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  1. Re:awesome startup sound on Engine On a Chip May Beat the Battery · · Score: 1
    How cool will it be when you turn your laptop on and it sounds like a jet engine starting up!


    Well heck, we'll need to start yelling "CLEAR THE REAR!" when the darn thing gets turned on.
  2. Re:Sticking to the man on Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just had another realization. I posted as an AC when i didn't mean to. CRAP!

  3. Re:What you need to watch HD-DVD on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Playback Under XP · · Score: 1
    What is a new HD DVD set top box going to look like, a cray supercomputer?

    Nope. It's going to look like a 2.5GHz P4 with 1GB RAM and a USB card running Red Hat. [geekswithblogs.net]


    Which compared to my 750 Duron is a super duper computer ;-)
  4. Re:Never say never on The Segway, Five Years Later · · Score: 1
    As I get the mental image of a bunch of guys wearing desert camo, heavily armed, and playing segway polo as they roll into battle...
    ...With The Ride of the Valkyries playing in the background...
  5. Re:Losing your keys... on 16GB Flash USB Dongle · · Score: 1

    Just add one of those devices that beep when you whistle to your key chain.

  6. Re:RIAA SUX! on RIAA Ends Harassment of Grieving Family · · Score: 1
    If you were to look down from space, and see the headquarters of the RIAA, it would be shaped like a giant anus.


    So the goatse man in otherwords. eh?
  7. Re:Solar Cooking on Solar Wi-Fi To Bring Net to Developing Countries · · Score: 1

    how well does solar cooking work under the moon?

  8. Re:Literally exploded? on House Passes Ban on Social Site Access · · Score: 1
    My name is Inyego Montoya. You killed my language. Prepare to die!


    Do you have any idea how many times I've head that quote once people learn what my last name is? I thought i could make it thru this week without the quote. Thankfully you misspelled the name. That's my only solace you inconsiderate clod. ;-)

  9. Re:yeah on RFID Passports Raise Safety Concerns · · Score: 1
    According to Schneier [schneier.com] the State Department already plans (and has since sometime last year) to include a RF shield so the chip can only be read while the passport is open and they are encrypting the data on the RFID.


    I've already got one of these said shields.
  10. Anything like waterlase? on Plasma Needle to Replace Dentist's Drill · · Score: 1

    My dentist uses waterlase. The last 3 times I had work done on my teeth, I used no novicain BUT he still had to use a larger grinder bit to roughen things up inside the cavity to get ready for the filling. Will this new tech eliminate that need? (i didn't RTFA)

  11. Re:Bad timing on Model of Inflatable Space Station to Launch Feb 16 · · Score: 1

    Here in the good ole USA most the country will be watching some poker tour :-(

  12. Low spec???? on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1
    according to the FAQ on their site, the movie beam box contains a 160GB hard drive. It also says that it has a 200MHz processor.... fairly low spec machine.


    I remember back in the day when I had a 486 SX computer (we didn't have the money for the almighty DX). I would of killed for a 200MHz computer with 160GBs of space You Insensitive Clod!
  13. I sense a new sport of sorts... on Texas to Provide Online 'Bordercams' · · Score: 1

    Texas Bordercam Streaking.

  14. Re:dusty, sticky feet on Robo-Gecko Climbs Glass · · Score: 1
    Until they do, robo-geckos will not function long except in a well-scrubbed lab.


    I've got a simple solution. The Bionic-gecko.

    The GEICO Gecko, Mascot - A lizard barely alive . . . Gentlemen, we can rebuild him . . . we have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic Gecko. The GEICO Gecko will be that lizard. Better than he was before, Stronger, Faster, geeker...
  15. Re:I know where this is headed on New IM Worm Installs Own Web Browser · · Score: 1
    # Accidentally hit RETURN instead of selecting "No thanks" button. (An easy mistake; anyone can make it.)


    Then a second layer of confirmation with an "Are you sure" question.
  16. Re:Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor doesn't run on Li on Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements · · Score: 1

    I'll bet that crossover office will run it just fine. ;-)

  17. Re:It is much more insideous on Chinese Scientist Admits To Stealing Chip Research · · Score: 1
    (Yeah, the tinfoil is starting to spark...)


    OMFG get away from the microwave!!!!!
  18. Re:Energy efficiency on Urging Congress to Cancel the Ethanol Tariff · · Score: 1
    *cough* hemp *cough*

    That will get you oil (seed), biodeisel (at much greater ratios than corn) and it can be grown at lower cost with greater yield...

    but, someone might try to smoke it... so we can't have tha


    North Dakota is working on plans to allow industrial hemp to be grown. So some progress is being made.
  19. Re:Is there a market for HD porn? on Video Games and the Hi-Def Format Wars · · Score: 1
    Conventional wisdom is that adult DVD doesn't want high definition, as the 480-line output of standard definition production hides the imperfections in erotic actors' skin.


    I thought vaseline on the lens achieved the same result. ;-)
  20. Yes... on Would You Wear Video Glasses? · · Score: 1

    Yes I would but I have a few requirments.

    1) they need to be under $200.
    2) I need to be easily able to use my xbox with with them, then switch over to my computer.
    3) Image quality should blow me away

  21. Love/Hate on Code Monkey Like Fritos · · Score: 1
    Or does this inane horseshit really resonnate with the average slashdotter?


    You've just fell upon the Love/Hate feelings people have for Jonathan Coulton. Theres not much middle ground. I personaly love his music.
  22. Nintendo thumb? on You Say You Want A Revolution? · · Score: 1

    Why is this controller giving me painfull flashbacks of Nintendo thumb?

  23. Re:Linux is NOT Fat on Negroponte says Linux too 'Fat' · · Score: 1

    Dude, you just said "Slashdot" and "my girlfriend" in the same sentence. You need to lay off whatever it is you're taking.

    viagra?

  24. Re:DON'T RTFA. on Microsoft Buyout of Ailing Sony Possible · · Score: 1

    Just don't. You will want your five minutes back. You were warned.

    waaaaaaay ahead of you.

  25. Funny sounds on Ad Measurement Is Going High-Tech · · Score: 2

    I'm just curious what Fart sound signatures might mean to advertisers and marketing agencies.