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  1. For the usual reasons: on Why Developers Get Fired · · Score: 1

    - Poor interpersonal skills
    - You smell bad
    - You don't do what you are told
    - You can't actually code

  2. You know the answer on A Myspace Lockdown - Is It Possible? · · Score: 1

    Become "invasive".

    - Install Squid with customized screening setups.

    - Adopt an Acceptable Use Policy that states that going to MySpace can lead to eventual dismissal.

    P

  3. How on Making an Argument Against Using Visual-Basic? · · Score: 1

    If you're not familir with VB, how do you know you should argue against it?

  4. How? on Making the Most of IT support? · · Score: 4, Informative

    how can users work peacefully and effectively with their IT department?

    Simple.

    STFU.

    RTFM.

  5. Re:We are programmers because we don't like math.. on Choosing Careers in Technology? · · Score: 1

    You need to be creative but you need to think about the structure of things. You need to think outside the box, but also work within limitations.

    You just described my Liberal Arts Degree. Advanced thinkers in any field think about these.

  6. Re:But it moooves on Holographic Storage Crams in 0.5TB Per Square Inch · · Score: 1

    Those would be cracks, not scratches.

  7. Re:I can't wait on Google Enters Web-Office Market · · Score: 1

    > WHY do you often have multiple unsynchronized copies
    > of important documents laying around?

    They're called backups.

  8. They're right. on MS Thinks OOo is 10 Years Behind · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All the big changes to MS Office are orientated around collaboration and integration with MS's looming strike at the middleware market. OOo doesn't do this.

    Yet.

  9. Re:This has happened before. on Tension Between Record Labels And Digital Radio · · Score: 1
    The first commercial transatlantic passenger route was inaugurated on June 28, 1939 ....Within 18 months, passenger traffic on ships fell by 80%.

    1939

    I'm pretty sure those U-Boats might have had something to do with it...

  10. Re:Stymie the goons in charge on How To Enable Mom w/ Encrypted E-Mail? · · Score: 1

    Just sprinkle big, intellectual-ish words like "multilateral," "constitutionally legitimate," and "evolutionary" into your emails. They'll never figure out what you're talking about.

    Are you kidding? These are probably keywords for Echelon!

  11. Bah... on How Do You Deal with Depression Around Christmas? · · Score: 1

    I Drink!

        Heavily.

    np

  12. He's got a real pretty mouth on him, don't he? on Outsourcing to Rural America · · Score: 1

    City Customer: "Hello, is that the helpdesk?"
      Mountain Man: "I'm gonna make you squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee."

    City Customer: "My cupholder/CD drive is broken"
      Mountain Man: "You ever had your balls cut off you fucking ape?"

    City Customer: "I need to load the internet on my computer"
      Mountain Man: "Looks like we got us a sow here instead of a boar. "

  13. Re:yes, it does rot your brain, or at least habits on Does Visual Studio Rot the Brain? · · Score: 1

    I will posit something here: In my experience, problems with interface, whether it's physical presentation or the logical design of the human-computer interaction are a much more *common* factor in making software unusable than bad code per se.

    Perhaps we need a generation of developers who think first in terms of human - machine interaction and supporting processes?

    I'm not say this is a substitute for good code, just that we need to think about it.

  14. Re:Great on China Going Up and Coming Down · · Score: 1

    Tibet wasn't exactly a democracy before either; People seem to forget that. I do not condone the actions of the PRC, but a feudal theocracy ain't what I would call Shangri-la.

  15. Sinking a carrier on Sonic Torpedo Defense · · Score: 1

    The RAN's Collins Class submarines have been known to get within torpedo range of a US Carrier without detection. These are armed with the Mk 48 torpedos.

  16. Nasty Librarians on Librarians Fighting to Save Moore's Law Issue · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who misread the Subject?

    I had visions of otherwise demure, bookish girls wearing glasses duking it out in a wafer fab plant before tumbling over a workbench into a pit of jelly...

  17. Re:Critical? Pfft... i've seen better. on Pros and Cons of Firefox Critically Evaluated? · · Score: 1

    It could easily be making sure that whenever it is looking for resources to clear up to NOT touch IE until the last possible moment

    That's because IE is an integral part of the operating system. ;)

  18. ESA Aiming for Mars on ESA Aiming for Martian Probe in 2011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, we're pretty sure that they know how to hit Mars!

  19. Re:Not just late, but... on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    > if the networks insist on treating
    > their customers badly

    Dude, you are not the network's customer. Advertisers are.

  20. I stumbled upon this on Open Source Social Bookmarking Service · · Score: 0, Redundant

    site a couple of years ago.

    www.stumbleupon.com

    Pages are submitted, ranked and then made available so that using a (moz or IE) toolbar you can stumble through a randomish assortment of pages according to interest and content.

    To me it epitomises the "surfing" part of the web!

  21. I stumbled upon this on Open Source Social Bookmarking Service · · Score: 2, Informative

    www.stumbleupon.com a couple of years ago. Sites are submitted, categorised and then can be rated. Using a (Moz or IE) toolbar you can stumble through the sites according to a mixture of preferences.

    It to me epitomises the "surfing" part of the web.

  22. Re:No pre-flight test? on Fuel Loss May Cut Short GlobalFlyer's Journey · · Score: 1

    The wings don't droop, once they are generating enough lift.

  23. Why? on Use A Regular Phone For Cellphone Calls · · Score: 1

    > long calls that might drain my battery. It
    > would also be nice if I didn't have to hunt
    > for my cellphone at home

    Why not leave your phone plugged into its charger? Then it is always in the same place and full of juice.

  24. Re:Young People on Cellphone Drivers Drive Like Drunks · · Score: 1

    > I damn near rear-ended him and I had about
    > 5 seconds between us. They car behined me
    > almost hit me, etc.. It was damn near a

    Y'know it's pretty much universal, in commom sense and in law, that rear-ending someone is always your fault. You were going too fast.

  25. Two chicks on Things To Do Before You Die · · Score: 1

    ...at the same time.