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  1. GASP! Google maps is wrong! on Just Where Is The Lincoln Memorial, Anyhow? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The memorial is about half a km north west of what google maps highlights. Google maps has been far more wrong before...

  2. Re:Handy "Do they think I'm a terrorist?" checklis on Writer Peter Watts Sentenced; No Jail Time · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you checked "No", congratulations! You are not yet aware that you are being treated like a terrorist!

  3. Or...... on Possible New Hominid Species Discovered, Thanks To Google Earth · · Score: 1

    The fact that none of the bodies appear to have been scavenged indicates that all died suddenly and were entombed rapidly.

    Either that or all the animals fell into a hole and became trapped over the course of a few years.

  4. Re:Apply on Best Way To Land Entry-Level Job? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How are you showing them your skills? A resume? I've hired a few developers in my time, I assure you the only people that care about your resume is HR.

    Agreed, that said, the OP lamented how he can't get an interview. Maybe he does need to improve his resume.

    Regardless of everything I've said above, be it right or wrong, you have one serious disadvantage. You're looking for a job at the worst possible time.

    I fervently disagree with this sentiment. I'm also a soon to graduate developer and have received offers from almost every company that I applied to.

  5. Squatters on 25 Years of the .com gTLD · · Score: 1

    A list dominated by domain squatters, even XF.com is a domain squatter...

  6. Final 21% on Web Copyright Crackdown On the Way · · Score: 1

    Offshore sites will not be immune from the crackdown, said Pitkow, because almost all of them depend on banner ads served by U.S.-based services. Because the DMCA requires the ad service to act against any violator, Attributor says it can interdict the revenue lifeline at any offending site in the world.

    Attributor already has been engaged by several major book publishers to get unauthorized eBooks off unauthorized sites. "And we have 99% success rate," he said.

  7. Re:Curious... on Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game · · Score: 1

    a week ahead of its official Australian release

    Australian game releases typically lag behind other regions.

  8. Re:That was pretty fast... on DARPA Network Challenge Lasts All of 9 Hours · · Score: 4, Informative

    Team Nerdfighter found 9/10 balloons

    http://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/6392128271

  9. Am I the only one who's noticed that ... on eBay For Millionaires · · Score: 1

    None of the auctions have any bids, and all of the vendors have 0 sales. Sounds like a web2.0 winner!

  10. It's a horrendous problem on Study Says US Needs Fewer Science Students · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ponderous population of smart people in the US is an untold bane on our society.

  11. Re:Wrong question. on What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Costs $32M? · · Score: 2, Funny

    As with many multi-million research grants, it looks less like valuable research and more like a handout.

    Frankly I`m just suprised that the US government has a whole department dedicated to wasting energy.

  12. Re:Proof, please on Feds Ask IT Execs To Throw Away Cellphones After Visiting China · · Score: 2, Informative

    Any link that supports your claims?

    -> http://mobile.slashdot.org/mobile/08/07/20/0745236.shtml

    But I was relying more on personal experience then what the internet says.

  13. Re:huh on Feds Ask IT Execs To Throw Away Cellphones After Visiting China · · Score: 3, Informative

    malicious hardware (however likely or not this may be).

    I would argue that it isn't all that unlikely. Keylogging devices can be cheaply purchased for consumers, and we already know of cases where China has broken into hotel rooms, stollen blackberry's, etc.

    I actually consider it unlikely that they WOULDN'T be installing keyloggers in the laptops of execs who frequently travel to china.

  14. Re:huh on Feds Ask IT Execs To Throw Away Cellphones After Visiting China · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Data may be weightless, but how about hardware key logging devices?

  15. World of Sciencecraft on How To Make Science Popular Again? · · Score: 1

    If we want them to learn science we should make it fun.

    Instead of leveling up your mage to cast a fireball, the game will teach children about the dynamic theory of combustion and then have them make Molotov cocktails.

  16. Re:GCD -vs- OpenMP on Apple Open Sources Grand Central Dispatch · · Score: 1

    Further, why did Apple invent a new syntax for 'Blocks' instead of using the one already proposed for C++0x. It will make things overly complex if someone wants to use GCD with the new C++ standard, or create portability issues...

    IMO, developers are better off using OpenMP which doesn't require non-standard compiler extensions and is supported by more vendors.

  17. Re:Greasy definition of "unlimited" on Zer01 Parent Strips Web Site Following Report · · Score: 1

    If you mean unlimited in the sense that they wouldn't cap your usage, sure they could do this. If you mean unlimited, usable voice and data, that's another thing entirely.

    Ah, server colocation facilities do the same thing. There is a big difference between unlimited and unmetered and consumers should know that.

  18. Re:Bloat. on Nmap 5.00 Released, With Many Improvements · · Score: 5, Informative

    So nmap went from a special purpose-built tool to a suite. Frack.

    Step 1) Download the tarball
    Step 2) Compile with '--without-ndiff --without-zenmap --without-liblua --without-ncat --without-openssl' for a classic Nmap experience
    Step 3) Profit

  19. Re:So... on Financial Firm Accepts Souls As Collateral · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the same thing, but if this contract were legally valid(which I doubt), would that mean they can force you to take your soul to church after 90 days? Because that would suck.

  20. RDP on Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People? · · Score: 1, Informative

    A) Just have her remote desktop into your computer, log in as another user, and play that way
    B) fiance... fiance.... SPEND TIME WITH HER

  21. everyone needs... on Tokyo Scientists Create Mobile Slime · · Score: 1

    everyone needs a gelatinous cube

  22. Finally on Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Will a spammer finally be prosecuted? It seems to me like a lot of these spam suites just don't stick

  23. Conficker strikes on Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In · · Score: 2, Funny

    Changing everyones homepage to a youtube rickroll

  24. Re:web based on Which Phone To Develop For? · · Score: 1

    Give it a simple interface and then you can use any phone or device with the web page.

    It would also be a lot simpler to develop, phone SDK's just don't compare to modern web development frameworks and IDE's.

  25. Just submit a patch on Linux Foundation Paving Way for New Kernel Developers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The worst they can do is not apply it