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  1. Re:Industry defense mechanism on Getting Over the Stigma of a Previous Job? · · Score: 1
    Perhaps that would motivate employers to quit as soon as their company starts being vastly evil, which would in itself be a motivation for companies not to be evil.

    Are you serious? You think Sally the Office Manager , Stuart the HR assistant, etc. should bear the weight of dip-shits on the top floors who nose-dive a company (morally)?

    What kind of research could you do on a prospective employer (I'm guessing you think it's the employees responsibility) to know if they are crooked at the top?

    "Well, Mr. Thompson, your references are impeccable and you appear to be just what we're looking for. Do you have any more questions about us?"

    "Oh yeah. I was actually wondering is you or some of your higher-ups are a bunch of thieving, scandalous ass-wipes?"

  2. Re:Ogg Vorbis support on iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial · · Score: 1
    the Rio Karma being my top choice curently

    Sweet! When you realize later that you bought a piece-of-shit player, and you want to get rid of it, you'll have...
    wait for it... Karma to burn.

  3. Re:We all know how this will end. on iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial · · Score: 1
    I suspect we'll see a Pepsi branded model some time in Feburary.

    Your kidding, right? It's one thing to leverage them to make money, but you're nuts if you think His Jobsness will allow his products to be sullied by logos for "sugar water"?

  4. Re:This is wrong on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 1
    Here's a suggestion for TV networks...

    Aside from the fact that the networks don't make the ads (apart from their promos), the only way shitty advertising will go away is when shitty advertising stops getting people to buy stuff. Why shoot for the moon, when barely getting off the ground seems to work pretty damn good?

  5. Re:But... on 10 Ads The US Won't See · · Score: 1
    "Cog" is a blatent rip-off of Peter Fischli and David Weiss's "the way things work".

    Except it's actually well done and there's not 27 shots of a stuffed garbage bag spinning down.

    While the weighted tires rolling uphill is taken right from it, Cog is more a well-done and brief homage to a really boring frickin' movie.

  6. Line of sight? on Mars Crater Theory Tries To Explain Missing Beagle · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It is possible, although unlikely, that the Beagle may be unable to communicate because it landed in the crater, he said.

    Now, my knowledge of astronomy and all related things extends about as far as "Look. The moon!", but if you can get shots of the crater like this, then how can the probe be "buried" in the crater so far as to not be able to communicate? We're lookin' right into it, there.

    Was that photo from Earth? Was that photo from another probe? Do we never see that view from Earth?

    Seems like the damn thing just broke. Admit it.

  7. Re:I have proof it exists on Paycheck-Style Memory Erasure: How Close Are We? · · Score: 1

    Slashdot moderators have had this happen to them! That is why they we have repeat +5's, sometimes one right after the other!

  8. That's BS on Measuring Pollution In Humans · · Score: 1
    They've found things such as flame retardants,

    No way that's right. Everytime I try to post about the GNAA, I get modded Flamebait. Maybe I haven't been sprinkling enough Nomex on my cereal...

  9. Re:Roll on iTunes music store on Rumors of Mini iPods · · Score: 2, Funny
    Good for you for having cd's. The parent, however, said I've got enough of a buy list to spend 100 in 30 seconds.

    I think it's safe to assume he doesn't already have those songs/albums on cd.

    I've filled 25 Gigs of my I-Pod without spending any money. I already have CD's...

    So your music collection is worth nothing? It figures.

  10. Re:Roll on iTunes music store on Rumors of Mini iPods · · Score: 5, Funny
    Filling a 40 GB I-Pod may be a challenge but will cost thousands of dollars if done the ITMS way.

    And will be, what, free if done by buying cd's? You just said that cd's are more $. Good closing argument.

  11. And all the foley artists say at once.... on History of a Famous Star Wars Scream · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Where the hell is the RIAA when we need them? I got a mortgage, people!"

  12. Wha, wha, what! on Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus · · Score: 1
    A replacement battery for my cell phone cost $10; one for my cordless phone cost $10;

    Who you callin' with that cell phone, the 80's?

