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  1. Some of this strikes a chord with me... on So You Want To Be A Consultant · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A financially-struggling consultant does not give a customer The Warm Fuzzy Feeling(TM)

    Recently, I was in salary negotiations with a company without any competing job offers. I asked for a really high salary relative to others applying for the position. When asked why or do I have any other offers, I simply reiterated that I am very interested in this position, and the salary is what I have discovered through other companies is market.

    The name of the game is: "Never show all your cards"

  2. Re:As a software developer on W3C launches Binary XML Packaging · · Score: 1

    So Binary XML solves the problem that XML creates?

    Something to think about.

  3. Re:It just won't work. on IBM Desktop Linux Pledge, One Year Later · · Score: 1

    Changes between window managers aren't that big. There is a standard to follow...

  4. Re:Uh oh..? on Should Taxpayers Pay Twice For Weather Data? · · Score: 1

    How can better access to weather information result in more deaths? I find that a rather ridiculous assumption. Would you care to provide some evidence of that?

    I'm fairly sure he meant making you pay for weather info

  5. Re:My code is bigger than yours on Programming Until Retirement? · · Score: 1

    His point is definitely that he has experience. After 10 or so years of coding, if you have only written 10K LOC, I really think that speaks to inexperience, but 1 million does not speak to bloated code.

  6. Re:Screwy economics on IT Salaries to Grow 0.5% in 2005 · · Score: 1

    You work for Raytheon

  7. Yay! something else... on HDMI and What it Will Do for You · · Score: 1

    ... I can't afford

  8. Re:Torrent Link for the ETF mod on Enemy Territory Fortress Mod Arrives · · Score: 1

    Linux torrent seems down.

  9. Liferea is good too on RSS/RDF/Atom Aggregation in KDE 3.4 · · Score: 1

    And you dont need KDE!

  10. Bad usage on No Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking By Police · · Score: 1

    But really, what happens when they start using this information to tail people with prior records?

  11. Re:NT churn on End Of Support for Windows NT 4.0 · · Score: 0

    Thats because your NT people don't know unix/linux, the hardware is different, etc, etc. So blah to your anecdotal benchmark.

  12. Re:It's like sun on your wedding day? on Crackers Tune In to Windows Media Player · · Score: 0

    Don't upgrade!!!!!!!!1

  13. To really follow george foreman style... on Lean Mean Grilling PC Mod · · Score: 0

    ... make cheap knockoffs

  14. Too much $anything on Too Much Gaming, Anyone? · · Score: 0

    needs to be balanced with a dose of Real Life.

  15. Re:There are better ways to spend your money. on The Centralization of BitTorrent Networks · · Score: 0

    Yes sir!

    I *always* watch a movie myself before renting it to watch with my girl. She hates it when she finds out, but this means that I am willing to watch a movie twice, which means its *REALLY* fucking good.

    Last one was "Foolproof"

  16. what happens when ibm decides to sell... on IBM Opens Their Patent Portfolio to Open Source · · Score: 0

    ...those patents to microsoft?

  17. Jail! on Security Researcher Faces Jail For Finding Bugs · · Score: 0
    "faces 4 months in prison after being sued by Tegam for reverse engineering its Viguard antivirus software and publishing exploit codes"
    Because the threat of jail time has always stopped hackers before.
  18. I can't be the only one... on Sir Richard takes Virgin into Space · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... who thought someone got deflowered in space.

  19. geek-turned-homeowner? on PCs For A Workshop Environment? · · Score: 1

    geek-turned-homeowner... Cuz geeks can't own homes and still be geeks.

    RETARD!

  20. Are you really surprised? on FBI Warns: Many Tsunami Relief Pleas Are Fake · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'd be surprised if there were NO such cases. Cmon, we're just selfish, greedy bastards.

    I bet there were no Linux users involved!

    Haha.

  21. Re:Independent Games on Hackers, Slackers, and Shackles · · Score: 1

    Mod this guy insightful!

  22. I think the cause of Stallman's rigid... on Hackers, Slackers, and Shackles · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...fundamentalism is the fact that he hasn't been laid since he named a module after his ex-girlfriend.

  23. Re:Cost analysis on Where Do You Shop for Server Components? · · Score: 1
    I have an old G3 iMac running a desktop OS X serving up one of the oldest online textbooks available on the Internet, Webvision [LINK_TO_SERVER!!!!]
    Are you studying the slashdot effect or do you need help.
  24. Re:Funny? on 64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Its almost as if he is taunting us: "Haha look, it sucks and you're still gonna have to buy it"

  25. Tor on Iran Cracks Down on Internet Sites · · Score: 1

    Smuggle tor into the country?