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  1. Re:Every time... on KDE 3.3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    gnot every time...

  2. Re:Freudian Slip on Turn Real Life Into A Cartoon · · Score: 1
    "It's" is a contraction of "it is" or it has".

    If you substitute the expanded form of the contraction into the sentence and it doesn't make sense, don't use the apostrophe.

    An example: "on it's way" == "on it is way" or "on it has way". Doesn't make sense, right? So leave out the apostrophe.

  3. Bah! on Gene Therapy Turns Slackers Into Workaholics · · Score: 1

    They say genes causes everything these days! Slacking monkeys, being overweight, producing proteins from amino acids...

  4. Re:It was a good story but.... on Broken Angels · · Score: 1

    Or. God. Forbid. A Tony. Blair. Fetish.

  5. Re:Information on Lawyer Sues Yahoo for Message Board Name-Calling · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Decanting a glass, plastic, or other receptacle containing an egg/oil emulsion for food flavoring or other purposes."

    Meh. Broad and speculative claim. That'll never stand up to scrutiny in court. Clearly you're attempting to use the patent in an anti-competitive way, look forwards to my lawsuit, buddy.

    Your litigiously,
    Mr. Heinz.

  6. Re:I don't understand... on IBM Has 'No Intention' of Using Patents Against Linux · · Score: 1

    The savings they might make, if strapped for cash, may be greater if they stop paying the patent renewal fees rather than go for a costly court action against someone. It'd be a quicker process, and wouldn't have an uncertain outcome.

  7. Re:Good Old Tom on Dr Who, Daleks Kiss And Make Up · · Score: 1
    He's also been on the Radio 4 programme, Dead Ringers. He was phoned up by their Doctor Who impersonator - and he reacted brilliantly.

    You can listen to it here.

  8. Re:/. Millionaire on Mozilla Starts Bug Bounty Program · · Score: 1
    Slashdot's begun to Slashdot itself.

    Must be the end times!

  9. Re:Fun, but.. on Visiting Every Latitude and Longitude Intersection · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling that most of them will be on the site of a Starbucks.

  10. Eh? on Celebrity Casting For LOTR · · Score: 1
    Is this news?

    Is this stuff that matters?

    This kind of thing makes me wonder why the hell I read Slashdot. Seems the most consistently entertaining thing is the combination of Trolls and cliches. And Fark's got better cliches by far...

  11. Re:Security vs Liberty. on 1984 Comes To Boston · · Score: 1

    Being called a troll for not agreeing that the sky's falling? Maybe it was the comment about the powerful media not letting you share films over the internet. Go figure...

  12. Re:Awesome! on Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors · · Score: 1
    Most of the time, I want my data to be pretty darned explicit, thank you very much.

    Is prOn all you Slashdotters ever think of?

    ;)

  13. Re:Canada soon to be even worse on BT Blocks 10,000 Child-Porn Site Visits A Day · · Score: 1

    Some of the books by William Burroughs would certainly come under the blanket of child porn - there's some hideous stuff in Naked Lunch. But the book's meant to be a classic piece of literature...

  14. Re:Does anybody know... on Black Hat · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Yes on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1
    Maths is what we shorten mathematics to in the UK. Over here, 'math' is not a words.

    I presume the S is taken from the end of 'mathematics'.

    Oh, and for the record, my vote is that math(s) isn't a sport.

  16. Re:But who cares about such old history? on 120 Years of Electronic Music · · Score: 1

    Errr... Sorry. Try this link instead.

  17. Re:But who cares about such old history? on 120 Years of Electronic Music · · Score: 1
    Here's as good a guide as you'll get...

    www.ishkur.com

  18. Re:the instrument..and the musicians? on 120 Years of Electronic Music · · Score: 1
    How could you forget Brian Eno?! :^O

    The guy essentially invented ambient music!

  19. Re:in 1990 it ended because on 120 Years of Electronic Music · · Score: 1
    Abelton Live is an AMAZING piece of sequencer software - very powerful and very, very easy to use. Used in combination with a good soundcard, this is all you'll need.

    I also recommend FruityLoops for making drum loops, if you feel like it.

  20. Re:But who cares about such old history? on 120 Years of Electronic Music · · Score: 2, Insightful
    There's little geekier than the IDM scene, which seems to thrive on how obscure your tastes can get. There's an immense number of 'bands' that have popped up out there thanks to people using their computers to make the music they want to hear. Although there's a lot of crap out there, there are also some real gems.

    It's a shame that people, especially in the US, it seems, think electronic music = bad chart 'techno', and therefore discard an immense amount of cool music. (

  21. Re:Dude on How To Make Friends on the Telephone · · Score: 1
    "You are alone in the world."

    :^(

  22. Re:Venti me? on The Traveling Salesman Problem Meets Starbucks · · Score: 1

    Judging by evidence such as this, I think the health effects speak for themselves...

  23. Re:Combo Railgun and Dremel on Homemade CD Shooter? · · Score: 1

    You might be able to utilise eddy-currents.

  24. Re:Blade Runner Here We Come! on Broadband Blimps · · Score: 1

    Another reason to go join the off-world colonies!

  25. Re:Funny. on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 1
    Or they could harvest seaweed - the Welsh make bread from seaweed, for example.

    What you're referring to is Laverbread, and it isn't really bread - it's more like a dark green disgusting mulch. There's nothing funnier than seeing someone come to a Welsh market and coming across the hideous stuff when they thought they'd be getting something nice that looks like loaf... Ugh! Laverbread!