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  1. Re:Human Success? on ReCAPTCHA.net Now Vulnerable to Algorithmic Attack · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's why it's been figured out at ~30% eficacy. *shrug*

  2. Re:FX always trump story. on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 1

    Man, I just couldn't read this post past the "Irregardless". That... was... awesome!

  3. Re:Stupid chargers on Hardware Hackers Reveal Apple's Charger Secrets · · Score: 1

    For everyone replying to this post... Apple is a for-profit company. If you don't like HOW they make those profits please feel free to vote with your wallet and buy a competing product instead of theirs. Isn't it as simple as that?

    Cue devil's advocate explaining why it can't be as simple as that, ad nauseam...

  4. Double standard against White Hats? on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 1
    I think the real problem here is that when a white hat plugs a security hole in some corporate infrastructure he can get pinched by the Feds, put into prison, litigated against, or all of the above. People have been charged with less for hopping onto OPEN networks. However, when some faceless corporation plugs a hole without permission it seems to be okay and there will never be any kind of consequence for that. There's just some disparity there that's hard to put your finger on. At any rate, I think this is what tastes bad to the OP.

    And for the record, you DO own any router you buy whether or not that was purchased from a third party or your ISP. However, when you buy from the ISP there is a "Support" clause that you buy into as well. They might be protected by that if the clause was infinite provided his contract with them has been constant.

  5. Re:How about... on School District Drops 'D' Grades · · Score: 1

    *slow clap*

  6. Re:Online schools are a scam on Your Online Education Experience? · · Score: 1
    While I will vouch for most of this statement, I will say that I know several DeVry graduates who have actually gotten a good amount out of their CS degrees in well paying positions. One of the places a person I know got hired at actually ended up taking most of their managers from the pool of employees with DeVry degrees.

    It really is a piece of paper that gets you in the door. What you do behind that door is really up to you. The problem is that many people who go to these types of institutions think that the door-opener will help you all the way up. That's not true of any degree but it seems that a lot of the student population at these private institutions thinks it is. As a result there are a lot of hangers on who barely get their paper and don't do much with it. Their lack of focus on oral and written communication seems to be a barrier that you cannot buy your way over.

  7. Re:Welcome to College on Your Online Education Experience? · · Score: 1

    This is the best question ever asked on Slashdot.

  8. Re:This ran through my head reading the summary... on China Says Google Pledged To Obey Censorship Demands · · Score: 1

    A rare... Reel Big Fish reference.

  9. Re:"We'll just take refuge in this old lava tube.. on When On the Moon and Mars, Move Underground · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suppose that's better than No Eye Contact Vin Diesel.

  10. Re:Will be a hard pill to swallow... on Apple To Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference · · Score: 1

    The antenna actually IS better... they just should have coated the metal around the edges with an insulating coating to prevent these kind of problems.

  11. Re:Okay then. on The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg · · Score: 1

    Dinasaurs - "lizards named Dina"

  12. Re:dumb dumb dumb on Big Changes Planned For The Force Unleashed 2 · · Score: 1

    Not to mention Vader leaving him to be killed by a handful of stormtroopers even though he was left with both lightsabers in his possession. Lame.

  13. Re:This site describes the machine on Information On Philips' "Coffee" Machine? · · Score: 1

    Bravo, to the under appreciated Airplane reference... Shhiiiiiiii....

  14. Re:hah on Chase Bank May Drop Support of Chrome, Opera · · Score: 1

    ... have you ever coded a web site... like, omg, like, ever?

  15. Re:Joke of the day on Bill Gates Doesn't Work At Microsoft Anymore · · Score: 1

    How many, and how much?

  16. Re:whoopie on Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order · · Score: 1

    ... You must be fun at parties. :-|

  17. Re:Not only... on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    Sweet fancy Moses... what a clever move!

  18. Re:You can't fix stupid... on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    Please MOD UP "+5 Good Advice"

  19. Re:Consider the source - Gartner on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    Why do I find the term "butt-buddies" not only amusing but endearing?

  20. Re:Philotics on Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km In China · · Score: 1

    Whoosh?

  21. Re:Why is Kim Jong IL... on North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    Woosh?

  22. Re:In related news on North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    So is their economy theocratic as well?

  23. Re:Satellite Fight! on Drifting Satellite Could Knock Out Cable TV · · Score: 1

    It's clearly a SkyNet issue.

  24. Re:Retarded on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    It's true. Even after you have uninstalled Chrome the GoogleUpdate.exe process remains. Not to mention the Scheduled Task it silently installs if you are a Windows user. For average users, uninstalling Chrome completely is impossible.

  25. Re:Lowest bidder ... on Crowdsourcing HIV Research · · Score: 1

    Ha! Indeed. Mod parent up, please, as Depressingly, yet Hilariously, True