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  1. Re:I chose the Blue Pill! on It's Time To Open Your Eyes · · Score: 1

    Won't let me give you points; ^ that's HI-LAR-IOUS!

  2. I chose the Blue Pill! on It's Time To Open Your Eyes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alice in Wonderland isn't the only one tripping! ~ #Whiterabbit_Foo!

  3. If only EA would be this apologetic! on Ubisoft Apologizes For Assassin's Creed · · Score: 1

    It makes me wonder when certain game companies can be honest enough with the gamer and themselves to apologize; should ALL game companies be this way? The answer is YES! Especially EA! I wish there was a way to directly contact EA and their botched game BF4; it was awful but I played anyways cause what else was I going to do! Maybe a slashdot reader can help me organize and create a website where we can really get our voices heard to get game companies to listen!

  4. ITT Tech & DeVry on Can For-Profit Tech Colleges Be Trusted? · · Score: 1

    I went to ITT Technical Institute to get my Associate of Applied Sciences and am going to DeVry University for a Bachelors in computer science. So take it from someone that went there - First, the cost is extremely expensive; even for an AAS which I could have received from Pima Community College. The difference is that my AAS is specialized. I didn't have to take a humanities course or a psychology course, this was a huge benefit to me. I had already had experience in the small-form factor computing industry not to mention experience with servers, routers and enterprise level network infrastructure. The degree allowed me to refine my skill set and my computer practices. Second, the people that feel their getting shafted are the same type of people that would feel they get shafted from their educators at a public institution. They chose to go into computer science because they figure, "...hey it's computers, i use them everyday and I figure they should be easy to learn about." That's a quote from one of my fellow ex-students. They don't realize that computers like any skill set requires some type of training whether it be private self taught training or through a get-to-know-your-computer-class training. They start taking the classes which are intermediate to advanced level class concepts and are completely lost. These are also the type of people that don't put much effort into their education so conversely, they don't get much out of their education. Third, there is a misconception that public universities such as U of A and ASU and Caltech are not for profit institutions. Their out there to get your dollar just the same way the for-profit institutions are. What it depends on is what your looking for in a program, institution, and education. Some people don't want to spend credit hours on a degree that has you take humanities and sociology courses. I needed an advanced program that would allow me to get into my field faster. Just so happens I started my own company. Finally, It falls on the individual to have due-diligence to look into what's offered at their ITT/DeVry/U of Phoenix to make sure it's a good fit for them. Don't go into something without doing to research first. That's just reckless decision making.

  5. Re:Lame on Iron Baby · · Score: 1

    Logic: Accepted.

  6. Re:Nice one, Timothy! on Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    Um... RTFA.... that's how the original describes it, timothy quoted, maybe he should have provided a cites page. Would you prefer MLA, APA or the rare Chicago style?

  7. Re:Interesting on Researchers Create 4nm Transistor With Seven Atoms · · Score: 4, Funny

    We move forward while we move back, if it needs to be in a vacuum then it would use a vacuum tube, while it's good for music it's bad for computers since we moved forward from these to transistors. I'm thoroughly confused now.

  8. Print was first, iPad Comes second, kindle last. on Amazon Kindle Fails First College Test · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Coming from a generation that has seen the birth of the internet and school instruction online. I have to say, print is dead, or close to it, if the kindle or iPad have anything to do with it. It's promising that students gave honest reviews of the kindle as a tool for instruction, the kindle offers a lot of promise as a teaching tool, with it being a test and LOTS of room for improvement, maybe with all the honest and constructive criticism amazon will make many new improvements that will help individuals become better students. However, I can speculate that by shear performance alone, the kindle has 'a-ways' to go when competing with the iPad. Although I am not a fan of the iPad it can be a great tool for students. It will be interesting to see what direction amazon takes with this device.

  9. I wonder if I can buy it? on Phone Number Suspended After Everyone Who Had It Dies · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fortune cookie said that was my lucky number!

  10. Windows mirrors linux mirrors windows. on Fedora 13 Is Out · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know, I've used a computer long enough to learn that this battle between windows and linux is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. I've noticed that when XP came out, it seemed very familiar, as a matter of fact, it sure seemed a lot like mandrake. This is the way it's been through out the years. Microsoft takes something that works great from linux and makes it theirs and sometimes makes it better, most of the time worse. And the same goes for linux, sometimes it starts out worse and gets' better because they borrowed it from microsoft or sometimes makes something worse and makes it better then microsoft takes it. The point i'm getting at, after noticing i'm rambling is that I believe there are certain behaviors and tendencies of computer users that have been leveraged by OS manufacturers. That somethings just work better with certain designs, take for example the automatic printer drivers install. That works really well with Windows 7 and apparently fedora is now getting with it. God knows i Hate using CUPS.

