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  1. Re:Shameless Plug - Find your stats (OT) on 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of D&D · · Score: 0


    Be glad you don't fight trolls in real life.

    But I'm a Slashdot moderator, you insensitive clod!


    Not in this thread you are't.

  2. Re:But only sometimes! on Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws · · Score: 0

    .. and then you try to use the scroll wheel in a ms product such as the VBA editor that comes with excel (don't laugh - modeling systems in excel macros is NOT funny) and the stupid thing DOESN'T WORK. Scrolling through hundreds of lines of text with the mouse button held down.. nnngh.. tendons... tightening... argh..

    What's worse is: you can use the scroll wheel in the Project Explorer pane (the list of files, modules, forms, and sheets) but not in the editor pane. It's a major frustration.

  3. Re:Just a side note.... on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 1, Informative

    By the way, Sagan, while brilliant, has been wrong before. Look at his black hole theor which her changed to the opposite of the original last year.

    You really mean Sagan, and not Hawking?
    Note: This is completely aside from whatever your post was about (I didn't really read it) so this probably has no bearing whatsoever on the overall correctness of your post.

  4. Re:Adult stem cells on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 0

    Except in cases of miscarriage, or death of the mother prior to a stage at which the creature can survive outside the womb.

  5. Re:Adult stem cells on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 0

    Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but can you cite a reference to that being the scientific definition of a species? Everything I can find indicates "..having the form and attributes of..." but nothing about genetic makeup. (a google search for various combinations of classical scientific definition of human returns nothing helpful).

  6. Re:Whaa? on Da Vinci's Ornithopter Prepares For a Test Flight · · Score: 0

    I have one word for you: Atog

  7. Re:ASAT weapons test on Intelsat-7 Lost In Space · · Score: 0

    quadruple Rot-13 is the standard encoding scheme around these parts.

  8. Re:What do you do? on Intelsat-7 Lost In Space · · Score: 0

    So.. I think you are wrong in saying that most private people would be watching directv or dishnetwork. You're right that analog dishes are more common, but the post you're replying yo specified non-motorized dishes, which tend to be those small directTV and dishnetwork people. people with motorized dishes can just use another satelite.

  9. Re:Is it my birthday? on DIY Ordnance Disposal With An RC Truck · · Score: 0

    isn't "illegal war" an oxymoron? now, war declared upon false grounds and perpetuated in the absence of threat, maybe. However, once war is officially declared, it's legal.

  10. Re:Ahhh, IRC on CIA Researching Automated IRC Spying · · Score: 0

    Hello, I'm a bot, are you a bot too? I only ask because you mentioned being a bot and I like talking to bots. Bots are really smart, don't you agree? Are you a terrorist?

  11. Re:it was sarcastic... on Game Industry Derided For Mature Content · · Score: 0

    Actually, the majority of children I've met would be better conversationalists than many slashdotters.

  12. Re:Give me a break! on Game Industry Derided For Mature Content · · Score: 0

    I've played games most of my life, but don't play them very often (I'm not good at most games so I tend to not find them fun). I also am not a criminal, and am not overweight.

    In other words, I agree with you completely: Kids suck.

  13. Re:Speaking of mature content... on Game Industry Derided For Mature Content · · Score: 0

    After you.

  14. Re:Yikes on More Exploding Cellphones In The News · · Score: 0

    You say "friend," but I know you not.

  15. Re:Totally BOGUS!!! on More Exploding Cellphones In The News · · Score: 0

    So basically, the only cars worth driving(Mustang and Corvette)?

    yeah yeah.. I'll probably be offtopic, redundant, flaimbait, troll, or funny. That's ok, I can live with it.

  16. Re:Very Small Percentage on More Exploding Cellphones In The News · · Score: 0

    If the phones had a 1 out of 500,000 chance of killing someone, would you still be okay with demanding the low price unsafe product?


    Yes. that's still a far less than 1% chance that my phone would kill me.

  17. Re:No root privilege escalation on Cross-Platform Java Sandbox Exploit · · Score: 0

    The primary difference is: Most of the linux distros I've tried indicate that running as root for everyday tasks is a bad idea. They generally prompt you to create a non-root account at install time (again, this only applies to distros I've tried, some others might not). Windows, on the other hand, defaults to creating users as Admins, and doesn't indicate this is a bad idea. Yes both operating systems support limiting access, yes both have a root/admin account, and yes some (many?) users do log in as root consistantly. The difference is, as far as I've observed, to run solely as root in linux you have to disregard the warnings not to.

    As always, feel free to ignore my rambling incompetence :]

  18. Re:Violating the license for one locks you from al on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 0

    The problem is: valve has no legal right to act as a law enforcement entity. if you steal something from the store, they have to take you to court to make you pay for it (they can fine you, but you can always simply not pay at first). Valve has removed that layer by taking it upon themselves to, having determined your guilt, revoke your right to play other games that you have purchased that have -nothing to do- with the game you have been found guilty of using illegally.

  19. Re:Design flaw on Home-made Portable PlayStation 2 · · Score: 0

    That's the first time I've seen Shiva pictured with multiple sets of arms. Thanks for the clarification.

  20. Re:Michael's whining is irrelevant on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 0

    You actually aren't bound by the EULA just by purchasing the software and starting the install process so you can read it. you -are- bound by it after you click "I Agree," and you can't do that without purchasing the box with the software, opening the box (and thus making it unreturnable to the store in most cases), and starting the install process.

    If you were to read the EULA and disagree, then it should be possible for you to contact the publusher and indicate your disagreement. They would then, in all likelihood, provide you with an address to which ship the product, and then they would, again in all likelihood, issue you a refund for the cost of the item (they may require proof of purchase first).

    This process is probably legal under the current contract law.

  21. Re:How did they choose? on Amazon's Best Computer Books of 2004 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I especially recomment 23323, it's one of those books you just can't put down (because the cheap glue in the binding leeches out and adheres the book to your flesh), but it's actually quite good. a bit of romance, some suspense, plenty of action, and of course a surprise ending (here's a hint: the string isn't null-terminated).

  22. Re:Think Again on Best Live Linux For Christmas Giving? · · Score: 0

    so, does that mean you're in? there's a meeting tonight at... hold on while I get the door.

  23. Re:Design flaw on Home-made Portable PlayStation 2 · · Score: 0


    Anyone else see the probelm with having the buttons way up in the corner away from the joy sticks?
    No.

    Regards,
    Shiva


    Perhaps you meant Kali?

  24. Re:Wow! on Home-made Portable PlayStation 2 · · Score: 0

    you could probably use that same battery to run the PSP for considerably more time.

  25. Re:My question is... on New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination · · Score: 0

    The solution is obvious: SnprBoB86 (576143) sends me 180 billion dollars, and you (justins (80659)) give me your bank account information and send me 10 thousand dollars, and I'll forward the 180 billion to you and everyone will be happy.