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  1. Re:Duh on BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Problems 11 Months Ago · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No.

    What I would really like to see is the risk analysis report. How cautionary were the warnings of the engineers and how did the pencil pushers at the top translate this as an acceptable risk?

  2. Re:Running out of juice on LG Presents Solar Powered E-Book · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering if this is a viable concern.

    From the Kindle web site.

    Battery Life: Read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to two weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store and downloading content. In low-coverage areas or in EDGE/GPRS-only coverage, wireless usage will consume battery power more quickly

    Does one need more than 4 day to 2 weeks between chargings?

  3. Re:OSS is evil. on Student Given Detention For Using Firefox [UPDATED] · · Score: 5, Informative
    This entire story is possibly based on erroneous information.

    http://www.bigspring.k12.pa.us/news.php?action=view_article&article_id=2130

  4. Re:Big bucks... on Iran Builds Supercomputer From Banned AMD Parts · · Score: 1

    They probably just got them at a CompUSA fire sale.

    Perhaps they were the ones that set the CompUSA on fire?

  5. Re:learn to fucking read on Microfluidic Chips Made With Shrinky Dinks · · Score: 0

    This professor, who also happens to be a woman,

    Who cares if she is a man or a woman? She is a person, like the rest of us.

    That was the point of the statement, you read it incorrectly.

    makes semi-conductors in her kitchen and all she gets is penis jokes?

    And she didn't make semiconductors, she made microfluidic devices. Yes, she is brilliant, you apparently are not.

    You are correct about her making microfluidic devices. As to you last comment:

    Adlai E. Stevenson - "He who slings mud generally loses ground."

  6. Re:Sometimes on Microfluidic Chips Made With Shrinky Dinks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This gets modded funny? This professor, who also happens to be a woman, makes semi-conductors in her kitchen and all she gets is penis jokes? What she did was brilliant. How about a little appreciation of her ingenuity. I can feel the karma burn already.

  7. Re:Maybe this stems from... on Vista Runs Out of Memory While Copying Files · · Score: 1

    From TFA - "...it's a kernel leak that lies at the root of problem."

  8. Re:Brilliant, but... on What if Google Had to Design For Google? · · Score: 1

    For most companies the web site it just another place for customers to gather more information about the company without taking up an employee's time. There will not be any updates to the site save for the odd PR release or company milestone. Why not draw a little extra traffic by getting it ranked higher on the SEs?

  9. Re:Brilliant, but... on What if Google Had to Design For Google? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Also forgot a sitemap, alt text image tags and breaking the backend down structurally so all of your *important* text is at the top.

  10. Re:What is fast flux DNS? on Storm Worm Botnet Partitions May Be Up For Sale · · Score: 1

    I've read TFA, however it didn't mention if the botnet used single or double flux. Anyone happen to know?

  11. Re:User Manual = Redacted on Xerox's 'Intelligent Redaction' Scanners · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or maybe camera phones have already rendered this technology moot.

  12. Re:Can't wait... on Secret Gov't Documents Will be Declassified 12/31 · · Score: 1

    That's odd, I linked it I'm sure. Anyway Here goes one more time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevarra

  13. Re:Can't wait... on Secret Gov't Documents Will be Declassified 12/31 · · Score: 1

    I apologize you didn't provide a source.

    Here: Che Guevarra

    Look under Legacy and Criticisms.

  14. Re:Can't wait... on Secret Gov't Documents Will be Declassified 12/31 · · Score: 1

    Che Guevarra wasn't a pompous asshole.

    Che Guevarra was a notorious pompous asshole. He was known in particular for belittling anyone who he felt was intellectually inferior. Please read your own source in its entirety.

  15. Re:Don't mess with TCU network security! on Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers · · Score: 1

    I tell people all the time though that double rot-13 is much harder to detect than rot-26.

    Ernyyl? V guvax ebg guvegrra vf fhssvpvrag. Cresbezvat n qbhoyr ebg guvegrra whfg qrpelcgf vg.

  16. Re:Interesting... on Debian Delayed by Disenchanted Developers · · Score: 2

    hiring some full-time workers seems to have had precisely the opposite effective of the intended

    What I want to know is, who can afford to live on 6K fulltime?

    Is there a zero missing?

  17. So... on The Sierras of Titan · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...it's warmer than mid-winter Minnesota then?

  18. Re:heartbreaking on White Dolphin Functionally Extict · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is heartbreaking.

    In the end it doesn't matter if your political views are left or right. Extinction is threatening a great multitude of species and sooner or later you will be affected negatively. Regardless of who you are or how you define affected.

  19. Re:Perhaps ask RIM what the problem is? on RIM Crippling BlackBerry Bluetooth Speed? · · Score: 1

    Maybe the author of the blog should have considered asking RIM what the problem is?

    I agree.

    I don't see how anyone here on Slashdot, short of being an employee of RIM, will be able to answer your question without pulling wild speculation out of their ass.

  20. MySpace on Unrefined "Musician" Gains a Global Audience · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This kid really is awesome. His editing skills are unreal.

    Check out his MySpace page. He has other material apparently.

  21. Re:Toxin...Toxic? on Sea Snail Toxin Offers Promise For Pain · · Score: 1

    It's all in the dosage. *ANYTHING* (even, say oxygen or water) is toxic if given in a high enough dose.

    Including ethanol, nicotine and caffeine to name a few.

  22. Re:So far, so good with Verizon. on Consumer Reports: Cingular, Sprint Bad Performers · · Score: 1

    And, for what it's worth, they did finally concede that $.002 is different from .002. :-)

    That's fantastic! I was going (and told Verizon as much) to outright change my service if they denied Mr. Vaccaro his refund (I was thinking VOIP since my main phone is my cell phone).

    Back on topic...

    I recently switched from Verizon to Cingular and I'm hurting for it. Cingular coverage is terrible in the New York Tri-State Area. Calls get dropped constantly.

  23. Re:Effectiveness on Verizon Can't Do Math · · Score: 1

    It has recently been brought to my attention that your organization is quite incapable of doing basic math as demonstrated by another Verizon customer George Vaccaro.

    Link: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/

    If this matter is not resolved with Mr. Vaccaro I will assume I am undertaking similar risks where my bill may differ by a factor of 100 and will therefore relinquish your services.

  24. Re:Common Sense on Google Responds to AdWords Accusations · · Score: 1

    OP argued without links, but so did I.

    Google may not technically be a monopoly however it's market share is rising and Google is plenty on it's way to becoming a monopoly.

    Lastly, as the person who decides where my companies online advertising budget gets spent I have to tell you that Google overwhelmingly provides much of my traffic. Far more than those charts are showing. Many of my constituents have confessed similar circumstances.

    P.S. This is a discussion, not a shouting match.

  25. Re:Common Sense on Google Responds to AdWords Accusations · · Score: 1

    NBC does a crap-ton of promos for their other shows as does every other station.

    NBC has competition. While you could argue that so does Google...well you really can't.