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  1. Re:Geeks on PalmOne Releases 4GB PDA [updated] · · Score: 1, Funny

    I mean hacking it to put windows on it.

  2. Geeks on PalmOne Releases 4GB PDA [updated] · · Score: 1

    So does this mean the geeks out there will hack it to put linux on it?

  3. Nuclear Battery on Mac mini Sans Wires - Batteries Inside the Case · · Score: 1

    Fit that nuclear battery as discussed on slashdot earlier that is supposed to be available into it and then I will be impressed, That would have some great possibilities.

  4. Re:Wildfire on Firefox Promo Videos · · Score: 4, Funny

    thanks to the mineral oil PCs discussed yesterday we can now refer to the slashdot effect as the deep fry effect. break out the batter, fish, beer, invite some friends, and submit your website to slashdot.

  5. Balls on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 1
    I noticed his tech was state of the art. Seriously. I want to see something with some heat coming out of it. A friend of mine is doing something similar but overclocking the hell out of it. Maybe with a 2400 Barton OCd we could have a deep frier.

    Brings a whole new meaning to "You want fries with that?"

  6. Re:There are 3 things to consider in a degree... on Hardware or Software Major? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I have a CS degree and have been in the IT world for a while. What I have discovered is that there is a large quantity of business/psych/pick your degree people who were ushered into becoming the computer person during the .com boom. Problem is a lot of these people need to be taken to courses, certified, re-trained every couple years. (on a side note I have found that physics and math majors who were ushered in do not have much problem evolving with new tech).

    CS people however evolve rather seamlessly as basic hardware and software has not changed all that much in the last 30 years. Just more efficient uses of existing tech. As a CS personel I can look at a new device and think, "well its about time we got something like that" and pick it up. Other majors or Paper MCSE's tend to look at new tech and scratch their heads going "ummmmm, when do I get trained for that?". NT, UNIX, doesnt matter, give me a little while with google and a standard primer and I am on my way.

    Long advice short. Get a Basic Degree in the area you want to work in, CS, Math, Physics. Dont specify in college but cover your bases so you have a good foundation to work off of. There arent enough people who know the basics. It is just easier to get a MCSE rather than learn to program and create circuitry.

  7. Mandatory "your mom" joke on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally a plane your mom can fit on...

  8. Ugly on FCC Pics of the IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC · · Score: 0, Troll

    still ugly as hell. I didnt like the design 10 years ago, still dont. Seriously, what is with IBM's design team, I am all for function over form but cant you think of something new?

  9. Of course on First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid · · Score: 1

    What kind of hardware are you writing to? I dont know of any home equipment that will sustain that speed. Can anyone give me some insight into what would be able to store the data as fast as it came in?

  10. Re:MS Paint on Why Did Adobe Buy Macromedia? · · Score: 1

    Ya you wouldnt think microsoft and lavasoft or spybot were competitors either...until microsoft started crushing both companies with the purchase of GIANT.

  11. 2 Cents on Inside the Free iPod Offer · · Score: 1
    I checked out several of these offers. incentiverewardcenter.com and freeipods.com

    What it breaks down to is not the spam or the unsolicitated e-mail. Those can be avoided easily by temporary addresses and friend's -phone numbers However the problem comes when you actually are qualified for the IPod, you get the runaround. Then it becomes a matter of how much is your time worth. Sure you will get the ipod but I know with the time I spent cancelling orders, offers, talking on the phone, and e-mailing, I could have earned the money flipping burgers :) If you go to places like ripoffreport.com you will find similar testimonies.

  12. Re:re-routing on VoIP to Fuel Plague of 'Dialing for Dollars'/Spam · · Score: 1

    hmmm I think I may have been a bit misunderstood. I am talking about the calls that come into my system, routed back out. Not intercepting all their calls. However I do look pretty good in a birthday suit...

