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  1. Re:Lander, not Rover on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Is Back In Business · · Score: 1

    Yep, the Mars Rovers did not die before Vista came out.

    They seem to be well engineered and have a longer shelf life.

  2. FiveThirtyEight.com on Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV? · · Score: 1

    They will be all over it.

    If McCain gets over 120 Electoral College Votes, he
    will have had a good day.

  3. Which is why OOXML is the devil on Researcher Warns of "Digital Dark Age" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you use OOXML, you can count on not being able to
    read the document after 10 years (or less).

  4. Must be ramping down production on Nintendo Already Anticipating Holiday Wii Shortages · · Score: -1, Troll

    They are dreaming if they think sales are going to be good.

  5. Re:Not a First Post on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have plenty of time, that '39' is in hexadecimal!

  6. Re:Greenspan's hubris on Greenspan Tells Congress Bad Data Hurt Wall Street · · Score: 1

    Another problem with those types of models is making sure
    that the customer data used is representative of the whole.

    I've seen a system that used to extract a subset of the whole,
    but it unfortunately was not representative of all of the customers.

    The reason that happened is that the bank did not want to
    dedicate the amount of DASD needed to process all of the
    customers.

    So, it extracted a subset, which stupidly contained old customers,
    and no new customers.

    It was not considered a mission-critical system, but that
    does not mean that management did not make poor decisions
    based upon the output of that system.

    So, based upon that experience, I would have to say that
    Greenspan is correct, depending upon how much reliance the
    bank put into the output of that system.

  7. Awesome news! on Voters Swayed By Candidates Who Share Their Looks · · Score: 0

    My candidate, that I heard is on the ballot everywhere,
    will have a chance then.

    Go Mickey Mouse!

  8. Re:Blogs != News on Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are totally misinformed. Today, the blogs provide
    more accurate information than the 4th Estate.

    Except Slashdot of course, that posted this major FUD article.

  9. Re:Where are these machines used? on Damning Report On Sequoia E-Voting Machine Security · · Score: 4, Informative
    Link

    Check the map.

  10. Hidden motive on Tax Write-Offs For Free (As In Speech) Work? · · Score: 1
    I have been asked several times to publish the text so that I can make money off of it.

    Why?

    Why is someone asking you this?

    Perhaps because they don't want the information to be freely available. Perhaps they want to eventually hide and/or charge for the information down the road.

    Sound like RIAA/MPAA, DRM to you?

  11. Re:That's it on Every Email In UK To Be Monitored · · Score: 1

    True. The old tree (England, Switzerland, Germany (and others)) is falling down.
    Time to raise new trees.

    The old model of how this planet has reached this stage
    is no longer applicable nor energy or economically efficient.
    (Is there a difference?)

    The old model (command and control, centralized banking, MIC),
    has been superseded by the reality of physics.

    The earth is saying to you all:

    "Captain, she's not gonna hold much longer!"

  12. Re:That's it on Every Email In UK To Be Monitored · · Score: 1

    $darkside == $country && $enemy && $action && $secrecy && $$.

  13. Re:That's it on Every Email In UK To Be Monitored · · Score: 3, Funny

    Venus! That's where I hear all the chicks are from.

  14. Re:It's not so blasted difficult... on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    A union of boiling oil and CEOs.

    Deep-fried CEOs.

    Sounds good on paper, but no one would like
    the smell because the CEOs are all full of shit.

  15. Re:dupe on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    Microsoft needs an overhaul.

    And it's coming in spades RSN.

  16. Re:That has nothing to do with the problem. on US Financial Quagmire Bringing Out the Scammers · · Score: 1

    You are an idiot. Please go fuck the reicht-wing talking point you rode in on.

  17. Re:well ... on US Financial Quagmire Bringing Out the Scammers · · Score: 1

    Kudos sir or madam.

    There exists no moderation high enough to do you honour.

    (disregarding the next post that has the link)

  18. You need new friends and family on Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? · · Score: 1

    One of these days they will get burned.

  19. Bones found on Fossett's Plane Found · · Score: 1
  20. Looks like oreilly.com could use these mods on How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    At least the boot speedup. Slashdot-ed already.

  21. Re:Being special on Do We Live In a Giant Cosmic Bubble? · · Score: 1

    If you can get far enough way from your universe, the questions may become answerable. But since you are part of your universe, you can not observe it from outside.

  22. Re:Could this explode? on Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf · · Score: 3, Funny
    A blue scene of death.

    Actually, there are very few lightning events over the ocean compared to over terra firma, but they do occur, especially when you are trying to save important objects.

  23. Seems there may be a limiting factor on NASA Upgrades Weather Research Supercomputer · · Score: 1
  24. a steaming pile of horse apples on "Dark Flow" Outside Observable Universe · · Score: 1

    You got it. There is more to space than meets the eye.

  25. Re:So in other words... on Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear · · Score: 1

    Hence the fear-mongering of the Naughties.