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  1. Different kind of monster on The Desktop -- Time to Start Saying Goodbye? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think its really a black and white comparison. Obviously desktops have advantages and laptops have advantages. You dont want to lug around a 22 inch screen on your laptop but for your desktop, you want that. You're not going to get the latest and greatest hardware on a laptop, but you can on a desktop. Laptops are portable and good enough for most people, but a bit pricier than desktops.

    It's a different tool for a different job kind of thing, the summary makes it seem simpler than that.

  2. Re:$260 + tax on Behind the Scenes with Harmonix and Rockband · · Score: 1

    That 200 bucks hasn't been confirmed by Harmonix. On the faq on the rock band website it specifically says the pricing is still in the air. rockband.com

  3. Less education emphasis on Science on U.S. Science and Engineering Research Flattens · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I go to a top 5 engineering school. Even there the emphasis is less and less on the actual science and more on business and so called leadership skills. People are being trained less in hard science and more in corporate ways. If you take an engineering class, from my experience, half the people don't care about being an engineer and want to get their MBA and be a manager and "make money".

    Until we get rid of this crap that "The business of America is business" this will not change and we will continue to lose ground on the science front.

  4. Will Wright... on News of Spore Delay Miscommunication · · Score: 1

    Should spend more time on spore and less on chessy sim city and sims ports!

  5. Not Much Different than M on Manhunt 2 Ban Fallout, Game Rated AO By ESRB · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To buy a rated M game you need to be 17. To buy an AO game you need to be 18. Is that one year gap really that killer that it would ruin the sales of the whole game? I can see why retailers wouldn't want to stock AO games that are basically porn, but games much less violent than something like Hostel or Saw III which they are selling should be able to share the space.

  6. Another pre-emptive iPhone Hype Artcile on The Economist on Apple, the iPhone, and Innovation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The last thing that enjoyed this much hype was Snakes on A Plane. Remember how good that was when it actually came out? I predict iPhone will share the same fate, and shares of Apple will plummet!

  7. Not dinosaurs... Ants! on The 50 Weirdest Moments in PC Gaming · · Score: 2, Informative
    If I remember correctly, the missions were actually against giant ants, not dinosaurs!

    The wikipedia article for the expansions appears to confirm this wikipedia article[wikipedia.com]

  8. You're doing it wrong on Is Email 'Bankrupt'? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Advanced filtering and tagging makes it easy to prioritize your email. If you don't have time to read your low priority email, then simply don't read it. There's no law saying you have to read every email you receive. It's stupid to turn your back on all your email just because you can't read some of it.

  9. Allocation of Resources on Valve Talks Half-Life 2 Episodes 2 And 3 · · Score: 1

    Why do they even have people working on Episode 3 when Episode 2 has been pushed back nearly a year already? I think Valve needs to set its priorities and finish one thing before starting another. (Or at least give us a TF2 standalone if thats done!)

  10. Re:what about the lucky sevens? on The Next Three Days are the x86 Days · · Score: 1
    Well this is America. If you don't like it you're free to geeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt out!

    ... oh, wait..

  11. on the RAZRS tail on Microsoft Encouraging OEMs to Beautify Computers · · Score: 1

    Stealing from apple? Nay. Product with not that great tech specs but it comes in a very shiny case = Motorola RAZR. Sells 50 million units. Windows Vista, not that great tech specs but if it comes in a shiny case....

  12. What?! on The Real Issue With Net Neutrality · · Score: 5, Funny
    During the course of a political debate people are lying?!

    William Randolph Hearst must be rolling (more specifically ROFLING) in his grave.

  13. Get ready for... on One Laptop Per Child Gets 4 Million Laptop Order · · Score: 1

    Jose Thompson, the Argentinian lawyer currently foaming at the mouth at the prospect of millions of kids being exposed to the internet for the first time at once.

  14. Im sad Im 20 on House Passes Ban on Social Site Access · · Score: 1
    Though I'm no longer a minor, I can still remember the days of shooting through the series of tubes that is the internet from website to website telling anyone who wanted where i live and when my parents arent home and that i really am interested in getting it up the ass.

  15. Re:When will gas go down to $5/gallon again ? on The Hybrid Scooter · · Score: 1
    ...and it completely ignores global warming.

    The people who say the world was created 4000 years ago tell me that global warming is a dirty liberal myth sent out to hurt big business? Why shouldn't I listen to them?

  16. Green Party Real Story on Wiretapping Lawsuit Against AT&T Dismissed · · Score: 2, Informative
    The war on drugs issue again... Cocaine, meth, heroin... what person would vote for relaxing the laws on those? Not most people. Same-sex marriage again... They do have some big ideas though.. lets see how many people are for: Abolishing the U.S. senate; getting rid of all U.S. intelligence agencies: NSA, CIA, etc; and abolishing the death penalty (we tried that already.. didn't work so well).. Not to mention their plans to destroy the U.S. economy, and their other ridiculous plans (even if you agree with these, you have to admit that their opponents will label these this way in a race)

    I'm glad you listed your non existant sources when giving away this rudely incorrect information.

    Pretty much everything you said in that statement is wrong, lets recap

    The Green party is for the relaxation of only marajuana laws not the ones you listed.

    Abolishing the senate and intelligence agencies? What are you even talking about?

    The plans to "destroy the US economy" and the ubiquitous "other ridiculous plans" are ridiculous notions in themselves and NOT something the Green party advocates.

    It is true the Greens are for same sex marriage and anti death penalty, but I honestly dont think most people believe thats fringe or crazy at all

    Congratulations, you're an idiot. It's really sad you got modded 5 informative for that.

    Go to www.gp.org for the real stances on the issues. Don't make shit up or believe that.

  17. Definitely Cool on Homemade iPod Hi-Fi mini · · Score: 1

    All of you whiners tell me if you went to your friends place and he had one of these you wouldn't drool over it, even if it didn't sound like a Bose.

    I'm not sure about the dimensions, or if it would fit, but if the speaker jack was set up such that you put your iPod in the disk slot it hooked it up... man, thats like pr0n.

  18. Taste of His Own Medicine on Jack Thompson's Violent Game Bill Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    I thought at least some of you nerdy slashdotters were 1337 hackers and would have done this already, but I see a simple solution to this: -Get into his website. -Using your Third Party Modification skills, "unlock" some hot pr0n onto the front page -Wait for a bottomfeeder even lower than JT to sue him Ready... Go!