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  1. Re:Just move the Data Center in Quebec on Microsoft, Google Battle Over Energy Efficiency · · Score: 1

    I'm quite north enough already, and I'm using my computers to heat my apartment right now (it's 5 degrees celsius outside).

    P.S.: for a quick laugh, zoom out of the map a bit. That's what is called "living in the middle of nowhere". Or at least it sure feels like it.

  2. Re:the big diff on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    My HP dv9870 runs OS X just fine...

    I'm sorry but I have to stop you right there! The first thing you have to do after building a hackintosh is give it a proper name. Yours shall be called iDV9870.

  3. Easiest Solution on Recovering Moldy Electronics? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The easiest solution, of course, is to go back in time before the flood and get everything out of the basement.

  4. Re:This type of thing is only going to continue on Spam Flood Unabated After Bust · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Of course he should!

    Look, all he has to do is go forward, then enter the first tube, eat the mushroom and...

    oh wait, wrong topic.

  5. Re:Why not use what works? on Simulation of the Mars Science Laboratory Sky Crane · · Score: 1

    And I can't help but think about all that extra weight that needs to be launched and is useless once the rover has landed, not to mention the cost of the sky crane itself.

  6. Re:Mod on Linux Ecosystem Is Worth $25 Billion · · Score: 1

    Now THAT is funny!

    Mod parent funnier!

  7. What? on Linux Ecosystem Is Worth $25 Billion · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much is Linux worth today? That's a question the Linux Foundation is trying to answer in a new report expected to be released on Wednesday.

    There's no need for that, we already have the answer (see title).

  8. Holy cow Microsoft on FireFox 3.1 Leaves IE in the Dust · · Score: 1

    Still no support for border-radius or box-shadow, even in "-vendorPrefix-box-shadow" form since it's still a draft?

    Same goes for Opera, BTW.

  9. Re:There is always a method of attack on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    Or you could, you know, just ask the guy his password.

    What, no good?

  10. Re:Features win over Security (again). on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    Check out the Apple Aluminium keyboard. It only has a led for Caps Lock and the multimedia keys are the same as the function keys. I don't know if it helps but the whole top is aluminium, which could shield a bit of EMI.

  11. Re:Painfully typical on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    The IBM Model M is ancient and heavy.

    Then again, so am I.

  12. Apple Aluminium Keyboard on Compromising Wired Keyboards · · Score: 1

    This thing has an aluminium top (but a plastic back), would it be safer than a 100% plastic casing keyboard?

    How about those new unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros?

    No, I didn't RTFA.

  13. Obligatory quote, I suppose on Many Universities Spending $100K/Year Enforcing P2P Rules · · Score: 3, Funny

    Chris: BOOBIES!!
    Lois: Chris, That's enough! Well I'm sure glad to be out of there
    Peter: You said it Lois, what those people are doing just ain't natural.
    Chris: BOOBIES!
    Lois: Did you hear me young man?
    Meg: I don't know what the big deal was? I thought they were nice.
    Chris: BOOBIES!!
    Lois: Peter?
    Peter: Do it.
    (Everybody besides Chris puts on sunglasses and Lois reveals the Neuralizer from Men in Black, and uses it on Chris)
    Lois: Did you have fun at the circus today Chris?
    Chris: Elephants are bigger in person!

  14. Re:Not much of a plane either on "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch · · Score: 1

    Yes I'm kidding, however I never studied aviation nor do I use "miles" when I measure distances. If you say "nm" to someone who uses metric, he will also understand it as "nanometers".

  15. Re:Not much of a plane either on "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I was a bit too quick on the post. But 400 billionth of a meter still isn't much, especially for an airplane.

  16. Not much of a plane either on "Roadable Aircraft" Moving Towards Launch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quote from their website:"Drive to your local airport, fly up to 400nm, land, convert, and drive directly to your destination."

    Call me back when this thing can fly above one billionth of a meter.

  17. Re:i am so angry on iGoogle Users Irate About Portal's Changes · · Score: 1

    Don't go to idle.slashdot.org

  18. Re:That's a shame on Lawsuit Between Apple and Psystar Moves Toward Settlement · · Score: 1

    The same arguments could be used against the consoles manufacturers.

    Wait for the verdict about Apple and Psystar then a couple of days later you'll see morons suing Sony and Microsoft because they want Halo for their PS3.

  19. Re:Unauthorized impairment of a protected computer on Hacker Admits To Scientology DDoS Attack · · Score: 1

    Corporations = People = Soylent Green.

    Oh crap, we're stuck in a loop now.

  20. Re:How about a trackball? on "BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical · · Score: 1

    My kingdom for mod points!

    Oh wait, I don't have a kingdom either.

  21. Re:Oh just stick a 2-axis accellerometer inside on "BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical · · Score: 2, Funny

    Attach a bowling ball to your mouse, put it on a frictionless surface, and then move it with an elastic band, and you'll get an idea of what an accelerometer-based pointing device built with current technology would feel like.

    That'd be one heavy mouse indeed.

  22. Re:OS X Intel Only on Mobile Firefox Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1

    White MacBook: 1149$ CAD
    2GHz Mac mini: 849$ CAD

    Looks more like a 300$ difference to me.

  23. Re:iphone on Mobile Firefox Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about a version that only works at night then?

  24. Re:OS X Intel Only on Mobile Firefox Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It especially sucks if you're waiting for the Mac mini update. It's been over a year now, and the last update was a simple CPU speed bump.

  25. Re:Moi aussi on Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks · · Score: 1

    Early mini-ITX motherboards (and possibly even recent models) still had/have one ISA slot.