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  1. in other news on Casio Unveils New Color Screen Graphing Calculator · · Score: 1

    Sharp is still selling the compet printing calculators, which should be enough for most K-12 students and store clerks. Buying more calculator than you need is for suckers

  2. Did I miss something? on US Says Plane Finder App Threatens Security · · Score: 1

    Somehow in my perusal of gizmodo, slashdot, ars, and other tech sites, did I miss the "android-guided SAM" or "iphone-guided SAM"?

    Without a credible threat, the DHS ought to STFU and GBTW

  3. Re:Trusted on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    Why are you paying attention to your firewall for virus alerts? Do you do the same for your word processor? It makes about as much sense.

  4. Absolutely not on Should Developers Have Access To Production? · · Score: 1

    Under no circumstances are any units in a company to have even contact with each other, much less share work product. This leads to unacceptable things, like collaborations over lunch and generally helping each other out and making a more efficient company. If we have a more efficient company, that may mean we have to lay off even more employees, and this cannot happen in this economy because we'd then pass reporting requirements for layoffs and be subject to higher FICA taxes.

  5. so let me get this straight on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Roberti's big thing is that nobody's yet used RFID data in a crime. So the upshot is that as long as people just break it for research, it's still secure. And people wonder why the blackhats make out like bandits on the first breaches of any given protocol, because nobody protected against them when it was merely a subject of research. Good luck with that, tell me how that works out for you.

  6. Irony anyone? on Geek Squad Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter To God Squad · · Score: 1

    As if anyone needed much further proof, basically Geek Squad is proving that they're not REALLY geeks, as geeks typically are anti-trademark-trumps-all.

  7. not even close to the worst on Larry Ellison Rips HP Board a New One · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the board that hired Carly, setting a new standard for "worst personnel decision". Compared to that, this doesn't even make a blip on the radar.

  8. this is a serious question? on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't know what about an IBM model M and a selectric keyboard implies that there's any difference at all in how you use them. Standard typography has evolved to two spaces between sentences, PERIOD. This is not up for discussion, nor should it be. There's no significantly new information that implies that this should change, except that more and more people are freaking lazy, and language should not evolve because of laziness. Man up, hit that spacebar twice, and quit whining

  9. harpoon and gulf war 1 on How Will Contemporary War Games Affect Veterans? · · Score: 1

    BTDT, it wasn't particularly realistic, or in fact triggering. I'd say that video games have a long way to go before they come close to being a problem in this area. I'd more worry about the minor issue that the agendas are transparent to even a 13-year old, much less someone that was actually there. For SOME reason, vets don't like to be told that their time and efforts were for nothing.

  10. law of unintended consequences anyone? on Chicago Mayor Calls For "Brainiac High" · · Score: 1

    Does anyone else notice here that the "elite school" is going to be a HUGE PITA? first, you'll have helicopter parents doing MORE stuff (like making their kids teachers life hell when they MARK SOMETHING WRONG on their precious snowflake's paper) to make sure their kids get to the 5th year HS, then idiots that have no business caring about the 5th year HS are going to make it a requirement, can you imagine being told by the local McD's "sorry, you only have a 4 year HS degree, the guy we hired has a 5-year".

  11. -1 obvious on All the Best Games May Be NP-Hard · · Score: 1

    the conclusion drawn is pretty much one that you're taught in basic-level game theory. If its easy to solve, nobody wants to play it

  12. Re:what about the fact that neither has merit? on Net Neutrality or Not? · · Score: 1

    We also know how well the battle of little big horn went, but that has nothing to do with routing either

  13. what about the fact that neither has merit? on Net Neutrality or Not? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The proper response to tiering is a TCP/IP death penalty. Basically "if they tier, don't peer". If $FUCKTARDCORP wants to make a tiered intarweb, source-route around their asses. If they screw up the last mile, find another ISP. This is a battle that should be fought in routing protocols and markets, not in Crapitol Hell.

  14. windows naming is SO much more intuitive on Linux's Difficulty with Names · · Score: 1

    let's see, a program for tracing the route of packets:
    windows: tracert. unix: traceroute
    finding out the interface information
    windows: winipcfg/ipcfg (depending on version) unix: ifconfig
    clearing the screen
    windows: cls (only intuitive if you remember microsoft basic) unix: clear
    comparing files
    windows: fc unix: diff
    getting a shell from GUI
    windows: command/cmd (again, depending on version) unix: xterm

    yep. MUCH more intuitive

  15. Re:paranoia on Such a Thing as too Paranoid About Privacy? · · Score: 2, Funny

    thief! come back here with my .sig

  16. Re:Disasters spur reaction and debate... on GPS Could Speed Tsunami Warning · · Score: 1

    Can you say Krakatau? Worse, Krakatau is building up again, much like St Helens. I'll take your bet.

  17. -1 redundant on MSIE To Adopt Firefox Feed Icon · · Score: 0, Troll

    If karma was scored for stories, cmdrtaco would be posting at -1 ATM

  18. Re:Whatever on John Seigenthaler Sr. Criticises Wikipedia · · Score: 1
    Meanwhile, you have the right to commit libel, as I have the right to sue you for it, if I can prove that you said it. Seigenthaler has the same option. What he is advocating is prior restraint.


    his real issue is that he CAN'T prove who said it because of a catch-22. he can't sue the libeller because he doesn't know who it is, he can't find out who it is because he can't compel the common carrier to give up the name of the libeller without suing THEM, but that's statutorily prohibited.

    Had his son done this on NBC, do you think for a moment that NBC would not be named in the suit?
  19. simple. on What Do You Charge for Tech Support? · · Score: 1

    I tell them a case of beer or Coke (their choice of brand, and I don't quibble about whether they have a few with me while I'm fixing) and *I* set the time. If *they* set the time, it's business, and they get business rates.

  20. yhbt on A Pizza Box for Your Laptop · · Score: 1


    uhm, did anyone actually do research on human beans? EVERY product they have is bogus. They're culture jammers

  21. Re:gmail still beta on Gmail Spam Filter Testing · · Score: 5, Funny

    >isn't gmail still in 'beta' stages? if so, isn't a review of
    >spam filtering techniques a little premature?

    What part of Beta TEST escapes you here?

  22. Re:Quite a capable bird on Using a 747 to Fight Wildfires · · Score: 1

    Fine, land it at the typical BLM airport with approximately 2500' of runway.

  23. Re:Ohhhhhh... on PCI Shortwave Receiver · · Score: 2, Informative

    They make PCMCIA versions of the rest of their lineup: I doubt one will be long in coming. Of course, the rest of their lineup also starts at $500, so don't expect cheap...

  24. Re:The settlement should require PCs w/o a MS OS on Gateway Testifies To Microsoft's OEM Treatment · · Score: 1

    hell, look at wal-mart.

    The Seattle P-I has a story about it

  25. ummmmm.... on Anatomy of Cactus Data Shield · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How can Cactus Data Shield "protect" Audio CDs, when the people who wrote teh spec (Phillips) says that TPM'd "CD"s aren't supposed to use the trademark? Cactus Data cannot protect CDs, because once Cactus Data goes on, it's not a CD.