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  1. I hope they don't release a film called ftpq on MPAA Sends Linux Australia Dubious Takedown Notice · · Score: 1

    or I'm in trouble.

    Seriously, what a stupid waste of everyone's time.

  2. Having RTFA... on Human-Powered Spam Filtering · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...that site *must* be a spoof. All the disclaimers and address in Palmyra Atoll is so dodgy.

    Besides, I used to live out that way (Kiribati, in the early 1970s, then called the Gilbert Islands), and I don't recall hearing about these guys! Oh, wait, 1993...

  3. Re:How about wiki spam on Human-Powered Spam Filtering · · Score: 5, Informative

    Already baked: it's called Vipul's Razor.

  4. Re:Significant Opera problem fixed: confirmation on Apache httpd 2.0.51 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, it's fixed. You can now remove the Content-Location header, which works around the Opera "feature".

    Explanation page updated.

  5. Significant Opera problem fixed on Apache httpd 2.0.51 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've yet to try it out, but this release claims to allow the administrator to unset the previously-mandatory Content-Location header added when mod_negotiation is in play.

    This "feature" triggered an Opera "feature" that made in-document fragment anchors fail on dynamically generated, URL-rewritten documents.

    Full description of the problem. Hopefully 2.0.51 means I don't need to fiddle with the Apache source any more: I'll update the problem page if so.

  6. Re:what no TeX? on General Solution for Polynomial Equations? · · Score: 1

    he must of used word

    One advantage of Word over TeX: its grammar checker would have warned him about that error.

  7. Re:Obvious Hoax on General Solution for Polynomial Equations? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hey, the Dutch are dudes.

    • Huygens
    • I'm sure there are others, too
  8. Re:/.ed after 4 comments on General Solution for Polynomial Equations? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Intended humour aside, that may work in many browsers, but it's not valid HTML.

    Use CSS styling instead.

  9. Target Alert - yuk! on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    File extensions are so 1990s. My site doesn't use them, so TA would be useless there unless it does a HEAD request for every link and looks at the returned media type.

  10. Re:Pedals are better on Around The Country Without Gasoline · · Score: 1

    Assuming you're talking the US, try nine days if you're very fit and certifiably crazy.

    It takes nine weeks to run it, with similar entrance requirements.

  11. Re:I use the same password on all my systems on Fun With Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know. I read it over your shoulder.

  12. Re:This reminds me... on Memory Card Torture Tests · · Score: 1

    Note: ZX81 != Spectrum.

    The ZX81 had 1K user RAM as standard, with a 16KB expansion pack. Black & white display only, with a flat keyboard. Available from 1981, superseding the similar white ZX80.

    The original Spectrum was available from 1982 with either 16KB or 48KB of user RAM, with an expansion pack for the former. Colour display (no more than 2 colours per character space) and dead fish keys.

  13. Re:Attention Conspiracy Nuts! on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    If you load up the newly-scanned images into an image editor and turn up the levels, there are stars recorded.

  14. Done! on Reverse Firewalls As An Anti-Spam Tool · · Score: 1

    Blocked outgoing port 25 except from my Linux mail server.

    My three-year-old daughter is an Administrator on my Win2k box (mutter, mutter, stupid Bob the Builder game), so if she manages to do anything that compromises the box, I won't be churning out spam now.

  15. Re:Significant advantages? on Mozilla Foundation Turns 1 · · Score: 1

    See the advice on my site which explains a few of the reasons.

  16. Re:The goods? on Steven Hawking Loses Bet On Black Holes? · · Score: 1

    What - Encarta 9, or Comptons? Ooh. I'm sure that would be of great value to Hawking's peers.

  17. Re:To quell some of the speculation on Antarctic Lake Actually Two in One · · Score: 1

    I suggest that the Wikipedia entry is misleading, if not incorrect.

    Then correct Wikipedia, rather than complaining on Slashdot. That's what Wikipedia is all about - collaboration.

  18. Voyager?! on Halloween Solar Storm Nearing Heliopause · · Score: 1

    Radio disturbances caused by that interaction then might be picked up by the Voyager craft, giving scientists their first measurement of where the edge really is.

    What? We're still receiving data from the Voyagers?!

    Sweet.

  19. Re:Slashdot uses GIFs on GIF Slips Away From Unisys; Your Move, IBM · · Score: 1

    ROFL

    Slashdot doesn't even use HTML properly. The coding of this site is a joke, wrt standards, as has been noted elsewhere.

  20. dammit on Is The 6-Month Product Cycle Upon Us? · · Score: 2, Funny

    My Minolta A1 should be delivered tomorrow, and now it's already discontinued and out of date.

    Just like kernel releases, I guess...

  21. Re:Wonder if... on Microsoft Offers A Peek At New Search Engine · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Micro$$$$$$$$$$$soft.

    Lameness filter workaround text goes here.

  22. Re:I can't wait... on Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Imminent · · Score: 1

    You joke, but a microphone has sent back data from the surface of Venus. Sound levels only, rather than actual sound, but hey, at 90 bar and 450 deg C, that's not too shabby.

    See near the end of this page.

  23. Re:What about Nano-ITX? on Mobo for Vertically Challenged Devices · · Score: 1

    Besides, the MS is a passively cooled 1GHz processor that performs as well as a 200 GHz pentium.

    That sounds a good deal faster than anything else available. ;-)

  24. Re:Are three colors protected by patents? on Sony Projector Gets Bright Images From Black Screen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have wanted to put a front projection system into my home, but have no way to control ambient light during the day.

    Have you considered some of these?

  25. Re:Run on Is This The Big One? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Nitpick" is one word. "Paragee" is a two-letter misspelling of "perigee", although "mispelling" is a one-letter misspelling of "misspelling".

    Oh, and it's "insignificant", not "insignifigant".

    I had to be so careful not to make any typos in this post! ;-)