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  1. Re:Correlation != causation on Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams · · Score: 4, Insightful
    From your sig:

    You save only 59 seconds over 8 miles by going 75 instead of 65. Do you really have to pass that guy? Do the Math!

    Think of it like this: you're getting there 15% sooner. 15% of a long journey is not to be sneezed at.

  2. Re:Oh please on 92% of Windows PCs Vulnerable To Zero-Day Attacks On Flash · · Score: 1

    After all, Linux is 100%, completely secure!

    /troll-yet-true
    This isn't a bug in Linux.

  3. Re:What about the fishies? on Electricity From Salty Water · · Score: 3, Funny

    You start sentences "I clubbed that thing" often enough to "have a saying" for it? :)

  4. Re:So, the replaceables are still replaceable on Cloud-Sourcing's Long-Term Impact On IT Careers · · Score: 1

    If it won't affect him, (and it's a big pie), why wouldn't he? People do occasionally help each other for altruistic reasons.

  5. Re:Slow Progression on Cloud-Sourcing's Long-Term Impact On IT Careers · · Score: 1

    I was recursively pinging the host

    What does that mean, exactly?

  6. Re:So, the replaceables are still replaceable on Cloud-Sourcing's Long-Term Impact On IT Careers · · Score: 1

    Adapt or die.

    Explain how to adapt then.

  7. Re:I'm a little underwhelmed on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    Aaah :) That's more like it.

    I'd still like to experience it though.

  8. Re:I'm a little underwhelmed on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    Actually, I would - I'd love to experience one. (Assuming survival with all faculties intact).

  9. Re:More Effective? on The Geek Atlas · · Score: 1
    Just curious..

    http://www.insightcruises.com/
    (I have no connection to them, other than wanting to go...)

    What is this (seemingly) American obsession with making sure everyone knows you've not got a link with companies? I'm referring to the sort of: "Full Disclosure - I work for this company type" posts.

  10. I'm a little underwhelmed on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    I have to admit that I'm a little underwhelmed by the video. I watched it, and about halfway through was thinking: They must ramp it right up at the end.

    *That* was 7.5? It looked very tame.
    I do live in the notoriously un-earthquakey British Isles though, so perhaps I'm lacking perspective.

  11. Re:Pretty cool to see. on Space Shuttle Endeavour Heads To Space Station · · Score: 1

    n2y0.com will help you work out when you can see it, both with the naked eye, and with a radio receiver. 143.625MHz is the ISS downlink. issfanclub.com has more of the frequencies used. Break out that scanner, and listen to them talking.

  12. Re:"Permanent"??? on ISS Launches First Permanent Node of "Interplanetary Internet" · · Score: 1

    I read somewhere NASA plans to de-orbit the ISS in 2016 due to budgetary concerns...
    You probably read it here on slashdot. In my FF tab showing the /. main page, it's three stories higher on the screen.

    Er, whoosh? Also - jo42, jc42 - is this some new meme?

  13. Re:Fast web OS needed! on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    on old computer (42,000rpm drive)

    Crumbs. You need to be careful of that drive. It could well disintegrate, and fly apart and kill you.

  14. Re:Furthers my stand on crypto, which is: DON'T on New AES Attack Documented · · Score: 1

    You can have it AES-256 encrypted if you like.

  15. Re:Its not rocket surgery... on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    Conversely - treating your body like a temple, eating the right things, exercising, staying slim doesn't ensure you will live beyond 50 either. Chances are higher, sure, but it's not a guarantee.

  16. Re:Cannot use Hubbell as an example of intelligenc on The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software · · Score: 1

    Make your browsing even safer.

    /bin/su -
    adduser -m ff
    visudo # you'll need to work this bit out for yourself.
    exit
    xhost local:
    sudo -H -u ff firefox &

  17. Re:Stay. on Emigrating To a Freer Country? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, cos that's always worked out well for everyone that's tried it. Sometimes, it's easier to just pick another country that matches your political persuasions more so.

  18. Re:I sense a modest disturbance in the job market. on Automated Migration From Cobol To Java On Linux · · Score: 1

    And was it?
    I don't even think I've seen any COBOL. Is it more obtuse than Erlang looks?

  19. Re:Great quote... on US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan · · Score: 1

    And why can't you find an NHS dentist with spare places available? Because the government doesn't pay them well enough to compete with going private.

  20. Re:Hmmmm.... on UK Tax Breaks For "Culturally British" Games · · Score: 1
    Your link didn't work for me - but this looks fairly clear to me.

    Any individual or film production company wanting to film or take photographs on the Tube must seek prior permission from the London Underground (LU) Film Office.

    There are three types of permit:

    * Student or non-professional
    * Two-hour
    * Location

    All permit requests must be made in writing, preferably via one of our application forms. You can start an online application now.

    It looks like it's about £300 to take pictures.

  21. Re:2 Months is very fast on Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant Two Months Ago · · Score: 1

    I have to say, as a UKian, I have no idea what health-care in the US costs. But I'm shocked now. That's a fairly big chunk of money.

    I heard a story recently about someone (a friend of a friend) who had various symptoms that led her to think she had a brain tumour. She went to her doctors, and told them, but they didn't agree. About 9 visits later, the doc said they'd put her on a waiting list for an MRI scan. However, they put her on as low priority, which meant a 9 month wait. Luckily, she had a rich boyfriend, who paid for a private MRI scan, which, surprise surprise found a (luckily benign) brain tumour. She went back to the doctors, and they started getting the ball rolling. She's currently fine.

    However, this is not normal in the UK. There are always these scare stories (and this is a true one). If it had been me though, I'd have demanded a scan. I'm totally outraged by the way this girl (who I don't know) was treated - the doctor should be struck off in my opinion. In the main part, socialised medicine works very well here.

    Anyway, I feel for you - it's an awful prospect that you have to work to live. That's totally and completely inhumane. It's totally uncivilised. I can't believe there's not more of a revolt against the current system.

  22. Re:PulseAudio on State of Sound Development On Linux Not So Sorry After All · · Score: 1

    # dpkg --purge pulseaudio
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of pulseaudio:
    ubuntu-desktop depends on pulseaudio.
    ....

    Grr.

  23. Re:Hmmmm.... on UK Tax Breaks For "Culturally British" Games · · Score: 1

    Do you know it's actually forbidden to take pictures on the London Underground unless you have a permit (which you have to buy)? I was shocked to hear that, so I looked it up, and it's true.

  24. Re:It's Comcastic on Comcast To Bring IPv6 To Residential US In 2010 · · Score: 1
    Lots of people forget to firewall IPv6 too. It makes for interesting snooping.

    $ telnet 2a01:e35:2f1e:a290:21a:92ff:feb8:bfa8 22
    Trying 2a01:e35:2f1e:a290:21a:92ff:feb8:bfa8...
    Connected to 2a01:e35:2f1e:a290:21a:92ff:feb8:bfa8.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1

    Protocol mismatch.
    Connection closed by foreign host.
    $

    I bet your v4 tcp/22 is firewalled though.

  25. Re:Police state on British Court Rules Against Blogger Anonymity · · Score: 1

    This is worth modding up to 11. What a disgustingly Orwellian poster. And apparently it's real.