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  1. Re:Bullshit. on State Colleges May Offer Best ROI On Comp Sci Degrees · · Score: 1

    You're right, a 4.0 deserves a phone screen, but not for the reason that most think. The purpose for phone screening a 4.0 is to make sure they took the time to have a few beers once in a while, to make it more likely they'll be able to work in a team.

  2. no problem on An Iowa ISP's Metered Pricing: What Will the Market Bear? · · Score: 1

    I have no problem with this, as long as it's stated clearly up front. What I would have a problem with is not treating all data equally, such as throttling Netflix because it's perceived as competition.

  3. be careful on NASA Could Explore Titan With Squishable 'Super Ball Bot' · · Score: 4, Funny

    Caution: Super Ball Bot may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. Super Ball Bot contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. Discontinue use of Super Ball Bot if any of the following occurs: itching, vertigo, dizziness, tingling in extremities, loss of balance or coordination, slurred speech, temporary blindness, profuse sweating, or heart palpitations. If Super Ball Bot begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. Do not taunt Super Ball Bot.

  4. Don't worry about it. on Best Tech Colleges Are Harder Than Ever To Get In · · Score: 2

    When I hire new graduates, it usually matters little what school you went to, as long as it's a real, accredited program. I look for project involvement like the solar car, co-ops and internships, little side jobs of a technical nature, and so on. Unless you have that, your resume looks just like everyone else's: Name of school, list of classes, GPA. Who cares? Your resume might as well be one line. I know what classes are required for an engineering degree, don't repeat the school catalog to me.

  5. Obligatory on Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Due In 2015 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noooooo!!!!

  6. Re:doesn't this also apply to closed source? on Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats On Oct. 1 · · Score: 1

    You may not have the licenses around to legally do so, particularly in a business environment where you may have hired more people over time. This is not an issue with open source.

  7. Threes on Astronaut Neil Armstrong Has Died · · Score: 1

    After Phyllis Diller and William Windom died this week, I thought about the proverb of death coming in threes. Crap.

  8. Re:Messiah Complex on Neal Stephenson On Fiction, Games, and Saving the World · · Score: 2

    Harry Potter had a major impact on the number of children who spent time reading. The resulting intellectual development has to have had some positive impact on the world.

  9. The purpose of Instagram on Forbes Likens Instagram Purchase To Myspace Deal · · Score: 1

    The value of Instagram to Facebook has nothing to do with photographs per-se. Mining trends based on GPS location coordinates embedded within the EXIF data of the file, deriving nearby businesses from this, the time-of-day, and identifying groups of people based on facial recognition are the purpose. Then string together multiple photographs over time. These data sets are then correlated and sold. As long as people keep submitting pictures it's worth a fortune.

  10. Re:Neat, but... on NASA Confirms Discovery of Organism With Phosphorus-Free DNA · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is neat and clearly an important discovery and all, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit disappointed.

    Cheer up, the broadcast is still going. They're just using the phosphorus-free DNA as a red herring to make the final part more shocking. You know, the last minute where they reveal Bush tied to a chair, take a good grip on his nose, and pull off the human mask to reveal a reptilian overlord beneath.

    and he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!

  11. Re:Anti-theft device, not copy protection on Medieval Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!

  12. Turn in your nerd card as you leave on Call In the Military To Blast Rogue Satellite? · · Score: 1

    You should know that the Space Shuttle can't make it anywhere near geosynchronous orbit.

  13. It's the Bobs on Voyager 2 Speaking In Tongues · · Score: 1

    Bob 1: We did some digging and found out Voyager was actually canceled five years ago, but due to a glitch in the payroll system, it was still getting paid and transmitting data. Bob 2: So we just fixed the glitch

  14. Obviously not real on Entire Moon Added To Google Earth · · Score: 1

    Where are the blaster towers, and the small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port?

  15. Already been done on Google Mows With Goats · · Score: 1

    It's been done, although it was a prank by a Real Engineer, Bob Widlar. http://www.national.com/rap/Horrible/sheep.html

  16. first map on The First Moon Map, and Not By Galileo · · Score: 1

    It's clearly not the first moon map, it's the first space station map.

  17. wrong headline on Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta Februrary 10th · · Score: 0

    It's supposed to be "fucking kill"

  18. Advice on User Interface of Major Oscilliscope Brands? · · Score: 5, Informative

    A few points of advice.

    Agilent lets you connect a scope to the logic analyzer and display both waveforms on the same screen.

    I did extensive evaluation on the UIs of Tek, Agilent, and Lecroy when I bought. All were approximately comparable. All had things that were great and some that sucked. You should be able to get a demo from sales and possibly keep it for a month.

    Do you really need / want a logic analyzer? Unless you're doing FPGAs or pure-digital boards with lots of parallel buses, get a Mixed Signal Oscilloscope instead. They'll decode RS-232, SPI, I2C, and so on and display it on-screen. My high-end scope and logic analyzer lack these features and I am kicking myself. I mostly do microcontroller work and an MSO would have been far more usable. I'm not sure if I have ever even used the logic analyzer.

  19. Re:We apologise again for the fault in the researc on Why Most Published Research Findings Are False · · Score: 1

    and then shot.

  20. Re:is that still around? on Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, a shark with lasers

  21. Dave, on Software To Provide Astronaut Counseling · · Score: 1

    I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

  22. ob Star Wars on Shareholder Backs Yahoo!, Supports Independence · · Score: 2, Funny

    The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin....

  23. Re:Probably not on USB 3.0's New Jacks and Sockets · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's obvious.

    Ludicrous Speed

  24. Of course it is on Earth's Moon is a Rarity · · Score: 1

    All the other planets have Space Stations.

  25. The first message cracked on Colossus Cracks Again · · Score: 4, Funny

    Be sure to drink your ovaltine