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  1. We don' need no stinkin' okzigen! on ISS Oxygen Generator Fails for Good · · Score: 1

    [Hand striking cheek] We all know that when the oxygen generators start failing, the carbon dioxide generators fail to operate as well. Isn't the ISS large enough that there is a Hollywood section developed by the gen-xers at NASA to house an Oxygen Bar stacked with hotties? Everytime you release carcinogens, god kills a rainforest cat.

  2. What about Keyboard SHORTCUTS? on New Standard Keyboard · · Score: 1

    What will Command/Control-Z become? (much less anything else!)

  3. IBM vs TRON on Disney Plans Tron Remake · · Score: 1

    IBM vs TRON (the clone wars)

  4. TRON Revisited!!! on Disney Plans Tron Remake · · Score: 1

    Alternate movie titles:

    TRON Unleashed

    Return of Tron

    TRON: CPU Strikes Back

    TRON .9b (The Beta Prequels)

    TRONS: The Bits Are Back!

    iTron: The Movie (marketed by Pixar sister company)

    OST: "TRON: Bits' Brew" (posthumous soundtrack by Miles Davis)

    7R0|\|

    PSYNC (or how Disn3y plans to make more of the same, just worse)

  5. TLDs from the other side... on ICANN Approves Two More Top-Level Domains · · Score: 1

    Then would the domain ELLIPSES.COM resolve/redirect to:

    http://dot.dot ?

  6. compelling and telling. on Gates v. Jobs, continued... · · Score: 1
    Microsoft also raised hackles recently when it started its MSN Music Store to compete with companies like Napster that it had been courting for years. That isn't so unusual for Microsoft, its executives say. The company often finds itself both competing and cooperating, they say, with companies in the software business.
    Can this article actually be any clearer? While it does point out the ups and downs of both Apple and Microsoft, I believe this paragraph to be the most telling...
  7. Re:Why does it look computer-generated? on Largest Digital Photograph in the World · · Score: 1

    I think it's because the zoomify plugin actually sizes down the photo so that it does have to refresh in a direct ratio with how much zoom you click.

    meaning: each section of the photo can be zoomed in so far, until it has to load the sharper photo... etc...

  8. Model Release form on Largest Digital Photograph in the World · · Score: 1

    It's important to mention from a legal standpoint here that there are a few subjects in your photo that appear unawares of the photographer (living or not) that shot the picture. Also, given the power of slashdot publicity, a model release form should have been signed by each such person (some without heads, causing other legal problems such as misrepresentation, etc).

    ...including the lady undressing in quadrant FF18-A on the third floor (is there a public rating system in effect here?).

    Rated M: for Mature subject themes.

    -Insensitive clod.

  9. Re:I Shed Real Tears of IDIOCY on The Real Story of Audion · · Score: 1
    I'm not sure how valid to the conversation your comments are, AC (yes, "Coward"). Panic emerged as one of the slickest little app creators back a few years ago. Audion became the de facto (as far as I and my colleagues could tell) MP3/CD/Net player out there, and definitely the coolest. As for their transparency and alpha channelling techniques, as far as i'm concerned created the trend for apps to have transparency in their splash screens or actual app windows. A trend that ultimately lead to more possibilities in app integration with the OS and other programs. Look at PhotoShop and Illustrator's splash screens to see how far the trend has reached. Panic created innovative products, as (if you still can't read) evidenced by their brush with standardization (of sorts) through Apple's iTunes. Would Apple have eliminated the feature? Who knows. Perhaps today you would be loading the new SlashDot skin for iTunes and seeing an RSS feed right next to your favorite music. The possibilities that we are now missing out on? Who can say. Your comments are misguided and flippant. Especially since they are giving you a chance to use their software for free to show you how much you missed. Kareoke mode? Visualizations? Song speed changer? Change Hue of skin? These were all innovations...
    Panic bite the big one...desperate...
    Are you serious? Have you even been to their site? For your consideration: http://www.panic.com/audion/
  10. "NASA as punching bag" on Preview of Moon-To-Mars Report · · Score: 1, Interesting

    There are a few well placed comments about NASA in the recent book by Dan Brown: Deception Point. Yes it's fiction, but intriguing as well, considering NASAs track record (good and bad).

    Let's hope we can really focus on a space future that makes sense, is reasonable expectation-wise, over-estimate on cost, and pursue long-term.

    I work for an FFRDC.

  11. Pomme Frittz (under the GPL) on McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux · · Score: 0

    Under what license are they issuing fries these days? wouldn't this undermine their market dominance as the 'best fries ever'? have tasty fries become a commodity?

    Is a "Window" the best distribution model? hasn't this been disproven?

    Is the research of "tastes like chicken" open for public development?

    and lastly, is (gawd, not again!) "Open Source Burgers" written as: "Burger geöffnete Quelle"? ...corrections?

  12. barfiily-realistic computer graphics on Realistic Human Graphics Look Creepy · · Score: 0

    And if you've seen the preview for the new movie The Polar Express, then you'd see that there is a margin between NEAR PHOTO-REALISTIC and ABSOLUTELY REAL (BUT NOT) that is offensive to the brain as well as the eye.

    It seems like there will be a quantum leap in graphical representations of nature (at least human form) from "almost there", to "there". Just wait till your in the theaters and see the preview for this (if you've already seen the latest Harry Potter, you're likely to have seen it last weekend) [...yes go ahead, start an offtopic commentary if you must... ]

    In final analysis, all efforts of designers and programmers alike to create a lifelike representation of the human form on screen will contribute to what will eventually be "the best damn CGI character I've ever seen!"

  13. VisitorVille traffic as of today on Web Logs Finally Meet Sim City · · Score: 3, Funny

    and the VisitorVille.com analyzer reports:

    "SimCopter 1 reporting heavy traffic!"

  14. OLED screens will not need a screensaver... on 40" OLED Television Revealed at SID · · Score: 1

    If they only last that long, is it possible to buy a six pack or a case of screens at a discount? Maybe Costco wants in? Maybe they'll come in a box like "Swiffers" and sit on top of your DVD/DVR/etc. box and everytime you sit down to watch tv (there should be a new name for tv, consequently) you pull one out and attach it... (wash your hands first).