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  1. Re:Of course on Microsoft Sees No Conflicts With Patent Initiatives · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Microsoft's new slogan: "We sue you because we care about you"

  2. Re:A no win situation on Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA · · Score: 1

    I think that the GP meant water dilution. This is a serious problem with marathon runners. There have been cases of runners collapsing and in some cases dying because they have diluted their body salts. Or, according to this web site:

    http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070220/n ews_lz1c20fluids.html

      "Too much water and you can experience hyponatremia or water intoxication. Your blood becomes diluted, your brain swells and coma or death can follow, as demonstrated recently by a California woman who died after participating in a radio station's water-drinking contest."

    Damn, I wonder if she won?

  3. Re:Welcome! on Fruit Flies Show Spark of Free Will · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't that be considered insecticide?

  4. Re:Excellent Ruling on Appeals Court Denies Safe Harbor for Roommates.com · · Score: 1

    I don't have to prove anything, it is up the the accuser to prove that I decided not to take them on as a tenant because of discrimination. The only situation where it would be difficult for me to defend my decision would be if there were no other applicants but with the current rental market in Sydney that would very rarely occur. I have two properties and every time they have become available, the number of applications have been over 20.

  5. Re:Excellent Ruling on Appeals Court Denies Safe Harbor for Roommates.com · · Score: 1

    If I am a landlord (and I am), I choose who will stay in my house. If I don't like you because of some generalization, or because of my preconceived notion of you I don't have to rent the house to you. Of course I am not going to say "You didn't get the house because you are *whatever*", I am going to say "You application was unsuccessful as there were other applicants more suitable".

  6. Re:FUD on 26 Common Climate Myths Debunked · · Score: 0

    Remember it this way. Iceland is green, Greenland is ice.

    BTW, an interesting piece (ie, it was the first entry in google) can be found at http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/ar ticles/V7/N26/EDIT.jsp which notes some of history's higher temperature. I guess in 100 years time we will know if this current warming cycle is because of us or not.

  7. Re:That could be a possible explanation on Blame Your Mistakes on Technology · · Score: 1

    Sydney, Australia to Hobart, Australia: Directions tell you to take the Ferry across Bass strait. To find the link, google for it.

  8. Re:Hiding on Memory Tools for Password Management? · · Score: 1

    ok

  9. Re:Breaking news... on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 1

    Insightful? WTF are the slashdot mods been smoking?

  10. Breaking news... on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 4, Funny

    The ship has been found, but unfortunately everyone on board have been confirmed dead. :(

  11. Re:My key... on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 1

    Hey, that is my key. Under the DMCA I request that the slashdot editors remove the above post!

  12. Matter on Yahoo Sued for Giving User Information to China · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So when will The World Organization for Human Rights USA bring suit against George W for allowing torture in the detention camps?

  13. Let be be the 42nd to say: on Spaceport America Takes Off · · Score: 1

    "Spaceport America, Fuck Yeah"

  14. Doesn't work like that at all on Patent Filed for Underwater GPS · · Score: 1

    "GPS doesn't work underwater, as the signal cannot reach the satellite from a submersible"

    GPS satellites transmit the time, the GPS receiver receives these transmissions are uses the differences to calculate the location of the receiver.

    Just thought I would mention that :)

  15. Re:Pet Gun Peeve on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 4, Funny

    It also appears they lack a sense of humor.

  16. Re:Pet Gun Peeve on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    "There's a reason that the Marines teach three round bursts ..."

    Yeah, marines can't count above 3.
    (Just like roadies can't count above 2)

  17. Yeah, it looks good, but... on The Blackest Material · · Score: 1

    Does it come in red?

  18. Oblig on Adventuresome or "Hands On" Careers in Tech? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays"

  19. Hearsay and conjecture on Iran Launches Payload into Space · · Score: 1

    "Iran's potential nuclear military programme". There is no evidence to prove that Iran is enriching uranium for anything other than nuclear power, which according to the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty is a perfectly legal thing to do. "Third pillar: the right to peacefully use nuclear technology". For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Prolifera tion_Treaty

    You might also want to look at those countries that signed it and those that did not. Then look at the current state of the planet.

    Go on, mark me as a troll or flamebait. But just look at the document first.

  20. Re:Spam on DNS Root Servers Attacked · · Score: 1

    YOU BASTARD. That is my email address. Now you're in trouble. I know where you live.

    *just kidding* (I don't know where you live yet)

  21. Re:That reminds me on Your House Is About To Be Photographed · · Score: 1

    lol

    that would have to be aboot the most funny thing I have read eh

  22. A single page with a single picture? on Graph of Linux Vs. Windows System Calls · · Score: 3, Funny

    and I thought goatse was taken down.

  23. Will people argue on Office 2007 — Better But a Tough Switch · · Score: 1

    That because it does not act EXACTLY the same as Office XP (and previous versions) people will not use it. Stating that there is a learning curve and productivity will be reduced until people get back up to speed. Maybe this is the opportunity that the other office suites were looking for:

    "*Insert Name Here* suite, it works more like MS Office than MS Office."

  24. Re:Hammer, Feather, Freefall on the Moon: Revisite on 5 Strangest Materials · · Score: 1

    Maybe he is the only hammer, feather, moon gravitational expert who reads slashdot. You know they (the HFMG members) have very busy social lives.

    BTW, if a hammer and a feather fall on the moon and nobody sees it, does anyone give a shit?

  25. Re:speaking of wiping data on Memories of a Media Card · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is a tried and trusted method:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_method