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  1. Make a Bluff Check... on What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? · · Score: 1

    Before you answer their questions, you should roll a D20 and add your Bluff score and ask them what their passive insight score is. If they don't understand your question, you don't want to work there...

  2. Re:I don't know what to say... on DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While I do empathize with your anger and would love to see the guy responsible face the wrath of the public, I must say this is not an isolated event. The DoD has put my employer quite in a similar situation a number of times. They would compete a contract, award it, and then decide not to fund it, essentially canceling it before it began. I have a feeling that it may be just another one of those events that have occured rather than something more sinister.

  3. Re:What's the market for these things? on PDA Killer or Thickening Vapor? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I agree. Thue utility of this device is not that great. The battery lifetime is what really killed it for me. 2 hours is really unacceptable. I think it is high time for a revolution in battery( or other portable power source) technology.

  4. The Irony on MPAA Requests Immunity to Commit Cyber-Crimes · · Score: 1

    I have to laugh at the fact Berman is introducing a law that would allow one to be a vigilante. Isn't the purpose of a law is to prevent such a state. Anyhow, a law such as this would produce utter chaos. DOS attacks do not usually affect just the intende site but other sites as well (i.e. sites hosted on shared servers, shared bandwidth, etc.). I hope the rest of Congress will be wise enough to put this bill in the trash.

  5. Re:IANAL, but... on Balancing Third Party "Ownership" Against The GPL? · · Score: 1

    In many (if not most) US government/DOD contracts, the end product and the source is owned by the U.S. Gov't. Unless, your contract states otherwise, you probably can not enforce the copyright or the GPL on them.

  6. Re:Please don't satirize capital punishment on The Hack Furby Two-Fifty Challenge · · Score: 1

    Let's say that the US bans Capital Punishment. What would you propose to do with the serial killers and other social deviants that would have been put to death under the old system? Specifically address the socio-economic impact of your plan.

  7. Re:Not quite on Review:The Control Revolution · · Score: 1

    A major impact of the automobile is that it allowed the development of the Suburban society which in turn led to the explosive growth in metropolitan areas. No longer was the average person confined to a 5-10 mile radius for daily activities. Now they were able to spread out further. That is just one impact of the many impacts of the automobile. I would write more but I fear I may be labeled as boring and verbose.