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  1. "malicious admin" on Researchers Crack Open AMD's Server VM Encryption (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I feel like some of these stories are like Bob's Home Security fails to protect you if your wife is a serial killer.

  2. Can't wait for it to be warped into... on Mars Rover Begins "Whole New Mission" · · Score: 1

    "Mars rover Opportunity finds new life in epic mission!"

  3. Legal? on How Open Source Might Finally Become Mainstream · · Score: 1

    I thought Oracle bought the rights to the term open source!

  4. Long arms eh? on Study Finds the Perfect Ratio of Attractiveness · · Score: 1

    That sucks for Hayden Panettiere!

  5. Java in the Box? on Introducing JITB — a Flash Player Built On the JVM · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Joa Ebert realizes I'll never be able to not call it Jack in the Box if it takes off.

  6. San Antonio? on Data Centers Work To Reduce Water Usage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I thought there was a big deal in San Antonio about a water shortage already. Isn't the Edwards aquifer being over taxed?

  7. ah ha! on Dark Matter Discovered Near Solar System? · · Score: 1

    Its a cloaked bird of prey's exhaust! FIRE!!!

  8. From whence on Electron Strobe Makes Movies of Atoms · · Score: 1

    ..and order is born from chaos.

  9. Re:maybe not... on Harnessing High Altitude Wind Power · · Score: 1

    I believe your point is valid, but the percentage of energy you are taking out of the wind currents should be so small the effect would not be recognizeable. Now thats for one of them. I'm not sure how many you need given a certain area.

  10. eh.... on Sun and Laszlo announce Orbit: OpenLaszlo for J2ME · · Score: 2, Informative

    I didn't put much time or effort into this, but if you make "hello" and "world" different colors they overlap each other. I actually had to specify "world"'s x and y cooridinates to adjust the spacing. I'm by no means a content creator of any sort other than an occasional whim, but this seems like it would become very tedious. Is there something i'm missing such as an IDE that would make this trvial?

  11. Box office slosh. on The De-Evolution of the Ocean · · Score: 1

    In the year 2200, the domineering Grey goo supremacy has been challenged by the Green goo rebels in a battle of epic proportions!

  12. Re:Crunching for their profit on Is Distributed Computing Being Distributed Badly? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Heaven forbid that if they found a cure to cancer and it wasn't profitable to make due to an expensive manufacturing process, they would wait until it became profitable while people die.

  13. Copyright this!!!' on Wal-Mart Trying to Trademark the Smiley Face · · Score: 1

    I claim exlusive rights on the use of the middle finger. However, for 5 dollars you can flip me off. Seriously though, the only thing that will be left to the public domain in the future will be ontime M$ patches and Jack Thompson's book.

  14. Whoaaaa on PTO Requests Working Model of Warp Drive · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Phantom of the Opera wants a warp drive?

  15. Re:This sounds... on PlayStation 3 Delayed, Over $800? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I know someone that works for Merril Lynch, and a few years ago I started to become a big Sony fanboy because in my expierences the quality was worth a few extra bucks. I asked them if I should buy some Sony stock and I got a big fat NO. This was before the rootkit, PS3 worries, and that interview with the white guy Sony brought in to *fix*(ie layoffs) the company.

  16. Re:It is true! on 30th Anniversary of Gates' Letter to HCC · · Score: 1

    Any letter I write publicly will damn sure not have "do do" in it, if I wanted to be taken seriously. Well unless I am quoting someone else.

  17. An automagic transmission! on New Honda Accord Drives Itself · · Score: 1

    It's about time someone came up with an idea that would allow the car to change gears for you! This will sell like hotcakes. Now if they could just come up with a way to replace the carburetor with an electronic device to syringe or inject the fuel into the engine...

