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  1. Re:Little brothers ARE good for something! on The Quintessential Sentry Gun · · Score: 1

    Wow. If I had this I don't think I ever would have left home! No offense to little brothers in general, but I could easily see myself talking my little brother into doing this.

  2. Re:Target Audience on Review: Monarch Computer's Nemesis FX-57 7800 SLI Gaming · · Score: 1

    I take it you've had the kind of friend who is really short and almost brags about his penis size as much as his rig, yeah... I have a friend like that as well...

  3. There's only one way on RIAA Trying to Copy-Protect Radio · · Score: 1

    to stop recording of their holy radio, and that's to stop broadcasting. If you can hear it, you can record it!

    Aside from that, I listen to public radio, no commercials and better quality.

  4. Re:How many? on IE More Secure Than Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    It's really a shame that Microsoft pushed their browser as a key part of the operating system just to please the courts. That leaves a lot of people even more vulnerable.

    If you ever wanted something like a terminal disease to sound good, you could hire the MS Marketing Department.

  5. Re:PR on IBM Training Employees To Leave IBM? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I honestly don't think so. As the article said, the most likely candidates will be the ones near retirement.

    As much as you and I may fear it, today's generation is tommorow's work force, and a lot of that work will have to do with math and science. I know when I was in school, math and science classes seemed to be lacking, or sometimes more advanced classes weren't even available. This might not show an immediate success, but over time it could change a lot of people's minds about math and science and open a way for people who want to learn these subjects more.

  6. Differences on Is The Firefox Honeymoon Over? · · Score: 1

    There are many differences between the two and what I think makes Firefox sound more desirable is mainly the fact that Mozilla will release patches much faster for Firefox than MS for IE and that it is also a much more stable program.

  7. Re:Fun and Funny on Nintendo Revolution Controller Revealed · · Score: 1

    I was kind of thinking about mentioning that...

    On a more serious note, this could actually be a revolution, if it is easy to design for this new interface then there are a lot of good possibilities. Or perhaps a black eye, broken vase, window, etc.

  8. Well deserved on Hilton Hacker Gets 11 Months · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Both Hilton and the boy got what they deserved. She's dirty and he's a delinquent. Just because he targeted someone worth targeting doesn't mean he should go free, an example must be made. Atleast he wasn't jailed for some outrageous amount of time, like some people do for small crimes compared to others who do really bad crimes.

  9. Re:4 comments and it's Slashdotted already on Free 3D Animation DAZ|Studio 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    A smart web host/developer should know better than to allow traffic being re-directed from slashdot if they know what's best for them.

  10. What's wrong with their business model? on Free 3D Animation DAZ|Studio 1.0 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't find it wrong in any way. By registering, they know roughly how many people have downloaded it, which helps them remotely see the popularity of it. By telling two friends, it helps spread the word, which I don't see really being spam.

    Since when has word of mouth been considered spam?

  11. Healthy Competition on Bill Gates Speaks Out · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft has to learn how to accept competition and not try to kill it or buy it out. Competition leads to innovation, which is exactly what this industry lacks in a lot of areas.

  12. A Bumpy Road lies ahead on Novell Expects Vista to Spur Linux Adoption · · Score: 2, Informative

    As great as this may seem, some companies may find this difficult. There would be a lot of proprietary software that would need to be ported.

    I know, I know.. There's WINE and other similar software packages, but I highly doubt companies would want to resort to that.

    One good example I can tell you of is an enviromental software package that my dad has to use at Eli Lilly, it's written in FoxPRO, and already they're having problems porting it to WinXP.

  13. Different sounds on Keyboard Sound Aids Password Cracking · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I notice that keys I use the most are the loudest and sound different, probably from wear. Stating that, how easy would this cracking method work on a brand new keyboard (or perhaps a laptop keyboard)?

  14. Re:To safeguard de company? on Another Round of HP Layoffs · · Score: 1

    Possibly to safe guard the company and not the bonus checks. HP doesn't seem as strong as it did a few years ago, atleast not to me. I hardly ever see any commercials for them anymore. They still have enough money to sponsor a F1 team though!

  15. Pure Pwnage in the List on Free Downloadable Tech Shows · · Score: 5, Informative

    I strongly suggest watching Pure Pwnage if you're into games. It is absolutely hilarious!

  16. Re:Bah. Send Double Oh Seven on the job! on Some Rights May Have To Be 'Eroded' For Safety · · Score: 0

    007 James Bond is MI6, I believe

  17. Murphy's law on Ready For the Big Mac Virus? · · Score: 0

    If man can create it, they can most certainly destroy it. It may be next to impossible for a Mac to have a wide scale virus, but it's not impossible.

    Murphy's law anyone?

  18. Re:I hope it will turn out more stable... on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 0

    Have you tried talking to your employer about the use of Opera? It sounds like they are atleast a bit open minded if they have you guys use firefox

  19. Future Generations on Researchers Say Human Brain is Still Evolving · · Score: 0

    Can you imagine what our future generations will be like in say 10,000 years? Will we appear barbaric compared to them or will we be little to no different?

    For all we know, those supposed little green men in the sky could actually be the humans of the future studying their history.

  20. Re:Realplayer? on BBC Opens TV Archive to Remixers · · Score: 0
  21. Shame on BBC Opens TV Archive to Remixers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's really a shame you have to be a UK resident, I know the BBC has a lot of good material. I'm especially a fan of BBC America, it's quite nice to watch some of the classics on TV sometimes and get news that is sourced outside of the US.

    It's kind of like getting a 2nd opinion when watching the World News on BBC

  22. Dupe on Cisco Flaw Opens Routers to Attack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dupe! Oh.... Nevermind, it seems like just yesterday a serious flaw was found in CISCO. I hope this doesn't become common place for CISCO

  23. Faster Typing on Das Keyboard: Hit Any Key · · Score: 0

    Type up to 100% faster in a few weeks

    Since there is no key to look at when typing, your brain will quickly adapt and memorize the key positions and you will find yourself typing a lot faster with more accuracy in no time. It is amazing how slow typers almost double their speed and quick typers become blazing fast!


    Whatever happened to self discipline? If this really does increase typing speed by not displaying keys, would it really improve your wpm that drastically? I think that's kind of a poor selling point in my opinion.

    However, the individually weighted key switches sound brilliant and if this keyboard weren't so expensive I'd love to try it out!

  24. Re:you know... on FEMA Demands Use of IE To File Online Katrina Claims · · Score: 0

    FEMA isn't the only one, if anyone remembers:

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/13 23223&tid=103&tid=113&tid=17

    The patent office does as well, not sure if that has changed though, but that's not the point if it has or not.

  25. Script Kiddies on Logitech Unveils Smart Mouse · · Score: 1, Funny

    Perhaps it will alert you if your machine has been compromised as well.