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  1. Re:We all have different limits on Google's Driverless Car and the Logic of Safety · · Score: 1

    A drunk driver could just as easily hit a brain surgeon and kill him.

  2. Re:Before everyone freaks on Things Get Worse at Fukushima · · Score: 1

    Couldn't we just dump all our trash into volcanoes? Also, we could put some kind of air filter at the top of the volcano to capture the toxic fumes that result from burning trash.

    There must be some reason why this wouldn't work, or we'd be doing it by now.

  3. Re:Punch Line on Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again · · Score: 1

    So it will get delayed until December 29, 2012?

  4. Re:Thanks for the notice... I almost unpacked my P on Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again · · Score: 1

    I think he meant to say Pentium 133 - but even then, 16MB was standard.

    Unless he meant 4MB of video RAM?

  5. Re:You'll need to upgrade on Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again · · Score: 1

    Don't forget S3 Virge! THE card for playing 3D video games!

  6. Re:The Net gets my vote as well on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    They should use 127.0.0.1 for fake IP addresses. (Which, incidentally, has lots of vulnerabilities and is easy to hack.)

  7. Re:Not really news on Google Voice Discovered Allowing Pure VoIP Calls · · Score: 1

    I'm confused. The article makes it sound like this lets you call someone else's Google Voice number using any SIP client, but it doesn't help you make or receive calls if you have Google Voice?

    Here is what I'm trying to do. I have an Android phone and Google Voice. I get poor cell phone reception at my house, so I would like to be able to use Wifi on my phone to make, and more importantly, receive calls.

    Does this make that possible?

  8. Re:I'm amazed on Adobe Releases Flash To HTML 5 Converter · · Score: 1

    You'd have a point if Adobe charged for Flash player.

  9. Re:This is gonna be very rant like on Is Software Driving a Falling Demand For Brains? · · Score: 1

    So you want businesses to pay more people the same amount of money to do the same amount of work?

    Good luck with that.

  10. Re:In other news on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 1

    Which makes it all the more amazing that Google has a ~90% share.

  11. Re:Excellent! on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 1

    There was one created by some ex-Google employees a couple years ago, I think it was called Cuil. Going to www.cuil.com times out for me, so I guess it wasn't a success.

    I remember trying it a couple times, but I just haven't been able to find another search engine that is good with error messages and technical keywords.

  12. Re:Dumbass on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    I need more money, and I want to be in a relationship.

    Problem solved!

  13. Re:It's Called 'Experience'! on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was "well trained, ready to go" right out of college, no thanks to my formal education. My degree is merely something that makes employers think I know what I'm doing. My time playing around with stuff is why I actually know what I'm doing.

  14. Re:grains of sand on a beach on Why Google Wants Your Kid's SSN · · Score: 1

    Plus if you set your DNS to 8.8.8.8 they'll know everywhere you go on the internet.

  15. Re:Too Bad... on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Veto Them All on Can World Governments Veto Your Domain Name? · · Score: 1

    If I'm looking for a company's web site, I usually just go to company.com (.org for non-profits), or if that doesn't work, I Google it. So I'm not sure how adding more TLDs would be helpful.

  17. Re:Or... on Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS · · Score: 1

    You might be on to something there. Men hate being told what to do, or that they can't do something because it's dangerous.

    For women, however, it's a familiar concept.

  18. Re:Wow on Ubuntu Moves Away From GNOME · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I use Gnome, because most of the programs I use tend to work better in it. I'm a bit compulsive with making things look the way they should.

    KDE is, IMO, a knockoff of Windows (though I haven't used it much since 4.0 came out).

    Gnome is also like Windows, but with a few things that make it more Mac-like. I can figure out both of them, but for me, Gnome "just works" and has fewer bugs.

  19. Re:Someone help me out here on NRO Warns They Are On Final IPv4 Address Blocks · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I think you are right. 95% of home users won't notice, and so anyone who is currently set up with a dynamic IP address will be NATed.

    They'll probably start with the most basic tiers and work their way up, until it becomes so much of a PITA that IPv6 is easier.

  20. Re:Noo! on Humans Will Need Two Earths By 2030 · · Score: 1

    I am an evangelical Christian.

    We are taught in our church (as it is written in the Bible) that "no one will know the hour" when Christ returns.

    There have been world wars, famines, diseases, and all kinds of disasters in the last 2000 years that have wiped out millions of people. Who says it won't happen again, before Jesus returns?

    Jesus also told us to help the poor and pray for those who persecute you. He spent his time on Earth with tax collectors and sinners, and was the most critical of the establishment (Pharisees and Sadducees).

  21. Re:I Can Only Hope This Keeps Fumbling on Huge Shocker — 3D TVs Not Selling · · Score: 1

    How big is your TV? I can see 480p being fine if your screen is 30 inches or less.

  22. Re:Poisoned DNS. . . on Why You See 'Free Public WiFi' In So Many Places · · Score: 1

    I remember reading somewhere (might've been a story Slashdot covered), about someone successfully getting an SSL Cert signed by a registrar somewhere in the world, that they shouldn't have had, which allowed them to impersonate some site.

    I think it was here.

  23. Re:So... on Why You See 'Free Public WiFi' In So Many Places · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows really *is* a virus!

    Ah!

    No. Viruses are:
    -Small
    -Free
    -Well-written

  24. Re:This just in... on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    A lot of the construction jobs have shifted from the private sector to government jobs. I see road construction *all the time* now.

  25. Re:As the economy improves??? on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1, Troll

    Obama has pledged to raise capital gains taxes. Do you think anyone will want to buy stocks if the Democrats stay in power?