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  1. Lost DoD hardware on DoD to Put Internet Router in Space · · Score: 5, Funny

    DoD to Put Internet Router in Space
    It seems like they are always misplacing shit.
  2. If they ever detain you on National Intelligence Director Seeks Expansion of Spy Powers · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you are ever detained by Federal Authorities you should acquiesce to any request for a search of your person or property, but you can make it conditional. For instance you could say, "you can search my property but only if your search through the front of my underpants lasts at least fifteen minutes and is done by that nice looking agent over there."
    IANAL.

  3. Obligatory on Radical Transparency at NASA Via Second Life · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not sure that I want to see seven foot tall wieners running around NASA.

  4. Legal Risk Numero Uno on Perens Counters Claim of GPL Legal Risk · · Score: 1

    I think that the first legal risk that the Microsoft Corporation should worry about is the risk of pursuing anti-competitive business practices. Their historic success at monopolizing personal computing software has not escaped anyone's attention and we know that it isn't all because of their stellar products.

  5. So much cruft on Google Confirms $600M South Carolina Data Center · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It sounds like the expansion of the internet is making these search engines use alot more hardware and energy to make all of the content searchable. If only we could automate methods of removing some of the cruft from being included in the search domain then the whole process would be more efficient. I'm mostly referring to the seemingly endless amount of automatically generated content and just plain bizarre content that searches always turn up.

  6. screaming cameras on Talking CCTV to Scold Offenders in UK · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of the things that it screams at people is
    "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

  7. Re:I'm looking forward to gambling in 2nd life on FBI Examines Second Life Casinos · · Score: 1

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/06/21 12258&from=rss There are other slashdot stories about this incident. I probably should have put the link in original post.

  8. Re:I'm looking forward to gambling in 2nd life on FBI Examines Second Life Casinos · · Score: 1

    lol

  9. Re:I'm looking forward to gambling in 2nd life on FBI Examines Second Life Casinos · · Score: 2

    I think I could win against a punch of 7 foot tall wieners at the poker table.

    err..

    I think I could win against a bunch of 7 foot tall wieners at the poker table.
  10. I'm looking forward to gambling in 2nd life on FBI Examines Second Life Casinos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I could win against a punch of 7 foot tall wieners at the poker table.

  11. Re:I think maybe, I dunno on FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Being a pilot, as far as I know
    You should definitely try and figure out if you're a pilot or not.
  12. Re:frequencies on FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane · · Score: 1

    Regardless, the issue isn't interference with Avionics and communication, but the implications it would have on the cell network with one handset being able to reach (interfere with) hundreds of towers at one time.

    I see. That makes sense. And also I didn't even think about the obvious point everyone has brought up about not wanting to be on the airplane with a bunch of yakity yacks.
  13. frequencies on FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane · · Score: 1

    I think that I read that most communication with air traffic control is done at very long wavelength, low frequencies because they have traditionally thought to propagate better than high frequency communications. And cell phones use microwave or shorter frequencies, I think. But maybe some devices in the airplane use high frequencies for short distance communications, but I doubt it.

  14. Maybe we're confused about what's patentable on Amazon Patents Humans Assisting Computers · · Score: 0, Troll

    I claim the patent on the use of a fork and a spoon. Now you're all stuck using sporks!

  15. Disco Stu on x86 on Despite Aging Design, x86 Still in Charge · · Score: 2, Funny

    And a comedian would say it all depends on what you think about disco.
    Disco Stu does the x86 boogaloo
  16. Demaster? on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 1

    is that what you do after you see too much of Uhura in one episode?

  17. Re:Demastered on Star Trek "DeMastered" Video Service to Launch · · Score: 1

    I laughed, but I must admit that I don't actually get it.

  18. Re:Is this another April fool's story? on Research Reveals Mislaid Microprocessor Megahertz · · Score: 1

    So there is some truth to the story. I sorta thought that there might be, and some others musing here did also.

  19. Re:Is this another April fool's story? on Research Reveals Mislaid Microprocessor Megahertz · · Score: 1

    Intel was unavailable for comment. AMD, however, claimed to be well aware of the problem and to be already designing processors capable of working beyond the limits of Einsteinian mathematics - with a negative temporal displacement facility built in.
    I'd say that it's probably a joke. This seems a little goofy to me. IANAE or anyone else important, though.
  20. Is this another April fool's story? on Research Reveals Mislaid Microprocessor Megahertz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm too dumb to figure out if this is an April fools joke or not.

  21. I'm confused on The Pirate Bay Finds Permanent Home · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Equation editing in Open Office on OpenOffice 2.2 Released · · Score: 1

    actually that's how TeXMacs works and it's super fast to do it that way. But I couldn't pick up the macros as easily for OO's EE. It was fairly straightforward for TeXMacs.

  23. Re:It's nearly unusuable. on OpenOffice 2.2 Released · · Score: 1

    That is good information. If I payed for Office 2004 will I get a free upgrade to the Universal binary? Or will I have to buy Office again?

  24. It might be carcinogenic on Firewall Recommendations? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even though it's carcinogenic, I recommend asbestos. It's one of the best thermal insulators known and if you don't rip your walls open you'll never breath it in.

  25. Re:It's nearly unusuable. on OpenOffice 2.2 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Microsoft Word on Mac with a super dual core intel has an irritating delay. I can type significantly faster than it can display. This is problematic because I work past errors because the don't display until I'm sometimes a few words down. I am guessing MS word is faster on its native Windows. But the point is, even in the 21st century here, typesetting programs are still slow. Who'd athunkit.