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  1. Re:...without tea breaks... on Contour Crafting - Extrude-a-House · · Score: 0

    I'm sorry, but here in the UK our builders do indeed drink tea, albeit from styrofoam cups...

  2. Re:Why yes it does! on Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Released · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But in Solviet Russia, linux runs on linux!

  3. Re:What the FUD? on GE Reaches OLED Milestone · · Score: 0

    How come people always talk about ads on slashdot, but the subject of blocking ads is almost taboo?

    I've seen people whine about /. ads, but noone's ever followed up with something like "use adblock under firebird/fox" or adshield under MSIE.
    I understand it's effectively stealing from /. but hey, vote with the wallet, even if it's not yours.

  4. Eep! on iPod Mini Autopsy · · Score: 4, Funny

    No comments at all and already slashdotted... What's the webserver running on, an iPod?

  5. *really* tall room on What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack? · · Score: 1

    One of my classrooms at school was about 4 or 5 meters high. A real relic that hadn't gotten around to being converted into a two-story classroom.

    Anyway, at the end of my last school year, I taped 4 meter rules together, and with the help of a desk to stand on, taped several bits of the teachers stationary to the roof, and a poster. Sadly I got caught attempting to tape an orange to the ceiling, but he had a good sense of humor, after I got them all down again.

  6. Re:OK, here is the deal on Flash Mob Supercomputer? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For notebooks, 100% cpu usage has a definite impact. Seriously reduces battery life.

  7. In other news... on Nokia Admits N-Gage Sales Below Expectations · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pope is catholic!

  8. Re:Anyone ever seen well written english? on Virus Writers - The Enemy Within · · Score: 1

    Geez. they're galled adverbs

    What does a part of the liver have to do with being a spelling/grammar nazi? I assume it's not a typographical error.

  9. Re:MRI on Electric Shavers Rot Your Brain · · Score: 1

    The long-term cumulative exposure to magnetic fields will be felt more by the staff at hospital MRI machines, or the staff who run the NMR machines ubiqitous in analytical chemistry. Long-term exposure risks to X-rays are the reason that dentists and doctors always stand behind a shield when x-raying you, even though they'd get a tiny dose.

    Heck, what about people who work in power stations?

  10. Re:How does freenet help... on Freenet Project More Stable, In Need · · Score: 1

    Whoops. It never occured to me that a corporation would be that stupid. Ok, how about getting an older mirror of the site out if the wayback machine, connecting to freenet, and then downloading the current slient?

  11. Re:How does freenet help... on Freenet Project More Stable, In Need · · Score: 2, Informative

    Freenet is a sourceforge project, so you should be able to get it from there.

  12. Re:Bout time on Brazil Takes Lead in All-Digital Cinema Projection · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno about you, but scratchy popping is all part of the exerience.

    You see those black ovals? Cigarette burns.
    For that matter, it'd be harder to splice in single frames of hard core pronography as well.

  13. MS's answer on Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released · · Score: 2, Redundant

    You know what MS's solution to all these bugs will be - upgrade to XP...

  14. Re:Oh, you had to do it.... on WB Cancels Angel · · Score: 1

    Mmph? farscape is cancelled?

  15. Slashdot Haiku on Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cannot create
    a haiku in time for the
    first post. Woe is me.

  16. MOD PARENT UP on Nominations For AIAS Gaming Awards Announced · · Score: 0, Redundant

    so true. The actual creators never goet recognised nowadays - just look at invention farms. "ooh, a billion dollar idea! Here's your reward - not getting fired!"

  17. Re:Kernel source here on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linux 2.6.2...

    har de har dar. well, it does what it says on the tin.

  18. Re:not exactly "novel" on New Worms Feed on MyDoom Infections · · Score: 1

    It seems kind of obvious to me. Worm leaves a gaping hole...write something to exploit gaping hole.

    It's a timeless concept, the giver and the receiver.

  19. Screen resolution? on Details Of Palm OS 6 - 'Cobalt' · · Score: 3, Funny

    Highlights are a 32,000x32,000 screen support

    So when will I be seeing gigapixel screens in other devices?

  20. What about windows embedded? on Microsoft Sits on Security Flaw for Six Months · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, subject says it all. What about systems with embedded windows, where patching (if possible) usually proceeds slowly, for example cash machines?

  21. Re:Serious Sam? on Good Online FPS Games/Servers For Beginners? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up, serious sam is a godlike game. the cooperative singleplayer is the best thing I've ever played. More so in serious sam the second encounter, with extra weapons.

  22. Re:Brief History... on What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist? · · Score: 1

    Pfft. Hawking is an extreme instrumentalist.

  23. Re:They need a tutorial on this stuff? on Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, if you copy over .config and run "make oldconfig" it'll only ask you new questions - could be problematic for large changes, but for little kernel upgrades it's worked fine for me (2.4.22 -> 23 -> 24; 2.6.0 -> 6.1 -> 6.2)

    IANAKH, so feel free to correct me.

  24. Silly BBC... on BBC Links Linux To MyDoom · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't they know what happens when you incur the wrath of linux users?

  25. Re:quote on Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die · · Score: 1

    Umm... rechargeable betteries?