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  1. on the bright side with the dollar tanking... on Dell Found Guilty of Fraud, False Advertising · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It'll soon be cheaper to run a call center in the USA than in India or Mexico.

    So quality of service should go up or the language barrier should go down. May not go hand in hand, but I think majority of the issues are caused by the language barrier anyway.

  2. Are there ANY big box companies with good service? on Dell Found Guilty of Fraud, False Advertising · · Score: 1

    I can't think of any?

    I had a great experience with Zyxel recently with a bad router(the OVERNIGHTED me a new powersupply), but Zyxel isn't really mainstream big box like LinkSys or HP.

    Has anyone EVER had a exceptional experience with HP/Dell/Gateway? I'm serious, this is a good discussion point.

  3. Data Replication = BAD on Google To Host Ajax Libraries · · Score: 1

    It's really foolish to replicate these libraries all over the place.

    No one says you have to use google's service. It's just an idea. They eliminate library management problems for you and you give them a little data.

    So what. Do you think that COMCAST and other companies that are throttling bit torrent and high jacking DNS queries aren't mining and selling all your UNENCRYPTED CAN BE READ WITH NOTEPAD AND TCPDUMP HTTP get requests?

  4. Newspapers have prior art. on Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites · · Score: 1

    Prior art? As I recall images have been used to introduce information for a long time.

    Example: In a newpaper on the front page, a big headline picture with the caption (see story on A1). Isn't this linking by a picture?

  5. Re:Yes.... RTFA on VIA Open Platform Mini-Notebook Serves up Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    O.S. Support:

    Vista
    XP
    Linux

  6. Re:No surprise... on UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida · · Score: 1

    You can't spell, therefore I have so little faith in the likelihood that you might be an intelligent person that I'm not even going to bother to read what you wrote. You must be knew here, many things are misspelled or misused.

    Preview needs spell check :-)
  7. Re:Not true at all on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Also, do you know anyone that bought XP that was not bundled with a PC? It's exactly the same situation as five years ago. Except nobody liked 98 either so it was something unknown versus something that sucks :-)

    Today XP works for the most part and people don't like to give up things that work(for good reason).
  8. Re:Nice to know on Getting Rid of Staff With High Access? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Wow, I will have to remember to give four weeks notice next time instead of two.

    Thanks for the heads up! Notice is for sallies, real men just quit. After all -- do they give you notice when your going to be let go? No.

    My family owns a couple of businesses, when an employee gives notice -- we say -- thanks, the good news is you can start your new job early. Security escorts them out, problem solved.

    It's a waste of money to pay someone who doesn't even want to be working for you. Obviously their output is going to be nill so their pay should be nill.

    If your management is piss poor and you don't have proper documentation and SOPs then you place yourself at the mercy of your employees -- which is a very bad place to be.
  9. Re:Cult != Religion on UK Prosecutors Say 'Cult' Acceptable · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Cults engage in serious mind control. Religions are just a set of spiritual principles. For example, there are some Christians who worship in a cult-like society, and some that do not. How does a set of "guiding spiritual principles" of an accepted religion differ from the "guiding dogma" of any other belief system?

    Just because it's mainstream doesn't make it right.

    It's all the same crap, it's a HUMAN-CONTROL-CLASS, with subclasses of Christianity and Scientology.

    Religions all have the same effect, they control the weak and bend them to the will of those in power.
  10. Pringles CAN Wifi to the MAX on Parent-Friendly Wireless Bridge To Span 500 Meters? · · Score: 1

    Just use a pringles can to redirect the wireless signal.

    BAM. It works.

    http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/40546/Pringles_Can_WiFi_Antenna.html

  11. Re:Snow Crash method on Paypal Founder Puts a Half Million Dollars Into Seasteading · · Score: 1

    1 Buy a retired aircraft carrier and an oil tanker.

    2 Tie them together.

    3 Let it flow around.

    4 ???

