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  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark? on Pentagon Wants Screenplays From Scientists · · Score: 1

    Was there a jump in the number of archeology graduates after the releases of Raiders?

  2. Re:Don't buy into the fear! on How To Balance Life And Technology For Kids? · · Score: 1

    and those people that wear seatbelts - feh!! totally buying into the fear. What's the chance you'll actually get hurt in a car accident??

  3. Re:Having also been there... on Patriot Act to be Expanded · · Score: 1

    Nobody forced your parents to start a family without being responsible enough to make sure they could make ends meet.

    However, somebody is forcing me to pay for people like your parents. How's that fair?

  4. Re:"do no evil" from a company that patents algori on Google Founders Cut Salaries to $1 · · Score: 1

    That might be logical, if he was stuffing his billions in a mattress. I'd say it's highly likely he has it invested somewhere.

  5. Which cave are you living in? on Where are the Large RAM Systems? · · Score: 1

    That you haven't heard of Opterons? There are quite a few Opteron servers that support 64GB of RAM.

    It's kinda scary that you're "in the business"

  6. editors on Apple Releases Mac Mini · · Score: 1

    Seriously, how do they pick these guys?

    "Hey, do you live under a rock, can't spell, aren't really current on technology, and don't read slashdot? Have WE got a job for you!"

  7. Thank God on Smart Guns are Coming · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as this stays in New Jersey and doesn't come to the United States, I think we're safe.

  8. Ughh... can we eliminate this problem yet? on Tax Time Again: Any Linux Solutions? · · Score: 1

    http://www.fairtax.org

  9. Lawyers on Huge Parachute Saves Crashing Planes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it's great that our brave lawyers can see through the fact that this system has saved 8 lives, and instead focus on getting $67M out of the company for a failure, thus hopefully putting the company out of business and saving no further lives, but ensuring the brave lawyers never need work again. :)

  10. Re:Tin Foil on Illegal File Trading Draws Two P2P Raids In Europe · · Score: 1

    What happens when they bust in the door on the nerds that are better armed? :)

  11. Re:Better yet on PC Setup for Small House with Child? · · Score: 1

    Ditto. My first learned by ~10 months or so that some things don't get touched. She says "pooter!" and points but no longer hits the reset button after one such incident. :)

  12. Re:Simple Solution on PC Setup for Small House with Child? · · Score: 1

    You're 15. And it shows.

  13. Re:SIDE JOB: Volunteering for Human Rights on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 1

    I guess you need to check again - when did you last check, 1886?

  14. Re:Developing distributed apps is very hard with J on LAMP Grid Application Server, No More J2EE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whatever drug you're on, send me some.

  15. Re:Where to go ? on LAMP Grid Application Server, No More J2EE · · Score: 1

    Jonas. Free. Has documention. Works well.

  16. Re: Vote Libertarian on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    Ummm alright lets look at the last 100 years! 1900's we were a nation full of immigrants who were extremely poor and looking for jobs. Women weren't allowed to vote. Black people weren't allowed to use the same facilities/services as white people. Our economy was extremely unstable. Crime and pollution were huge problems. Now lets look what we have at the present. Hmmmmm.... yeah you're right our government has done and EXTREMELY SHITTY JOB!

    You're right, it has.

    The government didn't change any of those things, RADICALS did. Unpopular outcasts, bucking the system at ever stage of the game. Well, that and a good war to boost the economy.

    I think you illustrated my point, good work. :)

    The reason these parties have so much power is because they lie, cater towards interests groups, and are extremely vicious towards their opponents. Do you seriously think a 3rd party would be any different?

    Yes, when I'm voting Libertarian, where the whole goal is the removal of power from themselves. :)

    If I was voting Green, I might agree... except then I'd be a Green, so I'd fool myself into thinking the nanny-state is what's best for all of us, and tow the party line. But I digress ...

  17. Re: Vote Libertarian on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    You can say that Kerry supported the war all you want. But you know damn well he wouldn't have made the same irrational decisions Bush had and created this mess we are in now.

    Whatever. Look at the last 100 years. Wars, taxes, bigger government, fewer freedom. It's never really matter which party was in power, the result is the same.

    Where were you when Clinton was bombing Bosnia?

    If you're not voting third party, you're voting for more of the same.

  18. Re: Vote Libertarian on Election Day Discussion · · Score: 1

    Badnarik, who has yet to demonstrate that he's capable of any form of compromise, or if he's just going to let congress walk all over him. And then theres Kerry and Bush.

    Why on earth would I want someone who compromises?

    Compromises between the parties is usually when we get *screwed*. I'd prefer they fight each other and do nothing; usually that works out better for me - fewer taxes, fewer restrictions on my freedoms.

    I understand your point of picking Kerry over Bush because I too would rather have change than stagnation between the two halves of the demopublican parties, but if we ever want any actual changes, it's going to have to be done by a third party.

  19. In other news ... on U.S. Programmers An Endangered Species? · · Score: 1

    US auto workers will all be replaced by robots...

  20. Re:Best Workplace Traditions on Tech Team Traditions? · · Score: 1

    Amen.

    I can't imagine anything else that would boost our team's morale more.

    Pity it doesn't happen. Typically in our shop, the ones that can't cut it get the breaks. The best team members are the ones that get stuck with even more work and responsibilities.

    Criticizing this policy makes one 'not a team player'.

    The irony is, not participating in the cover up of the incompetency/laziness of those that don't pull their weight gets one labeled as 'playing politics'.

  21. Re:Right to Work? on Employees Rights in an Emergency? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... as long as you agree Corporations booting out unions is also part of a free market.

  22. Re:Paul Graham on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1

    Maybe he's not the ass, but you certainly are the retard.

    Actually he never even explained why it was 'different' he just blew off the comparison.

  23. Hmmm on MIT Names First Female President · · Score: 1

    If she was the best man for the job, great. This isn't news.

    If she wasn't, shame on them.

    * Man = Human. Woman = female man.

  24. Paul Graham on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1

    He's always struck me as something of an ass.

    When slashdot ran his piece bragging about how his Lisp software ran the most stores on the Internet at 14,000 - I sent him an email pointing out that Vstore ran over 500,000 on a Java system.

    He said that "didn't count because it's different."

    That's some serious ego.

  25. Re:Wow.... on Red Brains vs. Blue Brains? · · Score: 1

    Great.

    Why do you have to do it with *my* money, taken from me at gunpoint?

    I'm all for charity, but this isn't charity, it's theft. Maybe if 55% of my income didn't already get stolen by people like you to give to those more deserving of my hard-earned money than me, I would be more charitable.