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  1. Re:I like Ken... on Disney Replaces Longtime IT Staff With H-1B Workers · · Score: 1

    Eh, the Netherlands gives highly qualified foreign workers a tax break.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Do I win a cookie?

  2. Re:What kind of science? on Leaked Heartland Institute Documents Reveal Opposition To Science · · Score: 1

    What did you do, quite school in grade 3?

    Really?

  3. Re:IAN? on EMP-Shielded Power Grids Under Development · · Score: 1

    I.A.N... fucking slashdot abbreviations!

    ... Thank god.

  4. Re:A good start. on FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel · · Score: 1

    Hate to bring it to you, but in Shanghai nearly all the signs are in both English and Chinese (even the subway announcer). I had no problem dealing with the government when I was there (restaurants etc. are a different matter).

    I will concede that this is the international hot spot of China and it won't be like this everywhere, but if sufficient numbers of people don't speak the local language, maybe the locals can adapt a little?

  5. Re:Will surely only delay the h4x0rz? on Blizzard Introduces One-Time Password Devices For WoW · · Score: 1

    The ABN-AMRO bank in the Netherlands does this differently, the devices are all identical, the seed is stored on your standard ATM card which will only work with your normal PIN (and the card blocks itself after 3 wrong tries). This way you can swap devices with friends etc. If someone obtains your card + PIN you are in trouble anyway. They also give them away for free (plus an extra one for backup if you ask nicely). Pretty nice actually.

  6. Re:there's no night on the sun on NASA Plans Probe to the Sun · · Score: 2, Funny

    * Whoosh *

  7. Video ram? on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My Laptop uses the ram as video memory, if they use 256/512 MB as video ram it is not that much more than the maximum allowed by 32bit operating systems.

  8. Re:beyond md5 on SquirrelMail Repository Poisoned · · Score: 1

    Because admitting you are wrong just can't go without insults :-)

  9. Re:C# is pro like VB is pro on Pro C# · · Score: 1

    It is possible:

    Chris Sawyer wrote RollerCoaster Tycoon entirely in complex assembly language, very unusual for a game of this complexity. Just a small portion of C was used to interface with the Windows operating system, the rest was coded in assembly.

    From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Tycoon

  10. Re:Top Speed on No One Wins NASA Space Elevator Contest · · Score: 0

    No, not point D, this actually saves a LOT of energy, you can use a counterweight, or convert the falling energy into something usefull. Current plans however don't make use of that since most plans don't really have an elevator, but more a rope-climber approach.

  11. Re:The greatest discoveries... on The End Of The Light Bulb? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let's quote the source on that now shall we?
    Isaac Asimov
    "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
    http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

  12. Re:Learn from nature on Rebuilding New Orleans With Science · · Score: -1

    A levee or dike shouldn't collapse if the water stands at it's top. It should flood over.

  13. Re:Makes sense on South Korean Scientists Clone Dog · · Score: -1, Troll
    Owk, slashdot ripped of my [asshole] ... [/asshole] parts of this message, makes me look reaaaally bad now :-(

    Sorry 'bout that.

  14. Makes sense on South Korean Scientists Clone Dog · · Score: -1, Troll

    They need the food

  15. I know a good one! on Google Hacking for Penetration Testers · · Score: -1, Redundant
  16. Re:Article skimpy on details ( as usual ) on Energy from High-Altitude Kites · · Score: 0

    I do know that the university which is working on it is pretty knowledgable. They won the solar race in australio with Luna II. They are also a leading force in the nano tube research. This might indeed be a in 5 years project. But it might make usunderstand other things better :-)

  17. It's down on Planeshift Enters Open Testing · · Score: 0

    I was able to catch a 70% download before the whole server stopped responding :-( What should I do now? All my msn friends are dining with family,I have nowhere to go.

  18. Ehm, doesn't this needs brakes? on To Mars and Back in Ninety Days · · Score: 0

    If you have a satelite capable of accelerating a spacecraft that fast, shouldn't the satelite move too? Thus you either need a very strong gravitational field to pull you back or you need to blast yourself the other side comsuming twice the amount of fuel...

  19. Hmm, must be news :) on Hotmail Blocks Gmail Emails (and Invites) · · Score: 0

    I recieved an invite 2 days ago, so if it is done htey must have done it "first thing monday morning chief" Strange and very unethical if true (but we knew that allready of microsoft :-p )

  20. Re:Two Shots? on Electric Armor Tested For Light Armored Vehicles · · Score: 0

    Well, as mentioned before, you would need several shots for one vehicle (mind you people, the article speaks of light armoured vehicles, which excludes tanks). If the tank is immobilized instead of destroyed I also think it's a win-win situation (the people inside will certainly support me on this :-D ). So I guess this is a nice way to armour the vehicles that need mobility without adding to much weight. GJ researchers! :p

  21. Re:I still don't understand why they don't on DARPA Announces Grand Challenge 2005 · · Score: 0

    I mean if you make a bot that changes course if it hits something you can mislead id and even guide it to a place using poles...

  22. Re:I still don't understand why they don't on DARPA Announces Grand Challenge 2005 · · Score: 0

    Because if they do the defending army wil just make a way around their encampment using poles :D

  23. Re:Don't let others know what you are carying on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 0

    "It's as close to wearing a "Rob ME!" sticker on your back as possible." That might actually work, if you just scare the people to thinking you're an undercover cop or something who is just waiting for someone to rob him...

  24. Fastest Slashdotted server ever? on Using a 747 to Fight Wildfires · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I never saw a server go down so quickly!