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  1. Re:So true on Researchers Developing Cancer-Fighting Beer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Guinness is more than that. It's the beer that all other Irish stouts are compared against. Sure there are always better examples of the style out there, but there are also a lot that are worse. As for the home brew thing, I've had a lot of really terrible home brew.

  2. Re:Inefficient on Couple Funds Honeymoon With Recyclables · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We have scavengers like this that troll around the city using shopping carts and beat up pickup trucks. It's become a real problem, many have become really brazen and will take whatever they can get their hands on weather it's really trash or not They'll come up on your property and go through your trash bins looking for deposit items and other recyclables. I've confronted several of these people on a number of occasions, and even had steel rod stolen. I unloaded this in the driveway on the side of my house AWAY from the road and it was gone within an hour of unloading it.

  3. Re:Maybe its your interviewing skills on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 1

    On an interview, it's your job to own it. What do I mean by that? You need to take control and lead it in the appropriate direction. Hammer on your strong points and now it relates to your target company's business model and processes. Be professional, yet personable. If you can do these things, you will get the job so long as you have the skills. I've interviewed hundreds and hundreds of technical candidates and most are horrendous at interviewing. You should do well if you can follow this advice. I've never NOT been offered the job after going on an interview and expressing interest in the position.

  4. Re:When you're too stupid.... on NASA Produces Rap Video On Astrobiology · · Score: 1

    And the lyrics, oh man. On a good hip-hop track, the lyrics are witty, finely crafted poetry. They have to be. I am often disappointed with the lyrics in rock music. Btw..I am a guitarist.

  5. Re:Lieberman, God sees your lies. on YouTube Bans Terrorist Training Videos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would be. It's not like the training videos are a new thing. They've existed before youtube, and will continue to exist after. Better to have it out in the open than underground, imo.

  6. Other hobbies on Miyamoto 'Banned' From Talking About Hobbies · · Score: 4, Funny

    What most people don't know is that he has a strange fetish for women dressed up in furry animal costumes. I wonder what the next game would be like?

  7. Re:Craigslist on What Should I Do With My Tech Junk? · · Score: 2

    Ha in my hood, you put ANYTHING to the curb and it's as good as gone. I put four broken office chairs to the curb (two of them were missing wheels) and they were gone inside of an hour. The scary thing is the vehicles that drive around and collect the junk. I saw a Ford Ranger once that had junk piled about fifteen feet high. The rear bumper was just about scraping the ground, and the washing machine that adorned the top of the pile looked like it was about to fall. We call them junk carts.

  8. It's not modern, but on Modern LaTeX Replacement? · · Score: 1

    I actually prefer lambskin to latex.

  9. Re:Wifi meters on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    Yeah, everyone knows men are much better than women at programming, drinking and fighting. Just ask the president of Harvard, he'll tell you straight up.

  10. Why don't they just buy it? on Hasbro Sues Makers of Scrabble-Like Scrabulous · · Score: 5, Insightful

    EA's version has netted fewer than ten thousand players, versus Scrabulous' estimated 2.3 million. This was the next logical step for Hasbro...

    Doesn't seem very logical to me. Why don't they just buy it?

  11. I am not going to upgrade to Fire Fox 3 on Internet Users Not Updating Browser · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like when a new Fire Fox browser gets "released" there are still some rather annoying bugs. I usually wait about six months for the main bugs to be worked out before I upgrade.

  12. Life Lesson About Privacy on Mother Sues After Bebo Story Hits Press · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mrs Hudson said her daughter has also suffered greatly because of the breach of her privacy. "Jodie is 15 years old," she said. "She did not consent to the publication in the media of any photograph of her or her party, or of any material that she wrote on her Bebo site."

    Looks like she learned about it the hard way. What you post on-line is public info.

  13. As a member of the Church of FSM on Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a member of the Church of FSM, I am insulted. If they are allowed to teach ID in the classroom, then the story of the Flying Spaghetti Monster should be allowed as well. Blessed be his noodly greatness!

  14. Re:Why no rising sea level on North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September? · · Score: 1

    The thing is that the melting of the ice that is ALREADY in the water isn't going to affect sea level (it's already in there), it's the stuff that is on land melting that will.

  15. Re:Stupid people on Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition · · Score: 1

    The reason people don't use apps like Open Office and Thunderbird is that they're simply not as good as Office. They're getting better for sure, but I'll tell you this: I've used t-bird for probably four years now and I think Outlook is better. Recently, I tried to install the calendar add on for Thunderbird. After about an hour of screwing around, I got it working. Once I started using it, I realized that it was missing a few important features I had come to expect. Peoples' time is valuable, and they don't want to spend it doing something like configuring software. Btw, I develop software for a living and usability issues like this are HUGE, but they are generally easy to fix. In case you were wondering, people don't give a crap about what OS they're using. They just want to get their work done as easily as possible.

  16. Re:what's with the 'phpsucks' tag? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 2, Informative

    PHP just makes it really easy to write sloppy code. I switched to doing primarily .NET few years back, and I prefer the more structured environment and compiled code. The only time I touch PHP now is to maintain existing code.

  17. Re:Here's your warning: on London Lawyers Demand £600 For One Game · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you read the article, the reader claims he never downloaded the game in the first place, nor can he find an evidence of it.

  18. I like to settle these things professionally... on Dealing With an IT Bully · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like to settle these things professionally...by challenging them to a fist fight. I even let them choose the fighting ground.

  19. Well said on Unreal Creator Proclaims PCs are Not For Gaming · · Score: 1

    I've played FPS on both consoles and PCs. Obviously, with the mouse and keyboard combo you have a greater degree of control over the gaming experience - however using the joystick also presents another challenge that I enjoy. Who cares as long as you're having fun? That's the point of games, they're fun!

  20. Good idea but.... on Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since a snapshot can be made of the site at any point in time, it is possible to go back and view the "legit" data. When you post something on the interweb, it could be there for good. One example: archive.org.

  21. Contract a web designer. on Web Graphic Design for Small Businesses · · Score: 1

    You and the company management should farm out the design to a web designer - they do this ALL the time and it's relatively cheap. Once you get the design from the designer, you slice it up and make it a site. I used to try to design sites myself. I realized when I use a designer, it not only saves time and money but I get a better result in the end.

  22. I'll never stop on Catching Spam by Looking at Traffic, Not Content · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where else would I get my Viagra from?

  23. Re:#1 thing that is good about Google on Google Releases Customized IE 7 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Correction: Google maps is NOT Flash based. Yahoo! Maps is Flash based and Google maps uses Ajax.

  24. Give the guy a break on Yahoo CEO Speaks Up about Shake Up · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Give the guy a break. Sure he is being a little brash, but don't we all get the chance to do that every now and then? Instead, why not find a news worthy subject to report on instead of someone's comment from an internal meeting?