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  1. Re:Well... on Upcoming Firmware Will Brick Unlocked iPhones · · Score: 1

    Sell it on eBay as "New iPhone SIM game".

    Dazzle your friends as you quickly progress from "IDK, my BFF, Steve" to "Can you hear me now?"

    $1. No reserve price.

  2. Pimp my jail ride on FBI Boosts Servers For Faster Criminal Searches · · Score: 1

    by providing HP Uplift Kits for 15 Superdome servers and 1 Flatsdome server.
    Sweet. I'd love to see a CRAY riding on just two.
  3. Re:LOL at the urban definition of a Gimp on The GIMP UI Redesign · · Score: 1

    so to the "street" (or younger population who you should be targetting) its an insult (has been my whole life and im 39), hardly surprising nobody wants to use it
    Possibly.

    But if talented GIMP contributors were more concerned about the forces of marketing than development, that would just make them a stool.

    Whether by legal writ or by infant decree, I use what I use despite what others might think of me.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, my toast is ready. Hmm. Where did I put my smuckers jelly at?
  4. Re:hmm on Hole in Asteroid Belt Reveals Extinction Asteroid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Timing is everything, which is the main thrust of this article I gather, linking that event to interesting moon and earth geological formations during the same epoch.

    But, if Chicxulub was the 8 ball, and Baptistina the combo shot, I was left wondering at the end of my reading, what was the cue ball, and where was the pool stick? Of more concern, when does the best 2 out of 3 match take place?

  5. Re:OOXML has failed, but it isn't over. on If This Was a Month Ago, OOXML Would Be Over · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would be wonderful if true. It might even be so, but almost three decades of observing Microsoft leaves me skeptical.
    When your dad says, "Quick, come here, son. I just jammed my hand. Pull my finger." After 30 years of pranks, can we not at least oblige the old man, just this one time, that he might be telling the truth? I say, yes. Trust him. Pull that finger. Just brace yourself for any repercussions.
  6. Re:What about legal looting? on Wikileaks Breaks $3 Billion Corruption Story · · Score: 1

    What about this?

    First, I ever heard about wikileaks, but they make a few good points in there (albeit a bit cynical and paranoid).

    Hey, as long as someone doesn't leak the fact that I use depends, I got no problem with it. Err. Wait. Oops. Literally!

  7. Re:Hmmmmmmm on Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's prevents Wikipedia setting up a foo area moderated by a panel of foo experts known to the foo community?
    Define experts.

    Wikipedia does an extroadinary job from a wide variety of peer resources, both professional and layman alike. So called "experts" like academia are just as political in their research and analysis as well - specifically, in the social sciences. Peer review never really amounts to much more than a consensus, but not necessarily an accurate one. Objectivity is the holy grail which I don't think will ever be achieved whether in Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, or newspaper for that matter. The objectivity is best left to the reader, as well as the research, imho.

    What you're asking for is really nothing more than some sort of certification, which most use as nothing more than back patting for their particular opinion. I say, take an Encyclopedia or Wikipedia for what it is, and just move on to the next.
  8. Re:Oh Great! on Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian Translator Created · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did someone say Sumerian?

    I hear they recently translated a speech by some Governor, addressing a San Francisco parade during a recent California primary election stop...
    [...]
    Candidate - Open immigration, mass transit, relief of property taxes at your doorstep, and windmills instead of coal.
    Mayor - Wrong! Governor! What is best in life?
    Governor - To brush your enemies, see them drivel before you, and to wear the garmentation of the women.

  9. Re:A couple big questions though... on Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    [..]or whatever amyloidogenic protein you like) correlate well with neurodegeneration. But whether those are the cause or not is still a very open question.
    Didn't they link mad cow disease to a protein as well? I believe they ruled out microbial agents there as the principiant. So, if the common post symptomatic link is protein deposits, then what are some of those possible precursors leading to them?

    Personally, I never understood the need for aluminum in any bio absorbable product. In part, that's why I use specific deodorant brands not containing any derivative of it.
  10. School of Hard Knocks? on Transitioning From Developer To Management? · · Score: 2, Informative

    what resources would you recommend I look to for guidance in this transition?
    Your spouse and your confidence.

    One, you will screw up eventually. Two, screw ups build character and experience. And, three, every CEO has bags of regret he carries with him at all times as a reminder, no matter his formal training or degree. In other words, time, patience, and a good shoulder to lean on. My brother is a VP with Rockwell Corporation. He will tell you the same.

    Probably not the answer you were looking for, but, take this virtual pat on your shoulder, and "go get 'em tiger!"
  11. Re:Use of this frequency on FCC Puts 4.6 Billion Minimum Bid on Spectrum Auction · · Score: 2, Insightful
    A great article explaining the reasoning.

