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  1. Re:So logically this means that... on Mesons Flip Between Matter and Antimatter · · Score: 1

    I think GP means that mistake implies intention to not have a mistake. Technically, something is not a spelling mistake if the person intended for it to be different from normal spelling. The GP is merely saying that using the term mistake implies a set order (read intelligent design) and he doesn't subscribe to that thought.

  2. Re:It's those stupid comercials. on Noise Over Mac OS Market Share "Slip" · · Score: 1

    Apple apparently is just getting into politics. The American public has proven that they don't responod well to merrit-based advertising, but they respond rabidly to "you should hate XX because...." advertising.

  3. Re:Hi, my name is Well Enough... on Net Neutrality Is Just "Mumbo Jumbo" · · Score: 1

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If we do nothing over there, we have people bitching that we're doingn nothing. If we do something, we'll have people bitching over us getting involved somewhere else and not paying more attention to home. Personally, I say we take care of our things here for the next number of years. We have a lot of small domestic problems (internet included) that need to be taken care of to strengthen our infrastructure. Once that happens, we can meddle elsewhere again.

  4. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Climate Changes Shift Springtime in Europe · · Score: 1

    I'm too lazy to go looking for the article, but I had read that due to a breakdown in the current from the Gulf of Mexico to Western Europe, Europe could be propelled into a Canada-like state (aka, much colder on average). So, the current is breaking down, but the temperatures are rising; I wonder who this is explained or if the link has even been studied.

  5. Re:Like in humid environments - !not on How to Run a Computer in a Sub-Zero Environment? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless of course you have workers in the sub-zero environment. Speaking from experience (Kroger Distribution Center Freezer), patches of thin ice are very common with so many people going in and out of the room. Several people (or dozen people) breathing in a room with cause a decent amount of ice buildup on various surfaces.

  6. Re:Smug Mac users? on Less Than a Minute to Hijack a MacBook's Wireless · · Score: 2, Informative

    True, you don't need to be connected to the WAP, but you do need to be in automatic association mode, which it is not in by default unless it detects a trusted WAP.

  7. Re:Wow... on MySpace Down Due To Power Surge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're implying that myspace doesn't get anything from its subscribers, when it does. They make tons of money on the advertisements you click on or see. All those sites that integrate with it also contribute money to myspace. Those teenieboppers spend good money and myspace gets the advertising revenue for it.

  8. Re:So, according to TFA... on Legal DVD Burnable Downloads Launched · · Score: 1

    Reminds me well of what they did with the first "legal" music downloading systems. Cripple and offer shitty selection to deter usage. Then keep milking people the usual way because it's too hard to shift the business model to the changing times.

  9. Re:Cue drumroll for New! Improved! MS file system on Fully Open Source NTFS Support Under Linux · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Windows Live WinFS Enterprise 2007. That sounds more like a Microsoft naming convention.

  10. Re:Nothing taken on Stolen VA Laptop Recovered · · Score: 1

    How the heck did you get free ID checking services for a year? I was offered nothing. I'd appreciate any help in finding out how I can get these services.

  11. At least.... on Enemy Code Broken 137 Years Late · · Score: 1

    it didn't take that long to decode the enigma. That is one of the biggest problems with using technology to encode things, if the hardware falls into enemy hands, it can be deciphered much faster than capturing an enemy troop member high-enough up there in the chain of command willing to devulge the information through torture and such.

  12. Re:Man, bullshit. on How the PS3 Hit $600 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's illegal now to play DVDs on a linux PC in the United States (except with distributions that pay licensing fees) because doing so requires a CSS crack. Blue Ray will be no different. Linux users will have to violate the US DMCA by using encryption cracking techniques to view the Blue Ray videos as they have always done. THIS, my dear sir, is the danger of proprietary software :-)

  13. Re:With friends like these... on Sun Puts its Weight Behind Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Luckily, in Ubuntu, J2RE et al are available via the multiverse. Thank you sun for making a compatible liscense.

  14. Re:Comparison of Filesystems. on Apple Looking at ZFS For Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    lmao. Yeah, you're right. THanks. I was thinking of my old 1980something packard bell (8mhz, 1MB RAM, 40MB hard drive). lol. The one I got in 1993 was a gateway (33Mhz, 4MB RAM, and a 120MB hard drive).

