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  1. Re:The best solution on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 1

    Lieing will only get you fired once they find out. Not telling something isn't a lie though

    However, if you are actually getting an interview, it isn't your resume or work experience that's holding you back. Something you are doing or saying is scaring them off.

    The resume gets you an interview, nothing more. Once you have that, its on you. You have to show you are able to do the work.

  2. Re:All hail the new king, same as the old king. on Obama Significantly Revises Technology Positions · · Score: 1

    Actually, those would be the same bill....and there would also be 5 million for a statue in Arkansas and 2 million for a library and........

  3. Re:Poor man's GPS on Locate Any WiFi Router By Its MAC Address · · Score: 1

    Isn't a poor man's GPS a........GPS?

    I mean, I've seen GPS units on sale for 100 bucks

  4. Re:Life expectancy of router power supplies on Locate Any WiFi Router By Its MAC Address · · Score: 1

    Too bad the B&M places where people could by a new power supply charge almost as much for the power supply as a new router can costs

  5. Re:Hell Yes on Virginia Begins Open-Source Physics Textbook · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, Since its a physics text, there should not be any chapters on biology.

  6. Re:What's the obsession? on Ghostbusters Is First Film Released On USB Key · · Score: 1

    Well, some newer car stereos have USB ports so you can play mp3's off a Flash drive.

    The industry probably expects DVD Players (or even tv's) to have a USB port in which to plug this in and watch the movie. The fact this doesn't already exists on the market is irrelevant.

  7. All I can say on Google Chrome, the Google Browser · · Score: 1

    Is so far, I like it!

  8. Depends on China Practically Unreachable By Western SMS? · · Score: 1

    Can anyone tell me why this situation has come about and when we can expect this sort of service to be enabled?"

    Depends, is slashdot available in China?

  9. Re:Sunspots down... temperature down? on The Sun Has First Spotless Month Since 1913 · · Score: 1

    That's because its politics, not science

  10. Re:News for nerds? on What To Do With All of My Gadget Chargers? · · Score: 1

    Yes, because the government should mandate things like that.

  11. Re:flawed test on East Coast Broadband Fastest In USA · · Score: 1
    The 1.5M RR lite (but not RR Lite 768) plan works well for me. Mostly e-mail, browse news, some online videos and flash games. Everyonce in a while I'll download a linux distro and it will be slow, but I don't do it often.

    Std Road Runner rates w/o tv coverage for my area.

    768k 24.95
    1.5M 29.95
    5M 49.95
    8M 59.95

    The 1.5 plan is going up $5 next month, so I'm undecided now if I want to pay $35 for 1.5M or spend another 15 a month for faster.

  12. Re:Actually a good idea on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 1

    I don't really think its irrelevant, cost can make a huge difference

    In one case, you have girl scouts going door to door wanting to sell you cookies that slightly better that the ones you have last year

    And in the other case, the girl scouts are going door to door giving you the new, updated cookies in return for you giving up your old cookies

    Homer Simpson: Mmmmmmm....cookies......

  13. Re:just like vista on Firefox To Get a Nag Screen For Upgrades · · Score: 4, Funny

    Upgrade? I'm still using Mosaic

  14. Re:Oh goody... on 2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Nobody says that climate change isn't happening. The temperature data is fact. It can't be denied any more than it can denied that the sky is blue.

    I've seen lots of temperature data to show temperature change, but I believe there are plenty of people who say climate change isn't happening.

    I think its obvious it has been getting warmer lately (except for this year) but the long term trends haven't really proven themselves yet. Climate Change as a theory may very well be 100% correct, but there is no way to show climate change has actually happened with such minuscule amounts of data that we currently have.

    And I don't know where you live, but around here the sky is more of a gray than a blue

  15. Re:developing technology for a nuclear weapons prg on Iran Announces Manned Space Mission Plans · · Score: 4, Funny

    And maybe the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny are real too....

  16. Re:Absence of real competitors on Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future · · Score: 1

    Huh? I'm younger than you (not by much) and have cassettes, 8-track tapes, and vinyl records.....

  17. Re:Right... on Solar Cells — Made In a Pizza Oven · · Score: 1

    Of a 2.6 trillion dollar + budget, agricultural subsidies amount to about 25 billion, prisons get about 41 billion.

    I won't argue the 500+ billion that is going to the military, but education is getting about 80 billion a year.

  18. Re:Insurance? on How Do I Prevent Lan Party Theft? · · Score: 1
    Depends on where you live for those "Beware of Dog" signs.

    In some places they mean exactly what they say, be aware there is a dog here.

    In other places it means my backyard is patrolled by vicious junkyard dogs.

  19. Re:To sum it up... on Lessig On McCain's Technology Platform · · Score: 1

    Not really sure how someone's 1st choice for president can be Ron Paul, and their 2nd choice be Obama.

    Not saying McCain should be their 2nd choice either. Personally, I wish there was a "none of the above" option and we get some better options.

  20. Re:Warrant? on Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD · · Score: 1

    Actually, with a warrant, they can retrieve the key to the trunk. Just one more reason to use combination locks....

  21. Re:Only solutions... on Best Terrestrial/OTA HDTV Setup For an Apartment? · · Score: 1
    OP has a DB-8 which is a high gain UHF bowtie array antenna.

    My suggestion, build a DB-4 clone out of 4 old coathangers, mine is working great! Make the tips 8 3/4 inch long, can't remember the spacing I used, found it on another forum.

    Took about 20 minutes to build out of stuff I had at the house and it picking up stations 70+ miles out. I have it propped up against the wall on my 1st floor.

    I'm in the suburbs though, so ymmv.

  22. Re:Better approach on Can I Be Fired For Refusing To File a Patent? · · Score: 1

    At Will Employment, more common than you may think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

  23. Re:Refuse to use them on Smart Self-Service Scales · · Score: 1

    No, but a traffic light at a cross street could be replaced by 4 people holding a stop sign at each entrance to the intersection. When a car is present they can rotate the sign and allow one car or more cars to pass. To further reduce unemployement, one person could be used for each lane.

  24. Re:Saw this last week... on Kansas Nerd Uses Net To Shake Up Political Fundraising · · Score: 1

    Legal, yes, as long as they are American citizens.

  25. Re:Saw this last week... on Kansas Nerd Uses Net To Shake Up Political Fundraising · · Score: 1

    If that worked, they could have already done the same with books on tape.