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  1. But what about the poor minority underachievers? on Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? · · Score: 1

    I thought all education in the US was intended to raise the failures up to lower mediocrity? C'mon, how the hell are we going to prance about congratulating ourselves on the multicultural victory over some such bullshit if we can't dismember education for smart hardworking people and spend all our time wringing our hands over pregnant teens, gangbangers and crackheads?

  2. What user data? Monster is a fake site on Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows that. I never met a single person ever who ever got a job through monster. Or even got a callback. I doubt 1% of the listings on Monster are real.

  3. Just turn over all votes to the administration on Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sure they can be trusted.

  4. A passport is not a requirement on Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A passport is a fallback document if you don't have one of these Federal ID's pretty much like today if you don't have a photo ID to get on a plane. Now I'm sure my state the Great State of Redneck-NorthCarolinastan will determine that getting one of these Federal ID's is even more expensive but I'm sure they'll accept a hunting license or a document from any Baptist Church in a pinch.

  5. U.K. nanny state will pass a law on British Report Details the Stress of Email Communication · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the Mandarins of low impact multicultural fat free no smoking bike helmets for everyone in the UK will soon pass a law limiting the number of emails one is allowed to see in a day with harsh penalties if they exceed that.

  6. Your blood boils at low pressure and temp on Surviving in Space Without a Spacesuit · · Score: 1

    the effect of zero pressure is your blood boils at subzero temperature.

  7. He was right about one thing on William Gibson Gives Up on the Future · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the future authors will have 5 or 6 different good ideas and they will recycle them endlessly into an entire genre.

  8. It means we've given up on security on Netcraft Says IIS Gaining on Apache · · Score: 1

    In lieu of closed applications compatibility and feature set. AKA glitzy web apps that run like shit and are security nightmares. Which is fine by me as long as I never have to hear some asshole complain about ID theft again.

  9. Spend the money on faster flash drives on New Water-Cooled Hard Drives Coming · · Score: 0

    Why don't these companies invest the R+D in simply making cheaper faster cooler flash drives?

  10. Wal*Mart suppliers @Home on Lenovo Aims $199 PC At China's Rural Population · · Score: 1

    Now Wal*Mart can charge their own suppliers what we are charged.

  11. So we should steal Windows to get a discount on Microsoft Cuts Vista Price To $66 In China · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That works for me. Massive piracy leads to steep discounts. Allright !!!!

  12. It would have to be amazing on Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    For me to put up with 2 seconds of delay with their insipid ads. Not saying never, but it would have to be straight up amazing literally, my laptop and all its features on a phone.

  13. In NC the DA can charge U w/ a felony for 1 joint on A Year In Prison For a 20-Second Film Clip? · · Score: 1

    The argument that you only took one hit is irrelevant.

  14. And Television killed Picasso too? on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music · · Score: 1

    Gee I wonder?

  15. Marble Mouse on Mouse or Trackball? · · Score: 1

    Logitech Marble Mouse is great. Ambidextrous, compact, smooth, optical.

  16. On avg Americans change phones every 18 months on Apple Sued Over iPhone Non-Replaceable Batteries · · Score: 2, Informative

    On average Americans change their phones every 18 months. I can tell you that in all the years I or my family have owned cell phones I've replaced exactly one battery. What torques me is the OBSCENE cost of replacement batteries. For the money you might as well replace the phone.

  17. Encryption is a better solution on Give iPod Thieves an Unchargeable Brick · · Score: 1

    Thats all I have

  18. I'd like to on Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I don't speak Hindi.

  19. Based on other /. screeds on What's Keeping US Phones In the Stone Age? · · Score: 1

    There are two types of people in the world

    1) Yaay more expensive hardware that doesn't do anything, YAAAAY upgrades all hail the new gadget and our corporate upgrading overlords

    2) You kids get off my lawn

  20. Re:ok you win. on Are Cheap Laptops a Roadblock for Moore's Law? · · Score: 1

    I have no point. I cede the field to the Wintel flacks and PR machine.

  21. My NAS is limited by the network not the drive on Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End · · Score: 1

    So thanks for forcing me to buy a much more expensive SATA NAS that won't run any faster at all. Tell you what - make a solid state SATA plugin device then we'll talk.

  22. Re:ok you win. on Are Cheap Laptops a Roadblock for Moore's Law? · · Score: 1

    Again, hooray for you! Imaginary apps that don't exist but might in the future require us all to upgrade upgrade upgrade upgrade!!!!!! now better more faster. Not because you can use it but because you might. Uh OK.

    I'm putting nitrous on my Camry because I might have to outrun the barbarians from Thunderdome.

  23. Re:Let's criminalize the internet on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    And anyone convicted of a crime, anyone who expresses any unsavory opinion, hell let's have a no fly list for the internet. I am 100% in favor of political re education camps for America. I think there's some nice places up in Alaska.

  24. Let's criminalize the internet on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    If you're on the internet, you're going to jail.

  25. Re:ok you win. on Are Cheap Laptops a Roadblock for Moore's Law? · · Score: 1

    I'm saying they are largely functionally equivalent yes. Personal computing hasn't changed that much in 4 years. My eMachines T2858 Celeron D335 desktop does the same job as the latest and greatest with some loss of speed in comparison, that's all. My P-3 1200Mhz Homebuilt whitebox is functionally equivalent as well. It's just slower and since I'm not a gamer or compiling C++ on it it's barely relevant. The fact that I wouldn't run Vista on them is neither here nor there. Vista isn't opening up a class of applications to me I couldn't do before. And since no one is using one of the multicore CPU's for what I would consider critical housekeeping maintenance functions then to me it's simply ego.