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  1. Re:Wow, what a revelation on TV Viewing Linked to Attention Problems · · Score: 1

    Everyone's been talking about it on TV, thus, given a few minutes, it is 'news'. If I don't remember having seen it, it's new to me!

  2. Re:PT Barnum on Why Myths Persist · · Score: 1

    Maybe it really started out as "There's not a sucker born every minute", then the negation was dropped over time. ;)

  3. But Will it Run Linux? on Sun Says OpenSolaris Will Challenge Linux · · Score: 1

    Jokes aside, I've gotten Opensolaris to install on only one machine out of five that I tried. The Sparc version of Opensolaris wouldn't get past the initial root password screen, and the i386 version wouldn't work with SATA drives.

  4. Invite RMS on How To Address A Visit from MPAA Senior VP Rich Taylor? · · Score: 1

    Invite RMS, then sell tickets to a well-arranged meeting of the minds. Make it profitable for yourself.

  5. Doctored Images? on Copyright Advocacy Group Violates Copyright · · Score: 1

    By the time I read the article and looked at Prism's website, they had already replaced (doctored?) the images. Any chance of using this utility to find out whether they foolishly just doctored out the watermarks?

    Forensic Analysis Reveals Al-Qaeda's Image Doctoring
    http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/07/08/03/123 7208.shtml

  6. Re:Ha! on Storm Botnet Is Behind Two New Attacks · · Score: 1

    Actually, I know more than a few new-to-linux people that download random rpms once they know the rpm command. It sucks because they get owned, but then whine to me "you said linux was more secure!"

  7. Re:Heard by Karmatic's neighbours... on Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! · · Score: 1

    To some extent, I see it as symptomatic of that whole "Don't trust any government under any circumstances, and you've gotta own guns so the King of England can't take you back,
    The big T.J. didn't mention the King. He mentioned Governments. He wanted the populace armed so that their elected representative(s) didn't become the new King(s).
  8. Re:WOTC Death Throes on Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Latest News · · Score: 1

    Roll 4, drop lowest. Roll 3d6 for all attributes, place as chosen. Full hitpoints at first level. Personal Initiative bonus for dexterity reaction adjustment (despite the manual stating explicitly that the adj. _doesn't_ do that). Of course, these are all pre-WotC, but you know what I'm getting at. Eventually, as gaming groups merge and mutate, 3.x/4.x house rules will eventually find their way into the rule books not because WotC thought they were a good idea, but because everyone already played that way.

  9. Talking Board on Aids For Communicating With Hospitalized People? · · Score: 1

    If she can't write, make a talking board; Use OO calc, some cardboard, and a large printer to make a sturdy board with a large-type keyboard with a lot of extra words written on it like "want" "change" "how" "who" "what" "when" "where" "why" etc. If she has a favorite phrase, put that on there too. That way, she can just raise an eyebrow or wink and point to her catch-phrase. If she's anything like my friend was though, she'll resist using it like crazy. My friend's fingers were getting swollen, so she couldn't write well anymore, but she was too proud to use something she thought she didn't need. Instead, we had to play protracted games of pictionary.

  10. Re:This is stupid. on High School Students Forced To Declare A Major · · Score: 1

    My school had no such specialization. Sure, there were AP science courses, but the "shop kids" had to take science and math too, and the "nerds" had to take shop, and art, and english, and gym... Everybody took everything. I don't think it was until Senior year (17-18 years old) that we got to choose a special class (like the "shop kids" learning auto mechanics, or the "nerds" taking AP physics or calculus).

  11. Re:I just keep leading by example... on How Pirated Software Impacts Free Software · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, smart, nice-looking mail-order bride gives hard stuff to /you/.

  12. Re:I'm Sorry on Verizon vs. the Needham Fire Department · · Score: 1

    That's a reference to an old story where a provider's phone monkey argued with a guy that .02 dollars == .02 cents.

  13. Re:New Technology? on New Chip-cooling Technology · · Score: 1

    Or the ionic flying machine from popular mechanics in the 70's that flopped terribly?

  14. Re:Oh right. on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 1

    Darn, I shouldn't have qualified that. ;)
    Isaiah 8:22 " Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness."
    I added some extra verses from Amos since Amos' verse 5:20 doesn't make much sense without them (God's dealing with an Idol-worship phase in Israel)
    Amos 5:16-20
    "16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: "There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.
    17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst," says the LORD.
    18 Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD ? That day will be darkness, not light.
    19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
    20 Will not the day of the LORD be darkness, not light -- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?"
    Matthew 8:12 "But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Note that the kingdom in reference isn't "the Kingdom"
    Matthew 22:13 "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
    Matthew 25:30 "And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
    Sorry, just been reading a little too much Matthew.
    Edit: Bleh, I hate /.'s text formatting. I wish it had sane defaults.

  15. Re:Oh right. on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 1

    Darn, I shouldn't have qualified that. ;)
    Isaiah 8:22 " Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness."
    I added some extra verses from Amos since Amos' verse 5:20 doesn't make much sense without them (God's dealing with an Idol-worship phase in Israel) Amos 5:16-20 "16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: "There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail. 17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst," says the LORD. 18 Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD ? That day will be darkness, not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him. 20 Will not the day of the LORD be darkness, not light -- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?" Matthew 8:12 "But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Note that the kingdom in reference isn't "the Kingdom"
    Matthew 22:13 "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Matthew 25:30 "And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Sorry, just been reading a little too much Matthew.

  16. Re:Oh right. on Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Quite right. Hell is referred to as "the outer darkness" or "the outside" much more often. Essentially, Christians fear the separation from God because communion with God is seen as the ultimate goal. I suppose a Buddhist would look at that and say "desire for heaven is what makes separation from God into Hell"

  17. Re:Amazing concept on Kids Review the OLPC · · Score: 1

    Which means more screwdriver monkeys in their local PC [sweat/regular]shops. It can be a good or bad thing, but it's not a useless thing.

  18. Re:What's next??? on Voltron Headed For The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    If it's Diffrent Strokes, they'll hire an all new (and young) cast, except for Gary Coleman. Mr. Drummond will be 10 years younger than Gary. Whatchu talkin 'bout Deagol?

  19. Re:What's next??? on Voltron Headed For The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised they didn't do JabberJaw after the Scooby-Doo Movie.

  20. Re:What's next??? on Voltron Headed For The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    Ancient spirits of evil, transform this decayed form to Thundercats: The Movie!

  21. Re:Are there any original ideas in Hollywood anymo on Voltron Headed For The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    Might I direct you to your nearest Art Movie-Theater? Of course, most of them suck, but there are a few gems.

  22. Re:I can't blame them... on Indiana University Dumps Google for ChaCha · · Score: 1

    Heck no, I'm a BOFH, baby. ;D

  23. Re:Not a very random blogger on Blogger Finds Bug in NASA Global Warming Study? · · Score: 1

    That's awesome. One should be built next to a steam vent too.

  24. Re:Rules of the Road on ATI Driver Flaw Exposes Vista Kernel to Attackers · · Score: 1

    With a lot of people, the alert could read:
    X needs Y! Click Next!
    and they would.

  25. Re:wrong approach on Music DRM in Critical Condition? · · Score: 1

    Oh, they're worrying about everyone they meet who does own their product too. They're worried that person A will get tired of the product and legally give it to person B.