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  1. Re:Full text of article before /.ing on New 1 Kilowatt PSU - Too Much Power? · · Score: 1

    Goodness me, that grammar is atrocious grammar... I mean, all those elipses, really... and the discrepancy in facts doesn't add up...

    (By the way, the similarity to the text is intentional)

  2. Re:Atom's Death Toll on RSS Wins, Signals Atom's Death Toll? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not only that, but the comma has no place there...

  3. Re:Speculation is useless on Speculations Intel's Next Generation · · Score: 1

    Ah, fond memories of LOGO and MicroWorlds...

    I remember in elementary school we were using MicroWorlds as though it were a slideshow, but I figured out how to manipulate things... needless to say, I got whatever elementary school at that point says is equal to an A+.

  4. Re:What if E = mc^2.0000000001? on One Hundred Years of E=MC2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't get that backwards. However, it depends on which twin you call stationary. If you called the rocket stationary, then it would seem the twin that stayed home would be young.

    Relativity, after all...

  5. Re:I disagree on What's Up With The PSP? · · Score: 1

    The PSP is smaller than any portable DVD player, and the screen resolution is really astounding for a screen that size. I watched Hero on UMD on an airplane, and there was nothing low-quality about it. In fact, flight attendants passing by would comment on how small and how nice the picture was.

  6. Re:Sigh.... on Urine Powered Battery Developed · · Score: 1

    I've heard of plenty of Lead-Acid batteries pissing elsewhere...

  7. Re:So like... on Modded Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 MPG · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a Semi cab minus trailer.

  8. Re:Scary. on Linux Based CarPC · · Score: 1

    Usually remote ignition still means the steering wheel is locked, so you would need the key or the knowhow to unlock the wheel like a carjacker anyway (which is a good deal harder than unlocking a door). And since this is via SSH, you don't have to worry about an interceptor gaining control, assuming its not exactly the same transmission every time...

  9. Re:In other news on Blu-Ray to Include New Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    According the summary, it would "self-destruct" the hardware, not the media.

  10. Re:It's the article's title on Ogg Vorbis Share Reaches 12.3% on P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    This is Slashdot, we can't be arsed to read the BODY of the summary.

  11. Re:Daylight Saving Time... on Extra Daylight Savings May Confuse the Gadgets · · Score: 1

    How about a hyphen? Doesn't it seem to deserve one? Daylight-Saving Time?

  12. Re:What am I missing? on Xbox As An Indie Movie Studio · · Score: 1

    The counterstrike episode is like that too. I haven't seen many, but that one (I think its 37?) is very funny.

  13. Re:Why just Google? on Google Urged to Drop Images · · Score: 1

    If you look at some other areas, not everything is copyrighted to Google. Some of it is to other companies, but most of it Google bought from Keyhole (did I get that name right?). Sorry about lack of detail, its just something I remember seeing offhand.

  14. Re:How worse is this than before? on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    The fact that its stuck at 1.4 is one of the things that kills it for Windows users. No pretty water effects, or advanced shaders of any sort. Sorry, but I quite like my pretty water.

  15. Re:bit by bit on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    So, which one was it? Half-Life 2? Or was it Warcraft? Or Unreal Tournament for Linux?

    Sorry, but "serious retards like you post pure crap."

  16. Re:bit by bit on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    Most budget games are in D3D. Many big name games are in OGL. DOOM3 if I recall correctly, Unreal Tournament, I think Half-Life 2 has an option for it. Anything you see out of a studio in a partnership with ATi is probably going to at least support OGL. They don't make it as flippantly obvious as nVidia, with their annoying splash logos, but ATi does put its brand on some boxes.

  17. Re:OGL on D3D. on Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL · · Score: 1

    Well, you mentioned the reason why it IS Microsoft's fault. By locking the whole UI into their proprietary system, they force a situation like this.

  18. Re:Let me clarify a little bit here.. on Making Fire From Water · · Score: 2, Informative

    Amount of hydrogen? Yes. Amount of usable hydrogen? Definitely not. Usable hydrogen is H2. The amount of that in the atmosphere is pretty slim. To use it, it must be relatively pure, and to make relatively pure hydrogen, what do we do? Ta da! Burn fossil fuels! Like the OP said, the only other real options are nuclear power (which people don't like) and solar power (which is prohibitively expensive per yield)

  19. Re:Abortion/death-penalty false dichotomy on Reconciling Information Privacy and Liberty? · · Score: 1

    Only a barbarian would be OK with that.

    You've essentially just condemned the ancestry of nearly every culture existing today. Drowning historically was not uncommon. So I hope you're okay with being descended from who you call barbarians, since that's more probable than not.

  20. Re:Sonnn of a Bitch!!! on Reconciling Information Privacy and Liberty? · · Score: 1

    It IS flamebait. The OP is essentially saying that the Democratic viewpoint is illogical. Saying that about anybody's viewpoint is going to get them irritated.

  21. Re:Anyone have stats on carjacking rates since GTA on Rockstar's Next Game Draws Protesters · · Score: 1

    Remember though, that correlation is not causation. Even though carjacking and violent crime among minors has decreased, you can't use a statistic to say that games had anything to do with it. Statistics don't work like that.

    However, you can say that statistically, it is probable that certain games had a negative impact (in terms of numbers) on violent crime among minors and carjacking.

  22. Re:GOOG up $7.58 (about 2.5%) on Microsoft Testing Rival to Google's Start Page · · Score: 1

    I noticed it was the top stock on the ticker on Start.com too. Interesting that Microsoft shows a competing stock above their own.

  23. Re:RTFA on Apple Releases Multi-Button "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    Not all of us read every little detail on the sidebars. I, for one, didn't notice until looking very closely. IMO it's bad web design to include information where people normally just look for links.

  24. Re:Sign of the Times? on Original Lightsaber Goes For 3x Expectations · · Score: 1

    But is it Rupees, Rand, Rubles, Ringgit, Rufiyaa?

    Editors: when specifying a currency... use the three letter abbreviation! R is WAY too vague.

    It turns out its South African Rand... the abbreviation for which is ZAR. Use it.

  25. Re:1.21 Gigawatts on 19 million Amps · · Score: 1

    Convert it all to the standard units (ie. not mega). You'll still wind up with 63.86, and then you'll be assured that its Volts, because Watts over Amps is, logically, volts. MegaWatts over MegaAmps is also Volts, because of how division works. The extra zeroes cancel.