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  1. Re:Climate change is not the problem with this. on Cars Emit More Black Carbon Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Estimated? Hell, measured by .5 of actual. What about the places with emissions checks on vehicles? If the findings in this study are true, I want every fucking dime that I've spent on emissions checks over the years back.

  2. Re:Price relief to come some time later. on Hard Drive Shortage Relief Coming In Q1 2012 · · Score: 1

    I agreed up until the SSD bit. Yes, there does need to be some geographic diversity in manufacturing. I'm still not 100% sold on SSDs for Terabytes of information.

  3. Re:May we have some new antibiotics? PLEASE????? on "Open Source" Drug Development Company Launched · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points, Interesting would be my first click

    But I have to wonder why people get infections in the first place. Was it that back in 1992 there were less people seeking medical treatment? No. But plausible. Could it be that healthcare is now run more like a fast food joint where patients are in and out in no time in order to increase bed turnover and, in turn, profit for the hospitals and medical groups? Absolutely.

  4. "Open Source Drug Development" on "Open Source" Drug Development Company Launched · · Score: 1

    What could possibly go wrong?!

  5. Re:browser pluggable executable objects on Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of... I don't know... ActiveX hell.

  6. hmmm... on A Rant Against Splash Screens · · Score: 1

    Some programs that are relatively simple and should load next to instantly, I can see this argument fitting. But when you get into larger, more bloated programs (E.g. Anything using Java) should have the splash screen just to keep me from double clicking on the damn launcher again and let me know it's thinking about loading.

  7. Re:Could use the real internet eh! on A Look At Microsoft's 'Mini Internet' For Testing IE · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because that would be somewhat unscientific. A lab setting is controllable and you would be able to trigger and know where latency is coming from and how to correct certain behaviors in software. With the real internet, it's anyone's guess where lag is coming from.

  8. Re:It really never ceases to amaze me.... on IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns · · Score: 1

    DBCooper. Nuff said. *micdrop*

  9. Re:Have you ever tried to switch from GoDaddy?? on Wikipedia Hasn't Forgiven GoDaddy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I had to look it up. But once I found a reliable source I did a batch transfer. http://help.godaddy.com/article/3560 lol

  10. "Wikipedia Hasn't Forgiven GoDaddy" on Wikipedia Hasn't Forgiven GoDaddy · · Score: 1

    And nor have I. I've transferred all of my domains and cancelled all services I had through them. This was not without great expense, but fuck them. I would rather give my money to someone that doesn't want to act as a cop.

  11. Re:I gave gifts like this once. Everyone hated the on Ask Slashdot: Good, Useful Free Software For Gifts? · · Score: 1

    First off, your relatives suck for not even having the common decency of feigning appreciation. Second, this was a learning experience. I was planning on doing this same thing this year for Christmas. Now it's off to buy giftcards: something I hate doing.

  12. Re:What are you going to do? on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I answered the question as to what I'm going to do: nothing. According to TFS, the time frame they're talking about is 5 years. Paint me pessimistic, but I highly doubt anything with any significant impact can happen in that small time frame. To try to do anything would be pointless.

  13. Re:It makes you wonder... on NASA Successfully Test Fires J-2X Engine. · · Score: 0

    What? Jupiter? It does put out more radiation than it absorbs but it's hardly a sun.

  14. Re:What are you going to do? on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 0, Troll

    I accepted the fact that on a long enough timescale, everything is temporary. Even human life itself on this planet. So I'm living it up, not giving a fuck. I'll die someday but that will be long before this planet comes to an end.

  15. hmmm on PROTECT-IP Makes Its Way To the Floors of Congress · · Score: 1

    As I read about the poisoned DNS entries, I pause to edit /etc/hosts

  16. Re:Ubuntu ... on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    Made the switch to Debian from Ubuntu this year. I'm way happier.

  17. Blogspam on Career Advice: Don't Call Yourself a Programmer · · Score: 1

    If you haven't read TFA, don't waste your time. It's all an opinion piece from one guy's perspective. [citation needed] should appear after every assertion.

  18. Re:Ron Paul 2012! on TSA's VIPR Bites Rail, Bus, and Ferry Passengers · · Score: 1

    Irrelevant.

  19. Re:Proper LAN Design on IT Shops Coping With Overloaded 2.4GHz WiFi Band · · Score: 1

    WTF were they thinking? They could use a class A or B for more IPs or go so far as to use VLSM if they want a classless headache.

  20. Re:Professors, not high school teachers on Teacher Union Tries To Block Online Courses · · Score: 3, Informative

    Amen. And this from a college prof.

    In my department there are profs that, in a meritocracy, wouldn't stand a chance of being employed another semester. How can you possibly teach a CS class and never once log into a class computer?

    Online classes are good for the disciplined students and those that have some prior knowledge of the course material and I'm glad my department is exploring offering more online. It frees the students' time to do other things other than spend gas money and time to warm a seat to learn stuff they already know. But it's really not for everyone. It is kind-of like the higher education equivalent of home schooling. It requires discipline and a routine in order to stay on top of assignments and do well. Some students just need that face-to-face verbal kick in the ass to get anything done. Like I say to my students "It's your time and your money. I don't care what you do with it, but I would rather give an A instead of an F"

  21. pissed off on Opera Proposes Switching Browser Scrolling For 'Pages' · · Score: 1

    Queue the pissed off people in 3... 2...

  22. Re:Side Note: re: AMC Pacer on Mazda Stops Production of the Last Rotary Engine Powered Car · · Score: 1

    True. My Ranger had a Mazda tranny and my Neon has a Mitsubishi engine. But in-country seems a little odd.

  23. Re:Side Note: re: AMC Pacer on Mazda Stops Production of the Last Rotary Engine Powered Car · · Score: 1

    Why would GM sell it to AMC? AMC was a Chrysler product.

  24. Re:Slashdot Readers Declare Articles "Crap" on Linux Kernel Developer Declares VirtualBox Driver "Crap" · · Score: 1

    This article was apparently tainted. I added crap to the list of tags so now it is tainted crap.

  25. Re:Shortsighted on Is the Creative Class Engine Sputtering? · · Score: 2

    False. I'm 27 and have my Master's Degree paid in full. The truly creative class, in this economy, exploits whatever the hell it can in order to survive and grow. It doesn't matter if you're an Art History professor or an Engineer these days.