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  1. Re:Most likely solution on PVRs and Advertisers' Worries · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm seeing more and more prominent product placement on the main networks nowadays. It's like how there are products that are off in the background, but aren't too blurry to read when they're doing a close-up of the actors face.

  2. Re:Refunds.... on Nintendo Drops GameCube Price to $150 · · Score: 1

    Here's a comic that sums it all up. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view2002-05-15rl.html. But seriously, best buy does price matching.

  3. Re:Now more in-line with British prices on Nintendo Drops GameCube Price to $150 · · Score: 1

    Sony dropped the price of the PSOne here in the states to $49 USD.

    -motardo

  4. Re:The series finale was pretty good. on The Truth Revealed · · Score: 1

    You know what's funny? Not too long ago here in St. Louis, a prisoner escaped from one of the work houses here, and stole one of the prison guards Ford Escapes.

  5. Just one question... on Spintronics May Lead to Quantum Microchips · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    since they're spinning, do the electrons get sick and barf up their nucleus?

    -motardo

  6. Re:*shudder* on Macintosh... The Naked Truth · · Score: 1

    beat me to it! :P

    -motardo

  7. Re:*shudder* on Macintosh... The Naked Truth · · Score: 1
    At least it's not Steve Wozniak.

    -motardo

  8. Sinister Andover Keiretsu.. on Installing Linux On A Wal-Mart OS-less machine · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Just for those who don't know, here's what the Sinister Andover Keiretsu is.

    -motardo

    (and yes, i know that Everything 2 is part of the Keiretsu too.)

  9. Re:mirrors on Kazaa Lite: spyware-free version · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I prefer http://www.kazaalite.nl even though it's ugly as sin :)

    -motardo

  10. Re:Dont forget about the video card on Games in the Workplace? · · Score: 2

    they're installing 32MB GeForce cards in the pc's here at the hospital i work at :)

  11. Re:Games on PDA! on Games in the Workplace? · · Score: 2

    I play Scorched Earth and Sim City on my palm, sometimes bejeweled! (but bejeweled! got old).

    -motardo

  12. Re:true, however... on Id Software and Activision Wolfenstein Source · · Score: 2

    Commander Keen for all!! :)

    -motardo

  13. Re:Features I'd like to see in the next Windows on Windows 'Longhorn' Kicks Off (On Paper) · · Score: 1

    Actually, making everything configurable from the command line would be immensely useful for administrators.

    -motardo

  14. Re:Comet Cursors do this. on A New Low for Web Advertisers: Pop-Up Downloads · · Score: 2, Insightful
    What? You don't regularly monitor the processes running your system?

    I do, but regular everyday users don't. What I was trying to allude to was that some malicious software could be installed on users pc's without them noticing.

    -motardo

  15. Re:Comet Cursors do this. on A New Low for Web Advertisers: Pop-Up Downloads · · Score: 2, Insightful
    and, without telling me, installed their software on my system (duly uninstalled about 2 minutes later when I spotted it's system tray icon).

    What's going to happen when you don't have an icon in your system tray and have no inkling that a foreign program is running on your PC?

    -motardo

  16. Re:Probably won't be the only one ... on Suing Sony for Everquest Related Suicide? · · Score: 1

    bling bling

  17. here's the big question... on Laser HUD Projected on Retina · · Score: 1

    does it play MP3's? :) and is it or is it not DMCA Compliant?

    -motardo

  18. like...TOTALLY on Gum Chewing Found to Boost Brainpower, Memory · · Score: 1

    *twirls hair in fingers*

  19. Re:Uses? on Hiding and Recovering Data on Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    more than enough size for asciipr0n :)

  20. Re:Here's an idea on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    you have a great UID :)

    i don't have the money to buy it though :P

  21. Re:A suggestion on 13 Nominations to Rule Them All · · Score: 1

    The director's name is Darren Aronofsky. He's also doing the next Batman flick (hopefully he'll make the dying series into something interesting again)

    -motardo

  22. Is it just me... on EverQuest and the UN · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Or is this article the same one they had on C|Net's News.com?

    -motardo

  23. Electronic music only sharing system on New File Sharing Networks · · Score: 1
    Soulseek lets you search for ONLY electronic music, like Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Others. I have friends that release their stuff on there too

    -motardo

  24. Modchips and Homebrew.. on Sony Crushes UK PS2 Mod Chip Developers · · Score: 1, Informative

    Modchips and Homebrew will never die, this is just a minor setback.

    -motardo

  25. Re:HandEra!!! on New Clie Handhelds from Sony · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you also forgot "big as a brick" :)

    -motardo