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  1. Re:hands up on Google Vows to Increase Gmail Limit · · Score: 1

    Exactly! It's not a truck, its a series of tubes!

  2. Re:$30 million is very little on Google's $30,000,000 Lunar X PRIZE · · Score: 1

    Maybe google is trying to get the people who are working on "cost-effective" methods of space travel more motivated.

  3. Re:Horrible picture in my head . . . on In Tests Opteron Shows Efficiency Edge Over Intel, Again · · Score: 1

    If you think it is bad now, Read about the Asus breakup. One of the companies will be named (I kid you not) Pegatron.

  4. Using google... on Google's Continued Growing Pains · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ... Has yet to bite me in the ass. Until then, I will continue to use them, regardless of alternatives, unless I find something that works 100% better.

    Other companies, such as Symantec, Microsoft, Apple (read iTunes crapola), and other various smaller groups will have to work very hard to regain my business.

  5. Re:The real question is... on Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News · · Score: 1

    Web-based, actually. See the previews on Youtube for details. IE7 only or not is still unknown, along with the question of if the pdfs will be drm'd.

  6. Re:God made the Bible because He knew that... on Putting Anti-Evolution Candidates On the Spot · · Score: 1

    Damn me for not hitting the preview button. I swear, I hit plain text! I blame Microsoft.

    Reprint for clarity:

    If he explained how He created the universe, how everything from Einstein's theories to Newton's Laws works, none of you could be bothered to RTFM. So He created the Bible, something to give you the basic ideas of how things work. He even released errata once He figures we could get to that next level of understanding. Of course, the Bible does not explain everything. He has other public works that He does, and sometimes He privately speaks to people. Most of those conversations never get to print, but a humorous one from a gun nut I know went something like this:

    And Browning said "But God, I was thinking of being a botanist. I mean, I could stop world hung-" and God said "MAKE THE .50 BMG, JOHN."
    "But.. well.. I guess you're the Lord, but that sounds quite exce-"
    "MAKE THE .50 CAL, JOHN. DON'T MAKE ME ASK YOU AGAIN."
    "I WANT TO SEE YOU BLOW A HOLE STRAIGHT THROUGH SOME IMPERIALIST GERMAN FUCKHEAD."
    "...yes, Lord."
    "I'M WATCHING YOU."
    "EXPORT THE GUN TO EUROPE."
    "But.. the War Department doesn't want the Kaiser getting his hand on i-"
    "I'M GOD, I THINK I KNOW WHAT THEY SAID. EXPORT THE GUN TO EUROPE."
    "Well.. I guess I could pay for shipping and send a few over..."
    "RENT A BOAT."
    "What?"
    "RENT A BOAT."
    "Well, whatever you think is best..."

    Back on topic though, I really think that there is nothing far-fetched about God existing, and using evolution to make things the way they are today. In fact, many religious people I know believe in this same fashion.

  7. God made the Bible because He knew that... on Putting Anti-Evolution Candidates On the Spot · · Score: 1

    If he explained how He created the universe, how everything from Einstein's theories to Newton's Laws works, none of you could be bothered to RTFM. So He created the Bible, something to give you the basic ideas of how things work. He even released errata once He figures we could get to that next level of understanding. Of course, the Bible does not explain everything. He has other public works that He does, and sometimes He privately speaks to people. Most of those conversations never get to print, but a humorous one from a gun nut I know went something like this: And Browning said "But God, I was thinking of being a botanist. I mean, I could stop world hung-" and God said "MAKE THE .50 BMG, JOHN." "But.. well.. I guess you're the Lord, but that sounds quite exce-" "MAKE THE .50 CAL, JOHN. DON'T MAKE ME ASK YOU AGAIN." "I WANT TO SEE YOU BLOW A HOLE STRAIGHT THROUGH SOME IMPERIALIST GERMAN FUCKHEAD." "...yes, Lord." "I'M WATCHING YOU." "EXPORT THE GUN TO EUROPE." "But.. the War Department doesn't want the Kaiser getting his hand on i-" "I'M GOD, I THINK I KNOW WHAT THEY SAID. EXPORT THE GUN TO EUROPE." "Well.. I guess I could pay for shipping and send a few over..." "RENT A BOAT." "What?" "RENT A BOAT." "Well, whatever you think is best..." Back on topic though, I really think that there is nothing far-fetched about God existing, and using evolution to make things the way they are today. In fact, many religious people I know believe in this same fashion.

