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  1. Re:What I don't understand on New Problem Could Ground Space Shuttle Fleet · · Score: 1

    If you know of a risk, there is no point gambling your mutli-billion dollar craft due to a malfunction. What if the damn thing tips over while the transport is moving?

    Anywho, they probably did know about the cracks beforehand but they weren't dangerous enough to warrant a rehaul; now they are.

  2. Ben Franklin was a time traveler. on Franklin's Glass Armonica · · Score: 1

    How else could one man possibly be responsible for so many inventions? I think Tom Edison was one too.

  3. Re:Why is this interesting? on Turns out, Primes are in P · · Score: 1
    Your algorithm sux0rs. It should be:

    for i = 2 to sqrt(n):
    if i divides n: n is NOT PRIME, stop.
    if loop runs to exhaustion, n is PRIME.

  4. Re:Lines and Dots on RPM Dependency Graph · · Score: 4, Informative

    They are all labeled, you numb nuts. Zoom in.

  5. Re:Cool but on More on Bernstein's Number Field Sieve · · Score: 1

    Could you elaborate more on the "reverse log" problem... If you know the base and the result of [Log x], whats the problem?

  6. Re:apple.com/switch should become apple.com/wesue on Switch Different · · Score: 1

    Uhh that wasn't so much as a parody as it was a legitimate Apple advertisement with annoying pop-ups placed all over the place.

  7. Re:Design for Reliability on Pioneer 10 Still Running After 30 years · · Score: 1

    Actually when using Weibulls for failure rate analysis, you are supposed to seperate your data sets into different failure modes.. they are next to worthless if you just analyze all failures modes at once.

  8. Re:Who cares ? on L0pht And The FBI · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Everyone here knows how the Reimann Zeta function relates to hacking.... Except me.. Care to explain-- or were you just flaunting your "knoweldge" of math to make others feel stupid?

  9. Re:I'm happy about the pricing on Apple Reveals Mac OS X 10.2, 17" iMac, Windows iPod · · Score: 1

    Dot Mac doesn't provide internet access.. Now, you pay $20/mo + $100/yr.. Mind you, I think it's an awesome deal-- just letting you know 'bout your phoney iMath.

  10. Re:Don't fear the apple... on The Age of Aggressive Linux Advocacy Is Upon Us? · · Score: 1

    If Open Source becomes mainstream, not only Microsoft is screwed. We all are.

  11. Re:Licensing on Arianne ALPHA 2 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    maybe they aren't a bunch of commies like you MIT bearded hippies that can't (won't?) get laid....

    things that make you go "hmmmmm...."

  12. Story or Advertisement? on Teaching BattleBots in High School · · Score: 0, Troll

    you decide.

  13. Re:Huge medicine possibility on Build Your Own Virus · · Score: 1

    I tried the same strategy with my dog; I had him neutered.. But the bastard keeps trying to hump my leg.

  14. Re:What's interesting about Matrix 2 on A Quick Peek From the Matrix Set In Sydney · · Score: 1

    there are still six billion ppl inside the matrix yo

  15. Re:base 60 makes more sense on Isn't it Time for Metric Time? · · Score: 1

    This argument has been posted too many damn times on this article. Why not do everything in base 2*2*2*3*3*5*7 = 2520.. It's divisble by

    2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 (and many more!!)

  16. Re:Support Linux Journal on Linux at Industrial Light and Magic · · Score: 1

    You mean the authors aren't happy with writing articles for free???!!?? *WHY* are they writing about Linux then?

  17. Re:Zinn's People's History, Anonymizer, Notebook on Subversive Gifts for New College Students? · · Score: 1

    god damn man, are you will hunting or sean clifford

  18. Re:Innovation vs Litigation on Second-Gen DDR SDRAM On The Horizon · · Score: 0

    It's good to see a few posters in the slashdot community coming out with better and exciting products as opposed to dlur who likes to rehash old topics in hope for karma.

  19. Re:Well... on Cingular Filtering Porn From Wireless Web? · · Score: 1

    its not like its free bandwidth... jeezbus you are a tool.

  20. Re:Chances... on Do Strangelets Pass Through Earth? · · Score: 1

    Wow that is a very good theory you have come up with. It's shame other people aren't as smart you ! ! !

  21. Re:Where Does Honesty Get You? on The Magic Box Hoax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In this particular case, yeah, I do. As for my wanking habbit.. ahem... Excuse me.

  22. Re:Where Does Honesty Get You? on The Magic Box Hoax · · Score: 0, Troll

    BAHAHAHA.. You are such a twit its not even funny.

  23. Re:Wife's reaction to DOOM on Doom III Officially Announced · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is your wife's name Lola, by chance?

  24. I didn't know my rights on Worst Buy · · Score: 1

    I ordered the card via the website, got a return notification for my order, along with a confirmation number, and everything. About a week later I received an e-mail saying that all online orders for this item were cancelled.

    Two weeks later they sent another email saying that they were providing me with a $20 online credit for future Best Buy purchases... I took it-- if I hadn't, I could have taken them to court to get my card.

    ::cry::

  25. Re:Hmm.. let me get this straight.. on Professor Testifies Windows Is Modular, Separable · · Score: 1

    Oh, you mean like the Linux kernel?