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  1. Re:Get it FIPS certified on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    Have you ever participated in a FIPS certification?

    They certainly do check the implementation.

  2. Re:Something wrong at the foundation - on Oklahoma Moves To Discourage Solar and Wind Power · · Score: 1

    That, and aren't these the types who -- when it isn't their ox being gored -- thatthe government shouldn't be picking winners and losers, and that the *FREE*market should decide?

  3. Re:So monkeys can do basic math, on Experiment Suggests Monkeys Can Do Basic Math · · Score: 1

    He was talking about heaping more meringue on the lemon meringue pie.

  4. Re:Budweiser trucks seen nearby on Why Portland Should Have Kept Its Water, Urine and All · · Score: 2

    Coors. Commonly known as "Rocky Mountain Piss Water".

  5. Re:What a shame. on SpaceX Launches Load to ISS, Successfully Tests Falcon 9 Over Water · · Score: 1

    At least the Canadians will be polite about it.

  6. Re:test gear that was made in USA in the 50s and 6 on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    How is Agilent equipment, quality-wise?

  7. Re:1975 Casio Pocket-mini calculator on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. All those mid-70's calculators were built to last. Probably because they were so damned expensive at the time.

    I wish I still had my 1976 "Spirit of 76" bicentennial TI 4 function calculator.

  8. Re:HP Calculators on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    Almost any calculator from that era.

    I have an ancient TI-30 (red LED display) that still runs great.

    Hell, I've got some giveaway 4-function calculators from the early '90s that still work.

  9. Re:Atari 800 on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 4, Funny

    So got me an office
    With a fat cat-6 pipe
    Send me an email
    Maybe I'll skype.

  10. Re:test gear that was made in USA in the 50s and 6 on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    HP gear used to be synonymous with "Sherman Tank". Nowadays it's all disposable cheap plastic crap.

  11. Re:LaserJet II and LaserJet 3 on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    Came here to mention the LJII.

    My father-in-law had one. During the '94 Northridge quake, it fell off the table and hit the ground. We picked it up, plugged it back in, and hooked it back up, and it worked. No problems.

    Sigh... I remember when HP equipment was synonymous with "Sherman Tank".

  12. Re:Had more to do with killing Acrobat on Apache OpenOffice Reaches 100 Million Downloads. Now What? · · Score: 1

    Oh, and see the whole OOXML Standardization page over on Groklaw. Yes, PJ is no longer updating, but the archive is still there.

  13. Re:Had more to do with killing Acrobat on Apache OpenOffice Reaches 100 Million Downloads. Now What? · · Score: 2

    Disagree. It was about killing ODF. The "standardization" (and I use the quotes deliberately) was an attempt to be able to sell to governments and other organizations that have a requirement for "open and standardized document formats".

  14. Re:Government picking favorites on Bidding At FCC TV Spectrum Auction May Be Restricted For Large Carriers · · Score: 1

    I would switch to T-Mobile in an instant.... IF they could somehow manage to get signal coverage where I live.

    Note: I live within the city limits of Los Angeles.

  15. Re:Not so fast, Thermodynamic laws are pesky thing on 'Thermoelectrics' Could One Day Power Cars · · Score: 1

    Lisa, in this house, we obey the LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS!!!!

  16. Re:Wormface does not approve of this. on Pluto May Have Deep Seas and Ancient Tectonic Faults · · Score: 2

    Have Space Suit, Will Travel.

  17. Wormface does not approve of this. on Pluto May Have Deep Seas and Ancient Tectonic Faults · · Score: 0

    How will the Wormfaces set up their base on Pluto?

  18. Re:A possum playing possum on The New 'One Microsoft' Is Finally Poised For the Future · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming you're replying to bazmail, and not me.

  19. Re:A possum playing possum on The New 'One Microsoft' Is Finally Poised For the Future · · Score: 5, Informative

    Excuse me????? IBM never wielded or abused the kind of power that MS had????

    Do you recall ever hearing ANYTHING about a 13 year antitrust trial? Or do you know the origin of the term "FUD"?

  20. And, in other news, Ars also reported that: on Comcast PAC Gave Money To Every Senator Examining Time Warner Cable Merger · · Score: 1
    • Water is wet
    • The Sun is hot
    • The sky is blue (except for where it's gray)
  21. Re:So no change then on Stephen Colbert To Be Letterman's Successor · · Score: 1

    Well played. Well played, indeed.

  22. What version does OpenBSD use? on Heartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability: A Technical Remediation · · Score: 1

    If it's using one of the affected versions, how did it get past the famed OpenBSD audits?

  23. Re:No jetpacks yet... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mr. Fusion comes out next year (2015).

  24. Re:Difficult to defend against on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 1

    The problem is that the Germans and the Brazilians always seem to find a way past the goalkeeper.

  25. Re:I May Not Agree on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 1

    And what are those justifications besides, "My book of fiction says it's icky, therefore it needs to be banned"?