  8. DOCSIS 3.0 on Bandwidth Crunch Looms for Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    So DOCSIS 3.0 is just a pipe dream? K. Just checking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS

  9. Re:Spizdili! on 3 Ton Meteorite Stolen · · Score: 1

    The Hoffman institute is very interested in this artifact. It has severe implications for the dark tide.

    No, Seriously, thanks guys, I really needed a random plot hook for a campaign I'm running, and slashdot provides.

    Thanks!

  10. Re:How? on 3 Ton Meteorite Stolen · · Score: 1

    Serial numbers? Don't tell me you don't record them?

  11. Damn. Lost my bet... on SCO Loses · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bet a friend that Duke Nukem Forever would be released before this was sorted out. Ah well, can't win them all.

  12. Re:If anyone makes a Terminator joke on NSF Announces Supercomputer Grant Winners · · Score: 1

    I won't, but I could make some Deus Ex jokes! Well, I guess I better not.

  13. Multi-pin? on DNS Rebinding Attacks, Multi-Pin Variant · · Score: 1

    Multi-Pass!

    (Sorry, it was the first thing that came to mind.)

  14. Re:Why prosecute? on FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker · · Score: 1

    Nice Godwin.

    But this reasoning is why oversight committees for intel groups exist. If such a thing was classified, your elected representatives would likely give a "WTF?" when they read that and started a complete review. And unless sis signed a NDA with regards to the issue, she could talk about it all she wants.

  15. Re:Poor, poor FOSSies on Microsoft Claims a Billion Windows Installs by End of 2008 · · Score: 1

    I was just curious if they were counting all of my reformats after WGA "recertifies" my computer as genuine.

  16. Re:That can happen in a smaller way on First Robotic Drone Squadron Deployed · · Score: 1

    Plus, where do you think that the non-roboticized military is controlled?
    By the Illuminati, of course! Everett taught you better.

  17. Re:good of society? [Re:service breeds citizenship on Robert A. Heinlein's 100th Birthday · · Score: 1

    No dispute here. I'm a rational anarchist, and I continue to have a moral existance.

  18. Did the UK never see Deus Ex? on Ocarina of Time — Best Game Ever? · · Score: 1

    It curiously goes unmentioned. It was an awesome game. Fallout also seems to not be there. /cry.

  19. Re:The political options on Military Running a Parallel Earth Simulator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hereby declare Ortega's Law of /., a Corollary to Godwin's law.

    As an online discussion begins on slashdot, the probability of blaming Bush for something approaches one.

  20. Re:And all the cost savings are eaten up by on A School District's Education in Free Software · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "Yeah, I'm sure having your IT staff doing all of that work entails a great cost savings. I mean, it's not like they're paid employees or anything..."

    "TANSTAAFL"

    You have to pay them anyhow. So while it is not a free lunch, it is a cheaper one.

  21. Oh no! on Legal Online Gambling May Return to US · · Score: 1

    Now people will be able to gamble online again while they are in the bathroom!!!

  22. I'll take one. on Using Technology to Enhance Humans · · Score: 2, Interesting

    MILLIE in Oath of Fealty. Supercomputer that people (executives of the arcology in this case) connect to via wireless network from an implant to have instant access to whatever information they might need. Just as people can pretend to be more intelligent than they really are online by pulling information off the net, I would now be able to do the same so long as I have connectivity. Oh, and an push button off switch located just behind my ear, just in case of the equivalent goatse or white noise hack that occurs.

  23. Re:Missing: Anything Provable on Dark Matter Stars in the Early Universe? · · Score: 1

    Actually, Dark Matter is increasing in this galaxy, and will reach a peak point in the Year 2012. When the Dark Tide peaks, the assumption is that everything will hit the fan.

    Department-7 has more information regarding this, but they aren't talking.

  24. Re:Well if Dvorak doesn't like it... on Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone · · Score: 5, Insightful
    He's wrong on occasion - but that doesn't mean he's ALWAYS wrong.

    Even a broken clock gives the correct time twice a day, right? Dvorak is about as accurate as that.

    Now that Dvorak has condemned it, I shall now buy stock in Apple, for this is now a sure thing.

  25. Re:Hee hee hee on Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades · · Score: 1

    You forgot one statistic:

    Population Sweden 9,016,596 (July 2006 est.) U.S. 298,444,215 (July 2006 est.)

    By leaving that one out and including percentages, you are promoting another fallacy. And gee, with that in mind, we don't look so bad now, do we? I suggest everyone look at the full information available.