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  1. In other news... on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: -1, Troll

    American technology prevailed once more when an F-16 beat the crap out of a supermarine Spitfire.
    More to come...

  2. Re:RMS on SCO Fires back, Subpoenas Stallman, Torvalds et al · · Score: 1

    Thank you! I was about to say it... he must be one of the guys owning Linus Torvalds action figures.

  3. I'd like to see... on Millions Delete ALL Music Files? · · Score: 1

    How they measure 'file deletions' consumers' PCs... Spyware?!

  4. Re:Kitchen sink not yet included.... yet on C# 2.0 Spec Released · · Score: 1

    Have you ever used the language?! My experiences with it are mainly positive. C# already has several advantages over Java and this looks like a cool addition.
    I hope Mono will be quick on picking up this new spec.

  5. Re:Are solar panels really all that great? on Dutch Win World Solar Car Challenge · · Score: 1

    Well thankfully climate change is slowly changing our foggy little country into something with a near-medditeranean climate. Last summer was record-breaking (although it's pretty fucking chilly right now).

  6. Re:bravo, jongens! on Dutch Win World Solar Car Challenge · · Score: 1

    'Heersers op Zonne-energie' would be a good translation.
    'Persoonlijk verwelkom ik onze nieuwe Heersers op Zonne-energie' probably is the complete sentence you're looking for :)

  7. They will have to try really hard... on Microsoft Taking Over the BIOS · · Score: 1

    Most desktop end-users won't care but there are a lot of companies that simply won't accept this... Maybe they will be able to pull it off for some hardware but larger will still require hardware with a BIOS capable of running a real OS. And if there's demand, there will be supply.

  8. Re:Microsoft Customers Deserve The Best on Microsoft Sends Takedown Notice To MSFreePC.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't fight fire with fire. This simply is a misleading business practice, which does not only hurt Lindows' credibility, but potentially also can have a negative impact of the entire Open Source movement.

  9. But more importantly.... on How Much Does A Cloud Weigh? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How many libraries of congress do these clouds weigh?!

  10. Re:November, 30th on Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date · · Score: 1

    ...which would lead me to believe that the actual release will be about 12 weeks after that, which is about February 26th ...which would lead me to believe that...

    Whatever.

  11. Re:Cheap? on Cheap Dial-Up ISPs Gain Ground · · Score: 2, Funny

    Certainly, and we do so all the time. But in the rare instances we want to actually communicate with, say, Nebraska we might e-mail them.

  12. Cheap? on Cheap Dial-Up ISPs Gain Ground · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Holland we've had free dial-up ISPs for several years. They earn their money because of contracts of KPN, the main dutch telephone provider.

  13. And the winner of the 2004 presidential elections: on Online Voting In 2004 To Require Windows · · Score: 1

    ...Independent candidate l33th4x0r!

  14. SimCity's worst Disasters on Will Wright's Deal with Fox? · · Score: 4, Funny

    With endless reruns on Discovery.

  15. Tip for NASA on Mission to Harpoon Comet is Back on Track · · Score: 4, Funny
  16. Re:And...? Some Perspective Please! on Trend Micro Quarantines Letter P · · Score: 1

    The fix is extremely simple, I suppose so it would be pretty horrific if it took them longer than one and a half hour!

  17. And how is this cool? on Announcing Games.slashdot.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really don't see why this hasn't been done earlier and why it's considered such an event. I guess the theme took about 3 minutes to complete, and then I assume - given the color scheme - a blind guy was doing the work.

  18. Conservation of energy on Energy From Vibrations · · Score: 3, Informative

    If vibration is used to gain energy from it, the vibration will be damped accordingly following the law of conservation of energy.
    A phone charging when it vibrates is therefore pointless.
    Nevertheless this invention could have a host of useful appliances.

  19. Maybe not a good idea on AOL Bans Mail From DSL-Hosted Servers · · Score: 1

    I strongly recommend that as a compensatory measure, non-AOL MTAs be configured to deny all incoming mail from AOL's domain." I think this is an excellent example of fighting fire with fire and why it's a Bad Idea (TM). Retaliating a breach of RFC with another breach of RFV with just as much collateral damage will only aggravate the problem. I strongly oppose this action by AOL. But I don't think such 'compensatory measures' will help the situation.

  20. I highly doubt that on Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you can't extrapolate the success of Apache to the desktop market. Webservers have no problems with incompatibility and user-friendliness is less of a concern since the users usually are computer technicians.

    The desktop market is a whole different ballgame; Microsoft software is abundant and currently the only competitor in terms of ease of use is Apple and not the Open Source movement.

  21. The first time it was mildy funny... on Evil Bit Added to TCP/IP Packets · · Score: 1

    The third time it's downright annoying.

    And are slashdot's evil bits currently set? slashdot behaves like it's being slashdotted itself.

  22. Re:World + Models should be rendered in 1 pass. on Cheating Online Gamers · · Score: 1

    One of the reasons for this is that in these games the level geometry usually is BSP data, while characters are represented by meshes. Newer engines like the latest Unreal build use BSP less heavily for world geometry, which will partially prevent this problem.
    Fact of the matter is, if someone can modify the client there still is an awful lot he can do. The only way to minimize potential damage is to send only the data really needed to the client.

  23. In Holland on Cell Phone Number Portability Finally A Reality? · · Score: 1

    In holland this has been common practice for years, although it might take up to three weeks depending on your service provider.

  24. Re:well... on More on Grid Computing and Gaming · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's always easy to bash Microsoft on slashdot but I have to say that the X-box is a pretty decent product. Technologically it beats the crap out of the PS2 although the game line-up could be better. But it's improving.

    XOL provides a lot of people with an easy way to play games without the annoyances of cheaters/abuse. I'm not a fan of Microsoft but they're doing pretty well with de X-Box.

    The PS2 Linux dev-kit is pretty sweet though :)

  25. About time... on More on Grid Computing and Gaming · · Score: 2, Interesting

    X-Box online is a Major selling point for the X-Box right now. I'm surprised Sony didn't come up with anything similar earlier.