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  1. Re:redundancy on Millions in Middle East Lose Internet · · Score: 1

    And zip-ties

  2. Re:Hmmm, another coralation. on Crime Reduction Linked To Lead-Free Gasoline · · Score: 1

    No, just proof of his existence.

  3. Hmmm, another coralation. on Crime Reduction Linked To Lead-Free Gasoline · · Score: 1

    That's like saying the increase in global warming is in direct relation to the reduction of pirates.

    Another sign of FSM...

  4. Re:Our Sun is Dying. on "All Quiet Alert" Issued For the Sun · · Score: 1

    I thought we still had 5 billion years? Man, time flies...

  5. Re:Who wants to bet? on US Faces $100 Billion Fine For Web Gambling Ban · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd like to take that bet...


    oh no, wait... I can't.

  6. Re:Hardly Rocket Science on Interpol Unscrambles Doctored Photo In Manhunt · · Score: 1

    I use super secret MS Paint to alter my images. I 'blur' it by using the paintgun. Then resave it as a new file so the original data isn't kept as part of the new file... Of course, my blurs are just for stuff like license plates, account numbers, etc. I hope future criminals aren't as simple as me.

  7. hybrids.. on D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras · · Score: 1

    Currently in VA hybrid owners are exempt from HOV lane rules. I wonder if that will still be in effect.

  8. Re:"Here's your problem" on Science In Islamic Countries · · Score: 1

    yeah, I guess all those right winged Christians killing abortion doctors, and bombing clinics are good people. Or the KKK for killing anyone of ethnic or religious differnce are good people too.

  9. 1 step needed. on Trouble With MS Genuine Office Validation · · Score: 1

    1) Activate Visio.
    done.

    Next story please

  10. So, what's the catch... on Review of Amazon's DRM-Less Music Download Store · · Score: 1

    I've been reading the articles last couple of days. It seems to good. maybe I'll have to start d/l'ing music again instead of listening to the stuff i d/l'ed before i got scared off. $.89 ain't a bad deal at all.

  11. Re:Hmmm... on Google Testing "My World" Second Life Rival? · · Score: 1

    Yep, just a couple of blocks. (doh) me and my dumb fingers...

  12. Re:Hmmm... on Google Testing "My World" Second Life Rival? · · Score: 2

    Not me. I live at 472 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield.

  13. Can't they make up their minds? on Germs Taken Into Space May Come Back Deadlier · · Score: 1

    First they say that germs from space will cause us to get sick. Then they tell us that it's just the ground water http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html. Now they're telling us deadly germs from earth taken to space. Geez....

  14. Gotta negotiate ahead of time... on Law Firm Fighting For White Collar (IT) Overtime · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I don't know why people wait until it's too late to bitch. My former IT job I got comp time in lue of money. It was great because I ended up getting days off. I know I actually worked those days ahead of time, but getting a couple of 3 day weekends every month really boosted my moral. When they switched me and my co-workers to hourly, I still worked those hours, but instead got to bank the money. I didn't end up missing the 3 day weekends because i still had a fairly easy schedule, and the extra money went to buying another car. Now my first IT job, oh-boy was that a mess. I thought that working hard long hours would get me ahead. HA! But I figured I felt better when the company went under and I gave myself an additional severance package with the 'extra' hardware that they didn't need anymore.

  15. Re:Note taking on How Students Are 'Evolving' With Technology · · Score: 1

    Ditto. If I actually write down the notes, I seem to remember it easier.

  16. Sometimes it's part of the job.. on When Ethics and IT Collide · · Score: 1

    My last job my primary responsability was as an e-mail admin. Because of SEC regulations we had to keep every piece of e-mail that came in, including personal e-mail used on the corporate system. We had an anti-spam filter in place to keep down the number of spam messages that get archived to keep the volume low(er). Part of my job was to monitor it to reduce false positives, figure out why they got caught, adjust the filters, and remonitor. So I had to read e-mails that get caught. I saw no moral problem doing it and occassionaly coming accross a personal e-mail with profanity, or sexually explicit material. Depending on the recipiant, I'd give them a hard time about it. but I never went in just for the heck of it...

  17. I'm waiting for... on Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'? · · Score: 1

    802.11X The 'x' makes it sound cooler.

  18. Re:Setting aside the humor, do they have a point? on Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Too rich of a mixture can also cause fuel to wash down the walls past the rings, get in the oil, and cause bearing failure.

  19. not here.. on Is There Still Racism in IT Hiring Practices? · · Score: 1

    My boss is an african american female. I'm arabic male, and there is also and egyptian female as our DBA. we have another african american female in a clerical position. our web master is caucasian female. the other 2 positions in our group are caucasian males. So i think we're a pretty diverse group.

  20. Re:Don't forget... on Does Faster Broadband Matter? · · Score: 1

    And isn't that what the 'net is all about?

  21. reliability? on First Quantum Byte Created · · Score: 1

    I'm just waiting for a decent capacity drive (75-100gb) to last more than 5 years..

  22. What we need.. on Pirates Thwarted by Sonic Weapon · · Score: 1

    .. to combat pirates is more global warming! http://www.venganza.org/

  23. intentional bug? on History's Worst Software Bugs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "1982 -- Soviet gas pipeline. Operatives working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency allegedly plant a bug in a Canadian computer system purchased to control the trans-Siberian gas pipeline"

    can this really be considered a bug? It was an intentional software error..

  24. Re:a little late? on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    Too offset you getting this news 8 days before me, I'm going to wait 8 more days to read the article. that way it evens out..

    (maybe by then the site will have recovered from being slashdoted..)

  25. Not great for the track.. on GMC to Begin Remotely Scanning Cars for Trouble · · Score: 1

    At a track event a couple of months ago, there was a CTS-V in my run group. He was doing real good one session, then he fell flat on his face. Turns out that Onstar reported back that the vehicle was being driven 'erraticly', and thought the car was stolen, so it dialed back the power. not a great thing when you're going down the back straight at VIR at 120mph.. He had to call them and explain that he was infact the owner, and told them he was at a 'driving school'