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  1. I get to live 1000 years? on Humans Could Live For 1000 Years · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is obviously a ploy of the creationists to postpone people from finding out the real truth.

  2. That takes smart people on Quake 4 Graphics Performance Compared · · Score: 1
    So how did ATI pull this off?

    Maybe they have an aspie?

  3. Re:Hmmm on Recommend a Tech Toys Bag? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Find someone with a vagina. It won't hold your geek crap,

    That is not exactly true, many people with vaginas come with a purse that you can take advantage of. Once you marry a such a person, then you can also upgrade the purse to a larger, more convenient size. Of course this does seem like a whole lot of hassle just to have a place for your gadgets, so I recomend that you continue to just keep it in your pants.

  4. Must not be for real on OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is not in portage yet, therefore it must not exist.

  5. Re:Cotton candy interfaces suck on Windows Vista Build 5231 Review · · Score: 1

    Except, I should point out, the xbmc skin is I think a few degrees better.

  6. Re:Cotton candy interfaces suck on Windows Vista Build 5231 Review · · Score: 1

    The rest of the pictures on that supersite are rather enjoyable, I think. It really reminds me alot of the skin I use on my xbox media center. http://www.xbox-skins.net/screenshots/%5B4535%5Dbl uetwo.JPG

  7. This might work on A Micro-A/C for a Server Closet? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I'm thinking two of those clothes dryer vent things you see on houses, some of the tubing that goes with it, and some duct tape. Then just put two holes in the door and make a little distribution point so you can split the two hoses as needed for each computers input and output. That way every computer draws from, and returns to, the ambient house air. Then the computers willl be drawing fresh air, The room should stay relatively cool from this. If the room temperature were to become troublesome, then just another split of the hoses with one of them attached to a small fan could rotate out the closet's air. Of course this might push the volume of air beyond what the drier duct tube can handle at the low pressures that a computer fan likely requires. But maybe not, I do not know.

    Oh, wait! If you keep the intake side as it is above, but you have only one exhaust tube through the door, with the computer exhausts exiting into the room, you can attach to it a realtively ( compared to the computer fans ) powerful fan blowing out of the room. This will draw extra air through the computers, keeping them cooler and the extra volume of air will keep the room cool.

  8. So are they still OK? on Google Changes Privacy Policy · · Score: 1

    So, do we think they are evil now? No? They are still OK? Oh, OK. 'Hey Bob, /. said google is OK still...no, no, you can put away the torches and pitch forks, we don't need them yet.'

  9. Re:i wonder.. on Echostar 'PocketDish' to Playback Video from DVR · · Score: 1

    I have often contemplated the USB port on the back of my DishNetwork DVR. On one hand I would like someone to crack the DRM, but on the other hand I worry that if it were to be cracked, then Dish's content providers might cause problems. What I would like to be able to do more than extract shows off of my DVR, however is to put other videos on my DVR. This would be nice for accessing my media in multiple rooms, since the DVR goes to two TVs.

  10. Re:then watch the rest of it on Watch the First 9 Minutes of Serenity · · Score: 1

    Umm, that copy of the film only has a rating of 1.4 out of 10 for video quality(according vcdquality.org).

  11. If they want quality, killing robots on Korea To Build Front-line Combat Robot · · Score: 1

    They should consult with the battlebots crowd. Then we could have robots with giant machetes rolling around, and some robots with one of those little arms that flips you up into the air. The latter could be called nut crackers. Oh, and then the other side could get with the robot wars people...

  12. So what do we do? on FBI Agents Put New Focus on Deviant Porn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Stories of government wrongness, such as this, appear here quite frequently. It occurs to me that we, as the scientists of the world, probably know best what is right, but, aside from telling each other here on the forum, what do we do? I just want to know if we're all supposed to write our congress people, or could we be heard more if we were as one, like a /. lobbyist group? We can melt down servers around the globe, but can we do more than that? Would anyone in congress really care what we said? The bottom line is that we are smarter, on average, than much of the general population, and I think that implies that we have more of a responsibility to protect the world we live in as well.

  13. Re:Silly question on Linspire 5.0 Free For Limited Time · · Score: 1

    with no way to take them out tsk, tsk, tsk

  14. Reminds me of a yard sale today on Portable, Wireless File Server for the Car? · · Score: 1

    This is interesting because I bought a solar panel that plugs into your cigarette lighter today for $2 at a yardsale, and I was thinking: How can I give myself an excuse to require using this solar panel?

  15. Amiga people on Happy Birthday, Amiga · · Score: 1

    So who else has one here, besides me? And do you have an extra monitor cable?

  16. Re:The best thing about BG on Battlestar Galactica Resurrection Effort Described · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    NO, a ship can only go as fast as its propellent exits from the engine.

  17. Things get stolen all the time on Protecting My Daughter's Notebook? · · Score: 1

    That is what insurance is for.

  18. Re:If that were the case, we'd be winning in Iraq on Supreme Court Rules against Grokster · · Score: 1

    OK, so is that the plan then, are we going to roll on this whole 'people take over the gov't thing' now? Or are we still waiting?

  19. But what else will be done with the information on Pentagon Creating A Database Of Students · · Score: 2, Insightful
    After serving 6 years in the millitary myself, as an 82nd airborne paratrooper, I am a firm believer that the millitary can really do a whole lot of good for a lot of people- provided your not in an MOS with a short life expectancy. I don't see any harm in the gov't having this information- as long as it is strictly for recuiting purposes.

    But as someone else said, this information could, and most likely will, eventually be shared with other agencies. That, I think, is the real evil here.

  20. Join the latest fantasy game... on Patent Reform Bill Introduced in U.S. House · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called USPTO, and it is loosely based on Magic the Gathering. I for one got a bad manna shuffle.

  21. the other hacks wont be taken down on First Google Maps Hack Takedown · · Score: 1

    The terms of service section that was violated was the photographic imagery section, they don't seem to mind the other stuff, just don't molest the pictures.

  22. I count four mistakes on World's Biggest Hacker Held · · Score: 1

    1) The UFO information is not obtainable through the internet. Neither is the JFK thing, or the fake moon landing information. The Roswell thing was like what, in the 1950's? The info would not likely have been put in a computer then, and certainly would never be made reachable by a network. 2) Deleting files on a gov't computer is like beating a wasp nest with a stick. Just don't do it, if you walk softly they may not even notice you. 3) There are lots of places to jack in from, don't be lazy and do it from your home. 4) "computers(yawn)" !?!? And for all you doubters out there, just remember that it is human nature to abuse power, and secrets are easier to keep than they make you think. Remember, the media is the only source of info, even a first hand account of an event will be lost within 6 degrees of seperation without media attention. Think about it, every news event you know of was either directly read by you, or told to you by a friend who read it, or maybe a friend of a friend, but it never goes much further than that. Oh yes, there do be some dark secrets, I think.

  23. Well, I applied on Google Launches Summer of Code · · Score: 1

    Maybe I didn't put enough details in, oh well, the force will be with me, and with you as well.

  24. Now I get it on Blogging For Paychecks · · Score: 0

    The secret to moderating fairly, is to read everything as if the professor from futurama was speaking it.

  25. rockets falling in a populated area is an outrage on Kazakhstan's Spaceship Junkyard · · Score: 1

    And what about thair health, and their land? Aren't their some pretty bad chemicals involved with this?