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  1. also shows the worth of MS Dev Qualifications on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 1

    If you can be certified having written a sort and a calculator app.

    "We'd like you to work on our video editing application immediately"
    "Sure! Does it need a calculator?"

  2. she can get all the qualifications she likes... on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 1

    Her job will still end up being offshored to.... oh.

  3. um? on Dvorak Says Apple Move to Intel Will Harm Linux · · Score: 1

    I don't see how switching to the x86 will be any more of a temptation for Linux users. It's not like the x86 OS X boxes will be very cheap. Dev work won't be any easier - you're porting/writing apps for OS X whether it's x86 based or PowerPC, unless you're working at a very low level the CPU architecture will be largely irrelevant.

    In essence, yes he's back on the pipe.

  4. If you need electronics to track your spouse on GPS-tracked Clothing · · Score: 5, Funny

    you've made their chain too long.

  5. Same old same old. on Inside Look at Pixar HQ · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1) Interesting page turns up on various blogs ....weeks pass...

    2) Page is posted on slashdot and immediately killed.

  6. Ask slashdot... on Clash of the GPL and Other IP Agreements? · · Score: 1

    ...because we're all qualified IP lawyers who can give you a definitive answer to a difficult and potentially costly problem, which could lose you your job. No, really. We are. Honest. Me included. I read groklaw once. I'm totally qualified. OJ wanted me to defend him for his trial because I could probably pick up criminal law in an afternoon, but I said "No way" because I was busy posting here.

    I can do surgery too. I watched ER once.

  7. Re:All I want to know is on Apple Nixes Live Webcast, Satellite Feed · · Score: 1

    All you need to know is they'll price it at £699 in the UK despite the dollar rate.

  8. Ummm on Cell Workstations in 2005 · · Score: 1

    How is Windows on PPC even relevant?

    IBM aren't big on windows anyway, or has the endless IBM/Linux advertising passed the world by?

    I think we can be pretty confident the OS *won't* be Windows.

  9. Solaris 10 Stability on Solaris 10 Released, Updated & Free (Like Speech) · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the launch site...

    Day 6: Did you know that Big Ben actually refers to the thirteen ton bell inside, named after Sir Benjamin Hall? The clock keeps excellent time and rarely stops -- much like Solaris 10, which offers new features aimed at increasing system availability and reducing unplanned downtime.

    This is a bit dodgy on both counts... from British Embassy website:

    At first, the bell was to be called "Victoria," in honour of the Queen. However, "Big Ben" was the name that came to be used. At the time that the bell was built, there were two well known men named Ben. One was a champion boxer -- Benjamin Caunt. The second Ben was Sir Benjamin Hall, a Member of Parliament who, as Commissioner of Public Works, had a great deal to do with the clock tower and the bells. His name was on the side of the first bell that had cracked. Either of these two men could have inspired the nickname "Big Ben," but no one is really sure which it was!

    Slight omission aside, the analogy for stability is pretty invalid given Big Ben broke almost immediately after being struck for the first time and was recast. The new bell (in use today) has a large crack in it, again from early in its use, which was filled in and the bell rotated so the clapper wouldn't strike the weak point. The clock itself is also regularly weighted with pennies to keep it accurate. Plus because of the crack the bell is out of tune.

    If solaris 10 is like this I'm not touching it :)

  10. why was this modded up? on Why Apple Should Port Games · · Score: 1

    What an idiotic post! "It shouldn't be that difficult to port future xbox games". *bangs head on table*

    Lots of things CAN be done, but think for just half a second WHY the hell would MS want to?

    There's also a major hardware hurdle. ONE FRIKKIN MOUSE BUTTON.

  11. If it's legal to share... on Wired Releases Creative Commons Sampling CD · · Score: 1

    where can I download it?

    It'll be a cold day in hell when I buy Wired.

  12. Both are an improvement on Xbox 2 Concept Designs Leaked? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    on the current "gay car battery" design.

  13. low turnover? on Tech Turnover Rate Lowest Since The 80's · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's because we're all too demoralised to... oh feck it, I can't be bothered.

  14. Next up on slashdot.... on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 2, Funny

    "the wheel".

  15. Re:John Kerry is a Liar on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you, sir, are an idiot.

  16. um? on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "It's a long, wide-ranging conversation; clearly, this guy is thinking big about the power of the web, especially outside the United States"

    In the context that reads very very wrong to someone from Europe. Please! Send us solar panels and laptops for our village so we can learn about your advanced American ways!

  17. Open sourcing bits of code is all very well on Josh Ledgard On MS's Future Open Source Efforts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but I'd rather see them pay more attention to open standards, and "opening" their file formats/protocols.

  18. Casemods are not news. on Stunning, Classic Computer Console, from 1958? · · Score: 1

    ...and are exceedingly tedious.

  19. Sure! on Linux vs. Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All those systems sold as linux machines are still running linux. I bet. No really. Honest.

    I'd suspect a fair percentage of 'savvy' users are buying linux system to avoid paying for windows and then using dodgy knock off XP licences.

    Of course, that'd be wrong.

  20. Re:Sheesh. on BT Blocks 10,000 Child-Porn Site Visits A Day · · Score: 1

    Quoted (by the BBC) possibly out of context. Try reading the article before getting snippy.

  21. Sheesh. on BT Blocks 10,000 Child-Porn Site Visits A Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    Home Office minister Paul Goggins said the figures revealed by BT were "deeply shocking" and he said he hoped other service providers would take up the offer of using BT's blocking technology.

    He told the Today programme: "Every image of a child that appears on the internet is an image of a child that's abused."


    See? It's not just America that's governed by idiots.

  22. Great on UK To Get Music Download Chart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it'll now be even cheaper and easier for record promoters to bulk buy singles to up their chart positions like they regularly do with existing formats.

  23. Add some sort of movement detector on Setting Up Mac OS X for a Teenage Coffeehouse? · · Score: 4, Funny

    so Fonzie can get free credit when he kicks it. Aaaaaaaaaaaay!

  24. Dedication or masochism? on Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do they code these games sitting on broken glass whilst being branded with hot pokers whilst listening to Celine Dion?

    No accounting for taste, I suppose.

  25. So for informed opinion on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    you turn to Hollywood and then Slashdot? Now *that* is insanity.