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  1. What's wrong with audiotape? on USB Audio Recorders? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why does a little bitty radio station need a computer?

  2. Re:duh on Earliest Primate Placed With Dinosaurs · · Score: 2

    Bitch

  3. Re:duh on Earliest Primate Placed With Dinosaurs · · Score: 2

    Wow! I already had you marked down as an enemy. Looks like this isn't just a bad day. You're an asshole ALL the time.

  4. Re:civil and criminal liability on Slashback: Porntrusion, Greenness, Rollercoaster · · Score: 2

    I agree. And violent movies also give kids warped views about how killing is supposed to be.

    (oops, forgot the sarchasm tag)

    Remember folks, people who are busy fucking don't accidentally pick up a gun and shoot their neighbors in the process!

    Concentrate on the violence. It's a real threat, as opposed to the boogeyman that we've made naked people having sex out to be. If parents don't want their kids to look at porn, they should monitor the kids. If parents don't monitor, then that means that they don't give a shit, and the government should either take the children away from unfit parents, or leave everyone alone.

  5. Re:No, Jon wanted everyone to see THIS on Dog Bites Website · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That puzzle isn't even symmetrical. Professional quality puzzles are symmetrical. I guess you meant to say that this is an AMATEUR quality puzzle.

  6. What a dilemma on Lunar Power · · Score: 2

    Should we use the moon for our power needs, or...

    should we BLOW UP the moon

  7. Re:From the article... on Apple Deals with Devil, Communists · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Theomathematics, pi is defined to be 3.0.

  8. Re:Katz, idiot on Review: The Rock as a Hard Place · · Score: 2

    That's semantics. Hated, disliked, boring! Where exactly do suppose to draw the line? Does hating imply readiness for action, even violent and/or illegal action? Does dislike not imply such readiness?

    So you are ready to pretend that words have no meaning?

    Hated and disliked are very different things. To hate something is not the same as to not like something. If I don't like something, it doesn't mean that I hate something.

  9. Lawyers not so bad on GPL's Strength · · Score: 2

    OK everyone, next time you get ready to say something like "I hate lawyers" think of this guy. Sure some lawyers are scum, but there's a lot of them who do good things that help out good people.

  10. Re:And check out... on Star Wars Phantom Menace 1.1 Editor Speaks · · Score: 1

    That website takes out Mozilla 1.0 RC 1 cold. What the hell causes that to happen?

  11. Re:Katz, idiot on Review: The Rock as a Hard Place · · Score: 2

    Well, first of all, this was most likely intended to be a throwaway joke to start the article, not an actual serious commentary on the state of the world, if you really have such an insane need to insult Katz, at least try to insult him for something worthwhile.

    The joke should have been thrown away. It was inane.

    Second of all, where exactly did you learn that the world doesn't hate us?

    Ummmmm. Where someone learned something has no bearing on the truth value of what they learned. The question is irrelevant.

    "The US is seen more often than not as the only party that can intervene in regional conflicts without taking sides."

    Can anyone say Israel? We've been taking sides in their conflicts for quite a while, and when we support their oppositions control of their holy land, yes they will hate us for that.


    And when the shit hits the fan, who does everyone call for to mediate? Where are the French? I don't see any Indian diplomats there. How about the Germans and Italians?

    The reason that the US can possibly help there is that both sides respect the strength and fairness that the US represents. The people yelling in the streets DO NOT MATTER. Most of them would not harm an American. The rest of them don't have representation in government. Even Arafat, who has raised so many doubts in recent weeks, will talk to the United States because he recognizes that we are in a position to help.

    Finally, see the peace that exists between Israel and Egypt. Now, what were you saying about Arabs not trusting us?

    Once again, the US is not respected for wealth in many countries, instead we are hated for the type of wealth driven culture that we create. When we

    No, we are DISLIKED, not hated. As I was saying about Katz, there's a difference. A Frenchman's annoyance at a "Cultural Hiroshima" will never be enough to turn France into a mortal enemy of the US.

    have very good reasons for hating us. Sitting around pretending that everyone appreciates what we do for the world is delusional. Just look at

    Hey, that's exactly what I said.

  12. Re:In case of Slashdotting (Wired) on 1770 Mechanical Chess Player Inspired Babbage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is an unbelievable karma whore.

  13. Re:Stuff it on dot.com Bust Gotcha Down? Try the Gubmint! · · Score: 2

    Then what do others mean when they speak about "efficiency" in capitalism? What do YOU think efficiency means?

  14. Katz, idiot on Review: The Rock as a Hard Place · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Katz, the world doesn't hate the United States. You confuse all the rhetoric and jokes and irritation that the world has with the United States for hatred.

