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  1. Re:Harlan Ellison's remedy. on Shutting Down Annoying Recruiters? · · Score: 1

    That would likely bring criminal charges for mishandling biohazard materials. Most certainly would if you used the US Postal system for delivery.

  2. Perhaps a sting operation on Shutting Down Annoying Recruiters? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have somebody ask for an interview. And go to it. And explain the situation to the company the leeches are shilling for, and that because they are using such an annoying headhunter, neither they nor anyone else in the company would ever consider working for them. Then just walk out.

  3. Only two ways this can go on Bye Bye Spam and Phishing with DKIM? · · Score: 1

    And they both fail.

    Either the domain owner controls and administers the key, in which case spammers (who already use automated bots to registers hundreds, if not thousands, of domains per day) will simply add a new subroutine to the domain registration bot to add in the key, thus ensuring the delivery of their spam.

    Or someone else controls your email, which mean nobody with any sense will buy in to it.

    Either way, it's useless for combatting spam, as was DomainKeys and SPF.

  4. Re:Next time on New York Sues Dell for Poor Customer Service · · Score: 1

    I had much the same experience trying to install a second video card on a cheapie box. Spend a while confirming the motherboard does not, in fact, support two monitors, and he offered to transfer me to customer service to talk about an exchange (which we didn't need).

    My first thought when I connected to him was that it's very hard to type with an accent. Wasn't the most clueful tech in the business, but he was apparently sitting next to one who was. Which is good enough.

  5. Re:ESTOPPEL on Linus Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are. Trademarks are the only form of IP that must be defended.

  6. Limited options on Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT? · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you expect anything like the same money, about your only options would be producing porn videos, politics, or some other life of crime.

    Otherwise, get a job flipping burgers at your local McDonalds, and work your way up.

  7. Re:ok, that explains it... on Report of Net Art Theft Draws Lawyer Threats · · Score: 1

    "My intention was not to copy Mr. Kelly."

    Then who was it your intention to copy?

  8. Re:Fred Phelps on Gamers Grapple With VA Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    I have to admit, if Phelps ends up dead, or, better, crippled for life from being beaten by an angry crowd, I will probably dance a little victory dance.

  9. Re:What's the big deal? on NY Governor to Target Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    Because there is zero evidence that playing violent video games is bad for children. None. Not a single credible study has shown a causation. The last one that hit the news, in fact, showed the opposite - that children who are already prone to violent behavior are attracted to violent games.

    (And Spitzer's a moron, if he thinks that the movie rating system has any legal meaning whatsoever. It is entirely voluntary even to participate in it, and indidvidual theaters can ignore ratings if they choose. Such a law would be unconstitutional anyway.)

    Didn't Lousiana just get sancionted and forced to pay legal fees over - yet another - unconstitutional violent game law?

  10. our computer system is never wrong on Customers Treated as Culprits in Support Calls? · · Score: 1

    Then why is there a multi-billion dollar a year industry to repair comptuers?

  11. Re:Electric Emoticon Announcement on Georgia Tech Unveils Prototype Nanogenerator · · Score: 1

    Depending on how little motion they require, line streets with them on both sides (or even under the pavement) and power street lights with them. The possiblities for hilarity to ensure are jut boundless.

  12. IPCop again on Firewall Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    I would also recommend IPCop (http://www.ipcop.org/) It has been rock solid for me, with eleven locations, and it's actively supported. It runs on nearly anything (I believe you actually need a Pentium now, but 1.3 ran on 486s), and best of all, it's free. That means you can experiment with it on an old PC at no cost other than time (and maybe a cheap-ass network card or two). At the very least, it's a great way to evaluate the idea of a Linux based firewall, even if you end up going with something else.

  13. Re:Ah yes. on Circuit City and the American Dream · · Score: 1

    If you're trying to succeed by the power of your own capabilities, why are you working at circuit city?

  14. Re:Report this to "StopBadware.org" on Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No · · Score: 1

    Since the program cannot possibly know whether or not the IP address is static, you've just argued that this is badware.

  15. Re:Repoman code on South Korea Drafting Ethical Code for Robotic Age · · Score: 1

    To restate Asimov's laws:

    What is the first law?
                                                        To Protect.

    And the second?
                                                        Ourselves.

  16. Re:We need sound in space on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Movie makers have experimented with sounds (or lack thereof) for decades. Music, in particular, is critical, especially in action scenes. The music tells the audience what to expect, just a little bit before it happens, and generally at a subliminal level. That way, when the bad guy jumps out of dark and starts shooting, you're surprised, but not too surprised.

    I recall reading once about an action/cop movie that was done with no sound track. The finale, at the end, involved a foot chase in a darkened, abandoned building. No sound but running footsteps, and heavy breathing, punctuated by gunfire. Apparently, they had people votmiting in the theaters because the suspense was so much more intense without the cues from the music.

  17. Re:Tyres squealing on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    I actually had a car that sounded like the tires were squealing at 5 mph. It wasn't the tires, of course. It has a positraction rear end with clutch plates, and going around a corner, the inner wheel's clutch plate had to slip, and it sounded just like tires squealing. Got the funniest looks from cops when that happened.

  18. Re:Acts of civil disobedience-evidence generation? on RIAA's 'Expert' Witness Testimony Now Online · · Score: 1

    write a simple program that given some basic parameters generates a ton of "evidence" or anything on any date complete with logs and screenshots.

    Not that I'd ever suggest anything so illegal, but if somebody produced such evidence that the people who run the RIAA have been trolling chat rooms looking for 12 year old boys, and submitted it to the press, I'd laugh my ass off.

  19. Re:The problem on Viva Piñata Apparently 'For Girls' · · Score: 1

    Demographics is a cold, hard science, based on a century or more of experience. That you like girly stuff is unfortunate - for you - but irrelevant to advertisers.

  20. Re:The Perfect Slashdot Poll on Jack Thompson's Past Legal Failures Resurrected · · Score: 0

    "What are you going to do when you get out of the Marine Corps, son?"

    "Well, sir, I thought I'd go to San Francisco, and lie in the gutter, and suck elephant dick for a nickel a herd, until I regain my self respect."

  21. About time on Newspaper Headlines Bow To SEO Demands · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Newspapers that use headlines that actually tell you what the story is aobut, rather than making a cheap joke out of someone's misey? If the profession of journalism had any integrity, this would never have been a story, because the offensiveness of turning news headlines in to jokes would never have happened in the first place.

  22. Re:Bullcrap on Lycos Deletes Emails and Says 'Too Bad!' · · Score: 1

    I have to agree. Even in her edited version, she looks like a whiney little brat, complaining that they did what they said they'd do in their policy. If she hadn't failed to log in for too long, it wouldn't have happened. If she hadn't used a free service for something important - being too cheap to pay for a better service - it wouldn't have happened.

    The customer is always right, except when they're wrong. This guy was more polite to her than I would have been.

  23. Re:WTF on Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads · · Score: 1

    It's almost like virgins talking about sex, I'd question if he actually *uses* his own O/S.

    Given how often he's blue screened at public demos, can you blame him?

  24. Re:Spoilers on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    Page 608? I would think she'd wait until the last half of the book, at least.

  25. Re:Nonsense on Vista Indicates A Shift in Microsoft's Priorities · · Score: 1

    What the article is saying is that the interests of end users and the interest of Microsoft's biggest customers are not necessarily the same. Many companies do not want their employees to have control of their desktops.