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  1. Re:You just need to look at the submitter's record on Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children · · Score: 1

    Otherwise they get credit, but the blurb is rewritten to be less likely to be flamebait?

    Or, if you're Michael, you can just rewrite the blurb any damn way you please.

  2. Re:Germ of an idea on P2P Meets PSTN, With Bellster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    the discussion of slashdot editors is off the topic of a new phone network (or whatever this thing is)

  3. Re:Firey death to the intruders! on Just How Paranoid Are You? · · Score: 1

    And, since you have the PC open, you might as well take the HD! And the memory. And, if he has a nice video card, grab that as well.

  4. Re:To eliminate some FUD on US Stem Cells Contaminated · · Score: 1

    Curing/preventing Alzheimer's disease isn't profitable?

    What person, aged 50-80, wouldn't take drugs that would stop them from getting Alzheimer's?

  5. Re:To eliminate some FUD on US Stem Cells Contaminated · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And since everyone is claiming that research using these stems sells will cure every known ailment, the major drug companies should be fighting each other to give money to every last researcher.

    Oh wait... they're not? And the $4 billion in funding in California was heavily pushed and lobied for by the private research companies who will be getting the funding?

  6. Dear competitor, on Sun Chief Calls Out IBM, Demands Compatibility · · Score: 5, Funny

    Help us make money and give your customers an alternative to your products.

    Thanks,

    Sun

  7. Re:first on What is JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java? · · Score: 1

    That's what I've been wondering about too. Does this newer tech have some inherent advantage over the hidden iframe method? Is it just more structured?

  8. Re:Coolaid on What is JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java? · · Score: 1

    It's Kool-Aid

    Did you mean: kool aid

  9. Re:Pros and cons? on What is JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java? · · Score: 1

    3) What are the benefits of this compared to using a hidden iframe and using that to talk back and forth to the server?

  10. Re:Big $$$ industry is worth more than the planet on A Countdown To Global Catastrophe? · · Score: 1

    The treaty was defeated in the US senate 98-0 (or was it 98-2).

    It makes no sense for the US to sign while countries like China get to hide behind "developing nation" status. Russia only signed it because they will be able to sell their unused pollution quota for billions of dollars each year.

    Great treaty! Evil Buuuush!

  11. Re:Some random thoughts on NYT On The Internet And Child Molestation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you mean: Head Pqnax Bugsy Chief Tmax. Adsl Askoh Wlzx

    Second question:
    Did you type all that yourself? Tried to google part of it, but came away with nothing.

  12. Re:glad they decided not to call them on Pentagon To Send Robot Soldiers to Iraq · · Score: 1

    Rugged -- TALON robots can take a punch and stay in the fight. One was blown off the roof of a Humvee in Iraq recently while the Humvee was crossing a bridge over a river. TALON flew off the bridge and plunged into the river below. Soldiers later used its operator control unit to drive the robot back out of the river and up onto the bank so they could retrieve it.

    Almost as rugged as real terminators.

  13. Re:Automation on Pentagon To Send Robot Soldiers to Iraq · · Score: 1

    Ok, I need one of these

    Now, what options do I want?

    Gripper manipulator.
    Smoke dropping module.
    Grenade dropping module.
    Breaching tool.
    Gen III night vision camera.
    NBC sensors.
    UXO/countermine systems/sensors.
    Anti-Tank (AT4) launcher.
    Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) launcher.
    40-mm grenade launcher (M203 barrel).

    12-gauge shotgun.
    Mounts for remotely controlled weapons including: M240; M249: M16; M82A1 (50-cal).


    Oh screw it, I'll take all the options. But... where's the pusher module?

  14. Re:Never would have happened without govt help on Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit · · Score: 1

    These museums, with very few exceptions are almost purely supported with government funds. They just can't make back the cost of upkeep, much less salaries, on the few dollars they make through admission fees.

    That is almost entirely false, at least for the SMM. It has a yearly budget of ~$25 million. Of that, $750,000 is government money. The rest is from ticket/food/merchandise sales (roughly $20 million) and private/corporate donations (~$4 million). See here - warning PDF.

    It does use some federal money for special projects, but those usually only total $3 - $5 million each year.

  15. Re:Generic business apps apply here on Custom Software vs. COTS Products · · Score: 1

    Avoid MAS90

    EOL

  16. Re:2600 is still around on Phrack E-zine Comes To An End · · Score: 1

    f I want to read left wing propaganda I'd pick up the NY Times

    Or listen to Off the wall or whatever the radio show is called. Seems they devote half the show now to planning a protest over something or bemoan the horrible practices of the giant corporations.

  17. Re:not so on Phrack E-zine Comes To An End · · Score: 1

    that doesn't show up on most technical sites because most "tech" sites pander to not-so-technical individuals.

    Case in point: Slashdot

  18. Re:unix? on Apple Explains How to Run X11 on Mac OS X · · Score: 2, Funny

    Horrible makefiles haunt my dreams. I've had nightmares about them...

  19. Re:I'm confused on Think Secret Gets Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Correct. There are many instances when speech is limited. Business practices are one of those (other notable ones include the oft cited example of yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater).

  20. Re:The less we've learned... on LiveJournal Blackout Analysis Online · · Score: 1

    And don't have it red. Have it black. People, especially kids, love pushing that damn red button, no matter how many warning signs you put around it.

  21. Re:TFA Article Says on Microsoft to Sell Outlook Subscription Service · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Slashdot fanboy culture.

  22. Re:There is Nothing Worse Than XSL on Printing XML: Why CSS Is Better than XSL · · Score: 1

    A lit match?

  23. Re:CLICK! on Duchovny Says X-Files Sequel in Works · · Score: 0

    you might want to learn how to make a proper link, funny boy

    http://slashdot.org/nugn.com/vb doesn't work

  24. Re:More Importantly..... on Duchovny Says X-Files Sequel in Works · · Score: 1

    Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Erhh... whatever

  25. Re:No surprise there... on Amateurs Beat Space Agencies To Titan Pictures · · Score: 1

    Ooh.. good point.

    Logic fails me again!