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  1. Re:Early Warning System already exists on Sensor Networks for NBC Threats · · Score: 1
    What we will really have to watch out for is 'false positives.'

    The last thing this country needs is a bunch of whackos starting to loot everything because of something they saw on TV...oh, wait, that happens already...nevermind.

  2. Great job, but here is on Swiping Out Cancer · · Score: 1
    my question:

    Why are you wasting your time correcting a person who uses the phrase "more broader?"

  3. I can tell you precisely how many on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 1
    machines were in the OS/2 install base:

    Not enough for it to win.
    Not enough for it to matter in the long run.
    Not enough keep it alive.

  4. If you think on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Linux is only "slightly important" then you have no business connecting to the Internet and no idea how many servers are running this OS. While Linux may not matter much on the desktop right now, it is absolutely KEY in the server market.

    Now, turn around, pull your thumb out of your ass, and read something educational.

  5. Oh, for Christ's sake on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 0, Troll

    OS/2 hasn't been a player for many, many years. Accept it and move on.

  6. But... on Bill Gates On Linux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "passing through" technologies don't last as long as Linux has already.

  7. OK, when are they on Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Ships · · Score: 1
    going to add the ability to have the characters engage in sexual acts? You know that is what everyone is really waiting for. That and the ability of the avatars to get naked.

    Just do it, Sony/Verant. Your subscription rate will triple, guaranteed.

  8. He failed to mention that... on Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review · · Score: 4, Funny

    his mom is an electrical engineer, so of course she won't be able to understand Lindows...

  9. Re:China and Human Rights Abuse on SMS, SARS, And Censorship · · Score: 1
    Well, really, most terrorists can be taken at their word. It's just that their word is usually something we don't want them to keep, e.g., "the infidels will die," "we will kill the infidels," etc.

    I really their word was more along the lines of, "we will all take baths," or "we will skip and fling daiseys and stop killing infidels."

  10. Re:China and Human Rights Abuse on SMS, SARS, And Censorship · · Score: 1

    Here's one: http://www.tinfoilhat.com

  11. Re:That's repression for you on SMS, SARS, And Censorship · · Score: 1

    The actions outlined by the article seem familiar to me... OH YEAH! It's the Patriot Act, but in China! I'm not kidding.

  12. Re:Result on Executing a Mass Departmental Exodus in the Workplace? · · Score: 1
    Same thing happened at Maytag in Galesburg, IL.

    Go Unions!!

  13. Good point on Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Here's another good point...

    The work people produce is a commodity that is traded openly on the world market. Get used to it. Your job is neither "yours" nor is it a "job." It is simply the current value of the manifestation of your labor, period, and can be exchanged (by your employer) for goods and services or even phased out completely with absolutely NO INPUT FROM YOU. I get so sick of hearing people bitch about "that God damned Mexican took MY job!" when the job was never yours in the first place.

    It is really very simple, people: perform a service that people value highly => get paid well.

    Perform a service that some 12 year old kid in a sweatshop in the Phillipines can also perform => lose "your" job.

  14. This is also not a difficult concept on Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 0
    You work for a corporation for money that you spend.

    The corporation wants you to fuck your buddy over or you lose your job.

    You fuck your buddy over to keep your job so you can buy more Big Macs.

    Whether fucking your buddy over helps the company or not is irrelevant. You fuck him over to keep your wallet and your fat, MacDonald's-eating ass satisfied.

    In conclusion, you are a dumbass.

  15. You are a dumbass. on Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 0, Troll
    When people do things "for the Company" or "for the Organization," they absolutely ARE doing it for their own gain.

    Dumbass.

  16. In other words on Mars Express launch today · · Score: 3, Funny
    so far all preparations have gone smoothly and the forecast is excellent.

    Translation: "Our Secret Soviet Weather control machine is working perfectly. Now, where are Moose and Squirrel?"

  17. Oh for Christ's Sake on Law and Virtual Worlds · · Score: 1
    I can see it now... "My imaginary friend has rights, dammit!"

    Bunk.

  18. Re:Business opportunity on RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes · · Score: 1

    Won't work. If you have enough money to have a wallet that says you only have 5 bucks, then you probably have quite a stash in there. It will backfire.

  19. So now on RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes · · Score: 1

    I can wear a Euro-foil hat?

  20. You DO want to be able to spend them, right? on RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes · · Score: 1

    If they put these things in, merchants are only going to accept currency that reports itself as authentic. Breaking these things would probably make the currency useless.

  21. Looks like its back to the barter system on RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes · · Score: 1

    "Yo, I gives you 150 chickens fo a fat ass bag a da chronic."

  22. No, he didn't on A Brief History of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Stop being so fucking literal and grasp the meaning of his words. When people say "Internet" today, they mean the manifestation of the Internet AS IT IS NOW, not the Arpanet, or anything else. Al Gore was simply stating that he took initiative in helping the Internet become what it is today. He could have worded it better, no doubt, but the meaning is clear.

  23. Hmmm on A Brief History of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Sadly, I have to agree with you.

  24. "nuff said" Hardly... on A Brief History of the Internet · · Score: 1
    I am not a Gore supporter. However, stating that he took a leadership role during the creation phase of the Internet project IN NO WAY translates to him claming to have invented the fukcing thing.

    God Dammit, people, get a fucking education.

  25. 3 basic necessities on Geeking in the Third World · · Score: 1

    You mean there are people who don't need Mountain Dew, Funyuns and Porn?