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  1. Re:I'm not sure I understand on Doctorow On What Cloud Computing Is Really For · · Score: 1

    Correct.

    It not as simple to put the files you might need on both your home machine and your laptop on a flash drive and unplug that flash drive from the home machine and plug it into a laptop. Almost, but not quite.

    How many people actually need more truly portable memory than what can be easily put on a flash drive? Certainly no more than 10% of the market. Probably far less than 10%.

  2. Technology to translate Ozzy would be huge leap on How a Team of Geeks Cracked the Spy Trade · · Score: 1

    The only person right now who can make anything out of anything Ozzy is muttering is Sharon. Technology that can translate Ozzybabble would be a huge leap forward.

  3. So CIA and FBI tech enters the 90's. huzzah! on How a Team of Geeks Cracked the Spy Trade · · Score: 1

    CIA and FBI computer systems are infamously way, way behind. They only got wikis in 2006. Now they can finally google something.

  4. Get Miley Cyrus to play Ben Grimm's girlfriend. on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 2

    Sam Raimi decides to bring the Fantastic Four into Spidey 4 for a big crossover storyline.

    SR: "Who will we cast to play Spiderman's red-headed girlfriend? I know. Kirsten Dunst!"

    ---

    SR: "Who will we cast to play Spiderman's blonde haired love interest?"

    Is Ron Howard available?

    No... he's in Rumania directing "Apollo Splashdown"

    SR: "Then get someone else in the Howard family. I must those famous Howard hair genes playing Gwen Stacy"

    ---

    SR:"We need to recast Alicia Masters. Tim Story really messed up casting that part for the FF movies. I just don't see Kerry Washington as Ben Grimm's girlfriend. Get me Miley Cyrus' agent. Get her in here to read for the Alicia Masters role...."

  5. I'm glad Fox got shut down on this on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fox News potentially getting it' hands on the Captain America property!?!

    Nonono. That must be prevented at all costs.

  6. rawstory.com had Wolvie Mouse graphic for story... on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 3, Funny
  7. What's hard about the melting point of steel? on Developer Explains Clone/Transhumanist RPG · · Score: 1

    Find out the melting point of the type of structural steel used to build skyscrapers.

    Then find out the temperature range jet fuel burns.

    Steel cannot be structurally altered by any burning petroleum product.

    There's a reason oil companies build oil derricks and offshore oil platforms out of the same kind of structural steel skyscrapers are framed. If an oil/gas well catches fire, the oil derrick or offshore oil platform will not take major damage.

    Do you think Shell Oil would build offshore oil/gas platforms out of structural steel if burning oil/natural gas could melt that platform?

  8. Because you forgot them, GE crushes you on James Murdoch Criticizes BBC For Providing "Free News" · · Score: 1

    General Electric (NBC/Universal) dwarfs both Fox and Disney.

    Fifth largest corporation in the world.

    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/full_list/

    Disney is #60, News Corp is #70

  9. You're trying to say US News is shit. on James Murdoch Criticizes BBC For Providing "Free News" · · Score: 1

    I get my news from the BBC regularly because US news is shit.

    Just helping you get to the point.

  10. How do you do, I see you've met my faithful on Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HAND JOB MAN.
    handyman. He's just a little brought down, because when you knocked, he thought you were the Candy Man. Don't get strung out
    ON COCAINE!
    by the way I look,
    SAME THING.
    don't judge a book by it's cover. I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm one
    SICK MOTHERFUCKER.
    hell of a lover. I'm just a sweet Transvestite, from Transsexual, Transylvania. Let me show you around, maybe play you a sound. You look like you're both pretty groovy. Or if you want something visual, that's not too abysmal, we could take in an old
    KEANU REEVES'.
    Steve Reeves' movie...

  11. LET THERE BE LIPS! on Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet · · Score: 1

    Michael Rennie was ill, the day the Earth stood still, but he told us where we stand.
    ON OUR FEET!
    And Flash Gordon was there, in
    EDIBLE.
    silver underwear.
    KINKY!
    Claude Rains was the invisible man.
    BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
    Then something went wrong, for Faye Wray and King Kong, they got caught in a
    SEXUAL
    celluloid jam.
    YEAH JAM!
    Then at a deadly pace, it came
    ON JANET'S FACE!
    from outer space. And this is how the message ran...
    FREEZE!

  12. Re:Only On Slashdot on Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? · · Score: 1

    Compared to what? CSI Peoria, or maybe CSI Eureka? How about CSI Kiev? Or CSI Cydonia? Or CSI Copenhagen? What about CSI Lynchburg?...

  13. Re:Only On Slashdot on Avatar, Has Sci-fi Found Its Heaven's Gate? · · Score: 1
  14. Comcast already shown true colors in Oregon on Comcast Seeking Control of Both Pipes and Content? · · Score: 1

    Comcast has shown what it will do everywhere else if they get their hands on a monopoly of anything by their behavior here in Oregon. 1/3 of Oregon can't get Blazers games broadcast on local sports network, Comcast NorthWest due to anti-competitive Comcast practices.

    "How soon will all Portland Trailblazer games be accessible to fans in the Northwest?

