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  1. shibboleth on Science-Fictional Shibboleths (antipope.org) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was unaware of this new definition of shibboleth that essentially mean cliché or trope.

  2. Re:Hackers on The Hackers Who Recovered NASA's Lost Lunar Photos · · Score: 1

    But the negative connotation has been associated with the word hacker from it's first printed use in the 60s. Checkmate Athiests.

  3. Talks at Google on Type Ia Supernovae As Not-Quite-So-Standard Cosmological Candles · · Score: 1

    Talks at Google has a great lecture by Alex Filippenko, called "Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe." There is a wonderful section talking about supernovae as a standard candle from about 17 minutes to 36 minutes, but I recommend the whole thing, as I find it fascinating. http://youtu.be/Guvv5olLxCQ

  4. Re:Erase all button on Researchers Use Electroconvulsive Therapy To Disrupt Recall of Nasty Events · · Score: 1

    You're probably thinking of anisomycin as heard on RADIOLAB.

  5. helped me with Tellabs 532L on How Google Is Becoming an Extension of Your Mind · · Score: 1

    I was trying to put in a cross connect for a ds0 in a Titan 532L, but was having no luck as I didn't have a Waddel cheat sheet.. I was putting a dacs II type command like
    TCON::FROM 15602,TO 15602,TRSP, MUX
    but had no joy, yielding an obtuse error message. So after bang my head against my desk and getting help from two co-workers I finally googled the machine and found "Chris Deputy's" page on Comcast with a command saying to loopback the ds0, but I knew it was actually to put in the cross-connect. Sure enough
    TCON::FROM 15602,TO 15602,TRSP
    is all it took.

  6. Re:never forget 1-31-07 on TSA Shuts Down Airport, Detains 11 After "Science Project" Found · · Score: 1

    Oh, typo.

  7. never forget 1-31-07 on TSA Shuts Down Airport, Detains 11 After "Science Project" Found · · Score: 1

    Never forget the lessons of Boston and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. "It had a very sinister appearance. It had a battery behind it, and wires." If it's not an American flag, it most be a bomb.

  8. Re:DO NOT WANT: print server, storage, P2P daemon, on Cheap ADSL Holds Up 802.11n Router Design · · Score: 1

    Not having to walk people through bridging the modem, less cable/jacks to go bad so easier to troubleshoot.

  9. Don't forget the formaldehyde on Martian Methane May Be Created By Lifeforms · · Score: 1
  10. If you mean did not relent, then yes on Apple Balks, Finally Relents, At Possible User Queries of Dictionary App · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From TFA ,"The list of omitted words includes some which have utterly non-objectionable senses: ass, snatch, pussy, cock, and even screw." There is just so much crap involved with the app store, when the FTC come down on Apple it will be well deserved, unless they manage to bride their way out.

  11. Selling Crystals as of 2003, under a new name on CueCat Patent Granted, Finally · · Score: 1
  12. And another thing... on Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 1

    There is supposed to be a paypal option. See here it is. Well let's try to checkout. Hey ! Where's the Paypal option ? Well if you REALLY don't want to take my money I'll just buy something else.

  13. Broken Link on Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 2, Informative

    What I love is the fact that the world map has a broken link for North America, Japan/Korea, and Australia. I got the emailed newsletter that contains the working direct link and a link to the world map. It's still not fixed after 14 hours. You'd think they'd actually test it sometime today.

  14. My Teacher is An Alien series on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    I liked My Teacher is an Alien series by Bruce Coville. Link to all the small books in one big book. http://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Alien-Collectors-Bruce-Coville/dp/0671035711/

  15. What about Amendment 4 to the Constitution ? on US Courts Consider Legality of Laptop Inspection · · Score: 1

    Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. How is searching a computer even remotely reasonable ?

  16. just use word 5.5 for DOS for free on Goodbye Cruel Word · · Score: 1

    MS Word 5.5 for DOS (with Y2K patch) is available for free. http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe Simple enough for me.

  17. If it's not an American flag... on Aqua Teen Art 'Terrorist' Describes His Ordeal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it must be a bomb.

  18. Better than Tremulous ? on Freeware FPS Alien Arena 2007 Reviewed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tremulous is a really good game. If Alien Arena 2007 better than that according to this guy, then it's at least worth checking out. /me is BruceCambellsGhost on Tremulous

  19. pop-ups and annoying flash on The Morality of Web Advertisement Blocking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With pop-ups and annoying flash ads that talk at you or play sound when I'm listening to music, I don't see a giant problem with blocking these. I also hate the stupid ads that use javascript to float over the content I'm trying to read. Lastly the hyperlink-every-other-word has to go too. I don't mind banner ads, text ads, ads between "the jump," or ads along the sides a la fark.

  20. sacd on The DRM Scorecard · · Score: 1

    What about sacd? I thought this hasn't been cracked ?

  21. Re:The GPL: Intellectual Theft on SWSoft Out of Compliance With the GPL · · Score: 1

    You could just take it down and stop distributing it. If it wasn't an authorized release you're okay. Stop the infringement and remove all the GPLed code and have a re-release.

  22. expect it soon on SWSoft Out of Compliance With the GPL · · Score: 3, Funny

    Expect it soon, after all the slashdotters send them a nice e-mail.

  23. why not just... on YouTube To Share Revenue With 20-year-old Filmmaker · · Score: 1

    use a site that pays you to begin with, like revver ?

  24. reason for open government on C.I.A. to Let "Skeletons" Out of its Closet · · Score: 1

    This is why we need open and transparent, not to mention less, government. Abuses get buried all the time unless some whistle-blower has a conscience.

  25. Sorry Mr Tagline Writer... on TV's "Mr. Wizard," Don Herbert, Dies At 89 · · Score: 1

    but Don said, on Coast to Coast AM and maybe elsewhere, that there were no experiments on the show. They were more like demonstrations. I remember when Alex Albrecht said he was dead. This was just after his Coast to Coast interview, and it wasn't true.

    I remember him from the 80s show he had, but he was around since the 50s as far as I know. This majorly sucks.