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  1. Re:Yes on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Rock Star' Developers a Necessity? · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of this story.

  2. On the bright side... on NSA Foils Much Internet Encryption · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Only After Upgrading to the Cloud on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 1

    I am watching this just as close as you :-)

  4. Where's that Word doc ??? on Hong Kong Team Stores 90GB of Data In 1g of Bacteria · · Score: 1

    My hard drive ate it :-)

  5. Next time... on At Commonwealth Games, the World's Largest Aerostat · · Score: 1

    ... put down the slideshow first - I'm really not interesting in reading the story :-)

  6. So that proves it... on The Ancient Computers Powering the Space Race · · Score: 1

    If NASA systems doesn't require more than 640KB RAM, nobody does.

  7. DBMail on Best Way To Archive Emails For Later Searching? · · Score: 1

    DBMail. I use it on a Linode host (small fee every month).

  8. Of course on Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer · · Score: 1

    It's because of the irresponsible waste of antibiotics by Adama and Roslin that humans had to learn it all over again :-)

  9. Re:Who cares? on Windows 95 Turns 15 · · Score: 1

    I like them... Reminds me how far we have come.

  10. Isn't that part of LEAN? on Better Development Through Competition? · · Score: 1

    Just worked on a project using LEAN. What we would do is let all developers deliver the same prototype. At the end we evaluate each one, pick the best and move on. In diverse projects, different developers will excel in different areas. This was one way we could quickly see who is strong in which areas making later task assignments easier - especially when you are done with prototyping and now need to add all the other functional requirements. This sounds very similar...

  11. Depends on the date? on Can Employer Usurp Copyright On GPL-Derived Work? · · Score: 1
    I would say that you should be able to release all your independent work done PRIOR to them hiring you, as that you own.

    But then again, can you survive a law suit? Do you want to fight them if they just fire you? Probably not - and most of these corporate types know it.

  12. Re:Trivia on What Aspects of Open Source Projects Do You Avoid? · · Score: 1

    If you paid for it, you might as well use it...

  13. Hits in Southern Africa as well... on Delta Rocket Crashes In Mongolia · · Score: 1

    A little while ago, but still interesting I think.

  14. Some suggestions on What Knowledge Gaps Do Self-Taught Programmers Generally Have? · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I was learning and coding on my own steam for about 15+ years. Then I joined the ACM (two years now) and my eyes opened. I am now about 1/3 though a B.Sc in CS (part time) and I'm also following a CPD program at another University. I have also joined the IEEE as I required access to more material for my studies. What I realized was that I should have done it from the start. So my advice is simply this: start to follow some part time programs and get the theory as well. I have learned in the last two odd years a lot on subjects like modelling, quality assurance, frameworks and architectures which I otherwise would not have known. I also found that the quality of my code has greatly improved since I now work in a much more structured way.

    Experience helps, but the real killer deal is experience backed by a CS/Eng. degree.

  15. Re:IT makes sense to align costs and revenues on Sony May Charge For PlayStation Network · · Score: 1

    On that line of thought, if they have a subscription it means they can lower the purchase price of the games, since it no longer needs to pay for the PSN network.

  16. Re:Sufficiently Advanced on Making It Hard For Extraterrestrials To Hear Us · · Score: 1

    That was exactly my first thought as well.

  17. Logic can be applied in more cases on Microsoft Facing Class-Action Suit Over Xbox Live Points · · Score: 1

    How about the so called "enterprise" software you buy for an arm and a leg. When there are serious bugs, can you not also apply the same logic, specifically "collecting revenues for digital goods and services which were not provided" - assuming your expectation was "working" and "secure" software as promised... Mmmm...

  18. Re:My question is.. on NASA Designs All-Electric Personal Flight Vehicle · · Score: 1

    Will work for me too! Where do we place orders?

  19. Re:"No flight ceiling" on NASA Designs All-Electric Personal Flight Vehicle · · Score: 2, Informative

    "For me, the sheer fear factor of looking down from 9000 meters (30,000 feet) in not much more than my flight suit would be more than I'd be ready for."

    As a skydiver with HALO experience I can tell you that there is nothing to fear. You do not really have depth (or is that height) perception at that altitude. Yes, everything does look tiny and as a skydiver I sometimes wonder if I will make the target (a football field looks like a tiny dot or button below). However, since this is powered flight, that's not really an issue.

  20. Obvious solution on Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter · · Score: 1

    Everybody should start tweeting similar messages. What are they going to do? Arrest 100 million people? I think not...

  21. This is potentialy bad... on ATMs In Antarctica · · Score: 1
    Not sure how US law work but I can think of several countries where they would be breaking the law by recycling the cash like that. The cash is supposed to go to a branch or some sort of cash handling center and there is a lot of accounting that need to happen before cash can just be placed back into the machine. Also, the process of handling money at the machine itself is rather an involved process with various checks and balances and as far as I know can (or should) only be done by bank employees - which I assume is not the case here.

    Perhaps some one else that knows a little more about banking can comment?

  22. But of course on Jaron Lanier Rants Against the World of Web 2.0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The dude works for Microsoft. So of course he has been brain washed by now to belief everything open is evil!

  23. My hopes on World's Tallest Building To Open Monday · · Score: 4, Funny

    That the building is more stable than their web server... Damn request time out every time.

  24. Flesh Eating Robots - FAIL on The Top 5 Technology Panics of 2009 · · Score: 1

    Obviously they have not battle tested this yet. I have been in a couple of engagements. All I can say is that after the fact there is not much "green stuff" left. The battlefield is mostly burned down. As for deployment in a desert... Well, I'm sure you can figure that out on your own :-)

  25. Why no wait untill it's pass Earth, then test? on Russia Plans To Divert Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Might take away some of the risks others have already mentioned...