  18. Re:I, for one..... on The Neediest Dolls In The World · · Score: 1

    hmmmm So what would you call a Commander from this storm-T*roopers in the A*rmy of C*haO*s

  19. Toss my Toys! on The Neediest Dolls In The World · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the guy ticked off someone cause they kept turning the volume down on his mic. Unless he talks like that normally then I can see why he needed to invent some friends. The girl also looked liked the only thing she has ever slept with is a couple of dolls. Someone give her a shot of Jager stat!! Wow that was an awful video. Anyways the toys look like something I'd want to throw across the room for sure. And was I the only one getting a creepy vibe from him fondling the toy crotch? I do like the marketing idea, cause you can't just buy one to use them as intended. I can't wait for one of them to get a virus. The writer could take patient zero to a couple of malls and have a botfarm by lunch to do his evil bidding.

  20. The problem is earlier not later in life. on Gender Gap in Computer Science Growing · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I once told my female boss, "besides you, there are no women in IT, and you yourself don't even have an IT related degree, you just kinda fell into your 'manager of IT people' position." She got really mad. I now work with all female techs. (I'm glad I lost that argument!!) But they don't even read slashdot!!! Computers are work, not a hobby! They don't have cleverly named computers laying around like Ol' Sparky. Sure they can build their own computer. But they don't have the same passion for it/IT. Sure I know girls that play video games and build their own computer, but usually thats where it stops. You don't see that deeper, I just want to know how it works, kinda interest. I mean you can raise a kid around a mechanic, and he will usually really like cars. He won't say his dad made him like cars. I think the way we raise girls makes them less interested, and thats the main problem. If we raised females a little differently, (could already be in the works, takes 18 years for a girl to make it to collge obviously) they may actually care enough about C.S. to persue a career in it. I think the days of no girls allowed are over, and I've seen a ton of guys jump the CS ship for a less math intensive IT degree. Raise a girl to love math and don't make her feel she can only be a math teacher, and watch what happens.

  21. Job Security on Google Users more Wealthy, Net Savvy · · Score: 1

    Google has helped me get the unofficial job title as know it all. Seriously if I was doing an interview I would test their ability to google. It has saved me countless hours and it has even given me credit for doing half of a six person project during the first week when we had a month to do it. If google's servers ever went down I'd be delivering pizza. I try to tell everyone that googling is a powerful skill they need to learn, but they'd rather me do it. I had one coworker who was big on yahoo, but I could out google his yahoo anyday. Job security! Also, never say "I could out google his yahoo anyday" in front of a woman you are interested in. I just learned the hard way.

  22. Chain of Lawsuits. on Microsoft Sued Over Alleged Xbox 360 Defects · · Score: 1

    I don't understand how you sue M$. You didn't even buy it from them. I would think the chain of lawsuits should go as follows: Consumer->Retailer->M$->PowerSupply OEM. Also Shouldn't the link be "less litigious solutions" and not just "litigious solutions" Yes I know the less is right there but it still seems like the link will take you to "litigious solutions". Also how many Watts does the XBox 360 use? I think the original bigger PS2 uses around 75. Whats this monster eating?

  23. thats it? on Curbing Energy Use In Appliances That Are Off · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One 100 watt light bulbs worth? Making everyone use more efficient lights would save a lot more than that. Filament based lights have got to go! My gadget's LEDs are more than enough to light my room!!

  24. If I was a teacher in Kansas... on Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    Its possible God created the universe in 7 days 3000+ years ago. Its also possible I created the universe with my supernatural powers yesterday then intelligently designed your brains to believe you are more than a day old. So once you allow the supernatural as an explination, every theory that has a supernatural element is now possible. done. Ok now lets spend the rest of the semester learning how a series of mutations can form things like eyeballs without cheating and using a supernatural explination, like a god drives a chariot of fire across the sky to explain day and night.

  25. Re:Are you serious? on Wilma the Capacitor and Particle Accelerator · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure barometric pressure drop is what causes the join pain before a storm. However, the author says the pressure did not drop, so it must be something else.