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  1. Intelligent life? on Google's Plan To Save the News Through Reinvention · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Idea FTA:

    Turn college students into journalists. "If the nation’s 200,000 journalism and mass communications students spent 10 percent of their time doing actual journalism," said one participant, "that would more than make up for all the traditional media jobs that have been lost in the past 10 years."

    You unintentionally stumbled upon a nice parallel there. Like the communications major looking for a nice engineer to marry, print media is out trolling for a sugar daddy.

  2. Re:Less outsourcing? on Where Will Your Next Gadget Be Made? · · Score: 1

    Globalism should aslo mean there is fair labor rate everywhere.

    Global Socialism is not neccesary in Globalism, which is not to be confused with Globalization.

    This particular story deals with Globalization.

  3. Re:Moving the country? on Giant Guatemalan 'Sinkhole' Is Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 2, Informative

    Probably not even remotely possible due to its size, but a similar problem seems to have been created in Kiruna, in Sweden. The town sits on top of the world's largest iron ore mine, and the mine has created a large cavity under the town. They are moving everything, in some cases, literally brick by brick. There's a neat article about it in this month's National Geographic.

    Guatemala != Guatemala City

    Thirteen and two million resindents, respectively...either way, your idea is awful.

  4. Re:Verizon on Six Major 3G and 4G Networks Tested Nationwide · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm surprised at not seeing Verizon mentioned in the summary, as I've heard pretty much everywhere that they have the best network. Perhaps Verizon focuses more on phone service than data?

    I imagine Verizon will switch their focus to data once the 'can you hear me now' guy is done testing their network's voice coverage.

  5. Re:Will someone please... on Sticky Rice Is the Key To Super Strong Mortar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...provide this information to BP?

    Dear BP,

    Scientists have concluded that sticky rice/lime mortar is the most appropriate for restoration of ancient and historic buildings.

    How is that oil spill thing going?

    Best regards,

    some guy on ./

  6. Attention Naysayers on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Let us Ubuntu fanboiz have a moment to gloat before trashing our OS as a whole.

    Thanks.

  7. Meh on A Playable PAC-MAN On Google Doodle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm holding out for Q-Bert.

  8. Re:But... on Microsoft Dynamics GP "Encrypted" Using Caesar Cipher · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ohg vg'f jnl zber frpher gung jnl

    But it's way more secure that way

    (mad cryptoquote skillz)

  9. Hmm. on Europeans Bury "Digital DNA" Inside a Mountain · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The sealed box containing the key to unpick defunct digital formats will be locked away for the next quarter of a century behind a 3-1/2 ton door"..."the information and tools required to access and read historical digital material and prevent digital memory loss into the next century."

    Perhaps they should include the calculations they used to equate 25 years with 90 years.

  10. Re:Competition on Acer To Launch Chrome OS Netbook Next Month · · Score: 1

    The Dell Mini 9 was the same story. Fortunately for Dell's sales, the Mini 9 was/is incredibly easy to crackintosh, and the Ubuntu-equipped units were less expensive to come by.

    I have Meerkat running now on my Mini...so far so good.

  11. Re:That's just wrong on so many levels. on Website Sells Pubic Lice · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's just wrong on so many levels. I can see kids buying these and then using them to pick on other school kids they don't like. Such as putting them in some kid's underwear when he/she is showering after the gym class.

    -1 questionable segue into children's locker room

  12. Re:Why not block them entirely? on Businesses Struggle To Control Social Networking · · Score: 1

    Citation needed.

    Other than someone working at facebook please show me the line of work that requires you to have a facebook account?

    Anyone involved in SEO, advertising, hiring, market research, trending, product branding, et al. Facebook has 350 million users...pretty foolish to disregard this as a mere nuisance.

  13. Re:Why not block them entirely? on Businesses Struggle To Control Social Networking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Aren't these people supposed to be, you know, working?

    There exist lines of work that both require access to social media sites, and require capture/reporting of said access.

    RFTA. It is quite interesting.

  14. Re:but... on Hacking Vim 7.2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Vim stemmed from vi, which was never pronounced "six", so mostly, you are barking up the wrong tree. Vim is loosely "Vi IMproved" and the "i" sound is a soft "i" by convention.

  15. Re:The Python Paradox on Choice of Programming Language Doesn't Matter For Security · · Score: 1

    People who do anything because it interests & fascinates them on a personal level do better than those who are only in it for the paycheck. Doesn't matter whether it's programming, auto repair, landscaping, or anything else.

    I paid for my undergrad degree by landscaping, and I can say with some certainty that it is neither an interesting nor a fascinating subject.

  16. Not so fast... on First Full Science Results From Herschel · · Score: 1, Interesting
    TFA claims:

    Herschel is also a prime instrument for detecting the smallest forms of matter: molecules. It has made the first discovery in space of a new ‘phase’ of water. It is electrically charged and unlike the more familiar phases, namely solid ice, liquid water and gaseous steam, it does not occur naturally on Earth.

    Hmm...sounds a lot like plasma. I'm fairly certain that I have observed the existence of this 'phase' first-hand, as I have seen the tail of a comet. Provided there is in fact H2O on comets, I suppose.

  17. Blog Overload. on Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser · · Score: 1

    Blog post, about a blog post, about a blog post.

    Somebody get Xhibit on the phone.

  18. Re:Arms race anyone? on NSA Develops USB Storage Device Detector · · Score: 5, Funny

    "USB Detect detects the use of removable drives" "Shadow Drive evades detection by the following products" "Latest USB Detect detects Shadow Drive use!" "New ShadowDrive 2.0!"

    A strange game. The only winning move is not to boot Windows.

  19. Re:Gimli is in space? on Rogue Brown Dwarf Lurks In Our Cosmic Neighborhood · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's the coolest brown dwarf I know of too...

    What you talkin' 'bout Willis?

  20. Re:Not to sound overly nationalist on 5-Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter · · Score: 5, Funny

    By what set of criteria do you judge software to be less valuable than hardware?

    BitTorrent.

  21. Re:Why would I want to multitask? on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can someone tell me why I would want a multitasking phone yet this study says it adversely affects brain learning?

    I don't follow your line of reasoning, but find it fascinating.

  22. I need this. on Berkeley Gets Willow Garage Robot To Fold Towels · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My fiance and I have different towel folding approaches. She implements a "thirds" method, whereas I go "halves" until it looks approximately the same size as the others in the closet. I hear about it on a bi-weekly basis.

    If this thing could fold halter tops, (especially the ones with the built in bra things) I would happily shell out some loot for one. Women's clothing is a strange, strange beast.

  23. In Parliamentary Bulgaria... on Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession · · Score: 1

    ...Farm owns you!

  24. auto update? on Adobe Flash Now Officially a Part of Google Chrome · · Score: 1
    FTFA:

    Users will automatically receive updates related to Flash Player using Google Chrome’s auto-update mechanism. This eliminates the need to manually download separate updates and reduces the security risk of using outdated versions.

    How about a prompt? Anything that employs automatic updates makes me uneasy.

  25. Re:So I guess.... on NASA Summoned To Fix Prius Problems · · Score: 1

    this *IS* one of those problems that requires a rocket scientist to figure out. I never thought I'd see the day. My life is now complete.

    Toyota doesn't utilize rocket propulsion on the Prius, unfortunately.

    Hang in there.