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  1. Re:Genius yoyoq!!! on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah really. There's always a way. If the door was locked, how long would it take for the pilot to open the door if the terrorist started executing one passanger a minute until the door was opened?

  2. Mac II disk sound on 10 Terrible Portrayals of Technology in Film · · Score: 1

    I always enjoy the sound of the old Mac II disk drive (don't know exactly what drive they used, IBM?)that is used for both deleting, copying and searching in many movies.

  3. Re:download it on Opera CEO Prepares to Swim across the Atlantic · · Score: 3, Informative

    It doesn't hurt the linux support that Opera and Trolltech have offices in the same building in Oslo, Norway either.

    http://www.opera.com/company/
    http://www.trolltech.com/contact/index.html

  4. Windows Mirror on Opera 8 Released · · Score: 1
  5. Re:How does a website spend $80mln? on Salon Asks for Help · · Score: 1

    Wall Street Journal Online has about 660,000 subscribers, and their standard fee is $79. This probably makes them the most successful pay content site on the web, with over $5.2 million just in subscription revenues. Their main form of income is still from advertising, though.

    Yes, there's definitely something fishy when a content provider can spend that much...Salon has great articles, but I'm pretty sure most of the journalists won't have any problem finding someone else to write for.

  6. Cover up? on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 1

    It'll be extremely interesting to see if the things that happened during take-off with the insulation/heat tiles is the result of someone pushing for launch, and being sloppy about safety.

    Isnt't the reason why the Challenger blew up that some bolts couldn't take the freezing and reheating or something like that? One engineer told, but no one would listen...

  7. Re:Cablevision -- no problemo on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 1

    DSL tech people want to install stuff for customers, because a fair number of customers say they'll install it themselves (they're IT Experts!) and then in two days, the "savvy" customer will call and ask for help, thus creating more work for company:

    "I tried all the things, but somehow it didn't work...! I've tried everything!"

  8. Re:Fortune cookie tells financial future... on Treó 10: Another Portable Mass Storage Device · · Score: 1

    >You will be overwhelmed by "gadget craze" and >forget that carrying an IDE drive around is >cheaper. Poverty to follow.

    in bed.

  9. Re:Some facts... on Dreamhack 2001 · · Score: 1

    The Gathering is bigger, with 5000 tickets being sold in less than 24 hours. The event lasts for four days and consists of the world largest temporary network. And not to mention the 25% share of girls. The first TG was back in 92 with 1,200 people and then the girls entered for free, but that's not the case anymore.

    Why arent't there any LAN parties like this in the US? I wouldn't think it would be a problem to gather the people, the US having the highest percentage of PCs per capita and all.

  10. Re:The extra goodies made the film. on Review: Monsters, Inc. · · Score: 1

    What I really loved about this movie was that the morals wasn't as obvious as in Shrek, where they spelled out everything. In Shrek it was:
    -But will she love me even though I'm ugly?
    -Of course, it's the inside that counts!

    In Monsters, Inc the moral was more suttle. Also Monsters, Inc made me laugh more, especially all the scenes that took place in the background, like the snakes around Celia's head. Great stuff!

  11. The Sherman's Lagoon... on Xdaliclock Fails Y2k (But Everything Else Seems Fine) · · Score: 1

    ...site isn't Y2K compatible. It displays dates 01/01/100 and the strips won't show.

    http://www.slagoon.com/

  12. Re:Disagree Completely on Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks · · Score: 1

    Talking about "relationship" movies, "When Harry met Sally" and "Frankie and Johnny" are also good movies of that sort.

    The relationship has to have a certain snap to it, I find intelligence to be an important factor. I'm not talking about the genious type-150-IQ, but that she understand what you mean without you having to explain. (And such...)

    To quote Sean in "Good Will Hunting":
    onMushy(){
    "She is not perfect. You are not perfect.
    The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other."
    }

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    Jesus saves - Gretzky gets the rebound and scores!

  13. Round trip? on Web: 19 Clicks Wide · · Score: 1

    Since the average distance is 19 clicks, would it then be possible to take a trip round the web? In 80 days perhaps?

    Of course, it's no problem surfing the web continously for 80 days (with a T3 and a tank of coffee) but how far would you get by then?

    Where does it all start? End?
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    The internet is full. Go away!

  14. Re:The Golden Age on Perfect score in Pac-Man · · Score: 1

    Ahh, I remember the two first adventure games I played on my little Mac Plus:

    "Deja Vú" and "Uninvited"

    They were both unbelievably cool. E.g in Uninvited you had to say "Instantum Illuminaris Abraxas" (wasn't it?) to scare off two rotweilers guarding a doorway.

    The fun of computer games.
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    Jesus saves - Gretzky gets the rebound and scores!

  15. Hack's back? on Seti@HOME Cracked By Aliens? · · Score: 1

    I went to the homepage and now ALF's back.

    Did they hack the page again?

  16. Re:Cookies are EVIL! on Web site identifies anonymous spammers · · Score: 1

    BTW, the slashdot user login cookie doesn't work with Netscape 4.6/W98 on my machine.
    IE 5 works fine.

    Anyone else?

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    Jesus saves - Gretzky gets the rebound and scores!