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  1. I get all my tech news from Rolling Stone on Apple, the New Microsoft? · · Score: 1
    From the article, emphasis mine:

    Steve Jobs announced Tuesday that he has asked the record labels to scrap their proprietary DRM software that prevents music from being shared, as he feels it's ineffective and merely hampers consumers from being able to listen to music how they please. Sounds good, right? Well, it's propaganda. Lost in his release is that that the largest source of proprietary DRM software is Apple, which prevents songs purchased from iTunes to be played on any competing player (and prevents the iPod from playing songs purchased from competing online music stores).
    Cluelessness like this is why Rolling Stone should probably consider sticking to their own evil empire (i.e. pretentious music articles).
  2. Re:What colour is energy? on Michigan Teen Creates Fusion Device · · Score: 2, Funny
    Could somebody please tell me what energy looks like? I really have no idea.
    You obviously don't have children.
  3. First.. eh never mind on BumpTop, Pushing the Desktop Metaphor · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would have had first post if I hadn't had to push all the papers off of my keyboard with my pen.

  4. FTFA on Prayer Does Not Help Heart Patients · · Score: 1
    The researchers found no significant differences among the treatment groups in the primary composite endpoint. However, six-month mortality was lower in patients assigned bedside MIT, with the lowest absolute death rates observed in patients treated with both prayer and bedside MIT. Patients treated with bedside MIT also showed changes in self-rated emotional distress prior to catheterization and stenting.
    So exactly how does this prove that prayer does not work??
  5. Re:Google map of the Universe on Google Goes to Mars · · Score: 1
    Where is the Google map of the Universe? I'd like to go to the "Restaurant at the end of the Universe".
    Apparently, it was converted to a Starbucks.
  6. Re:Umm? on Mac Mini and iPod Hi-Fi Over-Hyped? · · Score: 1

    Haven't you converted to base 7 yet? Geez, get with the program! ;-)

  7. Re:Something To eBay on Apple Gifts Top WebKit Contributors with MacBooks · · Score: 1

    I thought they said at the keynote that battery life was doubled for the macbooks ? Umm, no, they did not announce battery life at all. They announced performance increases, not battery life. BTW modded "informative"?

  8. Re:Herd Immunity? on Mac users 'too smug' Over Security? · · Score: 1
    As a Mac user he is most concerned about the lack of herd immunity...
    Moo...
    It's pronounced, "Moof!"
  9. Re:Not video iPod after all... on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1

    How ironic, the parent's linked story has been updated to say that it WILL be a video iPod.

  10. Jar Jar Binks in the script! on Revenge of the Sith a "Blood Bath" · · Score: 1

    69 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-LANDING PLATFORM-LATE AFTERNOON The small Jedi Shuttle carrying PALPATINE and the JEDI arrives at the landing platform. There are a DOZEN SENATORS, including BAIL ORGANA, JAR JAR BINKS, and C-3PO, waiting for them. PALPATINE, R2-D2, and ANAKIN get out. OBI-WAN and MACE stay in the doorway of the Jedi Shuttle.

  11. Re:Upgrade technique? on Mac OS X Tiger Released and Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Well, the CD order form suggests that you "make a copy of the completed order form, install DVD and proof-of-purchase for your records." Now whether that means you make a photocopy of the install DVD (suggested as the intent of this by a friend of mine) or an actual copy of the DVD remains to the buyer, IMO.

  12. Re:[ot] comp sci question on The Sub-$100 Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Your loop will never find anything because one of the conditions that the while loop has precludes the if statement inside. If you ever want to find anything, you have to change your while logic to

    while(i<array.length && givenint<=array[i])

    Also you may find multiple identical entries into the array, but its hard to tell if you intended this or not.

  13. Re:The Author's A Little Confused Here on Why Does Windows Still Suck? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Put your coat on when you go outside. Wear your seatbelt. Put on SPF 30. Lock your doors. Tie your shoes. Kill the power before you do any electrical work.

    Typical slashdotter. You didn't say "Wear a condom."