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  1. Oh like that guy in Northern Exposure. on Shelter: A Quest for Non-Toxic Housing · · Score: 1

    Before Edwards was on ER, he was on the best show ever, North Exposure, who played a character who had MCS.

  2. Re:First (?) on 100mbps Fiber Service To Your Door · · Score: 1

    You can?

  3. Re:Two points.. on A College Without Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Microsfot is a corporation. The donor is a single person.

  4. Re:Just one problem... on A Hydrogen-Based Economy · · Score: 1

    Well Saudia Arabia has Mecca to fall back on. Tourism dollars would flood the area if tehre was no terrorism to worry about. Iraq has the Tigris and the Euphrates, all kinds of history there.

    Yeah sure, Yemen and Kuwait might lose the cash cow but before the discovery of oil were there any year round residents of those countries?

  5. Re:Good News? on Microsoft Writes Off Corel · · Score: 1

    Name one company that had VC money, that has come out ahead in the game?

  6. Re:McDonald's is always hiring. on Internships in the Post-DotCom Era? · · Score: 1

    Actually even McDonald's is losing money. Scary shit.

  7. Re:Super Collectors Special Edition? on Matrix Special Edition Cancelled · · Score: 1

    But wait! In five ten and twenty year increments you can get a Special Super Anniversy edition.

  8. Re:Consultant on New Legit Napster Service Coming · · Score: 1

    That's good news for Shawn. From what I remember, he dropped out of college to capitalize on his 'invention'. Sure he got some cash for his trouble, but if he's like 70% of America he's most likely in debt.

  9. Re:Experience on The Internship That Students Drool Over · · Score: 0

    Where is Pudget Sound?

  10. huh? on Geek Roadtrips Through the Heartland · · Score: 1
    I intend on blogging my cross country trip as it happens and would like to have something to talk about other than the state lines I cross and the number of retreads I dodge.


    Who will be driving? Or will you be using Voice to Text?

  11. Re:Compact Fluorescent on LED Light Fixtures for the Home? · · Score: 1

    Well I was thinking more along the lines of refrigerators at grocery stores. The ones with the glas doors and lights.

  12. Re:Compact Fluorescent on LED Light Fixtures for the Home? · · Score: 1

    I wonder...can you use these compact fluorescents in the fridge?

  13. Re:Liberty Alliance has it backwards on The US DoD and the GSA Join the Liberty Project · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahh yes, good old Doc. I am sure he'll talk about the ClueTrain Manifesto as well.

    I just scanned the article....yep he mentions that piece of crap.

  14. Re:A View Fom Hell on Cornell Implementing Bandwidth Charges · · Score: 1

    2GB by visiting ESPN.com? Come on, I'm calling bullshit here. Doesn't your browswer cache some of those gifs? What exactly is on ESPN that gives game scores and is so bandwidth intensive?

  15. Re:How about I actually get the bandwidth I pay fo on Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill? · · Score: 1

    If you actually paid for the bandwidth you want, You'd be paying a bit mor ethan your 49 bucks a month.

  16. Re:Ashcroft on Ashcroft v. Registrars on Domain Property Status · · Score: 1
    And this is why I'm voting for the Democratic candidate for President in 2004 -- whomever that candidate is. Dump Ashcroft.


    So if the Democrat candidate has an even more restrictive policy, where will you be then?

    Voting for the opposition is fine, but at least do some research first.

  17. Re:Make sure you get paid. on Do You Write Backdoors? · · Score: 1

    Oh sorry.

    Maybe you should try this next time: JBoss

  18. Testing sucks. Testing anything. on Working as a Game Tester · · Score: 1
    The majority of the posts I have seen have been along the lines of game testing is not playing games but meeting deadlines and doing mundane testing checklists.


    Well that's ANY testing. I was a software engineer that had to do unit testing and also help out QA a few times. I programmed Healthcare software, it's mundane. Check the spelling, check the font, is it the same as the fonts on the other 15 tabs you just clicked. Testing is testing, no matter what you are testing.

  19. Re:Missing a Major Point on Working as a Game Tester · · Score: 1

    I'd take 168 hour weeks to make 50k a year. Everything has cycles. Games peak in Oct-Nov-Dec. Chocolate peaks in Feb-Mar-Apr. You live with it.

  20. Salon. on Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    So they get a few 1000 subs. Bets on when the next "we're in dire straits" article gets posted?

  21. Re:Journalism ethics on Which Price is Right? · · Score: 1

    When you talk to a reporter NOTHING is off record. If you want it to be off record, don't talk to a reporter.

  22. Re:Make sure you get paid. on Do You Write Backdoors? · · Score: 1

    12 grand for a webpage?
    Your friend was ripping him off.

  23. Re:It's a filtering game. on Pre-Interview Organization Analysis Design Tests? · · Score: 1
    reject CVs which list only "skills" and companies

    And what should they list? Recipes they have tried?

    reject CVs which use obscure jargon specific to the organisation or industry ("I was the lead AD for the MIPAC project, responsible for managing the annual fnjordflurgling process")

    So if that's what I did and did it well, bringing in X amount of dollars, what is wrong with saying so? Every industry has it's jargon.

    reject CVs which haven't been put together with care and attention to detail; anyone who claims to be "an excellent communicator" but submits a CV full of typos is prob. not aware of their own strengths and weaknesses.

    I agree.

    Shortlist CVs from "interesting" candidates - people who have done something unusual, or who show some passion outside of work

    Show something unusual? You mean like being the AD for the MIPAC project? And passion outside of work??? That's all and good but I'm interviewing for a JOB, not a critique of my hobbies.

    Shortlist people who mention the business impact of the projects they worked on, or whose CV clearly shows how their projects fit into the bigger picture

    Again, you deride 'jargon' but seem to want it now.

    Shortlist people who appear to have done their homework about the position and the company.

    I agree, expect to have several questions FROM me, when I interview.

  24. Wow, is this for real? on Dutch Wiretaps: Too Many To Bother Counting · · Score: 1

    And I am told everyday that the US is a bad place to live. I guess not.

  25. No real loss to me. on Latest ID Theft Tactic: Fake Job Listings · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I gave up looking online for a job about 9 months ago. It's pretty much just a way to sell ads and to collect info.