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  1. Start by renting Office Space on How Do You Job-Hunt If You Work Overtime? · · Score: 1

    This should help by relieving some of the stress and give you a few ideas. I was recently in the same situation. I hated my job and just didn't have time or energy to look for another one. To top it off, none of the recruiters would even talk to me because my employer was one of their "big clients." I just started giving attitude, showing up late and leaving early, expressing my displeasure in the position, and what do you know? My position was eliminated and I got a nice fat package to find another job!

  2. Re:Heck... on Microsoft to Invest $1.7 billion in India · · Score: 1

    That's rupies, man, so it rough equivalent to $500.

  3. Old News... on Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males · · Score: 1

    Females have known for years that the Y chromosome affects IQ.

  4. Study supported by Coffee Growers Assn. of America on Caffeine Prevents Liver Disease · · Score: 1

    Doh!

  5. Re:Talk to those that wrote it down? on Vatican Rejects Intelligent Design? · · Score: 1

    The "4 Rabbis" are more likely to be schools or traditions, separated by up to 5 centuries, and the common position is that at least J, E and D are pre-exilic.

    Let me guess - the fourth source is I? J.E.D.I. See, midiclorians created life! QED.

  6. Can you say... on Microsoft Plans Deliberate Xbox 360 Shortage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    federal price-fixing indictment?

  7. I for one welcome our new Chinese overl.... on China Sets New Rules On Internet News · · Score: 1

    Oh, wait...

    Nevermind...

  8. Re:Perfect time to bust out that laptop! on Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    6.8Ghz 2TB HD 1TB RAM laptops

    Those are the minimum specs!

  9. Re:Let the vendors do the work. on Infrastructure for One Million Email Accounts? · · Score: 1

    Ah! 5-nines:

    First three nines: $1.5 million
    Fourth nine: $5 million
    Fifth nine: pricele$$

  10. Re:Cost to consumers on Creative Has MP3 Player Interface Patent · · Score: 1

    ...some entrepreuneur may not even try to develop the item because of the cost of managing all the legalities of it.

    Hello, what do you think the patent and legal systems are for? It's to keep the little people under the oppressive thumbs of the big corporations.

  11. Re:Where the fault lies... on Virtual Muggings in Lineage II · · Score: 1

    Hah! The next thing you know, we'll have activist groups protesting the virtual slaughter of defenseless grues, or dragons, or demons.

  12. Re:changing shape on New Digital Camera Lens Made of Liquid · · Score: 1

    You have to make that "dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit" noise for it to work.

    Actually, it's more like "na-na-na-na-na"!

  13. Re:Poor Apple on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    I predict apple juice.

    Perhaps you meant pour apple?

  14. Re:In Japan... on 83,431 Recited Digits of Pi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet America, Pi recites you!

  15. Re:11 nations, 90 raids on 11-Nation Raid on Net Pirates · · Score: 1

    In Soviet America, pirates raid you...

  16. In other news... on Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tom Adelstein discovers VarBusiness Magazine owned by Microsoft.

  17. Re:My question... on AMD Takes Case To Public, Japan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jobs: We're not interested. We're sticking with the PowerPC.

    Intel: [waves hand] These aren't the chips you are looking for.

    Jobs: Uh, these aren't the chips we're looking for.

    Intel: [waves hand] You will switch to Intel.

    Jobs: We'll switch to Intel.

  18. WTF on Designing an OS for Blind/Deaf Users? · · Score: 1

    do blind/deaf people use computers for?

    I don't have anything against disabled people. I think accessibility is necessary in many cases, such as sidewalks and building entrances.

    It's because of that 0.5% (or whatever) disabled users that software developed under U.S. government contract must be compliant with 509 accessibility requirements. This has an enormously counter-productive effect on some projects.

    Is it really worth the additional expense? Since the Internet is a smorgasbord of multi-media experiences, do media portals really generate content suitable, compatible or useful to accessible technologies?

    Not trying to troll, just curious. Sorry if I offended anyone.

  19. Oops... on Internet to Pakistan Goes Down · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry about that. I unplugged a cable that I thought led to an empty wall. Let me put it back...brb!

  20. Re:Marketing Strategy on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    Does it really matter once they've taken over the world?

  21. Re:Marketing Strategy on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 3, Funny
    Actually, it's more like:
    1. Coerce customers and suppliers
    2. Drive all competitors under
    3. Inflate prices due to monopoly power
    4. Create vast hoardes of minimum-wage slaves
    5. ???
    6. Profit
    7. Take over planet

    Wow, I just described Wal-Mart.
  22. Re:OS X on a PC... on First Look at Apple's Intel Developer Macs · · Score: 1

    There are probably already drivers for most hardware from Darwin or *BSD that could be relatively easily used.

  23. Re:Well, duh on Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. · · Score: 1

    How can you call me a racist for stating facts and using the words "Blacks" and "Mexicans"?

    Grow up!

  24. Re:Well, duh on Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. · · Score: 1

    Bullshit! I've worked with some fat, lazy, incompetent and completely useless Indians. I've also worked with some very intelligent and productive ones. This is just spin/FUD/propaganda that outsourcing company execs spew to American pointy-haired bosses to get buy-in...

    It's the same in every labor market. Up until the 70's, blacks worked a lot of the blue-collar labor jobs in the U.S. Now, Mexicans have moved in and taken over the labor market for half the wages. I guess you can thank NAFTA for that.

    Now, when greedy corporate execs want bigger bonuses, they invent a shortage of qualified resources to get H1-B visa caps raised. Suddenly, you are training your replacement who works for half as much.

    They only way to shake up corporate america is to vote with your wallet. Don't buy into the consumerism trend. I bet if everyone in America didn't buy anything for one day or went to the bank and withdrew as much cash as possible, the entire economy would crater.

  25. Lies??? on Retro Machines Key to Rescuing Old Data · · Score: 1
    ..., lies the equipment and expertise...

    My computer science prof always told me computers lie, but I never believed him!