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  1. Re:Shocking... on Older Means Wiser To Computer Security · · Score: 1

    That clock watching bit might have come from their experiences with other jobs. Whenever I work retail, I get lectured over and over again, about how I need to watch the time, and take my breaks accordingly. To the retailers, leaving for a break 5 minutes late is like showing up to work 5 minutes late.

  2. Re:Wtf? on Free Speech For Computers? · · Score: 1

    I suppose... ;^D

    At that point, the get sent to a museum. :^)

    By the way, I don't think that the computers deserve free speech, anymore than smart phones deserve freedom of mobility.

  3. Re:Movies on 'Nuclear Free' Maryland City Grants Waiver For HP · · Score: 1

    When you said bodily violated, I assumed that you were pretending to be an alien, that was intending to do an anal probe. Then I saw "The Church Of Scientology". I guess that I was right!

  4. Re:Movies on 'Nuclear Free' Maryland City Grants Waiver For HP · · Score: 1

    How did that law define Indians? If a person calls himself Apache and not Indian, then wouldn't that change things?

  5. Re:Pirates? on China Pirates Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    I personally don't find those Village people very threatening.

  6. Re:Wtf? on Free Speech For Computers? · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. If a computer begins to wear down, then its behaviour becomes a little more unpredictable.

  7. Re:Had to include a keyboard on Microsoft Announces 'Surface' Tablet · · Score: 1

    Or you could shake it back and forth, like you're strangling it, since we'll be so frustrated.

  8. Re:Stable driver ABI - not a good idea on Torvalds Slams NVIDIA's Linux Support · · Score: 1

    I wish that I had modpoints. I got 15 of them twice in a row, but I spent them quickly because I didn't want them to disappear.

    I like your arguments, because they seem to be very orderly, and because you draw fine line between things like POSIX and things like USB. I agree that on 1 hand certain things really need to be stable, while others need to be free to change.

  9. Re:Jezus Fucking Puritans. on Raunchy Dance Routine a PR Nightmare For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I don't know, man. I'm in agreement with you.

  10. Re:Invasive Species are No Problem for Nature on Invasive Species Ride Tsunami Debris To US Shore · · Score: 1

    You can also use them as pet food. It would be nice if there were a way to harvest them for fuel and fertilizer, as well.

  11. Re:Jezus Fucking Puritans. on Raunchy Dance Routine a PR Nightmare For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I guess that they are regular expressions, but at the time of writing, I thought that you meant the original Puritans, and the traditions that they passed down to us, as opposed to the current generation.

  12. Re:Jezus Fucking Puritans. on Raunchy Dance Routine a PR Nightmare For Microsoft · · Score: 2

    Don't blame the Puritans for this 1. I watched, and it wasn't raunchy by today's standards. Maybe I'm too desensitized, but it seemed like an "ordinary" dance routine. The dancers wore clothes that could easily be worn in the streets in even conservative communities. I don't recall any pelvic thrusts.

  13. Re:Boom on Trained Rats Map Minefields With GPS · · Score: 1

    Great stuff. It seems so obvious in hindsight. Hopefully, I won't forget what it's like to not know this and become be judgmental of others.

  14. Re:Boom on Trained Rats Map Minefields With GPS · · Score: 1

    Great tips! I am planning on moving out soon.

    Why the 3-2 day rule? I figure that it is best to shop every 3 days for 3 days of food.

    Also, do you find it to be less work if you shop for certain kinds of foods on certain days, as opposed to a bit of everything on each shopping trip? I ask that, assuming that the prices are the same either way, even though in reality it isn't.

  15. Re:I'll be switching to sprint, due to the effort on Sprint Moves To Eliminate 'Blood Minerals' From Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    You know, that really does explain the open source movement...

  16. Re:Really? on In America, 46% of People Hold a Creationist View of Human Origins · · Score: 1

    You are asking me about what really happened? I'm not participating. I'll admit that you win.

