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  1. Re:Quick to blame Microsoft on Microsoft Kills Skype For Asterisk · · Score: 1

    Never said I know. Just that he didn't. Nor did I bash, btw. I can't help but wonder why you think you can read.

  2. Re:Quick to blame Microsoft on Microsoft Kills Skype For Asterisk · · Score: 2

    "Microsoft currently has no say in how Skype runs their business"

    You really think the purchasing company has no influence over the company they're buying? They can make specific upcoming business decisions paramount to buy out! You have no idea whether or not Microsoft had something to do with this decision. I can't help but wonder why you think you do.

  3. Re:An odd analogy on Professor Questions Sink-Or-Swim Intro To CS Courses · · Score: 1

    "There is no room, in professional music, for someone who is not very good"

    Wow. Someone doesn't listen to the radio very much.

  4. Online grammar classes on Internet Could Mean End of "Snow Days" · · Score: 2

    wouldn't be "to" bad an idea for some.

  5. Makes perfect sense. on 8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers · · Score: 1

    Explains why they excel at election engineering.

  6. Insightful?? Really?? on Ask Slashdot: How Should Sony Compensate PSN Users? · · Score: 1

    Shit happens so sit back and do nothing about it. Really? That kind of attitude is exactly what lets corporations tread all over people.

  7. They don't. But... on FCC Commissioner Leaves To Become Lobbyist · · Score: 2

    Meredith Attwell Baker was nominated for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission by President Barack Obama on June 25, 2009.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Attwell_Baker

  8. Premium + Ads??? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time For SyFy To Go Premium? · · Score: 1

    Do we have to wash the executives' cars, too?

  9. Re:Vertical Integration on Netflix CEO Hesitant To Fight Cable · · Score: 2

    What is the government specifically doing then to create these cable monopolies?

  10. Yes. It does matter. on Evolution Battle Brews In Texas · · Score: 1

    "I say we refuse to let the public school system be used as a platform for any group's agenda by removing the material entirely."

    I don't think a "let's keep them ignorant for now" approach is the way to go here. The one thing creationists would love even more than teaching intelligent design is *not* teaching evolution.

  11. Re:But not Braid on Smithsonian Unveils 'Art of Games' Voting Results · · Score: 1

    I know at least Zack and Wiki was on there (which I'm very pleased about). Don't know if there are others.

  12. But not Braid on Smithsonian Unveils 'Art of Games' Voting Results · · Score: 2

    The Art of Video Games exhibition will explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium (but not Braid), with a focus on striking visual effects (but not Braid), the creative use of new technologies (but not Braid), and the most influential artists and designers (but not Braid).

  13. What's old is new again: on JavaScript Gets Visual With Waterbear · · Score: 1

    List of Visual programming languages from 25 years ago:

    http://www.nickerson.to/visprog/CH2/visprogsys26.htm

  14. Re:The first confirmed kill by Wikileaks is Osama? on Leaked Doc May Have Forced US To Speed Up Bin Laden Raid · · Score: 1

    "Apparently, the US knew where he was for the past 3 years and did nothing"

    That is not what the document shows. It states the name of a courier and that a detainee -- who was being groomed to also become a courier -- moved to Abbottabad.

  15. This arcticle is right on!!! on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 0

    "The new Internet reality seems bent on summarily dismissing the hard work of this commission. I'd wish they'd drop it already" - Earl Warren

    "So I left out the word 'a'. Doesn't mean the rest of it didn't really happen. Fucking bloggers." - Neil Armstrong, Time Magazine interview 1970

    "I'm pretty sure I killed all those Jews. Final Solution. Google it." - Adolf Hitler

  16. Re:Motivation on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 1

    Tragic story. It's great that you spoke up when they found you. Thanks for sharing this.

  17. Re:Motivation on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 1

    Since you brought it up, what were these circumstances?

  18. Re:Lunch is YOUR time. I Get In Shape on The Importance of Lunch · · Score: 1

    I'm a programmer. What is this gym thing you speak of?

  19. Just goes to show on Programmer For Endeavor Now Crew On Final Flight · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't need a CS degree to reach the highest of career levels.

    Seriously though, this isn't his first time in space. He's an experienced astronaut who was on the International Space Station for half a year and has multiple high level degrees in engineering, astronautics and planetary geology. He's a recipient of the esteemed Silver Snoopy Award and is literally a friggin' Eagle Scout.

    Godspeed!

  20. Re:Developer doesn't understand chance. on Punish Bad Users With Drupal Misery · · Score: 1

    Replier doesn't know how to RTFA. Developer and poster of documentation are the same person.

  21. Developer doesn't understand chance. on Punish Bad Users With Drupal Misery · · Score: 2

    From Misery documentation:

    # Delay: Create a random-length delay, giving the appearance of a slow connection. (by default this happens 40% of the time)
    # White screen: Present the user with a white-screen. (by default this happens 10% of the time)

    These events do not occur x% of the time but, rather, have an x% chance of occurring.

    $random_number = rand(0, 100);
    if ($chance >= $random_number) {
    return TRUE;
    }

  22. Re:Hmm on More Nintendo Console Rumors · · Score: 1

    Joke on Leno tonight: Reportedly, the first game on the Wii Stream will be called Jiggle and Dance.... Jiggle and Dance ladies and gentlemen.

  23. So, when someone nuclear bombs a website... on Chrome Feature Helps Shield Websites From DDoS Attacks · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Chrome promises to throw less stones?

  24. Re:Meh on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    True that. I posted a similar comment before I noticed your post.

  25. Why do I have a feeling... on Computer Science Enrollment Up 10% Last Fall · · Score: 1

    in 2 years we'll have a 10% increase in CS dropouts. So many kids are signing up with little programming and virtually no CS theory under their belts and institutions are nothing if not overjoyed to take their money. Soon, however, they become shocked into heavy schedules of general electives once the learn the dirty truth of what CS really is.