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  1. Multivac is on the loose. on Does Google = God? · · Score: 1

    Issac Asimov fans rejoice for deliverance is at hand! Entropy will be defeated!

    Yea!

  2. Words change meaning over time. on Isn't It Ironic? · · Score: 1

    Dictatorial dictionarians can just choke on the wonder of it all.

    Ever heard of the word minatory? Consider this storied minatoried.

  3. It should have.... on Harry Potter and the Entertainment Industry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Bulk had popups, windows opening all over the place, extremely annoying.

    Why would some idiot put that in a movie?

    Mostly the anim is good, the story line is less than expected.

  4. This is in the 'propaganda' pictures. on Scientists Discover A New Kind Of Lightning · · Score: 2, Informative

    One is called burning tree and is quite unique. This is a tree like discharge appearing to hover above the ground.

    http://www.astronet.ru:8100/db/x/msg/1170947

    I don't think its new.

  5. Re:Of course his "compound" was raided on Slashback: Transparency, USB, Europatents · · Score: 1

    Did he call it a compound? I don't remember any place raided in recent memory other than in Iraq to be called by the people there a compound.

  6. Well as soon as they get a distro online. on Zynot Foundation Forks Gentoo · · Score: 1

    I'm there.

  7. Re:Two fingers to SCO on Novell Nterprise Linux Services Announced · · Score: 1

    Definitly, I left a message on Novell's website detailing a Novell-2-MS horror story just after they spoke up about SCO. I'm glad to see this, Novell had many of the things in their networking that took years to show up in other OS's.

    Wasn't it a Novell server that was walled up in some college?

  8. Re:Who cares? on Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks · · Score: 1


    Slaver, slaver. I like the idea of openmosix. I *will* try this soon and maybe post something here if allowed.

  9. This effects 3d printers and 'santa claus' on Chip Firm Hit By 45-Year-Old Patent · · Score: 1

    The first patent is so broad it effects almost every laser initiated chemical reaction. 3d printers, "santa claus" machines (what are these called anyway?) a machine that uses a UV laser to harden a chemical to make 3d objects. I assume the printers use the same tech. Also laser seperators do this as does any chip making process that uses a laser.

  10. No, you don't but... on Do Later LCDs Need Screen Savers? · · Score: 1

    You would want the backlight to turn off. This will protect the CCF lamps from burnout. It will also reduce heat and conserve energy.

  11. If you suck from the trough on US Supreme Court Upholds CIPA · · Score: 1

    you have bared your ass.

  12. And about damn time too. on Artists Protesting Single-Song Downloads · · Score: 1

    "The fear among artists is that the work of art they put together, the album, will become a thing of the past," says attorney Fred Goldring, whose firm represents Will Smith and Alanis Morissette."

    99 percent of all albums suck anyway, I only want the one song.

  13. I notice that netgear... on Bill Would Let FBI Police File-Sharing · · Score: 1

    Now has code to allow secure (des3) ipsec VPNs over the internet in it's new beta code. BTW, what is the CPU and code for this? It's very easy to use and is quite inexpensive.

    Is there a P2P system that would allow privacy, encryption and ease of use?

  14. All it seems to have done is get "special" laws... on Website Posts Partial SSNs of Politicians in Protest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All it seems to have done is to start the process of getting "special" laws enacted. I appears this will get "special" legislation passed restricting free speech especially where CA legislators are concerned.

  15. One of the few books I got a refund on. on The Cassini Division · · Score: 1

    I appreciated the money more than this book.

    It was a combination of his dedication and the first two chapters that convinced me it would be better to buy a cup of coffee with the money.

    The coffee was very good.

  16. Re:Who Cares? on Estimates of Marine Mammals Killed by Fishing Nets · · Score: 1


    Eventually we'll be able to just scoop up the whole mass and make CHON food. Or better yet make it from intersteller matter.

    Re: Charles Sheffield "The Compleat McAndrew"

  17. Re:Interesting Headlines on Estimates of Marine Mammals Killed by Fishing Nets · · Score: 1

    This is the one reason I don't trust any 'green' report, they pull it all out of dark wet places.

