I know right? They call it a race to assemble a server. It's like running the 100m sprint, but starting 80m down the track. Children could do this.

I used to build computers on a daily basis. We once got an order for a multitude of PC's so myself, and the other guys at work decided to have a race. We had a box cutter, screwdriver, all the components in a pile still boxed and the desire to win. I can't remember what the timing was, but from pickup the box cutter to powering on was less than 5 minutes.

Someone reversed a cement mixer of fail up to the slashdot main page and emptied.

At least there is one game reviewer that pulls no punches! Here is Zero Punctuation's Review of Demon Souls.

So, if I start a cult and force my members to kill people I see as a threat I'm absolved of punishment. But if I make your computer system go haywire for 10 minutes, I'm sentenced to jail time?

Well, [sarcasm]I can see how that's fair![/sarcasm]

On a related sidenote, IDSPISPOPD actually stood for iD Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris. This information is useless I know, but interesting if in a conversation with hardcore DooM players.

There is a rickroll in article. Beware to click!

the cake is (still) a lie!!!
the cake is (still) a lie!!!
the cake is (still) a lie!!!

Somebody mod this as a troll. The poster has actually posted something that is ON TOPIC.

The shame!

OMG PONIES!!!!! ----->

the cake is a lie!!!
the cake is a lie!!!
the cake is a lie!!!

When I double click the FireFox icon, it just opens the 30 tabs I had open the last time it was open.

Please somebody mod parent as funny. I don't want anyone reading it to think that that spyware is ACTUALLY a virus remover.... :(

Well, so long America. Asking Australian telcos advice on how to run the internet is like asking pedophiles advice on running a kindergarten. We have one of the slowest and most expensive internets in the world. You'd be better off looking at Asian countries (like Japan and south Korea). I nearly fell off my chair and spat my breakfast at my screen when I read this headline.

Personally, every mp3 I have has been id3 edited properly using all the data I can find on the net. I then store it on my server in the following structure:

(Letter)\(Artist)\(Year) (Album Title)\(Artist) - (Album Title) - (Track Number) (Name of song).mp3

Example:

A\ACDC\1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\ACDC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 05 Problem Child.mp3

For songs that don't appear on an album I usually have an "album" folder named "Other".

For artists where I don't have full albums, the structure is similar:

B\B-52's\B-52's - Love Shack.mp3

I do the same for my TV shows:

House M.D.\Season 06\House M.D. - Season 06 - Episode 04 - Instant Karma.avi

I do this so that any filename I see on any occasion, I know exactly where it belongs and where it's come from.

Large Hadron Collider. Now THAT'S a weapon of mass destruction.

Ssh!!! Keep it quiet, they'll all vote for it ;)