    5 profit. 4 = PAY NO TAXES
  12. Re:Confirmed shipping addresses... on Paypal Founder Puts a Half Million Dollars Into Seasteading · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You shouldn't move much more than an island does so long as the length of the total surface is dozens of typical wavelengths long. About the only thing you'd have to worry about would be a tsunami.

    If a hurricane can derail a train or knock over an oil rig. It could make a mess out of these.

  13. Re:Wait, what? on New Urinal-Based Video Game Makes a Splash · · Score: 1

    if it keeps the assholes around here from pissing everywhere but in the toilet/urnal

    I can't help it, my wife was Loraina Bobbit! That's hardly off-topic. It's pretty funny.
  14. Report at 11.... on Nanotubes "As Deadly as Asbestos" · · Score: 5, Informative

    Breathing solids into lungs which are supposed to process gases is a bad thing. More at 11.

  15. Re:Doping goes to a whole new level on Amputee Sprinter Wins Olympic Appeal to Compete · · Score: 1

    Once it takes robotic limbs to win olympic medals we've really taken all the fun out of competing. I would say that's up for debate. Ever watch that stupid robot battle show? Upgrades may bring some excitement into the games.
  16. Re:ridiculous straw man on Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You need to go down some side streets in Bradenton Florida. You can get shot for being white.

    Blacks are just as racist.

    So are Latinos.

    So are Italians.

    Welcome to reality.

  17. Re:ridiculous straw man on Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight · · Score: 1

    That arguments ridiculous. There's nothing inherent in being black that makes them more likely to commit crimes, the root cause is in society and culture. All you need to do is look at the prison population to see where the problems are. The majority of poor in the USA are white, about 80% of people who make less than 20 grand are white.

    You are ignoring statistics. Once you ignore the numbers you don't operate on reason. You operate on emotion.

    Once you leave logic for emotion you lose objectivity and credibility.
  18. Re:NBC? on NBC Activates Broadcast Flag · · Score: 1

    Nuclear/Biological/Chemical? Wrong, CRAP.
  19. Re:the other 15% on 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    85% of Chinese Likes Censorship

    That's not what they were asked because the Chinese government did not approve of the question. They were asked if they approved of government control. The two are very different, especially in a socialist state where the government controls everything.

    I totally agree, I bet we can hit 85% of Americans to agree to government censorship if we showed a youtube video of the world trade center being pissed on by Osama. It's all context and how the question is asked.

    Luckily, we have free speech welded into our constitution for the most part.
  20. I'd buy one. on Terrafugia CEO Responds To "Flying Car" Criticism · · Score: 1

    It's beats the heck out of waiting in line and taking a shuttle to rent a car at an airport.

    Just hit the convert button..... and you are on your way --- SWEET!

  21. Secret Formula on HP Seals the Deal, Buys EDS For $14B · · Score: 1

    HP's secret plan.

    1. Buy ED's
    2. ?
    3. Profit

  22. Re:and now for something completely different on UK to Ban Possession of Certain 'Violent' Pornography · · Score: 1

    Liberal zombies don't like guns.

    It's makes it hard for them to get to the brains if the people are armed.

    Hehehehe.....

  23. Re:And again... on RIAA Sues Homeless Man · · Score: 3, Interesting

    *** WARNING ***

    Link in parent is malicious. Do not click.
    AVG just shit a break about that page containing a worm/virus/trojan.
  24. We use Retalix Storeline at my work. on Can You Access Your Own Cash Register Data? · · Score: 1

    It uses a SQL SB to store sales. Really any POS solution that uses a SQL capable DB allows for easy extraction of data.

  25. Re:Value on Lawyer Banned for Threatening File-Sharers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's truely amazing that people continue to support copyright theft here. It's an indection that most Slashdotter's don't actually produce anything of value. I beg to differ.

    Ever heard of Linux? Jackass. Go back under your bridge.