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  1. Re: LCDs consume more power to create black on Change Google's Background Color To Save Energy? · · Score: 1

    From a physical perspective you can have a voltage without a current (e.g. a charged body whose charge remains constant will have a voltage with respect to another object) and current without voltage (e.g. a freely streaming charged particle). Once a resistance is present however, Ohm's law is in force and defines the relationship between current and voltage. In most real world situations (like liquid crystals) there is a finite resistance and so Ohm's law applies.

  2. Re:Where *is* Spock these days? on Leonard Nimoy to Play Spock in Next Star Trek Movie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe we should search for him...

  3. Re:I can only say this: on Leonard Nimoy to Play Spock in Next Star Trek Movie · · Score: 1

    of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human. Jeebus I'm a Trek geek. I read that, remembered the scene, and started to tear up. I must have Bendii syndrome, yeah, that's the ticket.
  4. Re:I'm drowning in page hits! on Dearly Departed — Companies and Products That Didn't Make It · · Score: 1

    Okay, I'll play along. How about "annoygravating?" It works in my original word and adds the flavor of "aggravating." "Stupnoxious" is another apt term for that kind of web design.

  5. I'm drowning in page hits! on Dearly Departed — Companies and Products That Didn't Make It · · Score: 1

    TFA is organized into 19 pages that have a small summary on each page. Let me reach into my wordbag and pull out something to describe that. Let's see..."annoying," yeah that works.

  6. Eugene? on Canada's Copyright Cops Give Go-Ahead For iPod Tax · · Score: 1

    Listen, I know he is a hero of Canadian comedy, but I don't understand why Eugene Levy gets a cut on every iPod sold up there. Do they come preloaded with Best in Show?

  7. Re:it's funny on New X-Files Movie · · Score: 1

    Yet some people hated that stuff, and loved the "locals tell of the mythical swamp monster... and here it is!!!!11!!!1!" type episodes, the "monster of the week" as someone called it here (also "serial killer of the week" at times). Sounds like the new Dr. Who (which I seem to enjoy anyway). The formula for that show is "an alien race, thought to be long dead, is using the earth (specifically London, between the years 1600 and 2100) as a staging ground for their comeback, and they eat/drink/absorb/assimilate humans for food/energy/fun/slaves but the Doctor happens to be around and foils their plans with the help of his sexy sidekick."
  8. Explain this! on Explaining the Special Effects Behind Transformers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, you can explain the special effects, but can you explain that anguished feeling of betrayal after discovering that Bumblebee is a Chevy Camaro? Can you!? Rest in peace, my childhood...

  9. Re:EU regulators out of control on Blu-ray, HD DVD Target of EU Antitrust Probe · · Score: 1

    The people buying these camcorders want to be able to send grandma a HD copy of little stevie banging his head on the concrete and trying to poke out the cat's eyes. Are we talking about the Little Steven from the E-Street Band? He seemed so normal...
  10. Re:Umm on Blu-ray, HD DVD Target of EU Antitrust Probe · · Score: 1

    We are operating under the assumption that the DRM will be cracked.

  11. Re:DMCA on Ubuntu Linux Validates As Genuine Windows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How did Ubuntu do any of those things? First off, it was the user who accessed the server. All he or she did was go through the process exactly as one would if they were using Windows, so when exactly did the bypassing of access controls and reverse engineering occur? Also, the software used is not special to Ubuntu. How exactly would Canonical be liable for anything?

  12. Re:One more analogy... on Boston University Student Challenges RIAA · · Score: 1

    Alright, you people made me do it, you have only yourselves to blame. Does anyone know how to get baby seal blood stains out of clothes? Does club soda work or is that just a myth?

  13. One more analogy... on Boston University Student Challenges RIAA · · Score: 4, Funny

    If one more person posts an analogy involving a CD left on a table in a public place, I will club this baby seal to death.

  14. Re:Except on RIAA Uses Local Cops In Oregon Raid · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see some of the RIAA rent-a-cops and tossers get their asses shot up one day for busting into some Ilinois Nazi's place. I hate Illinois Nazis.
  15. Burt Reynolds? on Uwe Boll Has Three Picture Distribution Deal · · Score: 1

    Burt Reynolds in a medieval fantasy movie? Here's some working titles:

    Smokey and the Rogue
    The Longest Furlong
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Middle Earth
    Cannonball Run

  16. Re:Tourism Mecca? on A Field Trip To the Creation Museum · · Score: 1

    How about setting up an Invisible Pink Unicorn petting zoo next door? Blessed be her holy hooves!

  17. Re:Power on Microsoft and LG Electronics Sign Linux Covenant · · Score: 1

    Power has been the same from ancient Rome to Jesse Jackson to the Mafia - They leverage power, make certain demands, stated either subtly or outright, and you either pay their tributes and taxes or something bad happens to you. That's a hell of a list you came up with there. Okay, I'll play along. Here's mine:

    Power has been the same from Phoenicia to Al Sharpton to the Medellin Cartel.
  18. Re:Add'l Info on Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial · · Score: 1

    I wonder if that kind of "selling down the river" behavior isn't a defense mechanism against the virulent anti-unionism that is directed particularly against teacher's unions in the US, making the union worry about its image excessively. The way some right-wing politicians talk you'd think teacher's unions were responsible for the Holocaust.

  19. Re:Lower prices? on DRAM Makers Suffer Due to Lackluster Vista Adoption · · Score: 1

    I love this. I ordered one of those Dell Ubuntu laptops (opting for the lowest amount of RAM) and bought 2 GB of the currently super-cheap RAM on Newegg for it. I'm going to be upgrading my Ubuntu-based Mythtv box too because of how low the RAM prices are. It's just icing on the cake that it might be due to the slow adoption of Vista. Thanks suckers!

  20. Re:Um..no. on Next Windows To Get Multicore Redesign · · Score: 1

    Imagine if every new software development project couldnt use, say, drop down menus cause they didnt invent them. Good point! Good thing they don't allow patents for software, that would be a mess. Oh wait...
  21. Think of the children! on Illinois Raids Welfare for Videogame Legislation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Think of the children! No, seriously, think of the children who need government assistance to eat.

  22. Re:I really wouldn't worry. on Final Season of Battlestar Galactica Confirmed · · Score: 1

    CHiPs in Space?

  23. Already Here in Wisconsin on Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales · · Score: 1

    This is already in effect here in Wisconsin, at least in Madison. I went to sell some of my old CDs and DVDs at a used CD/DVD store in Madison a couple of weeks ago and they require an ID for selling more than $20 worth of material. Since I was selling exactly 20$ worth of stuff they said I didn't need to show them my ID. When I asked them why they said it was for deterrence of theft.

  24. Re:how about a drop off? on Mercury Contamination Vs. Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    I'm almost certain Home Depot in the U.S. takes old CFL's for proper disposal/recycling.

  25. Re:I'm just waiting... on $100 Laptop Repriced at $175 · · Score: 1

    Also, just curious - why should someone's stupidity "seriously concern" me? It depends, are we talking about some random poster on Slashdot or the President of the United States?