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  1. Re:Really? on The Web Development Skills Crisis · · Score: 1

    ...and spiky-haired bois with fast cars.

    Not console-wizards.

  2. Re:As an steam turbine engineer... on The Web Development Skills Crisis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Company name please.

  3. Re:You admire a politician? on Obama Losing Voters Over FISA Support · · Score: 1

    Grammar is overrated.

  4. Re:Java never really mattered, Taco? Ouch on Does an Open Java Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    Excellent little dot diag.

  5. Re:Unlikely on Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate · · Score: 1

    And her black leather boots are more form-fitting.

    (Did I cross that invisible line of good taste just now?)

  6. Re:Java never mattered on Does an Open Java Really Matter? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then use a text editor that automatically converts tabs to spaces.

  7. Re:(Troll) I hate java, why does /. love it? on Does an Open Java Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    The only java app I like is jEdit. But even its author, Slava Pestov, got very frustrated with java. He's developing on factor, another language.

  8. Re:buy an external eSATA RAID5 array on Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? · · Score: 1

    Besides, sometimes the controller fails and all the 5 drives get corrupted, and then (as in our exchange server in 2004) the dell service guy comes in and says he's seen this before.

    Go at least raid 10 (5+5) and if you can, make offsite archive to data storage service (rsync or some such)

    In any case, offsite from a company, and don't go cheap on the service or the service will go cheap on you.

    Don't want to pay? You can't afford long-term reliability.

  9. Re:Pardon Me.. on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 1

    Interesting, thanks.

  10. Re:Pardon Me.. on Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars · · Score: 1

    check out water injection in B-52 bombers.

    Lots of links from goog.

    check out wikipedia.

  11. Re:World's Greatest Detective on Hans Reiser To Reveal Location of Wife's Body · · Score: 1

    Are you sure? I remember the hellmouth series at the tip of the nineties.

    By the aforementioned jonKatz, no less. See Voices from the Hellmouth

    I even bought and read his book Geeks (no referral linkage, if you must know).

  12. Re:Science is fixed! on Bacteria Found Alive In Ice 120,000 Years Old · · Score: 1

    There's an obvious solution: The Bacteria is God.

  13. Re:Sudden outbreak... on EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM · · Score: 4, Funny

    (Apologies in advance to those this may offend.)

    A new psychological condition is predicted to appear among service men and women serving in combat in Iraq: PEASD (Post-Electronic-Arts-Stress-Disorder).

  14. Green Gasoline and The Irish on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    Subject says it all.

  15. Re:Google, consider this... on Google Crawls The Deep Web · · Score: 1

    The best would be for the app to be hosted on google appengine, then it would take the app down, and the culprit would be google. So when google comes and bills you for bandwith, CPU and storage usage, you bill them right back, citing Bot activity.

    hehehe

  16. Re:Why not do another book in the series on New Dune Movie Confirmed · · Score: 1

    5 and 6 are my favorites.

    Dar and Tar anyone?

  17. Re:Websight?? on Breakdowns of Website Defacement by Platform · · Score: 3, Funny

    Browse at -1. You'll see.

  18. Re:The questions are interesting... on Air Force Cyber Command General Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    Or what about the code monkey who works at the health care provider that is a TRICARE provider for military dependent?

  19. Re:Sun Clouds on Sun Snags Open Source Virtualization Company, Innotek · · Score: 1

    Hey, right off the top of my head, I get the following slogan for SMI:

    Sun: it's what's on the other side of The Cloud.

  20. Satellite operators on Fourth Undersea Cable Taken Offline In Less Than a Week · · Score: 1

    Satellite operator are behind it. Just to get companies to buy and hold satellite bandwidth in reserve.

    Maybe even the Chinese, trying to drum up business for an upcoming telco satellite launch.

    Why, yes, I am making all this up as I go. Aren't you?

  21. Dollar worth less these days on RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hadn't realized the US dollar had lost that much value recently...

  22. Re:Would have been a mixed blessing on Microsoft Says VBA Is Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    Thanks, that's a thought.

    I'll play with that a bit ans let you know.

  23. Re:Would have been a mixed blessing on Microsoft Says VBA Is Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    Nooo, not access...

    I have an Access 97 database that was built ages ago that I have to support (inherited from the business) and now I'm hitting datababase size limits and it's a zoo. There are module function calls in the queries... The horror!!!

  24. scoble on Facebook Widget Installs Zango Spyware · · Score: 2

    Well, at least Scoble is safe.

  25. Re:sequEl? on Jackson Slated to Make Hobbit Movie, Sequel · · Score: 1

    LOTR Lineup:

    The Hobbit before The Lord Of The Rings.

    The Hobbit part two of The Lord Of The Rings.

    The Scouring of the Shire in The Lord Of The Rings.

    The Old Forest in The Lord Of The Rings.

    Tom Bombadil of The Lord Of The Rings.

    Ent Wives of The Lord Of The Rings.

    Elves and Orcs of The Lord Of The Rings.

    The far country (where's my copy of Unfinished Tales when I need it for reference?)

    The Pirates at the bottom of the map of the Lord Of The Rings.

    The Old Forest in The Lord Of The Rings.

    The New Forest in The Lord Of The Rings.

    To be followed of course by "The Languages of the Lord Of The Rings: Learning Elvish in 24 hours" book and the series it will spawn.

    The possibilities are Endless!!!