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  1. Re:So by virtually they mean not. on Microsoft Puts Datacenter In a Barn · · Score: 1

    The cockroaches can survive anything; I don't think the equipment can survive the cockroaches.

  2. Debunking the new adage on Deferred IT Maintenance Is a Ticking Time Bomb · · Score: 1
    Thus

    Do more with less

    becomes

    Doing nothing with nothing

    as all systems fail and bankruptcy court takes your now worthless assets.

  3. Re:Don't overestimate people on Rushkoff Proposes We Fork the Internet · · Score: 1

    Yes, but we want a netWORK; not a netFAIL.

  4. Re:And will this allow for innovation still? on Micro-USB Cellphone Charger Becomes EU Standard · · Score: 1

    You speak truth on /.? The mods will not be kind.

  5. Re:US on Micro-USB Cellphone Charger Becomes EU Standard · · Score: 1

    A mediocre solution now is better than a perfect solution "tomorrow"!?

  6. Re:US on Micro-USB Cellphone Charger Becomes EU Standard · · Score: 2

    Micro is rated for more insertions (I believe 10,000) than mini.

    I kept telling my GF that, she wouldn't buy it.

    Show her a gold plated Monster micro. Add a diamond stud; she won't resist.

  7. Re:So what? on Our Lazy Solar Dynamo — Hello Dalton Minimum? · · Score: 1

    Higher expenses removing and disposing of frozen homeless people from the street. If the homeless get desperate enough, increased other expenses dealing with break-ins of property and turf wars for warm sleeping spaces.

    Also increased liberal news reports of people who can't afford the $800 heating bills for their 800 sq ft shack with inadequate insulation and heaters. More house fires and deaths as more people use camping equipment and other not-rated-for-domestic-use equipment to heat their homes.

  8. Re:Satellite wreaking havoc upon its neighbours... on 'Zombie' Satellite Returns To Life · · Score: 2

    ...Galaxy XV battery completely drained and the satellite's baseband equipment command unit reset...

    No mixup. This is basic vampire functionality -- drain the victim; and when the victim resets the victim is now a vampire. So, the satellite has transformed from zombie to vampire. Which satellite will it drain next? (Echelon is my first choice)

  9. Re:Why give them the publicity on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1

    ...what do you think will happen if voting gets more complicated?

    The stupid people will invalidate their vote by quitting in frustration? Please?

  10. Re:As a voter who normally leans Democrat... on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1

    ..what if this backfired, and Palin won?

    There would be a lot of children in the White House.

  11. Re:As a voter who normally leans Democrat... on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1

    ...explain gerrymandering.

    The abusive use of computer modeling to affect the outcome of a process to a known conclusion.

  12. Re:As a voter who normally leans Democrat... on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 2

    Do you think if the ballot complexity were increased by removing party votes that the simpletons would stop voting?

  13. The soul of the machine proves.... on A Guitar Robot That Can Really Shred · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....Metallica's music was always rather repetitive and robotic.
    Show me a robot which can play classical violin without becoming arrogant and whiny; that would be an achievement.

  14. Re:Karate Kid had it right on The Right's War On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    I find your thoughts amusing and interesting; and would like to subscribe to your comedy channel.

  15. Re:NASA modernization program? on NASA To Continue Funding Canceled Ares Project Until March · · Score: 1
    Your terminology fails to convey the right meaning. Let's try

    Porkfare -- subsidies for the rich.

  16. Re:NASA modernization program? on NASA To Continue Funding Canceled Ares Project Until March · · Score: 1

    ...one-size-fits-all shoes

    That would violate my constitutional rights which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

  17. Re:Define "mess", define "cleaning up" on California Rare-Earth Mine Reopens · · Score: 1

    EPA guidelines for water contaminants are identical regardless of your geographical location; so no variance for already existing contaminants is included. Therefore, in areas with levels of specific minerals, the mining companies have to filter for contaminants they did not introduce.
    Sorry, no single link clickeys available, homework and comparisons are required.

  18. Re:Stupid prosecution on Is Reading Spouse's E-Mail a Crime? · · Score: 1

    Where are the mod points when I need them....

  19. Re:What a hacker! on Is Reading Spouse's E-Mail a Crime? · · Score: 1

    Witness for the defense....

  20. Re:What a hacker! on Is Reading Spouse's E-Mail a Crime? · · Score: 1

    According to this DA:
    Anyone who can access another person's email using the password written down next to the computer is a hacker. No skillz required.

  21. Re:What a hacker! on Is Reading Spouse's E-Mail a Crime? · · Score: 1

    Eyeballs are an unauthorized surveillance device.
    Using your brain is unauthorized use of a decryption device.
    Reading her passwords in the notebook next to the computer -- priceless.

  22. Re:oh we can't have teh interwebs on 'Tron: Legacy' Director Explains the Tron World · · Score: 1

    TRON was an intelligent computer. After a few tastes of ILOVEYOU, Melissa, and the Slammer worm, TRON closed all the ports again.

  23. Re:Bunk desks! on America's Cubicles Are Shrinking · · Score: 1

    Fire code violation: workers on the ceiling would impede the water sprinklers.

  24. Re:You don't need a whole lot on America's Cubicles Are Shrinking · · Score: 2

    But once manglement gets the idea most people can use less space, policy is created forcing less space. Then, getting a cubicle waiver for extra space is now a futile exercise in politics instead of a business process. No one will spend political capital on cubicle space; they just tell the employee to work it out or work in the inadequate space.

  25. Re:What if on Sheriff's Online Database Leaks Info On Informants · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What if annual security training was mandatory for all the IT staff connected with law enforcement IT equipment -- just like weapons training is mandatory for all law enforcement officers. This includes the CIO [if they have one], the city manager, the systems architect [whichever poor IT technician is erroneously saddled with this responsibility], and all law enforcement officers who access this data. Failure to pass security training and any breach of security by any individual would initiate immediate administrative leave and/or an Internal Affairs or FBI investigation.

    Certain data is a lethal weapon and should be treated appropriately.