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  1. Questions with answers on Student Faces Expulsion for Facebook Study Group · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem with this "group" versus other study groups is that anyone seeking just the answer to any assignment would be able to surf right past the learning and directly to the answer, that's what makes it cheating.

  2. Thanks Global Warming on 'Death Star' Aimed at Earth · · Score: 2, Funny

    If these rays cool the planet, and Global Warming warms the planet, we should stay a nice luke-warm and be fine, right?

    If not, can't we just count on that layer of lead-based space debris to block the gamma rays? No? well then, feets don't fail me now!

  3. Not just YASD on D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away · · Score: 2, Funny

    It says he died of health problems, but we all know his passing was the result of the most classic of roleplaying deaths, the Nethack death "touching the edge of the universe". That's a death worthy of the father of roleplaying... thanks for helping me and friends through our early teens, GG!

  4. Standard vs. Metric on More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies · · Score: 1

    Apparently god only had "inches" rulers handy when creating the universe, wouldn't ya know it!

  5. What not to do on Researchers Expose New Credit Card Fraud Risk · · Score: 1

    Every time I see these stories, it reminds me of how they'd say not to do drugs in school, then show us exactly how not to do them...

    And here's a link of exactly what you should NEVER do because it is illegal!

    (posts to internet site frequented by absolutely everyone)

  6. Re:Best quote... on Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista · · Score: 0

    I speak for at least me when I say that we've all been waiting for that much of a smoking gun for a long time. Queue the endless stream of tags about gratefulforkeepingxponthismachine, in soviet microsoft vista uses you, etc.

  7. How to find awesome programmers on How Do You Find Programming Superstars? · · Score: 1

    0. Awesome programmers use base zero for lists.
    1. Awesome programmers are already gainfully employed.
    2. Show me the money!
    3. It better be more money than that buddy; remember #1.
    4. two words: Mercedes Benz.
    5. Poaching disgruntled ones from other companies may be an easy way to get awesome programmers, but disgruntle takes a while to shake and can yield slightly lower productivity up front.

    Notes:
    0. Awesome programmers aren't necessarily fast, and cannot necessarily solve whatever wacky programming issue you have going on... you probably need at least an awesome architect and/or manager to go with them.
    1. In case #6 doesn't make sense to you, consider this: just because 1 woman can make a baby in 9 months, doesn't mean 9 women can make a baby in 1 month.

  8. you like pigtails on Gaffes That Keep IT Geeks From the Boardroom · · Score: 1

    There's your first mistake. Little boys love pigtails on women. Real men like pigtails on women, and love lingerie on women.

  9. (SIGH) that figures on Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo · · Score: 4, Funny

    (SIGH) nothing ever works, its hopeless!

  10. sounds like unix on Sneak Peek at Windows Server 2008 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows core server sounds a lot like Unix, only without the 25+ year history and renowned stability record... why did we need this again? /supposed to be funny, but headache causing tumors in funny region

  11. Re:This is an advertised feature I believe on Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing? · · Score: 1

    If this were true, couldn't you break up downloads into 10 mb chunks and get the equivalent of the high "sustained" speed numbers?

  12. it just has to not suck on What Makes Something "Better Than Free"? · · Score: 1

    The Eagles had a 700,000-album debut week selling only at wal-mart. AC/DC's "Back in Black" recently hit 22 million copies sold over its lifetime. Piracy exists but it has not stopped good music from selling, it just stopped the labels' cash cow of generating money from crap releases by slapping some cute kid's picture on the front of the disc.

  13. Re:I never understood the T-Mobile/Starbucks deal on The Starbucks/AT&T Deal To Change Perception of Public Wi-Fi? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Why on earth would I go to Starbucks and pay $2 for a coffee (not a double soy quad shot latte, a
    COFFEE) and then pay an extra $10 for a wireless connection?"

    The second part can be answered by the same reason in the first part... $2 for a coffee indeed! Coffee is free or way cheaper than $2 at many locations, and yet starbucks has built an empire selling $2 coffee with $1-2 in extra sugar and calories dumped in for good measure. Maybe the $10 wireless comes with a big cookie.

  14. Sounds safe on Laser Light Re-creates 'Black Holes' in the Lab · · Score: 4, Funny

    That sounds safe, to reproduce the effects of the point at which all matter collapses into a virtual singularity. Where were they testing this again? Somewhere on Earth? Alrighty then... Taxi!

  15. Why indeed on Australia's Geekiest Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Why have a key to open your front door when you can have an RFID tag implanted in your arm that will do the trick?"

    Because you'd like to attract women at some point? /joke

  16. Re:Limited real-world relevance on Speedcabling - Untangling For Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    I concur, the event needs real routers and it has to stay working at the end to be a real "sport"... as much as it could ever be a real sport.

  17. Reading d.n.e understanding on Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement · · Score: 1

    Reading this material no more makes one a Harvard grad than reading Einstein's works makes one an expert at Physics; the good news is that I read through the material and it didn't not make me any more dumber.

  18. the impression of piracy on Labels Agree On Free Music Downloads To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    isn't giving people the impression that they're now allowed to commit piracy a really bad idea, even if they are technically paying for it? I think this service will just legitimize and thus boost actual piracy.

  19. D&D vs. aD&D` on An Older Demographic May Soon Dominate Gaming · · Score: 1

    The wii vs. ps3 and xbox 360 remind me of D&D vs. aD&D. D&D is way more accessible than the sometimes cumbersome rules and other overhead of AD&D. The wii is similarly accessible to a much larger audience, and once the hardcore gamers have bought their one 'must have' ps3 game, their purchases are done, whereas a family system can fuel years of continuous purchasing.

  20. Re:Facebook Terms of Service on Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info · · Score: 1

    "publicly perform"... that's scary. So they basically can take anyone's picture and use it to advertise the site anywhere they want and they don't have to pay for it... wow.

  21. Re:When will they learn... on Tolkien Trust Sues New Line, May Kill "Hobbit" · · Score: 1

    If you're going to do a movie, if you can't get gross points, opt for a dollar amount figure on paper whenever possible. Even if it's only 100,000 dollars vs. net points against some multimillion-$ blockbuster, at least you'll have your money at the end of the day.

  22. Giving up vs. not having on Men Willing to Give up Sex for a 50in TV · · Score: 1

    Dear avid readers, there is a big difference between "going without for 6 months" as part of say, a much longer streak, vs. giving up a regular sex life for 6 months. However, if porn on the plasma screen itself counts, I think a lot of these guys would've defaulted.

  23. Beats the alternative on Encryption Could Make You More Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    "If you can go in and revoke a key for ransom..."

    that sounds a bit better than going in and just taking whatever is valuable wholesale with nothing to stop you such as... encryption?

  24. Defaulting to new technology on Hostile ta Vista, Baby · · Score: 1

    I think this is an example of the main question with Vista (i.e. how thought-out were its changes): IPv4 is absolutely everywhere. Why would anyone make a browser that defaults to IPv6, forcing you to then disable the new technology altogether in order to get the IPv4 sites that always showed up, to show up again?

  25. Re:Secure? on OpenID Foundation Embraced by Big Players · · Score: 1

    The problem with a single user/password storage is you then have a single user/password. If that openID gets hacked, then everyone will have access to everything... not good. At least if one non-openid account gets hacked, only that account is affected.