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  1. Re:Caveat Emptor! loud screeching noises on Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Actually I use Gentoo because I -know- what I -don't- want. Cruft. Simple as that.

    It's like saying "I build my own car but it doesn't have a 285 hp V8 because I don't feel like wasting money on pouring gas into it."

    Also, Gentoo is the easiest system to work with. It is the best 'noob' distribution, as long as you are willing to get dirty. Simplicity is very attractive.

  2. Re:Caveat Emptor! loud screeching noises on Hitachi's 500GB SATA-II Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Huh?

    I looked for this command on a Windows XP machine, an OpenBSD machine and a Linux (Gentoo) machine. Command not found on each one.

    For those too lazy to do their own search, the smartmontools package can be found here. Even works with OpenBSD!

  3. (almost) RIGHT on Revamping The Periodic Table? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hydrogen and Helium differ also by one proton and two neutrons.

    Atomic H: 1 P, 1 e
    Atomic He: 2 P, 2 N, 2 e

    The reason they are grouped as they are (vertical groupings are really all that matters) is because, in their atomic state, those species have very similar physical properties.

    That being said, oxidized Li is *somewhat* similar to He (atomic radius, further reactivity, etc).

    IAAC (Chemist)

  4. Re:Designing cities on New Way to Make Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Please see the example set by Curitiba, Brazil. I studied it at length in an Economic Development class at university.

    If you'd like, I can ask my professor for the articles we read, then pass them on to you. They are a model city for urban development in an already-designed city.

  5. Re:Open doors on Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network · · Score: 1

    For safeties sake lets just outlaw the internet.

    Be careful ... there may be a politician reading this stuff!!

    Or even worse ... a grammar nazi!!

  6. Not Really _Their_ Product . . . on MSN Virtual Earth to Take on Google · · Score: 1

    If you work at MSN, you may have known that the main content provider will be Pictometry International, and that MSN will most likely be doing the publishing.

    See article in todays WSJ.

  7. The important question is . . . on Kevin Rose Leaving G4 to start Internet Only Show · · Score: 1

    Is he taking Sarah Lane with him?

  8. Re:Poor suckers. on Google Map Hack & Chicago Crime Data · · Score: 1

    I this at the gas link:

    FORBIDDEN:
    Site Owner, Please contact your support center for assistance.


    Oops, looks like someone overstepped their bandwidth limit. Anyone got a mirror or cache?

  9. Re:I expected more, but of course... on OpenBSD 3.7 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    A lot of the information on the wireless work can be found in the Changelog. Basically, they got a lot of work done and are continuing to work on 802.11g chips and HostAP protocols for many wireless devices.

    Also, as noted in a previous story, the Sharp Zaurus port allows you to (with a CF ethernet adapter) set up a handheld, on-the-go wireless AP.

    A much better source of information can be found at this ONLamp Interview With OpenBSD Developers

  10. Re:Firmwares and drivers on More on OpenBSD 3.7 Release · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry, but since I have no mod points, I have nothing useful to do, and this is Slashdot:

    drivers for the video card's, LAN card's, TV Tuners, digital camera's

    Why does your plural form of the words 'driver' and 'Tuners' just add an 's', while your plural form of the words 'card', 'videocard' and 'camera' require the apostrophe?

    You got 'news' and 'firmwares' right. What's (that is a contraction, one of the times when you _do_ use apostrophe-s) the thinking there? If you're not going to make the effort to be correct, at least be consistent!!

    Or maybe you meant (rough translation):

    drivers for the TV Tuner of the videocard and LAN card . . . no it's (contraction again) just too messed up to translate.

    I'll give up soon enough.

  11. Re:Way, way OT on How to Cool Your PC with Dry Ice · · Score: 1

    The quote in your sig is fantastic. To it, I would respond, "I noticed."

  12. Re:Cut, not Slash/Slice on How Lightsabers Work · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wrong -- everybody knows that Hattori Hanzo steel is the finest in the world.

    Only problem is, he doesn't make swords anymore . . .

  13. Re:Downscale on Firefox Site Visits Up 237% · · Score: 1

    I believe that technically they got more than three times the visitors:

    Being up 100% would be twice the visitors, being up 200% would be thrice the visitors . . .

  14. /Grammar Nazi on Joke-e-oke Makes You a Comedian · · Score: 3, Funny

    The grammar in that summary is a Joke-e-oke.