  11. Re:boys drag girls down until they finally say NO on Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent · · Score: 1

    I agree with you; it seems that this individual needs to get off *her* ivory tower and realize the Victorian age was as morally contrived. They had their *dirty* little secrets. I said *her* because of the association that girls are held to a higher pedigree. Anyways, back to my tangent - shit was actually an acronym for Store High In Transport. S.H.I.T, words will always change, from the proper to the colloquial. People like this that cry and preach the loudest..... for the children; are always the first culpable of the sin.

  12. Thanks!!!! on Happy Towel Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So long, and thanks for all the fish / So sad that it should come to this / We tried to warn you all, but, oh, dear / You may not share out intellect / Which might explain your disrespect / For all the natural wonders that grow around you / So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish! The world's about to be destroyed / There's no point getting all annoyed / Lie back and let the planet dissolve around you / Despite those nets of tuna fleets / We thought that most of you were sweet / Especially tiny tots and your pregnant women / So long, so long, so long, so long, so long! So long, so long, so long, so long, so long! So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!/ If I had just one last wish / I would like a tasty fish!/ If we could just change one thing / We would all have learnt to sing!/ Come one and all / Man and mammal / Side by side / In life's great gene pool!/ So long, so long, so long, so long, so long / So long, so long, so long, so long / So long, so long and thanks for all the fish! And Carry a Towel

  13. PETA Kills more animals than it saves .... on PETA Creates New Animal-Friendly Software License · · Score: 2, Insightful
  14. Re:Formula for probability: on Vast Asteroid Crater Found In Timor Sea · · Score: 1

    I was thinking nPr = N!/(N-R)!

  15. Formula for probability: on Vast Asteroid Crater Found In Timor Sea · · Score: 1, Troll

    What's the formula for probability of an occurrence like this? I mean i can do probability in the form of - !6 1,2,3,4,5,6/1,2,3,4,5 i might have gotten that wrong, it's early.

  16. Wow...... on Researchers Restore Youthful Memory In Aging Mice · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I'm old I'll be able to recall how i misspent my youth. How depressing!

  17. Re:Change one letter... on Cannibal Galaxy the Biggest In the Near Universe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here fixed it for ya.... and me. Oh yeah! Survival of the fattest, bitches!

  18. What does the natural world say of this?! on Cannibal Galaxy the Biggest In the Near Universe · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah! Survival of the fittest, bitches!

  19. NASA outsourcing. on MIT Designs Aircraft That Uses 70% Less Fuel Than Conventional Planes · · Score: 1

    Seems a smart way of outsourcing initial research and conceptual design of a project while working with a diminishing budget.

  20. I'll ...... on Mandriva Up For Sale · · Score: 1

    buy that for one dollar!

  21. Nuke + Current times + Eco-Huggers = on Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke · · Score: 1

    great television! not to mention possible fall out 3 scenario, good thing i've played the game, it prepared me for this.

  22. Re:Canadians taking action..... on Another Stab At a Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    you mean using they're as opposed to their as in they are taking action? Your right they're should have been used, it's proper grammar, however, subtleties are lost on you, cause us ignant amerikans can't not spell. Especially with the fact that i just misspelled both ignorant, and Americans all while using a double-negative, It was a play on words meaning, that I used their as a possessive term, in that Canadians are owning their - correct usage - rights, and doing something about it, but your write ( homonym pun ), us Americans are dumb like that. But I hope all Canadians are not as nescient as you are. Oh, and if you don't know what that means, look up it's synonyms in a Thesaurus.

  23. A mobile computer with chromium? on Why Google Needs To Pull the Plug On Chrome OS · · Score: 1

    I run Ubuntu Moblin Remix, without the telecommunications contract, I use my phone as a wifi router and have instant internet access wherever i go. Linux+netbook+smartphone = never out of range, now unless google decides to offer a similar convenience or route, I agree, this might be one of those *duh* moments for google.

  24. Re:Does the droid and iPhone do this?! on Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    I get modded down as over-rated, makes me wonder of the people that didn't contribute to this string might not now how or don't use these great tools on either of the mobile platforms, I have gained a lot of great information from your posts and my next phone may very well be a droid or an iPhone, more than likely a droid. Thanks for your great input.

  25. Re:Does the droid and iPhone do this?! on Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales · · Score: 1

    Sorry, that's the sPb Mobile Shell 3.5.3