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  1. Re:Where does the heat go? on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 1

    As the oil moves around, it contacts the air outside the tank. The air takes the heat away. Think of the oil as one giant heatsink.

  2. Still only a video game.. on Driver's-Seat Driving Game Controller · · Score: 1

    I've never liked force feedback stering wheels. Tried playing Gran Tourismo 2 with one and it was a pile of shite. Video games have other problems. No peripheral vision is my biggest problem with them. Add to that the lack of motion, the lack of FEEL, and I'd rather hop into my real car and race the unsuspecting dickweed in the Porsche downtown.

  3. Re:NoCache directive on Security Fears Over Google Accelerator · · Score: 1

    "..contributing to the synergistic knowledge of Google."

    Damn you and your marketing speak. Though applicable in this sense, I truly dispise that word.

  4. Re:This has to be a joke on Hong Kong Boy Scouts to Protect IP · · Score: 1

    Where is the world coming to?

    Seems that you're already there! Not to be a grammar Nazi but.. Perhaps you meant "where is this world GOING to?" Or even "WHAT is this world coming to?"

  5. Re:so theoretically on Time Travelers' Convention · · Score: 1

    This is jsut an elaborate experiment to test whether time travel ever becomes possible. If no one shows up, we know that time travel never happens. Glad to see some serious research coming out of MIT.

  6. OMG!!!! 19%!!!! on U.S. Wiretapping Surges 19% · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd hardly call that a 'surge." More like a abrupt rise. For me, a surge implies that it is an unstoppable force. 19% is not too awe-inspiring. Its like saying, oh my god.. Slashdot trolls increase by 19%!!

  7. Re:What's in demand? on Hardware or Software Major? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can attest to this. I'm graduating with a degree in CS in two weeks. What ahve I learned over the passed 4 years? Only that I enjoy computers as a hobby, but they frustrate the shit out of me otherwise.

  8. archive.org is slow on Google's Past Homepage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've got an idea.. Since Google wants to be the company to index all of the world's information, why dont't they start their own archive service? Perhaps archive.google.com? I'm sure they could manage all of it and make it all a bit speedier. J00' Kn0w?!

  9. Re:Deja Vu on AOL to Replace AIM with Triton · · Score: 1

    The only reason that I don't use GAIM on my WinXP box is because I;ve never been able to resize the font in the default skin. I tried the little GUI config, editing some GTK file, playing with all sorts of crap and nothing.. still too small to be read comfortably. So, for that issue and that issue alone, GAIM lost out to Miranda.

  10. Re:Balmer takes 5 years to change his mind on Microsoft to Support Linux in Virtual Server · · Score: 1, Insightful

    To hell with Remote Desktop. I'm still waiting for a truly multi-user Windows operating system. How hard is that? Seriously..

  11. Re:Slåshdøtted on The Bender PC Case · · Score: 1

    err.. sacked.

  12. Re:Actually I think this is an excellent idea on A 2nd Core to Keep Windows Chugging Along? · · Score: 1

    I don't use antivirus and antispyware software at all. I'm educated enough to avoid infection. Thus, the second core would really kick ass for me. Have the ripping/encoding of my latest DVD rental into XviD running whilst I sit and play Enemy Territory. Nice!

  13. User Education on Congress Debates Anti-Spyware Bill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This problem is NOT solvable by large government. If you want to eliminate spyware, user education is the only way to make it happen. Pure and simple. If anyone comes up with an effective way of educating users, let me know.. please.

  14. Re:You're not alone at all. on Short Lifetimes of Optical Drives? · · Score: 1

    I've never had a CD or DVD reader go out on me from a computer I've built. They've lasted years and years.

  15. Bricolage screenshots? on Small but Mighty:The Bricolage Story · · Score: 1

    I have no desire to use a bit of software I can't see beforehand. I mean, I at least wanna see how it looks. :/

  16. Re:Impact of TV on my life on Our Ratings, Ourselves · · Score: 2, Informative
    And where is the science and history on TV?

    In Las Vegas those channels reside in the following locations:

    • Discovery Channel (though it is generally lacking now - OCC anyone?): 25
    • History Channel (love it): 43
    • Discovery Science (what the Discovery Channel was supposed to be): 102
    • Discovery Times: 104
    • Military Channel (Discovery CHannel for military history, etc): 105
    • Discovery HD (digital subscription): 700
    • PBS HD (same as above): 730 (?)


    There are others, I'm sure. I just don't watch enough TV to remember them all off hand. So, the channels do exist.

    Maybe we will get a science channel once cable hits channel 700.

    Such seems to be the case.
  17. Electricity? on Finally ... RoboShark! · · Score: 1

    I'm interested to know how the sharks react to the obvious increase in electric current in the water. You know.. that stuff sharks are supremely sensitive to? That sutff that they can sense from miles away? Is ti a problem at all or does it jsut blend in with the natural noises of the sea? If it was a problem, how was it solved?

  18. Re:Wordpress spam on Wordpress Banned by Google for Spamming · · Score: 2, Informative

    I doubt that. You get comment spam 'cause your version of WordPress (1.2) is vulnerable to attack. They failed to take complete precaution against cross-site scripting and other methods of spamming.

  19. Re:I don't need it if .. on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Eh.. 5 on looks.. bump that up to a 6.5 for the brains. Although I find that MIT students aren't necessarily smarter than the rest of us.. just apply themselves more.

  20. REAL Solar Death Ray on The Solar Death Ray · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorta, anyway. This is a link to the UNLV Solar Project, a project playing with new ideas in solar energy such as focus the light to a specific point (roughly, of course) to increase the uptake of energy by the receptors. I drive by these bad boys everyday. UNLV Solar

  21. Re:Good move on Google Begins Removing AFP From Google News · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Google is not a news organization. They are an aggregator. Aggregators are GOOD for real news organizations. How the hell else would I ever hear of AFP? I wouldn't. I would never have any reason to go to their site unless I got a link to an interesting article via Google or Yahoo! AFP sems to be headed by the same Frenchies who thought the Maginot Line would be effective.

  22. Re:New name! on Ubuntu and UserLinux to Combine? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nice attempt at trolling. Now, if it were clever, I might have given ya' mod points.

  23. Re:Mormons on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    Firstly.. the percentage is more like 85%. Secondly, if that is what the majority of people in Utah want, then that is what they should have. Democracy, friends.

  24. Re:Calling him "Indian" is racist on Classic Math Puzzle Cracked · · Score: 1

    Haha.. Trolling is great, isn't it? You all were just 0wn3d!

  25. Ciphire? on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 1

    Here's an idea that I haven't the time nor the inclination to work on. At work (a network security research team) we have begun using Ciphire. It installs itself between the operating system and the network stack. Any mail that goes out, no matter the client, is encrypted and then transported. Any and all mail going out being sent from registered email accounts is seemlessly encrypted without user interaction.

    Now, my question is why don't we have a content filter available to parents that filters out any and all communication destined for websites/address blocks on a blacklist no matter the method? The current method of filtering seems to be configuring web browsers to use some software as a proxy. This is easily bypassed despite the user's permissions on the box. At least I've done it many times with, say, Norton Internet Security.

    Just an idea. One I think could be worth something. Now, if any of you guys do decide to implement this, I'm gonna sue your ass for stealing my intellectual property as I have just now thought of this and it is all mine! All I need to do is bookmark this post and I;ll have all the evidence I need! I'll be rich!