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  1. Sick of this BS on Gen Y Workers Reinventing IT for the Better · · Score: -1

    I am so sick of this Gen-Y, Gen-X, Baby Boomer pseudo-psychology that is always going around. I am a tail-end baby boomer and possess traits of Gen-X and now Gen-Y. Especially in terms of, "If the job gets boring I leave." So what does that make me, a Gen-BXY? Everyone would be a lot better off if lame studies stopped trying to pigeon-hole people into categories.

  2. ZZZZZZZZZ.... on Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh? Yawn...

  3. Plutonium Powered? on Spacecraft to Fly Through Geyser Plumes On Saturn Moon · · Score: 0

    The Cassini is plutonium powered so hopefully it does not crash and piss of ETs with the sort of scenario depicted here in this crack-pot attempt to stop the Cassini launch back in '97. http://www.junkscience.com/news/broad.html

  4. Re:Big Brother knows best on Chicago Links School Cameras To Police · · Score: 0

    Why steal the camera? An easier method is a good paintball gun, a couple of shots and viola! What feed?

  5. No Fear on 'Death Star' Aimed at Earth · · Score: 0

    8,000 light years away? Well if we make it another 8,000 years then we can worry about it.

  6. Pay to Go Away on SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing · · Score: 0

    The only explanation that seems plausible for this move, beyond utter lunacy, is that the investment company is hoping to become such a thorn in Novell and IBMs side with continuing litigation that they entice them to purchase SCO to get rid of them.

  7. Now if only on Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Memory Loss · · Score: 0

    they could provide brain stimulus to help erectile dysfunction, getting old might actually be fun!

  8. Power Ouchage on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dang, the lights went out. Now where is my dissertation? Oh crap!

  9. Re:idiots on You Used Perl to Write WHAT?! · · Score: 0

    Agreed! Implemented properly, and commented and coded wisely, Perl is just about one of the best coding languages for serious web application scripting. I've worked on myriad web apps in Perl including proprietary Enterprise Identity Manager and Single Sign-On solutions.

  10. Drop-out on Microsoft to Spy on Employees · · Score: 0

    A ridiculous idea which will come to fruition, at least in America, due to our lack of freedom. Yes lack of Freedom. Your debt makes you a slave and subject to impositions like the technology proposed.

  11. Learn from El Al on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 0

    The solution is advanced flight customer checks and profiling. Where's my $500,000?

  12. Universities Are Diploma Mills on What Skills Should Undergrads Have? · · Score: 0

    Quote from post, "My education has not been particularly difficult or time consuming to get good grades." Within this sentence underlies the greatest problem with advanced education today. Too many are being churned through the system and exiting with a diploma and essentially GUI knowledge. Over a year ago I participated in an interview panel related to an open Information Security position at my company. We interviewed many who looked good on paper, even an MS in Comp Sci. from USC; only to determine that most of them a GUI-slingers with little programming ability or understanding beyond .NET. How unfortunate; perhaps their educational experience mirrored the statement above.

  13. By Far: Sun Identity Manager on Your Worst IT Workshop? · · Score: 0

    Worst workshop for one of the worst products ever pieced together by purchasing different companies and mashing the results...

  14. Decertification not enough on Colorado Decertifies E-voting Machines · · Score: 0

    What we need now is an investigation into who in government certified this product in the first place, and how they were able to afford their Cayman on a gov worker salary.

  15. Re:Water or land? on Will The Next Generation of Spacecraft Land In the Water? · · Score: 0

    The Russians have been landing on land for decades. I always thought it was because water landings were too inconvenient for them and that water was best. I mean how could you not based on who actually achieved Man on the Moon? Now we find that maybe the Russians were smarter and we just luckier?

  16. Ask me why on Google Keeps What Ask.com Erases · · Score: 1, Funny

    I feel all Googley inside using a private proxy for all my web traffic...

  17. Re:Something to note about other people's opinions on Are You Proud of Your Code? · · Score: 0

    If this line is you, "I am downright embarrassed by the quality of my code. It is buggy, slow, fragile, and a nightmare to maintain," then yes, you should listen to other's opinions about your code. If the above does not describe you and your code works as intended, then consider the opinion of the persons who makes changes. If those changes do not create significant improvements in execution, then consider your lesson learned.

  18. Re:I prefer EMACS! on Hacking VIM · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Proven: Emacs fanboys are far more fanatical than vim Love vim.

  19. Re:Free Speech on Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records · · Score: 1

    What? No sense of humor? Why the -1...

  20. Asimo on Balancing Robot Can Take a Kicking · · Score: 1

    Wow, now Asimo will be almost as good as Awesomo!

  21. ReCaptcha on Carnegie Mellon's Digital Library Exceeds 1.5 Million Books · · Score: 1

    I suggested to my company that we use Carnegie Mellon's reCAPTCHA program to solve two problems 1) Improve our CAPTCHA implementation 2) Help Carnegie Mellon with their online publishing initiative. To my pleasant surprise I recently found the company decided to go ahead with reCAPTCHA. Sweet! If you are not familiar then check it out and do some good for everyone! http://recaptcha.net/

  22. Free Speech on Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd say this judge does not have a Bush bestowed nickname like ol' Kenny Boy!

  23. Re:Man Sized? on Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I should point out that these sort of creatures existed when the earth's climate was much hotter than today. ;-)

  24. Re:Simple (sort of) solution: on The Evolving Face of Credit Card Scams · · Score: 1

    Use a debit card instead? Good one, then scammers can empty your account and you have no recourse. Scammers racking up fraudulent charges on a credit card is a non-issue, you are only liable for $50 max. The credit card companies lose; not you. If you really want to be safe; prevent identity theft by locking your credit report with the big 3.

  25. Re:But the scary part is... on Backing Up Your Brain · · Score: 1

    What's to prevent them from adding advertising to your memories? NoScript and AdBlock ain't gonna cut it this time!