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  1. Re:The problem with computers on Spammer Scott Levine Convicted · · Score: 1

    Give me a break. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Society made cars - but they haven't put automatic brakes on them. Run a red light and you're gonna face the consequences. "Because I could" ceases to be a defense at about age 5.

  2. Re:Learn it all for yourself. It's part of growing on What You'll Wish You'd Known · · Score: 1

    I would imagine the ROI on a Ph.D depends on the Ph.D itself.

    A Ph.D in CS or Engineering is probably going to pay off better than one in English (university prof pay isn't that good after all).

    Your blanket statement should be analyzed further.

  3. Re:I call shenanigans! on Microsoft Pockets Patent for Encouraging TV Viewing · · Score: 1

    M*A*S*H

    The Cosby Show (1st version) when the kids were still young enough to be entertaining instead of annoying.

  4. Re:My advice on How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding Error? · · Score: 1

    One of these days I'm gonna get the formatting right and also hit "preview" before "submit..." but not today.

  5. Re:My advice on How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding Error? · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/people61.htm A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can't solve." Three months down the track there is major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says "Blame your predecessor!" He does this and gets off the hook. About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize!" This he does, and the company quickly rebounds. Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says "Prepare three envelopes".

  6. Nothing new to Portland, OR on Reverse Graffiti · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For years kids used soapy water to wash the crud off the walls of the Sunset (Hwy 26) tunnels and express their feelings. One caveat: I haven't gone thorugh the tunnels in question for some time now, so I don't know if it hasn't gotten more destructive or not.

  7. Re:Oh well on ISS Spacewalk Cut Short · · Score: 1

    I don't think the ISS is a high-oxygen environment. I'm pretty sure that the pure O2 thing ended with the Shuttle - they decided to go with the (then)Soviet idea of just using fairly normal air.

  8. Re:Question on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 2, Informative

    One word: Vandenberg. That's where the Polar Orbital flights were supposed to originate. It was built before the Challenger accident - and mothballed immediately thereafter.

  9. Re:Am I the only one... on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that link - that was a very interesting story. Mod Parent up, please.

  10. Re:So are you saying... on GrokDoc Goes Live; All GNU/Linux Newbies Welcome · · Score: 1

    I'm using Windows (with Mozilla) at work - because work requires I use Windows. At home my workstation/server is Mandrake 9.2. But I rarely read /. at home - so that skews the stats somewhat.

  11. Re:State of the art? on Shrek 2 How-To · · Score: 1

    Watching Prince Charming "assault" the castle in full armor.... it was difficult to believe that I wasn't watching a real person.
    As for the water, I commented to my wife at the time, "They're just showing off now..."
    Incredible.

  12. Re:Speed on Using a 747 to Fight Wildfires · · Score: 1

    And the C-130 fleet is about 15 years younger than the WWII fleet, no?

  13. Re:Why do we need Verisign? on Verisign Sues ICANN Over SiteFinder · · Score: 1

    Why not just point at non-Verisign root servers?

    Good Question!

    Tell me this - do you know of any other server that has the entire .com and/or .net root set on it?

    That's the problem. They have the servers, they effectively own the information.

  14. Re:Why do we need Verisign? on Verisign Sues ICANN Over SiteFinder · · Score: 3, Informative

    Verisign controls the "A" and (I think) "J" root servers, but that's pretty irrelvant to this discussion. Seriously.

    What is relevant is that they also control the gTLD root servers for .com and .net - and that's what they plan on running Sitefinder on.
    They've even got a contract for it...

  15. Re:Another Postfix book is coming soon on Postfix · · Score: 4, Informative
    The Ralf Hildebrandt & Patrick Koetter book "The Book of Postfix" can be found on Amazon here:

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159327001 1/qid=1077836565/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/002-8092152-647 2869


    It isn't out yet, however.

    It's published by "No Starch Press," which must have some relationship with O'Reilly since it was in their latest catalog as well.
  16. Re:Bummer.... on US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter · · Score: 1

    I've gotta start using the
    html tags...

  17. Re:Bummer.... on US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter · · Score: 1

    The Comanche also used that "funky" ducted fan (It's known as a Fenestron) rear rotor. http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/rah66/im ages/rah6607.jpg It's competition at the time was the McDonald-Douglas NOTAR (no tail rotor) system. http://www.zzscr.cz/zzs_cr/letecka/vrtulniky/IMAGE S/FOTO/MD%20600%20Notar.jpg You'll also find a fenestron on the USCG HH-65 Dolphin. http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/images/HH-65.jpg A photo of an Army test chopper with a fenestron is here: http://www.army-technology.com/projects/as565/as56 54.html

  18. Re:Drawing the wrong conclusion about OPEC on US Military Builds MMO Earth Simulator · · Score: 1

    Except that everyone else doesn't have the aircraft carrier and the 82d Airborne... much less the power and ability to keep those forces projected for any significant period of time.

  19. Re:Quick and Dirty on Working Around Bad Luck on the Resume? · · Score: 1

    And of those 370,490 H1B's... how many were in computer and mathematical occupations? That isn't the only thing the H1B is used for after all.

  20. Re:about the veal.. on Nasa Says 'no' to Hubble Reprieve · · Score: 1

    It's a line from Shrek, mimicking the line used by lots of "lounge acts" in Las Vegas and similar.

  21. Re:Google Link on Trojan Horse Caused A Siberian Explosion · · Score: 1

    Just want to say thank you for the link.

  22. Re:Constellation? on Columbia Disaster Anniversary · · Score: 1

    Depends - which cancelled NASA project are you looking for. X-33, X-38...?

  23. Re:Need paper receipts on Maryland Electronic Voting Systems Found Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    Paper receipt... close. Very close. But what these things need is something as simple as a credit card receipt printer that uses two part forms - the top copy you get, the bottom copy (which isn't torn) gets spooled into secure storage in case of a recount. That way you know that you've got at least one accurate copy of what happened... And any clerk who worked at $Store can feed the thing.

  24. Re:You win, don't pay on "DVD-Jon" Demands Compensation · · Score: 1

    Could you afford to pay the legal bills you would incur if you sued Microsoft?

  25. Re:Who to send...how many to send... on Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon, Mars · · Score: 1

    Sometime in the future, take a look at how much we actually _hit_ in that medium altitude bombing campaign in Kosovo... from what I've heard, most of it was decoys.