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  1. Re:Translation to english on Finding Someone To Manage Selling a Software Company? · · Score: 1

    LOL! So you interviewed with them too then?

  2. Re:This should be good on Ireland's Blasphemy Law Goes Into Effect · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait we have to establish a grading scale first. Most points for the biggest Blasphemy in the least amount of words. How does this do?

    Jesus was Buddhist.

  3. Re:VOIP sucks. on AT&T Readying For the End of Analog Landlines · · Score: 1

    Yep, that's why I always keep a bunch of super glue handy. It bonds skin instantly!! (also might actually be useful in the event of a clever coordinated velociraptor attack)

  4. Re:You damn well should on Do Your Developers Have Local Admin Rights? · · Score: 1

    Yes and no. Yes, some education would undoubtedly be enough, but since the issue is one of principles and wisdom instead of merely trainable skills said lesson will probably only be learned after the consequences of he/she having accidentally loosed the entirety of user contact info database to the public internet really hit home for them and your company. Is that really the type of lesson for which you want to pay?

  5. Re:KILL THE HERETIC !! on IDEs With VIM Text Editing Capability? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously! Why re-invent a wheel just to put it around your old wheel. EMACS already does everything and even comes with a psychotherapist plugin to help you cope with the debilitating side effects of C-x 2 C-x o C-u 25 C-x ^ syndrome.

  6. Re:If they do this.. on Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? · · Score: 1

    Is there anything wrong with Server Beach? I can't speak for the quality of their tech support as I have thus far not required it but if you need a root shell on a dedicated Linux box that is always up they seem good to me so far.

  7. Microsoft sweating? Hardly. on Microsoft Ordered To Pay $290M, Stop Selling Word · · Score: 1

    They will just pay the company 360 million to drop the charges.

  8. PostgreSQL really? on Widenius Warns Against MySQL Falling Into Oracle's Hands · · Score: 1

    ... *sigh* did they add a clustering feature yet?

  9. Re:Monty? on Widenius Warns Against MySQL Falling Into Oracle's Hands · · Score: 1

    No.

  10. Re:why don't these go away? on SQL Injection Attack Claims 132,000+ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No you're wrong. People attack Windows because the most people use it AND it is conveniently also less inherently secure than anything else in current production. If everyone stopped using Windows and switched to XYZ then XYZ would eventually become the new biggest target, that is true but it is just as completely naive to assume the same percentage of attacks would be successful on an entirely different platform as Windows as it is to assume that you would have a remotely accurate clue about what that new percentage would be unless you were fluent in the use of "XYZ" which I'm assuming you are not because you can't even spell Linux right.

  11. Re:You can't say NO on Saying No To Promotions Away From Tech? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, technically no. The thing is it's no worse than what you'd buy here at the same cheap rate, it's just a lot easier to find big teams for that cheap of rates over there. 10$ may go a lot further in India than the US (for now) but 10$/hour code is 10$/hour code no matter what country you buy it from and it will *always* bite you in the ass over the long run. Plus dealing with Indians often means a language barrier plus timezone issues. The Indians that are *really* good programmers and have a decent grasp of English mostly get an H1B visa and move here so they can make real money doing their job.

  12. Re:Is it possible? on Martian Methane May Be Created By Lifeforms · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes and I think it is also theoretically possible that there was life on mars until about half an hour after the first probe landed.

  13. Re:Any Application they want to? on DS Flash Carts Deemed Legal By French Court · · Score: 1

    Actually entities have occasionally (though it is rare) been sued by the FSF for doing "anything" with Linux; violating the GPL. I think that actually BSD is the platform that lets you do ANYTHING.

  14. Re:really? on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate those motherfuckers and I live right in their neighborhood but seriously, it was a surprise to me.

  15. Re:Well, then... on Should You Be Paid For Being On Call? · · Score: 1

    I haven't either. Is there a good reason why we don't have one though?

  16. Re:Not really that surprising... on Modeling the Economy As a Physics Problem · · Score: 2, Informative

    Though the intellectual in me has trouble denying the truth in your statement, you can have my Nintendo Wii when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers, you damned hippie.

  17. Re:Hardly Shocking on Modeling the Economy As a Physics Problem · · Score: 1

    See though, it is proactive, because only people with engineering backgrounds or experience working with engineering teams (or a solid background in physics) are likely to notice what has been obvious to us forever; a system designed to profit from it's own inflation will inevitably implode upon itself.

  18. OpenBSD on an old dell FTW on Home Router For High-Speed Connection? · · Score: 1

    Something with 64MB of ram and a PII-400 or faster should be enough to run packetfilter for a 30mbps or faster connection right?

  19. Back door?! Hah! There isn't even a front door! on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    This is Windows we're talking about here, after all.

  20. pewpewpew! on The Jet Fighter Laser Cannon · · Score: 1

    That's the sound *mine* is going to make, I'll tell you that for sure right now however the the laser emitter itself will probably make something more like a quiet hum.

  21. Re:Call me crazy, but on Less Than Free · · Score: 1

    Clearly you don't live in iPhone land.

  22. Re:But for those of us who are young... on Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors? · · Score: 1

    turn up your mouse accel and sensetivity

  23. SPARKS! on Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks May Be Illegal · · Score: 1

    !!!!

    Warning: Negative side effects may include being a lot more drunk than you thought you were and the irrational urge to do something dangerous.

    !!!!

  24. Pystar should just switch to Amiga OS on Psystar Crushed In Court · · Score: 2, Funny

    (or Linux)

  25. Re:obvious! on Microsoft Takes Responsibility For GPL Violation · · Score: 1

    I didn't mean to infer that. I was merely trying to infer that they intended to use the code either way and only intended to abide by the license terms if caught doing otherwise. It's not naivete it's just blatant unfounded mudslinging.