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  1. Re:Well amount of Energy != Green on Hummer Greener Than Prius? · · Score: 1

    Mass of what you move is not important. Efficiency is useful energy provided divided by the energy provided to the machine. A person is more efficient than an internal combustion engine. For 1000 calories it can deliver more useful joules than a car engine would.

  2. Re:scientology is just an evil cult on Scientology Critic Arrested After 6 Years · · Score: 1

    So what you really mean is, you're just tolerant of people that think the same as you. That sure was a whole lot of blubbering for a bunch of nonsense.

  3. Re:Bitch slap? on Nvidia Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vista Drivers · · Score: 1

    'Friendly' would be a free software driver, not a next to useless binary blob

  4. Re:alternative to nukes on Navy Gets 8-Megajoule Rail Gun Working · · Score: 1

    Fallout and radiation are not the major problems with nukes, it is their enormous potential killing power. If you are to nuke a major city and kill a million or so people, the presence or abscence of radiation is not going to be too big of a deal in contrast. Some guy with a renegade railgun as you describe would have just the danger of some guy with a renegade nuclear weapon.

  5. Terrible writing on ISECOM's Top 10 Real Computer Crimes · · Score: 1

    I can see how the run-on sentences were on purpose, but surely the bad spelling and grammar were not. Perhaps it will be blamed on spyware or microsoft.

  6. I imagine it won't be too long before.... on UK Wants To Ban Computer-Generated Child Porn · · Score: 1

    I imagine it won't be too long before the petitions are flooded with "DESU DESU DESU"

  7. I don't think anyone should be worried about it. on DVDs w/ Built in USB Ports for Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    Considering Alladin is a company that makes stuff like FlexLM dongles I don't think this product of theirs is intended for general consumer use in dvd players or anything. It is probably another method of software license control.

    I think the only thing people have to fear is more shitty license servers that never work the way their supposed to.

  8. Re:Enough liquids to take down a plane on Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible? · · Score: 1

    I do not think you could take over a plane these days with pepper spray. the other 200 passangers don't want to get crashed into a building, the hijacker would have to be able to defend against a zerg rush of 200 angry people, I don't think they would hold up.

  9. LARPing! on Researcher Creates Handheld Hacking Tool · · Score: 1

    Sweet, now it is time for Deus Ex LARPing! Grab my crossbow and sunglasses and I'm set.

  10. Re:Acronyms on The FSF, GPLv3 and DRM · · Score: 1

    What about TFA? I keep saying that without enough context to figure it out.

  11. Re:License on Intel Open Sources Graphics Drivers · · Score: 1

    I would bet the Kernel modules are GPL because the Linux kernel is GPL, and they would use the MIT license for the X modules, because X uses an MIT license. Makes perfect sense to me.

  12. You could still be fixing a cd on Easy Fix for Scratched CDs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, that site got owned in less time than it takes to repair a CD!

  13. Re:It seems completely upside down on OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    Meh, I don't think they make nice applications so much as they buy companies that make nice applications :P

  14. Who are these non-named "linux geeks" on OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Linux geeks admit that the open source OS isn't necessarily a better platform for important applications What? Who admits this? Not only is it a superior platform, for many applications, such as servers, it is showing to be a better platform for important applications. Free software on a closed operating system is a joke.

  15. Excellent Idea on Microsoft Employees May Lose Admin Rights · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, having the employees run as 'regular' users would be a terrific idea. All the problems that limited user accounts have now would be encountered by those with the most ability to fix them.

  16. Re:Which planet again? on Three Neptune-sized Planets Found Nearby · · Score: 1

    Would be a suitable april fools day joke lol

  17. Re:Ummm... on Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sure the requirements aren't just to log in and sit at the desktop, I'm sure that the requirements are also so that you'll be able to run most common softwares for the next couple years or so. After all, an operating system is pretty useless if it doesnt have any software for it.

  18. WMV - Weaksauce on Videogame Remake of 1986's World Series Game 6 · · Score: 0

    Its dissapointing that something would be posted to slashdot in a secret proprietary video format.

  19. Needs more GNU on OSDL CEO Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 0

    Linux is just a kernel, its not an operating system. It's dissapointing to read a paper with no mention of the software that makes up most of a "linux" distribution.

  20. Self healing plastic on Spacecraft, Heal Thyself · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard about stuff like this a few years ago, where minor fractures could be 'healed.' I also remember jay leno making jokes about it, saying that now women in california will live forever :eek:

  21. EA Games? Good job? on Landing the Internship or Full-Time Job · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is landing a job at a company thats notorious for shafting it's employees really a "hot" job?

  22. I'm one of those users I guess on Most Home PC Users Lack Security · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I guess I'm one of those users, considering I don't have one of the three. However, since my primary operating system isn't windows I really don't see the problem for now.

  23. Needs more Civil War on Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them" · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for the Civil War of 2005. I've got my bike wheels and canned food ready.

  24. Agreed on Hackers, Spelling, and Grammar? · · Score: 1

    No doubt about it. I cannot take anyone seriously, no matter what they present, for example, if they don't know the simple difference between there, their, and they're, something everyone should have learned when they were 8 years old. It's even worse when someone comes asking for help, and isn't even willing to take the time and effort to communicate clearly and properly.