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  1. Re:Whoa factor: Re:Tie a rope to a Space Shuttle on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    And if you can find a rope that can handle the stress of not being broken in half, all you need to do is send down several of these ropes and have a trolley that utilizes them all.

  2. Whoa factor: Re:Tie a rope to a Space Shuttle on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    Actually, you just hang the rope on a Satellite in near geocentric orbit. The tension on the rope is no different than gravity. The big problem would be finding a rope that could hang without breaking under tension. Also you'd need to constantly be sending up loads, or the tension that's acting like gravity will be lost, and you'll get some drift on where the rope comes down to earth. I still bet the rope would rip in half, unless you find something that's really light and high stress.

  3. Tie a rope to a Space Shuttle on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    Just climb a rope up into space. The only trick would be to keep the anchor in orbit, less it become an Earthly anchor while you're climbing the rope.

  4. Don't use weak ROT-13 on Crypto Snake Oil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get creative, use Rot-14 or something.

  5. Whats the opposite of DUF? on Humanity Gene Found? · · Score: 4, Funny

    If DUF makes us smart, FUD must make us stupid.

  6. hmmm on Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools · · Score: 1
    Parents are worried that serious learning is being neglected in the quest to 'dazzle up presentations with fancy fonts
    • instead of
    digging through library books.'
  7. I like the Ads in Planetside on EA Signs Deal with Massive and IGA · · Score: 1

    After killing and being killed day after day, its fun to make fun of the ads. Fast and the Furious started off audibly,"Welcome to Tokyo." So when people started to get involved with a big fire fight, someone would inevivatably say,"Welcome to Tokyo."

  8. No one expects the Britsh Inquisition! on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fetch the Comfy Chair. Now we must browse your pornography to make sure its all in good order.

  9. Since when has DRM done anything on A Working Economy Without DRM? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Only thing I saw DRM do is stop a Backstreet Boys CD from working on my exgf's portable CD/DVD player.

    DRM doesn't stop online piracy anymore than a speedbump in your driveway slows interstate traffic.

  10. Forums are even more vital than you think on On the Changing Role of Online Forums? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If forums would bloom into their next generation, you would be amazed. Firstly everyone needs to label their group: Political Party, Religion, Sex, Prolife/choice and all the things that divide us. Secondly the moderation system similar to Slashdot be used, but with no cap on the high or low the piece to be moderated. Now when you browse the moderated forum, you can see the highs for your demographic, instead of the general populace! In fact, you'll be able to find popular authors as they'll be modded up often. These authors could be the next leaders in various fields such as politics if the forums become large enough. Of course someone would have to code forums like that, and they'd have to become popular first before people start trying to build an image on them. I went over next generation forums very briefly here, I hope I don't confuse too many people.

  11. I like pure skills that reinforce neighboringskils on Classes vs. Skills in MMOGs · · Score: 1

    I like a system where you pick skills and you're free to diversify, but if you pick say a magic skill, it'd give you something like +1 intelligence. So if you picked several magic skills, you'd be a more powerful mage than someone who branched into half fighting and half magic.

  12. Re:Attack of the B Grade Editors on Attack of the B-Grade Games · · Score: 1

    You like Zonk because its cool to be different than the crowd that doesn't like him? Ok, I like Zonk because he provides so many video game links. Who else likes Zonk?

  13. Biblically, men are superior to animals on Neuroscientist Halts Research to Stop Extremists · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Science may not dictate morals, but I don't think Peta should dictate morals either. Such things should be left up to God.

    This quote serves a 2 part purpose it's speaking on terms of not being afraid of man, and man being superior to animals.

    Matthew 10:26-31 So do not be afraid of people. Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell. For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent. As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be fraid; you are worth much more than many sprarrows!

  14. What will sanctions do? on Iranian Heavy Water Nuke Plant Goes Online Today · · Score: 1

    Won't Iran still be able to build a bomb if international trade shuts down? I don't think sanctions solve anything except make the place a rogue nation in the eyes of the world. Once established its a rogue nation, then maybe some military action on their nuke sites won't be condemned by the world. This is just my take.

