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  1. That's just great on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1

    1. Spend all your money on certs to get a job.
    2. Get rejected by anti-cert employers.
    3. ???
    4. Land a nice job.

    Anybody care to fill in the blank?

  2. Obvlivious on 486 Turns 15 Years Old · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beowolf clu....
    Oh. 15 years old, right.

  3. Fuzzy on WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Of course I didn't RTFA, but would this mean if I broadcasted the latest RIAA single I would own the rights to a recording of that broadcast? Even if I never owned the rights to the actual songs in the broadcast?

  4. Re:Will only get worse on Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80% Of Spam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft needs to offer an update solution that doesn't require checking if the system is legal first. Not letting people patch isn't motivation for somebody to spend hundreds on software they already have, but blatant disregard of the infastructure of the internet as a whole. They allow these machines to stay online and keep the spam flowing.

  5. Re:Too much money, not enough sense. on Gaming PC Makers Take Aim at Lucrative Niche · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's nice to see somebody from the community on /., Gunslinger Most people who don't know how to build a computer also don't care about speed. They don't understand things like compatibility and generations. Most of them think "i'll buy an expansion card and make my computer fast". If people want hardcore gaming rigs all they need to do is /server irc.enterthegame.com.

  6. Computer phone on Phone As Your Next Computer? · · Score: 1

    My father has owned a Kyocera Smartphone for some time now. It is basically a phone with a Palm V built into it. If you ask me he uses that thing as much, if not more than, his computer. Both computers and telephones are basically tools for communication when you get down to it.

  7. Re:Whatever. on Become a Professional Gamer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Programming will always be a fun challenge. I've been playing games at an amatuer competition level online for the past 5 years. Something like this includes online ladders, leagues, tournaments, etc. Last winter I went to the CPL, the premier professional gaming tournament in the US, and attended as a competitor. The 4 months of spending 4 hours a night practicing my ass off made the game anything but fun. I could program night and day and come back to it with the same energy and vigor (.. as much as anybody could have towards that sort of thing, anyway), but with playing games on a professional level it really becomes a job and there is no fun left.

  8. Myth ... on Can Cell Phones Ignite Gasoline Vapors? · · Score: 0

    BUSTED !

  9. Another option on Road Marker Marks You · · Score: 1

    How about throwing wireless access into some of these. Imagine a gigantic wireless mesh network for emergency purposes. Accident on Park and Tyrone intersection? The EMT will know within seconds to send a dispatch out to the location and even have a partial assesment before they even arrive!

  10. DaVinci Virus on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 2, Funny

    We require 20 million dollars or we will sink a series of oil ships .....

  11. Golly on X-Prize Cup Site Chosen: New Mexico · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how many UFO chasers will come out of the woodwork when some metal falls from the sky.

  12. Re:Cue Skynet jokes on Stretch Announces Chip That Rewires Itself On The Fly · · Score: 1

    The day microsoft writes their own instruction set and starts licenscing their own hardware:

    Sky.NET

  13. Re:release canidates not really news on PHP 5 Release Candidate 2 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It might not make it to the front page, but releases of PHP are generally big news. PHP drives a considerable portion of todays pages. Some developers get all their news from /., so the more exposure the better. ;)

  14. What ? on Senate Mulls Internet Tax Ban - VoIP Exempt? · · Score: 1

    I thought the government has to first be involved in something before they tax it. The gov't doesn't own any part of the internet, so what is it that allows them to consider taxing it? I use VoIP (Ventrilo) to communite with my team mates during an online game or just for chatting. If I wanted to write some interface to use a VoIP enabled phone with that, would THAT then be elligable for taxation? Taxing the internet is rediculous. I'll be glad to leave the terrible service of my regional baby bell.

  15. IINAL on WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I thought honeypotting is being considerd as not-so-legal. Hopefully this could be something positive in the case for using hoeypots affectively.

  16. Similar on Clones Are Overwhelming TiVo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Similar to saying "I had a burger and coke for lunch," when you really had a burger and Pepsi. TiVo is becomming part of American culture.

  17. Woppee on VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Now It costs me nothing to throw VIA's junk out!

  18. HS Graduate on Reasonable Salary for Entry Level Programmers? · · Score: 1

    I'm starting an entry level programming job at a local Uni for a little above minimum wage. Is a BS in CS going to give me > 20hr?

  19. Wow on WebCrawler Turns 10 Today · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does anybody else remember getting a WebCrawler promotional CD 10 years ago? I didn't even have a CD-ROM then!

  20. That many .. on Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed · · Score: 1

    .. 9 distro's? I thought the ALSA sound lib was used commonly accross them all.

  21. Alternative on What Network Sniffing Tools Do You Use? · · Score: 2, Informative
  22. Re:Sco still dropping on SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under · · Score: 1

    That chart seems a bit flawed. If you switch it to this you will see an entirely different story.

  23. Shame on Wooden Computer Accessories · · Score: 1

    Too bad we'll probably never know if this site gets /.'d since it's in Sweden.

  24. Re:We are all here, aren't we? on Broadband Access Leading to Internet Breakdown? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, a few smaller attacks could be more damaging. Imagine if the location of NOC's across the US were exposed and attacks were carried out on them. Goodbye internet, hello 404 (if you're lucky enough to have a dns to attempt resolving domains).

  25. Who pays ... on Apple Sued in France for iPod Music Royalties · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The last time I checked that only applied to countries in which the medium was manufactured. It really stinks that such a fine peice of hardware is getting bad press of a trivial matter. IIANAL, but what is the legality of Apple having to pay for loyalties only applying to specific countries? Is this something that would be taken care of during the trade agreement?