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  1. If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying on 10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cheat, cheat, cheat then stick to your story if you get caught.

  2. Re:My two cents on Ideal, and Actual, IT Performance Metrics? · · Score: 1

    100 calls
    99 calls for password reset - resolved
    1 call for the main database being corrupted - unresolved

    Servers and network up 100%

    Work getting done 0%

    ------------

    Even weighting calls doesn't always work. IT could lower the number of calls for password resets by telling them to write their password on a post-it note.

    I've had bosses request "Metrics". I asked them what they wanted and was told some nice charts that show we're doing our job.

  3. Re:Not surprised on Comcast Intercepts and Redirects Port 53 Traffic · · Score: 1

    I'm not a fan of Comcast, but I can see this being done to prevent an attack that would just change your DNS server. Change the DNS then point everything useful through a MITM.

  4. Re:So the WaPo reports a story a month obsolete? on MS Issued a Fix For Its Unwanted FireFox Extension · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must be new here. The majority of people here on Slashdot are meme scripts.

    signed,
    The You Must Be New Here Meme Script

  5. Re:Dire Straits? on Money For Nothing and the Codecs For Free · · Score: 1

    Could you explain what you think the lyrics are about? I've always taken it as some delivery guys watching MTV and wishing they could have that life. I'm reading the lyrics and trying to picture it as something else like drug dealing or male prostitution and I'm not getting anywhere. (Not the AC)

    I want my, I want my MTV
    I want my, I want my MTV
    Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
    You play the guitar on that MTV
    That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
    Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
    Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
    Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb
    Maybe get a blister on your little finger
    Maybe get a blister on your thumb
    We got to install microwave ovens
    Custom kitchen deliveries
    We got to move these refrigerators
    We got to move these color TV's
    The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
    Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair
    That little faggot got his own jet airplane
    That little faggot he's a millionaire
    I shoulda learned to play the guitar
    I shoulda learned to play them drums
    Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
    Man we could have some
    And he's up there, what's that, Hawaiian noises
    Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee
    Oh, that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
    Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free
    Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
    You play the guitar on that MTV
    That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
    Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
    Money for nothin' and chicks for free
    I want my, I want my, I want my MTV

  6. Re:You almost had me believing you knew stuff.... on Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car · · Score: 1

    I wasn't talking about all emissions control gear, just the secondary air injection.

    The system helps warm up the catalytic converter to operating temperature.

    After that, what does it do?
    Mine never runs after the first minute. I've noticed no difference in power or fuel consumption

    $50 solenoid plus $300 pump plus $100 valve and some hose = not worth it.

  7. Re:This is hilarious! on Pentagon Seeks a New Generation of Hackers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Things like this can be taught by books or professors.

    You start off with ground work on information security, networking, and penetration testing. You learn how things are being protected, how known flaws were exploited in the past, and what traces were left behind.

    It's the same steps as being a programmer. The great ones love it, understand it, and spend their free time doing it. The average ones just tread where the great ones have gone before.

  8. Re:Good. on Right-to-Repair Law To Get DRM Out of Your Car · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can get readers for them which will clear the code after you fixed the problem. I've seen some that give a warning level on how bad the code is. Just because you have the code and maybe even the explanation, doesn't mean you'll know what to do though.

    P0411 - secondary air injection incorrect flow

    It means either a hose has a hole, or a solenoid, vavle, or pump isn't working. This is basically an emissions system which I'd rip out in a heartbeat if I didn't have to pass an emissions test.

  9. Re:First post? on Breaking Down the Demigod Launch · · Score: 1

    It's usually the number of connections that kill a router when using p2p. A lot of low grade home routers can only handle 64 connections especially if you're using wifi.

    Look at the number of connections allowed per torrent (uploading and downloading). Also take into account if you've altered your browser for more connections.

    A multi-part dowload app has a lot less connections compared to a p2p app.

  10. Re:Laughably Medieval on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you watch Better Off Ted, the character Ted has lots of issues. He's just more "normal" than the others. He needs everyone to like him. He has problems with relationships. He's competitive past the healthy point. He works for a company that doesn't know the meaning of ethics and most of the time is ok with it. I'm sure there's a lot more.

  11. Re:Meh on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But people are expected to know that a radiator is not the same as a car. I don't expect people to know the difference between SATA and IDE, but they need to know the difference between the engine and the wheels.

