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  1. I suppose that means they can't use "scp". on P2P Network Exposes Obama's Safehouse Location · · Score: 1

    sigh

  2. Perhaps it is time to lower Apple in the Page Rank on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 2, Funny

    That might get it's attention.

  3. Learn how to "manage" faculty on How To Help With a University ICT Strategy? · · Score: 2

    Figure out what their real needs are and meet them.
    Learn who can be ignored and who can't.

    In general, if they feel you are listening and understanding them,
    you will get along ok.

  4. "... with dignity and respect" on Chinese Employee Loses iPhone Prototype, Kills Self · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hah! Like Apple treats its iphone app developers ?

  5. Serves Yahoo right on Belgium Tries to Fine Yahoo for Protecting US User Privacy · · Score: 1

    Anytime you have a company that transcends country boundaries you are begging for trouble.
    Separate, cooperative companies seems far safer, cheaper, and adaptable.

  6. Re:What does the moon have, that Earth does not? on What If the Apollo Program Had Continued? · · Score: 1

    The ease of launching, I will certainly grant you that.

    But you already have unlimited, uninterrupted solar power here on earth in the form
    of the Sahara.

  7. Re:What does the moon have, that Earth does not? on What If the Apollo Program Had Continued? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you wiped out all life on the earth with an asteroid, no matter what, it would be more habitable than the moon.

  8. Retirement communities on the moon on What If the Apollo Program Had Continued? · · Score: 1

    Seems to me to be the best use of the moon. Hearts last longer, perhaps, in less gravity ?
    Old rich people squander their children's inheritance to gain another 10 years living
    on the moon. Retirement homes on Earth are about as lonely as living on the moon.

  9. What does the moon have, that Earth does not? on What If the Apollo Program Had Continued? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even the Earth has a whole lot of undeveloped acreage in the ocean.

  10. "New Systems" are never created. on Why New Systems Fail · · Score: 1

    A good system is one that evolves constantly from humble beginnings with smart
    people making and guiding decisions at every step in its evolution.

    You start with a good idea, implement it. Add more good ideas, discard the bad ones.

    If your system is useful, and supersedes the older slow/bloated one, then it "becomes" the "new system".

  11. Re:It has very empirical validity on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 1

    You are not using the test for a prescription. You are using it merely to get a sense for if the test has merit other than pop psychology.

    The degree of required testing is 2 order of magnitude in difference.

  12. It has very empirical validity on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 1

    Give the test to 100 people.
    Have the 100 people do pre-screenings with psychologists.
    Correlate the answers with clinical diagnosis.

    It is *not* pop psychology, but anyone using it for anything other than a basic
    litmus test is a quack.

  13. they all look like on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 1

    Giant carrot people drinking from bottles while playing musical instruments.

  14. a solid programming background only hurts you on Suggestions For Learning FPGA Development At Home? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Forget what you know about programming, FPGA's are about thinking in a compleltely different mind set

  15. Apple is the bipolar opposite of open source on What Open Source Can Learn From Apple · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apple is one man's dream, and it will die with that man.
    Open Source will outlive any particular person.

  16. Re:High Thrust, High Specific Impulse (Isp) on Successful Test of Superconducting Plasma Rocket Engine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    " ... but you couldn't feasibly build a chemical rocket with enough fuel ... "

    In fact, you can't do it all. There is a theoretical maximum amount of chemical energy/mass
    you can achieve. Even when you are able to use this energy at 100% efficiency, the amount of energy required
    to move the fuel itself reaches a point at which its payload can go no faster.

  17. how absurd on Jammie Thomas To Appeal $1.9 Million RIAA Verdict · · Score: 1

    She wants to get it appealed to something that wont bankrupt her? $100 ?

  18. I like this one snippet on PostgreSQL 8.4 Out · · Score: 1

    " .... This should help users migrating from MySQL. ... "

    Because we know they are sure to be coming in droves whether they know it or not. :)

  19. should you be taxed on out of state driving? on GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested · · Score: 1

    On that point I could understand why a GPS might be asked for
    as opposed to a simple odometer read by the car inspector.

  20. What is the exact translation? on Sony Begins Shipping PCs With Green Dam In China · · Score: 1

    Is it required that you run it?
    Or simply a requirement that the system come with it
    pre-installed ?

  21. It still has quite a bit of "suckiness" on Unlocking Android · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you buy an unlocked android phone, you can not run applications *you paid for*
    because of DRM.

    If you buy an android phone and then unlock it, all is well.

  22. Re:Law is bullshit on Of Catty Rants and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Law is a simply a different discipline that takes skills other than brute
    force intellect. It takes creativity, reading comprehension, and lots
    of legwork.

  23. IANAL on Of Catty Rants and Copyrights · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But how can someone sue for a copyright violation when there was no copyright?

  24. Re:A question for any legal geeks on Amazon Cuts Off North Carolina Affiliates · · Score: 1

    Sure,

    What specifically is disallowed by being in a U. S. territory ? I know they get no seat in the house or senate. What else?

    Does a particular company suffer in any way by being located in a territory as opposed to a state?

  25. I think this is a real power of a big .com on Amazon Cuts Off North Carolina Affiliates · · Score: 1

    By not having any particular roots, they can dictate the rules.