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  1. Re:I believe Einstein once put it... on Library Censorware Blocks Own Site · · Score: 1

    because we fuckin' feel like it, grammar nazi

  2. Re:I can already see ... on FBI Bugging Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    the fact that the librarian cannot tell you if you are being monitored is restricting their right to free speech.

  3. Re:Yea.. on International Space Station Turns Two · · Score: 1

    yeah, once we get rid of socialism, no one like Timothy McVeigh will bomb us again.

  4. Re:Clippy Returns! on Car Digital Assistant · · Score: 1

    "it looks like you are trying to run from the police..."

  5. Re:Maybe the stats aren't as bad as they think... on Linux Worm Spreading, Many Systems Vulnerable · · Score: 1
    Your vanity domain running off your DSL/Cable Modem doesn't count

    that's the thing though, it may not count as a "real website" or whatever, but it can spread a worm just as easily, so it's just as bad from a security standpoint.
  6. Re:wait a second. on Undersea Deposits of Frozen Methane Found · · Score: 1

    well, not necissarily, however that doesn't mean that
    we should A) bring down most of the planet's life
    with us B) use that as an excuse to fuck with everything
    with total disregard to the consequences.

  7. Re:wait a second. on Undersea Deposits of Frozen Methane Found · · Score: 1

    we have the capability to blow up the world about 18 times over,
    I think we need to evolve to the point where we stop doing stuff
    that is possibly harmful just because we can (yes, I know it's tempting,
    just look at what dogs do)
    Hey, look a bunch of lemmings are jumping off a cliff. Maybe you shouldn't
    be any different than them either

  8. Re:No.. on Plastic Optical Fibre: Cheap and Bendy · · Score: 1

    a few feet per second? no. My box (10.0.0.3) is
    connected to my parents box (10.0.0.2) by a ~6 foot
    cat5 cable to the hub, then a ~28' cable to their computer
    generator%ping 10.0.0.2
    PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2): 56 octets data
    64 octets from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.7 ms
    64 octets from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.5 ms
    64 octets from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.4 ms
    64 octets from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.4 ms
    64 octets from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.4 ms

    --- 10.0.0.2 ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max = 0.4/0.4/0.7 ms
    generator%
    so the median time to go 68 feet is .4 ms
    68/.4=170 fps not counting it having to go through each network card, hub and
    cpu twice.

  9. And? on Water + Salt + Energy = Clean! · · Score: 1

    yeah? so what.. you can take water+whatever+energy
    and get distilled water. The thing is it takes a
    lot of energy, and so does this (even if you try to
    gain energy by burning the hydrogen and oxygen... even if you run
    it through a fuel cell.. first law of thermodynamics) and
    I'd drink distilled water a lot sooner than I'd drink post-electrolosys saltwater

  10. Re:torture device on Scientists Create Lullabies From Brain Waves · · Score: 1

    I think it's less difficult to slip someone a lot of LSD and put them in an uncomfortable
    enviornment (sudden, loud sounds, lack of sleep, food, etc)..
    oh, wait, the CIA already did this.

  11. Re:it's called "free time" on Students Outpacing Teachers With Online Skills · · Score: 1

    not quite. I am in school (plus transit) for 10 hours per day.
    I have homework. I do have enough time to learn some stuff
    (and to jack off while posting to slashdot), but school takes a hell of a lot more than 6 hrs per day.

  12. Re:dslreports.com on How to Test Your T1? · · Score: 3, Informative

    umm, it's a nice and useful site, but as the
    author said, he wants to know if it's a true T1
    vs, oversold DS3, which is not nessicarily
    detectable by a bandwidth meter

  13. Re:Insufficient information on Crypto Leash for Laptops? · · Score: 1

    >Does anyone know how this product really works?
    yes. the person who wrote the article does. (as said many times
    before.. the drive is always encrypted and a small cache is decrypted)
    READ THE FUCKING ARTICLE!

  14. Re:Portable MP3 player? on Portable MP3 Player w/ Unix Support? · · Score: 0, Troll

    fuck off and die. slowly.

  15. Re:Get rid of pop culture vultures! on Closed Gnutella System to Prevent Bandwidth Hogs · · Score: 1

    and don't forget users who will share a bunch of files
    called urio33.jpg and puzzno.exe, which no one will
    be looking for and are probably bogus, so it will be just
    as if they are not sharing.

  16. last post on Autonomous Race Cars · · Score: 1

    last post!

  17. Re:Viral nature of the GPL on NeoNapster's NeoAudio Rips Off CDex · · Score: 1

    yeah, and I've heard it attributed to Winston Churchill,
    I guess someone ripped it off from someone else...

  18. Re:Don't forget the first amendment on HP Uses DMCA To Quash Vulnerability Publication · · Score: 1

    the first amendment states "congress shall pass no
    law".. therefor the dmca is unconstitutional, so (if the
    gov't actually cared about it's own constitution)
    the dmca shouldn't have been passed, and if it wasn't passed
    corporations wouldn't be able to use it against us.

  19. Re:Could we get a "No NYT" option? on NYC Subways Testing Flywheels · · Score: 1

    *sigh* how about a "no bitching" option...

  20. Re:Just saw minority report on Spielberg on Privacy, Minority Report · · Score: 1

    I saw it and I liked it. Maybe there are people who should not listen to you?

  21. Re:For those without NYTimes accounts... on David Bowie on Music, Copyrights, Distribution · · Score: 1

    there's no problem, he just wants karma (and got it... +5 informative)

  22. Re:How to make a horizontal ergonomic keyboard on Vertical Keyboard vs Carpal Tunnel · · Score: 1

    scroll lock basically stops the screen from changing at all (so any new input will not show up)
    until you turn it off, and everything will be added. Sort of nice when stuff is scrolling really fast and you want to read something (or when
    you're using something like bitchX, you can type "/quote nickserv identify " with scroll lock
    on and then turn it off after you hit enter so that people can't shoulder-surf your password.
    Note also: ^s turns scroll lock on and ^q turns it off, at least in the linux console (so you don't need the scroll lock key :p)

  23. Re:Cyc asked if it was human over 10 years ago. on Artificial Inteligence Common Sense Database · · Score: 1

    Socrates was mortal.
    All men are mortal.
    All men are socrates?

  24. Re:Cost of lost passwords on Passwords May Be Weakest Link · · Score: 1

    all my passwords on my linux box are 12 chars. maybe you need to upgrade?

  25. Re:It's sad... on Provigil Extends Your Day? · · Score: 1

    I get very little sleep, about 4-5 hours per night
    and am very rarely sick, I've been sick only once in the past
    year or so (cold) and that wasn't even bad enough that I had
    to keep me from going to school.