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  1. Out of batteries? on Use A Regular Phone For Cellphone Calls · · Score: 2, Funny
    I miss being able to make a call with a regular phone, especially long calls that might drain my battery. ... Well, it looks like there is a simple solution with a Cell Socket, a cradle for your cellphone that can be used to attach your cell line to one or more regular phones."

    Apparently the server needs a Cell Socket.

    I can't wait for the page to be...well...not-Slashdotted.

  2. Re:The Sims Motto: on The Sims Celebrates Fifth Anniversary · · Score: 1
    Where else can you control the affections of scores of lesbians?

    On behalf of every Navy SEAL (IMHO), I must say to that, Hooyah. Nothing hotter than a pair of lesbians (or for that matter, twins)...

    ...but no, I've never been with one, so don't ask how it feels. Not that forum posting helps my chances.

    Side-note: if sim-lives aren't your thing, how about sim-races? Me likey teh Racer and its developer's drawing gallery; look around there for a Drew Barrymore in the midst.

  3. And to think... on The Sims Celebrates Fifth Anniversary · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I've never even played either Sims yet. I feel so behind the times here; I want to live a virtual life too...*sob* no, I don't really care much for it, though I know many around me that do, and some that were anticipating part 2 before its release. I think.

  4. Re:Operating system of choice... on DDOS Mafia On The Loose · · Score: 1

    SopranOS...The OS of choice for whacking others (and yourself) with.

  5. Re:The criminals' first accomplice is none other t on DDOS Mafia On The Loose · · Score: 2, Funny
    Rewards are expected to be offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Mr. Malda. :)

    Like a Karma rating of Terrible, a -1, Troll on every post and at least one more name on your Freaks list. Good luck.

  6. One wonders... on DDOS Mafia On The Loose · · Score: 1

    ...if they'll actually snitch on anyone. Unless there's a quota of snitches they must keep up with. I didn't see anything in this FA suggesting that anyhow, other than one DDoS'ed admin saying he hopes to get a plea deal. Correct me if I'm blind.

  7. Perhaps something ELSE is tingling? on University Of Calgary To Offer Course On Spam · · Score: 1
    Uh-huh yeah sure we've heard that sort of thing before. Seems more to me like a certain university is getting a lot of funding from companies that make penis enlargement pills.

    Somehow I think that thought came subliminally from a name like John Aycock...

    (If you are Prof. Aycock, I'm referring to the tendency of teenagers like me to notice certain four-letter words in names for unknown reasons. I apologize for any harm this post may have caused you. Thank you.)

  8. How to spam others easily... on University Of Calgary To Offer Course On Spam · · Score: 1

    ...create a signature that advertises Free iPods and such after every forum post.

    (Directed at no one in particular. Besides I actually like the company's Free Condoms offer...)

  9. Obligatory Bush Paraphrase... on University Of Calgary To Offer Course On Spam · · Score: 1, Insightful
    If you harbor a spammer, you a ter'rist!

    If you feed a spammer you a ter'rist!

    If you learn this spamming course thingy you a real ter'rist and I'll get yer spamming ass dead er alive!

    God bless America.

  10. In other news... on Large-Format Printable Wardriving Maps of Seattle · · Score: 2, Funny

    The FBI does a sweeping investigation of the Redmond, WA area after Bill Gates found adult videos and yachts were being billed on his credit cards without his knowledge.

    FBI director Robert Mueller refused to comment on whether Internet hackers stole his numbers from a Microsoft Word Document he stored on his laptop, only adding "If the crooks like porn, it's not our business."

    More news at 11.

  11. from the throwing-stones dept. on Gosling Claims Huge Security Hole in .NET · · Score: 1

    from the throwing-stones dept. indeed. If .NET is so terrible, why does the creator of Java have to complain in the first place? I think the Java guys should spend some time bettering the look of Java UI's and the loading time of the VM; that way they shouldn't have to be so vocal to succeed. I'm not exactly sure why Sun sued MS to stop it from using the language, but since then IE users went from a non-standard Microsoft VM to Sun's standard but (in my case) slow-loading VM that takes loads of memory, with UI's that often look plain. I'd much rather have the Jellybean Start button on every Web form.

