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  1. Re:The differance on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 1

    What exactly is contained in index.dat?

  2. Re:From a purely academic view point on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 1

    80/20

    The unwashed masses are obviously not as smart, tech-savvy or sophisticated as us Slashdot readers [cough-cough].

    Eight of the ten listed are highly-ranked due to teen/kid use of the web; I hope your disdain for normal lusers doesn't translate to being a snobbish snot in real life.

  3. Re:From a purely academic view point on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 1

    So what's the long-term solution? Maybe there isn't one and we can't exactly turn back progress, can we.

  4. Re:Google == NSA == Data Mining on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 1

    Next you'll be telling me that known knowns, unknown knowns and known unknowns actually makes sense. I'd write more but I've run out of k's on my eyboard.

  5. Re:Parent post is moronic. on Has Anyone Seen the Moon Pictures? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the smell of money motivates bottom-feeders without scruples who seem to think that life is all about taking advantage of those with lesser intelligence or savvy.

    This is not a capitalist vs. communist thing, it's just common decency.

    Spammers have shown us that there are those who don't give a shit about anyone else.

  6. Re:Art Bell on Has Anyone Seen the Moon Pictures? · · Score: 1

    Ah, so I see you like weirdness. So do I.

    I guess you missed my point, which I assumed would be understood: the flakes will trumpet this as evidence that the moon landing never happened and aliens are in our midst.

  7. Re:100 year format on Has Anyone Seen the Moon Pictures? · · Score: 1

    Colour photos sealed in an N2 environment.

  8. Art Bell on Has Anyone Seen the Moon Pictures? · · Score: 1

    I think the show comes on in about 15 minutes - I am strangely compelled to listen to the predictable call-ins from the reality-challenged.

  9. Re:Pictures don't have to be "doctored" to mislead on Reuters Admits, Pulls Doctored Photos · · Score: 1

    Isn't what you refer to otherwise known as "context"?

  10. Re:Define "exaggerated." on Reuters Admits, Pulls Doctored Photos · · Score: 1

    Nice techno-speak bafflegab, but I think you missed the entire point.

  11. Re:Punch Cards? on 50th Anniversary of the First Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    your punch cards are 30x 30 = 900cm^2, you would need 46 603.3777.... of them

    Yeah, but what's that in Metric?

  12. Re:Back of the Envelope Calculation on 50th Anniversary of the First Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    I was just curious about how big a bit is going to be on these new drives

    If the bit is vertical I guess that would mean taller hard drives, thus causing computer cases to get bigger. This is an obvious indicator of waste and largesse in modern western societies.

  13. Re:OT: Canadians? on Cheyenne Mountain Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    We're still trying to get that flying saucer thing to work.

  14. Re:No reason to be confused on Cheyenne Mountain Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    an extremely vulnerable office building that could easily be attacked

    Yeah, I'm sure that the new facility will have no layered defense, heavily-armed guards or remote monitoring whatsoever, so suicide bombers can just drive right in.

  15. Re:It's obvious why they're *really* doing this on Cheyenne Mountain Shutting Down · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pffft, most filming is done in Canada, so it's not like it's a *real* TV show.

  16. Re:It depends on how well you sell yourself on Computer Job w/ No Computer Degree? · · Score: 1

    Correct spelling and basic grammar skills also help.

  17. Re:I did the same thing on Computer Job w/ No Computer Degree? · · Score: 1

    What kinds of study does one have to do to get a degree in "Human Communication"? Aren't we all born with this ability? I know the question sounds sarchastic.

  18. Secret Code Here on Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows · · Score: 1

    up up down right left right right up enter

    Done!

  19. Re:Whatever happend to IAD? on Photograph the Police, Get Arrested · · Score: 1

    That was a well thought-out and insightful post.

  20. Re:Maybe not engineering's failures... on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Yes, jaywalking is equivalent to management forging engineers' signatures and stamps.

  21. Re:Maybe not engineering's failures... on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Insightful and you are absolutely correct. Thanks for the input, I actually felt my brain grow while reading your comment.

  22. Re:More management than engineering on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Being one of the biggest engineering projects in history

    cough-cough. IHBT by a moron.

    Congratulations!

  23. Re:QA's failure more likely on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Haven't you heard? Jobs done with CAD are always perfect and do not require checking.

  24. Re:Corruption is the problem on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Montreal's Olympic Stadium is known locally as the "big owe". How many billions overbudget? There are construction abuse tales there as well, but this was 30 years ago, so nobody remembers or cares anymore. It's just a fait accompli.

  25. Re:Maybe not engineering's failures... on Big Dig - One of Engineering's Greatest Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    Like when an engineer can't finish a design under the schedule that management wants, management steps in after hours, "throws in numbers" and tosses together a design, then sends it out with the engineer's seal on it.

    That is illegal.