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  1. Re:Waste of money on New 'Mystery Meson' Sub-Atomic Particle Discovered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No it's not. Physics research has a lot of benefits. X-Rays, MRI, etc are all consequences of trying to study the atom.

  2. realise the truth . . . on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1

    There is no spoof

  3. Faster link on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1
  4. Oh the Irony on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1

    In the spoof, Bill gates accuses IBM of stifling innovation.

  5. Re:Mod parent (+1, Informative) on UK Becomes Sixth Country to Implement EUCD · · Score: 2, Interesting
    because the UK legal culture isn't anything like as nasty as the US one.

    However, being a colony of the US, it's only a matter of time before the UK becomes just like the US in every possible way, including legal culture.
  6. Not the first time on First Reproducing Artificial Virus Created · · Score: 3, Informative

    This story indicates that it was done more than a year ago.

  7. Reinstalling is usually better on Experiences w/ Drive Imaging Software? · · Score: 1

    Reimaging an existing harddrive copies everything that the OS screwed up too. Reinstallation works much better if what you want is a stable system again. That's the reality of windows.

  8. Re:Not a US citizen on GameSpy Sends DMCA-Based C&D To Security Researcher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and the Italian government will GUBO (Grease Up and Bend Over) and hand him over to the US unfortunately

  9. There already exists a spoof of Matrix on Feature-Length Matrix Spoof to be Released Soon · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're called Matrix reloaded and Matrix revolutions.

  10. Re:Paid MSN messenger? on Microsoft Adding Blogs to Longhorn? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Screwed up the formatting.. the parent should really look like this:

    But executives also determined that MSN's structure was making it harder for Microsoft to ensure that it remained permanently profitable, said David Cole, Microsoft's senior vice president in charge of MSN.


    It's only a matter of time before MSN messenger becomes a paid service. Once enough people become dependent on it, they might be willing to pay a small subscription fee for it. I suspect microsoft is waiting for that.
  11. Paid MSN messenger? on Microsoft Adding Blogs to Longhorn? · · Score: 0

    But executives also determined that MSN's structure was making it harder for Microsoft to ensure that it remained permanently profitable, said David Cole, Microsoft's senior vice president in charge of MSN.
    It's only a matter of time before MSN messenger becomes a paid service. Once enough people become dependent on it, they might be willing to pay a small subscription fee for it. I suspect microsoft is waiting for that.

  12. Re:It gets better on Fox News Considered Suing Fox's "The Simpsons" · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The rule actually makes perfect sense because we are talking about fox news viewers here. They mistake fake news for real news all the time.

  13. Everything that is there to be said has been said on SCO Madness Reigns Supreme · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would there be anymore original or insightful comments on this topic? Everyone has already commented a million times about SCO and all the comments usually follow the same pattern. Yes I agree that SCO is a useless gold-digging, thieving corporation. But, all SCO stories need to be modded redundant. Or, post a story and link it to the comments in the old story.

  14. Instead of the RIAA, there will be something else on Who Needs Radio? · · Score: 1

    Lets assume radio is dead and artists can distribute their own songs and don't need the RIAA anymore. They will still need help with a server that hosts the songs, encoders to digitize the songs, advertising agents to promote concerts, etc. Now all that may become enough overhead where they make a deal with some large company to do all that for them in return for a cut of the revenue made from the song... and woops there's another RIAA equivalent company that controls the artists. The reality of today is you cannot get rid of large corporations from your life. All you can do is regulate them

  15. Bad Image on Land Warrior Army Suits Simplified, Linux-ized · · Score: 1

    I can just picture a bunch of pimply faced geeks with thick glasses joining the military to use super cool linux gadget.

  16. All the better to . . . on Preparing for the DARPA Autonomous Vehicle Challenge · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    . . . Lie first and then invade some unfortunate backwards nation to steal their resources.

  17. Re:Right, get a woman to comment on engineering. on Farewell To The Concorde · · Score: 1

    eh.. where did you get the idea that she thought it was unsafe. Here's a quote from the site: "As far as I knew Concorde was a rock-steady aircraft," says Mary, describing her feelings about the fatal Concorde crash outside Paris in July 2000, which killed 113 people. "I hadn't expected it. I really hadn't."

  18. Concorde II on Farewell To The Concorde · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hopefully there is a concorde II with the following improvements:
    1. A glass cockpit instead of the analog crap in the old concorde
    2. More efficient turbofan engines instead of the gas-guzzling turbojets on the Concorde.
    3. A more roomy cabin

  19. Most high-end games suck on Building A High-End Gaming Workstation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wouldn't invest in a high-end gaming stations because most high-end games seem to suck. They're all about graphics, but the game-play sucks ass. They are not as enjoyable as a lot of old games like the original quake. Any in-expensive system works great for the old games.

  20. Oh shit on Text Mining the Multiverse · · Score: 1

    If I apply this to slashdot, I'll have only 3-4 posts to read everyday... What will I do all day at work?

  21. Analysis on Tall People Earn More · · Score: 1

    In my company, the following tends to be true: most MBAs are tall and most Directors and VPs are tall
    Also, they say tall people have more inefficient brains since the distance between the brain and heart is more. That explains why most MBAs, directors and VPs are tall.

  22. Bad Link in story on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's the correct link

  23. They'll just pass a new law on Bernstein Cryptography Case Dismissed · · Score: 1

    They'll just pass a new law to get security researchers if existing laws don't work.

  24. Gets out but stays in? on Verisign Gets Out of the Registrar Biz, Keeps .com Registry · · Score: 1

    How does it get out of the registrar business but keep .com? Doesn't that mean it's still in the registrar business?

  25. Re:Notice the clean blue flame? on China Sends First Taikonaut To Space · · Score: 1

    Maybe it doesn't have any solid fuel engines and has just liquid fueled engines?