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  1. Re:Baby with the bath water? on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    Don't think that makes you safe.
    You're still susceptible to host file hijacking viruses.

  2. Re:Baby with the bath water? on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    Seriously. He doesn't have to stop banking online, he just has to stop clicking through to online
    banking from emails. The fact that he doesn't trust himself to remember not to do that is what
    should be disturbing here.

  3. Re:Why? on California Requests Stimulus Funding For Bullet Train · · Score: 1

    First, consider the cost of the war in Iraq.
    *Now* imagine how much can be saved by reducing our dependency on foreign oil.

  4. Unemployable? on Does the 'Hacker Ethic' Harm Today's Developers? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought our messy unmaintainable code made us unfireable.

  5. Re:hehe, overzealous much? on Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case · · Score: 1

    "We see it all the time," Allen said. "It makes it harder for law enforcement. It makes it tougher for prosecutors."

    That eTrade commercial, while disturbing, does not constitute child pornography

  6. Re:In other words... on PHP5 Vs. CakePHP Vs. RubyOnRails? · · Score: 1

    Yes but if you manage to replace him the new programmer will have an easier time jumping into the RoR project than the spaghetti that is PHP.

  7. Re:We're all switching to Java on Sun Debuts JavaFX As Alternative To AJAX · · Score: 1

    Didn't java applets disappear in the late nineties for good reasons? Web 0.5 is more like it.

  8. Re::Just another sleazeball politician on Obama's MySpace Drama · · Score: 1

    they would have built up their own MySpace page instead of hijacking someone elses
    You're not paying attention. They did build their own profile. Then they convinced MySpace that the barackobama link should point to the official profile. Which it should. Look at it this way: MySpace had to choose where to send people when they search for obama. They decided it makes more sense to send them to Obama's page than to some disgruntled former volunteer's page.

  9. Re:Mods, PLEASE double check parent on Obama's MySpace Drama · · Score: 1

    the dirty trick is that they took his Myspace URL from him
    The campaign would argue that it belongs to Obama because it's his name. From what I've seen that's how MySpace works.

  10. Re:What did you expect? on Obama's MySpace Drama · · Score: 1

    he might have been better served to work with the campaign, maintain their official page, and use that leverage to angle for a cushy government job when Obama got elected.
    Perhaps a new cabinet position: Secretary of MySpace

  11. Re:Monkey prostitutes on Monkey Business and Freakonomics · · Score: 1

    In many ways we're more a fortunate combination of traits than having truly unique traits.
    Fortunate? These monkeys are getting laid for *washers*!

  12. ReadyBoost on Windows Vista - Still Fresh After 19 Months? · · Score: 1

    It sounds like this 'feature' just moves the page file to a flash device. Am I missing something? This guy makes it sounds like it's some kind of big deal.

  13. Re:Fuzzy on Golfer Sues Over Vandalized Wikipedia Entry · · Score: 1

    I know that was stupid but I can't tell if that's because he suggested that tiger was black, or that blacks like to eat fried chicken or that tiger likes to eat fried chicken. Or the collard greens which is a southern thing. Maybe he was suggesting tiger was from the south.

  14. Re:Think of the (poorly educated) children on Sen. Ted Stevens Introduces "Son of DOPA" · · Score: 1

    Schools and libraries have access to real encyclopedias. Stop overreacting.

  15. Re:What standards are used? on Doomsday Seed Vault Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Maybe for you it is, hippie.

  16. Re:Retarded customers on Study Finds Bank of America SiteKey is Flawed · · Score: 1

    That's weird, I'm probably retarded enough to not notice a missing site key, but I'm not dumb enough to fall for a phishing email.

  17. designer not developer on CSS: The Definitive Guide · · Score: 0

    Why don't people understand the difference between a designer and a developer?

  18. Re:The Dark Side? on The Dark Side of HDCP - Why is My PS3 Blinking? · · Score: 1

    Dreamcast went obsolete years before ps1 because the copy protection got cracked and game developers stopped wanting to make games for it. So there's a bright side for you. This isn't HDCP's fault, it's Westinghouse's for putting out a tv w/ buggy firmware. I've got the blink problem and I don't blame sony or hdcp.

  19. Re:Yeah, but... on Pyramid Stones Were Poured, Not Quarried · · Score: 5, Funny

    No intelligent person believes that the pyramids were built by aliens.
    We know for a fact that they were built by humans.
    Aliens just supplied the anti-gravity beams.

  20. Re:Money Reader on Judge Says U.S. Money Violates Rights of the Blind · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Does this add up? on Purdue Streams a Movie At 7.5Gb/sec · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe I just don't understand something stupid.
    You see, the internet is a series of tubes...

  22. Re:Study hot life instead on Antarctic Microbes Could Live on Mars · · Score: 1

    So add some mass to it. We'll need water anyway.

  23. Re:Apollo on WoW - The Game That Seized the Globe · · Score: 1

    but maybe if they had WoW back then it would have.

  24. Re:Destroying a hard drive on P2P Defendant Destroys Evidence, Case Defaults · · Score: 1

    Actually it was a bunch of hackers outside in a truck that EMP'd it.

  25. Re:Live frugally first! on Investing Tips for College Students? · · Score: 1

    With student loan interest at 5%, there's really no hurry. How about maxing out your roth contribution for a couple years right out of the gate? Do that and you will never have to worry about retirement.