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  1. Russia and France are loving this! on Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Both are already major energy providers to the rest of Europe. With Belgium and Germany shutting down their nuclear plants, both countries are going to make billions.

  2. Well written Perl on Is Perl Better Than a Randomly Generated Programming Language? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When Perl is well written, including indents and not jamming multiple lines all together on one line, it looks very similar to Python, but with a semicolon at the end at each line.

  3. Re:bank transaction fees on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    Good point. Follow the money. I wonder if any of the politicians involved happen to be on the boards of banks?

  4. Probably overturned on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    On one hand, I expect the feds to overturn this pretty quickly. On the other hand, it might give them ideas. The love tracking citizens.

  5. Competition on Should Book Authors Pursue a Patronage Model? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem is making your book stand out from the 1,000 other books that get published each month. It's not easy, even if you only charge 99 cents. And if 100 of those other authors are also charging 99 cents, you're pretty much screwed.

  6. RIP on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While I'm not a fan of Apple's business practices, Steve made a lot of advances in technology. RIP.

  7. Got mine last week. on Borders Books Customers, Watch For Database Opt-Out Email · · Score: 1

    I got the email last week. I'm fine with B&N knowing what books I bought at Borders. Now maybe B&N will realize how much more I spent there because of coupons and start offering coupons themselves.

  8. Facebook and Google track everything you do on Privacy Groups Ask FTC For Facebook Investigation · · Score: 1

    I cancelled my Facebook account a few weeks back after their last round of changes. I have no intention of using it again. Both Facebook and Google track everything you do. I think both should get nailed. In all likelihood, some Congresscritters will be paid off and this investigation will go nowhere.

  9. Re:How I've done it in the past... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can buy muriatic acid in just about any hardware store. It's basically hydrochloric acid.

  10. Hopefully fixed quickly on Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    Now that it's been exposed, it will hopefully be fixed very quickly. Though I wonder how many other "unknown" bugs there are that will allow someone mess with votes.

  11. Wait till January on Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch Date Announced · · Score: 1

    I'll be signing up and playing a Jedi of some type. I will wait a month or so after release before bothering, though. I have yet to see an MMO worth messing with during it's first month of release. After the first month, there will be less lag, less crashes, more bugs fixed, and probably more content. Let others be the guinea pigs.

  12. Re:What happens to 'old' supercomputers? on 10-Petaflops Supercomputer Being Built For Open Science Community · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if they are destroyed, especially if they have ever been used for any kind of military computing. Or maybe the main scientists have some seriously kick-ass home computers.

  13. Re:Judges, that's who! on FCC Finalizes US Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    That's one of those little carrots they include to make lawyers really happy. Everyone knows it will lead to hundreds, if not thousands, of new court cases. All of which will pay attorneys millions of dollars.

  14. Re:stay off the grid with cash on Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History · · Score: 1

    And then you post about it here? I hope you are at a restaurant wifi. :)

  15. Doesn't bother me on Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I don't care if Borders gives my purchase history to B&N. That should be the only thing they get, though. I shopped at both stores. It would be great if B&N would use this data to send me coupons for science fiction books!

  16. Re:Doin it wrong. on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 1

    Eww. You may be right.

  17. mixing vids? on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So halfway through the sex scene, right when you're about to cum, it will switch to cows being slaughtered?

  18. Re:Doesn't that already exist? on Windows Server 8 Is A Radical Departure From Previous Releases · · Score: 1

    MS is finally catching up. It's only 20 years behind! I know several "IT guys" who will be lost if the UI goes away, though.

  19. PowerShell on Windows Server 8 Is A Radical Departure From Previous Releases · · Score: 1

    I'm glad PowerShell is getting an upgrade. It's already very good, but little tweaks can easily make it much better.

  20. Re:English on Ask Slashdot: Best Second Major For a Mechanical Engineer? · · Score: 1

    I recommend getting an English Writing Minor to just about any college graduate (who isn't an English major). You will do more report writing than you can possibly imagine as an engineer, especially if you do anything connected with the government. Having a writing minor will get you noticed by recruiters.

  21. I like how Champs Online does it on Why Microtransactions In Games Are Amoral · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You can buy new costume parts, new archetypes, and some in-game bonuses. None are game required, just cool.

  22. Re:Five years? Ruby on Rails barely lasted that lo on Announcing Opa: Making Web Programming Transparent · · Score: 1

    That's why I said 5 years. It takes that long for people to figure out if the thing will actually work over time. As you so aptly said, Rails wasn't worth the hype.

  23. needs time on Announcing Opa: Making Web Programming Transparent · · Score: 1

    Let me know if it's still around in five years. I hope it works for these guys, but there are so many options already around, they are running uphill.

  24. Re:Steve's impact on the world on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    Haha! You use wikipedia as a source!

  25. GPS kills on How Does GPS Change Us? · · Score: 2

    At least a few people every year die because they go out into the boonies with a GPS and no map. The GPS puts them on some kind of goat trail, they get stuck, and then found a month later, dead.