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  1. Autos too... on Doing the Math in the Microsoft Anti-Trust Cases · · Score: 1

    Wasn't it Ford or GM who got caught with this sort of logic? Something about the payouts in lawsuits being less than the cost of a recall?

  2. Re:For those of you without a clue... on Why PHBs Fear Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are quite a few bosses out there which are either thoughtful or well informed.

    You know, today's not April Fools' Day. That was yesterday (just ask michael).

  3. Re:The downside of open access on Court Ruling Points Way To Broadband Regulation · · Score: 1

    No, it's $39.95 PLUS the $15-20 for basic cable, thereby costing more.

  4. Re:joke? on PDTP - The Best of Both FTP and BitTorrent? · · Score: 1

    Read the "from the"... department

  5. At last! on Dating Design Patterns · · Score: 1

    A funny April Fools story! It took a while. Thanks, timothy.

  6. Kung Pow! on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 1

    Just tell people to call you... Betty.

  7. Re:oy on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I worked for 10 years with a guy named "Dick Bender".

  8. Re:oy on People with real l337 speak names? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought names with two consecutive underscores were reserved?

  9. Re:Power lines and other shortcomings on Omniscience Protocol · · Score: 1

    But don't forget the Cause Overload on Naughty Stuff Often Leading to Explosion (CONSOLE) extension to OPP. The OPP CONSOLE extension has been widely implemented in Federation starships, leading to the deaths of many file sharing redshirts.

  10. ObPython on Developing Open Source Defense Projects · · Score: 1

    But if the evil nations use pointed sticks, should we have a lever to release the Bengal Tiger just in case they attack? Heck, what if they attack us with a banana?

  11. Re:Top 10 Open Source Defense Projects on Developing Open Source Defense Projects · · Score: 1

    Surely CowboyNeal should be on there...

    Of course, he might qualify as a WMD, or be banned under the Helsinki convention.

  12. Re:Amendment II on Developing Open Source Defense Projects · · Score: 1

    You forgot the finger quotes around lazers&lt/FINGERQUOTES>

  13. Re:VB is Evil on The Worst Development Job You've Ever Had? · · Score: 1

    I originally had a "using namespace std;" in there, but yanked it.
    According to the c.l.c++ guys, "int main()" is valid.
    It's EXIT_SUCCESS, not EXIT_SUCESS. Guess you're not perfect either.

  14. Re:Documentation. on The Worst Development Job You've Ever Had? · · Score: 1

    Ooh! Oooh! I've got one....

    I was working for a large defense contractor, which shall remain nameless (even though it no longer exists as an independent entity). There was this project where some idiot had agreed that the PDL/pseudocode would be deliverable... for a system written in about 80,000 lines UYK-20 assembly language. Of course, there was no documentation. They had about 8 heads reverse engineering the code, writing up MIL-STD-1679 documentation for it.

    Finally, somebody gets the idea that it can be automated. I get called in to write a PDL generator. In Pascal. On a TOPS-20 system. It generates pseudocode on the order of:

    SET REGISTER-1 TO the contents of REGISTER-2
    IF REGISTER-1 IS > 0 THEN GOTO LABEL-3

    It generated a stack of listings about 8 feet high... The Army loved it. So, I didn't have the suck job, but those 8 guys who spent 2 months trying to reverse engineer it probably did.

  15. Thermo... on The Worst Development Job You've Ever Had? · · Score: 1

    You know, there's a reason it's called "Thermogoddamics".

  16. Re:VB is Evil on The Worst Development Job You've Ever Had? · · Score: 1


    #include <cstring>
    #include <ostream>

    int main()
    {
    std::cout << (std::strcmp("Java","VB") < 0 ? "Java" : "VB")
    << "is the lesser evil" << endl;
    return 0;
    }

  17. Re:...and the whole thing is over!? on IBM Files For Declaratory Judgement In SCO Case · · Score: 1

    No, PJ is Princess Leia.

  18. OT: Your Sig on IBM Files For Declaratory Judgement In SCO Case · · Score: 1

    A woodchuck would chuck all the wood it could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

  19. Re:...Groan... on SCO Uses 3rd Parties To Spread Claims In Germany · · Score: 1


    #include <ostream>
    #include <iterator>
    #include <algorithm>
    using namespace std;

    int main()
    {
    fill_n(ostream_iterator<string>(cout),
    ostream_iterator<string>(),
    1000,
    string("I will observe the spirit of the law and not the letter\n"));
    cout << flush;
    return 0;
    }


  20. Re:I expect... on Study: MP3 Sharing Not Serious Threat To CD Sales · · Score: 1

    Expect snowballs in hell first.

  21. "Reality" shows on You're Watching Less TV · · Score: 1

    So called "Reality" shows are the *most* unreal thing on TV.

  22. Re:Fox... Why am I not surprised on You're Watching Less TV · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Couldn't remember exactly who.

  23. Fox... Why am I not surprised on You're Watching Less TV · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wasn't it a Fox exec who commented that not watching the commercials was theft?

    Obviously we must ban video games and the Internet because they are stealing potential revenue from the media companies!

  24. Re:experts on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 1

    That can be particularily difficult if an application has priority 10+ years back.

    Except RFC1034 (aka STD0013) was approved 1 Nov 1987.

  25. Re:Over and Over and Over on Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy · · Score: 1

    Sure, we all know about domains, but we're computer nerds.

    Well, isn't that the bar.... (note: exact phrase may be wrong): "Non-obvious to a skilled practitioner in the art"?