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  1. Re:What's With the Name? on Asus Corrects Eee PC Source Code Issue · · Score: 1

    I think originally it was just ePC? But they wanted their yellow book entry before eMAC? Honestly. I'd like to know too.

  2. Re:Great scott! on Google Goes Green · · Score: 5, Funny

    Professor Page, are you telling me you built a tiiiime machine, out of a Priiiiius?!

  3. Re:I've seen it on David X. Cohen of Futurama Talks About the Movie · · Score: 1

    Y'arrrgh. Like a moth to flame, I saw the word spoiler and read further. Thankfully, I probably won't see the movie for months, and my memory fades away quicker than monkey fur in the summer.

  4. Re:facebook tracking is getting ridiculous on Astronauts Hook Up Harmony in Lengthy Spacewalk · · Score: 1

    Maybe this laboratory will be studying Beacon while in orbit? Or to launch a new more powerful one?

  5. Re:What the hell is this weak story? on Stalwarts Claim Asus eeePC Violates GPL · · Score: 1

    A friend at work couldn't get Ubuntu working with his eee's wireless card for this reason.
    If you check the Asus eeePC specification page, the chipset used in many of their devices is made by bullet. Track down where they got their camera, processor, and ethernet drivers from, and you'll probably find their smoking gun.

    In all seriousness, as a long time Asus financial partner, I even scratched the fleas from my chin beard while hard pondering these rather peculiar eeePC "details".
  6. Re:What the hell on Turkey Day Chemistry in the Kitchen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever try chasing down a bald eagle with a fork and knife?

  7. Re:pfft...the 'predictions' are a joke, right? on Technology Innovation Areas For 2025 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What a cronjob
    # With the initial mapping of the human genome, scientists are moving rapidly toward the following likely breakthroughs for gene-based products and services:
    * 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/bin/creation --individual --genome ~/.map && /usr/bin/sh retail-price -lt 1000 | exit
    Fixed it for you.
  8. Re:What about Richard Stallman? on Why Trolls and Flames Happen · · Score: 1

    No talent required. The Utopiano is the ideal piano. There are no keys, no strings, and no noise - just a bulky red virtual helmet. Underneath the hood, every note is perfect, and every song a masterpiece. But that's not why it's the ideal piano. Why is it? As you simulate piano key strokes inside, your spouse can put her back to your fingers outside for a gentle massage.

  9. Re:many people think negative criticism is a troll on Why Trolls and Flames Happen · · Score: 2, Funny

    +5 coins to you, sir! Well said.

  10. Re:Chinese "capitalism" is still largely an illusi on China In the Habit of Copying and Redirecting US Sites? · · Score: 1

    The meaning of the word Fascism is misunderstood this days.
    No. I don't think it is. In the same manner chemo-radiation treatment kills cancer and healthy cells, Fascism destroys excess and individualism alike for the long term interest of the whole, all in the name of Nationalism. It is what it is, as history's implementation of it has shown us. Having lived in China, I assure you the people very much take pride in their country, but yearn for democractic and basic human rights. Maybe it was just my random sampling with the peoples from Beijing to Shanghai to Hong Kong, but I'm willing to bet my sampling error is pretty small. I'll be the first to admit I could be wrong. However, where several here might wish to micro manage distinctions in definitions from reality, in truth, most of history and common perception about Fascism has it right - quite simply, Fascism is nothing more than a populist King, Emperor, or even, a Slashdot Overlord.
  11. Choo! Choo! All aboard! on Overclocking the AMD Spider · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The marketing train...

    I felt like I just got ran over. Nice job AMD. Actually, the first flashvert was pretty slick with the transformer, and was fairly informative. Honestly, I didn't quite extract much information from the overclocking one, except for it's awailable date.

    Forgive me, but it's early Saturday morning here. And in the spirit of todays morning cartoon ritual, while munching on some Lucky charms cereal I fully expected the overclocking advert to finish with...

    "Shh! Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm on my AMD hunting for more raw bits! Eh. Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh!"

  12. Re:Really accurate? on Major Breakthrough in Direct Neural Interface · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have time to kill on lunch. Let's see...

    Right Wrong = 10 letters.

    P in Prong = 1
    M in rigm = 1 (+1 letter missing)
    1 missing = 1/2

    So, (10 - 2.5)/10 = 0.75 ~ 80%

    Your post above not only meets funny standards, but accolades for careful thought in using relevant and accurate choice of words. Well done, sir, well done!

  13. Re:Growling Rowling on Colossus Cracks Again · · Score: 1

    Oops. I must have missed my mark in drawing a parallel between this work and the article. Which, I guess the mod didn't read? The gold edifice is in honor of helping the franchise financially with it's base - beneficial to both creator and any derivative work. You might have been a little too quick on the trigger there in your judgement of my prior wording. No worries.

