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  1. Re:next up... on Two Snowflakes May Be Alike After All · · Score: 1

    Actually, quantum mechanics has experimentally proven that a watched pot does not boil! A watched pot of beryllium atoms, anyways.

  2. Yes, but on Bandwidth Challenge Results · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How many Libraries of Congress per second?

  3. I don't buy it. on Apple Switching To Intel Chips In 2006 · · Score: 1

    How much did Apple just spend optimizing for Altivec and now the 970/G5? Seems rather stupid to switch now.

  4. Re:My Mac Sucks on Apple Updates Pro Media Apps · · Score: 1

    If you are trying to post a Slashdot comment with SubEthaEdit, this might explain some of your problems. Generally text editors aren't so hot at navigating the web.

    And how, pray tell, did you post that comment if Safari will not work?

  5. Re:hardware support on Free Software on a Cheap Computer · · Score: 1

    For others, I would like to point out the Server Logistics Complete Web Server series. It is the best I have found for getting a fully-functional and up-to-date LAMP environment on Mac OS X. It includes .pkg-based seamless installers for Apache 2, PHP 4 with loads of extensions, MySQL 4, and Tomcat 4. There are even prefpanes for Apache, MySQL, and Tomcat, detailed instructions and manuals for everything, and all free. Oh, and they all automagically work with each other out of the box. No, I don't work for Server Logistics. Anyways, check them all out here.

  6. Re:2am? Which 2am? We ain't got no 2am here. on Fun With Transparent Screen Backgrounds · · Score: 1

    Ooh, right, in that case, the webserver went down at @879 in Swatch Internet Time :)

  7. Not as good as Honda on A Crazy Cambridge Contraption · · Score: 1

    I found this contraption very interesting, but not as good as the Honda device.

    The thing with the Honda device was that everything was tuned to perfection -- everything just barely triggered the next step. The tires (which, as has been mentioned ad nauseum, were weighted to roll upwards) hit each other delicately, washers and balls rolled exactly the right distance to hit the next step.

    Also, for those not in the know, these devices are often called Rube Goldberg devices, after the wacky inventions of Rube Goldberg. I recently did a similar project in Physics, where I needed to light and subsequently put out a candle in at least 10 unique transfers of energy. I have to say, its not easy getting everything to work reliabily.

  8. Re:It hurds on First Program Executed on L4 Port of GNU/HURD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hopefully it will evolve into a being that knows both proper English and HTML.

  9. Re:wrong on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As I just said, the default DVORAK layout with the letter-to-letter command mappings is still there, so it's a moot point.

  10. Re:wrong on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Presumably, you aren't a newbie if you're switching to DVORAK. And the regular, letter-for-letter shortcut layout is also available.

  11. Re:wrong on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    OS X has a keyboard layout called "Dvorak - Qwerty" which is a DVORAK keyboard layout, with all of the command-* shortcuts preserved to their original keys.
    For example, to quit a program under the Dvorak-Qwerty layout, you would do Command-", as the " key is mapped onto where the Q key is mapped under QWERTY. It makes the transition a lot easier.

  12. Could Be a Problem on Belkin Offering Pre-802.11N Products · · Score: 1

    The Register ran a good article about how products like this could ruin the standards process. A good read.

  13. Re:darwin 7.7.0... on Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster? · · Score: 1

    Haha sweet, the end of time is on my birthday. Do I keep getting presents?

  14. Re:My solution on Spamfighting Since the Death of MakeLoveNotSpam? · · Score: 1

    Better yet, send cards to soon-to-be-released inmates telling them that they need penile enhancement, and then provide the home address!

  15. Re:over 20,000 people died this weekend on Alek's Christmas Lights: Humbug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Uh, not only was 9/11 not a natural disaster, less than 20,000 people died in it, so it would be "since" something before 9/11.
    That said, you may notice at the top of the page that it says "News for Nerds." Anyone can go to one of the hundreds of world news sites to find out what is going on in the world.

  16. It's a trick! on Homebrew Digital Picture Frame w/Remote · · Score: 5, Funny

    Watch out!
    " I'd seen do-it-yourself picture frames on Slashdot before,"

    He's trying to trick us into Slashdotting Slashdot through a link back!

  17. Re:Yes But... on Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum' Versions · · Score: 5, Funny

    And thus, the next Slashdot cliche is born.

  18. Coincidence? on TorrentBits.org and SuprNova.org Go Dark · · Score: 1

    In the past, both of these sites have had less than exemplary uptimes. Is there a chance that they both just happened to have problems at the same time?

  19. Take it with a grain of salt. on Associated Press Not Impressed By MyFi · · Score: 1

    October 23, 2001, regarding the iPod:
    No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

    November 30, 2004, regarding MyFi:
    There's no way to transfer the recorded content to the computer or vice versa.

    I'll wait on this one.

  20. Does the exploit affect the Slashdot URL parser? on New URL Spoofing Bug in Pre-SP2 IE · · Score: 1

    What if this affected the domain Slashdot displays after every link? Lets find out:
    http://www.microsoft .com
    Apparently not, but strange nonetheless.

  21. Buy It Cheaper on Web Standards Solutions · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The "Buy" link listed is at bn.com, but you can get it for cheaper at Amazon.

  22. Obligatory on Does Your LCD Play Catch-Up To Your Mouse? · · Score: 1

    I would suggest something, but it's still buffering.

  23. Re:Resistor lattice? on Another Google Recruiting Technique · · Score: 1

    "Zero Ohms, Becasue there are infiniate paralell resistince paths, and resticne in paralllel is 1/(r1+r2...+rn) 1/(infinity) = 0." " I should probably work out the sums, but shouldn't the answer be infinite resistance?" Well, now that we've covered the extremes...

  24. Re:Another terror alert? on Internet Meltdown Predicted for Tomorrow · · Score: 1
    I mean, there were at least five other guys in the primary I think would've been better candidates, but it really scares me to think that the wastes of orgasms presently holding the highest offices in our country might get to do it for another four years just because the mainstream democrats had to choose the fucking establishment candidate.

    Wastes of orgasms? Well I suppose that makes sense...

  25. Re:Spotlight on Detailed Reviews of Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview · · Score: 1

    Another such API that has failed is the Mac OS X Services. You know, that submenu under every application menu? I don't know about others, but I have never touched them.