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  1. Don't Cling to the Past on Soon, No More Film Movie Cameras · · Score: 1

    Don't fret so much about lost media. You can always remake a film, with the added bonus of improving it for modern sensibilities. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose! Next up: Soylent Green, it's people!

  2. Haiku User Responds on NASA CTO Says Help Desks May Disappear · · Score: 1

    • What version of Windows are you running?
    • What video drivers are you using?
    • Have you installed the latest update?

    Windows 7 Home
    with Nvidia Geforce
    updated today

  3. Re:oops on IRS Auditing Google · · Score: 1

    Wrong. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n433.pdf .

    This document supports my post. It lists interest rates for underpayments and overpayments up to 2006. It calls the interest rate a "penalty" when applied to estimated tax payments (estimated tax=withholding for self employed), but it is still an interest rate and is the exact same rate as applied to underpayments.

    It does list penalties for late filings and late payments but that is a different matter than underpayment, which is what the article is about.

    This shows the current interest rates. One thing to note is large corporations pay 6% vs 4% for small business and individuals. The original poster's claim that the IRS treats big corporations better than individual when dealing with underpayments is false.

  4. Re:Nothing confirmed... yet! on OpenOffice Is Dying (And IBM Won't Help) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Standard & Poor's rating agency is also on the case...

  5. Re:oops on IRS Auditing Google · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...back taxes with outrageous interest and penalties?

    Unless they committed a crime, the penalty is interest, just like with individuals. The interest rate is reasonable (currently 4% for individuals and corporations). On top of that, the IRS pays you interest (again 4%) if you overpay. I know it's popular in some circles to paint government as the ultimate evil in all things, but people will take you more seriously if you start with facts.

  6. Re:First in line for Woz's old iPhone? on Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet that's worth more than a new iPhone...

    Even with the gravy stains.

  7. Re:Revolutionary as the Mac? on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 1

    A hoard of Apple disciples will now beat you to death with your facts.

  8. Re:Apple's Siri on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 1

    ...or, even more important: "I'm broke!"

    Siri: You can't fix stupid.

  9. Where to start? on 3D Printer For Your Kids · · Score: 1

    This is new, cool and has creative possibility. An MIT Open Courseware entry for architecture had this:

    "Students will learn various methods of representation for their ideas, and will work in model form and both freehand and hard-line drawings. Students will be encouraged to remain away from digital means of representation until late in the semester."

    Playing with Tinker Toys and Legos seems like a good first step before paying for a 3D printer.

  10. Re:That didn't take too long to fail on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for updating your Apple products. Please rate your upgrade experience:

    1. Insanely Great!
    2. Magical
    3. Innovative
    4. Religious Ecstasy

  11. Re:They have access to the source... on Linux Kernel Developer Declares VirtualBox Driver "Crap" · · Score: 1

    A bug can be patched. An intrinsic lack of quality cannot be; you have to junk it and start over.

    That's a damning judgement you've made (that this code in unfixable). Not even the kernel developers have made such an accusation. I'm sure you would not do so without deep knowledge of this specific code. Given your expertise, could you give us some technical details about the problems?

  12. Re:The 1% are insulated on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    Yes, and the aristocracy should be relieved of its tools as soon as possible.

    Lorena Bobbit reporting for duty!

  13. Re:TFA (-2, wrong) on Thunderbolt vs. SuperSpeed USB · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are holding out for LudicrousSpeed USB.

  14. Re:Nice, but one of the less useful rare earths on Massive Rare Earth Deposit Found In Australia · · Score: 1

    Of course they didn't find europium, it was in Australia!

    In honor of Columbus Day: "Australians set off to the North East in ships looking for a new route to Europe. Upon encountering a different continent on the way, they name its inhabitants Europeans.

  15. Re:I called it on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 1

    Santa Claus has mass and can go faster than C. I think it is explained by string theory or something.

  16. Re:Finally, a meta-thread! on Help Shape the Future of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I remember at least a few troll stories that got through...

    I like it. It makes everyday like April 1st. It keeps you on your toes mentally and give you a good laugh now and then. Besides, the troll stories are quickly labeled with posts identifying them as crap.

  17. Re:Of course it looked dangerous on Neal Stephenson On 'Innovation Starvation' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OK, I understand the difference between American and European usage of the word "liberal" (in Europe "liberal" is center-right, in the US "liberal" is "center-left" [which is "extreme left" to many USians and still pretty right-wing in European eyes]; from the context it is clear that you're talking about American liberals), but what is the difference between "liberal" and "Liberal"?

    The OP's intended meaning of liberal is anyone who disagrees with him, and the usage generally follows other terms that describe an intentionally undefined enemy like "them" and "illuminati". What caused these problems? Them.

  18. Re:Who the hell do you think you are? on Neal Stephenson On 'Innovation Starvation' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To be fair to damburger, the OP's baseless rant is repeated so many time by brain dead people who can't be bothered with facts that it is easy to become testy after refuting it a few thousand times. It starts with creating a fantasy enemy that bears no relation to anything in reality and applying a label used by people who disagree with you, in this case 'liberals'. Then you claim the fantasy enemy did some horrible thing that never happened, in this case "taking over" the education system.

    So damburger's response may be blunt, but it is totally correct to ask for even a tiny shred of evidence to support the outlandish claims.

  19. Re:This is like GM removing the spare in trunk on Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's more akin to a the owners manual not telling you where the spare tire is.

    Microsoft has moved the start menu functions to the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

  20. Pawn Stars on Amazon Re-Opens Affiliate Program In California · · Score: 1

    It must be fun to have a large corporation use your small business as a bargaining tool.

    Amazon wrote: "...accounts were closed due to the prior legislation"

    More specifically, Amazon closed your accounts because they did not like the prior legislation.

  21. iPod Classic Lives! on News From Apple's iPhone Event · · Score: 1

    I'm glad they did not axe the iPod classic. Maybe they will reward the faithful with a quiet upgrade to 320GB since 320GB 1.8" drives have been around for a couple of years.

  22. Re:Why? on Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox · · Score: 1

    Lest anyone think you are trolling, I've also observed this with young nieces, nephews and their friends. It seems to be the same mechanism as listening to "the" cool music or wearing "the" cool clothes. Which is not to say anything bad about Chrome, and I doubt Google is unhappy about being the new in thing.

  23. Indiana Jones returns... on Rob Malda Casts a Jaded Eye at Amazon's Silk · · Score: 1

    ...searching for the fabled Jade Eye of Rob Malda with his new side kick Jar Jar Binks.

  24. Bipartisanship! on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Sponsor Lee Terry (R) and co-sponsor Edolphus Towns (D).

    Well, fuck me. Finally something both parties can agree on: screwing the US public.

  25. Re:You demonstrate the flaw in the article. on Science and Religion Can and Do Mix, Mostly · · Score: 1

    Then why are so many atheists evangelical?

    Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement. By definition atheists are not evangelical.

    Seeking to impose their belief system on others?

    They don't. This is more "Christmas is under attack" hysteria.

    The problem with atheism and science is that atheism provides no philosophical basis for science.

    This Wikipedia article explains the philosophical basis of science. Check it out.