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  1. Re:No, thanks... on Christie's Auction House gets Star Trek Props · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pointy ears? Pshh. I've got, uh, silver face paint and an Inte... er "emotion chip." Any bidders?
    No seriously, I need the cash, email me.

  2. Game Physics on ESRB Changes Oblivion's Rating to 'Mature' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I bet it has less to do with blood and more to do with game physics. In Morrowind if you attacked something it pretty much just bled and died, there didn't seem to be much of a problem with that. Now when you kill something and wack it's body with your +2 club of Enfeebling it will flail about in a most humorous manner.

    So in other words the stationary boobies aren't the problem, it's the jiggly ones.

  3. Re:Games are getting ported to mobile devices on Abandoned Games · · Score: 1
    Currently, it mostly contains classical Amiga titles, ported to Symbian-compatible phones.
    Wow, I had a hard enough time playing Amiga games with Amiga/Atari joysticks, playing Turrican with a keypad must be like playing golf with a sledge hammer.
  4. Easy... on What is the Best Calendar? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    crond, echo, and vi!

  5. Re:i love meaningless data on Genetic Database Hits One Billion Entries · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you choose a fixed-width font such as 12 point Courier about 75 letters fit on a single line with half inch margins. This means that each letter is about 2.54 millimeters in length. The earth is 24900 miles in circumference that means that it would take 15776640000 letters to stretch around the earth.

    If we take a 1967 Volkswagen to be a measuremeant of length then it is 1606.01 times larger than a single letter so it would take 9823500.48 Volkswagi to tailgate around the earth. Multiply that by 250 and you get ~ 2.455875x10^9 Volkswagens.

    Since it is quite easy to convert Volkswagens to Library of Congresses I won't go into further detail.

  6. amaroK on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm suprised no one has mentioned amaroK. It has a pretty cool built in feature that looks up lyrics, a band's Wikipedia page, and other neat stuff. They just came out with a new version too.

    I don't think there is an OS X native version, but it can be compiled with Fink. Other than the fact that you can't buy music I like it better than iTunes.

  7. If it's so smart... on New Worm Chats with Users on AIM · · Score: 5, Funny

    how do I know that the virus didn't submit this Slashdot article? Maybe it's just propagating more lies.

    /Puts tin-foil hat on

  8. Sony & Universal are no better... on Disney Encrypting Screener DVDs to Prevent Piracy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sony and Universal Pictures said they won't follow that step
    No, I hear that Sony and Universal are making the reviewers watch the movies from jail, and letting them out when the movie is officially released.
  9. Better Articles on Universal to Offer its Movies Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are some better articles.

  10. What would the FFC do? on 5 km Range Commercial Wi-Fi Available · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this was $5,230 cheaper, and if the FCC wouldn't come after me with a sawed-off shotgun, I'd probably get one of these.

  11. Which Platforms? on Common Malware Enumeration Initiative · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't see any specifics. Is this going to be Windows-centric, or are they reporting on ALL malware, regardless of platform?

  12. This thing is tiny on The Gameboy Micro Reviewed · · Score: 5, Funny

    This makes the original Gameboy seem HUGE.

  13. Since the FEMA site only works with IE... on Creating Live Linux Distributions For Disasters · · Score: -1

    I prefer to use the Microsoft Portable Windows Network Edition (MS-PWNED) for all my disaster area needs.

  14. Standing up my ass on Intel Stands Up For Consumers in Next-gen DVD War · · Score: 0

    Intel stands up for consumers? This is the same company that implements "Trusted Computing," right? Seems to me that they are just looking out for their best interest.

  15. Sounds Familiar on South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers · · Score: 5, Funny
    robots that can help young students pronounce English words
    So basically they've discovered Speak n' Spell.
  16. Re:They have CS Programs in Texas? on Next Generation Chip Research · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Does any major piece of software that folks use come from UT?
    UT2004?
  17. Re:Oh great... on Fast, Accurate Detection of Explosives · · Score: 0

    I think this has more to do with how the airport plans on handling false positives. I would certainly hope that they don't arrest people after no explosive devices are found. This seems a lot better than the current method randomly picking people out, dumping the contents of their bag out for everyone to see, and swabbing it.

  18. OMG! The sky is falling! on Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well if your going to be all paranoid, you might as well get one of these.

  19. Argh! on LispM Source Released Under 'BSD Like' License · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, does anyone still program in LISP (I'm sure some people do (personally I could never get used to its syntax (although I never really tried that hard (I did use it with Autocad (one of the really old DOS versions) for a while))))?

  20. Remote Access? Nice. on Major Retailer Chooses Linux for its Tills · · Score: 5, Funny
    For example, when one of the Linux tills had a problem with the keyboard an IBM team in the US were able to connect onto the till remotely
    ssh root@till
    Password:
     
    root@till:~> eject /dev/till0
    Profit!!!
  21. Looks cool, but... on LGP Opens Beta Test for X2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I find the game 2x to be very derivative.

  22. Re:Do the time pay the crime. on Another Victim Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act · · Score: 0

    I'd be interested in seeing what evidence you have that shows that she did infact download copyrighted songs. She claims that she "has never downloaded or distributed music online."
    FTA: "No downloading or distribution activity was ever actually observed. None ever occurred." Now you may not believe her, but it certainly isn't black and white as you make it out to be.

  23. Re:Does it do anything practical? on New Version of Sony's AIBO Robot Dog Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    It can fetch you PI.

  24. First Matter of Business on Airbus A380 Under Fire · · Score: 2, Funny

    TTTech? Are these the people that made the PPPowerbook? No wonder shit don't work.

  25. Shock on the Wire on Sorry, Wrong Wiretap · · Score: 0

    FBI: "So long, and thanks for all the free phone sex."