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  1. Re:Finally... on Image of Popeye Enters Public Domain In the EU · · Score: 1

    Acid Bath was/is da bomb! It is a shame they never got to realize their potential. I remember almost wearing out one of their demo tapes prior to their first major release coming out.

  2. Big in Japan on Triple-Engine Browser Released As Alpha · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, just like "Citizen Dick is really big in Japan too.

  3. expect on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    I'm not able to set up ssh keys on all my lab systems, and in many cases I have to first log in to an access device to be able to then log into a third system. Expect is perfect for such circumstances. In addition, there's even autoexpect, which will build the script for you!

    Another cool tool, which I don't see in any distro, is cgrep (contextual grep). It has all the advanced features of GNU grep, and adds context search as well, so you can pull out blocks of text around your query string.

  4. Re:What the left ISN'T asking... on Facebook Finds Grass Greener In Ireland · · Score: 1

    "Korea, Vietnam", and ..."maintaining the military in hundreds of bases around the world" all began under Democratic presidents, not neo-conservatives. The bases thing came mostly after the second World War and as a result of Truman's containment policy. Perhaps a little history would help YOU make the connection.

    Now put the Kool-Aid down and back away from the keyboard...

  5. Re:No Skype? on FEMA Phones Hacked, Calls Made To Mideast and Asia · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's scary is that I read the disclaimer at 3x actual talking speed.

  6. Re:Changing is easier said then done. on The US Swim Team's Secret Weapon, Science · · Score: 1

    Football (American) coaches at the University of Florida did something similar last year. Working with the university's Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory to analyze quarterback Tim Tebow's throwing motion. After adjustments were made to his throwing motion based on that work, he went on to be the first sophomore Heisman award winner, given to the nation's top/favorite/hyped player.

  7. Re:Judges ? on New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0 · · Score: 1

    Those are more commonly referred to as "activities".

  8. Re:Close to comic on The Science of Iron Man · · Score: 1

    My question is, if it's not released yet how is it a blockbuster? Are we talking "Incredible Hulk" blockbuster or "Spiderman" blockbuster? Used to be a movie had to earn that title.

  9. Re:Cue TMNTs on Alligator Blood May Be Source of New Antibiotics · · Score: 2, Funny

    In related news, Dr Curt Connors of Everglades Patch, Florida has filed a patent suit against the University for misappropriation of his intellectual property.

  10. Re:As small as a what? on Probe Captures Avalanche on Mars · · Score: 5, Funny

    My question is, if there's an avalanche on Mars, does it make any noise? If so, what color?

  11. Re:Was that still going on? on Deal Reportedly Reached In Writers' Strike · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any word on a series finale for Scrubs?

  12. Re:Chantix Works Fine (i have firsthand experience on Cocaine Vaccine In the Works · · Score: 1

    Chantix worked for me. I quit after about a month because I couldn't stand the "stank farts" side effect. Like the OP, I have absolutely no mental desire or physical craving to go back.

  13. Re:Can't we all just get along? on The Trouble with Virtualization - Cranky IT Staffs · · Score: 1

    This is nothing new. The same nonsense occurs in the "converged" world where VoIP and data mesh. You have the Cisco-tards who want to rip out and replace an entire PBX infrastructure because they think it will protect their turf if they move to Cisco's Call Mangler platform, even though it's an entirely different set of challenges. On the other side are old timer PBX folks who refuse to learn anything new.

    From my experience however, it's relatively easier for a voice person to get quickly up to speed regarding data than it is for a data person to learn voice.

  14. Re:Oh well. on Iran Builds Supercomputer From Banned AMD Parts · · Score: 1

    The relevant point, which is true of almost all Qur'anisms, is that any prohibitions on conduct, or exhortions to compassion, are limited to fellow Muslims. A Muslim can do anything he wants to an infidel and it's ok, whereas something like Jesus's application of the "Golden Rule" was not limited to only those that followed him.

  15. Social hacking with Google on Riding Shotgun With the Google Street View Beetle · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I and a friend separately saw a couple of vehicles driving around the north area of a major Southwestern US city last month. This was no Google van or Google Beetle, it was just some rinky-dink car with a Google magnetic sign on the sides, and presumably a camera assembly set up on a pole about 3 foot from the car roof. It literally looked like Google ran an ad for any joker to bolt a camera to their car and drive around. My friend and I wondered what could be so exciting about the northern suburban area of a large city, rather than in the city itself, that needed to be on Google maps.

    Anyway, it got me thinking that pretty much anyone really could put a Google sign or their car to presumably drive someplace they shouldn't, or use a brand like Google to lend themselves some authenticity, and nowadays people might probably not give them a second thought. Imagine if terrorists planned on attacking our imagination using Google as a cover! Or maybe someone could scam a press pass for being a member of "Google News", even though Google News isn't an actual news outlet.

  16. Re:That's the last thing we need! on AT&T Invents Surveillance Programming Language · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Normally I don't comment on stuff like this, but the incessant trolling by Zonk at the end of summaries is too blatant. As TFA itself states, this language was written for marketing and business reasons. That sounds like a tool. Now if if someone is using a tool in a way you don't like, then just say so, don't try to cast aspersions on the tool itself. It makes Zonk and /. by association appear downright Luddite. The summary might as well end with an appeal for people to think of the poor children exposed to the dangerous PSTN. Which is a series of tubes, filled with trucks.

  17. Re:I'd still go with cable though on Verizon Offers 20/20 Symmetrical FiOS Service · · Score: 1

    The one thing holding me off FIOS is I heard they block inbound connections. Is this true? If I can't SSH into my box from the road when traveling then I'd rather not use the service.

  18. Re:meh on Is the Internet Bad For Professional Writers · · Score: 1

    Exactly, it's not like the Internet is in charge of Gundam. If you make a good anime (or story) people will tune in no matter the length. It's like asking if the printing press is bad for Illuminators.

  19. Re:What? on Science In Islamic Countries · · Score: 1

    Who wants 72 virgins? I'd rather have 72 sluts that know what the heck they're doing!

  20. Re:Good Ol' Unreliable WikipediaBS on Spanish TV Channels Vandalize Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    It seemed to be ok when the the Daily Show did it.

  21. Re:That explains... on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    The funniest reply I've seen on /.

  22. Re:The real question is on The Dusty Concern for the Mission to Mars · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but I'd like to join the 36 million mile high club! Let's see a Hookerbot beat that!

  23. Re:Faith is a poison upon mankind. on A Field Trip To the Creation Museum · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How a comment like this gets modded Insightful is beyond me. I guess I can go burn any stories by Homer or Virgil I may have in my possession. Oh yeah, let's finish tearing down the Parthenon while we're at it. Not meaning to sound rude, but "belief in something with no scientific proof" is the foundation of some of Man's greatest achievments.

    That being said, I like how the TFA author tried to imply an association between Creationism and anti-Semitism. I quit reading right there.

  24. Easy way to do it on Shutting Down Annoying Recruiters? · · Score: 1

    If they are calling from a central location like a business, it most likely has a "LDN" or listed directory number. Have your PBX check the ANI of incoming calls and route the offending LDN to a dead end "ring no answer" point, or to a message telling them to jump in a lake. You could also match on part of the number, ex: re-route calls that match 904-358-52xx

    If the calls are coming from a host of individual numbers you could do the same, but it would involve harvesting the numbers as they are identified. This is the simplest and closest to the source way of blocking these types of calls.

    Good luck!

  25. Re:a few seconds on Censoring a Number · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So the combination is 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life. That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage