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  1. Re:I'm assuming... on Scientists Close To Solving the Mystery of Where Dogs Came From · · Score: 1

    Mars bitches.

  2. Re:I woke up today... on StarTalk TV Show With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Starts Monday · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I read it three times.

  3. Re:HTTP.SYS? on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still waiting for my kernel level adware module, oh wait, this new feature can do that too! Yay.

    Today's security patch is brought to you by Nike!!!

  4. Re:This happens about... on How Mission Creep Killed a Gaming Studio · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I've been writing software for 32 years, and "We've completely changed your requirements, but that shouldn't affect your schedule or your budget any!" happens all the time. The point is, you have to push back. Tell them exactly what every change is going to cost (padded heavily). Unless they agree to add time and money to the project, then just deliver the originally agreed to project. Don't let people make unilateral changes in the contract after it is signed, unless you actually like working on money-losing projects!

    Has the frenzy to be a "Game Developer" as created a bunch of "yes" men & women?

  5. The first tech on World's Oldest Stone Tools Discovered In Kenya · · Score: 2

    ...still confuses management.

  6. Re:Smug Alert on Report: Apple Watch Preorders Almost 1 Million On First Day In the US · · Score: 1

    You must feel smug after such revolutionary proclamations.

  7. Smug Alert on Report: Apple Watch Preorders Almost 1 Million On First Day In the US · · Score: 1
  8. Re:The internet generation on Why Some Developers Are Live-Streaming Their Coding Sessions · · Score: 2

    Yes, but do narcissistic pricks write mo better code?

  9. Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? on TrueCrypt Audit: No NSA Backdoors · · Score: 2

    That auditor loop would need to be audited. I see the strategy now, its job creation.

  10. Re:Yes. on Google 'Makes People Think They Are Smarter Than They Are' · · Score: 1

    I better stop using Google so I can be a dumb as I think I am.

  11. Re:As a PhD in particle physics... on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Laptop To Support Physics Research? · · Score: 1

    +1 Python

    Install the following on whatever you get (there is a free version):
    https://www.enthought.com/prod...

    From calculus to visualization and web tools.

  12. Re:wait a minute... on Researchers Nearly Double the Size of Worker Ants · · Score: 1

    That explains it. These scientists play Fallout 3. Things were getting a little boring in the labs. How about some fire breathing man sized insects to spice things up.

  13. Re:You don't say... on YouTube Video of Racist Chant Results In Fraternity Closure · · Score: 1

    No I'm not FUCKING SERIOUS.

  14. Re:You don't say... on YouTube Video of Racist Chant Results In Fraternity Closure · · Score: 1

    No, those fraternities hate all other races, and thats ok. You can't just pick one.

  15. Re:New study shows taking medicine is ineffective. on Study: Refactoring Doesn't Improve Code Quality · · Score: 1

    -1

    Now, statistically, with only me as a sample pool, your post is not effectively insightful.

  16. Re:New study shows taking medicine is ineffective. on Study: Refactoring Doesn't Improve Code Quality · · Score: 1

    +1

  17. Re:Maintainable... on Study: Refactoring Doesn't Improve Code Quality · · Score: 1

    Once upon a time inherited a project where every time it had to access the database, it created a new connection object, rather than using an existing session. It was horribly slow, and prone to crash, and difficult to maintain. I re-factored by simply implementing the singleton pattern on the class and removing redundant instantiations. Now the application is faster, utilizes less resources, and is easier to maintain. WTF is the article smoking?

    FTA:

    According to the Fowler’s definition (Fowler, 2000), refactoring is the change made to the internal structure of the software system by removing bad smells or problematic places in the source code.....

    Oh....IC.

  18. Re:Politics aside for a moment. on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    Speaking from experience? Ouch...

  19. Re:Jail time on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    I like Hillary Clinton. So how did you (or as you stated, 'we') get to your conclusion? You accuse me of not liking Hillary, and that just devastates me by the way. Where is your information that was put in evidence?

  20. Re:Jail time on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    Because you do not like her.

    Do I? Or don't I? How would you know by my statement? I don't care who it is. If someone as high ranking as that, and potential future POTUS, is conducting all business on their yahoo account, we should raise an eyebrow or three.

    Is there really any security in politics???

    If only Nixon would have used that line at Watergate.

  21. Re:Jail time on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    Her politics? Here I thought this was a breach of security. But, ok, lets just sweep it under the rug as 'politics'.

  22. Re:My brain is full on Photo First: Light Captured As Both Particle and Wave · · Score: 1

    Quantum Mechanics cannot be understood once observed.

  23. Is it a commodity now? I'll take 10,000.

  24. Re:Oh just stop already on That U2 Apple Stunt Wasn't the Disaster You Might Think It Was · · Score: 1

    Bono will always be #2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...

  25. If we do it right... on 5 White Collar Jobs Robots Already Have Taken · · Score: 1

    Then robots will do all the work, and we are on permanent vacation. We can abandon currency, and explore strange new worlds. You can be a bum (artist / sports writer) or put on a nifty uniform and tase aliens.