  15. Re:Comparison of Filesystems. on Apple Looking at ZFS For Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    I remember the early nineties when I said "I'll never fill this 40 MB hard drive!" Oh how times have changed. Someday, we may just need 16,000,000 Gigabyte files. I don't know when, I don't know why or how, but it might happen. Especially the scientific and content producing communities (which OSX targets fairly heavily). Space is never enough no matter who absurdly large it may seem today.

  16. Re:Uh.... on SPECIAL BIRTHDAY REPORT!!! HEMOS IS 30 :) :) :) · · Score: 1

    I don't think I'm going to have the guts to reload slashdot at my base. Something about a bunch of gun-toting rednecks working on aircraft and pink websites just don't seem to cut it. I'm an outcast enough around there just being a geek. PinkGeeks just doesn't work.

  17. Re:Yay inflammatory titles on Xbox Live More Popular than iTunes? · · Score: 1

    iTMS was also Mac only for the first number of months. No shit it didn't reach 10m as quickly, the user base was very small. As soon as it opened to the Windows world, things started to take off.

  18. Re:WOO HOO! on Dell to Buy Alienware? · · Score: 1

    "Bwing us Bwian!"

  19. Re:Not really... on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As a member of the military, I take offense to what you say about marines. I personally am a member of the USAF and have a non-combat role of repairing C-130 cargo craft, but I have known a number of marines and armymen who are some of the most noble people I've ever had the honor of meeting. Have you ever sat in a room with a marine and just talked? Watch his eyes, they constantly shift and have a worry about them. They talk about the fun times, but try to repress the not so good times. You have a few who are nutzo and love the honor of the kill, but most don't. They are not the most educated in the world, but they are the best trained, and they are trained under the UCMJ and are held to the highest standards. THese men are the selfless ones who put their lives on the line, yet they get shit from assholes like you. How dare you insult these men. What have you amounted to in your life? Would you put your life on the line for your country? No, you'd cower under your bed and welcome your new overlords, and just bitch abotu them, too. So, ultimately, all I'm saying is shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down until you've made something of yourself, son.

  20. Re:anyone else? on Sony Plans Digital Distribution? · · Score: 1

    And this is how they make more money! Get as many people to pay THEM as possible.

  21. Re:Antarctica? on Telescopes Useless by 2050? · · Score: 1

    Typically telescopes are kept near freezing anyway with heater element on the lenses and mirrors. That's why it's so nice to have control rooms that are seperate from the telescopes. Considering the hubble is kept at much colder temperatures than antarctica , I don't see it being a problem.

  22. Re:Protect yourself in one click on Mac OS X Struck By Severe Security Hole · · Score: 1

    Norton/Symantec Antivirus programs are not there to protect your mac, they're there to protect the Windows machines on your network, plain and simple. lol. Maybe this might spawn them to do a little work on the Mac side again.

  23. Re:woo on Greenland Glaciers Melting Much Faster · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, Young Earth Creationists believe that Dinosaurs are large reptiles. Back then, everything was vegatarian (this is coming from a professor on Creationist Science (oxymoron, I know)), and as such, nothing died for quite a while. Reptiles grew large and they are what we call dinosaurs, since reptiles are in a constant state of growth. They also use this as the argument to why humans lived so long....everything lived in harmony. Now that beasts eat eachother and disease has spread, animals are smaller in size and humans do not live as long. Yeah, in my opinion, crackpot science, but that's what I was told at a lecture by a Young Earth creationist.

  24. Re:late again on Apple Embeds Message to OS X Hackers · · Score: 1

    Already linked to this a while back. Same with the OSx86 forums going down due to a DMCA letter. Bah. Oh well. Let it be late.

  25. Re:Have a taste... on Apple Switching to Intel · · Score: 1

    Arstechnica.com has a good write-up on the Xbox 360's CPU. Compiling data from what IBM has released, they don't have all the facts, but several that are official and they piece it together. I'm not saying they COULDN'T be wrong on their assumptions, but they are usually on the ball. Read-up at www.arstechnica.com if you are interested. I love their CPU theory and praxis section, also, if you get interested in their compilations and explanations.