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  1. Re:Actually, this story is WRONG on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 2, Interesting

    However, with our present system you can only obtain money by working. Anybody see a potential problem with this?

    Better tell the IRS that, because I made money last year without working! I recieved interest on a money market account, I recieved dividends from stocks... It is unfortunate that people thing the ONLY way to make money is to work. The only result from working for a living is perhaps to be debt-free, but certainly not very wealthy once you retire. When you work for a living, you create expenses like having to own a car or buy a train ticket to commute every morning, having to buy special clothes for work, that sort of thing. Why not invest your time into buying and selling real estate? Don't have money you say? That's great! That's a better situation to be in than having some money, because you've got nothing anyone can take in case you tank. You can buy and sell wonderful imaginary things called "options" on the houses that you can't afford. Leverage your brain and your money, instead of merely slaving away to make someone else rich. Make your money work for you, so that you don't have to work. For fear of sounding too much like an informercial, I won't name any books for you to read, but if you do your homework, it is possible for anyone, with any income to buy and sell real estate. It won't happen right away, but if you're smart, you won't have to work for someone else any longer.

  2. Re:Actually, this story is WRONG on IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Start off by reading the WSJ or other financial newspaper. If you can follow this, maybe you should look into an Economics class. This is all very simple, low-level stuff that freshman college students learn in Econ 101...

  3. Why bother working? on Reasonable Salary for Entry Level Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Forget about working. Make enough money to buy some real estate. Leverage your money, and soon enough, you don't have to work anymore. Be smart about this, don't become a wage slave for the rest of your life.

  4. Re:BGP vulnerable on TCP Vulnerability Published · · Score: 1

    Or maybe he's posting from .au where DHS can't do shit to him...

  5. Re:Games through web browser on Non-FPS Network Games to Play at Work? · · Score: 1

    Yahoo has tech support?

  6. Never look at my MD player on Audio Players for the Vision Impared? · · Score: 0

    It's in my pocket, bag, jacket, whatever. I never look at the display. I never look at the controller when I switch tracks, change volume or stop/start. What else does she need to do? Why is this an issue?

  7. Re:This reminds me... on Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment? · · Score: 1

    I know I'm not supposed to feed the trolls, but I'll bite. First, why is the Dukes of Hazard considered some sort of moral benchmark? Also, there is no law stating that traffic control devices (such as traffic lights) need to use any specific length for each phase. Do you complain when you get caught speeding and a police officer makes you stop? I'll take a vindictive traffic light over officer combover any day.

  8. Re:Odd thing about trains... on MagLev Trains Annoyingly Loud · · Score: 1

    Blame the FRA. They have laws that require the use of specific patterns. Anyhow, the trains were there before you, and they'll be there after you. Deal with it.

  9. Manufacturing? on What Network Sniffing Tools Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    A user manufacturing facility? What, do you work for SCO?

  10. Re:Come on now dude. on Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest · · Score: 1

    .. wait .. you mean .. Muslim ain't the same thing as Arabic? I gotta go tell ma and pa!

  11. Re:Mugging on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers · · Score: 1

    Genius idea. Whip out a real-looking assault rifle. You better hope that you're the only person armed in the area.

  12. Re:What about moveon.org? on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 1

    How would you feel if someone killed your parents? Ok, pretty bad, eh? Now, how would you feel if I was running for Sheriff, and I used pictures of the crime scene of your parents' murder in my commercials? This is pretty much what is going on here, and it's disgusting.

  13. Re:Office is available for Mac on Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    /Producer (Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Macintosh)
    /Creator (QuarkXPress\(tm\) 4.11


    Yeah, they've got Office for a mac. And it was created by Office for Mac. Ayup. Not by Distiller. And they most definately didn't use QuarkXPress. Nope. They used office.

  14. Re:Links to www.openoffice.org on Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org · · Score: 0

    You're wrong, ya "dork". There's 4.

  15. Re:Made with... on Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    Ha! Beat you by 2 minutes.

  16. Gotcha! on Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org · · Score: 2, Redundant

    /CreationDate (D:20030911160553) /Producer (Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Macintosh) /Author (Gravity) /Title (competitive OpenOffice.qxd) /Creator (QuarkXPress\(tm\) 4.11) /ModDate (D:20030911160603-07'00')


    Hmm. Funny how the Microsoft PDF wasn't creaded using Microsoft sofware... or Windows ..

  17. Re:Amazing on Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day, the fact remains, the G5 gets more work done per watt than a Xeon.

    So the 50 watts of work that my P4 does is less than the 50 watts of work your G5 does?

  18. Re:Not yet. on Latest Chernobyl Motorcycle Photos · · Score: 1

    What do they use for decimals, I wonder?

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  19. Re:3000 Degree Molten Iron on Thebroken Videos · · Score: 1

    I think you don't quite understand the definition of molten.

    Molten means more than just melted. It could also mean "melted, then cast in a mold". Check our good friend dictionary.com.

    It would be very impractical to drive a tractor trailer full of MELTED, HOT aluminum anyplace, as it would cool fairly rapidly.

    So, I think we'd all like to see some this "one accident" that you speak of. If only because if this is true, it's fucking cool. But I think you're full of BS.

  20. Re:apple, my good man on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1

    You mean an IBM Thinkpad, you fanboy?

  21. Re:OMFG...... on Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar · · Score: 1

    France is a 3rd world country with fast trains. Especially once you get out of Paris.

  22. Re:Hmm, this is a tough one on Six Months Old, Eight New Organs · · Score: 2, Funny

    No doubt my feelings on this would be much stronger if it was my own child in question, but it would seem we as a species very often let our emotions get in the way of rational thought, and I'm just not sure these parents made the right decision for their child.

    Alright, Data.

  23. Re:Long overdue FCC! on FCC to Regulate 'Profane' Speech · · Score: 1

    Oh .. yeah .. Rock stars are totally responsible and absolutely love adhering to standards. That elvis guy was a censor's DREAM! Who would have guessed one of them might have used a DIRTY WORD at an awards show?

  24. Easy. on Testing Electrical Capacity of New Offices? · · Score: 1

    Go to the town hall, or whatever they have. Ask to see if any electrical plans were filed for the building. If not, it's probably a small building, and you could probably just ask to go down to the basement and look at the breakers yourself. Yes, it's true, the breakers might provide more juice than the wiring can handle, but you do have insurance, right?

  25. Re:Too little, too late -- My new iBook just rocks on Intel Releases Linux Driver For Centrino WLAN · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What a waste. The Ibook is huge, and makes you look like a total poofter. Why don't you carry around a purse, too? My thinkpad gets me LAID!