    The Portland Trailblazers are expected to have a great season this year, but many of their dedicated fans won't get to see 65 percent of their games. For a second season in a row, some fans will miss crucial Blazer games because negotiations between Comcast Sportsnet and other cable and satellite providers remain stuck.

    A year ago, Comcast spent $130 million on the rights to air Trailblazer games for the next ten years. Comcast Sportsnet said at the time that the deal would make Blazer games more accessible to more fans, but it hasn't worked out that way. Comcast Sportsnet, Direct TV and Charter Communications have not agreed on price and packaging, leaving Direct TV and Charter Communications customers out of luck when it comes to watching Trailblazer games. Some fans have gotten so frustrated that they've joined forces to boycott Trailblazer sponsors in hopes of putting pressure on Comcast and cable providers to reach a deal. At this point, the only option for Blazer enthusiasts without Comcast Sportsnet Northwest is to watch the few games broadcast nationally on ESPN, or their local television networks...."

    http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/the-blazers-blackout/

  15. Welcome, Steve Balmer on Music Labels Working On Digital Album Format · · Score: 1

    No, I'm not surprised the CEO of Microsoft still buys CDs for his Windows Media Player. He's got to blow all that M$ moolah on something.

    I'd be surprised if anyone other then a high level M$ executive did, though.

    So Steve, when are you going to resurrect the Sonics?

  16. Britney Spears will. on Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites" · · Score: 1

    FoxNews for Britney is like email from friends or family for you or me. FoxNews is still mostly about Britney. Maybe little bit at the end about American Idol.

  17. That's seems to be a logical and reasonable plan. on Panel Recommends Space Science, Not Stunts · · Score: 1

    What part of human experience ever made you think we do something logical and reasonable?

  18. Really? "Dark Dungeons" site is live to this day on DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Remember all those extreme "Chick Publications" handouts? Not only are they all

    Here's the link to that one "Dark Dungeons" flyer that showed all he players in black robes in a big room with a huge pentagram on the floor and a kid hanging herself because her character died.

    http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp

    People still pay to keep those websites up, and to get all the fresh copies anybody wants printed.

  19. Re:Sounds like a rehash of the SJ Games incident on DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The mess about Steve Jackson Games and Hacker is nothing compared to the many "Charismatic Christians" who have been fighting "Spiritual Warfare" against D & D since the late 70's.

    When you figure out the how you are supposed to respond properly when the game store you wanted to shop at has a group of "Charismatic Christians" in front "speaking in tongues" to send whatever various game store demons they were there to send back to hell.

  20. DHS put Quaker senior cntrs on terrorist watchlist on DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some born again right wingers putting Lords of Cthulhu on a terrorist watch list actually makes more sense than the Quaker Senior Centers Homeland Security put on the TSA watch lists.

    Born again right wingers have been "fighting" what they define as "Spiritual warfare" against Dungeons and Dragons for more than 2 decades now.

  21. Nuke alert when Ron Artest visits WH w/Lakers on Could Cyber-Terrorists Provoke Nuclear Attacks? · · Score: 1

    Terrorists just wait for the day the LA Lakers visit the White House to celebrate NBA Title with new teammate Ron Artest tagging along. Terrorists set off false alarm at White House. Artest freaks out, attacks Air Force officer carrying football, strips to his underwear, then runs around West Wing in his drawers. While entire Secret Service detail distracted chasing Artest, terrorists sneak into White House and takes football off arm of unconscious Air Force officer.

  22. Same experience here on Free Web Content a "Myth," Claims Barry Diller · · Score: 1

    Goes for both online and cable TV, though.

    I'm thinking about pulling my cable TV. I only turn on cable news when there's a literally a disaster in progress at that moment that everybody is covering and has on (Like Katrina or the Airliner landing in the Hudson). The only other thing I watch on cable is some games and a few new movies. I won't turn on the digital cable channels anymore because of the annoying way many of the cable channels increase the sound volume so much during commercial breaks. Digital cable channels have also become unwatchable for anything more than one show because of the microtargeted repetition of the same few commercials on that channel over and over and over.

    I run Ad-Block on FoxFire too. Same reasons and motivations. When the advertisers started adding strobes and day-glo colors to banner ads and pop-ups, I opted out.

  23. I rarely use ATMs anymore either on Free Web Content a "Myth," Claims Barry Diller · · Score: 1

    I live in a US West Coast urban area. I use debit/credit cards for almost all my transactions, and my paychecks are direct deposited. I rarely need to use cash anymore, so I rarely need to use ATM machines to restock my carry around cash. What little cash I do use these days I restock at getting a little cash when I buy groceries.

    The biggest 10-15 newspapers will be saved by their names and history. Maybe non-profit status. Maybe they'll be bought by some entity and run as a lost leader or tax shelter.

    Those news providers that aren't literally the NY Times or Washington Post themselves that try to start charging will fail.

  24. I'll stick with Quest, thanks. on Comcast Bringing Metropolitan WiMAX To Subscribers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cheaper, better service, no threats of filters, uploading caps, and they're the only major US telecom to say no to Bush wiretaps.

  25. Re: Pacific NW on Emigrating To a Freer Country? · · Score: 1

    That's what Bill Sizemore said.
    Wanna see his mug shot?

    http://news.opb.org/article/3686-multnomah-judge-sends-sizemore-jail-contempt/