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  1. Re:Greenpeace is great on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Someone once associated with GreenPeace may have bombed an empty building once (that's not terrorism)

    What do you call it then, vandalism? And that is better?

    Obviouslys a lot of Windows using Republicans have logged onto the forum to spam because of the threat of independent throught and anti-bush material.

    I'm not a Rep or a Dem, but they arent spamming, they are trolling. And I'll defend their right to freedom of speech as much as I'll defend yours. Mod points: use em if you got em.

  2. all this talk about methane on Titan on Cassini Shatters Titan Theories · · Score: 1

    If there is so much methane, why hasnt it ignited yet, from a hot meteor for example?

    Can it ignite in the future, from the probe we're about to drop on it?

  3. Re:a quibble and some other comments on Cassini Shatters Titan Theories · · Score: 2, Interesting

    can they re-aim the probe at another target site?

  4. Re:For the best? on Daleks Exterminated From New Dr. Who · · Score: 1

    it'd be better than those knobs, in any case...

  5. Re:For the best? on Daleks Exterminated From New Dr. Who · · Score: 0

    or the new Cylons in the Battlestar Galactica pilot?

  6. similar to Star Trek on Daleks Exterminated From New Dr. Who · · Score: 1

    they eliminated the "fu manchu" klingons at some point too

  7. what?! on What Magazines Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    No one reads "Circuits" in the New York Times?

  8. Re:So long, tape drive! on Panasonic's Blu-ray Recorder To Hit Market In July · · Score: 1

    You better bring along a big cartful of spare batteries for your laptop / portable DVD player.

  9. Linux on one disk on Panasonic's Blu-ray Recorder To Hit Market In July · · Score: 3, Funny

    And after we get Linux on one disk, once each blu-ray DVDr becomes cheap enough, what's to stop us from mailing them all over the place, AOL-style?

  10. Crap on Panasonic's Blu-ray Recorder To Hit Market In July · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean I'll have to buy another set of Star Wars DVDs, The Blue Ray Edition?

    I hope this time Han shoots first.

  11. Re:Asking your opinion... on Canadian High Court Says ISPs Don't Owe Royalties · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've lived in both cities for a number of years.

    I prefer Montreal for the vibes, but my friends in Toronto were more interesting.

    I'm also bilingual, but you don't have to be -- lots of English-only people live in Montreal too.

    I've visited the Maritimes; nice people, but unless you love drinking beer, the nightlife is pretty boring.

    Vancouver aint too shabby either. But BC is way overtaxed.

    Winnipeg is the coldest in winter, and in the summer is the national mosquito capital.

    I currently live in Ottawa, which is less interesting than bigger cities, but at least I'm only a 1.5 hour drive away from Montreal.

  12. Re:Maybe I should move to Canada, eh? on Canadian High Court Says ISPs Don't Owe Royalties · · Score: 1

    And the animal that represents Canada is not on the endangered species list.

  13. Re:so they don't owe the queen? on Canadian High Court Says ISPs Don't Owe Royalties · · Score: 1

    Well the Queen is represented in Canada by the Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson.

    And she has a pret-ty big expense account (canadaonline.about.com/b/a/067960.htm)

  14. Re:Good precedent on Canadian High Court Says ISPs Don't Owe Royalties · · Score: 3, Informative

    the highest court cannot be overruled.

  15. Re:Cassini's Real Interaction with the Rings on Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Imminent · · Score: 1

    I still think it'd be interesting to see, as this point of view is not likely to be available to any camera anytime soon after.

    Especially if the probe takes photos at level and at angular increments from the plane of the rings.

  16. Re:This is cool on Linux-Powered Auto-Parking Car · · Score: 2, Funny

    reminds me of a spoof "cigarettes kill" radio joke, modelled after the "drinking and driving ads".

    You hear a guy driving, talking to himself "now where did I put my cigs... oh there they are -- on the back seat! hmmf hmmf hmmmf almost... almost..." *tires screeching* *CRASH!*

    Voice-Over: "Don't Smoke and Drive"

  17. Re:Strange pull on Linux-Powered Auto-Parking Car · · Score: 1

    Because geeks are smart.

    Everyday around here, I see a lot of non-geeks parallel-park between two cars, as we call it, "by ear".

    (backing up) *bom*
    (forward) *bom*
    (backing up) *bom*
    (forward) *bom*

  18. Re:This is cool on Linux-Powered Auto-Parking Car · · Score: 1

    I certainly hope you don't manually roll down the passenger side window WHILE DRIVING!

  19. Re:one word on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 1

    yea but lack of interest in the tools that you use daily is a recipe for disaster.

  20. Re:Sounds of Martian Life?!! on Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Imminent · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, canada is an aboriginal word that means village.

  21. Re:Cassini's Real Interaction with the Rings on Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Imminent · · Score: 1

    so, your sailboat can't actually take photos of Hawaii while it's at the same latitude? (to use your own analogy)

  22. Re:some hoaxes are nefarious on Forward This Article And Get Paid $203.15 · · Score: 1

    Yea, she was the contact person at a big corporation, where I sent some customer feedback on a product I used to buy.

  23. Re:one word on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 1

    but laziness is the root of ignorance.

    if you're too lazy to inform yourself, you will never find out about the substitutes.

  24. one word on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "laziness"

  25. Re:Cool! on Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP · · Score: 1

    You didnt even read my comment at the root of this thread.

    Some people I know who have the same ISP as me and are not even geeks, and don't even know what Slashdot is, are banned from posting on Slashdot (I discovered after logging on /. with my account on their computer, if you must have this pointed out to you as well).

    And they're not my immediate neighbours either.

    Besides, I've seen my karma go positive, then negative, and back up positive over time, and it never affected my ability to post (from work and from out-of-town) even after my home connection got banned.