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  1. RE: Anthrax on FBI Widens Use of National Security Letters · · Score: 1

    I read this interesting bit of information in the Jan 2003 Reader's Digest. The Anthrax epidemic (or the handwritten letters thereof) was basically traced to a scientist that was employed by a contractor of the CIA. The CIA rather effectively railroaded the FBI's investigation of the case. The writter of this article was a Professor who moonlights as an FBI detective, and was rather irked about the handling of this investigation.

  2. In the USA... on Eight Year Old Physics Student Admitted to College · · Score: 1

    and Soviet Russia, for that matter, College is only for Old People!

  3. Re:[OT] Speaking of melt downs... on Ships Turned Away As Aussie Customs' IT System Melts Down · · Score: 1

    Sorry for being an ass to you :) That site is also down for me. Wikipedia is also unreachable :( I am in Moscow. At least google and /. are reachable, that's all I really need anyway.

  4. Re:[OT] Speaking of melt downs... on Ships Turned Away As Aussie Customs' IT System Melts Down · · Score: 1

    Dammit, I hate it with "THE" goes down. A real shame. I fear "A" and "AN" are next. Damn you "UN".

  5. Re:Mercator projection on Google's Rasmussen on Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Water, Coke, etc.... Why do you think everyone here drinks vokda?

  6. Re:Mercator projection on Google's Rasmussen on Google Maps · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey, I live in (Alaska|Greenland|Russia) you insensitive clod!!! (Actually Russia, but I used to live in Alaska). The Mercator Projection really stretches out the Northern and Southern areas of the world quite badly.

  7. Re:Icann on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    dear Lord, I wish I had mod points. Thanks for the laugh

  8. Re:I'm confused...... on Google Goes to Washington · · Score: 1

    No, but you are still an "American"

  9. I call bullshit on No Office For Linux, MS Patents Rejected · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. MSIE for Mac was definitely a steaming pile of dog crap. I am a professional web designer, and I worked in the Mac Lab in my university. Trust me, when I tell you that.

  10. My Great Grandfather died of this on Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Flu Virus · · Score: 1

    So, I guess my great grandfather died of bird flu. How comforting.

  11. Re:ARTICLE IS A TROLL -- GOATSE ALERT on South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't Google News link to news articles from slashdot? I hope for the sake of many poor souls that this link doesn't get linked to from anywhere else. I guess the server hosting that article must have had a pretty major security hole :p

    That said, I am an EFL teacher... will these damn goatse robots be replacing me anytime soon?

  12. I'm at Defcon... on Hackers Gather in Finland, Netherlands, and Vegas · · Score: 1

    And you can't drink the water here in Las Vegas. Absolutely foul and disgusting!

  13. Russ Key on Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered · · Score: 1

    Is Russ Key your invention? I must say I love that thing. Thanks. You are now a friend.

  14. Re:Just a question... on Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered · · Score: 1

    No, actually I have friends that have taught English over there, and they have said many good things of Russia. They have also mentioned that there indeed are a lot of very beautiful women that are much more frinedly than their stuckup American counterparts. One even wished he had done more dating while there.

  15. Just a question... on Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered · · Score: 1

    I am a student who is going to be in Moscow for a while next year. I have been warned about how so many women will pursue American men. I'm not planning on getting invovled anyone, but thought I'd be smart to ask advice of someone who married a Russian women. Was the cross cultural marrige experience difficult? Did things work out alright, etc? Just thought I'd ask before being faced with that situation...

  16. Re:Silly rabbit... on Reminding Customers Patented by Amazon · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    I think you mean trademark. Have a nice Day(TM)

  17. APL on Back and Forth Between Qwerty and Dvorak? · · Score: 1

    language-specific programming keyboards

    You've never heard of APL, have you?
    It does have a special keyboard, to handle its 120+ symbols. And yes, it is a nightmare, one of your worst

  18. Funny Tourist Traps??? on Maps on Path to Mass Innovation · · Score: 1

    Some how two words come into mind: "Wall Drug"

  19. Re:M O O N, that spells "moon" ... on Google Earth Launching For Free · · Score: 1

    Oh God, I fel a troll...
    That was an accident, I was lazy and copied the link from Google. Now go back under your bridge you evil creature

  20. Re:M O O N, that spells "moon" ... on Google Earth Launching For Free · · Score: 2, Informative

    What you want is Celestia. It does exactly what you are looking for, even including dozens of recently discovered extrasolar planets!

  21. Carr? on Space Ring Could Combat Global Warming · · Score: 1

    I think this trimmed down SUV would be more accurately called a cdr than a carr.

  22. In Soviet Russia on Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World · · Score: 1

    Ok, I will forgoe that tired joke, but these http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.631976,37.814974 &spn=0.007467,0.011308&t=k&hl=en">nuclear cooling towers outside of Moscow are pretty cool.

  23. Single Page on Secret Codes Protect Ancient Torahs · · Score: 1

    Sure, its on a single page alright.... its a scroll!

  24. Leaked CEV Photos on Lockheed Martin unveils Space Shuttle replacement · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am privy to some leaked images of Lockheed's CEV prototype. The images are posted on this website: http://www.uline.com/Browse_Listing_409.asp
    If someone asks, you didn't hear about this from me.

  25. GoogleMap Link on Cross-Greenland Ski Trip Tracked with Google Maps · · Score: 1