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  1. Re:If I were taking an IT Admin position... on Rough Justice For Terry Childs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The paranoid ones arent neccisarily good, but the good (security) admins are paranoid.

  2. Re:Change is coming? on DMCA Amendment Proposed For UK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! I resent that! I won't let that happen too!

    A technically literate over 40.

  3. Its like outlawing marriage on Use Open Source? Then You're a Pirate! · · Score: 1

    Since its absolutely possible to charge for it.

    (Forgot who im misquoting here)

  4. cut the crap on Debunking a Climate-Change Skeptic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jump of a cliff. No really.

    If you hit the floor real hard you die. That much is true. If you are near heavy objects, it pulls you to it. This is also true. However we have no clue whatsoever what is causing this "pull".

    So we should study ways to mitigate the impact of "Jumping of a cliff", not try to find ways to reverse the "pull".

    Idiot. Science is NOT about "proof" or "show humans are the cause".

    Its simply a matter of theories, and the best one sticks. Now if you try to counter with: "it could be vulcanos/solarflares/natural cycle". Then yes. it could.

    Theoratically. In theory you can also jump of that cliff, and land intact.

  5. Re:Elephant in the room on India Ditches UN Climate Change Group · · Score: 1

    Emphesis on "the planet". And your right. Im sure the planet can survive mass extintion, im just not so sure we can.

  6. "halfway measure" on Electric Bicycles Surging In Popularity · · Score: 1

    In The Netherlands there are basically two kinds of scooters/mopeds. The 25km/h and the 45km/h variant.
    The 25km/h can ride the bike lanes, but the 45km/h can only ride the bike lanes when explicitly allowed, otherwise he has to ride the car lanes. This has more to do with speed limit then vehicle size. Also, the 45km/h requires a drivers license.
    We have a great bike lane infrastructure, but it can be very busy, and the speed difference would not work. The size of Vespas is akward sometimes (I drive one, 45km/h 2-stroke) but not a really big issue.
    E-bikes I have seen are primarely the "helper" kinds on regular bikes, although electric Vespa like models are present. They also come in 25 and 45km/h variants.
    I kill for a real Piaggio/Vespa electric scooter, and I seriously hope theyll make one soon, as the 2-stroke and even the 4-stroke fuel engines are just so 20 century ;-)
    Has to be a proper full metal body Vespa, with an extremely reliably engine thou, like I'm used to.

    So no, I dont think its a halfway measure, but smart traffic really.

  7. Bullocks, all three on The Apple Paradox, Closed Culture & Free-Thinking Fans · · Score: 2, Informative

    The simple reason is that art centric programmes have always been the focus of Macs. Adobe Illustrator as flagship and many many more have originated there, and the Mac hardware has traditionally supported that better. Sure you can buy great Win/adobe stations ATM, but for a long time Mac was King of DTP and A/V.
    Most of its advantages have shrunken, but they havent gone completely away, and why would art people change?
    Well they do, but slowly.

  8. Re:Where have I heard this before? Oh yeah... on Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes · · Score: 1

    I learned of this new provocative extrapolation on the Big Bang Theory.

  9. Re:People aren't robots on Office Work Ethic In the IT Industry? · · Score: 1

    "The guy even says they miss deadlines and the code they produce is crap. Of course people rarely work full out for an entire day, but he's clearly describing a situation far worse than normal"

    Clearly you think prgramming is normally on time and bug free. Snicker.

  10. It may have cost -real money- on EVE Online Battle Breaks Records (And Servers) · · Score: 1

    You can accumulate Interstellar Kredits (ISK) by gaming, or you can actually BUY it with real money.
    After all you can sell PLEX (Pilot License EXtentions, essentially game cards) in game (for ISK) bought outside of the game with real money.

  11. Re:Works for me on Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites · · Score: 1

    "Joe job" may cover it.

  12. Re:Copypaste on 'Vanish' Makes Sensitive Data Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    The goal is convenience for the lazy privacy consious. The goal is to prevent a 3d person to read it (at a later time), not the actual users. Consider a nifty trojan that reads your screen in real time, this system wont beat that.
    Said that, copypast means nothing: "you mean you typed this text and now pretend is was send through this system?" gosh. Likewise screenshots mean nothing.

  13. Re:Protect the imaginary children! on New Zealand Introduces Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    bad news for the Bros Grimm.... I mean, cmon, little red riding hood and a big bad wolf? That is some sick stuff! Before you know it, all children are into menstrual fetishes.

