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  1. Lack of Good Programmers? on Ballmer Says Google's Growth Is 'Insane' · · Score: 1

    When coming out of college and looking for a job, I had about 7 years worth of C experience. But particular companies wanted C++ experience. They weren't willing to take the risk, which is their prerogative. But it made be skeptical of claims of lack of quality programmers. It just might mean that there is no thing as a zero-risk hire. Or you may have to do more pre-screening.

  2. No better way to learn than by doing on Summer of Code Student Applications Now Open · · Score: 1

    Just look through and try to find something you find interesting. If you are a novice/intermediate programmer, you will stretch your abilities and, hopefully, learn a lot.

  3. That would be Esau on Novell Assents To "Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux" · · Score: 2, Informative

    Who sold his birthright to Isaac.

    And the New Testament says of him "that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it dilligently with tears."

    Maybe there is a warning for Novell on a business, non-spiritual level.

  4. From the Googled Article on Don't Google "How To Commit Murder" Before Killing · · Score: 1

    Don't Google this article.

  5. Re:Out of Nothing Nothing Comes on Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing · · Score: 1

    But there is space (physical dimensions). And is new energy created? So when these particles pop into existance they don't add energy/mass to the universe, do they? In other words, is "stuff" just rearranged?

    And if their creation/destruction is orderly and repetitive it seems to be based on some physical law, which is something as well.

  6. Out of Nothing Nothing Comes on Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nothing is the only thing that can flow from nothing. Because it is no-thing. It is what rocks dream about.

    If there was nothing there in the beginning, there would be nothing now.

  7. But on the plus side... on Is Daylight Saving Shift Really Worth It? · · Score: 1

    the clock skipped ahead an hour. So the whole weekend at work was one hour less.

  8. Supply & Demand on Higher Pay for Math and Science Teachers · · Score: 1

    I discussed this with a teacher-friend before, but in the context of language teachers.

    Different departments and subjects have different supplies and demands. Now, paying more for certain skills would work. However, that would divide their union.

    The only acceptible approach, to the union, would be to pay every teacher more so that it attracts more science and language teachers.

  9. Re:if wasn't this format, it would have been anoth on How MP3 Was Born · · Score: 1

    The point was that the record industry can be upset with this individual for creating mp3 (not saying they are upset, just hypothetically), but that the end result was inevitible.

  10. if wasn't this format, it would have been another on How MP3 Was Born · · Score: 1

    I'm sure other compression formats exist or would have existed. With the advent of the Internet, it was inevitible that the record companies would be where they are today.

  11. Left-wing conspiracy theorists have hurt them on Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Getting in the middle of a left-wing conspiracy was the problem.

    1) Republicans are actively trying to tamper with the votes
    2) They are trying to tamper with electronic votes
    3) Somebody at Diebold was friendly to Republicans

    That was the problem for them. Yes, this is flamebait. But that doesn't make it wrong.

  12. Yeah, no way they can tamper with pencil on Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? · · Score: 1

    But seriously, I'm not afraid of electronic voting. Online voting would be a disaster.

  13. Those "nights"? on NASA's Future Inflatable Lunar Base · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are they planning to have the base on the dark side of the moon?

  14. How about generating power for video games? on Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity · · Score: 1

    A gym I went to once incorporated video games with the exercise bike. Exercise while having fun. Generate power for the game. Kill two birds with one stone.

  15. Question About Plate Techtonics on Huge Reservoir Discovered Beneath Asia · · Score: 1

    If memory serves plate techtonics are needed to regulate temperature, since they take greenhouse gases out of the system. (Please correct understanding if needed.) So you need plate techtonics to have temperature for liquid water. And you need water for plate techtonics.

    Are there any theories on how this got started?

  16. mercury in flourescents on GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology · · Score: 1

    If memory serves, there is mercury in flourescents. So an improvement in the old bulbs would negate a new problem.

  17. Why should they have a problem? on Vista Security — Too Little Too Late · · Score: 1

    If Microsoft wants to advertise here, to a crowd that largely doesn't care for them, more power to them.

    And if Slashdot wants to take their money and then be critical of them, what's the problem with that either?

    And there doesn't seem to be an official Microsoft stance on Slashdot anyway.

  18. There was an open source version of Halo? on Has Open Source Lost Its Halo? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I had know about that.

  19. Is Edwards concerned about the two Second Life's? on John Edwards' Campaign Enters Second Life · · Score: 2, Funny

    The haves in the Second Life economy and the have nots?

  20. Documented Evidence for the Spaghetti Monster on Graph of Linux Vs. Windows System Calls · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the Microsoft folks have excellent debugging tools to work with.

  21. And the downside... on Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered · · Score: 1

    is that Canadians have to flee to America to get out of line, esp. if they don't want to die of something that needs treatment in a short timeframe.

  22. For the 1st time, I'm considering Apple on Windows Vista Launches To Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    Is that an appropriate reaction to Vista? I'm not sure. But it seems that Vista is just an incremental change with unknown problems I don't feel like being bothered with a year from now.

  23. Re:Heads exploding on Norway Outlaws iTunes · · Score: 1

    If people know that their songs will only work with Apple, what's the problem? They are getting music to listen to.

    Consumer rights are strong? Sounds more like Norway limits freedom a bit too much.

  24. Please save me from myself! on Norway Outlaws iTunes · · Score: 1

    The parent post is spot-on. Why limit your freedom to buy proprietary formats of music?

  25. Like Chamberlin and Hitler on Microwave Experiments Cause Sponge Disasters · · Score: 1

    A better example would be people who think diplomacy will work with homicidal maniacs bent on our destruction.