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  1. Re:Shit Happens on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Someone had to take the loans, the Federal Reserve had to set the low interest rates, the regulators, the public and the politicians had to be complicit in what was going on...etc, etc, etc.

    There is so much blame to go around that it's kind of hard just to pinpoint everything on "bankers".

  2. They Have to Go Public on Facebook Expected To Go Public Next Week · · Score: 2

    They're forcing themselves to use Timeline and there's no other choice. Duh. Old news.

  3. Re:*Cricket cricket* on Lunar Base Foe Romney Endorsed By Lunar Base Supporters · · Score: 0

    Giulianni:9/11 Obama:killing bin Laden

    Ok, we get it. He was the guy sitting at the desk when he got the info and gave the order. Good for him. I would assume every most Presidents except for Ron Paul would have made a similar decision.

    So instead of bin Laden watching dirty videos he is dead. Let's base 4 years of a Presidency based on that?

  4. Consequences to Actions on AT&T Threatening To Raise Rates After Merger Failure · · Score: 1

    T-Mobile wanted out and AT&T needed their bandwidth. The FCC nixed the deal over jobs or something like that. So fine...

    But it seems the "tantrum" goes both ways. If you support the FCC's decision, you don't have to pretend there won't be any negative consequences. There can be negative consequences. Assuming there are absolutely none seems naive to me.

  5. Too Bad Assange Sold His Soul to the Kremlin on WikiLeaks Cable: NASDAQ Folded To Chinese Pressure · · Score: 1

    Allegedly...

    Although it would make sense why you don't hear about Russian Wikileak stuff.

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10781381

  6. Re:Going to the moon, with what money?? on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    I actually recommend reading the following to refresh your memory of what actually happened regarding those ethics violations:

    http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/what-really-happened-gingrich-ethics-case/336051

    Gingrich was cleared by the IRS.

  7. Re:Drumming Up Support on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    While his speech was given because of Florida, this is in-line with Gingrich's views regarding space for quite some time.

  8. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is Like Slash on Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame · · Score: 1

    That dude is everywhere!

  9. Re:American jobs on Apple Announces Most Profitable Quarter in History · · Score: 1

    Becoming a foreign company is a really easy thing to do. It's just a post office box in Switzerland away.

  10. Re:American jobs on Apple Announces Most Profitable Quarter in History · · Score: 1

    It's government's job to encourage business. Do they want a big thank you for doing what they're supposed to do?

  11. Re:Religious people are scary... on Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that guy who works at the soup kitchen...he's freaking me out.

  12. Re:The real problem here on Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    The Baptists helped out with that too.

  13. Re:God does not exist on Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Preparing hell for people who make Slashdot comments like this.

    With apologies to Augustine.

  14. Is this serious or saracasm? on Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    Yeah, completely the same in a largely Christian country...except for the whole going to jail part.

  15. Re:So what? on DOJ Investigates Google, Apple, and Others For 'No Poaching' Agreement · · Score: 2

    I'm a free market guy, and this doesn't sound entirely crazy. If you are preventing someone from getting work, you are on the hook for paying them.

  16. Blackout on Town Turns Off the Lights To See the Stars · · Score: 1

    I remember during a blackout relatively near New York City being able to see so many stars. And it was dark enough that I could see satellites traveling by. That was a great day.

  17. Re:Geothermal heat pumps on Supercomputer Cools Off Using Groundwater · · Score: 1

    I believe George W. Bush's house in Crawford uses something similar.

  18. Re:Not so sure about this. on Multicellular Life Evolves In Months, In a Lab · · Score: 1

    Yeast is in the fungi family, no?

  19. Re:Anyone who buys RIM is a fool... on Research In Motion To Be Sold, Possibly To Samsung · · Score: 1

    I would assume you are buying the patent portfolio and some engineering talent and ditching the rest.

  20. Re:Obvious answer ... Who pwns your data? on Ask Slashdot: Open Source vs Proprietary GIS Solution? · · Score: 1

    It's not like your data is stuck in SQL Server. You can always write a query to get the data out or use an ETL tool that pulls information out and puts it into another database if so desired. That's the whole point of a database. You can get the data out. Even Microsoft's.

  21. Anti-Science Europeans Chase Business to America on BASF Moves GM Plant Research From Europe To US · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have to admit, you weren't expecting to read that headline.

  22. Re:Evolution on Totally Drug-Resistant TB Emerges In India · · Score: 1

    Just because you believe a process can take a stroll down the sidewalk doesn't necessitate that you have to believe it can build a rocket ship and go to the moon.

  23. Re:Evolution on Totally Drug-Resistant TB Emerges In India · · Score: 2

    Can you point to a Young Earth Creationist who doesn't think natural selection can account for drug resistance? Because I haven't come across one. Let alone the Old Earthers or more generic Intelligent Design folk.

  24. Re:It's a matter of time and nothing else on How To Get Developers To Document Code · · Score: 1

    I think people would understand this if they simply stopped and asked the question of why people don't document to those who don't document.

  25. Re:How to poke a dead body on How To Get Developers To Document Code · · Score: 1

    Amen to this.