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  1. You forgot.... on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1
    "to the payroll tax sounds great... Tax the corporations!"

    There are other effects, such as the fact that such tax hikes encourage corporations to move their operations offshore. And, depending on what part of the corporation gets taxed, this operation gets discouraged. Increase corporate payroll tax on employees? You get more downsizing.

  2. Re:Liars on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 1, Insightful
    "The enterprise of journalism, which is suppoesed to help citizens ....The heart of the matter is that when Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity lie about something....

    One problem with your argument is that you back it up with examples of guys who are (even at their own frequent admission) commentators, and not journalists. The second problem is that neither are "paid to lie" by anyone. They are paid to be themselves. If they lie, that is part of their beliefs. It is not like they have bosses who say "Here's a lie. We are paying you to say it."

    The other problem is that you put journalism on some sort of pedestal. It has nothing to do with "democracy", and when you get right down it it, all journalists turn out to be commentators of some kind.

  3. Organizing a Star Trek Wake on 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Cancelled? · · Score: 1

    I'm organizing a Star Trek wake. All you Trekkies are quite welcome to come. It is probably not worth mentioning the the women's bathroom at the meeting hall is out of order. It's not like anyone who comes to this will be needing it (and the condom machine in the men's john is busted too). And yes, if you insist, you can wear that Wookie costume.

  4. Archer and crew are fracked. on 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Cancelled? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who'd a thunk that "Star Trek" at this time would be a dead horse, and "Battlestar Galactica" would be hot?

  5. Why??? on US Air Force Building Space Router · · Score: 1
    Q. Why a router in space?

    A. All the better to ping Uranus with.

  6. list it next to "Fairchild Channel F" on Which HDTV Capture Card? · · Score: 2, Funny
    "If anyone has cards, or other hardware, that doesn't workplease point them out to the Linux Incompatibility List. "

    My "Intellivision" stored in the closet does not work since I dropped a bowling ball on it. Come to think of it, I'm 100% sure that it is not, and never was Linux compatible. Time to submit it at the linux incompatibility list.

  7. Microsoft? on Fan Made Halo RTS, IloveBees Interview · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I tried to read the site, but the desingers basically put up a "keep out" sign by having the text color be little different from the background color. I guess that should cut down on slashdotting.

    Was wondering what Microsoft thinks of such Halo-ish projects? Do they care? Can they whomp you for it?

  8. Today, on FreeBSD June-December Status Reports · · Score: 2, Funny

    Today, I booted up my FreeBSD install and received a system message that Netcraft was dying.

  9. Re:Story with Frank Drebin on United Paper Shuffle · · Score: 1

    After this, OJ was nearly squashed by Jupiter (by Jupiter!). He started to get mad. He started to call all his old legal team: Johnny Cochrane, Jackie Chiles, Flea Bailey, and most importantly, Robert Cardassian. Seems Ol' Spoonhead had an inside line on a wormhole that could be used to get read of OJ's steller nemeses....

  10. Too unreadable on Death to the Fanboy Press · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The magazines are too unreadable due to very poor graphic design. They are overwrought to the point where they make "Wired" look like "The New York Times" [registration required]. Too much white/orange/dark-green/etc on black ink.

  11. I loved those books on AI Bots Pick The Hits of Tomorrow · · Score: 1
    I loved those books, especially the river journey. However, my ideas to market Shrike cuddle-toys for children have fallen on deaf ears.

    I do not actually recall anything in the books like these hit-bots. Care to explain?

  12. Command line more stable on On The Durability Of Usability Guidelines · · Score: 1

    The command line is easier for many operations, including most involving a single file. It is also a lot more stable compared to the status of a GUI on one machine, and compared to how GUI's vary by machines. Icons tend to vary and change location, look, etc.

  13. No surprise on On The Durability Of Usability Guidelines · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "You might think that these old findings would be completely irrelevant to today's user interface designers. If so, you'd be wrong."

    While the machines have evolved, the humans have not, so it should be no surprise that usability standards for humans would change so little.

  14. IBM PS/2, that is on PS2 Controller Hack Nets Codes for GTA · · Score: 1
    "This man must be using his PS2 as a server"

    Probably an IBM PS/2, 80286. (If you've never heard of it, check into it. You'll stop wondering why a PC's "PS2" keyboard will not plug into your Play Station 2.)

  15. Re:YOU ARE INCORRECT, SIR on MySQL CEO Interview · · Score: 1
    "I'd say that MS Access is more friendly to the toddler market."

    I bet you think it is fun to give mousetraps and matches to little children to play with.

  16. Just one step closer on A New Kind of Chemistry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just one step closer to the transparent aluminum whale-aquarium.

  17. A little too bold.... on MySQL CEO Interview · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'd better watch it before Bill Gates makes him an offer he can't refuse, and he wakes up with a penguin head in his bed.

  18. Someone continue the story on United Paper Shuffle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's see someone continue the story, with Frank Drebin as the protagonist. Next post...?

  19. Fanfic time? on United Paper Shuffle · · Score: 2, Funny

    did I just stumble into the Arthur Hailey fanfic section? Where's the cross-eyed stewardess?

  20. The 6th Day on Scientific Appeal to Community · · Score: 0

    It's pretty clear why Arnold is funding this. He's hoping to have clones of himself resume his movie career sometime by the middle of his 3rd term as governor.

  21. Hopefully on Verizon vs. Europe · · Score: 1

    hopefully, your insightful post won't be verizoned down to -1.

  22. American version on Airbus Launches 800 Passenger Jumbo Jet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where's the American version, that holds 400 jumbo passengers?

  23. Re:You mean on One Last Campout for Star Wars Fans · · Score: 1

    I didn't. I've learned the hard way NOT to click Slashdot links. However, I did do this later, and found out that my post was sadly redundant. The mods, however, never bothered to investigate and have heaped on the undeserved +5 that belongs to the parent item.

  24. As a younger kid, I was a knight. on One Last Campout for Star Wars Fans · · Score: 3, Funny
    "As a younger kid, I was into the whole medieval knight thing... You don't say :)"

    You know, if he were 700 years old, this revelation would be kind of impressive.

  25. Re:For Great Justice on One Last Campout for Star Wars Fans · · Score: 1
    "It's his life isn't it?"

    It's something, alright.