Comment Re:Risk? (Score 0) 71
those regimes that claim to be open and against censorship, by pulling aside the curtain and revealing the reality
Like the UK, for example.
Comment Re:Tape never died or lost its supremacy (Score 0) 312
Seven years... Pharmaceutical data?
Comment Re:Finally!! (Score 0) 312
Sure, because 640K ought to be enough for anybody, right? ;-)
Comment Media Center (Score 0) 352
XBMC, anyone? Seems perfect, if only it had either:
a) A more powerful CPU
b) Hardware video decoding
Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop 218
An anonymous reader writes "25-year-old Hidayat Sudirman found that his new laptop came loaded with more than just the usual software, it also contained 10GB of someone else's documents. From the article: "A buyer on the lookout for a new laptop got more than he bargained for at his local computer fair when the 'new' device came loaded with over 10GB of personal documents — including divorce papers and tax returns."
Comment Re:Free access for all... (Score 2) 175
Why not just use RFC 1149? ;-)
Comment Oblig. (Score 1) 106
Wow, imagine a Beowulf.... blah blah.
Comment Re:Missing Option: Maxwell's Demon (Score 1) 402
I have never seen a convincing proof that MD is impossilbe.
And I've never seen proof that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not real.
Comment Re:At first I wondered... (Score 1) 527
where do the taliban in Afghanistan get the lions share of their cash? Well they dont just grow all those Poppies because they're pretty.
So... by legalizing it this will hurt the Taliban somehow? Are you suggesting that it be law that you can only buy it from US poppy fields or something? If you're caught with the drugs, how would the police/government know weather it came from America or Afghanistan?
Just imagine if all the profits made from heroin went to helping the addicts instead of up a big criminal chain.
You really think this would happen? Do all the profits from the sale of tobacco go to helping the addicts? Of course not! They go to people who are already very rich, and the addicts just have to go on buying their product. Having said all this, I'm all for the legalization of cannabis. It doesn't really hurt anyone and alcohol is actually a much more dangerous substance. But heroin et al. are a different story completely, and should remain illegal IMO.
Comment Tech News? (Score 1) 302
Er... what am I missing here, why the heck is this story even on Slashdot, which is primarily a technology news site?
Comment Windows 3.0 Sucked! (Score 5, Funny) 307
The day Microsoft release a product that doesn't suck will be the day they release their first vacuum cleaner!
Comment Oblig. (Score 0) 53
Wow, imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
Comment Dupe! (Score 5, Funny) 456
Didn't they try something like this in Springfield? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Movie
Comment Re:The thing to watch:hybrid full size truck platf (Score 1) 673
Good point!
