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  1. Re:What kind of tripe is this? on Cow Burps Tapped For Fuel · · Score: 1

    Holy Cow!

  2. Whatever worked in the past on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom? · · Score: 1

    Is probably good now.

    When I was in college I had a PDA (Visor Edge) that I took all my handwritten notes on. It allowed for backup to my desktop after class, lightened the load of carrying a dozen notebooks, and I could add spreadsheets and other data along with it. For any overhead slides I brought a digital camera. Why copy manually what can be copied digitally? The other students thought I was cheating, the professors thought it was ingenious.

    These days I would probably find it hard to replicate the old Graffiti input since typing on my phone isn't quite the same (bluetooth keyboard?) but it worked for me and I would try to keep that paradigm as closely as I can.

  3. Re:Here we go again on 3 Drinks a Day Keeps the Doctor Away · · Score: 1

    No no, the article is right. Heavy drinkers become immortal!

  4. At last! on Typography On the Web Gets Different · · Score: 1

    I welcome the addition and support for this. As a "front end" developer I get all kinds of requests for non-standard fonts to be used. They pay the bills so we do it; all as images. Changing a site from one color to another requires reworking dozens to hundreds of images. If all I have to do is embed their dumb fonts, I can go back to complaining about their color choices instead of mountains of work it'll cause me ;)

  5. There's more to life and computers than Java.

    LIES!

  6. Seriously? on The Real Risks of Obama's BlackBerry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't think he's already got a tracking device on him at all times anyway? It's calls "several dozen Secret Service agents." Pretty hard to miss, honestly.

  7. Sweet! on Scientists Harvest Nano-Power From Hamsters · · Score: 2, Funny

    Business Plan

    1) Build electric vehicle
    2) Get electricity from Hamsters
    3) ...
    4) Profit!

    Greenest car since the Prius!

  8. Re:User Poll on Microsoft Pushes Copyright Education Curriculum · · Score: 2, Informative

    You have to register to take the poll.

    Since I bothered to add my vote to the other 99% of voters and I won't bother to go to the site again I hereby release my login info for all to mess with the site:

    username: username
    password: ********

    No.. really...
  9. Re:The Judicial system: Freedom versus Tyranny on Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    no laws restricting arms

    "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

    I'm a big fan of the "well regulated militia" part of that statement. We already have one of those; four major branches to be exact: Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force. A perpetually standing military is slightly beyond the Document's scope, but it's there nonetheless. Which part of this "well regulated militia" are you a part of?

  10. Heat Issues on 3.0GHz Phenom and 3-Way CrossFire Spotted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looking at the picture in the beginning of the article, I don't think I want any system that requires a minimum of 5 case fans and a chipset fan.

    If that's what they need to hit 3.0 GHz, they're better off going with watercooling.

  11. Re:They're outselling them? on How Wii Is Creaming the Competition · · Score: 1

    Now, if you want to talk about getting creamed, let's talk about the PS3...

    Yes, lets talk about the large pallet of PS3s sitting in the isle of the local Best Buy for several weeks while I have yet to make it to the store in time to get a Wii. Hmmm... Seems like a case of creaming to me.

    Yes, I could go someplace else to buy one, but why make it easy?

  12. Its funny on Blackberry Network is Down · · Score: 1

    'cuz mine still works like a champ. Damn near everyone else in the office is calling and whining that they can't send or receive any emails. I tried rebooting the server a few times, rebooting other servers, rebooting the blackberries, and then I find this.

    I gotta start checking teh internets before I start working...

  13. Re:One lawyer for sure out of job, more might foll on MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate · · Score: 1

    I always thought that you couldn't patent a core algorithm because that just boils down to a mathematical equation, and you can't patent mathematical equations. Patenting the implementation as a process sounds more like something that would be patentable.

    Of course I could be entirely wrong...

  14. BSA? on Microsoft to Get Tough on License Dodgers · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know its bad when they send the Boy Scouts of America after you.

  15. Re:EBgamesStop not the only game vendor on The State Of Wii Preorders · · Score: 1

    I was working at a local Target when the PS2 was launched. Our store got 2 (two) total for the first two weeks and those got kidnapped by management. Somehow I doubt they'll have pre-orders, but I could be wrong.

  16. New way to search for pr0n on Google Code Search Reveals Dark Corners · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Anyone confirm this? on Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites, Weapons · · Score: 1

    I don't know if its in actual use, but they have artillery with built-in guidance systems to overcome problems with urban combat. They hope to be able to minimize damage by being able to fire in similar trajectories, but the guidance system would change the trajectory so that it would simulate a higher trajectory and avoid having to blow up buildings that are in the way of the ones they *are* trying to level. It would also alleviate issues with course corrections for wind and such. I understand they were having problems with the sensitive electronics for the guidance systems during the stress of launching. Saw this on a show on the history or military channel a month or so ago.