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  1. Secretaries? on Computer Programmers Only the 5th Most Sleep Deprived Profession · · Score: 1

    Do secretaries even exist? Where I work, we haven't even had a receptionist for the last ten years.

  2. Re:Power and Responsibility on Photographing Police: Deletion Is Not Forever · · Score: 1

    A key fact is that the Police are Public Servants...

    "You're a public servant, right? Bring me a glass of water!" -- George Carlin

  3. Never attribute to world events on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 2

    to that which can be explained by gouging. I've never bothered to look, but I assume the graph of gasoline prices are that of an assymetric sawtooth: rapid rises, but slow reductions.

  4. Your view of the law, you must obey you superiors regardless, is the law of the Nazis, is the law of Stalin and Mao, it is not the law of any democracy and publicly stipulated at the Nuremberg trials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials [wikipedia.org].

    One of the US prosecutors at Nuremberg was the father of Chris Dodd - now the front man of an organization that doesn't seem to care much about democracy nor the Rule of Law.

  5. If he were wise on The Inside Story of Virgin Oceanic's Mission To the Mariana Trench · · Score: 1

    he would name it Cthulu, in a chance to appease the Master he no doubt will rouse from slumber.

  6. The Guild on Eric Schmidt: UN Treaty a 'Disaster' For the Internet · · Score: 1

    The UN has more in common with the Legion of Doom than it does an actual peace organisation.

    More like The Guild of Calamitous Intent, actually. This is why we don't see David Bowie much these days.

  7. Here, here on Megaupload Founder Dodges Jail Again; Wife Under Investigation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The only boats the contemporary US ecomony raises are yachts.

    Where did the last US generation shop? Sears, Montgomery Wards, JC Penney. Where does this generation (have) to shop? Walmart and Best Buy. That ain't progress, people.

  8. Part of the deal on North Korea Agrees To Suspend Nuclear Activities · · Score: 1

    is that Best Korea will now be printing all 100 dollar bills and passing the savings along to the US Treasury. Plus some vague rider about extraditing Trey Parker and Matt Stone to Pyongyang.

  9. Overdue on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 1

    I was thinking the GOP was way behind in running their now-standard play of starting impeachment proceedings on every sitting Democratic president based on abject bullshit. I guess the primary fight has slowed their plans.

  10. An even better Gnome on GNOME 3.4 Preview · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now with five toes!!

  11. Consumer Reports on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    The touchstone of CS car reviews are their obsession rear visibility. If they reviewed a car with no roof, rear fenders, or trunk lid, they would probably term the rear visibility as 'adequate'. Given this, I am certain either a well-heeled benefactor or senior staffer must of backed over a child. But since even 'free' cell phones come with cameras now and most cars feature a tv set in the dash - oh, sorry: information panel - then yes this should be a standard.

  12. Re:who's paying for it? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    Going out drinking 5-6 times a week? Dude, if the GP is doing that, then guess what- they have an alcohol problem.

    Or they have a European citizenship.

  13. Second-hand pot smoke on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    Seriously; that could be the last insurmountable obsticle to cannabis legalization. Cancer from someone else's cigarettes is terrible, but getting an unwanted contact high resulting in a DUI would be some harsh bud indeed.

  14. Those who ignore anchors on Ship Anchor Damages African Undersea Cables · · Score: 1

    are doomed to repeat splicing. Seriously; how can any 'professional' still be designing undersea cabling having no shallows protection against anchor strikes, regardless the intent? Lowest bidder effect? Immorally lucrative service contract? What?

  15. Massive pay = perpetual responsibility on Lawyers For Mining Companies Threaten Scientific Journals · · Score: 1

    You want to be a massively overcompensated thief with a briefcase? Fine. But the criminal and civil liability of every lie, every cost-cut resulting in a throat cut will be bound to you in perpetuity like Jacob Marley's chains. Go directly to jail; do not collect Golden Parachute.

  16. Compromise on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    However, for purposes of clarity, the summary should point out both that he is a former Senator and that he is now CEO of the MPAA.

    Then how about: Prick

  17. Microsoft Account on Microsoft Killing Off Zune, Windows Live Brands? · · Score: 1

    "Just as fun as it sounds!!"

  18. The thin point of the spear on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 2

    I see this causing more harm than good. With the way they get treated, it's a wonder we have any teachers at all.

    That is exactly what a certain school of political thought desires. They already have most of the simple-minded, marching in lockstep and voting against their own interests; destroy effective and honest public education and you easily swell those ranks for generations to come.

  19. 4k display on Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire · · Score: 1

    coupled with a Red camera in a clean room (or a vacuum between the two if that could be made to work. I suspect this will be the new pirating method and that may be an analog hole the MAFIAA can't plug.

  20. Nope on Are Smartphones Starting a Boom In DIY Medicine? · · Score: 1

    Not as more and more employers ban phones from being turned on during company time. It might be hard for an IT guy or developer to get their head around, but it is true and IMHO probably increasing. And giving the boss a note from your doctor requiring you have your phone on and ready at all times would be an hilarious vignette to watch.

  21. Hey Now on Why Canada Does Not Belong On the US Piracy Watchlist · · Score: 1

    Pfffbbt! Canada! Of course you don't put imaginary lands on watch lists. Canada is an old fairy tell parents tell when they don't want their children to become improv comics or hockey fans.

    What a terrible thing to say; my girlfriend is from Canada!
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    What?

  22. Good Luck With That on FCC Chair Calls On ISPs To Adopt New Security Measures · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need a general public that understands ...

    404 Not Found

  23. Mod Up on Microsoft's Anti-Google Video Campaign · · Score: 0

    5+ Great Ad for Google, by Google.

  24. Pot files EU Antitrust Complaint on Microsoft Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Motorola Mobility · · Score: 1

    against Kettles.

  25. How do you say on ACTA Referred To Europe's Top Court For Analysis · · Score: 1

    'Kabuki Dance' in EU-ese?

    Until the hide-bound, freedom hating troglodytes that run the MAFIAA are sprawled out atop their massive desks with wooden stakes driven through their tiny black hearts, they will never give up, but merely regroup out of sight, like the filthy cockroaches they mimic.