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  1. Re:I call shenanigans! on Computer Crashed New Orleans Real Estate Market · · Score: 1

    Maybe someone literally "crashed" into the computer. With their Hummer, through the wall.

  2. Re:Probably had an expensive snake-oil backup syst on Computer Crashed New Orleans Real Estate Market · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! That's my IP address! Stop saving your stuff on my server!

  3. Re:old machinery on Computer Crashed New Orleans Real Estate Market · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're also looking into the possibility that said data was a terrorist.

    What? Chaining front page Slashdot stories doesn't always work, you know.

  4. Re:The guy then cut into the case to mod it! on Apple 1 Computer Sells For $210,700 · · Score: 1

    At least read the summary before trying to be funny or troll:

    "The Apple-1, which didn't include a casing, power supply, keyboard, or monitor, originally retailed for $666.66 in 1976."

    That, and any nerd worth its card already knew those little facts.

  5. Re:Big Cat Joke on Apple 1 Computer Sells For $210,700 · · Score: 1

    Of course it's way sexier... it's naked!

  6. Re:Kinda big? on RAGE On iOS Shows Promise · · Score: 1

    But she's also quite puzzling.

  7. Easy solutions on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 1

    Let's make undersea tunnels and/or cross-continent bridges.

    Another solution is to use gravity: put China at the top of the hill and just let the finished products roll down our way.

    Next question!

  8. Re:So strictly speaking... on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 1

    You can fit a lot more than a single Toyota Prius on one of those cargo ship.

    However, your argument probably stands if we were to have the exact numbers and if we assume that "one ship pollutes as much as 15 million cars" is true.

    As for the Prius, aren't they assembled in the USA or in Canada? Shipping spare parts leaves a lot less empty room in shipping containers compared to shipping fully assembled cars.

  9. Re:is that you, Al? on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, equivalent to 15 million cars? Are those numbers from the RIAA or the MPAA?

  10. Re:They're in the middle of the ocean. on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, it's not like the air in the middle of the ocean is connected in some way to the air you breathe on land.

    Oh wait, it is.

  11. Re:Could be a problem on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because, of course, using sails as a propulsion method requires a ship made of wood...

  12. Re:funny and ironic on Kuwait Bans DSLR Cameras Use For Non-Journalists · · Score: 1

    No it really wasn't obvious. You need to focus more.

  13. Re:Theft on The DIY Car Computer vs. the iPad · · Score: 1

    And a "Windows ME" sticker next to the Gateway one.

  14. Re:Audio recording? on Crooks Hack Music Players For ATM Skimmers · · Score: 1

    The summary talks about "music players", I haven't seen any mp3 player with a magstripe reader yet.

    No, I still haven't RTFA.

  15. Audio recording? on Crooks Hack Music Players For ATM Skimmers · · Score: 1

    Here in Canada the ATMs they do the same frequency and length of "beep" for all keys, it's a simple audio feedback to let the user know the key has been pressed and registered properly.

    Do ATMs in other countries do different tones for different keys? If they do, that's just insane.

  16. About about "Yo dawg" bad? on US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad' · · Score: 1

    Yo dawg, I herd you like smog so we put smog in yo smog so you can suffocate while you suffocate.

  17. Re:Its on Mozilla Plans Mobile App Store · · Score: 1

    < is the beginning of an HTML tag. Slashdot simply doesn't convert it into the &lt; entity.

  18. Google Sketchup on FPS Games That Need a Remake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All I want is a program that lets me walk around in Google Sketchup models like a modern first-person shooter game. The so-called "walk mode" in Sketchup sucks!

  19. Re:Waste on Trash-To-Gas Power Plant Gets Greenlight · · Score: 2, Funny

    They liquify it, then they drink it and get wasted.

  20. Mr. Freeze? on Nokia Builds a Touchscreen Display Made of Ice · · Score: 1

    Forget about Mr. Freeze, this is the kind of technology that is welcomed by all Canadians!

  21. Re:bass ackwards? on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about basic PDF files here, i.e. no scripting or embedding or whatever. Mac OS X preview readable, printable by Mac OS X print to PDF.

    I don't even want to look at the specs of PDF 1.7, Adobe just keeps trying to put things in it for the sake of making their customers upgrade their software.

  22. Re:Shucks! on Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round. The jar is round. They should call it Roundtine. That's gold, Jerry! Gold!

  23. Re:Steal the market? on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 1

    Now if only Apple could bring a bigger iPad with a bigger battery life. Same display resolution but bigger display. Older people hate "small displays". Give them 13" displays minimum. Bonus side: lower DPI means the display shouldn't cost more than the 9.7" and you can put a bigger battery inside it.

    Nintendo proved there is a market for that with their Nintendo DSi XL.

  24. Re:bass ackwards? on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because everyone uses them. It's not choice, it's doing the same things as almost everybody else.

    And there's nothing wrong with PDF, btw. The problem is Acrobat Reader on Windows.

  25. Re:does not compute on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 1

    By walking around I meant people working in warehouses, offices, etc, not carry-in-your-pocket uses.