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

    I would like to see programmers broken out by IT support, DBAs, etc and normal developers. The first group has to do stuff in the middle of night or respond to emergencies. And I wonder if they are lumped in.

  2. Re:And people say .... on IBM Touts Quantum Computing Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    It's not a zero-sum game. This would only be a problem if Apple was the only company that ever will exist. Let them do what they do well and let IBM do what they do well.

  3. Act of War on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    In a more normal time, when the Fed and others weren't openly wishing for the reduction of the dollar's value, this would be considered an act of war.

  4. Comedy on Should There Be a Sci-Fi Category At the Oscars? · · Score: 1

    If a genre is going to get its own award, it should be comedy. A genuine comedy has no shot of winning Best Picture.

  5. Re:interrupted sleep on Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's Dr. A.C. Show some respect!

  6. Android on Google: IE Privacy Policy Is Impractical · · Score: 0

    So tell me again why I would want to use Android? No way I want Google to have built my phone. They know enough about me, thank you.

  7. Re:Questions about the gold standard (non-rhetorca on Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies · · Score: 1

    There's more than one version of the gold standard.

  8. Watch "Death to Pennies" on Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies · · Score: 2
  9. Do you remember the half-cent coin? on Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies · · Score: 2

    It's just what happens with inflation.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U

  10. Nickels Are Worth More Than a Nickel on Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies · · Score: 2

    http://coinflation.com/

    Bad money drives out the good.

  11. No, Not Really on Why People Don't Live Past 114 · · Score: 1

    And I'm an evangelical. This is referring to 120 years until Noah's flood, not a hard limit for humanity. There are some people in the Bible who live past 120 years after this.

  12. Origin of Life in a Sad, Sad State on Did Life Emerge In Ponds Rather Than Ocean Vents? · · Score: 1

    There are so many chicken-and-egg problems in Origin of Life research. Everything is screaming "design" but that's rule out from the outset. So we are left with each hypothesis trying to explain a part but then falling on all the other evidence. Its like playing whack-a-mole.

    Good luck to all the naturalistic scenarios.

  13. Re:With [not-]Friends like these... on Chinese Hackers Had Unfettered Access To Nortel Networks For a Decade · · Score: 1

    Which we can default on. That leverage goes both ways.

  14. Re:Green Energy on Journalist Arrested For Tweet Deported to Saudi Arabia · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, it can't be by fracking or nuclear power. No, we have to rely on green energy.

    Let's bankrupt ourselves like Spain on the green energy=jobs wild goose chase.

  15. Please mod this up on Three Unexpected Data Points Describe Elementary School Quality · · Score: 1

    I live in New Jersey where the standard response for failing schools is to shove them full of spending. Much of it gets wasted.

    There's no replacing involved parents.

  16. vs. Google Analytics on No More SSL Revocation Checking For Chrome · · Score: 1

    I bet Chrome won't be skipping over Google Analytics or their ad engine, which slows down my page breaking my experience something fierce.

  17. Re:What so great about ARM? on Apple Intern Spent 12 Weeks Porting Mac OS X To ARM · · Score: 1

    I believe, and I'm no expert, they excel at power consumption.

  18. Re:Does it actualy matter? on Apple Intern Spent 12 Weeks Porting Mac OS X To ARM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's like saying America is socialist because of the welfare state or is laissez-faire because we have a robust capitalist system. Neither is true and it is a matter of degrees.

    Not being open source doesn't make something "completely locked down." If that's what you want, more power to you, download Linux or FreeBSD.

  19. And yet... on Moglen: Facebook Is a Man-In-The-Middle Attack · · Score: 1

    the warmongers allow you to post on Slashdot with impunity. Maybe you are overstating the case?

  20. "less than satisfactory" on In Xhengzhou, Thousands Vie For Foxconn Jobs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Less than satisfactory" according to white, paternalistic Americans who frequent Whole Foods.

    Sorry to stereotype here, but let the Chinese figure out what is satisfactory or not.

  21. Looney Tunes on Aussies Could Use Elephants To Fight Invasive Species · · Score: 1

    Isn't this how Daffy Duck ran his hotel?

  22. Re:Growth is too limited for this to be a good dea on Facebook Reportedly Filing $5 Billion IPO Today · · Score: 1

    Apple has a relatively low P/E right now.

  23. Re:Growth is too limited for this to be a good dea on Facebook Reportedly Filing $5 Billion IPO Today · · Score: 1

    Us. They are selling us. And they will grow revenue by removing more and more of our privacy.

  24. They Don't Want to go Public on Facebook Reportedly Filing $5 Billion IPO Today · · Score: 1

    but they are forced to use Timeline.

    Thank you. I'll be here all week. Tip your waitress. Try the veal.

  25. Re:How much is 28 Megawatt? on Facebook's Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As Entire County · · Score: 1

    More importantly, how are we going to get that amount of power? The only thing capable of generating that power is a bolt of lightning. Unfortunately, you never know when or where a bolt of lightning will strike.