So, basically they killed off all the ones that like sugar enough to die for it and they're calling it evolution?

You will get sued for that crap here.

Yea, he might be more paranoid for no reason, but I think we can all agree that whether that is the case or not, paranoid people are WAY more fun to fuck with.

Or you know... anywhere relatively populated.

The carbon wasn't "in the atmosphere for living things to use" it WAS the living things, you idiot.

How the hell do you fools moderate this crap up to +5 freaking insightful? Read a god damned book.

Uh, those signs are to say that the *building* contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer.

Also, Radon isn't exactly what I'd call a "not-so-bad" chemical.

Not yet but I'm fairly certain it will be illegal to drive with these things on in California by the time a lot of them actually get sold.

"Released" is a bit strong a term; the port is still marked "beta."

Boycott stupidity.

Seconded.

Slashdot's comment filter kept me from responding "No"

Probably because that's where Hoffa's body is buried or something.

1) unfair comparison
2) old news
3) 100% nvidia's fault

1) Switch to Linux.
2) When asked for help, tell them you don't know Windows.
3) When pressed, offer to install Linux instead.

They will refuse your generous offer for free Linux support in lieu of Windows support, but once you explain to them that this will require uninstalling Windows you'll never hear from them again.

Note to editors: The connection through Level3 isn't as fast as you guys think it is.

$ ping slashdot.org
PING slashdot.org (216.34.181.45) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=1 ttl=239 time=66.0 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=2 ttl=239 time=67.5 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=3 ttl=239 time=66.9 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=4 ttl=239 time=67.9 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=5 ttl=239 time=67.7 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=6 ttl=239 time=67.2 ms
^C64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=7 ttl=239 time=67.7 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=8 ttl=239 time=67.4 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=9 ttl=239 time=67.5 ms
^C
--- slashdot.org ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8040ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 66.025/67.346/67.910/0.535 ms

$ traceroute slashdot.org
traceroute to slashdot.org (216.34.181.45), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
  1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.232 ms 1.206 ms 1.188 ms
  2 66.134.127.225.vr9.lsanca54-seb1.los-angeles.covad.com (66.134.127.225) 7.295 ms 8.646 ms 10.529 ms
  3 192.168.10.37 (192.168.10.37) 11.634 ms 12.654 ms 14.209 ms
  4 ge-6-8.car2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (63.215.86.253) 79.953 ms 80.165 ms 80.598 ms
  5 ae-17-17.edge5.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.69.201.13) 18.813 ms 20.018 ms 21.410 ms
  6 ae-1-60.edge1.LosAngeles6.Level3.net (4.69.144.16) 22.364 ms ae-4-90.edge1.LosAngeles6.Level3.net (4.69.144.208) 6.810 ms ae-1-60.edge1.LosAngeles6.Level3.net (4.69.144.16) 8.441 ms
  7 Savvis-Level3.Dallas3.Level3.net (4.68.110.94) 9.798 ms 7.986 ms 9.175 ms
  8 cr1-te-0-5-0-3.lay.savvis.net (206.28.97.245) 11.101 ms 11.320 ms 12.277 ms
  9 206.28.96.221 (206.28.96.221) 72.308 ms 73.194 ms 74.135 ms
10 hr1-te-12-0-1.elkgrovech3.savvis.net (204.70.198.73) 75.644 ms 76.738 ms 79.000 ms
11 das5-v3030.ch3.savvis.net (64.37.207.150) 79.214 ms 80.003 ms 65.548 ms
12 64.27.160.194 (64.27.160.194) 79.467 ms 79.469 ms 66.117 ms
13 slashdot.org (216.34.181.45) 66.877 ms 68.800 ms 69.745 ms