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  1. Re:An engineer's dream on Skunkworks At Apple -- The Graphing Calculator Story · · Score: 1

    except the key difference that they had no manager, as mentioned by the grandparent poster.

  2. Re:Hammer Revolution on Net Worm Uses Google to Spread · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    indeed it has.

  3. Re:Real world vs. fanboy fantasies on GIMP 2.2 Released · · Score: 1

    i read a bit of that console page, and i must say it's well done.

  4. Re:And that is why on Tantalizing Clues in Pictures of Saturn's Moons · · Score: 1

    nah, just leave them. it's nice to see the progress we've made since those books were produced.

  5. Re:It's called Anonymous Coward on Plausible Deniability From Rockstar Cryptographers · · Score: 1

    i just bookmark the parent post and view it later... it works ok, but it would be neat to have the reply notification and everything

  6. Re:Good idea? on DJB Announces 44 Security Holes In *nix Software · · Score: 2, Insightful

    at first i read that as: the inevitability of early onset cynicism... :)

  7. Re:Indecision 2004 on Argument Held in $565 mil Microsoft Patent Case · · Score: 1

    that's probably because you only read the ones linked off slashdot...
    but yeah, the concept is kind of off anyway.

  8. Re:54 archs ? on NetBSD 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    when's your documentary on distaste for RPMs going to be up online? interested to read it...

  9. Re:No Vorbis? No FLAC? on The Future of Digital Audio · · Score: 1

    it might have had an infinite loop in it or something like that... can xm files do looping? i know sids can

  10. Re:No Vorbis? No FLAC? on The Future of Digital Audio · · Score: 1

    sid!
    they have both text and graphical players for linux, and i'm sure there are players for other platforms as well.

  11. Re:You don't get it on Arrests Made Near D.C. Over Modded Game Consoles · · Score: 1

    you r0ck :)

  12. Re:RHEL 3? on Dell Calls For Red Hat To Lower Prices · · Score: 1

    maybe they're trying to be 1337 by using redhat 2...

  13. Re:Hammer Revolution! on IBM Claims World's Smallest SRAM Memory Cell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it is great, i'm considering using it as a sig.

    --;

  14. Re:Sorry for Double Post on That's Using Your Head · · Score: 1

    probably none, just a device to read the output from the electrodes. but the issue is that semiconductors typically conduct when they fail, and there is a very slight possibility that tremendous system damage could put voltage into the electrodes instead of just reading what comes off of them. i'm sure that proper precautions would be taken and everything, the idea is still kind of creepy to me.

  15. Re:Sorry for Double Post on That's Using Your Head · · Score: 1

    ok, but what if the hardware fails: e.g. a voltage surge breaks something relating to the neurologic interface. these things are too risky for my tastes

  16. Re:Hammer Revolution! on More Problems for the Treo 650 · · Score: 1

    /methinks you've hit on something

    --;

  17. Re:THAT is not the bad part on Blizzard Bans Speed Hackers from WoW · · Score: 1

    cheers to you (honestly)

  18. solutions on Blizzard Bans Speed Hackers from WoW · · Score: 0, Troll

    is blizzard going to fix their program?

  19. Re:Bad? No way. on Lycos Anti-Spam Screensaver Brings Down Spam Sites · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spam is a bit harsh; the lycos screensaver is a legitimate bulk packet sender.

  20. Re:30.8 megs on Tankjumping in Halo 2 · · Score: 0

    yeah, they must have a big pipe, it went fast. kind of cool too

  21. 30.8 megs on Tankjumping in Halo 2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    get the bittorrents and fire extinguishers ready :)

  22. Re:This has already been around for about a month on ID Required to Purchase Games · · Score: 1

    nice response (seriously)

  23. Re:Dupe! on Open Source Graphic Card Project Seeks Experts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hahahaha! Oh I'm a pathetic shell of a human.
    There's no need to bash yourself in that manner, it's perfectly all right to make a pun every now and then :)

  24. Re:Dupe! on Open Source Graphic Card Project Seeks Experts · · Score: 3, Funny
    exit
    Woops, ive been using a terminal too much.

    ...if that were possible :)

  25. Re:Linux help? on Air Force Orders Up A Custom Windows Monoculture · · Score: 1

    dude, that's what i did, but without the knoppix. to the grandparent poster: this works, and well.