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  1. dj ozma on Announcing Ozma: Extending Scala With Oz Concurrency · · Score: 0

    That is a great name for a programming language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hySoCSoH-g8

  2. Re:Surf internet in 1 second? on Embedded Linux Achieves One-Second Boot Time · · Score: 0

    I have the same motherboard, and I have the same problem. Maybe we need to start complaining to MSI.

  3. Re:I just call them Web Designers on What Do You Call People Who "Do HTML"? · · Score: 0

    These statements might help clear things up.

    server-side script =/= HTML
    HTML =/= programming language
    HTML == formatting language
    web designer =/= software engineer

  4. ugly on Progress On Electric Cars · · Score: 0

    The Shelby looks okay, but the Aptera is ugly. If someone is looking to buy a car, they aren't going to buy that. It looks nothing like a car.

  5. Older? on How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers? · · Score: 0

    Are they really older than you? Time can be hard on a Java programmer. Double check.

  6. carbon footprint on Graphene Transistors Clocked At 26GHz · · Score: 0

    Does this mean that in the future we will be able to take sequestered carbon and make electronics out of it? And diamonds are an allotrope of carbon too, let's make jewelry out of it too. It probably uses too much energy to make carbon bond in that way. I don't know the specifics.

  7. not counting vista on Windows 7 To Be Called ... Windows 7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Microsoft isn't counting Vista. And Windows 7 sounds way better than Windows Vista Do-Over Edition.

  8. public schools on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 0

    Get rid of public schools.

  9. Caitlin Upton on China to Regulate Internet Map Publishing · · Score: 0

    OMG, Miss South Carolina was right. It wasn't an idiotic response, it was a prophecy.

  10. IDS signatures on Kraken Infiltration Revives "Friendly Worm" Debate · · Score: 0

    Why would Tipping Point kill the botnet with one blow, when they have IDS signature subscriptions to sell?

  11. Hippie + Hypochondriac on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 0

    It is a town full of hippie-chondriacs. I have to add that to Urban Dictionary.

  12. Re:My candidate is not allowed? on Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans · · Score: 0

    Maybe Ron Paul will continue to follow the same course as Dean. Ron Paul as head of the RNC, I like that idea.

  13. Re:Oooh, so much karma for me to burn... on Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans · · Score: 0

    You are ignorant of his other positions. Creationism isn't a government policy issue he is taking a position on. He isn't going to make intelligent design a mandatory part of your school books. He wants to end the Department of Education. He wants abortion and gay marriage handled at the state level. And he has acknowledged the fact that illegal immigrants are scapegoats for a failing economy. He is opposed to ILLEGAL immigration for obvious security reasons. We wouldn't have to use force to send the illegal immigrants home, just stop paying for them and end NAFTA. They will go home on their own after yet. And if you think prayer should be banned from schools then you are being overzealous with separation of church and state. Prayer shouldn't be banned. It just shouldn't be mandatory. For the record, someone is a theocrat only if they want to force everyone to practice the same religion.

  14. Re:Ron Paul? on Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Paul is not hoping the war goes further south. Paul does not want the economy to plummet. Some of Paul's nuttier supporters might be thinking that way though. Paul wants the war to end. Paul wants the economy to succeed. He has especially been trying to warn people about the economy his entire career. Paul just wants the other Republicans to listen to him before they do more damage. They already have taken some notes down from Paul. The other candidates didn't start saying things about state's rights and some of the finer points of fiscal conservatism until Paul did it first. Paul might not win a brokered convention. But if he stays in to the end, the other candidates might have to change their tune on the war a little bit to win over his delegates. It depends on just how many delegates he has at the end. He needs enough to actually be relevant in this way.

  15. Re:Is there a media bias against Duncan Hunter? on Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans · · Score: 0

    Hunter dropped out and endorsed Huckabee. Do you not know that or are you just being cute?

  16. that is awesome on Stream MythTV to Your Cell Phone · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I probably need some help on the cell phone end though. I have no idea how to watch the stream on my phone. I think it can handle it though.

  17. Re:Mod parent insightful! on New Windows Media Player Leaks · · Score: 0

    Maybe Microsoft products are hot piss, and therefore you can leak one of them yourself.

  18. Re:inflection, emphasis, tone, etc. usually missin on Why Emails Are Misunderstood · · Score: 1, Funny

    Couldn't someone just bold the text in the email like this?

  19. Lamo did try to provide his DNA. on Convicted Hacker Adrian Lamo Refuses to Give Blood · · Score: 0

    My synopsis of this article: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70869-0.htm l?tw=wn_index_1
    Lamo just refused to give blood. He attempted to provide nail and hair clippings, but the authorities refused. The particular people he was dealing with do not have the equipment to extract DNA from those samples. They are only capable of extracting the DNA from a blood sample. Lamo did not refuse to give blood due to privacy concerns. Lamo objected to giving blood for religious reasons. It was not stated what Lamo's religious affiliation was, but Jehovah's Witnesses have been know to refuse giving blood samples. It was the ACLU that jumped all over this with the political agenda of promoting the privacy concerns involved.

  20. Re:Insight. on Politicians Target Social Sites For Restrictions · · Score: 0

    I do not think it is possible to design anything that teenagers won't find some way around. Politicians like that empowering feeling that only flushing tax dollars down the toilet can provide, so I don't think common sense will stop them.

  21. Re:Other things John Dvorak is "advocating" on Dvorak Avocates Open Sourcing OS X · · Score: 0

    Although I do not think it is the case (because I actually like the post), Crow T. Trollbot sounds like something Cringely would name is Trollbot. I advocate that Dvorak and Cringely are replaced with trollbots at least for a small test period of time. It could be done to see the reactions of their readership like if any of them will even notice.

  22. Choke on it on Cringely Predicts Apple to Ship OS X for Any PC · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cringley can choke on my wang. Dvorak can too.

  23. Re:I'll beat you to it.. on Ambidextrous Linux/Windows Virus · · Score: 1

    "I am not an ambi-turner." --Zoolander

  24. No Profits or No Tears? on Star Wars Kid Cuts a Deal With His Tormentors · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is the $350,000 for no one paying him to use the video? Or is it for the humiliation?

  25. Re:Maybe he's trisexual. on BBC Announces Adult Doctor Who Spin-Off · · Score: 1

    ...or a try-sexual, because he will try anything.