    Effective range:

    its broadcast-attractive physics (like its ability to penetrate walls)
    Out with the old UHF, in with the new:

    analog television broadcasters to clear the 700 MHz airwaves on Feb. 17, 2009.
    And, cost:

    building a nationwide wireless network over the 700 MHz spectrum is around $2 billion versus a nationwide 1900MHz PCS that costs approximately $4 Billion.
  12. Triumvirate Communicae on Hear No Evil, See No Evil — E-mail Kills the Phone · · Score: 5, Informative

    Email for instruction. Telephone for clarification. Remote VNC when the other two fail.

  13. Re:Remarkable Spacecraft on Voyager Spacecraft Celebrate 30th Anniversary · · Score: 1

    IANAAstronomer, well, an amateur at best. But how does VI&II plan on getting past that pile of space crap called the Oort cloud? Were there ever any projections made past it?

  14. Re:Try "rocket *fuel* powered"... on Rocket-Powered Bionic Arm Successfully Tested · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hydrogen peroxide? Hmm. Novel concept. When you accidentally scrape the fur off your cat while petting it, you can simply open up an arm valve nozzle and spray the flesh wound sterile.

  15. Re:use firefox and adblocker! on How Much Are Ad Servers Slowing the Web? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pipelining? So Ted Stevens was right!

    By the way, I set pipelining.tube.maxrequests to 128. The googles, they do nothing...

  16. Re:And things really aren't looking good... on Verizon vs. the Needham Fire Department · · Score: 3, Funny

    Employee: Sounds great. I look forward to working with you Captain Hazelwood.

  17. Re:Wreckage on 3 Ton Meteorite Stolen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe the alien ship wreckage was the meteorite?

  18. Where does it end? on Forgent Patent Troll Loses Again · · Score: 1

    Judge Ito - "Order! Order! No more disturbances from the Forgent attorneys. I will hear this evidence."
    Hanna-Barbera - "Your honor, I present exhibit A. Now, if you watch closely on your television screen, you will see George calling in sick to Mr. Sprocket."

  19. Re:Don't blame Canada on The $200 Billion Broadband Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    Why, exactly, would there be such a low limit on DSL over fiber?
    Like at my house, AT&T provides fiber to the curb, whereas (say) Verizon up yonder provides fiber to the premise. The difference, in my case, is you still have a stretch of copper from the pole to my brick.
  20. Pass the Muck on Federal Anti-Obscenity Program Comes Up Limp · · Score: 0

    And then these IDIOTS elected him. Twice.
    That would be me. Four times, actually.

    You see, the funny thing about idiocy, we idiots are resilient and determined and forgiving. Shoot, like the guy with a wet mop, we've been hard at work with the plunger after the prior Administration clogged up the toilet with foreign threats, which should have been flushed on his watch. But I guess he was in such a hurry, he even forgot to pull up his pants on his way to the intern.

    Thanks. I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your janitor on your way out. Here's a mint for you.
  21. Sure... on Beautiful Code Interview · · Score: 1

    Programmer - You are sooo beautiful. My masterpiece. My pies de resistance!
    [ Kisses screen and compiles code into native instruction set ]
    CPU - Hmm. Where have I seen your fugly face before?

  22. Re:Actions like these distinguish the system on FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker · · Score: 1

    It's like a quagmire, but shortened like WTF in this ongoing budget crisis. Hey, every little bit helps.

  23. Re:Back to the Normal on FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker · · Score: 1

    How many people in the street and on news broadcasts would agree to the phrase "Life is getting back to normal after the terrorist atrocities in September 2001"?
    Probably the same amount of people who conveniently overlook the two words NSA and leak sitting next to eachother, thrusting fist in air behind the tattered and abused rallying flag of free speech.
  24. Re:Actually... on Open Standards Initiative Fails in Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    it is not like ODF got dumped for the Microsoft format.
    Nor was Netscape dumped when IE first came out.

    [ The Ring Bell sounds. Ding! Ding! Ding! ]

    Announcer - "In this corner, wearing gold pants with horseshoes in gloves, Red Mond."
    Announcer - "And in this corner, wearing tattered hemp woven underwear lined with crotch protectant kevlar plating, Odie Eff."
    Announcer - "May the best format win. Fight!"

    Hey, you can't blame the fighters either way. We the fans, in large part, put them there. Personally, I smoke my macanudos in the bleachers for the undercard - Gah Nome vs. Katie Eee. That's where the real blood is at baby.
  25. Re:Demo page. on Encrypted USB Key With TOR, Firefox · · Score: 1

    I think it's flash. I watched it all the way through - slick flick with a swanky hip background musical score. The whole time while watching the demo, it got me thinking WWJD with this stick? We will all soon find out this August.