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  1. Re:30 inch HP LP3605 here @ 2560x1600 on HDTV Has Ruined the LCD Market · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't want to one-up you, just to be informative, but my W500 has a 15.4" 1920x1200 display. That makes it almost 150 dpi. (1920/13.06" wide = 148, as does 1200/8.125" high). I still keep my "DPI" set at 96 though. I tried 120 and got more annoying inconsistencies between applications and Windows. It still looks good. I do wish it were brighter.

  2. Re:* happened while * was surfing porn on Economy Tanked While Government Surfed Porn · · Score: 1

    OK, but I don't think I can set my humor detector that far without it causing a huge false positive rate!

  3. Re:Is our calculator society showing? on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    2/3 expressed correctly as a decimal is .666666666666.... or .66 with a line over the numbers to indicate they are repeating. Getting to .66 just requires leaving off infinitely many sixes and keeping just two. If that works, why not go a trivial step further and say 2/3 = .6? Then .6*206=123.6, so 124 votes would be enough. I wish it were harder to believe that elected officials could be so dumb.

  4. Re:* happened while * was surfing porn on Economy Tanked While Government Surfed Porn · · Score: 1

    When did Slashdot stop requiring people to take a basic logic and math test before assigning them a UID?

  5. Re:Ich bin Hitler on EFF Assails YouTube For Removing "Downfall" Parodies · · Score: 1

    Here, let me simplify it for them:
    Extract the audio as mp3 from an mp4 (or whatever packaging/encoding of the video file you happen to have) using ffmpeg or some equally capable video editor, then
    According to the formula n = 3986 log10(a/b) where n = the number of cents of pitch difference between pitches a and b, using Mathematica, Maxima or some other Computer Algebra System (CAS), set n equal to 100 or 110 (1 or 1.1 semitones in equal temperament) and solve for a/b.
    Then, using an audio editor like ProTools or Audacity, do a pitch shift (be sure not to change the tempo) by the ratio a/b, and export the resulting audio as an mp3.
    Finally, paste the edited mp3 file back into your video file (with the original audio removed) again using ffmpeg or a similar tool.
    Voila!

  6. Re:Intel down? on McAfee Kills SVCHost.exe, Sets Off Reboot Loops For Win XP, Win 2000 · · Score: 1

    I can't believe they'd use McAfee. Really? Naaaaah.

  7. Re:Whiskey Tango Hotel on Lego Robot Plays Tetris · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, and we can criticize your spelling as well. You misspelled half of the multisyllabic words in your post, plus a monosyllabic word.
    Next.

  8. Re:Well on What Will the Browser Look Like In Five Years? · · Score: 1

    Actually, one for OS and one for OD.

  9. Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong on Hidden Cores On Phenom CPUs Can Be Unlocked · · Score: 1

    Unless the point was to exclude a third possibility: that the additional cores would run, but in some compromised way e.g. with math errors or occasional crashes or some other deficiency.

  10. Re:And he decided to pay the late fees... on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    Yeah I got it. Overflow error. It just wasn't that funny. Get over it.

  11. Re:And he decided to pay the late fees... on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    It turns out if you wait long enough

    It turns out if the POTUS waits long enough

    It turns out if the first POTUS waits long enough

    FTFY.

  12. Re:How many ways are there to do simple things? on Why Computer Science Students Cheat · · Score: 1

    Wrong. "right" = "correct".

  13. Re:And he decided to pay the late fees... on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually I heard they don't want the fine to be paid, but they do want the books back. I imagine two library books kept past due date by Geo. Washington are worth a lot if they can be found.

  14. Re:Eya... what? on Satellites Keep Aircraft Away From Volcanic Cloud · · Score: 1

    Yes, like that. Funny thing is, I went to Bothell High School, just a few miles away.

  15. Re:Eya... what? on Satellites Keep Aircraft Away From Volcanic Cloud · · Score: 1

    So is this name/word a common noun or a proper noun? It's as if Mt. Shasta were called instead forest-lake-mountain, or some such thing.

  16. Re:no, caves suck on Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid · · Score: 1

    I want it cooler, she wants it warmer. Of course, I'm talking about *temperature*, not speaking euphemistically.

  17. Re:Has populations between 10^6 to 10^7 cells/gram on Microbial Life Found In Trinidadian Hydrocarbon Lake · · Score: 1

    What if Google "recognizes" the meaning of misspelled words? In that case, you can get by with "corallary" and he can get by with "atermal".

    On a related note, it was fun to read the comments after TFA at Technology Review and to see the grammar nazis finding all the errors there, too.

  18. Re:Not completely bogus on British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh · · Score: 2, Funny

    I feel pretty dense right now. Thanks.

  19. Re:While they're at it on How To Build a Winscape · · Score: 1

    Must've not used SQL that time.

  20. Re:Not completely bogus on British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is the whiskey for you, the baby, or both?

  21. Re:A Few More and Some Musings on Hollywood's Growing Obsession With Philip K. Dick · · Score: 1

    ..and Horselover Fat lovers.

  22. Bottom line on What Advice For a Single Parent As Server Admin? · · Score: 1

    ...when looking for parenting advice (or parenting-related technical advice, since people want to turn it into a parenting question), don't turn to Slashdot!

  23. What's the alternative? on Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I recorded some movies on HBO on my Verizon DVR then later cancelled the HBO and kept the DVR. Then when I went to watch the movies, I could not. I paid for the service but I can't watch the movies I already recorded because I don't *keep* paying? Well, at least I know it wouldn't do any good to switch to Comcast... I think I need to do some research...

  24. Unforeseen consequences on Scientists Turn T-Shirts Into Body Armor · · Score: 4, Funny

    What happens if I'm wearing one of these tee-shirts when my nipples explode with delight?

  25. Re:All browsers? on Serious New Java Flaw Affects All Browsers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stick it in your latus rectum.