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  1. Re:What will they think of next? on Star Wars Fans Plan Full-Size Millennium Falcon Replica · · Score: 1

    Right. And where will you put the Death Star when you're finished playing if you don't have a TARDIS? ;-)

  2. Re:Sounds good but . . . on One Cool Day Job: Building Algorithms For Elevators · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Otis Elevator is good to the last drop. :-D

  3. Re:atom bomb, shmatom momb on Scientists Capture Shadow Cast By 1 Atom · · Score: 1

    When you see it, you will shit bricks! :D

  4. G-Man, Mini Marvels on Ask Slashdot: Which Comic Books To Start My 3-Year-Old With? · · Score: 1

    Junior superheroes with a lot of kid-oriented humor and no edgy violence. Chris Giarusso is the creator for both. :D

  5. Bring Back Tom Baker on Doctor Who To Become Hollywood Feature Film · · Score: 1

    Tom Baker could play the original crotchety doctor. And you could have awkward sexual tension that's become a hallmark of the new series every time he tries to whip out his Jelly Babies. :D

  6. Re:Bad news for RIM Employees on RIM Collapse Beginning? · · Score: 1

    Amen. Or, they'll have to put up with executives complaining that they got stuck with a DingleBerry. :p

  7. Re:It's little more than speculation on Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery At LHC · · Score: 1

    And isn't anything "Beyond the Standard Model" very likely caused by our Benevolent Spaghetti Monster? :D

  8. I believe it IS catching on on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    If everyone hasn't gone Blu-ray yet, it's probably because there's a big up-front investment in a new player, new cables (say cable or composite vs. component or hdmi) and repurchasing all those DVDs in Blu-ray format. When pricing Blu-ray discs vs. DVD, you can generally find better deals in the DVD section. There are also a lot of titles that haven't been produced in the Blu-ray format, especially numerous TV shows which were never produced in hi-def. So, the DVD format is fairly entrenched. All of which is why it'll take a while for Blu-ray sales to outpace DVD sales. But I believe they will, eventually. I see the number of Blu-ray titles growing. The Blu-ray sections of the store are getting bigger all of the time. I know I'm buying more Blu-ray discs when I have the choice.

  9. Re:Wow, self-fragmentation on Android... on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    ...anyone else think this is a seriously bad idea?

    You're essentially creating two operating systems to develop for. Now I don't just have to support the quirks of iPhone+iPad+iTouch/Android I have to support Android Tablet as well.

    I seriously hope, and there very likely is, a plan at Google exists for merging at 3.1 or something similar. Come on Google, Android is much more developer friendly than iOS, let's keep it that way (please note that I did not say 'better'.)

    1. You're still one Android option less than Apple (iphone, ipod, ipad)
    2. You should already be making allowances for the variety of devices on which Android currently runs.
    3. I'm not even sure it's safe to assume your market is all currently comfortably in the Android version 2.1+ range. You might still want to consider the Android versions.

  10. Re:Short answer ... on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    Short translation: Do not want! :D

  11. Re:It could have been worse.... on Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit · · Score: 1

    It could have been more awesome. They could have put him in a pedobear costume.

    There. Fixed that for you. :D

  12. Re:So, what next? on Herschel Space Observatory Finds Precursors of Life In Orion · · Score: 1

    If the probe fails to land in at least one alien hayseed's anus, they're probably doing it wrong. :D

  13. Re:What will nintendo call it? on Virtual Reality Cocoon Being Designed · · Score: 1

    Obviously this is the replacement for the Wii, but what will Nintendo call this one?

    How about the Wii Wii?

  14. Re:Where's the lego minitiature on Beijing 2008 In Lego · · Score: 1
  15. Re: The Ultimate Doom Mod Collection? on The Ultimate Doom Mod Collection? · · Score: 1

    You can't call it the Ultimate Mod Collection without: The Ultimate Weapon of Doom ;-)

  16. Re:Were getting close on Mobile Phone Projectors "Will Launch This Year" · · Score: 1

    First time I've heard "fucking cellphones" and actually smiled ;-)

  17. Re:Interesting. on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. Not even Arnold could save Ice VI.

  18. Re:porn? on New Technology Could Lead To 3D Printers · · Score: 1

    Ouch! Try explaining to your significant other why your johnson looks like a barber pole. :'-(

  19. Re:That's why I set my clock manually... on NTP Sues Palm, Alleging Patent Violation · · Score: 1

    Is there a video? *drool*

  20. Re:Opera? on Slashdot Firefox Extension · · Score: 1

    I have Opera 8, and it supports greasemonkey scripts too. But, I was trying out unembed which parses your html page as an XML document and Opera didn't support that. Is Opera 9 any better?

  21. Re:Woot on Sound Waves Kill Skin and Prostate Cancer Cells · · Score: 1

    Boy bands are a cancer. Fight fire with fire, I say.

  22. Re:Woot on Sound Waves Kill Skin and Prostate Cancer Cells · · Score: 1

    1. Make CD full of songs with proper frequencies
    2. Kill cancer
    3. ???
    4. PROFIT!!!

    Step 1 has been done already. It just remains for someone to scour the delete bins for old *Nsync and Boyz II Men albums and repackage them as cures for cancer. ;-)

  23. Huh?! The future is Ruby, Python and Smalltalk? on Beyond Java · · Score: 1

    The future is multiparadigm programming.
    This book was an eye-opener for me.

  24. How are they planning to sell these new games? on Secondhand Games Stifle Innovation? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The profit margins on new games are so slim that retailers like EBGames are making their money on the resale of used games. If no one buys used games, who's going to retail all of the new games?

    Game Retailers Make Money On The Margins

  25. Re:Or not... on Top Level .xxx Domain Concept Under Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    It's a fair comment, but I still stand by my original post. Most parents would prefer not to leave that decision up to their kids.

    And I'd say you're right about kids going to satisfy their curiosity one way or another -- any reasonably smart kid could probably figure out an end run around any 'net restrictions. But, I still feel that most parents would not care to acknowledge it.