    If you want to discuss something, you need to know at least a decent subset of the vocabulary that goes with it. If you don't, then you use phrases like "my car is broken" and "it keeps overheating", not "the axel is broken". Just because you know the word axle is a car thing doesn't mean it's OK to use it to refer to any part of the car.

    What's wrong with your car?
    The engine's leaking antifreeze.
    Really the engine itself? Not a hose or maybe the radiator?

    It's like saying your heart is leaking blood when you cut your finger. /sarcasm

    Everything under the hood is "the engine".
    The monitor is "the computer".
    The computer is "the hard drive".

    If you don't know how or when to listen to people, you should hide out on the interweb.

  12. The more popular on The More Popular the Browser, the Slower It Is · · Score: 5, Funny

    These guys are idiots.

    It's obvious that the last letter in the name being a vowel has more to do with performance than popularity.

    from low to high performance - a,e,i,o,u

  13. Re:That is a 1960's liberal mistake. on NY Court Says Police Can't Track Suspect With GPS · · Score: 1

    That it is better to let ten guilty men go free than to convict a single innocent man.

    No, its not. You go right ahead and live on the block where 10 guilty guys went free.

    The way to deal with police mistakes is with sanctions and fines. This is the way it was before the 1960s.

    I'm assuming you're innocent so why don't we just put you and the 10 guilty guys together in a cell.

  14. Re:I dont get it on Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App · · Score: 4, Funny

    Copy/Paste.

    You young kids with your "Copying" and your "Pasting". In my day when a key on our keyboard broke, we learned to live without it. And our non-adjustable CT-syndrome-causing keyboard was in the case with the monitor and the CRT, and we liked it that way.

    In retrospect, it sure made WASD games a pain in the ass, though. AAAAAAAAAA *move left dammit* AAAAAAAAAAAAAA *argh, died again!*

    U yung k1ds wth ur "C0pyng" and ur "Past1ng". N my day when a key 0n teh keybard dn't wurk, we learned 2 l1ve wthut et. And r un-adjustable CT-syndr9me-causng keybard was n teh case w/ the stuff, nd we l1ked 1t that w4y.

    And thus leet came 2b

  15. I figured out step #3 on Apple Rumored To Want To Buy Twitter · · Score: 1

    1. Create something slightly different than previous attempts.
    2. Create a buzz and make it popular
    3. Sell out while the perceived value is high
    4. Profit!

    Let the smucks at Apple try to figure out how to make mass messaging profitable.

  16. Re:dude.. on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make a sticker with Certified by and Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law on it. Scribble a name and date on it.

  17. Re:Smart FOSS Marketing! on Miro Asks Users To "Adopt" Lines of Source · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Change $4 to $1 and they might get more bites.

  18. What do you get combine a Republicand & a Demo on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    You get someone who never forgets he's an ass.

  19. Re:How much is your time worth on Handmade vs. Commercially Produced Ethernet Cables · · Score: 1

    Where do you live? I seriously doubt that you haven't had an earthquake nearby in a millenium. It might have only been a 2 or 3, but I'm sure you still had one.

  20. Re:screenshots? on Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fine, it doesn't have Photoshop Elements.

    BTW, people can buy CS3 for less than half CS4's MSRP.

  21. Re:NYT quote is a bit unfair ... on A Layman's Guide To Bandwidth Pricing · · Score: 1

    I also believe that the water company has a charge based on the size of pipe. Water base and sewer base charge. I'm pretty sure there's an analogy there.

  22. Re:"Clean Coal" on Energy Secretary Chu Endorses "Clean Coal" · · Score: 1

    A family member lives downwind of a coal plant and she says the roughly the same thing "Come live here and tell me how clean your coal is"

  23. Re:A Strategem on NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show · · Score: 1

    Actually, I did want to know what the ants did in low gravity, but that shuttle blew up.

  24. Re:Hmmmmm. on Pirate Bay To Offer VPN For $7 a Month · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dammit, I knew my company was up to something. Always making me use vpn to log into work. I'm reporting them for copyright infringement.

  25. MythBusters isn't the safest show on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 4, Informative

    Remember, they built the bulletproof shelter for explosions then in a much later episode discovered that the material wasn't bulletproof.