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  1. Re:Barringer Meteor Crater on Ask Slashdot: Science Sights To See? · · Score: 2

    For geology, I preferred Blanchard Springs Cavern in Arkansas and Mammoth Cave in Tennessee.

  2. Re:Currency on World's Biggest Gold Coin Minted In Australia · · Score: 1

    Fiats are so hard to attach a value; their use as currency would never work. "I'll give you 50 Fiats for that house; and one Fiat to the real estate agent for commission"?? When the agent already has a luxury car, the Fiat would be unused.
    Although each individual Fiat is (trans)portable, porting a number of them around for purchases would require logistical managerial skills most people don't have.

  3. Re:Email from HP about this on HP Rethinking Wisdom of Spinning Off PC Division · · Score: 1

    Funnier without the formatting. Sounds the HP salesman show tried to sell me HP junk.

  4. Re:True on Why We Love Things We Build Ourselves · · Score: 1

    You would have to ensure the script maintains the "golden ratio" for the displayed art or you lose the visual impact of rightness provided by the screenshot. The script would need a lookup table for variable fonts to ensure proper ratios to keep that golden ratio. Oh, now this is no longer a script but now a small app with a database; sounds like an open source project. Need to setup some space on github to keep track of the project.....what were we doing in the first place?

  5. Re:Use velcro cable ties on Ask Slashdot: Clever Cable Management? · · Score: 2

    I see you like pointless, self-flagellating work.
    A whole catalog with all the pretty pictures.
    The actual source, Fastenation rolls of precut velcro, each tenant uses a different color, are mandatory in my datacenter.

  6. Re:Hudsucker Proxy on Evaluating the 'Doofus Factor' In Corporate Governance · · Score: 1

    Although driving the stock price down was a deliberate action, I propose the actual intent was to decimate ( or worse) the ranks of the engineers. Actual engineers with years of experience and knowledge are expensive; 3rd world factory drones are cheaper and less troublesome. Note the complete lack of invention in HP as of late. The company had to buy 3PAR in order to stay relevant in storage.

    Driving the stock price down is a one-time good deal. Redirecting funds from operating expenses to executive bonuses and pay is continuous.

  7. Re:4 meters on FCC To Test Opening White Spaces Up To Public · · Score: 1

    I think your allocation request is biologically impossible. And, Europeans tend to exaggerate.

  8. Re:Move along, Citizen on Jobs Bill Funds Safety Network With Spectrum Sale · · Score: 1

    ...and the unsustainable debt accumulated by these companies to purchase bandwidth is backed by Government guarantees of repayment...regardless of how much money we have to print. The inflation destroying the savings accounts of fiscally responsible people is necessary, incidental, and unimportant. The expansion of the economy from the stimulating services created leveraging this expanded spectrum use will enrich everyone.

  9. Re:Hate to say it on PostgreSQL 9.1 Released · · Score: 2

    You failed to trigger the proper result.

  10. Punishment should fit the crime on 5 Years In Prison For Selling Fake Cisco Gear · · Score: 4, Funny

    She should be sentenced to 5 years of pulling cat6 cable thru 200 year old buildings in Boston; and removing all the old POTS wire.

  11. Teenage test subjects on Generating Text From Functional Brain Images · · Score: 1

    OMG!
    STFU!
    BFF?!
    CUL8R.

  12. Re:firearms on Hurricane Irene Prompts Unprecedented Evacuation of NYC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just like they do in Texas -- sit on the porch and shoot anything that moves.

  13. Re:Enjoy a happy retirement on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    But, if he happened to take an interest in redesigning the user interface at retirement homes, I think he could make a real positive impact on retired peoples everywhere.

  14. Re:I'm impressed. on HP's Shift On PCs Could Boost Acer, Dell and Lenovo · · Score: 2

    I endorse your portrayal of truth and honesty and insight. I assume you have no ambitions to become management?

  15. Re:I read the article on Why PCs Trump iPads For User Innovation · · Score: 1

    ...PCs have greatly improved in recent years they still often have issues waking from sleep...

    I have greatly improved in recent years and have issues waking from sleep. Are you implying I am unstable?!

  16. Re:supposedly obsolete tech on PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube" · · Score: 1
    What did the vacuum tube and the incandescent light bulb say to the EMP generator at Best Buy?

    C'mon, blow this joint and we'll go light up the town.

  17. Re:Not even a fine? on Hundreds of Bank Account Details Left In London Pub · · Score: 3, Funny

    Such dreary and damning words first thing in the morning.
    I need to go to the pub for breakfast and beer.

  18. Re:Yeah on NYC Mayor Demands $600M Refund On Software Project · · Score: 1

    Cutting edge research and development never fails. But, it may develop processes and results which are contra-indicated to the stated objective.

  19. Re:An apology to the international community on First Challenge To US Domain Seizures Filed · · Score: 0

    Israel.
    Seriously. Large percentages of the planet either disregard them as largely irrelevant; or want to remove them from the planet. But, they have the support of powerful but inept allies. The perfect compromise. The domain administration fees they receive could easily exceed foreign financial support.

    And, the Israeli's are smarter than the US government. They would not seize domains; they'd track connections and sell the data to everyone.

  20. Re:Going Outside is a good adventure on Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With? · · Score: 1

    It's generally not scary.

    Trekking thru Missouri attempting to outrace the black, rolling thunderclouds to a safe location, putting up a tent with shock cords so it remains upright in the high winds, and sitting out the lightning storm and torrential rains in said tent can verge on scary. But, hey, the clean smell of nature renewed afterward is a nice reward.

  21. Re:New tech? on Using Flywheels to Meet Peak Power Grid Demands · · Score: 1

    Flywheel, schmywheel. One idiot machinist rammed the cutting bar into the clamping chucks of a 40HP 3 phase turning center at 4500 RPM, ripped one of the 8lb steel chucks off the 5/8" grade 8 bolts, jettisoned the chuck thru the safety bars on the window, thru the safety glass, thru the false ceiling, and embedded the metal object fully into the cinder block wall. Flywheels are just entertainment anymore.

  22. Re:I've been waiting for these on OCZ Couples SSD, Mechanical Storage On a PCIe Card · · Score: 1

    Write-cache by definition does not include data in left cache. So, since nothing is left in the cache, all is write. No problem.

  23. Re:Reminds me of hardcards on OCZ Couples SSD, Mechanical Storage On a PCIe Card · · Score: 1

    ...an 8MB C: drive and a 32MB D: drive, because DOS (FAT-12) didn't support disks bigger than 32MB...

    I must not be awake yet; the nightmares of technology past are still continuing to play in my head.

  24. Re:DIY Consumer? on RadioShack Trying To Return To Its DIY Roots · · Score: 1

    Producers? Uh, no. Those belong in the RIAA/MPAA crowd.

    People who build things are builders, creators, welders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, writers, sculptors, painters, masons, etc

  25. Re:by-gone-days on RadioShack Trying To Return To Its DIY Roots · · Score: 1

    very few people scratch build any more....

    Because the lawyers killed Erector Sets,Chemistry sets, jungle gyms, and any possibility a kid could rake a risk and actually learn and have fun. If RS is serious, they will fire the personal-injury-prevention lawyers, put lawyer salaries into a rainy day fund, and just sell gadgets.