  13. re-routing on VoIP to Fuel Plague of 'Dialing for Dollars'/Spam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    until I start re-routing their calls to each other. Think of it, a simple firewall that sits on your network that re-routs overseas calls to each other. Just keep a list of numbers and add new ones as they come in, completely automated...get a couple thousand Voice over IP users to do this and viola, problem solved. Old fashioned ping of death, DOS attacks. Perfectly legitimate because I am just returning their calls right???

  14. Re:Paster Processor on Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off · · Score: 1
    Yes it is the next generation dairy processors, combining pasteurization and Speed. :)

    I tried to stop the submission to no avail, check my post below.

  15. Faster Processor on Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off · · Score: 2, Informative
    Define Faster Processor.

    http://www.barefeats.com/macvpc.html

    I always love to hear from people who equate MHz with speed and and power.

  16. Paster Processor on Intel Flaunts Mac mini Knock-off · · Score: 1

    Define faster Processor...kind of hard to compare the two...

  17. Re:Good! on FL Court Rules Against Spouse-Installed Spyware · · Score: 1

    So is it illegal to run a sniffer on my network, or a keylogger on my PC to track people using my equipment? Sometimes I think court ignorance is killing this country.

  18. Deregulation on America Needs Unchained Spectrum? · · Score: 2, Informative
    In this case if deregulation is the best option why dont we consider a couple more options.

    Deregulate IPs: That way we can be more inventive with our technology rather than having someone give us permission to be on the net.

    Deregulate Domain Names: Think of the expansion of the internet if we all could use www.slashdot.com!

    How about the airways: why regulate who can fly where and when?

    Honestly I can see some leniency but the regulations occur because we have to think about collisions. Dont come crying to me when you cant make a 911 call because a guy 2 blocks away is streaming his music to his IPod.

    Just because we have 80% space free doesnt mean we need to pack it with other stuff. For you server admins out there, who among you don't follow the 80/20 rule? 80 percent of the resources 20% of the time.

    This article is a good example of someone who needs a little more insite into how the world of technology works.

  19. Bashing on MacWorld Expo Traffic Analysis · · Score: 1

    Let the windows/mac bashing begin....

  20. Where is the Juice on ExpressCards, the new PCMCIA? · · Score: 1
    So now we just cut our battery life down to 10 minutes, but who cares as long as I can frag the weak in those 10 minutes...

    But honestly is this extra power really going to make things better? Is it necessary?

  21. Si-fi/fantasy on Top 50 DVDs · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I couldnt help but notice the rather large amount of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movies on that list. Anyone have ideas as to why they sell better?

  22. Re:Interested on Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6 · · Score: 1

    I am not sure, it would be interesting to see a full comparison between the two. Just lay out the numbers without people getting all up in arms about it.

  23. Re:Interested on Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6 · · Score: 1

    How did this get modded flamebait....I just wanted to see the numbers.

  24. Interested on Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I think it would be interesting to see a comparison between the number of linux users and exploits found versus the number of Windows users and exploits found.

    It is logical to think that a larger number of users will find a larger number of exploits and bugs. But will the ratio be less for linux.

    I just want to know if we would see more of these posts about linux exploits if linux had a bigger audience.

  25. Re:I believe on What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It? · · Score: 1
    I know this post is late but I was trying to understand your sig and thought this discussion would shed light on it. You ideas have interested me, I have a strong background in mathematics and while your assumptions hold water I am noticing that your are in fact making a lot of assumptions which we must do in the case of studying the possibility of god/ID, such as assuming that you know what the function is.

    Would you be thinking that F(g) = ID; ? in that case, how do we (if intelligent design exists) as finite beings understand the function? Evolution may be a part of ID, who knows. Evolution points to a nice logrithmic expansion but we dont know what type of function an Intelligent Designer would have used.

    Maybe as part of the function you have Evolution on a macro scale, maybe you dont.

    Maybe you have an ID who has a hands off approach, maybe you dont have an ID at all in which case we would be looking at an entirely different function.

    Or maybe you have an ID that designed things the way they are so that it would have a specific output.

    Or we could take the step a little further, what if the ID dabbles just enough to keep the variables from destroying the output and is interested in seeing the outcome of the equation.