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  1. Yeah but... on Muppets Named Top Scientists · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd rather fsck Scully.

  2. Re:May the trend continue... on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

    Actually, a broker can allow you to sell short what they don't have. It is called naked shorting... and it happened a lot with cmkx.pk at the .0001 and .0002 stages a few months back.

  3. Re:May the trend continue... on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 1

    gauranteed money selling SCO short, heh.

  4. Re:Recent SSH chatter... on Serious Security Hole In PuTTY · · Score: 1

    someone should tell the people brute forcing my machine that it works a little better if you put the characters in the password blank, not the user blank.

  5. Re:Linux On A Floppy on LOAF - Distributed Social Networking Over Email · · Score: 1

    First of all I don't drink coffee, I drink White Russians/Club Specials/Beer(a lot)/coke... see google. Next of all I work in a lab and havn't ever used a floppy. so stfu.

    -will

  6. Re:Linux On A Floppy on LOAF - Distributed Social Networking Over Email · · Score: 1

    Not there... here, oh wait, floppy... what's that?

  7. Re:You asked for it... on Humanoid Robot Combat in Japan · · Score: 1

    I just threw up.

  8. Re:WOW! on Humanoid Robot Combat in Japan · · Score: 2, Funny

    ThinkGeek.Com needs to get on that!! I for one would buy a mini robot fighter thingy.

  9. Re:The next step in optical networks: on Internet Heading to Light Speed · · Score: 1

    I sure hope none of my packets are lost.

    yikes, and watch out for collisions!

  10. Re:CONTENT!! on Internet Heading to Light Speed · · Score: 1

    Whats the point of blazing high speeds without the content???

    The ideas people/companies may have for adding content may not be feasible until higher speeds are reached. (video on demand, video conferencing, etc.)

  11. Re:magnetic media on Internet Heading to Light Speed · · Score: 1

    I believe the current solution to this problem was posted yesterday here.

  12. Re:Email Phishing on Anti-Phishing Tools · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My dad recently showed me that e-mail, that exact one, and the link says http://www.citibank.com/blah.aspx but if you were to actually click the link it goes to citibank.ru or something similar.

  13. Re:The cell phone guys should take note of this. on Should Game Consoles Make Breakfast, Too? · · Score: 1

    It most definitly does work for forwarding calls to the cell phone, asterisk is a very powerful PBX.

  14. Re:The cell phone guys should take note of this. on Should Game Consoles Make Breakfast, Too? · · Score: 1

    Easy,

    1. go to http://connect.voicepulse.com
    2. pay 7$ a month for a voip telephone number
    3. put linux on a machine
    4. install asterisk pbx http://www.asterisk.org
    5. edit the configs to create an extension that allows you to make an outgoing call using your voicepulse account and records it using date stamping. (see the wikipedia on Asterisk) http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+-+documenta tion+of+application+commands ... scroll down to Sounds: Playing and Recording.

    exten => 2060,1,Answer exten => 2060,2,Wait(1) exten => 2060,3,Read(numberToCall) exten => 2060,4,Dial(SIP/user@gw5.voicepulse.com/${numberTo Call}) exten => 2060,5,Monitor(wav,myfilename,m)
    ; or something close to this.

    Done!!!

  15. greeeaaat. on Bridging the Digital Divide With PCtvt? · · Score: 2, Funny

    wirelessly networked personal computer intended for the four billion people around the world who live on less than $2,000 a year

    great, 4 billion more idiots calling tech support.

  16. Slacking on Vive La Loafing! · · Score: 1

    This slacking thing seems like a whole lot of work if you have to read a big ole' book to figure out how to do it...

  17. Re:Imagine... on Vive La Loafing! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of people slacking off!

    slashdot?

  18. It's just 'cowboyneal' now? on It's Just the 'internet' Now? · · Score: 1

    This morning Slashdot announced that 'Cowboy', 'Neal', and 'CowboyNeal' will no longer be capitalized in their stories/forums/polls.

  19. Sweet... on 3D Monitor · · Score: 1

    3d porn for the naked eye.

  20. An idea... on PS3 To Use Blu-Ray Technology · · Score: 1

    ... I just had, this could allow game developers to integrate full length movies in WITH the game.

    i.e. spiderman the game also comes with spiderman the movie.

  21. Hypothetically on PS3 To Use Blu-Ray Technology · · Score: 1

    ... if I were to download a bin/cue of one of these games/HD movies/whatever, that wouldn't be fun. It already hypothetically sucks to download DVD.

  22. Re:At what cost? $$ on PS3 To Use Blu-Ray Technology · · Score: 1

    Also, since you are packing ALOT more data is the same space, wouldn't scratches and surface damage be even more crippling potentially?

    sounds like the perfect excuse to continue to "backup" my games.

    now... how do i backup these blu-ray things?

  23. cars on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1

    I have an aunt and uncle jon and rosie who flew to europe to buy some fancy car, it was actually cheaper to fly, buy, and have it shipped to the states than to buy it here in the U.S. I forget what kind of car it was, probably a bmw or something.

    before you reply, the answer is yes you can buy cars in europe with the steering wheel on the left side. ;)

  24. Site Text on Pictorial and Written History of Bell Systems · · Score: 0, Funny

    I managed to get the site text before it was slashdotted.

    Service Temporarily Unavailable
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

  25. Sweet cluster on IBM's Blue Gene powered by Linux · · Score: 1

    The IBM research team is currently running a large Linux cluster to simulate Blue Gene.

    that is is a 65,000 node cluster with 14.9 terabytes of memory... let's see, 2.2 gig of memory a piece, sweet cluster!