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  1. Re:This isn't nearly as bad as the division bug on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 1

    I actually coded a multi-player tetris in QB. Even though there is no socket code, there is file access. It was done simply by reading and writing to a pair of files in a network mapped drive. The only reason it was a pair of files was that one file could be locked briefly when a machine was reading/writing to it. It worked quite well on the 486's of the day. I have no idea how it would scale though.

  2. It really doesn't matter on Why Distributing Music As 24-bit/192kHz Downloads Is Pointless · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Educating people is fine, but the elitists will always say swear that x is better than y, even if it is provably otherwise. Just like some people will swear they saw Elvis working as a hooker at the Rt. 97 truck stop blowing Jesus.

  3. Sure.. on Cloud To Create 14 Million Jobs? Not So Much · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Once we automate the factories, we will hire more managers and executives.
    Once we outsource the call centers we will hire more technicians.
    Once we use all the oil we will invent something else.

    I have prime swampland for sale in the Sahara too.

    We have to get use to the fact that not all people will be producers in our society and that percentage of non producers will continue to increase. Does that mean that they have no right to a decent life? This is the future we wanted, where things are becoming more automated and peoples lives become easier. Is it really making anything easier. I would say no until we have a sea change in our socioeconomic views.

  4. Re:Why can science... on Precise W Boson Mass Measurement Helps Lead the Way To the Higgs Boson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm. Schrodinger's pussy I guess.

  5. Why can science... on Precise W Boson Mass Measurement Helps Lead the Way To the Higgs Boson · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....routinely measure such esoteric things, but still can't devise a test to determine my girlfriends mood?

  6. Mr. Taco on Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We realize that you have been involved with 'journalism' on the interwebs for quite some time, and understand it better than us old rich farts. Consequently we would like to pay you to help us figure out how to co-opt it into our greedy corporate hands.

    I don't know if any of the above is true but it sounded funny.

  7. Canadian law... on Canadian Music Industry Wants Subscriber Disclosure Without Court Oversight · · Score: 2

    ...only slightly more obviously for sale than American law.

  8. This might work... on Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving · · Score: 1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E

    Then again, what teen watches TV anymore?

  9. Re:The more interesting question: ... on Did the Titanic Sink Due To an Optical Illusion? · · Score: 1

    No, its Titanic Versus Avatar Versus Terminator or TvAvT.

  10. Don't feel bad on Mysterious Dark Matter Blob Confounds Experts · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mysterious Dark Matter Blob Confounds Experts

    My ex-wife confounds me too.

  11. Re:7th post! on Chrome Users Are Best With Numbers, IE Users Worst · · Score: 1

    This UI of the puzzle is the HTML page, and if coded well has no significant difference in the major browsers, therefore the browsers UI itself should have little impact if any on the results. In addition, only a very small percentage of the population are developers with 20 different browsers on their system. Most users use whatever the default browser it, or install their favorite (or geek nephews recommended) browser and use that.

  12. Re:It simply shows... on Anonymous Supporters Tricked Into Installing Trojan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ohhhh. I got an 'anonymous' downmod. I am shakin' in my shoes now.

  13. I'll just leave these here: on UK Plans Private Police Force · · Score: 1
  14. It simply shows... on Anonymous Supporters Tricked Into Installing Trojan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That Anonymous does not have any moral ground to stand on. Sure they may fight the man, but they'll have no compunction about robbing you blind either. That's not Robin Hood its street punk gangsta with a computer.

  15. Anyone remember on UK Plans Private Police Force · · Score: 1

    'Snow Crash' Choose whixh private jail you want to stay at, the Hoosegow or the Clink.

  16. It's great! on Valve Reportedly Working On 'Steam Box' Gaming Console · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wii need more competition in the console market. But, unless if fucking comes with Half-Life 3, kiss my ass!

  17. The FCC does not need the authority. A letter to the carrier with DHS letterhead should be enough. It makes everyone else fold up, including verisign.

  18. Not quite on How Publishers Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Zite's Aggregator · · Score: 2

    ...grudging acknowledgement by publishers that readers want to access their content in new ways.

    The media companies have not grudgingly acknowledged shit, be it move, music, TV, book, magazine, and news publishers etc. They know that we want new way to access content. Mostly ways where they lose the control they once had. This purchase is just a way to co-opt and grind down an innovator. Do you really think that they purchased the company to help it provide -us- with better service? Think again, providing service is supposed to be a company's main motivator, but control over existing revenue streams and inability to innovate has these behemoths acting reflexively against their customers instead.

  19. Re:Is it time? on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is, I remember computer camps being common in the 80s. Somehow as computers got more popular, computer camps got less so.

    That is because those camps were designed to get the geeks like us out of the picture for the summer. Now everyone is a geek.

  20. Fine, fine.. on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    Just send them over to my house. I'll take care of them.

  21. Merit badges already available... on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 1

    I just got the Fry-o-later achievement badge in TF2 today!

  22. This may seem shallow.. on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Distro For Linux Lessons? · · Score: 2

    ...but why ask a question you already know the answer to? Those are the three I would have picked, and likely for the same reasons. Further, if you are doing lessons, then make sure it is distros you are familiar with enough to help and not fumble around.

  23. Late to the party. on Startup Wants To Peek Through Your Home's Wired Cameras · · Score: 4, Funny

    My botnet already does this. Except I don't sell marketing data to advertisers. Visit RealAmatuerTube.ru. /TongueInCheek

  24. Re:Uncap with Comcast Business Class on After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit · · Score: 2

    I telecommute, and I also use Comcast Business Class. ~65 per month gets me modem rental and 12 down 2 up service, with their wonderful powerboost gag. If I need I can add static IPs and have no rate cap up or down. I use it all day with VOIP and video streams going, and then I also use it personally when off shift playing games, watching movies, downloading torrents, etc. So far it has been rock solid stable and now complaints from Comcast about my usage.

  25. Just another symptom.. on Science and Engineering Workforce Has Stalled In the US · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...of the fall of Rome. You better watch out though because the dying body of this beast is still going to kick and flail for another 20-50 years. You don't want to be in the way.