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  1. Re:Computer literacy is what youre after... on Ask Slashdot: Good Homeschool Curriculum For CS?? · · Score: 1

    "When I was in high school we had a comprehensive Office 2003 textbook...."

    Thanks for making me feel old.

  2. Re:Denon Gets It on HDMI Brands Don't Matter · · Score: 1

    Don't forgot that electrons want to flow downhill,. so arrange your components accordingly.
    Oh, and black cables transmit faster than lighter cables,.. and you'll get a huge performance boost if you put a "TYPE R" label on each end of the cable.

  3. Re:Correct on Why Doesn't Every Website Use HTTPS? · · Score: 1

    Most modern corporate proxies worth their salt will just terminate your https session anyway and see everything you're sending through the tunnel.

  4. Re:"Receiving stolen property"? Why is this a crim on Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail · · Score: 1

    One of them has a kid, though

  5. Re:IBM made a breakthrough? on IBM Makes a Super Memory Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    IBM's hardware is just a continuation of what they developed in the 70's. Same with as400/iseries.
    AIX was acquired. Lotus was acquired. Tivoli was acquired. The Websphere suite is a thinly veiled attempt to rebrand free software. (I'm talking to you "IBM HTTP Server")

    Their last gasp of true innovation was OS/2, and they managed to screw that one up.

    IBM is just a bunch of mediocre consultants and middle management now.

  6. IBM made a breakthrough? on IBM Makes a Super Memory Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    I didnt realize they were still in the business of developing new stuff.

    Seems the core of their business is acquiring other technology companies, and injecting red tape and excess bureaucracy into other enterprises through proliferation of their "Architectural Thinking" workshops.

  7. Re:A little more on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    It's "maths" if you're pretentious.

  8. Re:Think of the jobs on Google Secretly Tests Autonomous Cars In Traffic · · Score: 1

    derk a derr!!!

  9. Re:Scriptkiddies these days on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Would you kids get off my lawn?

  10. Re:The thing they don't tell you is... on Nerds Still More Likely To Get Bullied · · Score: 1

    I take it you won't going to the class reunion.

  11. Re:Fake it 'till you make it on Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed · · Score: 1

    Dont forget the "extra big-ass fries"!

  12. I think I liked the bootleg trailer better on Tron Legacy Exposed · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was just me, but there was something about the crowd reaction whem the blue guy busted out the lightcycle that gave that video a little something extra.

  13. Re:Read this ... on Sun Kills Rock CPU, Says NYT Report · · Score: 1

    That should all be in past tense.

  14. Re:Great, more Cisco garbage... on Cisco Launching Blade Servers in 2009 · · Score: 1

    Their higher-end ASA firewalls and Call Manager systems are just HP servers with a different paint job.

    The ASA5580 is just a HP DL580. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/index.html

    Probably twice as expensive too.

  15. Re:To be fair, /service doesn't do dependency on DNSSEC Advances in gTLDs; Bernstein Intros DNSCurve · · Score: 1

    svcadm enable ssh

    Done.

  16. how many of you... on (Useful) Stupid Regex Tricks? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    took the examples posted here and blindly ran them on your production system? how many did it as root?

  17. Re:Dear Merriam-Webster: on "New" Words From the Geek Culture · · Score: 1

    I always thought that was someone trying to sound french.

  18. Re:$5 a gallon? on McCain Backs Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    "*Paris to Amsterdam is 504km. It's at best a 5h drive. 10h back and forth. How many people do that in the US?"

    Anyone who drives from San Francisco to LA. Anyone who drives across Nevada on I80.
    Pretty much anyone who lives west of the Mississippi.

  19. Re:This is no different than anything else MS. on Ballmer Says Vista Selling Really Well · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Worst analogy EVAR! on IBM Ships Fastest CPU on Earth · · Score: 1

    I'm not your fwend, buddy!!

  21. Re:If he finds such a woman... on Command Line Life Partner Wanted · · Score: 1


    You must not be married because you completely missed the joke.

  22. Re:Only SOUTH Koreans on Comcast Promising Ultra-Fast Internet · · Score: 1

    "You also need to be able to spread your back-end costs over your paying customers"

    What a horrible visual...

  23. Re:Crimsonland on What Are The Best Free Games Online? · · Score: 1

    The free version is gimped down as far as number of weapons and display resolution.

    That said, the replay value alone makes it worth the 20 bucks. I've spent more on lamer games.

    ~dlb

  24. Re:What we need is on Attack of the B-Grade Games · · Score: 1

    Definitely one of my favorite nintendo games of all time..

  25. Re:What an awesome sys ad day! on Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day! · · Score: 1

    "network port boxes"

    That would be called a "hub" or "switch" here in the real world.