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  1. Re:Republicans heads EXPLODE on British MPs Approve 3-Parent Babies · · Score: 1

    You sound like Margret Sanger.

  2. Re:Fucking Americans on FAA Could Extend Property Rights On the Moon Through Regulation · · Score: 1

    That's no moon...

  3. Re: Sad... on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 1

    I can buy them from the local Ace hardware too.

    Craftsman, DieHard and Kenmore are all in a separate holding company owned by Sears. They will be easy to spin off.

  4. Re:Farewell, TRS-80 on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 1

    My local Radio Shack has a pretty good line of Arduino and other "maker" items, including kits from Maker.

    I don't know if that is a factor of being so close to Maker or what.

    It beat going all the way to Fry's to get something, and unfortunately the 2 Fry's out here in Sacramento are usually bad about stocking the component isle lately. Not like the one in Santa Clara.

    Ironically, the Fry's nearest me is an old Incredible Universe location...

  5. Re:Let's have a War on Corn! (Re:Obama oops...) on New Study Says Governments Should Ditch Reliance On Biofuels · · Score: 0

    I am telling you, DDT is perfectly safe...

  6. Re:OK, based upon notebook shopping thus far on Dell 2015 XPS 13: Smallest 13" Notebook With Broadwell-U, QHD+ Display Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Your life sucks. I am running MacOS + Win7 in Parallels and I am using all my memory, but it does not make it any slower.

    5 of that is used by the VM, so normally I have plenty of memory available.

  7. Too. Fucking. Bad.

  8. Re:Encrypted External Drive in a Fire Safe on Ask Slashdot: Best Medium For Personal Archive? · · Score: 2

    Soo....

    99% percent of everything is crap?

  9. I got the perfect title for it on Sid Meier's New Game Is About Starships · · Score: 3, Funny

    Master of Orion!

  10. Re: a better question on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 2

    Parallels works great for me.

    I work for IBM, and Mac Airbooks are the #1 choice for those of us who get to pick our hardware, although the Samsung 9 is gaining popularity too. I run the client image under parallels and while there are some focus problems, it is worth putting up with it.

    Why? I can carry one very light laptop for personal and business use. Turn the VM off, and all the IBM "security" ware is disabled.

    The battery life is a little worse than other IBMers get running the native WIN7 image or MacOS + IBM client software.Running the MacOS version of Lotus Notes sucks power just as fast as any other version, emulated just adds a little more. Running Win7 sucks even more.

    Most Win7 users immediate switch to MacOS+Parallels once they see how well it works. For most the only reason they need Win7 is for spreadsheet support. Mac "native" version of Excel has some serious problems with Macro support and large numbers of rows.

    Not sure about Linux, have yet to meet anyone running Linux on the MacAir yet, and IBM supports all the major distros as a desktop client.

     

  11. Re: a better question on Why Run Linux On Macs? · · Score: 1

    Wasn't funny.

  12. Re:Concept vs. Reality on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show · · Score: 2

    More like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

    The Dodge Colt...

  13. The California DMV has them beat. on UK Government Department Still Runs VME Operating System Installed In 1974 · · Score: 2

    The California DMV has them beat, they are still using code installed on UNISYS mainframes in 1970 to run the DMV core applications.

    It is as old as I am...

  14. Re:Nearly there! on Navy Develops a Shark Drone For Surveillance · · Score: 1

    We are going to need a bigger boat.

  15. We are going to need on Navy Develops a Shark Drone For Surveillance · · Score: 2

    a bigger boat.

  16. Re:But but but on 11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed To End California Drought · · Score: 1

    This drought cycle maps almost exactly to the 76 to 78 drought followed by one of the wettest years in history. Wet pattern continues until 82-83.

  17. Re:been there, done that on Ask Slashdot: How Should a Liberal Arts Major Get Into STEM? · · Score: 1

    Gen ed courses, usually the first 2 years of any 4 year degree

  18. Re:Depends on The Case For Flipping Your Monitor From Landscape to Portrait · · Score: 1

    That would make an awesome flight sim setup....

  19. Re:There is a reason for this! on Ask Slashdot: Are Any Certifications Worth Going For? · · Score: 1

    Are you a Certified Architect?

    Same advice to the OP, look into an Open Group Architect certification.

  20. Re:America, land of the free... on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    This is not a democracy, nor has it been.

    It is a Republic.

  21. Re:Lightsaber crossguard wtf on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    It is called Kendo.

    If you search youtube, you can watch kendo matches, at the high levels it resembles the Kenobi/Vader fight.

  22. Re:Lightsaber crossguard wtf on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    "Which is exactly WHY having a group of religious nuts running around 'guarding' the universe by wielding energy swords with no hilts was completely ridiculous in the first place"

    It is better than wielding supreme executive power some watery tart threw a sword at you...

  23. Re:Summary of Trailer on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 2

    Nah, they will just pull a Neo and stop them mid air with the Force.

  24. Re:From Experience on "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" Pulled From Amazon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which means she is a Project Manager.

  25. Re:Out of band? on Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows · · Score: 4, Funny

    You will be getting a USB stick in the mail.

    Don't worry... it is perfectly safe to insert into your server.