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  1. Re:Wait a moment! on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 1

    Really? He is towing a trailer, has an entire film crew, and it is sponsored by the Oscar Meyer, the folks who make the bacon. It is not practical, it is a publicity stunt.

  2. Re:Wait a moment! on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 0

    Reading it would help... I know it is a lot to ask, but it covers it.

  3. Re:Slashdot's done. Put a fork in it on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 1

    Would you like a sandwich on that break? Perhaps a BLT?

  4. Re:Competition on Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Options: a) raise the _minimum_ education and skill level

    What? This is not the problem. The problem is in training for jobs where we need people. I know more that a few sales people at the mall with masters degrees... Yet it takes days to get a plumber or A/C repair man.

  5. Re:Don't Go on Shuttle Endeavour Embarking to Los Angeles Museum · · Score: 1

    I agree with you. Now why did New York get one again?

  6. Re:Don't Go on Shuttle Endeavour Embarking to Los Angeles Museum · · Score: 1

    LAUNCELOT: Look, my liege!
    ARTHUR: The Space Shuttle in Houston!
    GALAHAD: The Space Shuttle in Houston!
    LAUNCELOT: The Space Shuttle in Houston!
    PATSY: It's only a model.
    ARTHUR: Shhh!

    Still kinda ticks me off, really...

  7. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    I have a 2.5 year old Lemur Ultra Thin. Rock solid. It was in a backpack bungied to my motorcycle when it was launched 20 feet and landed between two cars. Still works perfectly. Me, not so much, but getting better.

  8. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    Intel makes a nice server platform that many people OEM. I have bought a few from System76, even when I didn't need Linux. Good support and better price.

  9. Re:Just goes to show you... on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 1

    Beautiful. I just posted to my facebook status.

  10. Re:Not a bot on Creating a Better Chatbot Through Crowdsourcing · · Score: 1

    How is this different from, for example tech support where you get connected to lots of random people?

    You don't have an unintelligible accent when you type?

  11. Re:Just goes to show you... on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Both sides want you to do nothing. Republics will make it illegal, and democrats will tax you until you can't afford it.

  12. Re:Just goes to show you... on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No one would ever do this to a democrat... Sigh. When will people look beyond the letter and actually see the candidates? Then maybe will will get some better ones.

  13. Re:You think this is a Game? on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    You know that you can have DNS in two totally different places, right? Even three of four!

  14. Re:This is big on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 5, Funny

    There has also been a huge reduction is spam and crap e-mail on technical mailing lists. So I am kinda mixed on how soon I want them to fix it.

  15. Re:Not suspicious on Following FEMA's Zombie Preparedness Plan Could Land You On Terrorist List · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has that option. Half my family is across and ocean. I wonder if no-fly means no-boat either.

    Does it mean no drive across the boarder as well? With the larger PITA of international flights, it is something to consider...

  16. Re:Not suspicious on Following FEMA's Zombie Preparedness Plan Could Land You On Terrorist List · · Score: 1

    Kinda defeats the purpose of getting on the list if you both post AC... :)

  17. Re:Not suspicious on Following FEMA's Zombie Preparedness Plan Could Land You On Terrorist List · · Score: 1

    If that lands me on some list, you know what. Good. At this point, those lists should be seen as a challenge and not a behavior inhibitor. If you're not on at least three watchlists, your life is not particularly interesting. Take up a couple hobbies.

    I like this... And if I get stuck on the never to be fixed no-fly list, so be it. Air travel has gotten so bad I drove from Houston to Orlando for vacation... Pay cash everywhere! Get "Cash Customer" on all the watch lists!

  18. Re:i don't know ... on Networked Cars: Good For Safety, Bad For Privacy · · Score: 0

    ... what you are doing, but you better start looking for a lawyer :-)

    Driving with the flow of traffic, which is shown to be the safest speed to drive. It is also over the speed limit and hence subject to randomly collected tax.

  19. Re:Really? on CDC Says 10,000 At Risk of Hantavirus In Yosemite Outbreak · · Score: 1

    That's what I was just thinking. Since when do Slashdotters do ANYTHING outdoors? This isn't relevant to the /. community. :P

    I've been shocked at the number of kayakers I've met who were also computer programmers.

    I was kinda stunned too when I met both of them!

  20. Re:this is what is called a "meta-joke" on Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws · · Score: 2

    there is a difference. you are a mindless cynic

    OK, Democrats can sleep around and not get fired, and republicans can't.

  21. Re:this is what is called a "meta-joke" on Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws · · Score: 5, Insightful

    request permissions, access to services and data and capabilities beyond their core mandate

    submitter is a republican if the subject of the joke is financial policy, because democrats want the government in your wallet

    submitter is a democrat if the subject of the joke is social policy, because republicans want the government in your bedroom

    And you are a fool if you think there is any difference between them. Both sides want power, and job security. Neither side cares about health care or social security, since they have a better plan for themselves. Vote Kodos...

  22. Re:Not 60 C or 140 F on Ask Slashdot: Keeping Personal Tech Cool In Extreme Heat? · · Score: 1

    Texas never listed. Have personally recorded several days over 110. Couldn't be that Wikipedia missed something?

  23. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    this allows me to easily set up a honeypot from time to time when I'm curious what the script kiddies/bots are really after).

    Right now it only seems to be phpmyadmin... So at least misspell the link...

  24. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    Duh? In this case, since he is being port scanned by what is most likely Chinese script kiddies moving the port will stop probably 99% of them.

    So will a small handful of blackhole routes. So will fail2ban. So will using fail2ban to create your blackhole routes.

  25. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    For one, it makes logs easier to read...