  15. You know what's cool about this on OLPC Gets a New Name, New Features · · Score: 1

    This is going to be a standard by which a 3rd world nation sees computers. If any self respecting geek wants to make a difference in the impoverished 3rd world, he should write some free software for this machine. I myself may write code for this machine. They should do something like this in the United States, where kids get a laptop instead of books. It'd be a revolution. You could even gauge which software teaches best by the test scores.

  16. Yay, I found this secret fruit blending device on Penny-Arcade Videogame Announced · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, no. No, get it away. Ahhh, stop that! Can't get image out of my head. Must drill brain out!

  17. Re:-1, DMCA-wielding jackbooted thugs. on More WoW, Major 2007 Announcement for Blizzard · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the Slashdot community was/is wrong with bnetd. Bnetd allowed circumvention of Blizzard's copy protection and thats about all it did. I played on it when I couldn't get into betas of various Blizzard games, but I eventually bought the legit game in the store. If Bnetd was not shutdown, it could have spawned to support millions of players. That is to say, millions of people playing without first paying for a copy of the game.

  18. Open question to Slashdot on Are NDA 'Prior Inventions' Clauses Safe to Sign? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have an idea for a new style of cell phone interfaced with computer servers. What patent forms do I need to fill out? And what will it cost me? I'm very certain that this is 'the next big thing' and if I patent it, I would be able to rake in very much money. If this comes about, me making money, I'll share with the nice guy who posted to me how I go about patenting. I've tried the uspto.gov site and its too confusing. I've called, but they never sent out the forms to me.

  19. Wait for the revolution on What Could YouTube Be Worth? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Soon, Old Television shows and Movies will be offered on various sites as the rights are given out. Eventually you'll be able to watch any show or Movie that's ever existed. Then after this happens, a connection to your television or special television will be created that will let you watch anything that's every existed at your will.

    These amatuer home videos are just the beginning. Eventually all professionally done shows will be available. And maybe there will be an indy uprising of stuff that wouldn't get on TV, but will be seen on the net. Actually that's already happened, but I believe amatuer stuff will become more refined over time.

  20. PacMan doesn't seem violent on Harvard Phd Vs. About.com over Gaming · · Score: 4, Funny

    They must have done secret studies inside the PacMan household and how he treats Ms. PacMan.

  21. I just woke up from a nightmare like this on Ladies and Gentlemen, the Electronic Toilet · · Score: 1

    I was running around a school with no way to get the Gospel out. So I turned to the bathroom computer. Then someone caught me, and I had to fight out. I found a colorful party of martial artists, space cowboys, and robots. We formed together into a strong fighting force of a morphing robot spaceship. We drove around fighting different installations, and finally some boss robots. After killing the boss robots, the entire corporation of lesser robots turned on us and all of humanity. These lesser robots were no easy draw. We made our way through the mall, and tried to find an escape. We came to the gaming arcade and I felt very threatened. I knew the robots knew I liked video games, and there would be legions there. So we tried to escape, but barely made our way out. I went down stairs by jumping down them, and a corporate robot was there, and I woke up. The dream was very trippy. We destroyed so many enemy robots and turrets, but in the end escape was difficult, and I woke up. Good morning Slashdot.

  22. Slackers on Company to Pay for Election Problems · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Jackson, the Johnson County clerk, said the company "has done a 360" since the primary."

    Translation: We've done nothing but play Xbox since the primary.

  23. Re:So let me get this straight on Ever-Happy Mouse Sheds Light on Depression · · Score: 4, Funny

    Scientists can now produce singing, fearless , cancer resistant, super strong , plague-infected, mice with human brain cells from artificical sperm. On top of that these mice are now happy?!

    Said mice were last over heard singing Monty Python's,"Always look on the bright side of life."

  24. Re:I cannot believe people are talking about 'fuzz on Poker Driving Artificial Intelligence Research · · Score: 1

    If you think poker is only luck, you don't know how to play poker.

  25. She called me a palm pilot and left on PDA for Tech Savy Students? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have to work on my public displays of affection or cut them out completely.