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  1. Re:If there were no logs of searches... on U.S. Government Wants Google Search Records · · Score: 1

    There would also be no revenue strem from advertisers and hence no Google....yeap thats the right answer

    I love idiots who live in a tall white ivory tower, its all the farther they fall....

  2. Im off to the store on Forecasting Doomsday · · Score: 1

    Lets see...
    Flat Black KZ900, prefferably a Z1 with bubble goggle helmet.
    Sawed off Shotgun
    Gyrocopter
    Psycotic chap wearing dude with Mohwak and Chain
    Courthouse for leagal name change to "The GREAT HUMONGOUS"

    All set.....

  3. Re:Clueless Dweeb, he created a classic battery... on Tapping Trees for Electricity? · · Score: 1

    Uhhhhhh, its also because the lemon PH variant is significant , unless he can find acidic trees, maybe in Ohio ...with all our acid rain.......

  4. there are too many flaws..as opposed to WHAT ? on Linux Desktops Send NASA Rovers to Mars · · Score: 1

    Its a VERY subjective comment.
    If you tell me in COMPARISON to VMS, or OS2, or Solaris, I would agree with that.

    If you said that in comparison to windows, I would say just because you cant see it dosent mean its not there (although admittedley NASA has access to the windows code. I would say in comparison to several full enterprise implmentations that statement is correct, but agains windows ? come on...

  5. NO, not a chance on Computers, Long Hours and Vision Problems? · · Score: 1

    I am 35 Years old, I have been behind a console since I was 7 for extended periods (except high school where I was down to 1hr a day), no problems, I am still 20/20.

    My old man (Dad) is 60 he has been behind a tleltype or console since 65, his vision hasnt changed either

    Generally 12 hrs a day on a console for both of us. Probably just another case of weak genetics and looking for something to blame it on.
    Like carpal tunnel.....

    Or a guy who gets cancer after smoking for 5 years, my family is like ROACHES I say, 50 years with asbestos, no cancer for the Pipefitters, Smoke for 60 years with no ill effects , and drink a 5th of whiskey a day with no liver issues

    Now were all drunk, smell like ashtrays and just kind of mean spirited but we have good genetics

  6. Second to last on Your Cell Records For Sale Online, Cheap · · Score: 1

    I dont , and wont carry one, I am 34, and went throught pay phone era just fine.
    When pagers came out i was in the building trades, (with a crazy wife at the time), she paged me so many times one day I flushed the pager in the toilet.

    another time I was so fed up trying to concentrated I dropped it in a nearby storm drain.
    Instead of simply replacing it they wanted me to carry the first model Motorolla Mobile phone (kinda like a brick with buttons) I refused and have not been leashed since.

  7. Phily experiment all over again. on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    All geeks know the philadelphia experiment.

    None REALLY knows what happened.

    One of the conjectures were a massive gravitational field was formed, (that was part of the goal to render the ship invisible to radar, by warping (not space warp) the radar by using magnetism, the fact that both einstein and tesla were involved makes me curious.
     
    Is it possible they learned something here ?

  8. In Support of Jack....... on Jack Thompson Buys Stock in GTA Parent Company · · Score: 0, Troll

    Someone needs to write an "Murder Simulation" of all the morons like himself.

    Maybe a "Litigator Murder Simulator", for attorneys and judges that listen to his crap
    Throw tipper in there for good measure
    The goal of the game would be to erradicate from society as many of these types as possible.
    Unfortunatley the game would ONLY comprise, a pond and a vacum cleaner, whereby the goal was to suck up the pond scum, that covers most of the above mentioned persons

    oh well.....

    What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the Ocean ?....a good start.....

  9. CO as a fuel itself on Hydrogen-Emitting Microbe Examined · · Score: 1

    The funny part is with CO you dont need the hydrogen even, Wood Gas producers like thsose the Europeans (especially Belgians adn Germans used from 1930-1945) are fully sustainable on Just CO,

    Under pressure CO will Burn just like any other "fuel" it requires a slightly advanced timing and higher compression (although not as high as diesel) but it burns fine and will work with current internal combustion engines, the PROBLEM is is nasty stuff to living organisms that depend on OXYGEN.

