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  1. Re:Languages are not static. on "English" Not Threatened By Webspeak · · Score: 1

    it's only on the extended edition

  2. Re:What, no Web? on The PC Is Not Dead · · Score: 1

    didn't he also call the web a fad that wouldnt last more than a few years?

  3. Re:They're too "static" on A History of Icons · · Score: 1

    I remember buying that at CompUSA back in the early 90s, for as you said win 3.x

    Had a magical rabit coming out of a hat on the box if I remember correctly

    I think i still have it on floppy somewhere

  4. Re:I'm switching on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Oh and yeah I have an ipod.. Also got for free. Without the ipod I probably wouldn't have even tried for the mini mac, so it does seem having an ipod helps with the switch

    Unless I sell my ipod and buy dvds hmm

  5. I'm switching on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm switching.. As soon as I get my free mini mac (placed my order on march 7)

    Unless I sell it and buy DVDs instead

  6. Re:Just needs to be nonrandom on How To Talk To Aliens · · Score: 1

    "Send them pi."

    Apple or banana cream?

  7. I got mine in september on Inside the Free iPod Offer · · Score: 1

    I put banners and text all over my website, and i had about 90 referrals total. The 5 completed (2 were friends of mine, so really only 3 strangers completed)

    got my ipod in september. I dont notice any phone/mail spam, but i do notice email spam.. luckily only at a special address i made for free* sites

    i just got my 10th complete referral for freeminimacs on march 7.. i had like 200 people sign up in total.. should get my free mini mac soon.

    If you do it, have lots of friends or a busy site.. and make a special email address just for it

  8. Re:Titanic-like episode iii = winner! on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 2, Funny

    "does this mean Jar Jar dies quickly, yet abhorrently painfully???"

    Sadly, no.

    Instead, there is a scene of Obi-wan painting a picture of jar jar while he poses nude

    And yes he does die, but it's a slow death while holding hands with obiwan

  9. Re:Sound sensitive are we? on Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try sleeping in that datacenter I don't mind the pcs at work either, but the one near my bed with the pulsing high pitched moans and whirls gets annoying

  10. Re:NO MORE SPORTS!!! on Google Adds News Personalization · · Score: 1

    heh that was the first/only thing i did

  11. Re:Removing MSN Messenger doesn't actually remove on Image Causes Exploitable Overflow in Microsoft Products · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yeah that never uninstalls it

    You have to manually call the uninstall section of the msn messenger INF file.. ive done it so many times i type it from memory..

    go to start>run, and type
    rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
    make sure msn messenger is closed first so it wont error when it unregisters the dll files
  12. Re:What?!? I didn't post this to the Apple section on MythTV 0.17 Released · · Score: 1

    look at the list.. its in television

    they just put it under apple and linux also

  13. Re:Sheer unbridled stupidity on Images of Ocean Floor Show Effects of Tsunami · · Score: 0, Troll

    fark?

    feh.. im a totalfarker

    (and ultrafarker but i can't mentio ^%*#$^&*^*^&*^--- CONNECTION CLOSED

  14. Re:A wonder.. on LokiTorrent Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Did you ever think.. Just maybe the accepted article was submitted before yours and it just sat in the queue?

    Or maybe 1 admin thought the story wasn't worthy of the main page, and rejected yours, then another admin had a different opinion and saw wan-fu's submission and accepted it

    Or maybe yours just sucked?

  15. Re:Lost acronyms in the article.. on Prospects For the CELL Microprocessor Beyond Games · · Score: 0

    Mmm I love CH3CH2OH!

    But it's not as good as (CH3)2CHOH.. mmm

  16. Re:WTF? on French Court Orders Google to Stop Competing Ad Displays · · Score: 1

    Well slashdotters with girlfriends might know.

    Wait.. Slashdotters and girlfriends?? Nevermind, yeah you're right, wtf is that doing on slashdot? =P

  17. Re:I still miss the aerial photos that Mapquest ha on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Remember, google purchased keyhole

    so that will probably happen eventually

  18. Re:Animals such as mice ... on Most Common Ways to Kill a PC · · Score: 1

    It's not that common where I live but a PC shipped to my work from florida had a dried lizard in it

    Not sure what it did but the computer is totally dead. The SCSI controller is dead, among other things.

  19. Re:Am I the only one? on Most Common Ways to Kill a PC · · Score: 1

    Don't worry.. Now that you've stated that you've never seen a dead power supply, I'm sure yours will die within 12 hours.

    That's how it works.

    And no, knocking on wood wont help, better order a new PSU from Antec ASAP!

  20. Re:Power supply! on Most Common Ways to Kill a PC · · Score: 1

    Probably not but my landlord wont do anything about it (or maybe he'll attach a wire to the center screw and connect it to our baseboard heating pipe.. and I thinking grounded to plumbing has been illegal since 1990)

    I dont know what to do, theres no other outlets near my room and thats where my pc is.

  21. Re:Power supply! on Most Common Ways to Kill a PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not totally true.

    My PC had a cheapo 250 or 300 watt PSU that came with the case (case+cpu was like $25 total)

    i moved to my current apartment and within a few months the PSU blew. All the capacitors popped, fan died, smoked and smelt up my room. Luckily it was just the PSU that died

    So I got a nice expensive PSU.. 6 months later i noticed the voltages were dropping on my monitoring program.. i thought it must be a mistake, bad sensors or something.. But it kept getting worse.. Until a couple of months ago when i noticed tons of RF interference with my TV tuner..

    Then last month my hard drive would occasional click off then instantly spin back up and lock my pc.. a reboot would fix it for several days

    Then last week, click, spin up, lock.. reboot, click, spin up, lock, reboot, etc.. the PSU could no longer power my hard drives

    Why? Crappy wiring in my crappy apartment. Brownouts and surges. So I bought another PSU, and now an APC LE-1200 line conditioner/voltage regulator. It's working great.. except I found out the outlets in my room are not grounded (the voltage regulators Ground Fault Indicator came on, so I plugged in a cheap AC circuit tester, it indicated OPEN GROUND, so I used a multimeter to confirm it, yep not grounded.. argh!)

    Wonder if thats why I always get static shocks whenever i touch stuff in my room.

    Anyway, i guess what im saying is even good expensive PSUs can go bad cause of crappy home wiring and whatnot.

  22. Re:Yes, but... on China to Pioneer Melt-Down Proof Reactors · · Score: 1

    I heard Michelle will be back also, cant wait.

  23. Yes, but... on China to Pioneer Melt-Down Proof Reactors · · Score: 1

    Yes, but can it be controlled via a dobson override?

    /Jack Bauer

  24. Re:Fun fact! on Where Have All The Cycles Gone? · · Score: 1

    Stay away from my clamcakes!! =P

    I've had no problems with it, installed it on my PC, family members, work PCs, etc

  25. Re:It's a different problem on Spyware for Firefox Coming This Year? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Exactly

    Chances are any spyware for FF will launch popups and whatnot when you run FF.. Whereas IE spyware can launch popups even if IE isn't running (cause it actually is always running)

    Worst that can happen is you delete firefox and reinstall it. All better

    With IE, worst that can happen is you format and reinstall windows.

    Yay FF! =P