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  1. Re:Please make it stop on YouTube's Ready To Select a Winner · · Score: 1

    On the plus side, the ones left won't bitch about the Dice adds^h^h^h^h articles.

  2. Re:Bubble on Do Big-Money Acquisitions Mean We're In a Tech Bubble? · · Score: 1

    Because in our economy, bubbles are essentially a natural state. They constantly come and go. Sometimes they get quite big and attract attention, but they are always bubbling around.

  3. Re:Bubble on Do Big-Money Acquisitions Mean We're In a Tech Bubble? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That is not the right question. Of course it is a bubble. The question is, "Where in the bubble are we?" Just starting, or about to pop?

  4. Re:Pyrrhic victory on TechCrunch:Expanded DMCA Still Has Limits · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes. It does. Exactly. Only way it could be a better example is if there were shot after winning... They won the lawsuit that drove them out of business.

  5. Re:Ah! The life of a billionaire. on Bezos Expeditions Recovers Pieces of Apollo 11 Rockets · · Score: 1

    Now if he adds, "Oh, btw! While looking for these rockets, I'm banging a super model and a porn star at the same time in my disposable Ferraris!", I'm going to go and kill myself.

    Why kill yourself now? Wait for the video to be "leaked" first to see if it was worth it... "One night in Paris..." I think I will pass.

  6. Re:I'm glad somebody is doing it on Bezos Expeditions Recovers Pieces of Apollo 11 Rockets · · Score: 1

    Why? If a reef is growing around it, it is habitat for fish and other sea life. Many reefs have been seeded with man made objects.

  7. Re:Don't over inflate! on EU Car Makers Manipulating Fuel Efficiency Figures · · Score: 1

    We are talking about fuel efficiency, and drifting through corners is not going to help that. And while you will loose some grip, that should not matter unless you are driving close to the limit (not good for economy) or driving inattentively (in which case you should be shot) and need to do a panic stop.

  8. Re:Human Nature on EU Car Makers Manipulating Fuel Efficiency Figures · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The obvious takeaway everyone is missing is that this is a nice list of things you can do to increase fuel efficiency, in some cases by up to 25% to 50%! I mean really... Is over-inflating the tires (by the car spec, not the tire safety rating) and taping over infrequently used body gaps all that hard? I even know racers that had body color match vinyl tape for just this purpose... Some hyper-milers even disconnect the alternator and change the battery at home...

  9. Re:Another outbreak of common sense! on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    So how about "Large speed differentials kill!"

  10. Re:Another outbreak of common sense! on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    Speed does not kill. It is the sudden absence of speed that kills... You know... Hitting something.

  11. Re:Thats a lot of lawsuits... on Copyright Trolls Sue Bloggers, Defense Lawyers · · Score: 2

    With what? They probably know a good bankruptcy attorney...

  12. Re:Sorry, Prenda on Copyright Trolls Sue Bloggers, Defense Lawyers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wonder how much it would hurt a law firm to be declared a vexatious litigant? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation :)

  13. Re:This might be... on DRM Chair Self-Destructs After 8 Uses · · Score: 1

    Damn... Where is the "Like" button?

  14. Not sure... on Gubernatorial Candidate Speaks Out Against CAS · · Score: 1

    Having seen how government regulation works in New Jersey, I am not sure that Internet oversight would be any kind of improvement there...

  15. Re:Does your router support captive portal? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 1

    The problems are manifold.

    You say they used a dish for satellite communication, no idea which frequency that is but definitely way higher than 27 MHz or most other amateur bands.

    A dish is only a reflector, and the antenna can be changed. It is the antenna that is tuned to the frequency. This is why a USB WiFi dongle in the floating centre of a wok actually makes a good antenna. A wok is absolutely not tuned to 2.4 ghz... :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WokFi

  16. Re:Does your router support captive portal? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 2

    The authorities will not care... But a usb mounted at the reflective center in a wok is a nice directional antenna to find the evil twin.

  17. Re:NASA on Astronomers Find Planet Barely Larger Than Earth's Moon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a lot of space travel we can do before we have to, or able to, go interstellar.

  18. Re:without clicking on the link on iOS Developer Site At Core of Facebook, Apple Watering Hole Attack · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you block *.com you should get a lot of it.

  19. Re:your parent killed my parent. on What EMC Looks For When It's Hiring · · Score: 1

    But really... where is a viable ./ replacement? I'm open to ideas.

    These days? Try repeatedly beating you head on your desk until the hallucinations start. About the same as slashdot, but without the dice.com ads.

  20. bad website, bad. sit, no bone for you.

    Too late... We are already boned...

  21. its a network application that uses SNMPv1 or v2c.

    (sorry, very geeky joke)

    Better than the article.

  22. Re:She works for dice but uses LinkedIn? on Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes · · Score: 1

    That is where she got the Dice job... ;)

  23. Re:LMFTFY on Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem with all these stories on how to write your resume is that they're written by people who are fundamentally useless and are stuck writing puff pieces and managing someone's twitter account.

    The bigger problem is that the people who review your resume are fundamentally useless and are stuck writing puff pieces and managing someone's twitter account.

  24. What else is there to go to? Reddit?

    Between The Register and Torrent Freak, you will get most of the good stories on slashdot, and a day or two early!

  25. Re:Good Luck on Ask Slashdot: Programming / IT Jobs For Older, Retrained Workers? · · Score: 1

    I think there is also a "silent expectation" that the young person is cheaper to hire, will be more up to date on technology, and will be more malleable since they have less experience and can be taught. Is it fair? Nope. I don't like it either. I could never grasp the rationale behind a lot of decisions HR makes, and that's why I'm an R and D engineer and not an HR person :)

    I never expected it to be fair, but it also is not true. I do not know how many times I have seen on Slashdot that I am beyond the IT hiring age, yet I am still busy as hell...