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  1. Apparently we are on Are we Headed for a Wiki World? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot:

    Slashdot (frequently abbreviated online as "/.") is a popular technology-oriented weblog, primarily consisting of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. Each story generally receives 50 to over 1000 such comments. The summaries for the stories are generally submitted by Slashdot's own readers with editors accepting or rejecting these contributions for general posting. Also sometimes featured are movie or book reviews, interviews, and "Ask Slashdot" queries from users requesting information from the readership. The site's slogan is, "News for nerds, stuff that matters," but Slashdot is sometimes criticized for posting inaccurate, highly biased, and/or inflammatory story summaries that incite heated posting, as opposed to serious news or commentary (see Slashdot subculture). It is also famous for the related Slashdot effect, which often floods unsuspecting websites with traffic, sometimes bringing them down. Getting "Slashdotted" typically produces two emotions: delight in the recognition; and terror that the flood of traffic will bring down your webserver. The name "Slashdot" was invented to confuse people who try to say the url of the site orally (h t t p colon slash slash slash dot dot org)

    and much, much, more...

  2. Re:Can somebody explain ... on Optical Control of Light on a Silicon Chip · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Additionally, an optical circuit has the advantage that two beams of light can cross each other without interfering harmfully with each other. Obviously you couldn't do this with in an electric circuit. This allows optical circuit designers to make more compact designs, and it's a lot easier to do. With circuits on microchips today being so complicated, you need some pretty hefty programs to actually to the designing. The same optical circuit could be much smaller and eaiser to design.

  3. Freedom on Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Launches · · Score: 0, Troll

    MMORPGs should be free. Anything where they charge you to live is a ripoff.

  4. Car mods for dummies on Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    IMHO, the majority of modded cars you see on the road are driven in a significantly more aggressive manner than unmodded ones. This seems to outweigh a slight improvement or reduction in safety by such mods. That said, perhaps learning about safety from a "for dummies" book is even more important in these cases?

  5. Life on Europa? on Cassini Probe Does Titan Flyby · · Score: 2, Informative

    A flyby of the second Galilean moon could prove to be especially beneficial, as it has some of the most favorable conditions for life (or past life) in our solar system.

  6. Re:DOS Blackmail on DDoS Extortion Attempts On the Rise · · Score: 1

    I would pay to not use DOS.