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  1. Re:"because all other kids has a cellphone" on Kids with Cell Phones, How Young is Too Young? · · Score: 1

    > If they're dropping him because they have a cell phone, and he doesn't - they were never really his friends.

    Thanks, mom! Even on Slashdot, you are still looking out for me.

  2. Re:Why is Windows 100%? on 68% of UK Universities and Colleges Use Firefox · · Score: 1

    I recently graduated from a engineering school and could tell you that we were 90% windows. The engineers were all forced to take a class with a NetBSD application and they all hated it, from the complaints I heard.

  3. Maybe Now... on 19 million Amps · · Score: 1
    Perhaps with this technology, Con Edison can finally power all the air conditioners in the metro NYC area.

    Nah, I doubt it.

  4. Re:Not priter friendly on Migrating IE Web Apps to Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Irony! Think of all the times the term irony is used and abused (myself included) here on Slashdot. Then, a perfect example of irony comes up, and the parent doesn't even mention it. Wait... that, in it itself, is ironic.

  5. Re:fuck me if i'm wrong... on Migrating IE Web Apps to Mozilla · · Score: 0, Troll

    No one will be fscking you, man. It went up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

  6. Re:What does the K stand for? on Preview of KDE 3.5 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No, Gnome sucks compared to KDE, geez.

    Get a clue, pal.

  7. What does the K stand for? on Preview of KDE 3.5 · · Score: 0
    Knowing how to make a clean, superior desktop environment.

    Kudos to the KDE team, and good luck on 4.0.

  8. Just imagine... on FreeBSD Ported to XBox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A beowulf cluster of Xboxes, calculating the physics of Breast Jiggle(TM) featured in Dead Or Alive!

  9. Rich Uncle PennyBags would be shocked! on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny
    10 billion! Wow... that's like... 5 million hotels on boardwalk!

    I pity the thimble that lands there!

  10. Re:Google not the innovator here. on New Google Homepage Features · · Score: 1
    You got that right.

    Thats why my comment was initially modded troll...

  11. Re:Google not the innovator here. on New Google Homepage Features · · Score: 1
    Exactly! WTF is Yahoo doing ripping my g00gl3????

    Everyone knows how much more l33t g00gl3 is than yahlooser.

  12. Google not the innovator here. on New Google Homepage Features · · Score: 1, Informative
    My Yahoo! has had this RSS feed via portal-page for a while now, and Google is simply playing catch-up to their competitor.

    Its not always Google that is the new hotness.

  13. There is but one solution... on Cell Phones Predict the Future · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wrap your cellphone in tinfoil. That'll keep those MIT spies out!

  14. Re:The Utnubu Project on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 1
    I have a hard time admitting that your cleaned-up version of my code will compile faster, but I'll admit defeat

    However, it has always been my personal credo that it's "all about goto 10 loops". And frankly, I think that applies to all facets of life, not just BASIC programming.

  15. SAT-Style Analogy on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu : Debian :: PC-BSD : FreeBSD

  16. The Utnubu Project on Sixth DebConf Ends in Success · · Score: 4, Informative
    Perhaps one of the more interesting bits to emerge from this was the Utnubu project...

    Link:
    http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/59-Li nux-Ball-Utnubu.html

    I think Debian can learn a lot from the rapid success of Ubuntu, and hopefully this project will help heal some of the growing rifts between the two camps.

  17. The Wonderful Humming on Beginning Of the End For PC Noise · · Score: 2, Funny
    I, for one, enjoy the sound my computer makes.

    That constant 25-dB wooshing is the perfect white noise for blocking out the sounds of chatter and staplers in my office, and helping me catch some much needed sleep.

  18. Re:Pricing on AMD and Intel Notebooks Head to Head · · Score: 5, Informative
    What about currency conversion?

    Australian dollars currently trade at $1.30AU for every $1US.

    XFX Geforce 7800 at Newegg is:

    $574 dollars
    Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16814150100

    XFX Geforce 7800 at AusPCMarket is:

    $924 dollars
    Link: http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.ph p?input%5Bproduct_code%5D=VI-11PVT70F-256&input%5B category_id%5D=1339

    $574 x 1.3 = $746.20

    There is a markup, of about 20 percent. Not 150-200% as you have stated, however.

  19. Cool! on Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is a great development. As a delivery person for certain "items", it will be great to have an overview of roads and traffic patterns for my "stops" on my "route", especially when traveling to new areas.

    It was so tiring carefully printing out the satellite views and then cutting out the roadmaps in thin slivers to fit over my printouts.

  20. The reason is obvious! on Computer Demand Boosts MS Profits · · Score: 1
    People are throwing out their old computers because of spyware infection, and buying new ones to avoid the hassle, according to the New York Times.

    Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/technology/17spy .html

    There is no doubt what those new machines come pre-installed with.

  21. Re:Lets make a bet. on Google and Microsoft Lob More Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    I don't recall that laws have a prerequisite of making sense.

  22. Re:Talk about fragmenting the standard... on IBM Collaborating With Open Source Java Project · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I completely agree with Sun's stance on not fragmenting their code. While their licensing isn't agreeable, there are millions of java powered items out there. If Java turned into a bunch of different flavors (insert mocha, vanilla, hazelnut joke here), then it would be a headache.

    The JRE for Windows XP is already 15.4 MB. If there was 5 different REs that I had to download to use all the Java flavors, that wouldn't be cool.

    I feel that Sun's thinking is sound from a business and usefulness perspective, even if it is starting to backfire.

  23. Re:What now? on Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch July 26 · · Score: 1

    Not really that ironic. Ironic would be if the engineers put the guages from their Volkswagens into the space shuttle, because those were the only guages they were familiar with. Perhaps with a jury-rigged tachometer that measured G-forces instead of 1000s of RPMs.

  24. Re:Check for updates... on Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released · · Score: 5, Funny
    How many of us want to prove how l33t we are by bragging about using Alpha releases? Hands?

    I can see yours is already raised.

  25. Re:Chess spam on Can a Bayesian Spam Filter Play Chess? · · Score: 1
    What about:

    "Drag Queens... or are they? Click to find out!"