  14. Defies? on Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds · · Score: 1

    Why exactly is it not "wisdom of the crowd" to legalize MJ if SO MANY people vote for it? Id reason it indeed would gain massive tax income, and lower prison population.
    DISCLAIMER: Im Dutch.

  15. Re:Can we stop enabling these people? on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    That must be the stupidest lesson ever. Some people excell, and you want to FIRE those people? You must want everything to be run by Joe D. Minus.
    Enable him, and get a cheap geek documenting his ass. Contain and manage risk, not avoid all, especially not at the cost of all innovation.

  16. Better than "does not seem possible"? on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1

    Like, "It seriously is un-possible dude!"

  17. Re:Detroit isn't the problem here, folks... on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    Are you mad?
    I dont know what a CAFE is, but thats not it, unions are not it either, this is what your doing wrong:
    - American Dream: You guys are hooked on "Must be bigger then my neighbour" in -everything-, most of all cars.
    - City structure, European and most historical cities have no freaking WAY for hummers.
    - The only Chryslers selling well (after INTENSE marketing) in The Netherlands are the smallest, and the minivans.
    - Very common are the GREAT Fords (heck I drive a Ford Focus).
    - Biggest growing markets is small, koreans, chinese, Toyota Aygo (in 6 million rebranded forms) Smart, Merc "A" series, Ford was even a little early with the Ka (Needs reshaping)

    We dont like to drive "big rugged" but "economic unbreakable". Did I mention small? Scooters, electric vehicles.... Where are you in THOSE markets?

  18. Semantics on Geneticist Claims Human Evolution Is Over · · Score: 1

    "Natural" selecting. Survival of the "fittest".

    This genetic prof, needs to go back to school to understand WTF "evolution" means.

    Humans making medicines, is ALSO "nature". If a human wipes our planet with a Big Red Button, than we do not "fit".

  19. Re:Effects of Cannabis on WCG Tournament Director Admits Drugs In E-Sports · · Score: 1

    Concentration. Being baked has the effect on some people, that they will be better able to concentrate on 1 single task. The roof may collapse, but they will score the frag.

  20. Im mildy annoyed... on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    at parents that pre-screen their kids lit, with qualifacations like "heinlein too dark and cynical".

    Kids, and especially pre-teens are in that age that they WANT to know what is dark and cynical. They WANT to do the things you think are bad for them.

    LET them.

    here is an idea: give them a library card, and weekly visit to browse whatever they want.

    ps, Heinlein was BY FAR my favorite pre-teen author.
  21. re: proven on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 1

    Legally proven, Big Difference from us IT crowds, who like "mathematically proven", and think legal systems work with math. Ha!

  22. IP=think police on What's the Solution To Intellectual Property? · · Score: 1

    Intellectual property is a contradiction in terminus and should be banned asap. Its a crooked construct to control who gets what knowladge and is on basic level nothing more then thought policing.

    Patents and copyrights may have a very limited usage (where are those studies showing it "benefits" society or innovation?) but they should NEVER be called "property", and it should be granted for the smallest time possible. 1 Jear would suffice for most books and music as well as giving a patent holder enought time to get the first lead in their business.

    "Predetory"? "Abuse?" Your no anarchist by a long shot. Maybe you play one on teh nets. By Abuse I somehow see Disney Corp, banning anything mousie, which in itself was a borrow from someone else. THATS Abuse. Abuse of your culture.

  23. After the book... on Books On Electronics For the Lay Programmer? · · Score: 1

    One word: VELLEMAN

  24. Re:Dawkins may may a renowned evolutionary biologi on Richard Dawkins to Appear on Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    "scientific proof"

    Apparently you think scientific proof is something absolute. It is not.
    In fact the core of science is allow for renewed insight, and merely is a method to try predict future accurately.

  25. Re:Democrats on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    paper bags.

    When is a candidate "not" black? Obama to me looks pretty greyish. He is also not a black candidate at all. He is -a- candidate. Are you calling Clinton the "white" candidate?

    Sure, race will still matter, just like gender will matter -somewhat-. On the other far more important hand, it seems American PC'ness is what makes Mrs Clinton, and Obama viable candidate. At effing last eh? I have renewed hope for you new word types.

    To me, OP wants to say the bitch fight should stay far away from playing gender or race cards, because its counter productive. He is damned right. I think the "excuse" ment to say he -knows- Obama isn't the "black" candidate, but has to use this wording to make his point.

    of course there is the braindead conservative that goes looksie! PC is nonsense! Positive discrimination is bull! But I like to ask, in the face of PC, what do YOU propose? Being deliberatly NOT-PC? Being proud to NOT be PC is utter nonsense, and very easy to do.