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  1. Re:Wish companies had those kind of balls on NSA Claims It Would Violate Americans' Privacy To Say How Many of Us It Spied On · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Old AT&T, aka Ma Bell, did that on many occasions. The new AT&T, aka SBC, would sell it's mother for a nickel.

  2. These guys don't need any help on FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism" · · Score: 0

    "You can't encourage people to......associate me with incompetence with stupidity, and douchebaggery."

    Nope, they seem to be doing an awesome job of doing that themselves.

  3. Re:Earth Quakes? on TSMC To Spend $10B Building Factory for 450mm Wafers · · Score: 1

    I would be more worried about attacks from the mainland.

  4. A Fine example... on Judge Posner To Apple & Motorola: Go Home · · Score: 4, Insightful

    of the job a judge is supposed to do.

  5. Re:DEA on Whose Cameras Are Watching New York Roads? · · Score: 1

    6 years in Potsdam? May God pity your soul.

  6. Re:ZFS on Linux on Making ZFS and DTrace Work On Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    DTrace and ZFS are quite mature running under FreeBSD.

  7. Congratulations to the gang at SpaceX on After Trip to ISS, SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Returns Safely To Earth · · Score: 2

    The beginning of a new age of space exploration.

    Now stop goofing off, and start building Discovery already. I have monoliths that need checking out.

  8. Don't ask what language on Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into? · · Score: 1

    Ask, "What do I want to accomplish?" Then figure out what tools are best to do so.

  9. Re:We're not dead, but an old server is. on Slackware: I'm Not Dead Yet! · · Score: 1

    But I'll get back on my feet again someday,
    The good Lord willin', if He says I may.
    I know that the life i'm livin's no good,
    I'll get a new start, live the life I should.
    I'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.

  10. Asimov predicted this years ago... on Quantum Experiment Shows Effect Before Cause · · Score: 4, Informative
  11. Has someone asked it... on First Full Observable-Universe Simulation · · Score: 2

    if there was a way to reduce entropy in the Universe yet?

  12. Zoneminder on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.zoneminder.com/

    It integrates well with MythTV, too.

  13. What is go? on Go Version 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Answer: It is the follow on to Limbo.

  14. Thanks gcc! on GCC Turns 25 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You youngin' have no idea of what kind of crap for compilers we had to put up with until gcc.

    25 years of compilation with gcc!

  15. Re:yawn on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read carefully, only once in 140 years ( the period such records have been kept in Chicago ), has there been a run of as many days in the 80's in April, as we have had this March. Never, in the records, have we had a run like this before in March.

  16. The simple solution on New York State Passes DNA Requirement For Almost All Convicted Criminals · · Score: 2

    Death penalty for parking tickets!

  17. This has been known since the 1960's on LSD Can Treat Alcoholism · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sadly, further research was abandoned due to the difficulties of getting permission from the government.

  18. Nobel Prize on Edward Teller: Father of the Hydrogen Bomb · · Score: 1

    If there was ever someone who deserved the Nobel Prize, it was Teller. He succeeded to building a weapon too horrible to use. To date, this has been true. In addition, if it were not for the stark realization that we could actually destroy ourselves, I do not think we would have ever taken environmental threats to our survival seriously.
    His autobiography is a fascinating read, http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Twentieth-Century-Journey-Science-Politics/dp/0738207780

  19. Boy Scout Explorers on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 2

    1978, we spent Tuesday evenings with full run of the computer ( IBM 370/158 ) at Exxon R&D. Occasional field trips to places like the Sarnoff Labs ( RCA ), and
    Bell Labs. It was at Bell Labs I was introduced to C and Unix by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan. Little did I realize that I was going to make a career out of that.

  20. We all knew... on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 0

    Rumblefish was for the birds!

  21. Unix V6 on MIT Lecturer Defends His Standing As Email Inventor · · Score: 1

    Unix Version 6, released in 1975, had the mail command.

  22. Godspeed! on Space Team Reunites For John Glenn's Friendship 7 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can only hope we can revigorate ourselves to reach even further in the years ahead of us.

    As for the 20 year old quip, the young are not burdened with what the older think is impossible. Conversely, the older have learned that
    it is probably not a good idea to juggle bottles of nitro glycerin. Though, sometimes, we will stand back a ways and watch the youngin try. ;->
    Sometimes, we're surprised!

  23. You're not looking hard enough on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs? · · Score: 1

    At least here in Chicago, we can't get enough good open software developers and engineers.

    If you are competent in Ruby on Rails or Python, it is a sellers market.

    The financial firms are dying for good systems engineers.

  24. Re:At least no lawyers have been to outer space on Google In Battle With Its Own Lawyers · · Score: 1

    Do lawyers actually need air? Let's send them into orbit, sans spacesuits, and find out!

  25. Re:The text message is the least of my worries on Text Message Brands Quebec Man a Terror Suspect · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you work for a Wall Street Brokerage, you will have a rather extensive background check done.