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  1. Re:Honesty Matters on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    also known as "The Cockroach Theory". I seen cockroach correlates with about 1000 unseen ones.

  2. Re:1979 was pre-PC era on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    I think with inflation it's now O(n^2)

  3. Re:It's the hypocricy on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    The suckers are the ones who don't fire him. (and the shareholders, but I'm guessing they've known that for a while now)

  4. Re:It's the hypocricy on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    ...and thus we have 'too big to fail'.

  5. Re:As a business owner on Ask Slashdot: How Have You Handled Illegal Interview Topics? · · Score: 1

    Rubbish. Natural gas is both cheaper and cleaner. NG plants coming on line will pick up the slack.

    Take your booga booga somewhere else.

  6. Re:Why so afraid of competition? on Reversing the Loss of Science and Engineering Careers · · Score: 1

    Cost of living. 'Getting one' is indeed easy. Getting one that pays sufficiently and offers a viable career, is not.

  7. informal poll on Reversing the Loss of Science and Engineering Careers · · Score: 1

    Everyone making the same (or less) than they were making 13 years ago, raise your hand.

  8. Re:Feynman ran into this problem on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 1

    well, there's always 'whatever Texas uses'...

  9. Re:I knew the day would come on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 2

    Only for large values of 2.

  10. Re:Rushing?! For What?! on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 1

    The second one is coming up as Forbidden (403).

  11. idea on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Maybe the government could hold a competition and offer $10,000 in prizes for the best textbooks?

  12. Uh huh on $10,000 Prize For Connecting Businesses With Government Data · · Score: 1

    "well, we held this competition, and no US citizens applied, so we must have a huge skills shortage...."

  13. Re:Why "climate change" instead of "global warming on Is Climate Change the New Evolution? · · Score: 1

    Luntz.

  14. Too bad it's not just global warming on Is Climate Change the New Evolution? · · Score: 1

    World3.

    New Scientist.

  15. Re:stupid manager, techs aren't idiots on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 1

    He's looking for people 'just stupid enough' to work there,

  16. Re:the never ending "shortage of good people" lie on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 1

    Your 401 can be worth a million, but you have to invest time in it, just like you do your skills.

  17. Re:Just propaganda and "shortage shouting" on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 1

    200K for a 10xer is not crazy at all.

  18. maybe it's been patented on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 2

    Some days you'd think someone patented "A means and a system for retaining technical talent by paying them more money" and is refusing to license it.

  19. Re:That's not how patents work or why they exist on Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops · · Score: 1

    Fuel-cell powered one-click shopping patented in 3, 2, 1...

  20. Re:Anything is only temporary. on No SOPA Vote Until 2012 · · Score: 1

    "And this is the problem. Taking something that you haven't paid for when you should have paid for it is wrong,..."

    At this point, the same can be said of copyright holders. They were originally granted their 'copyright monopoly' on the premise that it would one day expire and their work would enter the public domain. Their ultimate contribution to the public domain serving as payment for the monopoly enforced by public dollars. With the never-ending extension of copyright term, they are effectively enjoying their monopoly without ever paying for it.

  21. Re:Sign the petition on No SOPA Vote Until 2012 · · Score: 1

    Before it even gets to the states, it has to get through Congress.

    (or a multi-state Constitutional Convention which has happened exactly never)

  22. Re:multitasking on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    ...and yet the window is open and all the ashes and the butt end up outside.

  23. Re:multitasking on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    How many drivers do you think ADMIT they were on the phone at the time of the crash? I've been rear ended three times by people on the phone (saw them in my rear view). There was no mention of it in the police reports.

  24. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    10

  25. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps the poster is just from an era when using a calculator on a Math test was apostasy.

    And how long will it be before you can use a dictionary app for a spelling test?