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  1. THE FOOL REPRESENTED HIMSELF! on Company Ownership of Employee Ideas · · Score: 1

    And people are amazed that he lost.

    If YANAL.... hire one! It just may save your idea.

    What a bloody fool.

  2. WINDOWS 2K comes on 1 CD on Is Linux or Windows Easier To Install? · · Score: 1

    Not 3.

    Perhaps he used the Sony recovery discs....

    Stoopid.

    Not to mention invalidating his comparison.

  3. I would say... on If You Had Something to Say to Future Generations...? · · Score: 1

    ...herpes sucked, so did war, money was kind of fun (but annoying), and planes actually crashed... but the primitive girls rocked!

    Um wait... what was my first point?

  4. Re:OT: Testing on QuickTime 6 Is Out · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Simply start clicking on banner ads and supply that email addy...

    Blammo - all the spam you could ever want!

  5. I guess the missed that while watching Terminator on Robot Wars · · Score: 1

    Arnold roolz.

  6. Yes, this is the best solution. But.... on Yucca Mountain Approved for US Nuclear Waste Storage · · Score: 1

    ...rockets crash. And then we have a bunch of waste falling into the ocean... or perhaps on our roofs.

    At the time of the study, lift technology wasn;t reliable enough for this to be a viable solution - and this is still the case.

    Not only that, but it is not even close to being cost effective (which unfortunately is a factor.)

  7. Mix it with sand and make glass pellets... on Yucca Mountain Approved for US Nuclear Waste Storage · · Score: 1

    ...which you can then encase in canisters. That way if the canister is breached, nothing escapes.

    Perhaps the glass can encase an aluminum wire lattice to give it strength and prevent shattering.

    This would make transportation much safer as well - if the vechicle is in an accident, at most you have a big chunk of radioactive glass sitting there on the ground rather than the material spreading all over the place and leaching to to streams, ect.

    Then put in in Yucca Mountain until a safe way to shoot it into the sun is developed. Hopefully by then we will also have fusion reactors also!

    By the time the glass degrades the radioactivity would be just about gone.

  8. Re:I don't know... on Is Profiling Useless in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    I agree - I was just being a clown by responding in a serious manner to the creep who posted the pr0n.

  9. I don't know... on Is Profiling Useless in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    ...I think that the lack of profiling tools makes developers rely more heavily on solid upfront design.

  10. Buy some texts... on Options for Adults with Renewed Interest in Math? · · Score: 1

    ... and start reading them. Do the problems. It is that simple.

    Auditing (or actually taking) classes will help alot.

  11. Why can't this go on a PCI card..... on Coursey on Palladium · · Score: 1

    ...rather than the motherboard? That way, you could take it out if you wanted to.

    Oh... silly me.

  12. Re:HUH? on Improv Animation as an Art Form? · · Score: 1

    I agree with everything you wrote.. except your time estimate.

    5 years (for TS2 quality)

  13. Why are these systems connected to the net at all? on Cyber-Attacks? · · Score: 1

    ?

    ??

    I am thinking about becoming a security consultant:

    Want to secure your systems? Pull the network cable out of its jack.

    That will be $1,000,000.

  14. So unload the DLL's yourself... on Pet Bugs? · · Score: 1

    ...rather than relying on Windows to do it for you.

    Surely you know how to use FreeLibrary()???

  15. The independents can barely manage to... on Proposed Law To Open Code ... In Cars · · Score: 1

    ...change your oil correctly - and now you want them hacking your ignition?

    No thanks.

    The specs should be published - that much I agree with (after all you bought your car and it should be fully documented).

    However, I will stick with my personal motto: if you want it done right (well, done right some of the time) take it to the dealer.

  16. If Trya Banks knocked on your door... on Open Source Developed by Individuals, Not Large Groups · · Score: 1

    ...my money says you'd let her in!

  17. I think all computers are cool... on FreeBSD 4.6 Release Delayed · · Score: 1

    ...regardless of who makes them or the software that makes them usable.

    An OS simply enables you to do something with the computer... it is a means - not an end.

    Obviously some OS's will be better suited for a particular task.

    Rather than waste your time flaming someone because they use a BSD variant (or waste your time by responding to such a post) go out and get yourself a girlfriend or hit the damn gym once in a while.

    I keep an open mind and followed my own advice, now I can install virtually any OS on any system, configure it correctly, and have a hottie rockin' chick that buys me "LinuxuniL" and little devil wearing sneakers kinds of shirts from ThinkGeek.

    Yeah I work in a M$ shop now programming MFC and ATL... but so what? It is amazing what 90K a year will make one do... They could wip out DOS 4.0 and I'd say "yes sir, whatever you say!"

  18. Not so sad.... on IBM Spins Down · · Score: 1

    ....I have had three IBM drives go belly up on me.

    Three! The only other drive to go bad (on me) was a Western Digital... and I think that was a fluke.

  19. Basic cable is a requirement for internet service on What Free Cable? · · Score: 1

    ...atleast it was when I had Comcast At Home a few years ago.

  20. Why don't artists band together and.... on SACD-CD Hybrids -- A Way Out For Us Both? · · Score: 1

    ...start producing free music once their current contracts have expired?

    Seriously, once U2 (for example) is no longer bound by their record contract, their next album (maybe effort is a better word these days) could be entirely free, distributed over the net.

    They would make no money from record sales, but it isn't like they are hurting for cash... and they would make a pretty penny when they perform anyway.

    If lots of musicians did this the recording "industy" would disappear.... unfortunately they musicians are just as greedy as their masters.

  21. King Rat was written in 1965... on Perdido Street Station · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ..by James Clavell.

  22. Re:College is bullshit and here's why on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Get a couple of Cisco certifications, get a network certification of some sort, and get some experience at any pay. Two years before your friends are done school you'll be changing to your second IT job...."

    ...and always be working for someone else. Not to mention two years later your college friends will end up being your boss.

    You can get those certs while in school you know. ;)

    College gets you friends, contacts, laid, and is a blast. You learn things other than how to set up a routing table. I learned to speak German there. Do I need this - no - but I am glad I learned it!

    So what if you are behind the curve for 2 or three years - after that you race far ahead!

  23. College is the way to go... on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 1

    In addition to the benefits it will have in getting you a job that pays more, opens doors to management, yadda yadda, yadda... let me just state the following:

    Tons of beer.
    Tons of women. (Yes! Yes! Yes!)
    Tons of parties.

    You will also be able to look down your nose at all those w/ out a degree AND make more money.

    Seriously, don't assume you will be a geek all your life - one day you may turn to something quite different which your college degree will help you with.

  24. Re:When they fix the jagged mouse pointer problem. on IDE, SCSI And Recording Everything · · Score: 1


    I have noticed this behavior on el cheapo IDE solutions. Get yourself a MB with a decent IDE controller (or buy a good IDE card).

    Asus, Tyan, Intel. These are pretty decent MB solutions for relatively little money.

  25. Big deal.... on Linux On a Used Cash Register · · Score: 1

    ...he got Linux running on a PC.

    Well, come to think of it, that IS news!