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  1. Re:Ironic Article Timing on White Dolphin Functionally Extict · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except that the "+1" mammal from New Zealand in that equation has been dead for 16 million years.

  2. Re:This is disingenuous Media spin on What's the Problem With US High Schools? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Just something to ponder.

    Something to quarter-ponder if you go to McDonalds.
  3. Re:Pirates on CATO Institute Releases Paper Criticizing DMCA · · Score: 0

    Yarr!!

  4. Gnome sucks! on Torvalds Says 'Use KDE' · · Score: 1

    ehh wait... Is this thread about World of Warcraft?

  5. Re:Voices? on Best Tools for Machinima? · · Score: 1

    Yes there is.

    Although it's purpose it to sing a song, you could use it for dialog.
    However, there would be a tremendous amount of work to figure out the proper pitch and rhythm of the dialog. Also, there are only two "vocalists" supported, a male and a female.
    If one were to go through all this trouble, the results would most likely be a lot better than the automated solutions that sound like bad 60's robots. {Windows}-U anyone?

  6. Re:The trouble with DRM on Gates v. Jobs, continued... · · Score: 2, Informative
    DRM free is the way to go..

    I agree. However since that's not likely to happen anytime time soon, possible solutions are to not burn CDs but use the iPod itself to play the songs using:

  7. Re:simple on How Do You Keep Up with All of the Reading? · · Score: 1

    It's lather, rinse, repeat all over again!

  8. Re:slashdot editing on Duke Robot Climbs to Victory in Madrid · · Score: 2, Informative

    This quote is taken directly from the article and accurate.

  9. Re:We understand on Detailed Changes In Star Wars DVD Release w/Pics · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's easy, it all depends on where you the fulcrum underneath the seesaw.

  10. Re:Nothing really new there... on The Secret Behind the iPod Scroll Wheel · · Score: 1

    Just like an Etch-a-Sketch

  11. Re:Obligatory SNL Quote on They Killed Ken! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Other classics:
    Anal bum cover (An album cover)
    Penis mightier (Pen is mightier)

  12. Re:Strange idea... on Color Me Productive · · Score: 1

    Also, a lot of fast food restaurants have a red/yellow/orange theme since it encourages people to eat quickly and leave.

    According to another source (which I can't remember), it is because yellow is the color of wheat and helps in getting people hungry.
    And red is the color for danger which gets people out of there.

  13. Re:Filemaker Pro Migration software on Replacing FileMaker with Free Software? · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they say "labtob", they probably just have a cold.

  14. Re:3rd person on Is America Ready For Competitive Gaming On TV? · · Score: 1

    They should ask the Rooster Teeth crew (the people behind Red vs Blue) to direct.
    This would make great entertainment

  15. Re:The strangest place was.. on Reading Slashdot From Strange Locations · · Score: 1

    This gives a new meaning to Ping of Death

  16. Re:NOT proprietary rendering technology on Rendering Shrek@Home? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Renderman is not a renderer it is a specification for interoperability between modeling tools and renderer (like XMI for software engineering tools except that it works.)

    Pixar's renderer is actually PRMan.

    From Renderman.org:
    There are a lot of people when you hear them talking about RenderMan and how great the images are from it, etc. They are most likely really talking about Pixar's PhotoRealistic RenderMan® (PRMan).
    RenderMan is actually a technical specification for interfacing between modeling and rendering programs. From 1998 until 2000 the published RenderMan Interface Specification was known as Version 3.1. In 2000 Pixar published a new specification, Version 3.2. Coming soon Version 3.3