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  1. Re:Vacation time on Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters · · Score: 2

    Yeah, but that is what they are required to give. The real question is what do they actually give? I work for a small company (>5 employees) and get 15 days vacation, 1 day sick, 6 holidays for a total of 22 paid days off per year. My last job I got 6 holidays and 10 vacation days for a total of 16 days off. How many people are really working with no paid time off in the US above the minimum wage/burger flipper levels?

  2. Re:Gamers??? on The New Reality of Gaming · · Score: 1

    The original Axis And Allies is so misbalanced. I'm not allowed to be germany anymore in our games due to it being impossible to stop germany without extremely lucky rolls on the part of Russia to start the game. We've defaulted to giving the Russian capital 2 extra men to (help) counter the quick (2nd turn) decapitation strike at Russia that Germany can do.

  3. Re:Rouge eh? on Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services · · Score: 1

    ghoti! (fish)

  4. Re:How is this not idle? on Law and the Multiverse · · Score: 2

    Bill Gates has recently done a HeelFaceTurn and is no longer a super villian. He is using his money for very good purposes. Stop with the bashing.

  5. Re:Computer expert? on Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized · · Score: 1

    I gave up my aol.com name when I moved off aol in '94.

  6. Re:The difference between Apple and Blizzard on Apple's Game Center Shares Your Real Name · · Score: 1

    You're probably joking about his account being hacked monthly, but you can get a Blizzard Authenticator for a very cheap price. You have an added advantage in that if you ground him from the game you can take the authenticator and he can't login behind your back. Also, if he's getting hacked that much, teach him how to work with phishing emails and to keep his Adobe Reader, Flash and Java up to date.

  7. Re:Computer expert? on Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized · · Score: 1

    lrn2bbornsooner. It's your own fault it took you this long to join the Internet. Now get off my lawn y0un6k1d154 before I get my belt out! I have a 5 digit UID and a 6 digit ICQ number, and 3 AIM names without any numbers in them!

  8. Re:Not even there's to legislate. on FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21 · · Score: 1

    Or he didn't vote, or he voted for the person who lost, or he just moved there and hasn't been eligible to vote yet. (Have I missed any?). Why assume only 2 options there?

  9. Re:Beyond Firefox on Apple, Microsoft, Google Attacked For Evil Plugins · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Does this mean all the Chinese cars are going t on Former Employee Stole Ford Secrets Worth $50 Million · · Score: 1

    This also explains why Ford was the only one of the big-three not begging for cash handouts from your central government. Not sure whether they actually got any bailout money or so, I didn't follow it well enough.

    Ford didn't ask for Bailouts because they had just finished mortgaging the company through private sector borrowing because they saw the writing on the wall. They got in just before the available cash in the US tightened up so nothing was being loaned out. Because they had just got a nice cash infusion, Ford was the only company that didn't require a bailout.

    I will be buying Ford when I need a car again just because they didn't need a bailout, even if they were having problems, they handled them on their own.

  11. Re:OS/2 on The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should read the article... OS/2 was mentioned, along with MacOS.

  12. Re:Bias? on Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules · · Score: 1

    The White House is not shorthanded to the house. So that will clear it up for you. The House is congress, the White House is the presidency.

  13. Re:Holy Inaccurate Percentages (Blind as a) Batman on The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs · · Score: 1

    As more and more people refuse to vote each individual vote is worth more. So keep staying home, that way my vote means more.

  14. Re:Who would stand to benefit from such a study? on Flash Can Rob 2 Hours From MacBook Air's Battery Life · · Score: 1

    Still, you would eventually run out of social stimuli to prompt the behavior...

  15. Re:Who would stand to benefit from such a study? on Flash Can Rob 2 Hours From MacBook Air's Battery Life · · Score: 1

    More likely: People who choose to use laptops on their 'nads will not breed as much as those who use laptops on tables, thus removing the laptops on 'nads tendencies from the population.

  16. Re:Israel is an interesting exercise in Game Theor on Gambling On Bacteria · · Score: 1

    Please compare the number of Israeli children with access to RPGs in the last ten years to the number of Palestinian children with access to RPGs in the last ten months.

  17. Re:Not so Nice on French City To Use CCTV For Parking Fines · · Score: 1

    You totally deserved it.

  18. Re:Not me. on Study Finds Most Would Become Supervillians If Given Powers · · Score: 2

    I own 2. Thanks.

  19. Re:If no one would sopy software illegally on NSF Wants To Know How Much Software Really Costs · · Score: 1

    You're not using the type of software they are trying to figure out the price for then. Software such as AdvantX (A medical software package) or Siriusware (A POS system used commonly by Theme parks and Ski Resorts and other places where they have ticket tracking/rentals/etc). Call either of those companies for support and you actually get quality support.

  20. Re:An Analog 'Dead Drop'? on Would-Be Akamai Spy Busted By Feds · · Score: 3, Informative

    Treason is *VERY* far away. Constitutional amendment far. http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/t103.htm

  21. Re:OMG you guys! on Top Reason for Facebook Unfriending Is Too Many Useless Posts · · Score: 1

    Thou shalt not insult thine toupee! And seriously, 42 injured? First off, why were the kids roaming around in platoon strength? And beyond that, why were those kids so stupid that they stood still long enough for 2 bears to maul 42 of them? That's 21 per bear. To escape a wild animal chasing you you don't need to be faster than the wild animal, you only need to be faster than your friend. (Sorry Kris)

  22. Re:XP? Forget XP! on DX11 Coming To Linux (But Not XP) · · Score: 1

    What processor running at 1.6 millihertz (mhz) can run Linux?

  23. Re:Scriptkiddies these days on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1

    I like being in the low 5's. Not old enough to be dirt, but way wiser than those 6 digit's nubs.

  24. Re:The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time... on 25 Years of Super Mario Bros. · · Score: 2, Informative

    I bought Wii Play because it came with an extra wiimote, the game itself sucked =/. Same price for wiimote vs Wii Play so figured I'd get the game with my wiimote.

  25. Re:Big Brother? Not Quite. on Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? · · Score: 1

    As an american taxpayer the comment on cheap fruit I can only be happy about. Plentiful food is something I think everyone can agree is a good thing, and frankly, it is a very very small part of my taxes so I am more than happy to subsidize the worlds food market.