    That said, it does seem redundant to have teh C in .NET, now that Managed DirectX (and most likely third-party OpenGL tools), is available. No USB support I know of though. .NET "assemblies" can be restricted to only do certain things (not read your Registry, spawn popup windows and the like) through a permissions applet in the Windows control panel; I don't know how it affects unsafe code though.

  12. Pac-Man on On Instructional Video Games · · Score: 1
    The only thing Pac Man taught me was that I couldn't cut corners.

    ...and that you could actually spend quality time "munching pills while listening to repetitive music." Amazing what they put in the Smithsonian's collections.

  13. from the mario-teaches-with-mushrooms dept.? on On Instructional Video Games · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone's been playing Mario is Missing lately. I did once long ago, but never got through much of it. Some geography stuff (like where the Transamerica building is and the like), mixed in with walking around a city and the occasional Koopa, from the little I played. Not exactly a disease-prevention game, but I think I learned a thing or three.

  14. Cthulu... on 2K Games Adds More Titles to its Roster · · Score: 1
    and long anticipated Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth will be copublished with Bethesda Softworks.

    So that's the game where I learn how to pronounce Cthulu (or, perhaps, Cthulhu )?

    (Seriously...it does look to be interesting.)

  15. I should've got credit... on Dark Matter Discovered · · Score: 1

    I found it 10 years ago! Oh, real dark matter...nevermind.

  16. Re:Three rings on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Detector Ring Project · · Score: 1

    I love any ring that draws the Mandelbrot Set.

    Now if something can do that and let you make cool pictures, I'd be really impres--oh wait...

    (Of course if your ring can run that I am quite jealous.)

  17. PCB on the ring? on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Detector Ring Project · · Score: 1

    Now I don't know what sort of PCB the maker means in the layout, but the ring better not use this kind--it's known for pollution.

    Is it a printed circuit board as I think and hope it is? Looks like it...

  18. Re:But that's not all! on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Detector Ring Project · · Score: 1

    ...and indeed, if it IS a microwave oven and not just some overpowered candle. I'm sold on this.

  19. Re:This should be in shop.slashdot.org on Amazon Offers 2-Day Shipping For $79/Year · · Score: 1

    I doubt this will fly with Amazon's patented, proprietary "1-click" "feature"--a lot of Slashdot readers prefer free software, last time I checked. I personally wonder what would motivate them to patent such a thing--no wait! It's that missing step...

    1. Create online store
    2. Patent "1-click" shopping
    3. Profit!

    That said, if a shop.slashdot.org can help us save, consider my name second in teh petition.

  20. Re:well... on AIAS Award Winners Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...and HL2 has good graphics (though with buggy shadows), I think.

    I haven't played many of the games on the list though, so I don't know how stellar it compares...but I do think GTA: San Andreas comes awfully close at the very least, and I hear that Halo 2 has little or no "lag" from a trusted source (my brother) though I haven't touched that one.

  21. Awards... on AIAS Award Winners Announced · · Score: 1
    from the last-awards-show-for-a-while,-I-hope dept.

    Guess the Oscars are not too soon then.

    Interesting that a certain Half-Life 2 has won 9 of the 39 AIAS awards (for those not reading TFA). I played it but I got tired when my save states there were not working too well.

  22. No, but... on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 1

    ...it would be cool if it would be cool if it was there.

  23. Oops. on The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's · · Score: 1
    Alan Turning's original proof of universal computability?

    I read that as compatibility. That would have helped my programming and explained his homosexuality all at once! (Not that I have anything against that.)

  24. Let me correct myself. on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 1

    It seems like the EFF wants to make sure the FBI is not snooping on our 'net use. Again, the Internet seems like a very public place, though--it feels like a big, open sidewalk that you shouldn't give your credit card/perform crimes/do anything else that should be private in the middle of. I'm sure if the FBI's not snooping sans warrant to scare us to submission, many others deep in Europe/Asia/the Bronx would anyhow.

    There should be a separate, private network, aside from the "Internets" as Bush once called it, for such business, I think. I am no expert, though.

  25. It seems odd to want privacy on the 'net. on EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its servers and clients are connected to others around the world. How people decided to do credit-card commerce there is still beyond me, however revolutionary or secure it is now. While there are fair uses of information and rights to privacy, "Internet privacy" still feels like an oxymoron, and technology like quantum computers may soon crack encryption like SSL, so I'm doubting we can stay private for very long. (Please correct me if SSL/other forms of "https" can never be cracked.)