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  1. Re:Excellent on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are so right! However, the mods here, just like most IT nitwits, have no sense of humor whatsoever. Something about being around all those magnetic drives screws up their irony glands. Among other things.

  2. Excellent on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: -1

    This is one of the best articles I have ever read, and I don't even work for a corporation.

  3. Question on Examining the Usability of Gnome, Unity and KDE · · Score: 1

    Do any of these offer column browsing like OSX yet?

  4. AREN"T on Life Possible On 'Large Regions' of Mars · · Score: 1

    it's aren't....

  5. I'd run something... on Big Brother In the Home Office · · Score: 1

    That moved blocks of code around, backspaced, retyped the same string or added random strings, etc. in multiple terminals and app windows. Let it run 8 hours a day during normal hours.

    Then use another computer for work.

    I'd write the script on their time as well.

  6. Even Now... on Will NASA Ever Recover Apollo 13's Plutonium From the Ocean · · Score: 1

    Something new is stirring itself there, something enormous and hideous.

  7. Pulling an economic Boehner on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 1

    Do Hobbits have sex?

  8. Pinguy on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Linux Distro For a Newbie · · Score: 1

    Pinguy is Ubuntu with the extra stuff from Mint and already set up.

  9. Re:too bad this country can't do the same on China Begins To Extend High Speed Rail Across Asia · · Score: 1

    If the current rails are adequate, why do I know of a lot of improvement and expansion projects in the US? And if those are happening, with Federal money helping, why can't passenger service be included in the plan? Especially since Federal money pays for lots of road repair for freight trucks, which do damage at a 55,000/1 ratio versus cars?

  10. You obviously don't know how train controls work.. on Tom's Hardware Dissects Ubuntu 11.4's Interface and Performance · · Score: 1

    I mean you really don't. Locomotive engineer here with current cert.

  11. Not as scary as Nucular on Swiss To End Use of Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    And the people who say it...

  12. Malatesta on RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California · · Score: 1

    "The enemy is not he who is born beyond our borders, nor he who speaks a language different from our own, but he who, without any right, seeks to strip away the liberty and independence of others." --Enrico Malatesta

  13. When I think of Charlotte... on Murder Trial May Turn On Missing Router · · Score: 1

    ... I think of Rampling.

  14. That Free Month on Playstation To Restore Services This Week · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will be paid for by a random credit card number.

  15. Plugs already last 110k on Lasers To Replace Sparkplugs In Engines? · · Score: 1

    My Honda has a sparkplug change every 110k. I couldn't believe it, ocming from older cas, so I changed them at 89k, they still looked great. $12@

  16. Privacy Blocker already does this... on Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers · · Score: 1

    Sends junk data instead of true data for any app.

  17. SONY WAS going to supply them... on Sony CEO Lets Slip That iPhone 5 Will Have 8MP Camera · · Score: 1

    Probably not any more once Steve hears about it. iP5 will probably have a 6 MP camera from another vendor.

  18. US Bank on Epsilon Data Breach Bigger Than Just Kroger Customers' Data · · Score: 1
    US Bank already sucked, their website sporting the worst GUI since Windows 3. I had an REI Visa with them, their website would show me paid with zero balance even though I was carrying, and wouldn't let me add a payment, but then would suddenly show me overdue and add a late fee. I'd call up, they'd sometimes credit me, and it would start all over again. For over a decade I had no missed payments, suddenly I was having one every month.

    It got fixed the day the new regs took effect, up to that point they were minting money from that website. They had plenty of collections people, often not very smart, often it took a couple of tries to get a payment made.

    All in all, a nightmare compared to any other vendor I used, and a blight on REI's customer service rep. When the chance came, I paid them off first and kept away.

    So this morning I got this in my email...

    As a valued U.S. Bank customer, we want to make you aware of a situation that has occurred related to your email address. We have been informed by Epsilon Interactive, a vendor based in Dallas, Texas, that files containing your email address were accessed by unauthorized entry into their computer system. Epsilon helps us send you emails about products and services that may be of interest to you. We want to assure you that U.S. Bank has never provided Epsilon with financial information about you. For your security, however, we wanted to call this matter to your attention. We ask that you remain alert to any unusual or suspicious emails. Please remember that U.S. Bank will never request information such as your personal ID, password, social security number, PIN or account number via email. For your safety, never share this or similar information in response to an email request at any time. To learn more about recognizing online fraud issues, visit: http://www.usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/about/online_security/online_fraud.cfm In addition, if you receive any suspicious looking emails, please tell us immediately. Call U.S. Bank Customer Service at 800-US-BANKS (800-872-2657). The security of your information is important to us, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. As always, if you have any questions, or need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

    I think it is only stupid evil companies that were using Epsilon. Litmus test.

  19. The Real Reason on Wikileaks Booted From Amazon · · Score: 1

    Lieberman simply lets Amazon know that a bill requiring internet tax collection is under consideration.

  20. Actors Are Cattle on Internet Blacklist Back In Congress · · Score: 1

    FTA...
    Support
    Motion Picture Association of America
    US Chamber of Commerce
    Screen Actors Guild
    Viacom
    International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States

  21. Re:Employees Eaten by Linux Torvalds on Swiss Canton Abandons Linux Migration · · Score: 1

    fressen is when animals eat, essen is humans eating.

  22. This is a Mozilla Problem on ISP Is Bypassing Firefox's Location Bar Search · · Score: 1

    I have the same issue in Seamonkey, just posted about it on the Mozillazine forums as well. http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1811375

  23. You haven't heard about the button on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    The car the trooper was driving has a start/stop button. When moving above a certain speed it only works to STOP if you hold it for 3 seconds. It was a rental and he hadn't read the manual or been given an orientation, obviously.

  24. Which reminds me... on Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off · · Score: 1

    Whatever happened to HotBot?

  25. I wish Apple would make... on Why Everyone Has High Hopes For Apple Tablet · · Score: 0, Troll

    a penis enlarger that "just worked".