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  1. Re:But how??? on Could TNG Stunt Casting Save 'Enterprise'? · · Score: 1

    And Wesley to play with Flipper and post on slashdot?

  2. No thanks on P2P Meets PSTN, With Bellster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a fan of the P2P concept, but I'm not sure I'd want to be involved anonymously -- after all, I definitely do not want someone using my phone to make obscene or harassing phone calls.

  3. Re:Physical access! on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    I can do the exact same thing with a little applet that comes with KDE. What's your point?

  4. Re:Endgame on Google Plans Free VoIP In the UK · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that's still a big nussance when you can get long-distance as cheap as 25 cents a call to anywhere in the US and Canada. Yes, you can talk for hours, and it's only two-bits per call. No limit. A friend and I have this.

    http://www.wintel.ca/ldplans/index.htm

  5. Re:F*ing developers who build for IE only! on Firefox Continues Gains against IE · · Score: 1

    This is true. My bank, CIBC, used to balk when I didn't visit the site in IE or Mozilla. Just a few complaints, and the next revision of their site was much more accessible, and lets me use Konqueror without a complaint!

  6. Re:Do you know the bug references? on Ideas for a Home Grown Network Attached Storage? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I would like to read more about this, too.

  7. Human skin cells on Cell Architecture Explained · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but can my inkjet print them?

  8. Re:Elections Sold on $113.5 billion worth of electronics sold in 2004 · · Score: 1

    Funny, I had read it as:

    $113.5 billion worth of electrons sold in 2004

    And was trying to figure out if that was a reasonable price for electricity. I need to get some sleep.

  9. Re:Dangerous? on Autonomous Model Glider Flies from 60,000 Feet · · Score: 1

    True, you are limited to only a few pounds of payload in a craft this size. It could easily be scaled up, however. Furthermore, you only need a few pounds of powdered plutonium or other highly toxic material to contaminate hundreds of acres of farmland. You could also spread smallpox, or many other hazardous things this way.

  10. Re:Um... No? on LiveJournal Servers Go Down · · Score: 1

    Just about every single hit is DB backed. At peak times, they get over 1000 hits per second. Read about the infrastructure. It's interesting. http://www.danga.com/words/2004_oscon/oscon2004.pd f.

  11. Re:./ed !!!! Server Reboot Time? on LiveJournal Servers Go Down · · Score: 1

    If you look at his userpage here, you'll see he only posts a couple times a year.

  12. Re:Oh the humanity! on RSS/RDF/Atom Aggregation in KDE 3.4 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, they kan't do that.

  13. Re:Mac the knife on Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed · · Score: 1

    >>>>Rothenberg? Is that how Apple users pronounce Rosenberg?

    >>LOL -- That's the first time I've seen my surname used as a punchline for Mac gay-bashing, but I have to admit that it's kind of pungent and snappy. (Like a sweaty jockstrap.)

    And I must say that's the first time I've seen the executive editor of a fairly major online site feed a troll on slashdot ;)

    In stitches,

    Mark Rose
    Nobody important ;)

  14. Re:"Apple Computer": A Ridiculous LIberal Myth on Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed · · Score: 1

    Brilliant! Simply brilliant! I've never seen such a well-crafted troll! Well done!

  15. Re:More info for the non-physics folk... on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    For a more informative discussion of the life cycle of a star, see this article or this article. There are others, too. Just google for star life cycle.

  16. Re:I'd like to announce the official... on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 1

    Camryn Manheim lost a bunch of weight. Sigh. She looked so good!

  17. Re:Turing test - phonesex on This Call May Be Monitored ... · · Score: 1

    LOL -- and I thought I was the only one who had tried that!

    Actually, I find that system performs quite well.

  18. Re:Exercise and Sleep on Sleep Less, Eat More? · · Score: 1

    I find the relationship to be the opposite. When I get more exercise and eat healthily, I feel better, sleep better, and need much less sleep a night. I easily survive on 6 hours. When I am lazy, I sleep more, around 9 hours. I suppose that when one is leading an unhealthy lifestyle, the body requires more rest.

  19. Curious... on Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away · · Score: 5, Funny

    What I want to know is, when they caught the guy, did they have a positive ID?

  20. No logic on Crackers Tune In to Windows Media Player · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One has to wonder why an application whose primary purpose it is to just display data is such a huge vector for infection. What was Microsoft thinking when they made it possible for movies to automatically open URL's and install stuff? Perhaps someone can explain the logic to me.

  21. Re:Tip #1 on PCs For A Workshop Environment? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You have to be careful if you put filters in a PC, for a few reasons. The filter makes it much harder for the fan to move air (it's pulling it through the filter). Second, having the filter creates a huge amount of backpressure on the fan -- and cheap computer fans are not designed with this in mind. Third, the filter will reduce air flow, possibly resulting in insufficient cooling. Forth, you'll almost certainly forget to change the filters. Saw dust clogs filters very fast, so you'll need to clean them very regularly. Clogged filters make each of the first three reasons why they're bad even worse.

    However, you don't want to run in a dusty environment either. First, the dirt will build up on the components, certainly causing the hotters ones to overheat. Second, it'll ruin the fans. Third, sawdust burns easily (can even be explosive) -- having it get gummed up in say, the powersupply, is a Very Bad Idea.

    In short, your best bet is to get a computer with zero moving parts -- that's no CPU fan and no powersupply fan. Go water cooling and get a passively cooled powersupply.

  22. Re:Test site on Extremely Critical IE6/SP2 Exploit Found · · Score: 1

    The whole point of the test is that it SHOULDN'T open a window . . .

    Are you saying IE is broken??? With 90% of the market share, IE can't be broken. It's the other browsers that are wrong!

    Hehe.

  23. Re:Test site on Extremely Critical IE6/SP2 Exploit Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    I click it but nothing happens. When are site designers going to learn there are other browsers besides IE? Don't they know that Firefox's market sharing is growing? Clueless idiots!

  24. Re:They are here to protect us on Toyota to Employ Advanced Robots · · Score: 1

    Ughh. Moderators are morons. +4 Insightful?

    +4 Funny yes, insightful -- NO!

    We are the car robots. We do not find this matter funny. The humans must be protected in Toyota's secret layer.

  25. Re:Been done 30 years ago on Intel Researchers Build Laser on Chip · · Score: 1

    +5 Insightful for a post linking to a picture of Britney Spears. Well done!