine.

    Here's a press release from before the album was made: http://www.reversespins.com/telemarketing.html

  9. Re:Troll? No. on Craigslist Prankster Sued, Argues DMCA Abuse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow. "I swear it's not my fault honey, blame the hooker". The husband (I assume) responded to a SEX ad on Craigslist and it's the fault of the prankster.

    If I were that guys wife I'd send a thank you to Fortuny for helping me cut my losses.

    Sounds like the Comedian who went to a telemarketers conference and started calling all the hotel rooms at 3 am and published the results.

  10. Re:Hypocricy on The War Against Virtual Beer Pong · · Score: 1

    How is that immature? I don't enjoy the taste of wine or beer. I never have. I drink mixed drinks but I don't enjoy the taste of them enough to drink them on their own. I'll drink water if I'm not drinking alcohol. If I could find a 'drunk pill' that would offer the same effects of drinking without actually drinking, I'd switch to that instead.

    On nights that I do drink, 3 drinks doesn't phase me. As in I don't get the mental response that I do with more drinks. So my entire point was if I only get 3 drinks or I know I'm going to be driving later I'll just stick to the 0 proof stuff. If I Am going out and I am going to be drinking then 3 drinks is useless.

    In the words of Hank Williams Jr.
    why do you drink? to get drunk
    why do you roll smoke? to get stoned
    Why must you live out the songs you wrote? to get laid

  11. Re:I would be willing to do this on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 1

    Excavators would still be a better tool than a backhoe, unless it was a medium job. The track type don't have to put down the stabilizers like on a backhoe (or wheeled excavator). I've seen a professional dig a trench in almost no time.

    Yes, IAAEFABYC. (I am an engineer for a big yellow company)

  12. Re:Hypocricy on The War Against Virtual Beer Pong · · Score: 1

    Wow, a whole 3 drinks a day. Yipee. Genetically I have a high tolerance. That wouldn't even qualify me as drunk. Unless you can save up a week and go out on the weekend.

  13. Re:You wonder? on Citizens Spy On Big Brother · · Score: 1

    Breakfast Club at Purdue University. It's a big drinking event each year and the cops are always out in full force. This year I thought it was particularly more so than in the past.

    So I decided to take some pictures.
    http://www.exstatic.org/pictures/GPPolice/080419-093635.jpg
    http://www.exstatic.org/pictures/GPPolice/080419-093638.jpg
    http://www.exstatic.org/pictures/GPPolice/080419-093710.jpg

    "Sir, stop taking pictures. NOW".

    I had been drinking and I didn't feel like being hassled. (By the way the laws are written walking around at 0.00 or greater is a public intox, even if you're not doing anything).

    Next year I'm thinking of going back sober and breaking out the video camera. Best part is how the ones that go 'undercover' as college students later in the day are the first to hide their faces.

  14. Zeroconf on OSCON 2008 Roundup · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest 'just works' is Zeroconf/Bonjour. You can take a room full of brand new out of the box Macs, turn them on and they are on the network. Nothing to setup. Toss in a zero conf printer (like those from HP) and again, nothing to setup. I went to my Uncle's for Thanksgiving and had to print something. Without setting anything up or even forgetting I didn't have a printer installed I did the "Apple-P" and low and behold his USB printer on his desktop was setup as a ZeroConf, I hit print and it just worked.

    Zero Conf on Debian wasn't as fun. It took a few hours of reading the config files, but it's now working. Best part is being able to reference any computer on the network by .local instead of IP and having it figure it out. Mac and the Debian box even talk sexy ipv6 to each other automatically. But it was far from "just working"

  15. Re:How long will it take for the FBI to ride? on Hardware Hacking Guide — Citizen Engineer · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know RTFA is a bit hard, but did you even see what they were doing?

    "Modify a retired payphone so it can be used as a home telephone and for VoIP (Skype). Then learn how to modify the hacked payphone so it accepts quarters - and lastly, use a Redbox to make "free" phone calls from the modified coin-accepting payphone."

    So they first show you how to use a retired home phone for personal use. Then how to set it up to accept coins (you own the phone). Then how to redbox the phone you own.

    At the bottom they show you how to hook the Pay phone up to VoiP.

  16. Re:makes you wonder on Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live · · Score: 5, Funny

    Repeat the experiment with a "Vista Capable" set of hardware, the stuff MS is getting sued over.

  17. Re:Federal prison camp? on Spam King Escapes From Federal Prison · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So why are we putting in prison non-violent drug offenders? Pot smokers that come home and instead of having a glass of Brandy they smoke up? Something that the native americans have smoked for ages but is now going to cause Reefer Madness?

  18. Re:Just what we need, more laws on Video Game Labeling Law Passed In New York · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People want the future in Wall-E. We want the government (or some company) to do everything for us.

    Parenting? Nah let the schools do it. If they screw it up, we'll bitch about it.
    Health Care, Insurance, Food, Fuel, Houses. I want the government to do it.
    Opinions, TV, Media. Just let the government tell me what I think, as long as I can see Jamye Lynn Spears' retarded baby.

  19. Digital Cameras? on $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If this works with digital cameras and has even basic photo support I may have found a computer for mom. Every time I come home there's a camera that hasn't been offloaded since last time I was home.

  20. Re:Pound? on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 1

    I should say, I did press the # button.

  21. Re:Pound? on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 1

    Sort of, this is how you do it on Verizon right now. For free.

    Call your OWN voice mail.

    "You have no new messages."
    "Main Menu"
    "To send a message, press 2"
    [Presses 2]
    "At the tone please record your message"
    [Blah blah blah]
    "Please enter the destination number and press #"
    [My own number]
    "Checking destination"
    "Repeats [My own number]"
    "To send your message now, press #"

    Hang up, 3-4 second later, phone vibrates that I have a new message.

    I've never done this across providers, but when I had AT&T 5 years ago you could do this through them the exact same way. You know you can even *ghaps* reply to a voice mail. Listen, it's one of the options.

    It's not News for Nerds. It's Slashdot.

  22. Re:Three Words on Batman Discussion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me get this straight. You think your client, one of the richest men in the world, is a vigilante who likes to dress up as a bat and beat criminals to a bloody pulp with this bare hands. And your answer to this is to try and blackmail him?

  23. Re:i hope they keep up on AMD Loses $1.2 Billion and Its CEO · · Score: 2, Informative

    PPC has gone the way of the dodo more or less

    PPC is everywhere. Wii, PS3, XBOX360. IBM's big iron is all PPC. Power5, Power6

    If you want a desktop PC look at what YellowDog Linux has to offer. Here's all of the hardware they support.

    Hell even look under the Wiki entry for PPC will show all the current Power/RISC hardware, PPC being one such implementation.

  24. Re:Rated G! on Wall-E Supervising Animator Tells His Story · · Score: 1

    I more meant the references that kids won't get. I highly doubt that some young kids have watched 2001, Idiocracy, Short Circuit, etc.

  25. Re:Rated G! on Wall-E Supervising Animator Tells His Story · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kids don't take much to be entertained. "Oooo Robot Moving." or anytime he goofs up or does something silly.

    Here be some spoilers, kind of.

    I think this movie had more in it for adults than any other Pixar movie I've seen. The first thing I thought of when I saw the movie was Idiocracy. I imagine that the animators were probably fans.

    Short Circuit, 2001 (I was really hoping they'd work in a "I'm sorry captain, I can't do that", Apple startup chime, references to all previous Pixar movies and of course Cliff Claven (John Ratzenberger).

    From the beginning everything was very well done and even small details weren't over looked. I can't wait for the DVD to watch it again and just watch some things in the background to see what I missed in the theater.