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  1. Re:Appology for a wrong thing on Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think all governments should do nothing but apologize for mistakes they've made all day every day. That is sure to be the most efficient use of their time. Either that or thin-skinned titty babies could just get over it, realize that people in general, and people in power in specific were different back then, and move the fuck on with their lives. Christ, it's not like he's still being force fed hormones.

  2. Re:The logic is obvious on In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and in this case means 'animal rights activist'

    Yes, well, it's all about the animals isn't it? I mean, really, if I were to bomb things, burn things down, physically intimidate and threaten people, indoctrinate other people into a cult-like society of violence and terror, but it was for the animals, certainly I could not be called a terrorist, could I?

  3. Re:According to... on Up To 10% of CD-Rs Fail Within a Few Years · · Score: 1

    When they say that CD-Rs "last for decades" they are referring to the CD itself, not the data on it. After all, there are so many things you can do with it other than record data. You could make a frisbee, shuriken, pterodactyl...

  4. Re:Problem with that - Teacher's Editions on We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks? · · Score: 1

    If the teacher needs the answer handed to them they shouldn't be teaching the class

    I'm a senior level developer, but sometimes I will have someone else check my work. Does that mean I shouldn't be a senior level developer, or that sometimes an additional pair of eyes helps?

  5. Re:Clearly, on Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran · · Score: 1

    I wasn't born yet, therefore that never happened.

  6. Re:First uncensored post on Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Until then, calling Iran "unfree" is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

    Yes, I remember when people went out to protest and were hacked to death by axes, wielded by the National Guard. It was horrible.

    I would say that it's more like someone going into an emergency room with a paper cut and whining about how someone who has just been raped, thrown out of a car at 55mph, run over, lit on fire, then hacked up with machetes is getting treated first.

  7. Re:Hell NO! They'll Probably Use As A Selling Poin on Siemens, Nokia Helped Provide Iran's Censoring Tech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not after seeing what a piss poor job it did at actually preventing information leakage.

  8. Re:Of course they *should*... on Should Enterprise IT Give Back To Open Source? · · Score: 1

    But many companies are too small to make a signifigant contribution.

    And the ones that are large enough to can't get anything through accounting without a proper invoice, a company to pay it to, tax IDs, terms, and contracts.

  9. Re:Fear of the computer on Mozilla and Google's "Don't-Be-Evil" Bulldozer · · Score: 1

    If people become comfortable experimenting with their machines, they might learn they don't need Microsoft software.

    People in general do not want to experiment with their machines. They want to turn them on and have them perform the functions they are used to performing in a way they are used to performing them.

  10. Re:Sad but true on How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped · · Score: 1

    I rarely if ever see any of the TV stereotype nerds. Then again I live in Norway

    Your comic book store is filled with NORWEGIANS

  11. Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead on Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sex is only a small part of the time spent together in a relationship.

    The rest of the time she can cook and clean.

  12. Re:Meh on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    how many spear injuries has their hard drive taken?

  13. Re:Why I Feel Divorced From Marketing on Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop? · · Score: 1

    While it's socially ok to think of men as the lesser stupider sex today

    It is socially ok, but we all know it's wrong AMIRITE???

  14. Re:depends on Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train? · · Score: 1

    I own my car, and I still save approximately $600-$700 per month by taking public transit. I live about 70 miles from work, so a 140 mile round trip through traffic (past two bridges and two tunnels going in to NYC, so add a bunch of time and gas for traffic). I'd have to fill up 2-3x per week at $50 a pop - say $125/week * 4 = $500. It'd cost me $300/mo to park - $800. Additional wear and tear on the car, tolls, more frequent oil changes, yadda yadda, figure $100/mo for that - $900. The train costs me $228/mo, and $100/year to park at the station. It is convenient to my house, and it stops a block from work.

  15. Re:Time = Money, Right? on Developing World Is a Profit Sink For Web Companies · · Score: 0

    Ontology building services?

    I am not sure there is a big market for cancer construction.

  16. Re:Huh. on South Park Creators Given Signed Photo of Saddam Hussein · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Naturally, such a method, if implemented, would be strongly criticised by those who combine capital punishment with fantasies of revenge and view painless executions as unnecessary or even counter to the ideals behind the death penalty.

    This might be a bit naive of me, but I kind of view the death penalty as less of a punishment, and more of a euthanasia sort of thing. Say you have a dog that is way too aggressive to be adopted or otherwise rehabilitated. That dog should be put down. I don't want the dog to be tortured to death, just to go to sleep and not wake up. And that's just a dog. With a human, all necessary precautions should be taken to make it not only not painful, but as comfortable as possible.

  17. Re:Yes, go for it. on With a Computer Science Degree, an Old Man At 35? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's a decent natural filter, any company that wouldn't hire you for such a reason is one you don't want to work for anyways.

    True enough, assuming that you are enjoying the luxury of being able to turn down job opportunities.

    That said, I'm in the same position as a poster above - I hire programmers. And I also do not give a good god damn how old you are, as long as I believe you will be able to do the tasks assigned to you. I'm also in my mid, er, mid to late 30s, as are most of the people also in my position. So to us, you aren't old, you're still younger than me.

  18. Re:Yeah.. on Universal Remote's Days Are Numbered · · Score: 1

    it's hard to operate them lying in bed through one half-open eye. Personally I`m waiting for voice recognition to become practical.

    You have a problem looking at your smartphone while lying in bed, but don't have a problem bellowing at your television at 3am?

  19. Re:Silicon Valley = Cultural Diversity on Places Where the World's Tech Pools, Despite the Internet · · Score: 1

    Silicon Valley is special to me because of its cultural diversity. In one medium sized company you can work shoulder to shoulder with people from every major world ethnic group and every major world religion (including no religion). They work together, peacefully, to make better lives for themselves and their children.

    Yes, this is entirely unlike any other place in the world, especially unlike New York. Though here, we're polite enough not to discuss religion at work unlike you rude-assed left coasters.

  20. Re:119V-0080 on Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would've gone with Eric. Eric the fruit-bat.

  21. Re:speed is everything? on Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just like I say with sex...

    I may not be good, but at least I'm fast.

  22. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of spending $$$ on bondage and discipline, how about treating your users like adult human beings? In real enterprises, there are call center people and sales people. Both groups of people can not be treated like adult human beings. To do so would be like asking a three year old what it wants for dinner. Sure, he's happy for a while, eating cookies and ice cream for dinner, but then you've got to deal with cleaning vomit off of everything, and 10 years later, he's getting his feet cut off from diabeetus.

  23. Re:Censorship on Australian Internet Censorship Plan Torpedoed · · Score: 1

    Really. If they block any revolting and abhorrent phenomena that offends against the standards of morality, none of those politicians will be able to have web sites viewable in Australia.

  24. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree. And as a New Yorker, and therefore a resident of one of the two states which will receive any attention, I am all for this plan.

  25. Re:To hell with them! on Author's Guild Says Kindle's Text-To-Speech Software Illegal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you hear the sound of the words echo through your head as you read words, like me?

    No, and I don't move my lips while reading either. I read substantially faster than I can talk. But not faster than a woman can talk.