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  1. Re:Here's what we could use for the patent section on Pictures by Hive Mind · · Score: 1

    Now,this is useful.

  2. Re:Petals of the Rose SPOLIER on Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles? · · Score: 1

    the "rose" is the pip in the middle...3's and 5' are the only faces with a middle.
    count the pips in the corners

  3. Who needs this much help? on Greenbacks No More · · Score: 1

    "The introduction of additional colors will also help consumers to identify the different denominations."

    I thought that's what the huge NUMBERS in every corner were for.

  4. Re:That's nothing.... on Dirty Dozen- The Most Dangerous Toys of 2001 · · Score: 1

    don't forget "Johnny Switchblade"

  5. Ellula Sounds on Inflatable Loudspeakers · · Score: 1
  6. Re:I wonder what the pay would be... on High Tech in Africa: Geeks Needed · · Score: 1

    Or, you could just move to the U.S.

  7. Re:NO MEAT, HUH? on Kubrick's 2001: A Triple Allegory · · Score: 1

    Don't forget 'A MENTO'.
    Kubrick's prediction of world domination by one only known as 'The Freshmaker'
    Or did he mean that TMA-1 was "fresh and full of life"

  8. Re:multiple jacks off of a single cable. on The Myriad Ways of Wiring Your Home? · · Score: 1

    yes, you can. it works fine...2 ethernet...1 ethernet, 2phone... whatever you need. That isn't to say it's _recommended_ ;)

  9. Re:Don't home school. on Sean In The Middle · · Score: 2

    I have to agree...to an extent. Here in Arkansas a number of families who home school have organized and have gathering where all the home-schooled kids get to intermingle. But, for the most part their only social interaction is within the family. My experience with home-schooled children (sample size 5) is that it can strongly affect their social skills. This affect will probably be somewhat smaller on someone who starts home school in 11th grade, as opposed to someone who was in it for 16 years. In some states he could take his GED this year...he's probably already taken the SAT/ACT so he might be able to just move on to college next Fall or Spring

  10. Re:Your Honest Opinion on Windows Marketing Executive Doug Miller · · Score: 1

    Considering your position within Microsoft, will you be able to give your own personal honest answers to these questions, or will your answers need to be 'approved' by management?

    wouldn't it make sense that if his answers must be 'approved by management' that the 'management approved' answer to this question would be 'Of course I'm giving you my honest opinion.'?

  11. Re:Indeed.. on Spielberg (And Kubrick)'s A.I. · · Score: 1

    The 'block' was that Kubrick wanted the characters to age 'naturally', so he was filming a bit every year as the actors aged.

  12. Re:In other censorship news... on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which...he's acting to take that story out of publication. Not a recall of previous copies, just no new ones.

  13. the patent... on BT Sues Prodigy Over Hyperlink Patent · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. I read the patent and to me it sounds like it could be misinterpreted to cover anything from dial-up BBSs to OS/400 (all you RPG/II programmers out there, you understand), but I don't see anywhere where it could be said to cover hyperlnks.
    This patent seems to be for some kind of markup language, in the primitive 'big iron' jargon of the mid- to late- '70s. So, why not try to say it's a patent for SGML? Or that SGML was infringing on prior art?
    They 'discover[ed] in a routine check that [they] owned the patent for the hyperlink.' They should keep a little closer eye on their IP, I think. The 'hyperlink' has only been in use for...at least a decade...give or take.
    So, in short, if you develop a method for distributing data that could become an inherent part of a revolution in the way data is perceived and used, you might wanna keep track of who's using it and how. It might be worth something someday. But, if you have a worthless patent that's good for another five or six years, don't waste your time trying to prove that it's something that it isn't.

  14. Re:James Earl Jones says... on Do-It-Yourself "Dungeons and Dragons" Film Review · · Score: 1

    I just _have to say, "Please mod this up..."
    Score :2 Funny
    Best post I've seen in awhile

  15. "Universal Canvas"?! on The Future Of The GUI? · · Score: 1

    "We want users to be able to run applications without even knowing it," says the company's vice
    president of interface technologies, Kai-Fu Lee (naturally, an Apple veteran). This concept is
    called the "Universal Canvas" and is an integral part of the eventual .NET interface that
    will not only blend the Web with the desktop, but allow users to access the same techniques to
    search their mail, their files and the Web.


    'Universal Canvas', 'Natalie Portman', 'Mr.Toad's Wild Ride' call it whatever the hell you want...
    it still sounds like 'Big Brother'.

  16. Plan for World Domination on Give That Monkey Brain A Robotic Arm! · · Score: 2


    Step 1: New, Improved E-Monkey(tm) patent pending
    Step 2: Monkey Linux
    Step 3: Fle et of unmanned aircraft
    Step 4:Pick Target

  17. As evidenced by a recent /. poll... on And The Winner Is... Nobody! · · Score: 1

    many people read /. that aren't from the U.S. or aren't citizens.
    So, just in case all this election B.S. leaves them in the cold, I thought I'd post this article
    explaining the electoral college sytem and why we should get rid of it.

  18. The links... on Using Minesweeper to Solve NP · · Score: 2

    to the Millennium Prize Problems page
    to Ian Stewart's article on the problem.
    to Stephen Cook's mathematical description of the problem (in .pdf format)
    to Richard Kaye's Minesweeper Page

  19. But what about... on Napster Going to Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    all those hard to find, out of print, tracks and original recordings that the record companies wouldn't have gotten paid for anyway. Now, any user who shares _their own_ recordings is essentially paying BMG, et al. for the privilege of giving it away. Admittedly, they aren't paying much, but it's always been about 'the principle' hasn't it?

    Another question...if it's only $5 with BMG, how much will it be when all the other labels want a piece?

  20. Humph... on Mage The Ascension · · Score: 1

    It's amazing to encounter so prescient, political and imaginative a worldview... as shown in Hogshead's Violence: the roleplaying game of egregious and repulsive bloodshed Written by Greg Costikyan under the name 'Designer X'. This'll let him spout pro-RPG sentiments while rehashing Hellmouth.

  21. Re:Thank goodness it's patented! on Human ID Chip Implant Prototype Unveiling · · Score: 1

    how about the last line of the patent:
    "It will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art that various substitutions and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention."

  22. just in case... on Human ID Chip Implant Prototype Unveiling · · Score: 1

    you think it might be a very good fake. read the patent.

  23. Re:Life? on New Images Of Titan's Surface Released · · Score: 1

    No...we must get there ASAP, subjugate them and help them build casinos.

  24. Re:Eggs on webpages on Easter Eggs in Open Source? · · Score: 1

    It's not really an easter egg, per se, but i was surprised at the answer for:"Who's the black private dick who gets all the chicks?"

  25. Re:Why should they answer? on Our Attorney's Response To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    6. How could posting of the Microsoft Kerberos specification on Slashdot have any detrimental impact on the market for authorized distribution of Microsoft's version of Kerberos?
    Actually, answering this question is absolutely neceassry, if M$ wants to find remedy under coyright law. They must prove that the comments were detrimental to their copyright of the extentions they made to Kerberos. Of course, thanks to copyright law one could create a 'Tribute to the Microsoft Extention of Kerberos", or better yet a 'parody' of it, and be fully protected, as parodies and tributes are protected speech.