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  1. Re:Sorry but the list is BS on Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Same thing, right? I mean taxes aren't really my money to begin with, it's the government's money.

  2. Too bad on EBay Hacker's Conviction Upheld · · Score: 1

    his name isn't Hackenkamp.

  3. Re:I don't buy it on Billions Face Risks From Climate Change · · Score: 1
    rlp: I wasn't expecting some kind of eco-inquisition.

    Cardinal Gore: Nobody expects the eco-inquisition!

    rlp: Hey, what are you doing? thug: It doesn't seen to be hurting him, Lord. Cardinal Gore: Have you got all the stuffing up one end? He must be made of stronger stuff. . . get . . . the Comfy Chair!

  4. Re:What's the fourth main area? on China Systematically Developing New Technologies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steganography.

  5. Double duh. on Study Finds Cost Major Factor In Outsourcing Positions · · Score: 1

    How it could be any more obvious I have no idea. But I guess they had to do a study to make sure.

  6. Re:But monsieur.... on Massive Star Burps, Then Explodes · · Score: 1

    Bring me another bucket!

  7. Re:Selfish 'dotters and "Air Rage" on FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane · · Score: 1
    I've never been on a plane.

    Then your opinion is of very little value. STFU.

  8. Re:Would this cause any problems with the jet stre on Harvesting Energy in the Sky · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uh huh. Some guy named Gibbs had some. I learnt about it in college.

  9. Re:I had a recent experience with this on Is The Term Paper Dead? · · Score: 1
    I works out just fine for me: when I have mod points, I only moderate on topics I know absolutely nothing about, so I won't have a conflict between wanting to post and moderate in the same discussion.

    Kidding.

  10. Re:Please ask questions after my presentation on PowerPoint Bad For Learning · · Score: 1

    Hey! Who moved my cheese?

  11. Re:Physics is a bitch isn't it on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    horizontal, not vertical.

  12. Re:Physics is a bitch isn't it on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Maybe it could slow down a bit and launch people backwards (to cancel the train's speed) onto giant inclined trampolines near their destinations. Of course you'd have to sign a waiver.

  13. Re:Executing 3rd party code by default is insecure on Web 2.0 Under Siege · · Score: 1

    You'd be amazed at what they can do with a good, basic HY80 Cheddar. Just gotta make sure to keep the rats out. They'll get into the bilges and nibble away, and on your first deep dive, bam, you've got flooding!

  14. Re:Seinfeld saw this coming on Science Fair Project Exposes GlaxoSmithKline Lies · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Yes, why?

  15. Re:You have *got* to be kidding me. on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 1
    The joke is a generalization of course. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin Powell was the former chair) wear name tags for goodness sake, since they are military officers.

    I think he was trying to get you to think of gas station attendants, fast food workers, etc.

  16. Re:I predict on Students Sue Anti-Plagiarism Service · · Score: 1
    IIRC, Slashdot had a story within the last year reporting on a survey that indicated rates of cheating among various disciplines and all had significant amounts of cheaters.

    OK, I googled it and it said that business students cheat more but 56% vs. 40% is not like night and day, IMO.

  17. Re:Let's Get Serios on Is KDE 4.0 the Holy Grail of Desktops? · · Score: 1

    Very informative, but some line breaks would be nice.

  18. Re:Sure thats nice but... on Intel Next-Gen CPU Has Memory Controller and GPU · · Score: 1

    It may mean that, but more specifically, Nehalem is the name of a river in Oregon, where the new chip is designed and built. (D1D fab - Hillsboro, OR)

  19. Re:Is AMD beaten? on Intel Next-Gen CPU Has Memory Controller and GPU · · Score: 1, Troll

    No, spelling correction. Almost as bad.

  20. Chemists? on Smart Sunglasses · · Score: 1
    Many readers have submitted this story of chemists. . .

    And if they'd read the info at the UW website they'd see that she's in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. not Chemistry. Still, she is doing stuff with chemistry so I guess "chemist" isn't totally wrong.

  21. Re:Here are the glasses on Smart Sunglasses · · Score: 1

    When I was in Navy boot camp in 1986, every recruit who needed glasses got issued a pair of dorky looking black-plastic-framed glasses we called "BC glasses" - what "BC" stood for is left as an exercise for the reader. I'll tell you though, these color-changing glasses are cooler than those were. Even if they have a cheap SPST button switch on the side and are basically a pair of cheap safety glasses with some interesting liquid crystal thingumajiggies in 'em. Of course they probably can't correct your vision to 20/20 yet either.

  22. Re:Neat! on Electrically Conductive Plastic Polymer · · Score: 1

    Sorry. That sentence makes no sense at all. Should have previewed. Just click on the link and ignore me.

  23. Re:Neat! on Electrically Conductive Plastic Polymer · · Score: 1

    not as simple as printing on your inkjet printer but printed circuits (actual circuits, not like a PCB which should really be called a "printed wiring board" since there aren't any *circuits* on it until the components are soldered on) but some people are already doing things like this: http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articl eid=CA6365831&partner=enews&ref=nbth

  24. Re:Bad news, good news on Electrically Conductive Plastic Polymer · · Score: 1

    FR-4 is a glass/epoxy composite. Other PCB substrates include paper/epoxy, paper/polyester (cheap), aramid/epoxy, glass/polyimide, glass/PTFE and other combinations of woven or non-woven fibers and polymeric materials. It is intentionally a good insulator on which copper traces do their conducting, and hopefully not cross-talking (except on RF boards). I've seen some guy's sig here on /. that says "FR-4 is the root of all evil." I guess that's some kind of metaphor.

  25. Re:Attention on Space Debris Narrowly Misses Airliner · · Score: 1

    I'd make some LAN Chili, but I'm afraid it would taste like warm plastic and copper. I like Cincinnati Chili better.