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  1. Re:Sasser exploit on A Worm's Worm · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Its a shame that its come to the point where a worm will exploit another worm to screw stuff up. I am so glad I moved to linux.
    What about OS X?
  2. Re:Good name. on FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless · · Score: 1
    They need to get away from the 1394 name. It's confusing for people. They should call it FireWireless!!!
    Yeah, neither Lega nor Leqa make much sense for a FireWire company ...
  3. TV tuner? on Japanese Cell Phones Offer a Glimpse of the Future · · Score: 1, Insightful
    ...In particular, two phones from Sharp, the V402SH and V602SH between them boast a TV tuner...
    Honestly, who would want to watch TV on a cell phone?
  4. Not saying YOU bought an N-Gage, but ... on Sony Connect To Hook Up With PlayStation Portable? · · Score: 2, Funny
    I personally wouldn't want to pay that much for just a handheld.
    It's amazing how many people who bought the N-Gage would probably say something like this ... ;)
  5. Re:RFID tags on Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC Tags · · Score: 3, Insightful
    ...and no one has the right to know I bought certain products or not if I don't want them to know.
    Don't credit/debit card bills tell you what you purchased with your card?
  6. Re:RFID tags on Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC Tags · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I said, "Another reason to hate Wal-Mart." I already hate the place.

  7. RFID tags on Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC Tags · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    RFID tags: another reason to hate Wal-Mart.

  8. Re:screenshot? on KDE Conquers Astrophysics With Kst · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFA!

    kst1.png
    kst2.png

  9. Re:ho-hum on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1
    When you go to the ESPN's NBA home page, you get a McDonald's ad for a few seconds, then it reverts to the typical ESPN banner. This is a clever way of getting around things like AdBlock (whether that was the intent or not). Now I can either deal with the few seconds of advertising, or have a glaring white space on the page because I've blocked the entire flash element.
    Or you can use Firefox and edit your userContent.css file.
  10. Re:Isn't this redundant? on U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime Treaty · · Score: 2, Interesting
    ...or the myth that the Civil War was fought with the altruistic purpose of freeing the slaves (yes, it was fought to free the slaves, but not over altruism, over money instead).
    Yes, it was partly over money, but it was actually over states' rights. As you American Slashdotters [hopefully] learned, the South seceded (except for the "border" states) from the Union.

    This pissed off Lincoln a lot. He didn't believe that states had rights, especially to secede. So he went to war with the South. I think it was in 1863 that he changed the issue from states' rights to slavery.
  11. What the crap? on 526 Years On, Da Vinci's Clockwork Car Constructed · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The Guardian (and several other news outlets) report on the attempt by Professor Paulo Galluci and his team to build a working model of Leonard Da Vinci's clockwork powered car, designed in 1478.
    Um, how does "several other sources" translate into only two other sources?

    According to Dictionary.com, several means "being of a number more than two or three but not many."
  12. Re:A small black spot on the Sun on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 1
    "Okay, everybody stare directly at the Sun."

    Don't forget to use your telescope too. ;)
    Don't be stoopid! Everybody knowns binoculars work better! =P
  13. Re:OT: file extensions, ClearTweak on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 1
    1. Your screenshot is a PNG image, not JPEG.
    I know that. EarthLink/Trellix prohibits .png uploads, so I had to save it as .jpg.
  14. Re:A small black spot on the Sun on The Venus Transit 2004 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Okay, everybody stare directly at the Sun.
    Who the crap would mod that "Informative"?
  15. Just in case ... on Painlessly Update FreeBSD · · Score: 3, Informative

    In case the site's Slashdotted ...

    Google cache of article
    Google cache of .pdf file

  16. Re:Real Genius on Factory Testing of Airborne Laser Cannon Completed · · Score: 1

    Actually, it was Tesla who came up with the particle cannon.

    So they must've read his autobiography!

  17. Re:If they encrypt my mail on On The Privacy Subtleties Of GMail, Other Webmail · · Score: 1
    If they encrypt my mail, how will I read it?!
    Isn't that the idea? ;)
  18. Re:Good. on Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash · · Score: 3, Informative

    How could you? They don't give you Windows refunds anymore. You have to send back the entire system.

  19. Re:SCO fixes on Linus Torvalds: Backporting Is A Good Thing · · Score: 2, Funny
    Then perhaps someone should back-port the fixes that remove the SCO code.
    "And in other news, SCO has just announced a $699 license fee to mock them."
  20. Re:I'm using AT&T Wireless on More on AT&T Wireless's Bungled System Upgrade · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Including wireless internet access to write this on Slashdot, and I've had no pro
    AT&T Wireless ... not as problem-free as you'd hoped, eh? ;)
  21. Sarcasm ... on More on AT&T Wireless's Bungled System Upgrade · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Ironically, the scathing and sometimes highly sarcastic commentary at the end of the article from former employees makes this read even better.
    Sarcasm is like the drugs in my rice: it adds flavor.
  22. Re:Wow! on Extreme Yo-Yoing · · Score: 1
    $400 for a State of the Art Hogh-Tech YoYo? Sounds awesome!
    You're forgetting one thing:
    Story + Internet = Truth
    ;)
  23. Re:FM is Going the way of AM on ClearChannel Complains About XM, Sirius Radio · · Score: 1
    FM is Going the way of AM
    If FM's going the way of AM, then ClearChannel should be rejoicing. Over the past few years, AM's been making a comeback.
  24. Re:humptf, jobs is getting wrong again :P on Apple Rejects RealNetwork's Pleas · · Score: 4, Insightful
    microsoft says: why would we work with #2 and stop making office for macs?
    OS X takes a backseat to Windows in everything--usability, stability, etc.? That's news to me. =P
  25. Re:You mean ... on ECC2-109 Winners Certified · · Score: 1

    Oh, man, I have to stop watching A Christmas Story. It's what, April, already?