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  1. Re:Irony on India Will Need to Recruit 120,000 Foreigners · · Score: 1

    That'll happen. When you have people in even more desparate economic conditions with governements all too glad to remove barriers to trade (wage laws, environmental regulations, etc), you'll see an exodus to those countries just like you did with India.

  2. Just like diamonds on Secret Codes Protect Ancient Torahs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I bought a diamond for an engagement ring, it came with a gemprint; a card showing the stones unique identifer when light is passed through it. No two diamonds are exactly the same, so light will not pass through two diamonds the same way. Very similar to what they're doing with the torah scrolls.

  3. Re:ah, Asperger's syndrome on Genetic Testing For Geekiness? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The malady every geek wants to have.

    Syphilis?

  4. Re:"taking a chance, putting their necks out" on Independent Cartoonists Band Together for Success · · Score: 1

    taking a chance, putting their necks out

    Umm... does this really take guts, forming a co-op?


    Of course it does. They taking the plunge, carpeing the diem, putting all of their eggs in one basket, putting the pedal to the metal, putting their money where their mouth is, walking the walk, where the rubber meet

    POST TERMINATED: CLICHE LIMIT REACHED

  5. Re:*Opens Window* on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    Sex with furniture, what do you think?

  6. Re:Did they also patent... on Iomega Patents 850GB DVD Nano-Technology · · Score: 2, Funny

    These are much more advanced than that old iomega media of yesteryear.

    Now it'll say "Anon, I am slain" before it shits itself and takes your precious data with it.

  7. Re:C-Net on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Ahhh. back when warez went by the civilized term "elite files".

    Did your BBS do ringbacks to verify callers numbers?

  8. Re:Positive Side-Effect on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another positive side effect is that they won't have to crib any of Lucas' dialogue.

    OH ANAKIN, SET ME ON FIRE JUST LIKE YOU DID BY THAT LAKE ON NABOO.

  9. Re:Glow Sticks on Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury · · Score: 4, Funny

    As soon as we stop at home I hear this 'eeewwwww' from the back and when he got out both his mouth and shirt were glowing. That was a Kodak moment.

    Does your son now grow 10 times his size and smashes shit when he gets angry?

  10. Re:Full text in case of Slashdot effect on Researchers Pinpoint Brain's Sarcasm Sensor · · Score: 1

    Thanks. We all know how Slashdotters ALWAYS read the articles.

    Man, can we have smarmy sarcasm mode every day?

  11. Re:For those not in Europe.. on Physicists Uncover TV Show Biases · · Score: 2

    To sum up the parent post, World War II is re-enacted by crappy son-and dance-people every year on European televison.

  12. Re:They just want money on Television on your Phone · · Score: 1

    The FTA (free to air) the parent was referring to is the act of using a large satellite dish to receive the CNN and other feeds directly from the satellites. Not VHF/UHF kind of tv from local affiliates.

  13. Re:Update: Spirit and Opportunity on Mars Rover Opportunity Working Free · · Score: 4, Funny

    On Opportunity's first three drives to get out of the sand trap, the rover has advanced a total of 7.4 centimeters (2.9 inches) in getting off the dune.

    With any luck, it'll make par and really show that Tiger Woods a thing or two.

  14. Re:Supply and demand on Critical Shortage of IT Workers in Coming Years · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is no IT employee shortage

    Agreed. A friend who works in my company's custom programming division (the finance portion, not the tech/IT part) told me that they're always interviewing for C++ programmers but never find candidates.

    That office is full of H1Bs and also has a satellite office in Hyderbad. What he didn't realize until I told him was that those interviews were windowdressing; I'd bet the farm that no one is going to be hired out of those interviews.

    It only serves as justification that "we can't find qualified^H^H^H^H^cheap enough labor, so we have to bring in these guest workers that work for a fraction of their US counterparts".

    The only shortage, in the corporate eye, is in those who work for cheap and can be threatened with deportation like a filapino housemaid if they don't perform up to snuff.

  15. Re:Wal-mart censorship on Wal-Mart Turns Over DVD Rentals to Netflix · · Score: 4, Informative

    Agreed. Wal-mart's buyers are notorious. They can and will dictate how a supplier can do business with Wal-mart, to the point where a supplier (Rubbermaid was a well known example) would have to open their books to Wal-mart to see where "inefficiencies" could be found.

  16. Re:50 deceased persons voted in the last election? on Invading Privacy for School Credit · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't make campaign promises like a chevy in every driveway and two brains in every pot without attracting the zombie voting bloc.

  17. Armageddon Quote on ISS Oxygen Generator Fails for Good · · Score: 2, Funny

    Russian parts, American parts, all made in Taiwan!

  18. Re:Screw using the internet... on Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Secret agent Moesha, reporting for duty!

  19. Re:Saturday also... on Enterprise Finale Airing Tonight · · Score: 1

    New England Geek: Man, the finale of Enterprise sucked. The Federation gave up so many runs, not even Captain Archer's line drive on bases loaded bottom of the 9th could have saved them.

  20. Re:Sounds in outer space on The Feasibility of Star Wars Tech · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it safe to assume that you watch the space scenes with the sound muted for "authenticity"?

  21. Re:Damn! on Aquarium Full of Oil For PC Cooling · · Score: 1

    If he used castor oil, the fish would have just crapped themselves.

  22. Re:You mean driving isn't game enough? on Driver's-Seat Driving Game Controller · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Carmageddon would be fun to play on this.

  23. Re:While it was rushed... on Congress to Revisit the Patriot Act · · Score: 4, Insightful

    None of us can deny the fact they put an expiration date on this law. This feature was great forsight and will allow us to (more easily) modify or delete the Patriot Act.

    With the RealID incident fresh in our minds, keep in mind the fact that tampering with the Patriot act will be political suicide.

    What better fodder for ones opponent come re-election time when they can say "Senator so-and-so voted to gut the Patriot act, compromising our safety and the War on Terror".

  24. Re:Summary not clear on Maureen O'Gara No Longer Welcome at LinuxWorld · · Score: 1

    I think it has to do with the burning of Atlanta and Clark Gable, frankly my dear, not giving a damn.

  25. Re:Doesn't make sense on More on Last Year's Cisco Source Code Theft · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Its not easy to pull off, but if you can enter the sequence before it expires, you can gain entry. IIRC, for the RSA SecurIDs, its 90 seconds.