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  1. Re:Wireless, but still less space than a Nomad on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    Those nice Blackberry folks charge $95 for ssh Try MidpSSH. It's not perfect, but it does the job and it's free. http://xk72.com/wap
  2. Re:next up on iPod Lawsuit Lawyers Sue Their Own Plaintiff? · · Score: 1

    Unless you want to talk about the proper methods by which to balance the processor consumption versus memory bandwidth consumption of index generation algorithms using doubly linked list sectorization on Opteron processors,

    So you're the guy writing 24's scripts!

  3. Re:Cringely thinks Apple will lose on Burst.com Sues Apple Over Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    Yes, but can you an article claiming that Cringely is does have something worthwhile? Didn't think so!

  4. Re:Odd choice for a product name on Chinese Telecom Company Launches 'RedBerry' · · Score: 2, Informative

    For all you culture-dense chaps:

    Leadbelly on Wikipedia.

  5. Re:Both supported on Apple Switched Chips Too Soon? · · Score: 1

    Punctuation Nazi says, "Grammar."

    -mnc

  6. Re:Physics of car crashes aren't intuitive. on The Physics Behind Car Crashes · · Score: 1
    The insurance companies aren't screwing you
    The insurance companies are screwing you; if they aren't, then why is it asians don't pay higher rates?
  7. Obviously written by an M$ f4nb0y on GoDaddy Serves Blank Pages to Safari & Opera · · Score: 1
    GoDaddy has directed affected customers to contact Apple Support.


    Windows users are as full of affectation as anybody! Pshaw!
  8. Re:Absolutely! on Can Your Mouth Become Multilingual? · · Score: 1

    Careful, self-referential irony isn't translated by this system.

  9. Re:HDs with two sets of heads? on Toshiba 40GB Perpendicular Magnetic Record Drives · · Score: 1

    http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/actMultiple-c.ht ml

    In fact, such hard disks have been built. Conner Peripherals, which was an innovator in the hard disk field in the late 1980s and early 1990s (they later went bankrupt and their product line and technology were purchased by Seagate) had a drive model called the Chinook that had two complete head-actuator assemblies: two sets of heads, sliders and arms and two actuators. They also duplicated the control circuitry to allow them to run independently. For its time, this drive was a great performer. But the drive never gained wide acceptance, and the design was dropped. Nobody to my knowledge has tried to repeat the experiment in the last several years.

  10. Great potential on Strong Emotions May Cause Temporary Blindness · · Score: 1

    "But officer...!"
    "But professor...!"
    "But honey...!"

  11. 72 Galactic Virgins? on U.S. Okays Virgin Galactic Plans · · Score: 0, Troll

    Great, now Al-Qaeda has something new to fight for.

  12. Re:Seriously on Google to Offer Free Wi-Fi? · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not unsubstantiated; it's on slashdot.

  13. A better use of his efforts? on FedEx Cracks Down on Box Furniture, Citing DMCA · · Score: 1

    Think if he built a server out of FedEx boxes it could withstand the /. crowd?

  14. Not an accurate measure on Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars · · Score: 1

    If you subtract from that 10% the few % of the population that die from cancer anyway, it's not as bad a statistic.
     
    It's like whining over how many died in Operation Desert Storm - a greater % of them would have died in normal accidents had they stayed at home.

  15. Re:Paranoia. on Space Shuttle to Receive Emegency Repairs · · Score: 1

    > tajectory

    Haha, you can't spell "trajectory." You must not know very much!

  16. Re:According to new benchmarks on Apple Releases OS X 10.4.2 Update · · Score: 1

    It used to take your computer 4.762 DBs for Safari to open? What're you running it on, a Tangerine iMac?

  17. Oblig. SW Reference on iTunes 4.9 With Podcasting Support · · Score: 1

    Now THIS is podcasting!

    Ow.

  18. Amazon = Evil? on Amazon's 1,082-volume Classics Collection: $7,989 · · Score: 1

    From dictionay.com: USAGE NOTE Enormity is frequently used to refer simply to the property of being great in size or extent, but many would prefer that enormousness (or a synonym such as immensity) be used for this general sense and that enormity be limited to situations that demand a negative moral judgment, as in Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot's oppression. Fifty-nine percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of enormity as a synonym for immensity in the sentence At that point the engineers sat down to design an entirely new viaduct, apparently undaunted by the enormity of their task. This distinction between enormity and enormousness has not always existed historically, but nowadays many observe it. Writers who ignore the distinction, as in the enormity of the President's election victory or the enormity of her inheritance, may find that their words have cast unintended aspersions or evoked unexpected laughter.

  19. All this progress and Slashdot isn't morse-friendy on Morse Coders Beat SMSers · · Score: 1

    Please use fewer junk characters? -.-. .-. .- .--.! Slashdot's behind the times, I guess.

  20. Re:Noisy website on Juicebox Hacking · · Score: 1

    Serves you right for having a job.

  21. Re:Great... on Nuclear Battery That Runs 10 Years · · Score: 1

    You made that up, didn't you?

  22. wht? on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 1

    can u pls xlate ths stry nto txt i dnt undrstnd tht old englsh. thx

  23. Re:Uhh? on How Lightsabers Work · · Score: 1

    Uhh...do you have a crush on Jar Jar or something? Not that there's anything wrong with that...

  24. Re:I blame Google!!! on Microsoft Offers Compensation For Counterfeit OSes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Microsoft, I would like to rat out the folks that gave me the counterfeit copy of your software. You can find them at a flea market in a remote part of the Philippines. Yours, Jun-Jun

  25. Re:Heh on Mars Express Begins Search for Water on Mars · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, my friend can beat up your friend.