  15. Re:KDE trolls are coming on Gnome 2.10 Released · · Score: 0

    S'ok, I'll do it for you:

    "But I just emerged 2.8!" (even though I didn't).

  16. That Blue Icon? on Significant Advance in Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    What is that blue image representing this story supposed to be? Is it a cluster? Is it some sort of control center? Is anyone else wondering this?

  17. Re:Sue the Patent Office? - Probably Not on Microsoft's 'IsNot' Patent Continued... · · Score: 1


    Actually, I believe that you _can_ sue the US government, but you need to be given permission. No joke. A Google search will find examples, I'm sure.

  18. Re:Not Lynx on Shmoo Group Finds Exploit For non-IE Browsers · · Score: 1

    I tried it with links, and rather than get directed to the 'meoww' page, I got sent to the true www.paypal.com.

    Strange.

  19. Re:misinformation? on Where Does NetBSD Fit In? · · Score: 1

    Debian?

    Sorry, had to.

  20. Re:A thief? Hardly. on US CD Sales Increase in 2004 · · Score: 1

    You know, it's probably too late for mods to see this anyways, but hopefully you receive notifications of slashdot replies in your email, so at least someone will hear me. I've been dying to say this for a while now:

    My downloading days peaked just a little under two years ago. Most of what I downloaded was two to three songs by bands that:

    a) i saw open at a show that had a headline band i was seeing
    b) are on the same (independent) label as a band i like
    c) was recommended from a friend who enjoys the same type of music as me

    If I enjoyed the 2 or 3 songs, I went out to the local indie record store and bought a CD or two of theirs. Usually those CDs were between $8 and $11. Not the $20 crud you pay for at FYE. I probably bought 2 CDs on average per week. Then, as my school started to frown more upon filesharing (read: music swapping), I phased it out. I have since not downloaded much at all, because I couldn't sample bands. I have also ceased all purchases of CDs, because I don't have any clue what I'm buying. Would you buy a car without a test-drive?

    So ends the story of how the recording industry lost my vote (read: checkbook). It's a sad one, too, because it was mostly indie labels that got my money.

  21. Re:Where will it be? on New Comet for the New Year · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, it's also known as New York City.

    When an upstater says 'upstate', they mean pretty much all of New York State, except New York City. Many people from outside of the 'upstate' area (as I refer to it), seem to think that upstate only means up in the Northeast corner. This includes people from the City.

  22. Where will it be? on New Comet for the New Year · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, I *just* got a pair of binoculars for Christmas.

    I read TFA, but I have no idea where to look for this thing. Does anyone know where to look, say, if you live in upstate New York?

  23. Re:Oh please. on ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar' · · Score: 1

    Doubt anyone will ever read this, and unfortunately, the response was from an AC, so, whatever. To clarify: CAS stands for "Chemical Abstract Services" and ACS stands for American Chemical Society. CAS is a sub-service of ACS, so wtf to you, Mr. AC. Don't question my chemical authority, because it will bitchslap your ass. /nobody will read this.

  24. Re:security through obscurity on Penn State Tells Students To Ditch IE · · Score: 1

    Everything that ^he^ said, plus example: APACHE vs. IIS!! Now tell me about your precious security through obscurity!! I know I know, Score:-1,Redundant.

  25. Re:that's pretty good for the ACS on ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar' · · Score: 1

    I feel like few people that are posting comments really know what SciFinder Scholar really is. Yes, it is a pay-to-use literature searching program and database. No it is not a "subset of google's service". SciFinder Scholar is a far more useful tool for getting information regarding chemical compounds, their properties, syntheses, etc. Also it's not just another pay-to-use service. It is THE medium through which chemists search academic (and non-academic . . . patents included) literature. An academic single-user account with SciFinder costs about 20k per year, from what I've gathered. Companies probably pay out their ears for it, given that most industry companies give each scientist their own account. So I think that this is by no means a "great publicity stunt" for ACS or for their program. As other posters have said, ACS has to protect the trademark they claimed on the term Scholar. Also, as ./ers tend to do, this issue is made into a mountain because it involves legalities. I believe that ACS is fully in the right in this case, because Google is using the term Scholar as their name for a tool which searches academic literature, which ACS has already trademarked (i.e. their tool for searching academic literature is called Scholar). Disclaimer: I'm a chemist. ACS needs all the cash they can get.