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  1. Idiots on Gadgets For the Ghosthunter · · Score: 1

    My ex is a "ghostbuster" and spend his money on this sort of crap instead of child support. The foolish can be easily persuaded to part with their money. I think IT geeks are in the wrong profession, everyone should switch to selling snake oil and ghost detectors....could make more money.

  2. Efficient on German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Let us not all forget that this is a country where if you tried to sue someone because your child did something stupid.....you would be dismissed and then fined for bringing "frivolous legal action". German courts don't like to have their time wasted especially if you don't watch out for your own self.

  3. Re:How do I get a reasonable level of respect? on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    I always make sure I sleep with my IT guy upon completion of tasks. :)

    That shows mad respect!

    Seriously, I work for a Government agency, and our IT guy is so worn out and disenchanted with his job that he walks around looking like someone just sat on his puppy.

    Much of the blame falls on the office people.

    I made friends with my IT guy, and seeing us hanging out at lunch let others know he was not some geeky hermit who locked himself up like Quasimodo. Now he is one of my best friends (I get priority in the IT queue so BONUS).

    It also helped to let him know that not everyone in the office knows about NCC-1701, Linux or if Greedo shot first. He needed to know his audience.

  4. Re:No its not... on California To Move To Online Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Poor underprivileged and poverty stricken students. No computer, no degree, no hope.

    I suppose hippie kids fall into the "no computer" category on some counts as well. But California doesn't have many of those right?

  5. Game time on Pentagon Seeks a New Generation of Hackers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, all those years of watching "War Games" might pay off.

  6. Re:Wake up people. on Plastic and Fuel That Grow On Trees · · Score: 1

    They felt that a continuous smell was somehow worse than the occasional fire.

    I worked in a swamp forest and I can tell you, yes I have. It is a bit stinky.

    You know, we burn because we have to though. Most fires BTW are caused by 1. stupid humans and 2. lightening.

    I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNING PEAT IN THE MORNING!

  7. Wake up people. on Plastic and Fuel That Grow On Trees · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know that here in Florida we have a few plants that we in Forestry researched called Titi and saw palmetto.

    These plants grow fast in mass groves and were viable candidates for biofuel. Alas the biofuel plant was nixed.

    Though it provided green jobs, an alternate fuel source, environmental karma and would aid us in the fight against overgrown ground fuel for wildfires the community voted against the smell the plant would cause.

    The oil won't last forever so people need to wake up. Even though I burn trees down with Forestry I also hug them. :)

  8. Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead on Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can tell you all that as a girl (check real quick...yeah okay, I am in fact a girl) I would prefer to have sex. I tried to play NWN with my programmer boyfriend only to realize that though we were in the same room together, on the same designated server.....I still needed an upload of something else.

    Sex is a HUGE part of EVERYTHING! Girls do want it, trust me. Monogamy, though unnatural (I am a biologist), does not ruin sex. I try on a regular basis to get the goods from my geek, only to be ignored for the computer. When we are together, I know he is thinking about coding on that bitch in the computer room.

    Gaming is nice, don't get me wrong. I love my emulator that lets me play FF7 whenever I feel nostalgic, but unplug for a bit and see if you can find someplace more fun to plug that dongle in ;) 3

  9. Insects are sexy on Scientists Create Zombie Cockroaches · · Score: 1

    This is yet one more way the roach is the most respected member of the insect community. Hate the little boogers, try to kill them, but no body can deny that they fascinate us to no end. Wasp evolution has amazed the entomological community for decades. In Florida we have a wasp that lays eggs in roach egg cases, the larva hatches, and eats the roach egg from the inside.