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  1. Re:Blegh on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 2

    Individuality is highly overrated, snowflake.

    http://www.despair.com/individuality.html

  2. Re:Windshield wipers on Thick Dust Alters NASA Mars Rover Plans · · Score: 5, Funny

    One wonders why they did not just use the nuclear power for the rest of the rover.

  3. Re:How's that again? on NASA Sues Apollo Astronaut To Return Moon Camera · · Score: 1

    We took his soul to heaven and were supposed to leave it in the module, but we brought it back.

  4. Re:Not our experience on Linux Kernel Moves To Github · · Score: 2

    I assume you used the VMWare Converter P2V tool to move your servers, which works very well for Windows and not as well for Linux. VMWare Converter fiddles with the underlying Windows configuration so the image will work well on VMWare.

    If you had used a Linux cloning tool, such as Clonezilla, you probably would have had a different experience. Of course, some older distros such as RHEL4/CentOS4 also did stupid things like the initrd would only contain the SCSI driver it needs to boot on specific hardware. Sometimes you would have to go back to the original hardware and tell it to store/load the SCSI driver for VMWare.

    Sometimes it pays to have better sys-admins.

  5. The next step on Cancer Cured By HIV · · Score: 1

    The next step is to cure the HIV with Ebola.

  6. Re:For those confused on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1

    this is TARDIS programming

    So wait. Does that mean I get a sonic screwdriver with a new download of Firefox?

    No, it means you get a shower of sparks and your ass dumped in an awkward situation because you hit the wrong button. ;)

    Ah, then it truly is a Quantum Leap.

  7. Re:Alabama for everyone else? on Big Brother Friends Facebook · · Score: 1
  8. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    I think it may be a little more complicated than this. I have been out of school for a while so I am not up to speed on proofs, theorems, etc.

    I think the hole in your logic may be that 0.333... == 1/3. I think 0.333... may only be a very close numerical approximation of 1/3, but 1/3 cannot be expressed absolutely as a number (even assuming infinite 3s).

    I have read about the issue of 0.999... = 1 several times, but the explanation is much more complex than this.

  9. Save the certificate on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 1

    SSL certificates have two goals, identity/trust and encryption. Self-signed certs establish encryption by default. If you save the self-signed certificate in your browser, then trust/identity is established manually, which is the only selling point of of a cert signed by a CA. Once you have the cert saved an error message is no longer displayed unless the certificate changes.

    Firefox has this option selected by default upon bypassing the initial error message. In IE, view the certificate and "Install certificate..." Done.

  10. Is it just me... on No, Net Neutrality Doesn't Violate the 5th Amendment · · Score: 1

    This most certainly deserves a good old NCIS Gibbs back-of-the-head slap.

  11. Bias much? on Should Kids Be Bribed To Do Well In School? · · Score: 1

    What a balanced article title. It makes "positive reinforcement" sound downright evil. I suppose dogs should just train themselves because the trainers just say so and its the "right thing to do."

  12. Re:Come to Verizon! on Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thread has peaked my interest.

  13. Re:Why do you need one? on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    Wow, Clippy sounds even more evil now.

  14. Re:Just in case... on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 1

    To quote the animated President Truman:

    "If you come in peace, surrender or be destroyed. If you're here to make war, we surrender."

  15. Re:And if EMI disobeys, Roger Waters will say on EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs · · Score: 2, Funny

    And then Nick Mason will cut you up into little pieces.

  16. Re:Kill the Pork on State of Alabama Fighting NASA's New Plan · · Score: 1

    Actually, most small businesses should not be paying taxes on profits, at least on a federal level in the US. Most small businesses if they are setup as S Corps or LLCs do not pay taxes except on maintaining employees (payroll and unemployment taxes). All taxes (for profits/retained earnings) are passed on to investers, ie shareholders.

    In the end, higher taxes directly impacts investors more than it does small businesses. Higher taxes do mean less retained earnings, ie less for the company to reinvest in its own future. Also, the less money investors have, the less they can invest back into the market and therefore small business.

  17. Re:Information Technology (IT) on Do You Hate Being Called an "IT Guy?" · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think it is more like saying a brain surgeon is in "Health Care" and a Nuclear physicist is in the "Science field".

    At least "Doctor" and "Scientist" somewhat describe what a person does.

  18. Re:I loved it! on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    I wonder how they'll bring Obama in. Maybe I'm just over-interpreting.

    Ra and Apophis' other brother Obama? Glowing eyes, god-like voice, throwing words around like "insolence" all the time. Hey, I would watch it...

    Sounds like you have yourself a pilot.

  19. Re:Maybe the measurements are wrong or incomplete on Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet · · Score: 1

    Vizzini: Inconceivable!!!

  20. As my grandmother used to say... on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    Check behind the ears.

  21. YES WE CAN!!! on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    oh wait....

  22. So whoever loses this Cold War... on Cold War Standoff Over ISS Toilet · · Score: 1

    ... is going to have a large turd to flush?

  23. Roy is apparently not a Star Trek fan.... on Authors Guild President Wants To End Royalty-Free TTS On Kindle · · Score: 1

    He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence, moving from topic to topic, such that no one had the chance to interrupt him, it was really quite hypnotic.

  24. ATSC Broadcasts on Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV? · · Score: 1

    Try picking up an ATSC Digital tuner. I have seen first hand when analog channels are barely watchable, the same digital broadcast is crystal clear.

  25. Perhaps a opportunity for IPV6 on New State Laws Could Make Encryption Widespread · · Score: 1

    Encrypting drives and portable devices are certainly doable as there are generally a finite number of devices. Data transmissions are a little more difficult because of the sheer number of possible endpoints.

    If someone were to create a standards compliant Opportunistic Encryption scheme for IPV6, this could be a boon for adoption. FreeSWAN was certainly ahead of its time.