    Google around for Wood Gas Producers and Engines, there is a fellow in Australlia that drives his truck around on wood.
    But just the CO is enough , now the destructive gassification of wood/coal, will also produce pure hydrogen, that along with the CO burns even better.

    I always had a thought to build a Grass Fueled Lawn mower, using the exhaust heat to Dry the clipping then burining them to drive the engine, kinda a lawn mower that EATS the grass, but alas I have no time, maybe by the time I retire, although by then the Internal Combustion engine will probably be illegal.

  10. WHAT !!! Oh Man... on Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels · · Score: 1

    Now I gotta worry about getting DISEASES like e-Coli from my PORN ?!?!

  11. When I was a plumber.... on How To Write Unmaintainable Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I used to employ similar tactics on large non-residnetial contracts, not for myself but for our company, I leared this from my Grandfather and Uncle who did the same, 40 years after the construction a hospital my Uncle was called out of retirment (as a consultant to the firm that got the expansion) To show them "the lay" his price tag $250,000 for 1 year at 35 hrs/wk. He is in the process of building a new home with the proceeds.

    On the code side, things I wrote 10 years ago I look at and think who the F*** wrote this, but back to my plumbing, that was the first lesson I was "Taught" NEVER EVER Say something like who the hell did this this way and why, more often than not after being in the business IT WAS YOU !, sure enough about 6 major jobs I went on to think to MYSELF , who did this holy shit is this complex, well after a day on the job I realized it was ME!!!

    Never say "Who the Hell wrote this" out loud...a sure way to hang yourself when you practice this method of job security.

  12. Re:Its democratic dream ...in CANADA ? on Requiem for Usenet · · Score: 1

    Thats Funny as hell, the VERY FIRST Thing in the Right hand Corner says "This article is part of the Socialism series. "
    With a red flag nonetheless..."You don't know what socialist means" I dont ? wow....Wiki, says nary a thing I didnt equate with Socialism , apparently they must be wrong too.even though you sent me the article....
    I would contend "Canada is a democracy" far less than "Canada is a socialist country"

    The Nazis named themselves Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, Do you even seriously think they were socialist ? No the put it in their name to attract a lot of on the fence would be socialists, Canada and Democracy is about the same....TRUE Democracy is becoming as rare as hens teeth.

    Just because youre wrong, claim youre right then your "supporting" evidence bears out you are wrong and just because youre about as bright as a box of rocks dosent make "appropriately revealing nickname" correct.....

  13. Its democratic dream ...in CANADA ? on Requiem for Usenet · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Its democratic dream "...
    A socalist majority , Some (granted not as much as elsewhere) limits on freedom and speech.
    so Its democratic dream , how does this apply to Canada ? Where a person has to go to the SUPREME COUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO RPOVIDE HIMSELF MEDICAL CARE ??!?!?!?!?

  14. Re:Pandemic on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    Its a combinations the excess cytokine buildup does nast things to the tissue in your lungs. Its not as simply direct as say a fever. In the case of me and strep it is a similar reaction (or broken overreation)

    Research into cytokine and cytokine inhibitors should help, interlukin is a good one (pretty good) although it has always made me a bit nervous , I mean a hormoe synthesized from rodent saliva ? (Hey sure beats the synthetic polar bear bile my son had to take for 2 years), yeah for real..)

  15. Re:Pandemic on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    First off , I am sure the original poster will be the only one to see this post so let me first say, I offer this information only to enlighten not to critcize.

    The statement "This was one of the flus that worked so fast the immune system couldn't keep up. " appears to be incorrect.
    The problem is actually th opposite, and hence why it dos in fact kill MORE healthy people than ill or elderly.
      It is an immune OVERREACTION that floods the patiest with antibodies and kills them.
     
      This artivle explains in laymans terms why
    I have been following this and from the moment I heard 50% lethal I assumend a similar reasoning, but I had reason to.
     
