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  1. Can you trade/rent games for PS3? on Wii Outsells PS3, Blue-ray Outsells HD DVD · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Some old slashdot post said it was illegal. Is there any truth to this?

  2. Monty Python reference on New N-Gage Confirmed for this Fall · · Score: 1

    FATHER:
    Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.

  3. How about Pong? on The Most Important Multiplayer Games Ever · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe not the first multiplayer game, but viewed as the first multiplayer game saw by the masses.

  4. Software isn't hard on The Death Of CS In Education? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've programmed as a hobby all my life and have a computing degree from Carnegie Mellon. I'll tell you what is hard: Finding a job coming out of college. Everyone looks at you like you have no idea how to code because you have no experience. It makes me mad I went to college when I coulda just coded for some startups in the mid 90s and been fine.

  5. Who didn't see this coming on Viacom Demands YouTube Remove Videos · · Score: 3, Informative

    You need to make deals with copywright holders to show/sell their product online. The hard part is negotiating deals with everyone, not just having a site that supports video.

  6. You're right, the naming is all wrong on Maxwell's Demon Soon A Reality? · · Score: 2, Funny

    This catches molecules instead of sorting them. It should be called Maxwell's cup.

  7. Those cursed oil companies, setting off volcanoes on Scientists Attempt To Calm Volcano · · Score: -1, Troll

    I like how the locals blame the oil companies on the volcano erupting.

  8. When do we get notchable CD's? on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to use both sides of my CD to store data.

  9. Looks like my wallpaper won't be changing for a on Hubble Camera Lost "For Good" · · Score: 1

    while. I'd always post the latest Hubble image as my desktop wallpaper. I'm sure many other people did this too.

  10. Duh, I said this 2 years ago on Gates Proclaims Internet to Revolutionize TV in 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I probably have slashdot posts to prove it. I emailed Google that I wanted a job and that video was the next big thing on the net. They don't hire me, but they aquire YouTube. When I meant its the next big thing, I meant it to be more of an ON DEMAND sort of thing. You click on what tv show/movie you want to watch and its streamed to your computer and even possibly via a TV out to your TV. Theres no doubt in my mind that people will be linking their computers into their TVS to watch ON DEMAND shows streaming from the net in the future, I said this in the past.

  11. Is the internet to blame on GenCon SoCal Throws In the Towel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Pre-Internet, the only way to find like minded people was to go to cons. Now there are tons of communities that have sprung up, and they normally know what the next thing coming out will be, so whats the point in a convention?

  12. Everyone will go to PlayerAuctions.com on eBay Delisting All Auctions for Virtual Property · · Score: 2, Interesting

    PlayerAuctions.com has no rules about who gets to list items and who's items get taken down. I used to ebay for about $2,000/month but ebay got mad at me. Apparently only certain people are allowed to list 500 auctions of gold selling, while my modest 5 listings a week got banned. I'm glad no one will be using Ebay anymore. PlayerAuctions.com seem cool and aren't capricious on the ban hammer.

  13. I was scammed at an airport yesterday on "Free Wi-Fi" Scam In the Wild · · Score: 1

    They charged me 8$ for internet access, but never gave me connection to the internet. Stupid Boston Airport(Logan)

  14. Technology fixes technology on MIT-Led Study Says Geothermal Energy Is Viable · · Score: 1

    By the time we've cooled the Earth's Core through geothermal energy, we'll also have lowered the Earth's Orbit to come closer to the sun by accelerating our space craft.

  15. Arrgh Castlevania on The Fundamentals of Gaming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My replay (You need Mame/windows/Rom, so basically its unwatchable for most people) I was able to take down the Count without dying, but his second form got me. I haven't got back to play after some nice Slashdotter told me to use holy water on the second form. I give Castlevania 1 some serious props for quality gaming. The funny thing is, as hard as it is to beat the game on one life, there's a second stage after you beat the first game where things get harder. I haven't beat the game on one life yet, but its on my lame slacking to do list.

  16. Two years for one years work. on Nobel Prize Winners Live Longer · · Score: 0

    So if some super scientist comes along and gives us spectacular work every year so he gets nobel prizes every year, then wouldn't he be able to live forever?

  17. It's about time Ford got its act together on Ford Airstream Electric Concept Car · · Score: 1

    A few years ago Ford was announcing hydrogen and electric cars, then they nixed the whole idea in marketing form. My friend thought they stopped marketing the New Ford image because of governmental crackdown on hydrogen, but he's more paranoid than me, it was probably some other reason. Now I'd like to know where they got their fuel cells from, because last time I checked it was the Finns that had hydrogen fuel cells worked out. They use them for generating electricity when camping and so on. It was said that it was only a matter of time before someone decided to use the technology for cars. I mean there are people that know of bigger things than cars being powered by hydrogen, but aren't at liberty to declassify it. And no I'm not talking Zepplins :P

  18. Re:Can you say "fair use"? on Did Producer Timbaland Steal From the Demoscene? · · Score: 1

    Its cool man, I understand you not getting the joke. After all I forgot the question mark. What I was getting at is that the RIAA trys to take down any video that violates their copywrights. I believe a famous Slashdotter once said,"If you have to explain the joke, its not that funny."

  19. Great now they posted it on YouTube on Did Producer Timbaland Steal From the Demoscene? · · Score: 1

    How is the original author supposed to get any royalties when his works are posted all over the intarw3b.

  20. Re:plug n play batteries on Ford Airstream Electric Concept Car · · Score: 1

    I always envisioned people having 2 battery arrays. One is at home on charge, the other in the car. You pull the car next to the battery charger and a mechanical jack automatically exchanges batteries for you. At least that's how its always been in my mind.

  21. I learned Procrastination in school on Formula For Procrastination Found · · Score: 1

    Early on, I'd start all the assignments my teachers gave to me the day they handed them out. Then later teachers started cancelling harder assignments because people couldn't do them. So I decided at that point if teachers cancel assignments 5-10% of the time, if I wait for the last day possible to do the assignment. Then that stuck. So I'm a procrastinator on all things boring.

  22. Too bad their webserver isn't run on 80 computers on Solar Powered Car Attempts to Break Record · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seems to be slashdotted to me, and only 2 comments already.

  23. Been Robbed Recently? Check Ebay on Been Robbed Recently? Check Ebay · · Score: 1

    Yah, Ebay has listing fees, ending fees, and paypal fees. If you were robbed recently, it was probably Ebay.

  24. For true AI, you need 3d spacial recognition on Wikipedia Used for Artificial Intelligence · · Score: 1

    All these word relation AI's make me laugh. We could have real AI if you wanted to put effort into it. Link

  25. Just like a real deer. on Robotic Deer to Fight Illegal Hunting · · Score: 5, Funny

    After you pay about $2,000 for such a robo-deer, you put it on a side road

    Then you watch as it gets hit by a car.