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  1. Re:Powder... on First Results From Deep Impact Mission · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's no asteroid. That's one of those potatoes from Frontier: Elite II.

  2. Re:WTF? on Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo · · Score: 1

    But, is there any authority in Iraq that can handle this? Has any entity stepped up and said, "We are able to take care of it now, please."?

  3. Re:guns illegal in Australia on Secretaries Sacked After Flamewar at Work · · Score: 1
    Apple, meet orange.

    Are you saying that a gun culture where having a gun is somehow necessary to protect yourself is a good gun culture? Sure, if you really need it go have it. It doesn't make it a good gun culture however.

    On the other hand, you hospital example would indicate that there indeed is a problem with hacking (cracking) culture. I'm not sure I'm getting the point here?

  4. Re:Sovereign nation? on Iraq TLD In Legal Limbo · · Score: 1

    Where can I go to register www.test.iq?

  5. Re:Exactly what is he going to do with it? on Durable Laptop Suggestions for the Desert? · · Score: 2, Funny
    a small 90's era Libretto that I carry around to play GO on, so it gets very harshly treated

    Harshly treated? Well, I guess if you scratch the grid onto the lid and really smash those stones when placing them, you could get some harsh treatment by playing go.

  6. Re:guns illegal in Australia on Secretaries Sacked After Flamewar at Work · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In that case there's a problem with the gun culture. I think strict gun laws can help change the culture in the long run. It's impractical in the short run, but that doesn't necessarily make the law bad.

  7. Re:Government Out, Private Sector In... on Katrina Delays Shuttle · · Score: 1

    It's not about who physically builds the things, it's about who takes the initiative. Those companies aren't going to suddenly cooperate and launch landers to the moon, rovers to mars, or a sun-observing satelite to the sun-Earth L1 point, if no-one pays them.

  8. Re:You started off well... on Katrina Delays Shuttle · · Score: 1
    It's the classic problem of finding a good idea of what to do with something. There's a million things that can be done in space, on the moon, or on Mars, but we lack the imaginative power to come to think of it. That's why it's important to send all kinds of junk out there, to see what can be done. The first question that needs answering is:
    • "What's out there?"
    The next question is:
    • "What are the possibilities?"
    We have come some way on the first. We have a rudimentary platform for considering the second, but it's not much, yet. This talk about "failure" is kind of ridiculous, since we have done so little so far that there hasn't been much to even fail with.
  9. Re:Presentation on Berners-Lee Says Internet Will Make Kids Creative · · Score: 1
    Where I come from, the children take one of their parent's names. If both parents have X, then it's obvious. If one parent is X and another is Y, then there is a choice. If both parents choose to go with X-Y, then the same choice applies. If either of the names by themselves are hyphenated, then the parent needs to choose again. The general rule is that children don't get hyphenated names at all. A hyphenated name solely being the choice of the parent you see..

    When someone maries, and chooses to both take a new name, and keep the old, then so be it. That double-name is strictly personal business however, and will not affect anyone else.

    Again, to clarify with an example:

    Anna Smith marries Joe Schmuck.
    Anna changes name to Smith-Schmuck, Joe doesn't change name.
    Their child will now have a choice between Smith or Schmuck, but not Smith-Schmuck. (or at the very least, it's not recommended).

    Suppose Anna Smith-Schmuck now remarries to James Jizz. She can now change name to Anna Smith-Jizz, or perhaps keep the name Smith-Schmuck. If she chooses Smith-Schmuck-Jizz, I would question her sanity, and so would the naming authorities.
    Moreover, if she's allowed to change to Smith-Schuck-Jizz, and choose the name Schmuck (whom she already divorced) for her children, there might be some legal problems, since bigamy is usually not allowed.

    In short: having a double-surname is okay, and does not pose a problem. If any problems arise, it means that the parents have no idea what to call themselves in the first place anyway.

    You owe the Oracle 10 pronunciations of "James Smith-Schmuck-Jizz" in quick succession.