    Search around and you will find much of the recent research on the letahlity is coming to the same conclusion

    I actually know wht this is like to some extent , I have many odd medical issues, among them I have several unrelated immune system oddities. as does my son , although his are kept under control by immunosuppresnts,
    I for example am for all intents and purposes immune to strep, and nearly every related strain. (even the skin eating variety thank god), If I am even exposed however to someone who has strep I must undergo a month long steriod treatments and I look life F***ing AQUAMAN !, I break out in scales, yes scales. its called Guttate psoriasis and its a result of my body going freaking NUTS when exposed. E-Coli and Campo Lybachter are two others it would be very very unusual for me to suffer from again, I instead live life long with Reiter's Syndrome. Now why you ask ? Because I was exposed to ALL many many times and suffered a build up of immune responses.
     
    My hope is this will be of benifit to you in your quest for knowledge , isnt tht why you hang at slashdot ? :)

  16. Looks like a TurboSail to me. on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine With Push and Pull · · Score: 2, Informative

    Anyone Remeber the Cousteau Turbo Sail, same principal.

    Everything old is new again ? or just a case of two people reaching the same conclusion through trial and error.

  17. Nothing like on Amazon's Mechanical Turk · · Score: 1

    Saying "Getting Paid" on a slashdot article to hasten the griding of hard drive bearing of the hosting server.

  18. SQL Express on Oracle To Offer A Free Database · · Score: 2, Interesting

    these requirments are nearly Identical to SQLExpress, the renamed MSDE from MS.

    But on a windows system WOW is it handy for building apps with embeeded db , (1000 times better than Access, both in performance reliablity and coding for it.)
    Hopefully Oragle will make it that easy for Unix/Linux?Solaris development.

  19. Why not Europe ? on Microsoft Threatens To Withdraw Windows in S.Korea · · Score: 1

    I always wondered why they didnt try this in Europe.

    It would have been a HUGE hit to the EC to say, hey weve got a solution you dont get any MS products anymore PERIOD
    While it may have been seen as a bluff , closing a few dozen MS office woulda scared the HELL out of the European Commision.

    Right or Wrong there is NO WAY POSSIBLE the EC Could have explained it was doing good when no customer in Europe could upgrade, buy, etc. The people would have dissolved the damm comission.

  20. At what point ? on Get Ready For The 20-inch Laptop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does a laptop become NOT a laptop.

    I have a heck of a problem opening my 15 inch Toshiba up on a plane in Coach class as it is . a 20 inch ...Id have to spring for first class...

  21. Re:This is bad? on DrDOS Inc Breaking GPL · · Score: 1

    When its SCO Stealing and Violating the GPL, errr, Yeah its bad....

    Not find a naked man running around your house with a butcher knife bad, but bad nonetheless.....

  22. And this Suprises anyone HOW ? on DrDOS Inc Breaking GPL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I mean, Caldera, err...SCO

    The funny thing is DrDOS was Sued , pre Caldera, and won, then Sued MS once (or right before) Caldera Bought it, I think Caldera pulled something like 200 Mil if I remeber out of the suit against MS

    Maybe we should have taken it as a sign of things to come

  23. Im sure nothing will egg him more on Andy Tanenbaum Releases Minix 3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Than being posted under the LINUX section of Slashdot either.

    Just think ot the Irony, of the Fater , so to say being listed as a Child.

    While not a direct descendent Minix was CERTAINLY the original inspiration for Linus ("Ill tak that as gopsel since Linus himself said so:).

    But now what nearly 15-18 years later and well we see no Minix section of Slashdot....

  24. Re:point of the internet? on Tier One ISPs Dying · · Score: 1

    No, not really, it was inteded so chunks could go down (zapped with a 100 megaton nuke) and the rest would remain up.

    In this sense it functioned perfectly.

  25. MS Day ???? on Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this Bill's Birthday or something ?
    5 MS Stories on Slashdot homepage, many looking like marketing speak

    Slashdot hire a MS PR Guy as of late ?