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  1. Obviously... on Gaming Gaffes of 2003 Pinpointed? · · Score: 0

    Half-Life 2!

    Oh. Wait... 2003?

  2. Who didn't see this coming on A Mars Mission's Greatest Challenge: Radiation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tinfoil hats!

  3. Re:Nice on Approaches To Teamwork In Online Games Surveyed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I thought the subtle humor might be above the capacity of some slashdot readers.

  4. Oh, I'd like to point out on Approaches To Teamwork In Online Games Surveyed · · Score: 0, Troll

    that this was in fact a sideswipe at first post whores.

  5. Meh. on Approaches To Teamwork In Online Games Surveyed · · Score: -1, Redundant

    With online gaming there's always going to be a high percentage of time-wasting assholes. Same with everything online, I suppose.

    Frist post!

  6. Re:Information Pollution in my Inbox on Arthur C. Clarke on Information Pollution · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mmm... spam...

  7. 2003! on Best Holiday Gaming Seasons Ever? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Half-life 2!

    Oh. Wait...

  8. Gentoo! on Gentoo rsync Server Compromised [updated] · · Score: 5, Funny

    rooted 1% faster than a binary install!

    With apologies to Torne, from whom I stole this quote.

  9. JESUS! RTFA! on Australia's Largest ISP Redefines Spam · · Score: 1

    THEY'LL SIMPLY INVESTIGATE IT!!! NOT ARBITRARILY SHUT IT DOWN! AUUGH!

    sorry. wading through 100 pages of "well I have am ate who sometimes sends more than 20 emails" articles tends to wear on the nerves.

    Might i point out that long-term analysis of mail volume is pointless because in that case by the time the accont is closed alreay more than enough damage will have been done.

    We're talking looking at emails for things like "Cheap V1agra! Click here" so I doubt "Newsletter attatched" will pose much of a threat. Admittedly thry could have stressed the "investigate" and "possibility of" sections of text a bit more, but only to protect the stupid from thier own paranoia.

  10. Re:Slashdotted beyond hell ... on Making Of Halo 2 Video Officially Released · · Score: 1

    five minutes! see what I mean! that's terrible! why, that's only 300k/sec!

  11. funding for Dell hardware on Dell To Techs: Don't Help Customers Remove Spyware · · Score: 1

    I received special needs funding and i was forced to get a Dell computer, which was fine once I completely wiped the hard drive.

    I don't know why it was necesarry to go with Dell; Perhaps some kind of deal between my asessment agency and dell? It certainly cost a bomb.

  12. Re:USA is pretty damn big its own-self on India Joins Galileo Consortium · · Score: 1

    Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent

    So what? In my newly independant country of backyardia, Mount Mccompostheap is the highest point and The Big Ditch the lowest.

  13. A "brush"? on ISS Fender Bender · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't things as small as paing flecks cause serious damage at the kind of speeds space junk goes at?

    I realise the junk might share the same orbit as the space station and have the same relative velocity blah blah, but consider just how slow it'd have to be moving not to rupture the hull.

  14. Re:Intersing book on the history of Comdex on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1

    not bad, but combine the longness with tinyurl and you have a killer.

  15. Re:There is one very simple solution to all of thi on Aussie Students Face Jail Over Music Sharing Site · · Score: 1

    Bravo! Bravo! The RIAA and MPAA are no different to drug dealers, peddling their addictive wares and getting understandably pissed when people steal from their stash.

    Not to mention that 95% of the MP3's out there are ripped by muppets.

  16. Amyone Have on Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight · · Score: 1

    The times for the UK, and indeed the whole of eurpe. it looks from the map like it'll be very early in the morning.

  17. Re:Author of Artical on Transmeta Founder Talks Chips · · Score: 1

    whoops, looks like you got the wrong article

  18. Re:What I'd like to see: on Transmeta Founder Talks Chips · · Score: 1

    problem with these devices is that they're slow, much slower than hard drives.

  19. Re:$1,000? on When a PDA is better than a GBA for Gaming · · Score: 1

    30-40 fps most of the time, that's assuming you never ever want to buy any new games ever, or you do, and upgrade every 6 months as opposed to 2 or 3 years for a more expensive machine.

  20. Re:I'm a die-hard OpenOffice user on Microsoft Office Faces British Invasion · · Score: 1

    heh. When I discovered OpenOffice, I uninstalled my pirated office copy, and urged everyone I'd loaned it to to do the same; now I plan totell my old school about it since I think they still use 97 from lack of money :) aah.... isn't life great!

  21. Re:knackered? on Videogame Injuries - The Ugly Truth · · Score: 1

    Fucking Americans. Knackered means tired, beat up

  22. Re:Clearing up the cancer FUD on Better Living Through Chiral Chemistry · · Score: 1

    I do beleive you'll find I was being sarcastic.

    I wanted to go for an "insightful" score so I took out the section where I go

    "... in the organs. Isn't that right, johnny no-hair? what's that? you don't like being called johnny no-hair? why is that? oh don't be silly, there's no such thing as blood cancer!"

  23. Re:Clearing up the cancer FUD on Better Living Through Chiral Chemistry · · Score: 1, Informative

    Aspartame never reaches the organs? Well I guess we don't have to worry about it causing cancer then, since all cancers happen in the organs.

    Right?

    And you mean isomer, not isotope.

    OTOH, you do have a point. After all, the thalidomide disaster was caused by optical isomers, that's never a good thing to associate with.

  24. You can't patent sugar! on Better Living Through Chiral Chemistry · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can't patent sugar! that's just fucked up!

  25. Re:Another solution to noise on Home Brew Hard Drive Silencer/Cooler · · Score: 1

    I would like to point out I wasn't trolling, and it is actually the solution I use for computer noise, with a lost of all the side effects I've expreienced.