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  1. Emails are text on The Case Against GUIs, Revisited · · Score: 1

    Why do we have so much text in GUIs?

  2. Wikileaks starts WWIII on WikiLeaks Will Unveil Major Bank Scandal · · Score: 0

    Once that cat is out of the bag ...

  3. It's about time!! on Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown · · Score: 1

    I've basically been running my systems continuously. Glad to see someone making progress on this no shutdown bug.

  4. Exploit the youth on Tech's Dark Secret, It's All About Age · · Score: 1

    Tech companies have long exploited the younger worked who put in longer undocumented hours. with no tech labot unions, this is rampant in the industry. It has been until recentely that companies are being taken to court. Throw in H1-Bs and outsourcing and we have the perfect labor pool for companies. More younger employess also = more bugs. The relationship of bugs per code has already been statistically to the rise of the inexperienced and exploited H1-B labor market. To hold the sponsorship of an employees head is a powerful tool indeed.

  5. Mini-"Big Bang" in action on Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble · · Score: 1

    Mini-"Big Bang" in action

  6. China already owns us on Say No To a Government Internet "Kill Switch" · · Score: -1

    Who do you think finances our national debt?

  7. Hogwash on Chinese Networking Vendor Huawei's Murky Ownership · · Score: 1

    China is so dependent right now on American and global consumerism. Their economy is dependent upon exports and keeping their people gainfully employed. Imagine what would happen if real unemplyoment happened in China. We are tied to them like they are tied to us.

  8. Carbon Tax on imported goods on Minnesota Introduces World's First Carbon Tariff · · Score: 1

    There should be a carbon tax on imported goods. Of course that would upset the New World Order. However it would level the playing field against countires that have state-sponsored factories and subsidize gasoline.

  9. Does anyone really know what a cat thinks? on A Skeptical Reaction To IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Claims · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think about it. Think about it like a cat.

  10. F U D on Response To California's Large-Screen TV Regulation · · Score: 1

    Technology already exists to reduce TV energy usage. Most manufacturers are already introducing LED LCDs, which use less energy than the flourescent tube in traditional LCDs. On a side-note, most DLPs are energy star compliant (at least my 70" Hitachi from Costco is). LED DLPs use less energy than mine. No need to pass laws that are already techichly obsolete.

  11. Write crappy software and charge for it ... on Who Wants To Be a Billionaire Coder? · · Score: 1

    Subject says all ... but wait a moment, that's not anything different, :-D

  12. Sorry ... pulled the wrong cable on Twitter Offline Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    Patch panels can be so confusing. My bad.

  13. Party on Wayne! on FreeDOS Turns 15 Years Old Today · · Score: 1

    Party on Garth!

  14. redhat or Red Hat? on Red Hat Challenges Swiss Government Over Microsoft Monopoly · · Score: 1

    redhat or Red Hat?

  15. Ethanol is just stupid on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Instead of using corn (worse than sugar cane), soy beans and bio diesel would be beter. I always thought that diesel engines get better mileage.

  16. Google increases methane production on Google Mows With Goats · · Score: 1

    One goat at a time. :) Work it, Baby!

  17. No one is qualified on DHS Seeks "Ethical Hackers" To Protect Federal Net Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    I think most applicants, if not all, would get screened out as they apply for a top-secret clearance. This is one of the prime reasons the government is filled with slothful overweight bureaucrats that are inept at doing their job (IMHO). From my prior-service military active-duty experience, computer shops were half-staffed with civilians. None of the military could really do anything and were in a sinking hole of lack of experience. The civilians would get expensive off-site training, as it made no sense to train the military, as they "would leave the military anyways". Also, they "are already trained". Right, a 16-week course at some military base after basic training makes you a fully-trained expert. Rant on vicious circle over.

  18. Good thing we Slashdotted it! on Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod · · Score: 1

    Yep. good thing.

  19. Embedded OS/2 ... on The Real Reason For Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. Before Microsoft feared Linux, IBM's OS/2 operating system was the biggest threat. Look how that turned out.

  20. Citrix XenServer is good on Best Solution For HA and Network Load Balancing? · · Score: 1

    Although Citrix XenServer is based on Linux, it has a Windows interface for management, which makes most tasks easy.

  21. How To Argue That Closed Source Software Is Insecu on How To Argue That Open Source Software Is Secure? · · Score: 1

    How To Argue That Closed Source Software Is Insecure?

  22. Music Claims 95% of Reports Are Illegal on Report Claims 95% of Music Downloads Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    :) :)

  23. Residual Galactic Noise Explained on The Universe As Hologram · · Score: 1

    That freaking noise is the big bang

  24. Why isn't the inauguration on President's Day? on Streaming the Inauguration In a School? · · Score: 1

    Seems to me if the inauguration was on Presidents Day in February (a national holiday), then schools wouldn't have to worry about streaming it. 8^D

  25. Old news is better than no news on The Scope of US E-Waste · · Score: 1

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