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  1. Re:The end of Hertz? on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    After sitting in a car from Hertz my butt hertz!

  2. Re:I cut my teeth on the ARPANET. on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 1

    Can they not just look at your teeth and tell you how old you are then ?

  3. I know I know.... on Can the Guitar Games Market Be Resurrected? · · Score: 0

    Create a social network for those who never could learn to play the guitar, were your ex-customers of Guitar Hero and have them "social media" themselves... You could call it Guitar Loser.

  4. I know the solution... on Fewer Grants For Young Researchers Causing Brain Drain In Academia · · Score: 2

    Make all the young researchers play football.

  5. Dumb question - simple solution on Ask Slashdot: What Online News Is Worth Paying For? · · Score: 1

    For NYT it is very easy.

    You can clear your history after you hit their paywall block or you can just view in Privacy mode and then close the tab once you're hitting the paywall.

    Then open a new tab and try again and it will work.

    NYT does tracking using cookies and what should you do with cookies ? Eat them!

  6. OneDrive stands for ... on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Our NSA Enabled Drive...

  7. Musical Chairs on Google Nabs Bing Maps Architect · · Score: 1

    I am waiting for the headline that Ballmer has decided to move to Google !!!!

  8. How does one prevent this ? on Twitter Will Track Your Browsing To Sell Ads · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have a genuine question. Assuming one uses Twitter from the phone, how does one prevent the Twitter app on the phone to scan the browsing history ? If they cannot scan my browsing history they cannot give me ads.

    On another note, if there are companies who can scan tweets (such as stocktwits) to give you sentiment analysis, why cant Twitter do the same ? Have they realized that they just have a bunch of web developers who know only Javascript and can't do text processing using it ?

  9. The Graduate is the reason on EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem · · Score: 1

    Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

    Benjamin: Yes, sir.

    Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

    Benjamin: Yes, I am.

    Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

    Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?

  10. Re: Stop Pumping up OIL!!! on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 2

    Cows rarely ever fart. It's their belching that is the problem. I think most posters here have never been around cattle.

    Why fart and waste it when you can burp and taste it !

  11. Use TCP instead of UDP on Ask Slashdot: Communication Skills For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    The only communications I know as a programmer is TCP and UDP :) Use TCP if you want a response from your manager otherwise he might be dropping his UDP packets.

  12. best marketing name is .... on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 5, Funny

    NSADrive !!!!!

  13. Death of HP, Dell and IBM inevitable on Perspectives On the Latest IBM Layoffs · · Score: 2

    The death of large firms like HP, Dell and IBM is inevitable. Whether the process of dying involves offshoring their services and/or manufacturing of their main hardware products, the cause is simply mismanagement from the top and lack of innovation on a large scale. IBM innovates in things like the Watson computer but that is a small division which if separated out from the main services division might prosper better on its own. Blaming employees in other countries who work for IBM for the reason for IBM's downfall is just bigoted nonsense and shows a closeted approach to looking at the real causes which is shitty management.

  14. ruin their day ? on Scientists Tout New Way To Debug Surgical Bots · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is typical "doctor" talk. They are worried about ruining their day or malpractice suits. How about for a change think about not ruining a patient's life with your negligence !

  15. BASIC on Book Review: Super Scratch Programming Adventure! · · Score: 1

    What is wrong with learning using BASIC ? It worked for all those folks (including me) who learned how to program in the 90s. It was not difficult and was fun in its own way.

  16. Re:Volume and newest titles vs boutique on Ask Slashdot: How To Make a DVD-Rental Store More Relevant? · · Score: 1

    Actually, depending on how much floor space your friend has he can open a coffee shop first. Then add a Red Box or similar DVD rental kiosks. Maybe add other types of kiosks too thus forcing people to come in. With the volume of folks coming in your coffee shop can make some good money Another thing that can be added is kids stuff like book reading, movie watching sessions and the likes. Reinvention is necessary to keep up with the times.

  17. Re:I'd never thought of that before on Researchers Find 'Mind-Control' Gaming Headsets Can Leak Users' Secrets · · Score: 2

    Anybody working with classified info won't be allowed anywhere near these things.

    But they also have lives... they might have cool toys at home like these headsets for playing video games...

    shouldn't we be looking at ways to really build secure software around these devices rather than prevent people from using them...

    it is a defeatist attitude where software folks instead of fixing their software say don't use it...

  18. Re:Why not make several applications? on Twitter Restricts Client Developers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Make a new version for every 100,000 users you hit.
    ...
    They are different aps if you change the color and/or some trivial functionality.

    Finally a logical reasoning why Microsoft has multiple versions of Windows!

  19. The Onion Had It Right... on EFF: Americans May Not Know It, But Many Are In a Face Recognition Database Now · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/ Months ago the Onion came out with this news.. the EFF is just catching up to the reality of it.

  20. Re:and the submitted patch changes the magic word on Microsoft Apologizes For Inserting Naughty Phrase Into Linux Kernel · · Score: 2

    0x61660705
    Or, an even more cleverly written "giggolos".

    Why would you not use 9 instead of 6 ?

  21. Colossal waste... on Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What a colossal waste of money !

    Oracle and Google waste money on lawyers on such silly functions instead of spending the money on building more useful technology.

    We as users are the only losers in this non-sensical fight.

  22. Re:My thoughts on HP Rethinking Wisdom of Spinning Off PC Division · · Score: 2

    Have you tried Brother's printers. They work pretty well, are reasonably priced and have Linux drivers that work. I have been using their Laser printer for the past 3 years now and it has never disappointed me.

  23. Re:Bullshit on Sex Boosts Brain Growth · · Score: 1

    Well, in all fairness, Einstein was quite a player.

    How else do you think he came up with the theory of relativity ? If you have tons of relations, you get relative...

  24. Re:Using a company field to extract key VM info? on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 1

    As someone who's barely used Eclipse, but uses VS pretty much constantly, what am I missing out on?

    You're missing out on Java.

  25. Re:My boyfriend is Russian of Nigerian origin on Deported Russian (Spy?) Worked At Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Well you seem to have a big foot (as per your slashdot id), so maybe you can kick him with it and find out.