  14. Growling Rowling on Colossus Cracks Again · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Strange. Did Bill Gates authorize the unlicensed works of Windows for Dummies? If anything, Andy Rathbone should have his character likeness etched in gold edifice in the halls of Redmond.

  15. Re:one problem on A Giant Step in Cloning · · Score: 1

    Replacement parts.
    If you saw how sausage was made, you wouldn't eat it. Your post gives me flashbacks.
  16. Re:Hmmm. on A Giant Step in Cloning · · Score: 1

    I think the GP mean to study the changes in iceman's physiology vs. ours. However, in this budget crisis, I think it would be far more beneficial just to melt his clones into more soylent green.

  17. Re:it's funny because it's true on The Rules of the Swarm · · Score: 1

    That's right, keep the Republican jokes comming. Typical Slashdot "Swarm-think".

    Hey, I just discovered something...
    That we are the beekeepers?
  18. Re:No downloading? on Original Marvel Comics Going Online · · Score: 1

    Just installed it. Works like a champ when saving most flash content.

    However, on atomfilms, it locked my desktop. I had to kill npviewer.bin proc after saving an swf. It tried to start some offsite ad or something. Maybe just my Gutsy x64 and flash wrapper.

    Thanks.

  19. Re:It's already been done -- for free. on Original Marvel Comics Going Online · · Score: 2, Informative

    Searched for x-men and xmen, yet "We cannot find what you're looking for."

    Either your jedi mind trick worked, or your database met Thor's hammer. The website only lists 6 comics (which I've never heard of) as freely available. Where's X-Men? Ala Hocus Pocus? or Subscription Locus?

  20. Re:No downloading? on Original Marvel Comics Going Online · · Score: 1

    Everyone was thinking that :P I was thinking more just right click the image and save as, or even save the whole HTML page/get one of those mass downloaders
    What about Flash? Not Gordon, but Macromedia.
  21. Re:Simple solution: on Chinese Sub Pops Up Amid US Navy Exercise · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope no one mods me down for saying this, but I really feel like we should consider starting the draft again.
    Helots or Spartans? Clear difference.

    As a Veteran, I was proud to have served in an all volunteer Army, and in hindsight, more apt to give my own life in return.
  22. Re:$10E7 ? on Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released · · Score: 1

    No dusting necessary. Just restore old memories by rummaging through the garbage collector.

  23. Re:yeah, but remember what? on Google Honors Veterans Day, Finally · · Score: 1

    Who knows what would have happened if the Nazis were not reigned in.
    In episode 21, Kirk and Spock do.

    When they beam down to Ekos, hindered by the prime directive, they watch helplessly as some poor rival Zeon is whisked away by armed ekos Nazi guards.

    Inaction.

    Later, acting as a spy wearing a Nazi uniform, Spock performs a mind meld on the Ekos Hitler figurehead and convinces him to make peace with Zeon.

    Action.

    As a Trekkie loyalist since the 60s, in reality, the prime directive is a hidden paradox on human responsibility - in perception an excuse for staying out of trouble, when in truth to prevent it. I'm not quite sure how that applies to this discussion. But...

    Live long and prosper my friend.

    \\//_
  24. Re:Microsoft is simply bland.. on Microsoft's Treatment of Google Defectors · · Score: 1

    I think the key problem for Microsoft is that nothing they do is exciting anymore.
    Or that their vision is too broad and overreaching. Google too will soon suffer if not careful.

    Since when did every business need to be everybody elses business? Narrow that focus on just a few products, and do them very well.

    Xbox, Microsoft TV, Zune, MSN services, etc. What about just Operating Systems? You run the risk of diluting your quality while expanding your influence, and neglecting your base. Having several products outside your scope is fine, but there must be a CIO somewhere out there that knows how to just say "stop and retool".
  25. Re:Not only that, but there are NO details. on Tools To Squash the Botnets · · Score: 5, Funny
    A huckster in our midst? Let's see.

    "Botnets represent a convergence of all of the other threats that have existed for some time,"
    Scared of rickets? You, sir. Step right up here.

    One of the most menacing aspects of botnets is that they can go largely undetected by the owner of a personal computer.
    Folks, you might not feel sick today, but that's no guarantee you won't feel sick tomorrow.

    Nemean is based on four distinct patents that are either filed or are in process with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
    No matter what ails ya, Professor Nemean's original. medicinal, remedial, compound exlixir is patented and irrevocably guaranteed to...

    The innovation with Nemean is a method to automatically generate intrusion signatures, making the detection process faster and more precise.
    boost your bends, target your temperature, and positively palliate your particulars. Yes, folks...

    "The technology we're developing here really has the potential to transform the face of network security,"
    this age-defying, mystifying, wiz bang fandangle will cure everything from flakey skin to original sin.

    Only two bits a bottle. Worth a dollar a drop! Step right up! Step right up!