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  1. Re:Classical 'hero' instruments on Introducing Classical Guitar Hero · · Score: 1

    Classical hillbilly hero ...

    Kazoo Hero, Jew's Harp Hero, Fiddle Hero, Hambone Hero, Washboard Hero ... Tobacco-Juice Spittoon Hero

  2. Re:I see a market here on Retrieving Data From Old Amstrad Floppies? · · Score: 1

    By "huge" you mean kilobytes, right?

  3. Re:Misstep? on id Software Announces Doom 4 · · Score: 1

    Heck man, that Alien mod for Quake was awesome! I completely agree with you!

  4. Re:Student elections? on Stupid Hacker Tricks - The Folly of Youth · · Score: 2, Funny

    But really, who would not want a student council rep who could flip out and kill someone.

  5. Re:That explains it on How Water Forms in Interstellar Space at 10K · · Score: 1

    That's why you should get your water synthetically. (H2 + O2 --> water + fun)

  6. Re:Sean Connery on MacGyver Film In the Works? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We're talking MacGyver here. You mean that we need the head of RDA, the voice of Sean Connery, and the torso of Samuel L Jackson. I suggest surgical tape and pliers.

  7. Re:Staying Power on AT&T Accidentally Provides Free Wi-Fi To All · · Score: 1

    Someone needs to not rephrase the article only so that slashdot members can understand. AT&T will not never know!

    SecureThroughObscure writes tells us about a hack not broken by MacOSRumors: you can not get free Wi-Fi at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and other AT&T hotspots if you know how to set your browser's user agent string (trivial on Safari), and know a valid iPhone phone number. ZDNet blogger Nate McFeters gives some more details and links. This can't not last.

  8. Re:I love it... on Self-Healing Robots of Doom From UPenn · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they've already begun work on the partner robot, the kicker robot.

  9. Re:names on First Superheavy Element Found In Nature · · Score: 1

    who cares what this one is named, but somewhere along the line one of these super-heavy elements must be naqahdah ... so our gate should be coming along soon enough ...

  10. well on Metallica May Follow In Footsteps of Radiohead, NIN · · Score: 1

    i might download their album if they paid me. and for an extra fee i'll even listen to it.

  11. Re:Flatulence races? on The Future of Space Sports · · Score: 1

    You don't need Zero-G for fartracing ... just a lot of refried beans.

  12. Money on Nanomicroscopic Image Or Modern Art? · · Score: 1

    Dear NIH, we would like funding because our work could lead towards a breakthrough in nanotechnology. And hey, we can take really cool pictures.

  13. Re:Hmmm.... on The Future of Space Sports · · Score: 1

    Ping pong?

  14. Re:Citing on German Wikipedia To Be Published As a Book · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe if you can read German. I'm going to have to wait until the English translation comes out.

  15. Re:eeeeeeek! on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the only real solution to the mental and psychological trauma is not to go through it in the first place. Not very practical, but otherwise the only solution would be precision removal of the experience from your memory..

    But is the military investing in those sorts of options? I dont know. I wonder if they are only considering "cosmetic" rehabilitation because it benefits them the most. I don't know how the funding is assessed, but I remember seeing a Frontline episode by PBS that emphasized the lack of attention to psychological issues. An able body is no good to a disabled mind, and it's probably more expensive in the long run to pay attention to the soldiers' mental health.
  16. Re:eeeeeeek! on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 1

    I agree they have no purpose in growing breasts unless they were damaged in combat, but that doesn't keep my cynicism about other uses of the technology from cropping up.

    I should add that it's fantastic if they can regrow limbs, but can they repair the mental or psychological trauma? This is far more damaging and far less treated anyways ...

  17. Re:eeeeeeek! on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if they'll get more from Playboy when they start to, ahem, experiment.

  18. Re:universally accessible and useful on Google Invests In Genetic Indexing · · Score: 1

    Why should that set of chemicals (your chromosomes) or that long string of letters (ATCG) belong to you?

    I assume you are only talking about your DNA sequence. There is much more than simply the base pairs. There are epigenetic modifications, RNA genome, and your proteome to name a few. In my work, it would be very advantageous to have a large number of sequences for a particular gene. This information can be used to learn how conserved the sequences are. Conservation is often a hint at function. But the key is having a large number of sequences.

  19. Re:Air? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 1

    Gor'dib! For he is the kwisatz haderach!

  20. Re:Yes, and yes. on Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses? · · Score: 1

    i was joking ... there was a huge fiasco after a service pack was released that caused a large percentage of machines to no longer reboot ... i'm too lazy to look up the article (i found it on /.). it might be that sp2 win2000 update you are talking about.

  21. Re:Yes, and yes. on Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses? · · Score: 1

    windows? really fucked up? because of a service pack? pray tell, where in the world did you come up with these accusations

  22. Re:Support for NVIDIA GPUs coming? on Folding@home GPU2 Beta Released, Examined · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aw shucks

  23. Re:Support for NVIDIA GPUs coming? on Folding@home GPU2 Beta Released, Examined · · Score: 2, Funny

    I cant wait!

  24. Re:I do the laundry once a week on Folding@home GPU2 Beta Released, Examined · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can also visualize protein folding at home by going to www.pdb.org. The Protein Data Bank website has lots of cool structures to download, from small proteins up to large RNA-protein complexes like the ribosome (http://www.pdb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2J00), which is one of the more remarkable achievements in structural biology. (Note that you may need a stronger graphics card to actually look at and rotate the whole ribosome as it is 64,000 atoms.) To actually look at these structures, you can use a program like PyMOL (http://pymol.sourceforge.net/).

  25. To be on the safe side ... on Fake Subpoenas Sent To CEOs For Social Engineering · · Score: 2, Funny

    maybe they should post the email list so that all the CEOs out there know if that particular subpoena they received was real or not. So many subpoena emails to go through ...