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  1. Re:Its not their problem on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 1

    But then how are they gonna get on TV?
    I'm surprised they have time anyway what with Alameda's bomb problem and all.

  2. Re:Why bother on Institutional Memory and Reverse Smuggling · · Score: 1

    Because there are things in them he can't know. RTFA

  3. Re:Why bother? on Ask Slashdot: Handling and Cleaning Up a Large Personal Email Archive? · · Score: 2

    "snobbishly"

    WTF? It's his own personal email.

  4. Re:in the sciences, it's the reverse on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Average physicists win Nobels?

  5. Re:That's not what "half-life" means. on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Z-z-z-z-i-i-i-n-n-g

  6. Re:No such thing as a Career in IT on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    "I assure you that you will not retire from the company you start at"

    Do people really think like that? Even in Canada?

    Scary

  7. Re:A Story of "Getting Old" on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    "What's a nybble?"

    Makes me think of Luba Goy

  8. Re:Even less complicated... on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    You, Sir, have a way with words. Bravo.

  9. Re:Hookers vs Aldous Huxley on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    "a Socratic relationship and Mentor them."

    It takes a wide stance....

  10. Re:It's not age - it's money and misogyny. on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately, one being "right" and so insistent about what is "wrong" just makes one seem like a trouble maker, regardless of gender.

  11. Re:Wrong on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Control Data Institute was advertising programming classes on matchbooks since the 60's.
    And the computers weren't even made of of rocks and sticks!

  12. Re:plan? in this climate? on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    "Train up as a plumber now"

    And hope you'll be able to handle the physical requirements.
    Did you ever see a 50 you try to crawl under a sink? It's not pretty.

  13. Re:plan? in this climate? on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    HR are a bunch of leeches that do fuck-all relevant to an organizations core business (unless they're an outsourcing firm)

  14. Re:Sometimes not at all. on Fetus Don't Fail Me Now: How Scientists Raise Children · · Score: 1

    "....why would anyone who respects data have children?"

    Probability

  15. Re:Job Change on Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? · · Score: 1

    Or just denied. Let's face it, if one's strategy for success consists of asking for a raise after 5 years, you aren't hungry enough to leave.

  16. Did hell freeze over? on Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Where am I? Since when is aspiring to management a slashdot thing?
    I thought suits were to be distrusted and ridiculed?

  17. Re:Interesting... on An RC Car That Runs On Soda Can Rings · · Score: 1

    pedantry: bauxite

  18. New Company? on Burt Rutan Retires From Scaled Composites · · Score: 1

    He just doesn't come across as somebody who can sit around.

  19. Re:From personal experience on The Decline and Fall of System Administration · · Score: 1

    You win a fine cigar!

  20. Not Jelly on Prison Cell Phone Smuggling Out of Control · · Score: 0

    How about they jam cell frequencies inside the prison. Don't they do that is some movie theatres?

  21. Manufacturing is key on NSA Considers Its Networks Compromised · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The fact that we outsource chip fabrication ought to be a clue as to why they can't pretend any more.
    OT: It's even money that every piece of military hardware with computers has an illicit kill switch embedded in it.

    Game over USA.

  22. Re:I'm sitting this one out on 'Cellphone Effect' Could Skew Polling Predictions · · Score: 1

    Actually I know people who don't vote and think they _are_ entitled to complain because lack of participation absolves them from the results of elections.
    A.K.A. "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for 'em"

  23. Re:Flat pay isn't my concern. on Flat Pay Prompts 1 In 3 In IT To Consider Jump · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that. This is America, job security doesn't exist. Even tenure is no guarantee.

  24. Re:They should be thankful on Soviet Shuttle Buran Found In a Junk Heap · · Score: 1

    All those things were fantasies once too. We only made them reality because it was cheaper and had an immediate business application.

    Rhetorical: Are you a realist or are you just settling?

  25. Re:Kinda on Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies · · Score: 1

    That's just like you Ron. Here, I have a serious problem, and you're being sarcastic!