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  1. Re:Rocks Rocks! on Building Your First Cluster? · · Score: 1

    Hey! Do you have any more details for that tiled display wall and where to look for that sort of thing? I have a bunch of simple machines and associated monitors. I don't have hefty computing needs, but a tiled display wall would be just the thing... Got any pointers?

  2. Re:Disturbing games on When Will Games Disturb Us? · · Score: 1

    Another game to check out is EA: Black
    For the most part every thing you'd expect to be destructible with the weabons you have on hand... is destructible... I was kindof pissed when I found out it wasn't available for PC

  3. Re:What features would you like in your browser? on Firefox 2.0 'Beta Candidate 1' Released · · Score: 1

    Tools->Options -> Tabbed Browsing -> Display -> uncheck the "show close button on every tab" checkbox. Requires that you run the tab mix plus extension or other tab extension, however the changes may be persistent, so you can probably apply them and then disable the plugin.

    Sorry I can't tell you the about:config key, couldn't find it either.

  4. Duc(k|t) tape on Astronauts Pull Off Risky Spacewalk · · Score: 5, Informative

    I jumped in and actually read this article because I couldn't bear not knowing if they had actually used duck tape to strap the jetpack to the astronaut. The sad fact is that they did not and NASA insists that it was in no danger of actually coming free... just a couple latches on the sides had come loose and the pack was both tethered to the astronaut and relatched while the astronauts were still in space actively pursuing their mission.

  5. Re:Target audience? on Flock, the Web 2.0 Browser? · · Score: 1

    Dyslexic emo kids of the world untie! and lits your wrists!

  6. Re:Nice adds on Tom's HW on DIY 4 GHz Dual Core Gaming Rig For $720 · · Score: 1

    can't you do a site specific greasemonkey script to drop in the css? (Serious question, don't know the capabilities here)

  7. Slashdot Current Quote of the moment... on RIAA Claims P2P Has Been Contained · · Score: 1

    What we wish, that we readily believe. -- Demosthenes

  8. they're programmers on Valve Talks Episode One · · Score: 2, Funny

    The answer is that they're programmers... and any true programmer knows that index numbers start at 0;

  9. Re:"Unusual practice" ... wtf. on Microsoft Employees May Lose Admin Rights · · Score: 1

    Is Apple large enough?

  10. Re:Not Impressed with Huxley on E3 Impressions - Huxley and Mass Effect · · Score: 1

    that would make the bigger players look like a dangerous pile of gold leading to noob rushes on higher level players... killing a few of them is no problem for the higher level, but it would get both tiring and pointless for the high level to keep killing them... the highlevel would slowly lose strength, interest, and with karma, would lose levels trying to defend himself from the n00bs... the only solution to that that I can see would be to allow the high levels to decline to fight... or track who started the fight, and not remove karma from the high players if they are the victim... however that doesn't resolve the boredom effect

  11. Re:What about IMAP for GMail? on New Google Services Announced · · Score: 1
  12. Re:credit card history on FBI Releases Secret Subpoena Information · · Score: 1

    Hey! just post the number here, so we can make that link in our database, and everyone will be happy. -FBI agent in charge of web confirmation processes.

  13. Re:Other constants on Fundamental Constant Possibly Inconsistent · · Score: 1

    What is this number '2' you speak of?

  14. UPMOD 'RENT on Games Are Not Drugs · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you up if I had any points today... hehehe

  15. Re:Only three keys? on The Optimus Mini Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Hey, my solution only required the assumption that they could register multiple keypresses... something that does happen in real keyboards. It could be relatively intuitive, but it is a keypad with images, the images could tell the user what to do, which is not quite what the windows or ctrl keys do. That said I am giving credit to users that may not be deserved. This is supposed to just be a springboard project... to actually get your hands an an OLED keypad so people will want to buy the full keyboard...

  16. Re:Only three keys? on The Optimus Mini Keyboard · · Score: 1

    dude if they were geniuses, they would be able to give you 8 functions, well 7 unless you call "do nothing" a function. But more if you have toggles like play/pause

    Press key 1 ------------- Play / Pause
    Press key 2 ------------- Volume Down
    Press key 1 and 2 ------- Previous Track
    Press key 3 ------------- Volume Up
    Press key 2 and 3 ------- Next Track
    Press key 1 and 2 and 3-- Mute/Unmute

    Ain't binary fun? Of course this assumes they can register and program simultaneous keypresses.

  17. Re:You are thinking of memory like RAM on Wealthy 'Cryonauts' Put Assets on Ice · · Score: 1

    shit man, very unethical, but very interesting... seriously though there is no proof that the brain is like ram, there are clearly connections that are created between your neurons as you learn things. If the brain were to be frozen intact with every single electrical connections forgotten, if you were thawed, and the initial electrical signals restarted, doesn't it stand to reason that you would wake up with your immediate short term memory forgotten, everything that has not made an indelible impression on your brain? You would also have all of the chemical reactions interrupted, but as long as your brain was frozen fast enough they would restart where they were... that's the bonus of chemical reactions. You would only lose any actions your brain was in the process of deciding to do...

  18. Re:Let's just go back to Assembler... on Bjarne Stroustrup Previews C++0x · · Score: 1

    Dude, I count in binary on my fingers all the time... Just imagine every finger is 1 bit, so on one hand you can count to 31, and with two hands you can count to 1023, assuming you're not using a finger to represent the sign.

    All you do is start from the right hand thumb, flick it up => 1, flick it down and flick up your index => 2, flick up your thumb again => 3, flick both down and flick up your middle finger => 4, ...

  19. Re:Human Trials on Fantastic Voyage Into the Heart · · Score: 1

    Maybe... but why would you want politicians living longer? Can we take that risk?

  20. Re:Versatility on Wikipedia's Accuracy Compared to Britannica · · Score: 1

    "(I know, I should tell them.)"

    Not unless they're experts in some domain that happens to need fleshing out or correction...

  21. Re:For safety's sake... on Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off · · Score: 1

    Sheeit... I for one don't welcome them!

  22. Wrong on The Future of Emacs · · Score: 1

    sorry, actually, real men don't need to remember files... They just know...

  23. ot. but.. on Christmas Shopping For A Gamer · · Score: 1

    Wait!! that means you're a girl!! AHhhh! *runs away*

  24. Re:a well-positioned goto is quite clear on Goto Leads to Faster Code · · Score: 1

    my apologies, I think I misread something in my java textbook that made me believe it was valid in C... it is funny though in java...

  25. Re:Does size matter? on 300 gigabytes in the size of a DVD? · · Score: 1

    How the heck does one back up those suckers?

    Two 1.6 TB disks?
    *ducks*