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  1. Re:Any heat is good heat in winter on Standby Electronics a Waste? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mate, he is probably complaining about your garden on some other website. Don't judge us by one man!

  2. Re:China on the Moon, people dying on Earth! on Slashback: BlackBerry, Cloning, Smart Hotels · · Score: 1

    Population control?
     
    Are you suggesting they will send all the people with AIDS of to the moon perhaps??
     
    Should have the desired effect....

  3. Re:g0t d3af? on Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise · · Score: 1

    I remember, I used to hear the tv when i was a kid. I forgot all about it.... Seems going to all those raves wasn't all detrimental. (Of course, I am a raving, drug addicted loon, but that is a whole other article.)

  4. Re:Losing all your data on 300 gigabytes in the size of a DVD? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if only data wasn't some physical quality, and you could copy it to a disk... that would be great!

  5. Re:Four words. on Cellphone Songs Overpriced? · · Score: 1

    Sure, but if you are after something distinctive, rather than something fancy, your are already set. And manufactures usually vary the ringtones available on each phone, so this is not a problem.

  6. Re:Four words. on Cellphone Songs Overpriced? · · Score: 1

    Come on, if you can't change your alert from the default ringtone, you aren't really the market they are looking for.

    Most phones come with at least 20 different ringtones, for the last 5 years. It can't be that hard.

  7. Re:Duh! on FEC Rules Bloggers Are Journalists · · Score: 1

    Think about it for a second. How would anybody know that the whole of the US was revolting. Is everybody connected to everybody else. There is such a control on all outlets and communication, that this would never happen, and nobody would find out about it. The army would simply be told that there is a riot downtown, go sort them out. Or that a terrorist attack was in progress.

  8. Re:Umm, not sure what 'net you are on on Flushing the Net Down the Tubes · · Score: 1

    Just because you can do these things now, doesn't mean that you will not be able to do them in the future. The whole point of the article, is that the web is being taken over by companies, and they have no reason to let you keep using the net for whatever you want. It will become like television, where you can basically watch stuff or buy stuff.

    Some people stick there heads in the sands until it is too late. Other like to see trends, try to predict where things are going, and maybe stop bad things from happening. You are the former.

  9. Re:Semantic web, anyone? on Google Base Launches · · Score: 1

    Sun tried selling CPU power recently, with no takers.

  10. Re:Good In Hospitals on Linux Tablet to be Released in Two Days · · Score: 1

    You have never worked with a bunch of Doctors, have you? Never met a more small minded, politicaly motivated bunch of people...

  11. Re:Oh, the irony... on King Kong Lived? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, the kids at my Primary school called, they want their joke back.

  12. Re:These devices should be controlled. on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    This is a good point, but to be fair how many choices have you made with respect to those around you? Did it stop you from buying a car, for instance? Or travelling in a plane?? Thi opinion of your can be extended, too all things. I have had my neighbours complain about the TV at 9pm?? And it wasn't that loud.

    When you bring up something like this, where does the madness stop??

  13. Re:Not any more... on Firefox 1.5 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    Australia actually...

  14. Not any more... on Firefox 1.5 RC1 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    My copy is 24 seconds away from downloaded ;)

    Tempting fate, hey?

  15. Re:Depends on the classification on UK Female Sci-Fi Viewers Now Outnumber Males · · Score: 1

    That is not a fair way to decide on the term. Ask 5 people what a Subdural hematoma is, and will probably get 5 blank looks.... what does that prove??

    I think the term "Hard Sci-Fi" is perfectly acceptable amoung those in the know. Why consider those who don't???

    Thanks for playing.

  16. Re:Hmmm not me on Google's Smart Advertising Leads to More Clicks · · Score: 1

    Wow, and since you are the only person who uses the Internet, I really can't see how Google can make any money at all.

  17. Re:a new tool's use on iPods Used for Medical Images · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Come on, this is a puff piece about the ipod. The exact same thing could be done on a number of devices, including mobile phones, PDAs, notebooks all that cost less than the 1000s of dollars quoted in the article.

    It is not even using the ipod in a way different to how it is supposed to be used, except for the fact that medical images are being stored rather than other images.

  18. So? - nothing to see here... on iPods Used for Medical Images · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So they managed to change their program to store files on the ipod, as well as pictures that the ipod could view? Which would have been really hard to do.

    Somebody is in love with the Ipod.

  19. Re:Firefox fans ... celebrate 100 million download on Slashback: OpenDocuments, RFID Passports, Firefox Celebration · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good point.

    Of course this counter should only display INDETERMINATE.

    In fact all counters can produce errors of this sort, so they should all display INDETERMINATE.

    As a matter of fact, every counter in the entire world could have the same sort of errors, even clocks are not 100% correct, so every counter of any sort should simply display INDETERMINATE.

    I mean if you can't guarantee 100% accuracy, then there is not point in even attempting to measure anything.

    You should feel happy, you have made the world a better place.

    (accidently posted this to someone who wasn't a moron)

  20. Re:Please don't misquote me. on Slashback: OpenDocuments, RFID Passports, Firefox Celebration · · Score: 1

    Good point.

    Of course this counter should only display INDETERMINATE.

    In fact all counters can produce errors of this sort, so they should all display INDETERMINATE.

    As a matter of fact, every counter in the entire world could have the same sort of errors, even clocks are not 100% correct, so every counter of any sort should simply display INDETERMINATE.

    I mean if you can't guarantee 100% accuracy, then there is not point in even attempting to measure anything.

    You should feel happy, you have made the world a better place.

  21. Re:Apache share *INCREASED* on Apache Webserver Surpasses 50 Million Website Mark · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but from October to September, Apache's share went from 69.89% to 69.15% (-0.74%).

    Makes you think, doesn't it?

  22. Re:Steff from User Friendly on The Nokia N90, $900 Camera Phone Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Maybe the only ones who really buy it first are the other phone companies - so they see what they need to do to improve their own models. This would make sense, and a reasonable reason for having a high starting price.

  23. Re:Australian Bank on Banks to Use 2-factor Authentication by End of 2006 · · Score: 1

    Well, I never would have thought it would be one of the smaller banks - but then again, the big ones are such monoliths, it would take them forever to implement something this clever.

    Thanks for the info.

    John

  24. Re:C'mon Slashdot, give us a Dvorak checkbox... on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow I feel sorry for you mac people. On our Windows Systems there is a scrollbar, so anything we really don't like we can just scroll past it. I have to see, this lack of functionality makes me even less interested in adopting a mac.

  25. Re:They *picked* macs, though on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 1

    Using fancy statistics words (causal and correlate) to try to make your very simple point sound better, comes of a little stupid.

    Your point is perfectly reasonable explanation for why they use macs - but on the other hand, you can't discount a small amount of bias... which is to be honest, all there really is. But this can be all it takes.

    Personally, I hate macs, (use one at work occasionally and can see their benefit for non-tech people) and love using PCs, partly because I am a tech person, and because I have used them my whole life. Yet, I am biased against PCs for a number of reasons, and I root for Apple. So I welcome the bias, but don't run around pretending it ain't there.