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  1. What to expect on Congressman Seeks Scientists' Personal Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This worries me. Should every scientist who releases a study contradictory to the current administrations stance now be in fear of their privacy being violated by some senator? It doesn't matter if he gets the information or not it sends a message to everyone that your personal information will be scrutinized if you publish something that doesn't agree with the government. It the same as sending a warning to scientists who don't agree with the party line. We are watching you!

  2. Re:The mindset of a typical University Admin. on Dell and Napster Going Directly to Colleges · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like the thinking of the network admin at my old university. He heard there was an AIM exploit that took 10 minutes to do. So like clockwork everyones AIM client would disconnect every 9 minutes or so. This went on for about a week. I'm glad ccs had their own network and that I could tunnel through it.

  3. Unobtrusive ads on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    There wouldn't be a need for all the add blocking software if the ads were less obtrusive. Ok there would still be demand for the adblocking software but you wouldn't need it to surf the web. I think Google does a good job with their adds. They are text, clearly labeled, and not in my way.

  4. Re:Puzzled: why get angry? on Hackers, Meet Microsoft · · Score: 1

    In one of my classes in college the professor told us to not have a personal attatchment to the code you write. This makes it easier to accept any flaws that someone else points out to you and not get all upset about it. To enforce this we were given a project to work on and would have to do a code walk in front of the class. The professor and the rest of class would then proceed to question just about everything you did in the code and try to point out mistakes. This taught me to be more open about any code I have written and to graciously accept any suggested changes or fixes. Taking any of that personally just seems unprofessional to me.

  5. Re:Let me know when its free to use on Nokia Develops a New Browser on Apple WebKit · · Score: 1

    Who is your carrier?

  6. tor on Web Proxies for Anonymous Scientific Peer-Review? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try using tor (http://tor.eff.org/) along with privoxy. There are instuctions on the page on how to get the two working well together. Its pretty easy to set up and it only took me a few minutes before I was up and running.

  7. Re:Do what I do... on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 1

    Its a good idea to get into the habbit though. Find out what foods you like and how long it takes to make them. Try to exercise daily. Get into the habbit now before work starts to drag you down.

  8. Re:Already more than one-hit on Google Might Disappear in Five Years · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you have any digital photos you can also use Picasa which is from Google. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature in it is fantastic. So you can add that to your list of hits.

  9. Re:No it won't on Initial ROTS Reviews Hit the Internet · · Score: 1

    I heard that Jar Jar is in the film but does not speak. No I don't have any links to back this up and I'm too lazy to research this.

  10. Re:Gas Prices on NASA Postpones Shuttle Launch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about that. The Shuttle can circle the earth a couple times on a single tank.

  11. Re:Does the article crash your Firefox? on Hitachi's SATA-II Drive Tested · · Score: 0, Troll

    The opposite happened to me. Latest version of mozilla on Win2k crashed. Latest version of Firefox on XP was fine. Odd.

  12. Re:TJ was great but... on 2005 Jefferson Muzzle Awards · · Score: 1

    Well I hope it is no longer the policy. I never read it on their website only heard it announced while on the train a few times. The funny part is that most people on the train seemed to think it was ridiculous when they heard it.

  13. Re:TJ was great but... on 2005 Jefferson Muzzle Awards · · Score: 1

    "You can still do whatever you want just as you could before, if not more so because of handheld video camera's."

    No I can't do whatever I want like before and it involves handheld video camera's. About a year or so ago the MBTA (http://www.mbta.com) announced that you were no longer allowed to take pictures of the trains, the stations, people on the trains, or the staff. I wish I had a link for you but I could not find this anywhere on their web page. I have in the past taken pictures of a station and a train. I even went so far as to get a picture of someone on the train.

  14. Isn't it obvious?? on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When you support off shoring you support terrorists. Insert sarcastic tone where you feel it is necessary.

  15. Re:Douglas Adams foresaw it on "Body Talk" Could Control Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Damn! You beat me to it.

  16. Re:Illuminati card game! on Fun Tabletop Games? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Its fun, lots of fun. At times it can be complex. The best part I think (besides the humor) is that you find yourself forming an alliance against someone and then usually stabbing your ally in the back. I usually played in games of four people. You should try it.

  17. Re:Violation of Smokers' Rights on Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State · · Score: 1

    I was going to post a reply similar to this but I was first hoping to find out some info about how much each smoker costs to keep "healthy". But then again you have to think of the people around the smoker who are also effected. I would search some more but I have some work to do. Maybe someone else could find this info.

  18. I'll just have to use a minor on The Basics of EULAs · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure a minor can not accept any contracts or anything like that with out a parent signing off on it. So just have someone under the age of 18 install WoW for you and then go about your businesss. You never accepted a EULA and the person who did is a minor.

  19. Re:Darn Whippersnappers on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    " I had an onion on my belt." , which was the style at the time.

  20. Research Lab on Ph.D Employment? · · Score: 1

    Where I work (Lincoln Labs www.ll.mit.edu) all of the job openings require a masters or a phd (usually a phd). Any place like that would be a good place to start.

  21. Re:Don't just take this lying down, IMO on DJB Announces 44 Security Holes In *nix Software · · Score: 1

    I had one professor who was very strict with assignments coming in on time. He once threw away an assignment that was five minutes late. He was also very pissed off that day so that didn't help either. I believe he made the guy throw his own assignment in the trash, pretty rough for 5 minutes late.

  22. Re:Time to rename IBM? on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "IBS? sorry that sounds to much like a Bowel problem."

    Then whats the difference between IBM and IBS?

  23. Re:Just a question from a Norwegian on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hardly a driving snow storm. Just a snowy day. We only got about four inches or so.

  24. Oh Oh Oh! on Robots That Transform Into ... Robots · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm gonna have my Optimus Prime transform into Rodimus Prime!

  25. Linux doesn't exist on SCO Says 'Linux Doesn't Exist' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well the real surprise will hit SCO when they find out australia doesn't exist.