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  1. Re:Malice? on Russian Official Implies Foul Play In Mars Probe Failure · · Score: 1

    Please don't blame Santa

    Oh, wait...

  2. Re:Lockheed gonna get sued? on Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite? · · Score: 1

    The right one would be the guy that says, So that's where it went!

  3. Re:Hmm... on IT Salaries Edge Up Back To 2008 Levels · · Score: 1

    Consider that when you move here, as an expat, there will be your own 'startup' costs: getting a car with little to no-credit history, finding a place to rent, furnishings for your new place, getting online, and so on. Probably stuff you take for granted now, but some of the 'rules' are new.

  4. There should be a follow-up question on Are Brain Teasers Good Hiring Criteria? · · Score: 1

    After you've responded to the puzzle, there should be another, that begins with: A guy walks into a bar... The creative mind is forced to make up a funny situation, or at the very least, a guy with good memory will remember how this joke goes.

  5. Re:Not just Star Wars on Bob Anderson, the Man Behind Vader's Lightsaber, Dies at 89 · · Score: 1

    Hear Hear, the swordfight there is so epic. It is my Dad's favorite, and he pointed out what real dueling swordplay was like, when that movie was shown on TV.

    If there is one guy who would have taught how to 'laugh out loud, then swing from the chandelier', I believe Bob is the one.

  6. This is the Beta test on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 1

    The vending machines will ultimately dispense medical marijuana.

    Don't worry; as added protection, they will be sold in child-proof containers, preventing kids and already-heavily-stoned adults from opening them...

  7. Re:If you're interested in trying out some Quake.. on QuakeForge 0.6.0 Released In Time For Christmas · · Score: 1

    do they have their own combat teamplay/deathmatch bots? I have been playing team DM with frogbot on classic quake(!) for years-- the only reason my classic P3 box boots to Win2K.

  8. Great. Just great. on NIH Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs · · Score: 1

    Now they have to join the ranks of the unemployed. Welcome to our world.

    What do you mean, Could you borrow my laptop?

  9. Re:Replacement on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Print From an Android Tablet? · · Score: 1

    I believe it's the NON TETHERING that is the dealbreaker here. Battery life keeps you from experiencing full freedom that a tablet can provide. He's got his apps. Instant-on is icing on the cake.

  10. Re:plan? in this climate? on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    I thought all you needed was show them a lil piece a ass(crack).

    That'll be the closest any of us will ever get to a moon shot.

  11. Re:Sharpen your keyboards, ACs! on Italian Court Rules Web Editors Not Responsible For Comments · · Score: 1

    Everything was fine and peachy until the name Anonymous was co-opted and that entity/unit started doing bad things. He becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night. "Rat on your pop, and Anonymous will get you."

  12. Seen a photo of the judges? on Italian Court Rules Web Editors Not Responsible For Comments · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can anyone verify that the court is not made up of CmdrTaco, CowboyNeal and other ex-/. editors wearing robes and fake Italian accents?

  13. Re:The article is much too kind ... on Dell's Misleading Graphics Card Buying Advice · · Score: 1

    Legally that probably gets them off the hook on the fraud charges.

    I would lump them in with the dry cleaners that have the sign We are not responsible for lost items.

  14. On Pico in LA, California on Ask Slashdot: Science Sights To See? · · Score: 2

    ...where Reese unloaded a shotgun on the first ever Terminator.

  15. Re:The horses are gone on Bill Gates Takes the Stand In WordPerfect Trial · · Score: 1

    No, no the most amazing thing about this /. story about Win95 is, it's not a dupe!

  16. Isn't this where we cheer? on MS To Build Antivirus Into Win8: Boon Or Monopoly? · · Score: 1

    Finally we have an admission (though in a back asswards way) from MS that their OS has security problems in the first place, without them having to come right out and say it in those words...

  17. Play this wav file on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools To Aid When "On Call"? · · Score: 1

    The sound of a beer bottle being popped open...it puts all senses in overdrive, anywhere in the house.

  18. Re:Glad I read this, I learned a few things on Occupy Flash? · · Score: 1

    Aren't there more important things these people could be spending their time on?

    But those things might occupy their time, which could be better served by googling the next best mainstream thing to Occupy.

  19. For payback on Cray Replaces IBM To Build $188M Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    IBM unleashes the evil twin of Watson, for some real jeopardy.

  20. Re:don't worry on Schools Buy .xxx Domains In Trademark Panic · · Score: 1

    Two questions:

    1. Will noscript work with it as well?

    2. Will it be full of pictures of hard disks in action?

  21. Re:there goes a business plan have a girls of X sc on Schools Buy .xxx Domains In Trademark Panic · · Score: 1

    You know, this may be the first time we've had a 5, Insightful that must have been directly translated from the original Klingon...

  22. In the meantime on How Do I Get Back a Passion For Programming? · · Score: 1

    People here have outlined resume, interviews, etc. Have a peek now: There are a few gigs listed in craigslist, under gigs/computer. THere may be big companies there, but also a few startups maybe with fresh ideas. See if the specialty/ies they require are up your alley (PHP, flash, IOS, etc). Might be a nice set-up to work with a few passionate coders before returning to the cube farms. Who knows, maybe you may not have to jump ship totally right away--you'd need something to pay for the gas and rez package preps for the interviews.
     

  23. Re:Waste of money since... on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 1

    I'm more worried about him capitalizing the C in "Cat like".

  24. Some leaked memos on Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets · · Score: 2

    Possible next-gen products depending on the success of the clipboard in the market:

    1. Stickers for the clipboard: the word SHOOT on a green background, DON'T SHOOT on red, or the alternative white diagonal slash on top of the word SHOOT, each to be stuck on the appropriate clipboards, of course.

    2. Bullet shaped pens

    3. Angry bulletproof clipboards

  25. Re:TV? Radio? Huh? on FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert · · Score: 1

    Doesn't the warden make the announcements to ALL cell blocks?