  18. Re:Newspapers too? on Europe To Force Right of Reply On Internet Communication · · Score: 1

    Not really, I slam them, they slam back, I slam them....

    I keep doing it with more voluminous posts till they yeild.

    It's most effective with companies that really have some dirty crap to hide.

  19. anonablog on Europe To Force Right of Reply On Internet Communication · · Score: 1

    Well if I do it on slashdot, I'm safe right?

    Would slashdot be responsible for posting up some hate mail?

    Would anyone be able to find it? ;-)

  20. Re:Potential problem on Truck Stops Get Wireless Internet · · Score: 1

    Truck drivers are having to become computer literate or they cannot keep the better paying jobs.

    Flying J is going to do the internet in the truck with WiFi at their stops, you can use whatever computer you want with a wifi card and a credit card, fuel card, corprate internet card or prepaid Flying J card. It will work as long as you're in range of a Flying J.

    I don't know where the article gets the cost figures but idling a truck is not that expensive.

    Most of these businesses are fighting for revenue and are revamping current infrastructure to offer new services rather than opening stores except as region fillers or to move the load off of stressed older stores.

  21. Sounds like a meeting of friends. on Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Penguin Computers · · Score: 1

    It's cool that Donald got this deal, a lot of linux users owe him a great deal.

  22. This plus CrossOver Office might just work... on SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For at least some of a companies machines, this is very welcome.

    CrossOver Office needs to fix some things as the author states, the screen shot of the menu looks plain stupid.

    Yea, I need Exchange and it's not there, hope that gets fixed. I've had problems with kmail and authentication schemes as well.

    I'd prefer if only ONE browser was presented, preferably mozilla and that anything calling ANY DAMN THING on the web used that one browser. Different browsers confuse some (most) windows users and can be just enough to cause them not to choose the entire OS. Hell even keyboard shortcuts can do that.

    Is it MadPengs page that forces a jump back to top of page when you press the back button?

    If I could find the time, I'd do a CrossOver Distro (hey crossover SELL THIS! And fix the menus!).

  23. Re:Common law? Re:He should have faught. on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    "John McCabe, an official at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) in Chicago, said a UCITA adoption bill is pending in the District of Columbia but not anywhere else. With state legislatures generally winding down for the year, the district is "the only expectation that we have at this point," he said"

    Mr left hand of e-ville hisself, I forgot the name of the dogs so here it is!

    There are far more nefarious bills pomugated by this group which is bought with large wads of cash.

  24. Re:Common law? Re:He should have faught. on RIAA Grabs Student's Life's Savings · · Score: 1

    Yep, putting up dumb, dumber and the dumbest as candidates appears to be having the desired effect. The laws are changing anyway so the legal hell applies until...

    ka-Click! http://www.sluggy.org

    But voting isn't quite as effective as properly organized howling so we may slow it down some.

  25. Indiana Law, such a fluid device. on Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children? · · Score: 1

    IC 35-42-4-4 Child exploitation

    Well I'll write up the paperwork if someone will loan me a trial rule book and access to a good law library. It's just that little bit of community service that we all should do.

    Lets see, it's a class C felony so they lose the RTKABA a plus, jail time is blurry, hope a good judge is sitting.

    I can bump it up to a B if a deadly weapon is used. I'm SURE I can convince a jury a computer is a deadly weapon when I bloody the bastards skull with one or can find a juciy legal precedence or some sort.

    And of course it goes all the way to an A if the child whose 'fragile little mind' has been warped runs to mommy and trips and has a boo-boo er ah, 'serious bodily injury', and tearfully testifies to such in court.

    And if the jury doesn't buy all that we've slapped on 'Conspiracy Too' so they get five years anyway as most jurist will allow it.

    In Indiana you have to get double the time you think the bastard deserves because they get parole after half is served.

    And you thought all that legal mumbo jumbo was just for lawyers! Someone will punish me for this.