    Maybe I'm a bad shopper, but my cell phone batteries have always cost a bit more than 10 bones.

    (Granted, a link to Nokia is about the worst prices you can find, but all the lower price places I tried to Google tried to sell me some porn or a mortgage with my $15 battery.)

  13. slash...dotted....all.....read....y on Doomsday PC-Cooling With Dual-Cascade Coolers · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Yes its big, yes its heavy, yes its loud and

    No, it doesn't handle a slashdotting.

  14. I'll give em' one thing... on New Online Music Service For Australia · · Score: 1
    at least they carry:

    Tie Me Kangaroo Down (Live At The Sydney Opera House) by Rolf Harris
    and
    Tie Me Kangaroo Sport by Rolf Harris

  15. Re:Lessons on "Asking Slashdot"... on Silent Mice for Silent PCs? · · Score: 1
    "Maybe I'm being a little too heavy-handed in how I think polite and relevant replies should be made."
    To all trolls, fuck off.
    Unlike some people, I don't live with mommy and daddy
    I'm simply a considerate human fucking being
    I only wear one undershirt per day, but that's a more innovative item than what I click all goddamned day long.
    I guess asking questions isn't very en vogue anymore.
    For everyone who was a total dick, I hope you enjoy sucking it when the day comes you have a non-mechanical mouse.
    The irony here is so palpable, you can cut it.
  16. Re:Paper trail for IRS on Police and Lawyers Love E-ZPass · · Score: 1
    If you claiming you are only making $24k a year, when you live in a $300k house and drive your $30k truck over the Tappan Zee every day,

    Hey, hey! Let's leave me out of it...

  17. Re:What about "why do the cylons want to kill us"? on New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because we broke our promise of "trustworthy computing" for the last time, goddammit!

  18. Re:Who is there? on ICANN Troubles At UN Summit On Internet · · Score: 4, Funny
    8. Iran 79
    9. Nigeria 69
    10. Gabon 66

    You know those Nigerians are only there to find some people to help them move a substantial amount of money out of the country...

  19. So, then you might say.... on Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK · · Score: 2, Funny
    As TAT-14 is a dual, bi-directional ring of cable, a single serious fault should not be enough to break it,...

    ...customers may currently be experiencing problems with all Internet access, including Web browsing, email, ftp and newsgroups.

    So....there was just one ring to screw them all?

  20. Re:Secrets? on First Review Of Return Of The King · · Score: 1
    A large portion of the people who take trains to work read books during the ride.

    With the remaining portion talking on cell phones so loud that it's really hard to decide whether to keep reading or to find out what 'Jimmy said to her omigod youwon'tbelieveit'.

  21. Re:Have you considered... on How to Set Up a Gift Website? · · Score: 0, Troll
    Duck, my ass. It couldn't get easier. iPhoto lets them (technophobes) assemble pictures in a logical manner (albums) then click a button to upload to a webpage with built-in slideshow. The maximum brain trauma involved is picking a frame style and 2 or 3 column layout. Totally mom-proof.

    I tried iBlog the other day, and if I gave a crap about telling the world anything, I would use that. Very easy and about a 4/5 on the intuitive-meter.

    However, I'm gonna assume that the reason the submitter is giving them a website is because he can't afford a Mac plus .Mac as a gift. It's a shame.

  22. Re:How about on A Secure and Verifiable Voting System · · Score: 5, Funny
    You get your fat ass away from monday night football for 30 minutes, drive down to the polling location, and vote.

    The fogies in Fla missed voting correctly by about a 1/4 inch. You just missed voting correctly by 24 hours.

  23. fishbulb ownz you on WVG : The New Scalable Vector Graphics · · Score: 1

    Oh, hello, developer. I see you are interested in distributing Mr. Sparkle in you app. You have chosen wisely. But please - don't believe me. Observe this commercial.

  24. It's their loss... on Roadside Assistance System Used for Eavesdropping · · Score: 2, Funny

    My 'car-a-oke' renditions of todays top hits are really not to be missed.

  25. This news makes me so happy.... on Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy" · · Score: 1

    I could F'n cry.