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  1. Re:Oh because people actually use it? on Why PHBs Fear Linux · · Score: 1

    Hint: Adobe is to Photoshop as Intuit is to Quickbooks. People do not call GIMP Gnome. So why then do they call Photoshop Adobe? Arrrgh!

  2. Re:Something wrong? on A History of PowerPC · · Score: 1

    and this ...

    POWER2
    Released in 1993 and in use until 1998:
    15 million transistors per chip
    ...
    POWER3
    Released in 1998:
    15 million transistors per chip

  3. The Moon on Nuclear 'Asteroids' Due In A Few Hundred Years · · Score: 1

    I say.... send it to the moon.

  4. Am I the only one? on New Dr Who Actor Named · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only place that I have ever seen the name Dr. who has been on slashdot.
    Are any of these posters from America?
    When is the last time any of these shows aired?
    Or, if they are any good, is there a Dr. who bittorrent site, since the BBC open-sourced their content.

  5. Re:Old story? on Beer Bubbles Really Do Sink · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And there was also this one.

  6. Past stories on Building Social Skills in Gifted Youths? · · Score: 1

    I remember a few other stories that where covered here, including: Slashdot | Why geek geniuses may lack social graces, Slashdot | How To Deal With (Techie) Prima Donnas and another one which I cannot find. I looked for smart kids sports and excerise.

  7. Re:They've gotten to my eggs too on Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave? · · Score: 1

    HOWARD, Wis. -- A man and his wife ducked behind a refrigerator when bullets began exploding in their oven, authorities say. The Rest of the story

  8. Re:Cannon on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 1

    I wonder if I could turn my mouse into a scanner too. Should I post this into What (non-PC) Hardware Do You Hack??

  9. Re:Printer on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.printdreams.com/ Was featured on com.com in June.

  10. Printer on Cell Phone with Camera = Scanner · · Score: 1

    There is a printer that works in a very similar fashion. I am looking for the link right now.

  11. Re:Schooling interfere with education? on Kids Improve Writing Online · · Score: 1

    Even if Franklin did say it first, he was not a very good father. Or, maybe his son was not the best of sons. Although, by many accounts, he did an admirable job raising his grandson.

  12. Re:Space-Time Compression on It's All About the Ununpentium · · Score: 1
  13. Space-Time Compression on It's All About the Ununpentium · · Score: 1

    Great news!! According to Bob Lazar, Element 115 has a "Strong Nuclear Force" to generate the gravity field for "Space-Time Compression." http://www.gravitywarpdrive.com/Element_115.htm

  14. Re:d1ff1cul7 70 u53 0r? on First Preview of GIMP 2.0 Ready for Testing · · Score: 1

    It looks interesting. But, if I were to switch window managers I would want something that could have a giant virtual desktop that I could scale, in fine increments, to fit my screen. So, if my windows were taking up 100% of my screen i could zoom out, say to 90% giving me 10% more work area. Slashdot really needs a scribbler inline with the posts. If each message could get a 4 kilobyte black and white drawing surface to illustrate ideas that would ROCK.

  15. Re:d1ff1cul7 70 u53 0r? on First Preview of GIMP 2.0 Ready for Testing · · Score: 1

    With MDI you have a Z-Axis. Keep the sub windows maximized and ctrl-tab or ctrl-shift-tab between windows. The tools stay in the same location and have a key, like tab, that hides the tools occasionally.

    What gimp really needs is something like expose.

  16. Blah Blah Blah.. on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 1

    Blah Blah Blah (*)(*) Blah Blah Blah ( * ) ( * ) BLAH!

  17. Re:What's the point? on New Intermediate Language Proposed · · Score: 1

    When is the last time Jesus has slid his ass down a chimney to give anyone presents? I vote for a religion with Santa Claus replacing Jesus.

  18. Re:really a shame they're so stubborn on Interview with OpenBeOS Leader Michael Phipps · · Score: 1

    I wonder how real-time is HURD? It just needs a good MIDI server and the pocket book of IBM.

  19. Re:You can always put it off ... on Intel To Produce Cheap LCoS Chips · · Score: 1

    What about content? Why even purchase a $$$$ HDTV unless content exists? I guess you could get DirectTV and get a few HD channels for $$$. Maybe after Netflix starts renting HD content will I get a thin, light, no burn-in, good black levels thing to hang on my wall.

  20. Terraserver on Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What is a non-scientific picture anyways? Terraserver has a much larger picture of most of the United States.

  21. Warning on How to Set Up a Gift Website? · · Score: 1

    ...as you do not look the gift website in the mouth.

    I should have posted this anonymously.
    (-1) Stupid

  22. Re:Here is the demo MP3 on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 1

    The bigest problem with any language is pitch-shifting. If you bend anymore than a few cents, it sounds really bad. If I had a sample "aaah" I would not play something that looked like this:

    sample: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
    Pitch +1+2+3+2+3+1+2+1+2+3+2+3+1+2+1+2+3+2

    i would do something more like

    samples: a1a2a3 ... h1
    pitch: 000000 ... 00

  23. Re:Macintosh speech synthesis on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 1

    That was strange enough. But, the new voice could use some work. I played it through iTunes and when the voice faded into the next song in the list, the voice almost sounded decent. I don't see how so many companies trying so hard come up with piss poor TTS. It might be cool to mix five voices into one channel and make something like a room full of people repeating, chanting maybe, some arbitrary text at your command. TTS has been around at least since E.T.. Remember the red talking box? That box doesn't sound much worse than what we have now, some twenty years later.

  24. Re:Macintosh speech synthesis on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 1

    I have been trying to find samples of the new and improved TTS in OSX 1.3. Too bad apple did not decide to offer samples on their site.

  25. Re:Here is the demo MP3 on Synthesized Singers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a solo. And, yes it does sound like a vocorder.