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  1. Re:The future is here on Rheingold Preaches Mob-Logging · · Score: 1

    My kingdom for a mirror.

    The site has been Moblogged.

  2. The future is here on Rheingold Preaches Mob-Logging · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Slashdot is the future of news. We are doomed to see tubgirl and goatse. Trolls will dominate the newscape. Although the moderators will save us.

  3. Re:XPrize idea on More on High-Altitude Balloonists · · Score: 1

    The Israelis appear to be examining that approach also.

  4. Re:WTF? on USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    So he beat the best the democrats had to offer?? or are you saying that the Commucrats held back?? I understand that Mondale was a moron, I was 8 at the time, and heard the debates on the radio.

    Mondale: Taxes are good, Taxes are great, I will raise taxes more than ever.

  5. Re:WTF? on USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Can you explain then why he got re-elected by a larger margin(popular/Electoral) than any president since Washington?

  6. Re:What's wrong with our country? on On Obtaining Appropriate Compensation... · · Score: 1

    If the server is going around biting people, you have several options
    Sacrifice an intern, MCSE, Squirrel, 386/486 Motherboard, or OS/2 CD on your altar.

  7. Re:What's wrong with our country? on On Obtaining Appropriate Compensation... · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Yes, some push their weight around too much, but don't judge the entire union workforce based on a couple of corrupt unions

    Can you show me an example of a union that isn't corrupt??
    I haven't seen one. And in the definition of corrupt I am using I include promoting seniority over competance and protecting deadwood.
  8. Re:We can replace the space shuttle on More on High-Altitude Balloonists · · Score: 1

    Well, a dirigible is cheaper than a 747, and that is another proposal for staging, I actually did think about the possibilities as a stage for launching, but it seemed so ridiculous given the fragility of mylar compared to aluminum.

  9. Re:SCO Lawsuit About the Money on OSCON Panel: SCO Lawsuit About the Money · · Score: 1

    Brian?

    IS that you??

  10. Re:We can replace the space shuttle on More on High-Altitude Balloonists · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did someone remove your humour genome?

  11. We can replace the space shuttle on More on High-Altitude Balloonists · · Score: 0, Interesting

    With one of these balloons. They appear safe enough, and they have adequate lift capability. They are a bit slow on the takeoff, but... safety first right.

  12. Re:computer modeling on NASA Test Shows Foam Could Be Culprit · · Score: 1

    does that mean however that 1 man running a 3:42 mile means that a 3:30 mile is possible?? at some point you accept a limiting factor. That limiting factor may be wrong, but .....we all recognize that there are limiting factors, we recognize that the shortest man will be ~20 inches and the tallest ~12 feet. there are limiting factors.

    If you hit me in the head with a phone book 15 days in a row, once a day, and I have no permanent damage, it is reasonable to expect that one more time isn't going to be any different.

  13. Re:Another law on Still No Federal Spam Law · · Score: 1

    The problem is with the recipients. Not the senders, If there were no buyers, the sellers would stop, Granted with spam the ration is 1 buyer to ~10000 cold calls vs telemarketing with 1 buyer to 100 cold calls, but people keep buying or the sellers would be forced to stop.

    Spam is definitely about morality and Free speech. IMO trying to ban spam is just as futile and imoral as trying to legislate away the slashdot effect.

  14. Re:you may say im a dreamer but im not the only on on Still No Federal Spam Law · · Score: 1

    Why don't we look into how well those laws are working, before we try to model after them. Just because a law is well written doesn't make it effective, just readable and logical. A good law is enforceable, and an anti-spam law isn't.

  15. Another law on Still No Federal Spam Law · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Despite popular opinion, a US law will only stop domestic spam, and the weaknesses of punishing the actual company hiring the spammer have been made clear before e.g. Hiring someone to spam your competitors product.
    Why not continue working on more effective spam traps and stop legislating morality.

  16. Re:Simple formula! on In Search of the "Perfect" Pager Rotation? · · Score: 1

    That almost works, and if he hadn't mentioned distinguishing from weeks from weekends would work
    W1 P1/A2
    WE1 P3/A4
    W2 P5/A6
    WE2 P7/A1
    W3 P2/A3
    WE3 P4/A5
    W4 P6/A7
    WE4 P1/A2
    W5 P3/A4
    WE5 P5/A6
    W6 P7/A1
    WE6 P2/A3
    W7 P4/A5
    WE7 P6/A7
    Obviously for any more than 4 people this will work out. for less than that... you will end up being on call all the time anyway. And of course if you have 4 people, you will have to figure something out to alternate weeks and weekends.

  17. Re:US geography lessons must be non-existant... on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1

    Well, there is nothing but water between the florida coast and Britain, so it is "off the coast", It is WAY off the coast, but...

  18. Re:The real reason on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1

    Well, I just googled the isle of man and discovered I was wrong about its location, I thought it was to the north of the other islands, not between them, but does that make me an idiot. And yes, I'm being vague, because I don't wish to spoil it for others who wish to take a guess.

  19. Re:It's not a stereotype, it's a statistic on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1

    well, one explanation of that could be that hungary is bordered by more countries than the US. I am a USian, and I can't name all 50 states, or the 6/7/8 canadian provinces, but given a list of 100 or a list of 16 names I could pick them out. I can't tell you where hungary is, but I can get within the right part of the world. Italy, portugal, poland, italy, german, Russia, china, I can get. Iraq, Iran,turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Lybia, israel, Jordan, syria, lebanon I know. Nigeria, I know what continent it is on, but beyond that It doesn't affect me. Japan, korea, Vietnam, philipines, these affect me, I know where they are.

    dont' complain about My broken shift key, I don't Care.

  20. Re:What if? on 'Extraordinary' Soundtrack Will Be Apple-Exclusive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, the public is quite happy with AM or FM quality, and NCD quality is more than they want.
    Now I know all you music freaks with more money than brains can "tell the difference" between CDA and DVDA, but the rest of the world doesn't care, and doesn't have the equipment to care.

  21. Re:does it matter? on Warriors Of Freedom Prompted Rampage Attempt? · · Score: 1

    Except that there is no law conflict. the only way an 18-20.999999 year old can legally acquire a handgun or drink is as a gift from a legal guardian(mother/father/spouse 21+) so the law places that obligation on the family.

  22. Re:Finally, there's no objection! on Screensaver Bug in Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    You need a login on a win95 machine to access all files?? Really?

    you mean I can't just press cancel to bypass the password prompt??... Which version of 95 are you using.

  23. Re:He wants Visual Basic? on Open Source Project Management Lessons · · Score: 1

    He was a Janitor at the university, Hanging out in the Women's Lavatory trying to peek a booty. Guess he thought there was money in free software.

  24. Re:Great, I would love to read all about it on Open Source Project Management Lessons · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm also at work, and since this is the first I've heard of this project, I'm a bit leary of going to a web site called Peek a booty. Uh, Not something that sounds very professional. ANd likely not something I want to be reading about at work.

  25. Project management Lessons on Open Source Project Management Lessons · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Is Open source project management really that much different from any other project management?

    don't release before it does something useful

    This is a rule in "traditional" project management too.

    and the other lessons read just like Project Management 101 too. I would have loved to have seen something insightful or interesting about how open source changes the development environment or the management environment from single location to distributed, but no such luck.