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  1. Re:Tech Support? on Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major? · · Score: 1

    My experience with CS grads is that the don't seem to teach them anything about computers, let alone how to fix them.

  2. Re:W(h)ither Programming Languages? on Does an Open Java Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Pick the item from the list that doesn't belong

    Umm... one of them is a round calcium carbonate based object formed inside of oysters?

  3. Re:Competitive reasons? on Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices · · Score: 1
  4. Re:The real question is... on Probable Water Ice Sighted On Mars · · Score: 1

    As they re-enter, they would burn up rather quickly
    Clearly, it would necessary to cover them in hot grits first.
    Additionally, if these were Natalie Portmans of the naked and petrified variety (as the best kind always are), it would alter the dynamics of both the cluster and array deployment methods you propose.

  5. Re:It's not just a song on Motley Crue Single Does Better On Rock Band · · Score: 1

    Also, one product you can undoubtedly pirate as an MP3 from multiple sources for free, while the other I'm pretty sure requires a purchase through Xbox Live! Marketplace.

  6. Is this really relevant anymore? on Atari Founder Proclaims the End of Gaming Piracy · · Score: 1

    I would say the trend for games to require an online paid subscription will do a lot more to curb piracy than any TPM technology.

    Hell, don't some companies just let you download the game for free now and get all their revenue from subscriptions? Or the variant of this, Steam.

  7. Re:Heat on Huge Data Center Going Up In Sin City · · Score: 1

    Ironically, Vegas gets around 4% of its power from the Hoover Dam. Most of the Hoover's power generation goes to southern California and Arizona. Vegas is powered mostly by coal and some nuclear power purchased from other states.

  8. Re:Feh.... on Open Source BIND Alternative Launches · · Score: 1

    When your code won't compile as is against a modern C compiler and libraries, thats sort of an issue.

  9. Re:"Gag the Internet" on Mormon Church Goes After WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Part of the reason it is law is that in a country where every citizen is technically considered equal, and having roughly 50/50 male/female population split, polygamy will eventually lead to social disorder.

    When a small group of men are taking up a large majority of the women, this leaves a large group of angry young males who aren't getting any pussy. Potentially this discontent can lead to uprisings and civil unrest.

  10. Re:Einstein is over-rated on Hawking Searching For Africa's Einsteins · · Score: 1

    Well it certainly brings new meaning to the term "Woah, this is some good shit!"

  11. Re:Einstein is over-rated on Hawking Searching For Africa's Einsteins · · Score: 1

    I had to look Jenkem up. God damn!

  12. Re:Anybody know on Data Center In a Shoe Box · · Score: 1

    If the 1 TB storage device intended to be used with this thing at $699 is any indication of cost , it's probably not cheap. At that price, cost savings on power consumption are insignificant compared to the savings that would be gained through simply purchasing commodity hardware.

  13. Re:money not values on Metallica May Follow In Footsteps of Radiohead, NIN · · Score: 1

    Do you really think Radiohead or NIN would have gone this route either if they could continue to use traditional distribution methods and be equally profitable?

  14. Re:oil industry collusion on What Will Life Be Like In 2008? · · Score: 1

    I thought the "smoking plastic army men" was pretty goddamn funny.

  15. Re:vane? on Western Digital's "Green" Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    Maybe they were referring to the vanes in the turbine?

  16. Re:Yeah, sometimes you inherit some annoying thing on When Should We Ditch Our Platform? · · Score: 1

    Thats also the first platform I thought of when I read his problem. Where have all the ColdFusion developers gone?

  17. Re:Now I can finally be rid of Bell Sympatico DSL! on Canadian Regulator CRTC Saves Independent ISPs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Although they have to provide access to their infrastructure, Sympatico, Telus etc. are still the reseller of bandwidth to the small ISP. In my view, this is still anti-competitive in that the independent ISP continues to get raped by being forced to pay for bandwidth to the upstream big telco. The telco is essentially getting the bandwidth for free, while collecting revenue from the small ISP for the same commodity. It doesn't seem fair that the telco can be a wholesale bandwidth seller and at the same time compete directly with its wholesale customers by targeting last mile consumers.

    If the CRTC really wanted to level the playing field, they would prevent the wholesalers like Bell Sympatico from selling directly to the consumer market. Then we'd see real competition and growth in the ISP industry.

  18. Re:Rural area on Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons · · Score: 1

    I'd totally vote for hardware. Hardware rocks!

  19. Re:I wonder? on Space Shuttle Secrets Stolen For China · · Score: 1

    I thought they did that by moving to Vancouver.

  20. Re:Not indestructable. on Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about a crustacean shaped armored combat vehicle, or a glass enclosure filled with water and lobsters?

  21. Re:Helmet Society on McDonald's UK CEO Blames Video Games for Childhood Obesity · · Score: 1

    I should clarify that the roof of the bus didn't collapse directly from the jet wash. The 747 merely caused the bus to roll over. Upon rolling onto it's roof, the entire thing collapsed on itself. Admittedly it was a pretty violent and abrupt rollover, but not out of line of what the vehicle would experience in a high speed roll.

    To the previous poster, after a 30 second Google I discovered that in the U.S. many states have seat belts mandated on their school buses as you say. I apologize as I was speaking from a Canadian perspective and we have never had seat belts on school buses (Transport Canada Regs). It is true though, that I have not been on a school bus in quite some time :-).

  22. Re:Helmet Society on McDonald's UK CEO Blames Video Games for Childhood Obesity · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that, of all vehicles, school buses do not have seat belts for their passengers either. I suppose the hassle of dealing with seatbelts on a bunch of little kids (particularly in an emergency) outweighs the safety benefit.
      On a related note, did anyone else see the recent episode of Mythbusters where they rolled the school bus in the jet wash of a 747? The roof of the bus completely collapsed pretty much to the seat level. I was shocked at how poorly a vehicle millions of people entrust the safety of their kids to everyday held up.

  23. Re:Huh? on ID Tech May Mean an End to Anonymous Drinking · · Score: 1

    You nailed it, they don't do this to track your drinking habits or level of consumption. Around here, it is a security measure that helps keep the drug dealers out of the bar (they don't want to be on record) , or , if shit goes down and somebody gets beat up or stabbed on the premises, the police at least have a list of possible suspects.

  24. Re:Watch out for monoliths on Russia to Search For Life on Europa · · Score: 1

    It's a well documented fact that Soviet Russians do the reverse of any stated action.

  25. Re:fortunetely millenia of nuclear fuel on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    You clearly have no idea what limestone is, or how it is formed.