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  1. Re:It's possible, after all on Climate Data Re-examined (updated) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    agreed, polluting is bad, but making huge policy changes and other expensive modifications without probable cause is also bad. I don't want to make changes because of some bad data, I want to make changes to better the planet. Not to advert some mythical killing of the planet which some said would happen at the "alarming rate" at which our temp was rising.

  2. Kyoto and policies on Climate Data Re-examined (updated) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The poblem with most of these policies is they put rules in place on 3rd world countries that can't afford to put in technology to fix the problems they have, then they sell of thier clean air units to other countries to make cash.

    basically it works like this. every country has to make quotas. but the stupid thing is you can TRADE them. Lets say the US it polluting too much, it can buy "clean air quotas" from another country who doesn't pollute as much. It's kinda interesting but lame at the same time.

  3. 30 Gigs for $250 on Dell DJ: Yet Another MP3 Player · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Nomad Zen NX can be had for 250 bucks and holds 30 GIGs. This is suck a better deal for the geeks out there.

  4. Book stores are the suck on For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper · · Score: 1

    The ALWAYS charge me like 30-100$ more per book. And I usaully can find new books used on the net. I feel bad for the people who don't take the time to look and end up spending 600$ for stupid text books that they only use like 4 pages from, the system is jacked and I don't see what the professors get out of it. Can someone explain?

  5. Re:This was a great link on Build Your Own Mortar · · Score: 1

    Well how many people die each year from antique armerment explosions? If n>1, panic. else, not worry :)

  6. Re:Thanks Slashdot on Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    It's like if someone wrote a paper called "How to put a virus in the worlds water supply."

    Now if this "news" item was published on every newspaper in teh world, with a nice link to the page on how to do it, every idiot will try it.

    It's not censorship, it's jounalistic integrity and common sense.

    Now everyone and thier mom will down load this source where if it was swept under the radar of major news org's, not as many people would have even known about it.

  7. Thanks Slashdot on Half Life 2 Source Code Leaked · · Score: 1

    ...for mass marketing the leak. Honestly, is this something that should be broadcast over the world like this? I figure it wouldn't hurt not to tell as many people possible of this.

    Doubt there is much Valve can do now. I just think bringing up the fact wasn't the best idea.

  8. SFSU and C Programming on Big Company on Campus · · Score: 1

    I was really looking forward to taking C++ this year but when i went to add the class, it's name was changed to C#. I guess now C++ isn't taught and C# is the only programming class with a C in it's name now. It's lame.

  9. What's that SOUND?? on Power Outages Strike East Coast · · Score: 1

    The sound of a few million UPSs beeping because they have no juice!!

  10. Could it be because of Indian workers? on Tech Jobs Projected to Double by 2010 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Huge amounts of indian workers flowed into the country with H1B immigration status. In short, if you can program or do tech work you can live in the US as long as you work in the industry (or your h1b ends). This is factor in why no one can get a job in the silicon valley area. Lots of people were displaced. After all the H1B's end, a lot of people will have to head back to India. This will open up a lot of jobs. This isn't like 20-30 jobs, it's like hundreds of thousands. I'm living in the bay area and it's funny cause jobs are so hard to get now. Entry level stuff requires like 5 years experience (isn't entry level about not having experience?) It's a rough time for some of us!

  11. Update the phone on The t68i Replacement is Here · · Score: 1

    There is a firmware upgrade availible for the t68 series. I think they are at version 7. Most early phones shipped with 3. and the newest ones shipped with 6 at the most. Ask your service dealer to update it.

  12. I believe the correct term is "DER" on Web Site Selling "Earthquake Forecasts" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Anyone who has any basic knowledge of geology can predict where an earthquake is to occur. Siesmic gaps, the frequency of large quakes along specific fault zones, the actual types of fault zones. Facts: Large earthquakes occur along sliping faults like Western American coast. Larger quakes occur along subduction zones, where the plates slide under each other, such as lower north america, japan and northern india. We know where this stuff happens. It's just a matter of when. San Francisco is 10 years overdue for a magnitude 6-9. I've got my flashlights and water!

  13. Greek name history on NASA Wants Astronauts on Mars by 2010 · · Score: 1

    Here's another explination of the god's origin.
    Google!.

  14. Re:Xgames on WineX (And Warcraft3) On FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    Linux will most likely never make it for games. I think you will see big games to come to linux now and then just because these companies have money/time to burn. Honestly, why would any company want to spend 1/2 or 1/3 of it's development process on a market that is so tiny. You have to justify how many linux DESKTOP users are out there compared to apple/'doze. Sure there's lots of linux users, but hoe many DESKTOP users. It's a battle that can't be won until linux/unix on the desktop reaches apple's desktop share or more. I used to run Quake3arena on Freebsd back when it first came out. It was too much of a pain to justify using that os ever again for games.

  15. Re:Don't use it. on PINE Releases 4.50 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I believe this warning comes from the fact it requires pico to build. IIRC, pico was the major problem and not pine. Of course, a bug is a bug no matter what the source. Me thinks that's what the problem was.

  16. Ants and electronics on Ants Invade iBook · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ants are supposed to have a strange sense of magnetic fields and electric fields. Electronics give off a lot of stuff, animals are especially attuned to it. They have been known to short out traffic lights etc., by crawling inside and bridging connections. They use these fields for navigation and stuff. They are pretty precise.

  17. PORN=+2 Informative! on Which 3D Rendering Package Do You Recommend? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe you should click the link before moderating.

  18. Re:This isn't the first time... on Pixar/Disney in "Monsters Inc" Ownership Scuffle · · Score: 1

    Yes, and with his fortune from winning the suit, he got his rocket-car and gold house. Justice was done.

  19. Re:DVD-burners == zip drives on Sony DRU-500A Review · · Score: 1

    Those are movie discs. I believe DVD-R is a different format than a dvd movie disc. If you plan on storing movies, you'll have to compress them. DVDs are cool in themselves, but saying dvd burners will be around because of movies is not right in my opinion. I may be wrong of course.

  20. There are others on Ogg Support For iTunes · · Score: 4, Informative
    This program seems to have OGG support. I like iTunes but I don't think it should be the thing holding you back from listening to music on a mac. That's a little silly.
  21. Re:Tadpole Sparcbook 2 on New Tadpole SPARCbook RSN · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do you have a floppy for thing? If you can track one down, just to a net install of OpenBSD or Netbsd, I think both have X support. Also I know Solaris 2.6 stock will run pretty well on a Sparcbook 3 ("well" is a relative term). Usenet is the place for finding parts these days.

  22. Parts on New Tadpole SPARCbook RSN · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I had one last year. It was really cool. It felt like a solid piece of metal. I loved holding it because it made me feel like I was carrying a real machine and not a bunch of plastic. I got parts at a couple of places.
  23. Re:What about xvid? on DivX DVD Players Arrive · · Score: 1

    I know for a fact Xvid is a great codec. The video quality on it really nice and it produces good compression. If this device does not have flashable ram or something, it's just another DVD player. I use Xvid on a lot of my television rips. I suggest you try it out!

    p.s. I don't work for xvid.

  24. Re:Stupid question.. on OpenSSH 3.5 Released · · Score: 1

    OpenSSH is part of the OpenBSD project. BSD being the key word.

  25. Re:Slow Down on OpenSSH 3.5 Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not the software that having the security problem, it was a hacked server serving up the software and people not checking thier checksums. Don't blame the software when you didn't check your sum.