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  1. Re:The answer is simple.... on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "yes, but those were all hobby projects, not actual industrial experience, we can't accept that"

    That's why I created a "company" and registered a domain. I credit all my "hobby" work to that company. It at least gets you past the HR idiots and then you can explain things better to an interviewer. I don't "use Linux at home", I build HA web clusters for fun.

  2. "I've got nothing to hide" on World's Creepiest iPhone App Pulled After Outcry · · Score: 1

    To all the people who say you don't need privacy if you've got nothing to hide, fuck you. While this app has no business in the app store anyway, hopefully the masses will wake up and STOP BROADCASTING their entire life on the Internet.

  3. Why now? on Comcast Not Counting Their Video Service Against Bandwidth Cap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. This is exactly what everyone here was warning about when the whole Net Neutrality "controversy" started. I just wonder why Comcast thought now was the right time to do it.

  4. It's a good password on Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password · · Score: 1

    Maybe 12345 is really complicated in Arabic. Like MMMMMMMMMMMMCCCXLV.

  5. Gruman again? on Sorry, IT: These 5 Technologies Belong To Users · · Score: 1

    What's this, the third "article" from Gruman in the last week or two? WTF Slashdot. Seriously.

  6. Damn spoilers on Hobbit Film Trailer Posted Online · · Score: 1

    They gave away the ending

  7. Re:Really? BBC Twitter as your source? on 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan; Tsunami Alert Issued · · Score: 1

    But it's a logarithmic scale, so it's really only about 4 times better.

  8. Re:No, corn is not cool on The Genome of Your Thanksgiving Supper · · Score: 1

    My wife is a geneticist (PhD) and she insists that corn is very cool. Did you know that corn has about the same number of genes as a human (in the 25000 - 35000 range)?

    So the next time you think you're smart, just remember that you're about as complex as corn.

  9. Re:Permanently modified? on Windows Phone Permanently Modifies MicroSD Cards, Warns Samsung · · Score: 5, Funny

    The S in SD means "Secure" which is an acronym for DRM ...

    May I respectfully suggest that you acquire a dictionary and use it to find out what everyone else in the world means when they say "acronym"?

    Acronym is just a homonym for euphemism.

  10. The more of you that watch, the faster it dies on Flash Destroyer Tests Limit of Solid State Storage · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet the server's IP address is untraceable.

  11. In lieu of? on Google Investigating Chinese Employees · · Score: 1

    I do not think that word means what you think it means.

  12. Clifford Stoll's on Which Computer Books For Prisoners? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Cuckoo's Egg?

  13. Don't taste me bro! on ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain Tasting · · Score: 0

    Did anyone else read "ICANN takes a step toward ending domain tasing"?

  14. Ethic-less? on Facebook Widget Installs Zango Spyware · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess "unetical" is too big a word for the average facebook user.

  15. What they really want on Mozilla Developers Invited to Redmond · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bah. Microsoft just wants a chance to look at the Mozilla source code so they can steal all the good parts.

  16. RTFA damn it! on TiVo to Let Users Record Shows Via Cellphone · · Score: 0

    To all the people saying you can already do this for free with MythTV and even TiVo's own website:

    This will let you program your TiVo from a CEL PHONE. Not a web browser, not a WAP browser, a CEL PHONE.

    Thank you.

  17. Pretty good bargain on Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else read the headline as Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.98 ? That's about what their drives are worth.

  18. Breast enlargement ads on Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows? · · Score: 1

    Sending a bunch of male programmers advertisements for breast enlargement isn't terribly useful

    Well, if those ads have before and after pictures, they certainly are useful.

  19. Re:Descriptor approach on A Useful Grammar Checker? · · Score: 1

    That's great! Too bad you spelled grammar wrong. Repeatedly :)

  20. Re:exploding iris on Iris Recognition To Take Off · · Score: 1

    The goggles! They do nothing!

  21. New P2P language on World's Shortest P2P App: 15 Lines · · Score: 1
    What we really need is a new language to write P2P apps in. Then we could get it really small.
    #!/usr/bin/p2p

    fork SHARE(my_stuff);
    while true FIND(other_stuff);
  22. Teach them how to learn on What Should be Included in a Linux Crash Course? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    % man man

  23. Re:Um. No. on Lord of the Rings Home Marathons? · · Score: 1

    I've heard "Stairway to Heaven" and I know how it sounds. Why would I want to listen to it a second time?

  24. Re:Friends? on Lord of the Rings Home Marathons? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or... I have a life you insensitive clod!

  25. 1:15 million? Feh on Worlds Largest Scale Model Solar System? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just finished building a full scale model. I centered it on the sun instead of England though. It took a long time to position Sedna, which is why you're only recently seeing it in the news.