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  1. Re:You won't find them on Number of ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy Is 37,964 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Lay off the sci fi.

  2. Re:Out Dated on Yahoo Changes User Profiles, To Massive Outrage · · Score: 1

    hotmail is fine. Been using it since 97 and don't plan on changing.

  3. Re:1,125 Caucasian Men Studied.... on Baldness Gene Discovered — 1 In 7 Men "At Risk" · · Score: 1

    Plenty of tang - if you have a large bulge in your pants.

    It is far better if the bulge is made by a fat wallet, btw.

  4. Re:Still inventing war-tech, guys? on EMP-Shielded Power Grids Under Development · · Score: 1

    Well, we have plenty to waste on you.

  5. Re:You can drink an ugly girl pretty ... on Algorithms Can Make You Pretty · · Score: 1

    You must not drink.

  6. Stupid. on How US Schools' Culture Stifles Math Achievement · · Score: 0

    Sound bodies, sound minds.

    Abandoning one for the other is counter productive, not to mention a recipe for failure.

  7. Beer does the same thing on Algorithms Can Make You Pretty · · Score: 1

    and the process is far more fun.

  8. No such thing as above top secret on Homeland Security's Space-Based Spying Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Not in the US anyway.

    It can be compartmentalized (SCI, but then again some secret is SCI), special access only, caveated... the list goes on, but it is still top secret.

  9. Re:first post on $700 Billion Bailout Signed Into Law · · Score: 1

    I must admit, I also woefully undersetimated Bush's abilities.

    Too bad he didn't use them for the good of the country.

  10. Updates, but code still gone on Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools · · Score: 1

    With out the code, the worth of these tools drops dramatically.

    I have the code from the older versions, I'll just stick with that, thanks.

  11. Re:Not exactly... on Working Effectively with Legacy Code · · Score: 1

    Hard, but not impossible.

  12. So just delete the bullet. on The Stigma of a Tech Support Background · · Score: 1

    As easy as that. Walk in as a no experience college grad.

  13. Re:Not exactly... on Working Effectively with Legacy Code · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A tenet of TDD is that the basis path coverage if the unit tests is complete.

    Who the hell modded your post as "insightful"?

    You, and they, are morons.

  14. Re:Turd or sand? on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    But you have a turd all over yours.

  15. Enjoy it while you can NASA on NASA Upgrades Weather Research Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    As much as I hate the thought, your funding is about to go bye bye.

  16. "...they both feel a bit Microsoft-y..." on Best DNS Service With API Access? · · Score: 1

    What, precisely, is that supposed to mean?

    Oh, the ol' slip in a M$ jibe to get posted on Slashdot? I thought so.

  17. Re:ENCRYT, ENCRYPT, ENCRYPT on Comcast Outlines New Broadband Policy · · Score: 2, Informative

    All they need to know is that there is alot of it - they don't care what it is.

  18. Turd or sand? on Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices · · Score: 1

    They may have a turd in the shoebox, but you have sand in your vagina.

  19. Note to those who claim G-Tech was first on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell · · Score: 1

    They were. However....

    The diagram behind the kid mentions CURRENT 3D solar cells, not his invention.

    Likely, he furthered the current state of the art (as all scientists do). Took the GTech concepts and went beyond.

    Or maybe it is a blatant infringement.

    We can't tell from the contect that one fragmented photograph provides.

    So withold judgement, please.

  20. Re:What if Google evaporates itself? on Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B · · Score: 2, Funny

    Altavista.... BAY-BEEEEEEEE!

  21. Why bother? on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 1

    Not all, but for the most part Java developers are light weights.

    Mention a register and they turn into fluff - like a dandelion that a 5 year old blew on.

    But then again, why not?

  22. On "open" class would be fine on Let the Games Be Doped · · Score: 1

    Anything goes... but once you compete in such a class in any sport you are no longer eligible to compete in the "clean" events.

  23. Re:The two worst flights of my life on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    You just got yout private ticket, and are berating the heavy pilot for being a "rookie."

    Pot, meet kettle.

  24. Screw the third party web sites on Airline Cancels All Flights Booked Through Third-Party Systems · · Score: 1

    Why should airlines share revenue of any sort with others, when they would make more money by booting everyone off the plane and giving them a refund plus a $25 gift card to Sky Mall?

    The airlines will always have passengers. Regardless of who they allow to pedal their tickets. These third party web sites are not "sending the airlines customers" contray to what every thinks. They are allowing unfrequent fliers to shop around for the cheapest fare, getting a cut of that fare, and making money through advertising. The customers were going to fly anyway, even if Orbitz and Travelocity went bust tomorrow.

  25. How do CA state workers get raises? on California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL · · Score: 1

    I am sure it isn't thru a code change.

    Of course this assumes they get raises at all....