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  1. Re:moving to cheaper countries on IBM to Lose 13,000 Jobs · · Score: 2, Insightful
    In fact it is far too difficult to check if the crisis really occured or if it is a fake.
    If you think it's fake, I'll sell you my IBM shares for what they were worth in January. It's real enough for me. It's pretty naive to think that something like this would be a facade given the huge amount of press and criminal prosecution has gone into condemning fiscal tricks here in the US.

    And yes, the point is valid that the UK is partcularly expensive right now. A "cheaper" country could well be the US. What's the pound worth in dollars now?

  2. Re:You know the coolest thing about thinkpads on Lenovo Completes Acquisition Of IBM's PC Division · · Score: 1

    My iSeries has one--that I never use. But it does appear newer ones don't have the key. Cool. Larger space bar.

  3. Re:Is this the Astrodome? on Is the x86 Architecture Less Secure? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Draw dubious conclusions from circumstantial evidence that question the anti-wintel open source orthodoxy, get cited on Slashdot!

    Right this instant, I'm working on my "Windows better for pirating media files" opinion piece. It's a surefire winner.

  4. Re:Job well done on Mars Rover Stuck in a Dune · · Score: 1

    You make it sound like it's a pretty uneconomical decision to make most of the propulsion system reusable.

  5. Re:Summary is a little too sensational on Mars Rover Stuck in a Dune · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think it was mentioned elsewhere that not only was the deep sand of the dune crest an issue here, but also the fact that Opportunity hit this crest laterally, not perpendicular to the crest, causing all wheels to get mired. The rover computers know to avoid big rocks and such, but obviously weren't configured to look out for this.

  6. Re:IE on Safari Passes the Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    Nah, in IE "Hello World" becomes "Wo Hell Lord."

  7. Re:3.0G in Aug '04? on Apple Updates Power Mac Line · · Score: 1

    I feel obligated to point out that you can't really get a 5GHz processor from AMD or Intel, either.

  8. Pragmatism on Stewart Brand on 'Environmental Heresies' · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I'm glad someone has taken the time to lay this out. It has long been very frustrating to see environmentalist romantics fly in the face of reason in railing against genetically-modified plants as a possible solution to population pressures, or arguing against nuclear power as a clean energy source.

    Increasing demand for power and other resources isn't going away. Time to suck it up and deal with imperfect solutions.

  9. Re:RF Home cooking on 'Xtreme' Equipment That You Have Borrowed? · · Score: 1

    And by "burnt hot dog" you mean "I got cancer?"

  10. Re:Big Computers on 'Xtreme' Equipment That You Have Borrowed? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only 32GB?

  11. Re:Managers never delete email on E-mail As the New Database · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At the huge corporation I work for, our company policy is to delete everything by default ASAP. WE have to jump through hoops just to archive stuff for at most two years. The lawyers think this is a great thing because they hate it when executives get their email supoenaed, but us engineers think it's a terrible idea, given how much work and technical discussion is recorded in email.

  12. Re:bad reason for a space program on Sea Life Wiped Out by Neutron Star Collision? · · Score: 1

    They postulated that the ozone layer would be substantially removed, flooding the earth's surface and the shallower parts of the oceans with UV, killing lots of plankton, wreaking havoc, etc etc.

  13. Re:Why? on Crack Found in Shuttle Tank · · Score: 1

    And also the 707 variants... KC-135, etc.

  14. Re:Not quite on New York Court Says Telecommuters Must Pay NY Tax · · Score: 1
    Ultimately, the questions raised by the avaricious exploitation by the state of New York of out-of-state employees of a company based in New York are a matter of interstate commerce, and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government.
    Dude, it's not like we're talking about steamboats!

    Oh, yeah, it is. Thought this was decided 200 years ago.

  15. As is not being able to access a specific page on Google's Library Up and Running · · Score: 1

    Can't seem to pick a page to start at... they must be limiting this to search-only, not reading or printing whole books. Seems to be a parameter in the URL, but you can't just change it. And after a search, you seem to get a few pages of contect in either direction.

  16. Re:Worked for me on Inside the Free iPod Offer · · Score: 1

    The line between making a profit off someone, and "exploiting" someone is where, exactly?

  17. Re:I wrote about this a while back, too... on Inside the Free iPod Offer · · Score: 1

    Similarly, This too.

  18. Re:What a bunch... on EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable · · Score: 4, Insightful
    which is why you can still get 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 as well as 2.6
    Which is nice, because you're not forced to die or upgrade when some beancounter decides it's time to stop supporting security patches for NT or IOS or Solaris 2 or whatever.

    Here where I work, we're moving from one set of tools and database to something newer. The question arose, "But how will we look at old data 15 years from now?" (A valid concern in patent defense.) The answer, "The tools have been ported to Linux, right?" Done and done.

  19. Re:Willy on Wheels! on 'Online Poker' Googlebomb · · Score: 1

    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

  20. Like Wikipedia Can Spare the Bandwidth on 'Online Poker' Googlebomb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wikipedia's slow as a turd as it is. Thanks guys!

  21. Re:Not in every case on OSDL Says SCO Suit Was Good for Linux · · Score: 1
    Knowing HP, they probably decided to not support Linux on your laptop while you were talking with the salesperson, but have now reinstated support since you talked with the support folks.

    And another thing-- Void your warranty?? For hardware? That's bullshit.

  22. Re:Alfred Menezes and Scott Vanstone on NSA Announces New Crypto Standards · · Score: 1
    When I was an undergrad at the University of Waterloo
    So when did you start work at Microsoft?
  23. Re:Lousy Submissions on Build Your Own PBX · · Score: 1, Funny
    PBX = Poor Box.

    You know, like alms. The key is the appearence of security, without ostentation.

  24. Re:horrible idea on Bounties for Gnome Optimization · · Score: 1
    can't we think of other ways to motivate people besides money?
    Economists have been working on that very problem for centuries. They have not yet come up with a better way to motivate people.

    Forgive the sarcasm, but what's a better motivater than cash? A job that pays cash? Threatening developers with death?

  25. Re:2.7? on Linux Kernel Release Numbering Revisited · · Score: 1

    Can I get this kernel thing from Windows Update? I want to make sure my computer is patched. Thanks!