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  1. Re:Put it this way... how would you feel? on Microsoft Developers Respond To .NET Criticism · · Score: 0

    An AC post containing nothing but "Your post sucks" getting a +5 funny, now I have seen everything.

  2. Mandatory ... on Microsoft Robots to Watch Kids · · Score: 4, Funny

    It doesn't work man! I did the registry entries, rebooted and I am pressing ctrl. Then I tap ScrLk once, then t[NO CARRIER]

  3. Q's on Intel's Dual-core strategy, 75% by end 2006 · · Score: 1

    are we going to see a huge increase in game complexity/detail

    complexity? Isn't multi-core programming pretty much the same as multi-processor programming?

    detail? If this helps greatly for performance and it's relatively cheap (it's on affordable consumer chips) then why not a processor with 3 cores, or 5?

  4. Re:Easy on Floaters are the New Pop-Ups · · Score: 1

    So what if it is a flash floater?

  5. Even more annoying ... on Floaters are the New Pop-Ups · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... are the 'in-between' pages with advertising. You are reading an article, want to go from page 2 to 3 and boom, you end up on a completely different page.

  6. Re:Actually, 200% more power on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 1

    *clears "Recieve reply to useless slashdot comment" of daily to-do list*

  7. Re:Actually, 200% more power on Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you want to buy this new battery, it generally means your old one is 'empty', so 0% charged and then 300% holds up.

    *clears "Post useless slashdot comment" of daily to-do list*

  8. I was just waiting for some topic about music ... on Software Distribution By Vinyl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    didn't matter what, just that it be close enough to mention this guy in a post.

  9. Re:Oh, Whoopee. on Harrods Sells Holographic TV · · Score: 1

    Put a fancy name to something and they will buy? Wake me when it's real....

    Yes, that concept works, please e-mail these guys for more information.
    So; *triiiiiing* (sound of alarmclock).

  10. Re:You've got a lot of jobs there, Prime Minister on Gates tried to Blackmail Danish Government · · Score: 1

    It's an offer you can't refuse ...

  11. Re:Are we asking questions just to sound smart? on Escape from the Universe · · Score: 1

    Hahahahahahahahaha

    I always wondered what happened to those servers mentioned in the /. blobs :-)

  12. Relating Firefox vs. Mozilla on The Mozilla Release Process · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, what exactly is the group of users the mozilla browser targets now with firofox out and all?

  13. +5 Informative on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 1

    nuff said.

  14. Re:Why not faster? on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    years ago 640 kb was all you needed, years ago hospital registrationsystems ran on 1 mhz computers occuping a room.

    I don't need to realize how friggin fast it is, I want to know what is still possible.

    Did you know in 1885 a man closed down his patentshop (no sure what to call it) because he was conviced everything had been discovered ...

  15. Why not faster? on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does anyone know the reason why the speeds of these drives are rarely upgraded? I mean, IDE is just 7200, which it has been for years, S-ATA is 10.000 sometimes, but not really very much faster still.
    Is it technically difficult? Is it unnessecary?
    And now that I think about it, what is taking those solid state disks so long ?

  16. So ? on New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Ready · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The new tank has cameras that will allow ground workers to monitor for damage as the shuttle ascends

    What are they gonna do about it when it is damaged from the ground?

  17. Re:Hmmm on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    I guess I would if I drank more. Never tried it though. Here (in the Netherlands) is Heineken most accessible and I occasionally drink one if the day is very warm and the beer is very cold.
    The times I drink it, It like it. But I am unsure if Heineken meets your obviously high standards ... ;-)

  18. Re:Domino's on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    Well, you don't have to feel THAT sorry for me. I have to admit that when it comes to taste in food I always liked the big mass-production products. I will also admit that it is in fact the freshly made products (in this case pizza) which have more taste to them and I haven't got a tasteorgan evolved enough to notice. I guess the same goes for the fact that I also prefer the MC-D's burger over many others, although you will probably publicly hang me for saying that as well.

    Let's see, we have 'Donatello's' (which isn't a big franchise I think) which is ok. I think Domino's is good. 'Al Capone's' wasn't the one time I tried and that's about it.

  19. Re:Domino's on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    What pizza delivery service has better pizza than domino's? I just had one last night, it was called the 'Double Dutch', with double cheese, double meat, salami, etc. deliverd in 18 minutes flat.

    I tell ya, I would have killed for that pizza if it wasn't mine already. Really, domino's has yet to screw up with me.

  20. Re:Holland or the Netherlands? Wanna know ? on Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection' Campaign · · Score: 1

    I interpreted your comment as that you were trying to say that holland is just the name of the provinces. It isn't, that's why I pointed out that Holland is merely an older word for the country now know as the netherlands. Ow well, doesn't matter.

    I live here by the way; in 'Roosendaal' in the south exactly between a city called 'Breda' and one called 'Bergen op Zoom'. It's a shame those maps don't include us btw because were bigger then 'Bergen op Zoom'.

  21. Re:Holland or the Netherlands? Wanna know ? on Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection' Campaign · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid not friend.

    The name Holland in this and the other entries on this page ultimately stem from holt land ("wooded land").
    Upgrade your knowledge

    Check the North and South holland thing to. However, in South-Holland (the province) lies Amsterdam, so it does somewhat dominate the Netherlands politicaly as you pointed out. I am Dutch btw.

  22. Fairly good idea ... on Animal Cloning Comes to Hollywood · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think that some of these animals are pretty 'talented' and it maybe hard to find an animal (like a movie bear or something) which has the potential to learn well and has the right 'personality'. Cloning the ones that just died ensures you that at least the animal is capable of learning the stuff you want to teach it.

    I am not bothered about the whole cloning issue, I think it is an inevitable thing, also with humans.

  23. Re:Holland or the Netherlands? Wanna know ? on Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection' Campaign · · Score: 2, Informative

    ok, here goes. The Netherlands and Holland are one and the same, so they are different names for 1 country. Holland is an old name, you see, 'Hol' is an old word for wood in dutch (= the language of the netherlands), back in the day the whole country was full of trees so they basically called it 'Land of wood'.

    The Netherlands means what it says; compared to sea level countries like belgium, holland and luxemburg lie very low (not sure if 'lie very low' is the correct way to say it but you catch what I mean.), about 16 meters or so below sea level. Since a few centuries ago the Netherlands consisted of belgium, holland an luxemburg, those countries were called 'the netherlands'. As in, 'the lands which lie nether' ...

    Added confusion: Holland consists of 12 'provinces', not unlike a 'county' in the US. two of these counties are called 'North-Holland' and 'South-Holland'. Those are just names, and are only a small part of the country.

  24. Re:YAWN on Four New Unpatched Windows Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmmm, so windows has bugs in it. Surprise surprise. Merry Christmas everyone. In Soviet Russia, Windows Exploits you...oh wait...

    If this gets +5 funny, it must indeed be christmas.

  25. Re:Obligatory on Live to be 1000 Years Old? · · Score: 1

    Wow, I actually get to see the Duke Nukem Forever joke go to +5 Funny again on /.

    I think life is complete now.