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  1. And this is Slashdot material...why? on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    Nowhere in the article does it say that they are doing it "because Democracy would have 'Democrat' in it." That was just an editorial comment by the obviously juvenile and biased article-poster. We are a constitutional republic. We are not a pure democracy.

  2. Well, right now... on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Slashdot is making me feel more stupid. I mean, seriously? This is the kind of garbage that gets featured here these days?

  3. Re:I never could get hang of those damn parens on Land of Lisp · · Score: 1

    I know that Lisp is not an acronym, but we used to refer to it as Lots of Irritating Single Parens.

  4. Re:Should of had a HP sever on Drunken Employee Shoots Server · · Score: 1

    It's not its, it's it's.

  5. Re:Knowability on 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines · · Score: 1

    This is true. I do NOT miss wasting hours with EMM386.

  6. Re:Knowability on 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Beagle Bros Apple II Peek & Poke Chart FTW! Good memories dinking around with that.

    The professor does have a point. I remember writing one of my first BASIC programs. All it did was wait for a key to be pressed, then fill all character positions on the screen with that letter. I could watch it go line by line. Then I wrote the same program in 6502 assembler. The entire screen of characters changed instantly, as fast as I could type. A feeling of awe and sudden empowerment rushed through my veins. Fun stuff.

  7. Re:I finally could tell my friend to go to hell on Windows 95 Turns 15 · · Score: 1

    The way I always interpreted it is that MS-DOS is the 16-bit patch to CP/M, the 8-bit operating system.

  8. Re:Worth every penny ... on Intel Buys McAfee · · Score: 1

    Your last sentence just killed the premise of your post. So, Slashdot is now invaded by angsty idiotic inept clueless poseurs who think they are geeks but are not, and...and...somehow these clueless idiots know enough to be aware that McAfee sucks. That seems to tell me that a growing number of people are becoming *less* ignorant and more savvy and knowledgeable about these things. If even the "clueless idiots" know enough to make fun of McAfee products, then maybe Intel's $7B purchase isn't such a smart thing. But what do I know, I'm just a socially inept clueless poseur pseudo-geek.

  9. But...but... on Intel Buys McAfee · · Score: 1

    I'm safe as long as I'm running my Mic-CAFF-ee! (At least that's the way my boss pronounces it).

  10. Well, at least on Minority Report Style Iris Scanners In Mexico · · Score: 1

    if a Mexican guy walks past one and it says something like "Good afternoon, Mr. Yakamoto," you'll know to stay the hell away from him.

  11. Re:Your Favorite Youthful Indiscretion? on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 1

    ^ "that"

  12. Re:Your Favorite Youthful Indiscretion? on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 1

    barry manilow.

    An inexcusable offense; you should be copacabanished for that.

    (I write the jokes the make the whole world cringe....)

  13. Cool! on Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons · · Score: 1

    Deathrace 2000!

  14. I stopped caring on Lucas Promises Star Wars on Blu-Ray in 2011 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    when the first trilogy ended with dancing teddy bears.

  15. Re:Learn something, daily on MagicJack Moving To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Ah. Thanks.

  16. Re:Learn something, daily on MagicJack Moving To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Speaking of "learning something new," here's a stupid off-topic question, but I have to ask: I've been here off and on for years (not necessarily posting), and I've seen "GP" and know it means something like "top poster" or "original poster." But never knew what it actually stands for, and Google seems to be no help. So what does "GP" mean anyway? Told ya it was a stupid question...

  17. Re:Just getting started with MagicJack on MagicJack Moving To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I have Microsoft Automatic Update turned OFF on the Fit-PC, to prevent it from updating and rebooting. I do the updates manually.

  18. Just getting started with MagicJack on MagicJack Moving To Smartphones · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm making the switch from Comcast to MagicJack for my so-called pseudo "land line."

    I have it running on a cheap Fit-PC Slim that is running the MagicJack software only, nothing else. I figure the $235 I spent for the Fit-PC Slim will be paid for pretty quickly due to (a) saving $25/month when I get rid of my Comcast line, and (b) running the MagicJack on a dedicated PC that sips power (it runs on only 10 watts!), rather than on my main PC that is an i7 behemoth with tons of cooling, etc. I can turn off my main PC when I'm away from it.

    I have MagicJack voice mail messages e-mailed to my Gmail account, and from there I have a Gmail filter set up that sends a text message to my cell phone when a MagicJack voice mail comes in.

    My Fit-PC Slim is remotely controlled from my main PC, so does not need a mouse, keyboard, monitor attached.

    The MagicJack interface and the ads on the side of the window don't bother me because (a) I'm not using the interface at all; the MagicJack PC just sits there and does its job, functioning as a phone, and (b) I installed MagicBlock and MagicWho? to make it as invisible as possible.

    So far, so good. The sound quality is at least as good as my Comcast line if not better. I'm hanging onto my Comcast line for a little while pending some more testing, but am expecting to get rid of it soon. Looking forward to the cost savings.

  19. My mom used to tell me... on Man Takes Up Internal Farming · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...not to inhale my food. Guess she was right.

  20. This may be legal... on Drunk Driver Mugshots Featured On Facebook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...but it sure seems unethical. The police seem to be posting these pictures only to (a) humiliate and shame those arrested, (b) forever stigmatize those people by way of distributing (downloadable) pictures that will now live on in digital form in the public domain, in one form or another, forever. Who knows where they might end up. Sounds like a good way to potentially ruin someone's life over an *alleged* night of over-indulgence and bad judgment.

    There is "being available in the public record," and there is "put on worldwide public display with a big scarlet 'A' for Alcoholic on their chests." They're going over the line here.

  21. Right, so... on Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' · · Score: 2, Funny

    I own the "ass" in Fox Classics. So there.

  22. Well... on What Went Wrong At Yahoo · · Score: 1

    What do you expect from a company with a bunch of Yahoos running it?

    Seriously, though, they just made a combination of bad choices, or in some cases no choices (indecisiveness about what the company should be). A common scenario in companies that rise and fall as Yahoo did. I remember reading many years back that Yahoo headquarters had whimsically named its conference rooms things like "Decisive," "Competent, and "Sane," just so they could say things like "Anyone know where Paul is?" "Yeah, he's in Competent...he's in Decisive...etc."

  23. Re:It changes nothing on Wikileaks To Publish Remaining Afghan Documents · · Score: 0

    This is an armed conflict in one of the most violent places on Earth and he put the spotlight on a number of civilians in a way that makes them targets of opportunity in a war zone.
    Yep, exactly what I was saying in the last thread on this subject, and I ended up getting bad karma for it, but I know I'm right. Assange has even said that he does not care what happens to the people in these documents. In other words, his claims to be "combing through" this second round of documents in order to protect the people involved notwithstanding, Assange appears to be perfectly willing to let other people and their families to be brutally murdered as long as he gets to bask in the glory of being the Rebel On The Left.

  24. Re:save lives by exposing military tactics.... on Wikileaks To Publish Remaining Afghan Documents · · Score: 0

    Exactly. The only thing I would trust this guy to "meticulously comb through" is his own hair.

  25. Re:Not sustainable... on Man Patents Self-Burying Coffin · · Score: 0

    Modern human remains are much less preserved than egyptian pharaoes
    Correct. Which is why I said ...with the exception of...