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  1. Re:Stig-Olof "Sigge" Fribergs on Bad Password Allowed Swedish Watergate · · Score: 1

    eels on a hovercraft - is that the sequel to snakes on a plane?

  2. Re:Well that worked well didn't it? on Intel to Lay Off Thousands · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why would people dump stock because of a layoff announcment? typically, this is seen as a way to spend less, which increases earnings per share. eps is what drives stock prices, not headcount. (fyi: intel is up ~0.9 - 1.0% on the day)

  3. Re:Hopefully not by email on Intel to Lay Off Thousands · · Score: 2, Insightful

    this guy, against all historical data, claims that intel is losing money. and for this, he is modded insightful. look at the earnings history for the past 4 quarters and tell me if they're really losing money. i will agree that they're making less on a year-to-year basis, but they are still far from losing.

  4. Re:Trading... on Moving from Tech to Trading? · · Score: 1

    i currently work as a developer on a trading floor as a developer and i have seen a few folks from my group move from the tech side to the trading side. as the parent mentioned, the series 7 is not needed for prop trading, but it will definetly help you get a job as a trader down the road.

    i would recommend joining a trading floor as a tech guy before jumping completely in as a trader. as a tech guy, you'll be able to see what the traders do, what their strategies consist of, and you'll get to learn their jargon and rules. once know what's required of a trader, then you should make your decision.

  5. Re:The purpose of underdogs? on When Consoles Lose, Everyone Wins · · Score: 1
    just because there's no blood or boobs does not make a game "kiddie"

    how about round, bubbly characters and lots or primary colors? does that make it a "kiddie" game? if you say no, think of these things...
  6. Re:Deliberate on Sony Pulls Controversial PSP Ad, Issues Apology · · Score: 1
    Put a black demon and a white angel in the image

    i am highly offended by your reference of 'black demons' and 'white angels'. is was clearly meant as a racist remark. i heard of a group in the deep south that ran around wearing pillow covers over their head that thought of demons as black and angels as white. [godwin]i believe there was also a group in germany that thought along the same lines[/godwin]... perhaps the media should cover your racist statement and someone can submit ths story to slashdot.

    don't you just love when people overreact for the sake of overreacting?
  7. Re:Stepped up? on Sony Pulls Controversial PSP Ad, Issues Apology · · Score: 4, Informative
    it wouldnt bother you if it was the other way around


    it was the other way around as well. there were 3 ads. one features a black girl and a white girl on equal footing, one featured the black girl in a dominant position over the white girl, and one featured the white girl in a dominant position over the black girl. why does everyone just keep talking about the white over black ad? even my local news failed to mention the other two ads...

    check out this old post for links to all three ads.
  8. Re:well, now that that's settled on Lens That Writes on Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    have you checked gBay? you can find all kinds of old stuff there for really cheap. and they even take google checkout

  9. Re:Racism on Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs · · Score: 1
    Married people in this country pay higher taxes than single people

    only if both partners work... if only one partner works, the benefit becomes quite apparent.
  10. Re:A standard tab length would be easier on Elastic Tabstops — An End to Tabs vs. Spaces? · · Score: 1
    I want to be able to indent or unindent the opening statement for a given loop, be it int, sub, function, if, for or else, and have the entire section that it describes, including the braces, indent accordingly. Anyone know of an editor that has this?

    both vim and emacs will do this. unless i misread the question...
  11. Re:Help for Disabilities? on MA Senator Decries OpenDocument Decision · · Score: 1

    ie is not a standards compliant browser yet... but when it is... it will be the most compliant browser on the market. better than firefox, opera, and even lynx... to that end, i recommend ie to everyone i know.

  12. Re:Sure... .but on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    did i really say "opposite same"? what i meant was "exact opposite".

  13. Re:Sure... .but on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1

    RapmasterT, who posted just minutes before you, says the opposite same thing. do you have a reference for "the study"?

  14. Re:Incomplete study... on Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers · · Score: 1
    hmm maybe 1990? so 26 years?

    maybe like 16 years? so let me get this straight - you were in an accident 16 years ago and two accidents 8 years ago. i'm predicting you'll have three accidents within the year.
  15. Re:Just like France on French Lawmakers Approve 'iTunes Law' · · Score: 1

    This is just like [the United States of America] to try to limit what a business can do. If [Microsoft] wants to sell [an operating system] that only [includes a single internet browser], that is okay. If it upsets consumers, they will buy their [operating system] from somewhere else. This is how business is supposed to work, right?

  16. Re:Why did apple have to call it a Macbook? on MacBook Users Fix Trackpad Problem with Origami Paper · · Score: 1
    The only way to kill a Shuffle is to drop it in water


    or use it for a few months. they tend to die on their own pretty quickly from what i've seen (~3 months before the headphone jack loosened and ~10 months before a surface mount ic fell off).
  17. Re:I had no idea on Frozen Chip from IBM hits 500 GHz · · Score: 1
    it would be useful to have a good reference unit

    isn't that kind of the point of the scoring system in winvista? the 500GHz processor would get a score of 243, but the overall system would score a 2 because there's only 128Mb of video memory.
  18. Re:Sweatshops are GOOD on Judging The Apple 'Sweatshop' Charge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You might as well recommend that someone "work their way out of poverty" by collecting 5c deposits on Cola bottles

    worked for mr burns. mmmm.... lisa slurry...

  19. Re:Competing technologies marching on as well. on The Fiber to the Premises Install Process · · Score: 1
    What I want is what you can get at most dedicated server providers: a 10 Mbps full duplex port in and out with a 1500 GB monthly bandwidth cap, no blocked ports, and a /29 subnet allocation. If they can offer that for $85-$150 a month including a server rental then surely a telco or cable provider can provide that level of bandwidth too. Give the Internet back to the people with affordable bandwidth and symmetric connectivity


    vz is upping their 15/2Mbps service to 20/5Mbps at no additional cost. not quite the 10/10Mbps you want, but still not too bad. when i run a speed test, i consistently show 20/4.8Mbps. their business service provides 5 static ips (but when i ip whois, it shows i have the full /29) and does not block ports. i honestly don't know what their bandwidth cap is. total cost per month for this service: $99.95. i can't wait for fios tv to become available in my area (it is already in the town next to mine). then i say so-long to craplevision.
  20. Re:Naming on Intel's Sales Down, Current Gen of Products Weak · · Score: 3, Funny

    they'll be optimized for your mother.
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    and by that, i mean that you'll be able to do word processing, internet browsing, solitaire & audio playback. they will not be optimized for gaming or 3d rendering.

  21. Re:define("Improved" sendmail configuration)dnl on Sendmail Removed From NetBSD · · Score: 1

    dnl (do not look?) is the comment phrase. anything on a line after 'dnl' is ignored. do you think shell scripting is hard because of all the silly pound signs everywhere?

  22. Re:jeez what now? on Apple Sues Creative · · Score: 1

    the shuffle has an on/off switch. does this not count?

  23. Re:Keep dreaming. on Why Sony is Ready to Self Destruct · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sony IS losing money

    really?

    and when i do a google search, the 3rd result states that " Sony's profit jumps 68 percent ".

  24. Re:Locked out content? on More Oblivion Re-Rating Fallout · · Score: 1

    silly me - the game was called custer's revenge

  25. Re:Locked out content? on More Oblivion Re-Rating Fallout · · Score: 1

    back in the day, there was a game for atari (custer's last stand) which showed nudity AND violence against women. there was no code for this content - it was the point of the game. can you imagine the media coverage if a remake of that were to be released?