  10. Re:Baby Sister? on Oregon Is Growing A Mystery Bulge · · Score: 4, Insightful
    We obviously don't need that kind of perspective here. I mean, just take a look at that box on TFA page with some images: "The Fury of Volcanoes".

    That's media perspective for you.

  11. Re:flame on the moon on SALT Telescope First Light · · Score: 1
    There are two options:
    • Send two slashdotters to the moon and mention Iraq. They will be a-flaming.
    • Send the webserver to the moon.
  12. Re:SALT server supernovas on SALT Telescope First Light · · Score: 1

    North Korea has slower. I think they could take a slashdotting with a 486.

  13. Re:The apocalypse draws nigh. on Help Beta Test Slashdot CSS · · Score: 1

    Watch out, the CSS will contain: span.dnf {display: none; content: "base64;RHVrZSBOdWtlbSBGb3JldmVyOiBXaGVuIHRoZSBmcm 9udCBwYWdlIGlzIHN0YW5kYXJkcy1jb21wbGlhbnQu";}

  14. Re:css!! on Help Beta Test Slashdot CSS · · Score: 1

    Dependes on how bad suboptimal means in non-compliant browsers. The site should be usable at all times, and stuff like overlapping blocks and covered text should be fixed (it creates mounds of frustration), but it doesn't have to look picture perfect.

  15. Re:Isn't it childish? on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 1

    In other words, any later version of the GPL must be similar in spirit, otherwise it isn't a successor, and thus doesn't apply.

  16. Re:A bold one on GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM · · Score: 1

    So they can have patents, but not patents that go against the GPL? Can there be patents that aren't against the GPL?

  17. Re:Fusion again? on Europe Plans a New Type of Fusion Facility · · Score: 1
    Yes! Down with fusion!

    Long live nuclear waste!

  18. Re:Oblig. on Evidence Dinosaurs Are Like Giant Chicks · · Score: 1
    AAAAAGH!

    ooooohh...

    AAAAAGH!

  19. Re:Damn... on Evidence Dinosaurs Are Like Giant Chicks · · Score: 1

    American? I thought Swedish blondes were the stereotypical "exotic" type...

  20. Re:PayPal Is Like The Mob on PayPal Freezes Hurricane Relief Account · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's the same in Finland. Waiters don't need tips to survive, since they get paid enough. The only time I "tip" is when I tell someone to keep the change.

  21. Re:I, for one... on Evidence Dinosaurs Are Like Giant Chicks · · Score: 1

    Tyrannosaurus Dicks for Giant Chicks.

  22. Re:Codes are for on Opera Turns 10, Gives Away Free Registrations · · Score: 1
    No, the filtering isn't windows-dependent, but that particular GUI happens to be. I haven't quite found any others, so perhaps your best bet is to follow the (rather easy) instructions at the third link. As far as I can see, the instructions should be exactly the same for both (maybe all) platforms.

    Just don't go overboard with the wildcards (* and ?), and go blocking too broad URLs like "http://*ad*" ... you might block quite a lot of stuff with that :). "http://ad.*" or similar are okay though, and of course very specific ones too, like "http://www.obnoxiousimages.com/images/advert/*"

    Or indeed, for clean browsing, try: "http://*.asp" ;)

  23. Re:PeerGuardian; false sence of security on BitTorrent's Loss is eDonkey's Gain? · · Score: 1

    Define "homegrown media in Europe, India etc".

  24. Re:Codes are for on Opera Turns 10, Gives Away Free Registrations · · Score: 1

    Really, well in that case it will be identifying strictly as Opera by default in the next release. Notice also, that although it has IE's agent-string, it tacks Opera/8.0 at the end, so it' essentially both, since searching for "Opera" will return a match. Identifying as strictly IE requires editing the config files.

  25. Re:If only there were a program to manage windows. on Opera Turns 10, Gives Away Free Registrations · · Score: 1

    Very true, but Real Men have at least 20 webpages open at any time, be they Brainfuck documentation or pr0n.