    The truth of the matter is no matter what others say about the "ugly American" stereotype, it is just a stereotype. Even in the most unfriendly parts of the world, say North Korea, or Iraq, most of the people there would not lift a finger to hurt an American. They would be friendly, eager to talk, probably even give you part of their dinner. That is not hatred!

    But that attitude extends not only towards individual Americans, but also towards the entire country. The United States is not unversally viewed as a bully or belligerent country. The US is seen more often than not as the only party that can intervene in regional conflicts without taking sides. The US is seen as a country that loves freedom, and has a lot of opportunity for poor people to improve themselves. The US is seen as a country that is very rich, but also very generous with that wealth if another country needs it because of natural disaster. The US is respected for strength, but not feared. For a good example of how power CAN be feared, take a look at the Israelis and the Palistinians who mutually fear each other.

    Some might hate us enough to fly planes into our buildings, but probably 250,000,000 times as many would never do something like that. Now, we can't sit on our asses and say "the world loves us" because if we do that then they will REALLY start to not like us. But we must realize that the world does NOT hate us, and we must not use that as an excuse to either withdraw from the world and all the good we could do in it, or to develop some sort of national neurosis about the rest of the world.

  15. What the hell is the exe extension? on Kazaa Lite: spyware-free version · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this some sort of CPM joke? This thing doesn't run on my computer. I tried doing chmod +x and downloading it multiple times, but it still doesn't work.

    Besides that, the files are 10 days old. That's old software. How do I know that there hasn't been any bitrot?

  16. Re:duh on Earliest Primate Placed With Dinosaurs · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Someone moderated me flamebait - must be one of those "young earthers".

    I repeat: it's absurd to say that cavemen rode dinosaurs for any reason.

  17. Re:Who would want one? on Establishing the Maximum Speed of a CD-ROM Drive · · Score: 2

    He needs better CD's. My 32x drive is silent with most CD's, but I have a Debian install disk that is off-balance and very noisy.

  18. Don't believe it on Sun Reconsidering Solaris 9 for x86 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Back when I was in college, I did a similar survey of the women on campus. 94% said they would sleep with me within 90 days. Turns out that they were only interested in getting a free copy of Solaris.

  19. Re:duh on Earliest Primate Placed With Dinosaurs · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That's the most absurd thing anyone's said on this site all day. The primates they are talking about were not "cavemen" and they didn't ride dinosaurs for any reason at all.

  20. Re:History Repeats itself on Hollings Introduces Privacy Bill · · Score: 2

    But you should definitely open the damn horse up to make sure there's no soldiers in the stomach.

  21. Using C++ properly???? on Seeking Multi-Platform I/O Libraries? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How can you use it improperly? C++ is an object capable language, not a strict object oriented language. If you want to use objects, then fine. If not, then please don't.

    Object oriented development is a tremendous thing, useful for many things, and a marvel of overcoming complexity through abstraction.

    BUT, OOP is not the solution for everything. There are many problems that don't need an object structure, and should be written another way. Above all, drop the notion that C++ should be used only a certain way to be proper. The latest cool feature of C++, the Standard Template Library, isn't even object oriented - it's GENERIC, because that type of programming just was the right thing to do for that library.

  22. Re:I dont enter my email on What Turns You Off About Evaluation Software? · · Score: 2

    I do the same thing, but I use Mutt and Exim. There are some problems that I found, for example, I subscribe to mailing lists under different names, and those mailing lists expect to see the names I'm subscribed under in the mails I send to it. As I solve these problems, I document them in my weblog. But anyway, your approach seems to be a good one. As you can see, my e-mail address is slashdot-2, because slashdot-1 was discovered by a spammer. I have infinite positive integers to choose from, so I will win.

    I realize that I can never have a permanent e-mail address. This is how I solve that: My web page has my current e-mail address right at the top, with a strong warning that it could change at any time. Any mail that is sent to an address that is turned off bounces with a message about spam, the address of the CAUCE web site, and the address of my website where humans can find my current e-mail address.

    I had to do all that because my current spam load is pushing 10,000 pieces a year, with a definite increase trend.

  23. Re:What the hell? CPU naming. on End Of the Road for Duron · · Score: 2

    Belanna Torres, just get back to engineering and concentrate on the warp drives, OK?

  24. Cool free short stories on Sharing Doesn't Hurt · · Score: 2


    Read the short stories on this site. There's going to be one for each element when he's done.


  25. Re:It's the same for all revolutions on Provigil Extends Your Day? · · Score: 1

    I think you know why he gave the mints to us.

    Holy shit man, I'm all the way in Texas and we can DEFINITELY tell why he gave those mints to you. Brush your teeth once in a while, OK?