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  1. Re:yes on Internships in the Post-DotCom Era? · · Score: 1

    Funny you say that, I keep coming across positions in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. I guess they are trying to fill positions there though and not opening up new ones.

  2. Re:Tcl in the Mars Explorer project! on Tcl Core Team Interview · · Score: 2, Insightful
  3. Google Fight on Playing with Google · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use google fight to solve disputes sometimes.

  4. Stand back and watch for now.. on Review of First 10K IDE Drive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Until new drives seem reliable and we don't hear of any issues with them there is nothing wrong with what I've currentlty got. Hardware also is hideously expensive when it first hits the shelves.

  5. Making examples out of people.. on Australian Federal Police Raid Major ISPs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sounds like they're about to make some examples out of people. Seriously, kids, you're not going to get out of this one with a note from your mum.

    Anyway, there is some footage of the raids taking place here metallicops

  6. Re:No! Wrong! Never! on Cornucopia of Spam · · Score: 1

    How can I UN-subscribe, when I never subscribed in the first place?!?!?

    Easy, you're on their list. How you got on their list is highly debateable - I for one did not subscribe to anything though they say I did. When you un-subscribe you are seemingly being removed from their list.

    I am aware of the ``reply to let us know you're active''. When spam lists are sold they don't tell the second spammer that the user is active, just that these are recently checked valid email addresses. They're not going to say "well we mailed this guy a few times and he didn't reply - let's just cross him off the list". Of course that scenario happens in fantasy land.

    No, the idea is that there is a legal framework to say you don't want to be sent unsolicited mail. If the law fails then all hope is lost.

  7. Spam loopholes... on Cornucopia of Spam · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Firstly, they can start by trying to get the following loopholes plugged with the unsubscription methods ..

    o unsubscription method is not feasible. I received an unsubscription method that went like this

    • "To unsubscribe by
    • postal mail, please send a request to P.O Box ..... Florida - quote reference number #blah"

    Who is going to send a snail mail letter long distance to seemingly be unsubscribed from a spam list? Now it's starting to cost _me money to be unsubscribed. The law says to have _an unsubscription method of some sort - this falls within the law no matter how bad it is.

    o unsubscription web page is non-existent - this happens to often
  8. Re:Clueless technophobics on Dismal Failure of Internet Filters In Australia · · Score: 1

    Crime laws have nothing to do with internet filters. The point is that internet filtering is applicable in the same sense as law enforcement.

  9. Re:I'm glad I jumped ship for a while ... on Dismal Failure of Internet Filters In Australia · · Score: 1

    No Eddie McGuire! I'm heading over. I couldn't believe he tried pulling this one - "Collingwood is Australia's team". Nice try Eddie you entrepeneur bitch.

  10. Clueless technophobics on Dismal Failure of Internet Filters In Australia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What some people don't realize, and it is probably due to their lack of understanding of technology is that in the case of internet filtering you can only limit access to certain sites but not prevent _all access to everything that is deemed inappropriate on a moral scale. Just like crime, you can prevent some but not all.

  11. Re:The Chinese found oil on the moon on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1

    The 'hawks' are dancing and laughing enough as it is - pure joy is an understatement.

  12. The Chinese found oil on the moon on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1

    Now the US has to work out a way to station troops there to combat an attack from outer space.

  13. Aspergers Syndrome (mainly) on Half Mast · · Score: 2, Interesting


    The Geek Syndrome where computer programmers get their charm from.

    aspergers syndrome information

  14. Re:Hold on a second! (pardon the pun) on Venezuela Falling Behind · · Score: 1

    I'm not an electrician, but in that case it would not only be the clocks that are effected? Therefore the article should not just be talking about clocks and how screwed up Venezuela is, it should also be talking about what other real dangers there are as a result of the power fluctuating. Maybe something like traffic lights, machinery etc. I still believe the article is misleading and focusing on something that makes gullible people smile.

  15. Re:Hold on a second! (pardon the pun) on Venezuela Falling Behind · · Score: 1

    Thanks for joining.

  16. Hold on a second! (pardon the pun) on Venezuela Falling Behind · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do most of the people in Venezuela plug their clocks into power sockets? Hello? Does that make much sense? Most clocks run on batteries. I think the article attempts to mislead.

    Another great piece of pathetic journalism, causing the not so intelligent people in the world to have a conversation about something that doesn't and wondering when they'll find another great story from MSNBC.

  17. Map to earth and J.S Bach on NASA Gives Up On Pioneer 10 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't it have a map to earth so that if any intelligent life forms find it - it can find where it came from? (Earth). Also, didn't it iteratively play one of J.S Bach's concerto non-stop to show these other intelligent life forms what music from earth was like?

    When the Earth eventually gets swallowed up by the Sun so far this satellite is all we have left to prove our existence :)

  18. Typical phone call.. on Psychologist Consoles Data Loss Victims · · Score: 1

    No! Don't do it! don't "kill -9 $PID"

    Seriously, I think people new to computers look at the computer as an entity that can think and is laughing at them when something goes wrong. In general making life hard for them. Probably because they believe most things in life are against them.

  19. Re:People actually care about Episode 3? on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 1

    So is a successful movie going to make one person watch it once? Sounds like the Hollywood trash (such as James Bond and Austin Powers) that market big for weeks and aim to break the 100 million dollar barrier in the first week of opening. Successful business strategy. A successful movie is one that is still remembered for years to come.

  20. Episode 3: $tar Wars $alvage operation on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 1, Insightful

    All episode 3 can do is salvage what is left of the Star Wars name.

  21. Re:What a friggin rip!!!! on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 1

    This guy (George Lucas) doesn't listen to anyone anymore. I remember in an interview, he said that in 4,5 & 6 since it was the studios money he had to do what the studio told him - and he didn't like it because he never got to shoot it the way he wanted. I think it is safe to say now - that was done for a good damn reason. Since it's his money in the first 3 he's been listening to no-one and is quiclkly sinking. He might as well b0rk ep3 real quick and get it over with.

  22. Re:This is horribly stupid on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 1

    Maybe filming it in a cartoon will cut down on the super-special effects budget that it would take to film the "clone wars"? Also, it will cash in on a new generation of Star Wars fans and maybe try to do something new to generate interest in Star Wars again? (as I have lost the faith too)

  23. Re:Cartoons????? on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is about reaching a _new audience, since most of the old audience have given up on Star Wars anyway, like me.

  24. People actually care about Episode 3? on "Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After George Lucas single handedly ruined episode 1 & 2 from poor directing and producing, not taking any advice from anyone as he was forced to do in 4,5 & 6 - I'm certainly not going to be lining up when 3 comes out. I'll go see it in order to say the line "and now his failure is complete". I recently caught episode 1 on tv, with the exception of roughly 10 scenes, every scene in the movie is poorly directed, the dialogue is horrible and does not pack the punch 4,5 & 6 half did.

    I certainly do think that the Lucas franchise has exploited viewers beyond any other films in history. This even beats the 10 versions of Blade Runner and Jurassic Park merchandise. A cartoon series to bridge the gap between numbers 2 & 3 shows they are aiming for a new generation of fans.

    I heard that he will be redoing 4,5 & 6 too, is this true?

  25. Re:ISPs block, govt censors.. on Pennsylvania Court Forces ISPs to Block Porn Sites · · Score: 1

    Nothing to hide from the govt is different to letting anyone off the street knowing where you live and freely walsing through your house.