    I was telling you what the claims are. Wine usually takes a day or more to ferment, no? The wedding guests enjoyed the wine before the 'party' even died down. The feeding of the thousands was for an immediate need. These events are solid evidence of God doing things quickly, or at least claiming to do them quickly, or at least from your perspective, the Biblical authors claiming that he does things quickly.

    Mind you, I don't expect you to believe that these things happened, since you are probably an atheist of some sort. I do think that you have to prove that an aged appearance is deceptive.

  17. Re:Really? on In America, 46% of People Hold a Creationist View of Human Origins · · Score: 2

    When he made the earth, it was fully formed in 6 days.

    It's not deceptive. When he made Adam in a day, he made a full grown man, not a baby nor a boy. When he turned water into wine, he did it in less than an evening, and it was fully aged and fermented wine. When he fed the 5000 and 4000, he fed them fully prepared food.

    He did not create the molecules of the fish and grow it from scratch, over the life cycle of the fish, and then prepare/cook the food. He did not create the molecules of the wheat and grow it from scratch, and then bake it. He created food fully ready to eat.

    Don't get me wrong. I don't expect you to believe it, but he never deceives anybody, when he does that.

    Also, the only reason that it looks really old to you, is because you insist on assuming that soil layers are sedimentary layers that are deposited over many years, or that carbon dating works a certain way, etc.

  18. Re:How DARE they! on The Poor Waste More Time On Digital Entertainment · · Score: 1

    He never claimed to have it all figured out. He was criticizing those who claimed to have it figured out: "If only we could give computers to the disadvantaged for free, then...".

    He has a very legitimate criticism. When the government spends "our" money, then there'll be hell to pay, when it's wasted. He's probably not talking about 1 student falling through the cracks of a bureaucracy. He's probably talking about systemic hand outs.

  19. Re:Or find someone to slave for low wages on IT Positions Some of the Toughest Jobs To Fill In US · · Score: 1

    If companies don't have enough time to figure out the job requirements, then they ought to fail. I would feel tempted to point out to them that 2008 is too new, but they don't deserve it.

  20. James Gosling on IT Positions Some of the Toughest Jobs To Fill In US · · Score: 1

    I heard that James Gosling is pretty excited. 3 years from now, he'll finally have enough experience to apply for those entry level Java programming jobs!

  21. Re:Clearly a very serious issue, but on Another Afghan School Poisoned — 160 Girls Hospitalized · · Score: 2

    Also, we do have a variety people who bring new perspectives and knowledge to the group. I have never heard of certain concepts outside of Slashdot. If people recommend books during discussions, then I take those suggestions seriously.

  22. Re:Uh....May Fools Day? on Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest Released · · Score: 1

    No, the GM could adjust it. Like many railroaded games, the outcome could be the same, but the route could be determined by how well the game is negotiated. For example, the GM could give feedback, and say, "If you had used this technique, instead of that technique, then you would have gotten a +2 sword instead of +1.".

    Failure doesn't have to be all bad.

  23. Re:Anarchist community on 'Eco-Anarchists' Targeting Nuclear and Nanotech Workers · · Score: 1

    There was a small community that tried to do it. The rule was that people were allowed to have sex with whomever they wanted. When people didn't mix around enough, the leader made a rule that people needed to mix around more, and then it went down from there.

  24. Re:self-deception was never my strong suit on 'Eco-Anarchists' Targeting Nuclear and Nanotech Workers · · Score: 1

    Those who kill abortion doctors claim to defend young lives against abortion doctors, from what I've heard.

    Who are the anarchists defending, when they kill innocent lives?

  25. Re:Uh....May Fools Day? on Dungeons & Dragons Next Playtest Released · · Score: 1

    I didn't like the negotiating aspect. I believe that there should be certain parts of negotiating that are random, just for fun. However, by default, negotiating shouldn't rely on the character abilities or any die rolls. Your ability to gauge deceit and to negotiate should be based on your real life skills. The social aspects should be entirely based on real life skills, as much as possible.

    You are right about it being a tabletop game.