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  1. Doesn't marea also mean feeling sick, like you are going to throw up, in Spanish?

  2. Re:Over what time interval? on The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought · · Score: 2

    Exactly my thought. You may be completely freaking clueless, but seeing 100TB leaving will leave a mark. Hell, I noticed a very minor routing (inbound) issue between ISP's in netflow data a few years ago just by looking at graphs.

    Wow. Just wow.

  3. Re: In other news on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: 3, Funny

    He said he called his wife. He wasn't paying attention.

  4. Re:Debunked. on North Korea: Male University Students Required To Get Kim Jong-un Haircuts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kind of sad what Slashdot has become. When CNN is already reporting this as a fake, for it to appear here is a joke.

  5. Re:Ok on Krugman: Say No To Comcast Acquisition of Time Warner · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Time to kill my Karma....

    I was living in Arizona at the time of the rolling blackouts in California. I remember newspaper stories about how APS and TEP (Arizona power companies) were planning to build power lines to northern Mexico to sell their excess power. Now, I don't know what power lines existed between Arizona and California at the time, but I would assume 2 big power companies with excess power (to the point they wanted to build lines across the border!) would have been able to add power to southern California.

  6. Re:Blown Out of Proportion on Target's Internal Security Team Warned Management · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points.... +1 Funny

  7. Re:target messes with there employees and does not on Target Admits Data Breach May Have Up To 110 Million Victims · · Score: 1

    Or they outsourced....

  8. Re:Just curious on The Physics Behind Waterslides · · Score: 1

    I was at a water park/resort in the Wisconsin Dells for the better part of last week. Not only does my kid enjoy it, but I enjoy it as well. It gets tiring continually climbing 3 or 4 flights of stairs, but it is well worth it.

    And bikinis. Lots of bikinis. I think I got whiplash.

  9. Re:ban some stuff like on Immigration Bill Passes the Senate, Includes More H-1B Visas · · Score: 1

    And my 19 years in IT I owe to my BA in Portuguese.

  10. Re:Probably too many. on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    You know, about 2 years ago I got rid of all the old copies I had. I didn't go back and 'reference' them. I just kept them. I figure they guys that pick up the recyclables thought they got a jackpot. Only have 1 or 2 on hand at a time. Anyway, this isn't Usenet in '95. You can get much more in 5 minutes of searching if you try.

  11. Re:Probably too many. on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    It's easy. Put it down. Then do some else. /He says when replying to comments on /.

  12. Re:The Economist on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    Short commute (I live in a small city/metro area) so I listen to WPR/NPR when I drive to and from work.

  13. Re:The Economist on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    Down thread I list The Economist as well. I discovered early on that I can't get through it cover to cover in a week. I wish I had the time to read all of it every week. But, damn, it is the best of all the ones I read. It may be expensive but it is worth every cent. It is one that I and Mrs. Fool will not give up.

  14. Probably too many. on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    1) The Economist. Gotta read that each week because the news in the US is too US focused.
    2) Playboy. Had a subscription since '89. Don't judge me.
    3) Wired. It's a good read.
    4) Fast Company. It was insanely cheap. Now I know why.

    Mrs. Fool gets "Good Housekeeping" and "Midwest Living".
    The little Fool gets "American Girl" and "National Geographic Kids".

    Sure, lots of dead trees, but you can't spend 100% in front of a screen.

  15. THANK GOODNESS! on U.S. Senate's Big Immigration Bill Seeks Centralized Database For H-1B Jobs · · Score: 1

    This is a HUGE blessing. I have been working for a company that uses an offshore outsourcer for quite a few years. They suck the brains of the "re-badged" US employees, then let them go, then bring in kids from offshore to perform their jobs. This needs to stop. /sorry, but bitter. //seen too many good people lose their jobs then be replaced by people with no experience. ///this isn't enough.

  16. Re: How would you feel about it? on Eric Schmidt: Regulate Civilian Drones Now · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was going to say something similar. This comment from the CEO of the company that drove down my street snapping pictures of my house.

    Good God, I hate Google.

  17. Re:IPX & IPv6 on NetWare 3.12 Server Taken Down After 16 Years of Continuous Duty · · Score: 2

    I guess I should be clear: IPX was layer 3.... SPX was layer 4. The use of the mac address in the IPX address reminded me of the use of the mac address in IPv6. The network address in the first part of the IPX address was the network. But you could assign any network address you wanted. So it had that shortfall.

  18. Re:IPX & IPv6 on NetWare 3.12 Server Taken Down After 16 Years of Continuous Duty · · Score: 3, Informative

    Kind of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetwork_Packet_Exchange

  19. Re:Is this supposed to be a good thing? on NetWare 3.12 Server Taken Down After 16 Years of Continuous Duty · · Score: 2

    I have very fond memories of 3.12, running a few site servers in the US, Mexico and Honduras. Although installing or patching was a pain with boxes of floppies to feed in to the server. It did what I asked it to do.

    When I first looked at IPv6 addresses I had an IPX flashback. When we transitioned to IP from IPX (and to NT 4) I thought "these numbers seem finite compared to what is possible in IPX."

    Whatever happened to the "Old Novell Guys" website from the late '90's? I am one. /Sorry if I am rambling.

  20. Why can't I vote in private on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I can vote in private for just about everything, but to sign this I need to sign in? No thank you.

  21. It not only crashed Safari, but also crashed the bug report when I typed what I did to cause the crash!

    This is fun!

  22. Re:Windows 8 and Failure on Microsoft Blames PC Makers For Windows Failure · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I liked Vista. I use Win7 at work and really miss Vista. I never understood what was so bad about it. Things I could do easily in Vista were obscured in 7. /The heck with it, I don't use my karma. Just my personal opinion. I really hate Win7. /Ugh.

  23. Re:While I like the idea on Uber Gives Up On New York Taxi Service · · Score: 1

    all you *can* do....

    Dang, must read before submit.

  24. While I like the idea on Uber Gives Up On New York Taxi Service · · Score: 1

    NYC is the one place where I think that this isn't needed. All you can in NYC is hail a taxi or ride the subway.

  25. Re:It just doesn't work on Proposed Posting of Clients List In Prostitution Case Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I wish I mod points for this.