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  1. Put your PhD under Hobbies on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Job After Completing Computer Science Ph.D? · · Score: 1

    Put your PhD under hobbies, thus you are not hiding it and not presenting yourself as expecting reward for it.

  2. Klingons do not problems with body's on Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    A dead body is only an empty shell(Klingon Death Ritual)

  3. What was Gandalf plan on Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR · · Score: 1

    I always wondered what was Gandalfs plan to enter Mordor and get to mount Doom. The fellowship split may
    have been what he intended, even if he did not have a hand in it. Maybe he new some other path from the
    North. Any ideas?

  4. Born at the wrong time on What Makes Great Science Fiction? · · Score: 1

    Any sci-fi, which make me feel, that I was born
    at the wrong time. Movies like: Starwars, Alien.
    TV: b5, farscape, buck-rogers or any Book that make me wish I was there is good sci-fi.

  5. saved from the Singularity on An Interstellar Lifeboat for Humanity · · Score: 2, Funny

    We will be saved from the Singularity when
    all the Unix sytems fail in 2036

  6. Re:Who's replaced Q? on Fact and Fiction Behind Bond's Gadgets · · Score: 1

    John Clesse as James Bond , with his
    strange walking method in the gun scene.

  7. Re:Sabretooths on How To Clone A Mammoth · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the Smilodon link, On the subject,
    Are there any Smilodon dna left, or only bones.

  8. Need bigger cats on How To Clone A Mammoth · · Score: 2, Funny

    So when are they going to clone some sabre-tooth
    tigers?

  9. Re:On local .za radio on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't · · Score: 1

    How the hell can that statement be a troll?
    I just stated what I heard on the radio.

  10. On local .za radio on Internet Routes Around South African Gov't · · Score: 1, Troll

    The headline news said that Mike Lawrie hidden
    the keys abourd and will colaps .za if he does not have his way. But a few minutes later
    Mike Lawrie denices ever sending it. I think
    the press put word in his mouth and that we need to wait until he has his say before we judge him.

  11. FAQ on Can FAQs Be Copyrighted? · · Score: 1

    What about a FAQ for FAQ

  12. Re:this reminds me of a trick for telemarketers on He Writes Back · · Score: 1

    My approach to tellemarketers:
    At first I sound if I am interrested and I am
    very...very polite, then as soon as they think they got me hooked, I try my best to convert them to the Church of (whatever I feel like that day)

    They don't want to lose the sale, and ussualy try to keep me happy, but the more they give, the more that day's religion require of them. I I ussualy expect them to explain exactly their religious viewponts.

    With this technique, I only recieve one call from a specific telemarketer.

    I kant spel
    Beware of the dark side

  13. Re:TCO on Shell and the World's largest Linux Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    ? You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier from Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. ? Where when what Star League,Xure ..

  14. Even virgin accounts are spammed on Mega-ISPs And Spam Support · · Score: 3

    A hotmail acount I never used, is spammed by +- 30 emails a day. The account name is only 4 letters, thus I suppect that the spammers spam form A to ZZZZ.

  15. Compare to "Real work" on Cubicle Blues Blamed On IT · · Score: 1

    Compared to "Read work", which is normally mind-numming repetitive physical work, the life in a cubicle is not that bad.

  16. Cheap 8 bit chips on Why Design New Processor Cores? · · Score: 1

    Cheap 8 bit chips are available, Mirochip and Atlmal chips. These chips may not use the x86 code but fill the market space left behind by Intel, AMD ...

  17. Re:MicroSurfs on James Fallows on His Brief Microsoft Tenure · · Score: 1

    I thought there might be interesting comparisons between fiction and real life observations. Can anyone remember the author name?

  18. MicroSurfs on James Fallows on His Brief Microsoft Tenure · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember "MicroSurfs", ?

  19. Volume shiped? on AMD's David to Intel's Goliath · · Score: 1

    What is the volume of Athlons shipped vs PIII? Does anyone know where I can get that info?

  20. Re:*The* Nanotech Book? on IBM Demos Atomic-Scale Circuitry · · Score: 1

    What do you mean with: if we're heading towards a technological singularity, then about half of the technologies will be developed in the last year before the singularity. Is a S curve not the more lickely result?

  21. Why on Happy 'Even Day' - the First in 1112 Years · · Score: 0

    Who cares!!!???

  22. Not vaperware on OEMs Jump Onto Transmeta Bandwagon · · Score: 1

    OEM's are reluctant to invest Money in a product which will rely on another vaporware products. Transmeta's chip is already in production, as I understand?