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  1. Re:Good luck with that. on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    The systems could get so sophisticated that many, many vehicles could travel in very close proximity at very high speeds. It would be almost like a... train.

  2. Stevens Rules on Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books? · · Score: 1

    Stevens' Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment is gospel. Horstmans's Mastering Object-Oriented Design in C++ is an excellent study of OO concepts. The fact that it illustrates its concepts in C++ is irrelevant, although it does make me wonder if it's been updated to Java or something else in wider use these days.

  3. Re:Very first (non-sponsored) hit on Google! on Remote Access Policies · · Score: 1
  4. Re:thanks alot submitter... on NYT Explores the World of Internet Trolls · · Score: 1

    +5 Insightful. Wish I had mod points...

  5. Re:what to do? on Apollo 14 Moonwalker Claims Aliens Exist · · Score: 1

    LOL Well done!

  6. Re:You can then be connected to the voicemail inbo on Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The best was at my old job where I managed the phone switch. I just set my voicemail queue depth to zero. When people called they'd get my recorded message telling them to send me an email.

  7. Re:Themocline of Truth on Anatomy of a Runaway Project · · Score: 1

    Google cached it for you here.

  8. Re:2004? on Must a CD Cost $15.99? · · Score: 1

    I'd be shocked if Walmart can't find a way of shrinking that retail overhead from there to something lower.
    ..like managing their inventory with RFID tags?
  9. Re:Security concerns? on Underground Freight Networks · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that it's underground, and therefore it is subject to raiding by the devil, cave trolls, gremlins, etc.
    You have no idea how true that statement is.
  10. Re:Nuclear bomb of malware? on Digital Picture Frames Infected by Trojan Viruses · · Score: 1

    Lots of people have them. Their number tripled in my office after the holidays.

  11. Re:I'm 'wget' - come arrest me! on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    These litigious douche bags are harming our blessed Internet and we should stop at nothing to end their reign of terror... but tub girl? Cruel.

  12. Observer Bias on Computer Software to Predict the Unpredictable · · Score: 1
    - "Mr. President, our computer model says you won't invade Iraq."

    - "It does, does it? I'm from Texas, boy; no Gosh durn computer's gonna tell me what to do! We start bombing in five minutes! (Dang, I always wanted to say that.)"

    If the program's output is available to one of the "players" in the scenario, how does the algorithm account for that?

    ...or do you simultaneously upload the program to WOPR & Nomad? Hmm...

  13. Re:500,000 to 750,000 Terrorists in The US? on Airlines Have to Ask Permission to Fly 72 Hours Early · · Score: 1

    "500,000 to 750,000 people on the watch list"
    Almost. More accurately: "500,000 to 750,000 names on the watch list"

    Having a very common western name that's no doubt been used as an alias by countless ne'er-do-wells I get stopped every time I fly. No online check-in. No using the kiosk when there's hundreds of people in line. Great system. At least there's still habeas corpus, sort of.