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  1. Re:tell your girl... on Moore's Law For Razor Blades? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like the next Milwaukee's Best Commercial. Men should act like men. I can see it now. teh_chrizzle is sneaking off to shave with "intimate shave lotion" when a giant Milwaukee's Best can falls on him. Ha!

  2. Mars Rover to the rescue? on Beagle 2 Probe Spotted on Mars · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OK, let's just assume for the sake of argument that this is the Beagle...

    Is this site anywhere near one of the Mars Rovers? Could they possibly drive there and examine it?

    How cool would that be!?!?!

  3. Re:Why do devices need to be cooled? on Raised Flooring Obsolete or Not? · · Score: 1

    They have invented a computer that doesn't need cooling. It's been around since around 2400 B.C. It's called the Abacus.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus

  4. Re:MS-Spacestation? on Google Forms Partnership With NASA · · Score: 1

    I bet the UK mars probe (Beagle) was secretly sponsored by Microsoft. That explains why it crashed to the ground at a couple hundred miles per hour! It BSODed mid landing!!!

  5. Author picked meaningless numbers... on Is The Firefox Honeymoon Over? · · Score: 3, Informative

    This author picked a date range that favored IE on the surface, and then quoted some pretty useless numbers which were skewed toward IE for the casual observer. Better numbers would be how many vulnerabilities REMAIN OPEN and HOW LONG they took to close from report date to fix date... I went to Secunia and pulled the following statistics In 2005 -- Firefox had 18 advisories posted. 1 remains unfixed, 1 remains partially fixed, 16 are fixed. -- IE 6.x had 11 advisories posted. 5 remain unfixed, 1 remains partially fixed, and 5 are fixed. Looking from 2003-2005 -- Firefox 1.x had 22 advisories posted (1 partial fix and 3 unfixed still) -- IE 6.x had 69 advisories posted (10 partial fix and 19 unfixed still) On Criticality of any advisory ever issued -- Firefox has had 0% extremely, 23% highly and 36% moderate -- IE has had 14% extremely, 29% highly and 20% moderate If you want tons more stats and graphs, go to... http://secunia.com/product/11/ (IE stats @ Secunia http://secunia.com/product/4227/ (Firefox stats @ Secunia)

  6. Re:Computer Version of new A&A? on Gen Con Indy 2005 In A Nutshell · · Score: 2, Informative

    TripleA is an open source version that is very well done and allows you to play the 1st edition, 2nd edition, 3rd edition (what the old computer version was) or the new revised edition (which is the 2004 version you're talking about). It also let's you load any kind of variant rules/boards that other people of come up with.

    Very nice, very free, very open source...

    http://triplea.sourceforge.net/ :-)

  7. Low power AND low temperature is easy! on AMD Athlon64 4000+ Underclocking · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    PC Stats actually took this idea from me. I took the same processeor, unplugged the computer (to lower power consumption) and then stuck it in a freezer (to lower temperature). Wow! Also nil power consumption (the freezer uses some to keep it cool) and the temp is really low! Next I'm going to try this with my laptop because the bottom of it gets really hot!

  8. Businesses everywhere seek airbourne version... on Gene Therapy Turns Slackers Into Workaholics · · Score: 1

    How long until this gets turned into an airborne thing that corporations pump into the air systems at work? Speaking of that, I also need a version that is both a birth control and workaholic pill for my wife. Then I can lounge around while she does all the work. :-)

  9. Money or privacy? on VoIP Terms of Service May Surprise You · · Score: 5, Informative

    I currently use Vonage, and I can tell you this. At $15 per month, I'm willing to give up a little to save money. Before Vonage I was paying $50+ a month for my local/long distance carrier. And that $50 only gave me a few added services. Now with Vonage I have every option service under the sun (three way calling, voicemail, caller id, etc etc.) I don't plan to do anything illegal, so if they share some info about me I'm not that worried. Then again, I wasn't aware that they had complete free reign over my informtion, so I do plan to write some letters asking them to change their policies. I think overall though, just like anything else, you have to weigh your own concerns over privacy vs cost and make a decision that works for you.

  10. Salvatore Strikes Back!!! on eBay Scam Victim Strikes Back · · Score: 5, Funny

    Salvatore probably couldn't get him to take his site down, so instead he posted this story on Slashdot and let the /. effect do his dirty work! Muhahaha!

  11. Re:At last on FAA Approves Sport Pilot License · · Score: 1

    Funny you should use the term "KILLS" when writing about the benefits of a sport pilot license. :-)