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  1. Re:Is this where we can read the health care bill? on Open Source Effort To Codify America's "Operating System" Online · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://thomas.loc.gov/ Read anything you want. You don't need the president's permission to read bills before they become law. Though, unlike your representatives, you're not bound by due diligence to do so.

  2. Re:Yep on The Design Failures That Led To Rock Band · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We're having some trouble hearing you guys down here. Can you descend to our level temporarily so we can receive the wisdom we so desperately need? It's probably our fault we can't hear. God, we're pathetic.

  3. Re:Anti-Slashdot Effect on GMail Experiences Serious Outage · · Score: 1

    Lived in Houston all my life, and ya'll is definitely not the spelling. Y'all is the correct contraction of "you" and "all."

  4. Re:Why is this a surprise? on EA Spends 3x More On Marketing Than Development · · Score: 1

    Right, except if it costs me $10,000 to have the baby, I'm sure as hell not going to spend $30,000 on announcements and newspaper ads telling everyone about it.

  5. Sweeny?! on Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows · · Score: 3, Funny

    This guy...his shop isn't on Fleet Street, is it?

  6. What? on Highly-Paid Developers As ScrumMasters? · · Score: 1

    Our scrums take less time than it took to read this article. Chances are you're doing it wrong.

  7. Re:pwned on Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels · · Score: 1

    All kidding aside, Debian stable uses 2.6 kernels. If you're running lenny, make sure you're safe.

  8. Re:The feature C++ REALLY needs. on Bjarne Stroustrup On Concepts, C++0x · · Score: 1

    Your DOS C++ runtime would need to support threads. I imagine you'd have to write a scheduler that ran them sequentially rather than concurrently. Your performance wouldn't be as good as it would be on a multitasking OS, but that's sort of the point.

    At any rate, it doesn't mean that you can't implement the language, it just means that the language can't teach your OS new tricks.

  9. Dupe on Comcast the Latest ISP To Try DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1
  10. I had a similar idea... on Thinktank Aims To Crowdsource Government Earmark Analysis · · Score: 1

    I had a similar notion when concerns were circling about bills being too long to feasibly read before a representative voted on it, but it was for bills in general, not just earmarks.

    http://palshife.net/2009/02/27/government-in-the-eyes-of-a-technologist

    Personally, I like the idea of doing earmarks specifically since it would go a long way toward showing just where the federal government's money goes.

  11. Re:One implication on Human Sperm Produced In the Laboratory · · Score: 1

    Is it because gay people would be able to have children that share the dna from 2 same-sex parents?

    This is obviously what I meant.

  12. Re:There is a way! on How Heavy Is a Petabyte? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right, but to answer the question, we still need to know your weight!

  13. Re:One implication on Human Sperm Produced In the Laboratory · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Besides the obvious? Homosexual couples can't currently conceive children. This could grant that ability. That's pretty huge.

  14. Inner Light... on 35,000-Year-Old Flute Is Oldest Music Instrument Ever Found · · Score: 1

    So was the discoverer forced to live the life of one of the villagers in a simulation, learning the way of their culture and becoming richer for the experience?

  15. Re:You've got the protcol on Comcast To Bring IPv6 To Residential US In 2010 · · Score: 1

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/generic/5d6a/

    Worn by millions. Get one before they're obsolete :)

  16. Re:You've got the protcol on Comcast To Bring IPv6 To Residential US In 2010 · · Score: 1

    You. Turn in your geek card. Now.

  17. Re:Sounds like Fox has finally got its act togethe on Comedy Central Confirms 26 New Futurama Episodes · · Score: 5, Funny

    3. 3. HTML ordered lists already number themselves.

  18. Re:Today's news = sad days for new iphone3g owners on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An iPhone is a poor investment. Here's a tip; they'll release a better phone next year, and the 3GS will be worth less.

  19. Re:Could a Meteor Have Brought Down Air France 447 on Could a Meteor Have Brought Down Air France 447? · · Score: 1

    Fail. RTF question.

  20. Re:Bawwwww a little harder please on Sarah Connor Chronicles — Why It Died · · Score: 1

    You misspelled anything but Farscape.

  21. Re:I like rail! Great mass transit in Europe on Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US · · Score: 1

    Yep. The trains will be built by elves which are not part of the economy. What we need are more shitty cars from companies ruled by unions.

  22. Re:a new culture of arrogance and incompetence. on Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Sanjay Gupta was never nominated for anything.

  23. Re:Lawyers represent their clients on Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA · · Score: 1

    You lack of logic is infuriating. If a lawyer does his job correctly then they simply use the legal system to achieve the goals of their client. If the RIAA did some bad shit with lawyers, that doesn't mean the lawyer is bad. In fact, if a lawyer is willing to swim against the current of public opinion, that makes them an excellent lawyer. It shows that they only care about one thing; the best interests of their client.

    Lawyers do not make policy. They exercise the legal system to best serve their clients. The heads you're looking to make roll are the lawyer's former employers.

    Point, Obama.

  24. TFA disagrees on North Korea Launches "Communication Satellite" Rocket · · Score: 1

    From TFA, North Korea's neighbours suspect the launch was a cover for a long-range missile test.

  25. The real question... on DB Query Becomes Browseable In Virtual World · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will it blend?