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  1. Re:is it April 1? ( Not Yet...) on Engineers Have a Terrorist Mindset? · · Score: 1

    It's too late to Listen Again to it, but earlier in the year there was a BBC Radio 4 documentary called "Where's The Femur?" (http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/where_s_the_femur_.html) which was about how new doctors in the UK are getting less training and experience, the title coming from something actually said to a patient.

  2. Re:Has anyone downloaded their software? on Music Labels say No Deal with Qtrax · · Score: 1

    There's no free music - you can use the client to play the audio you've already got, and can see what they claim to have, but that's as far as it goes.

  3. Re:BS on Mitt Romney Answers Tech Questions · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yet Rudy Giuliani, who is/was doing worse than Ron Paul, is getting far more coverage.

  4. Re:/golfclap on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be more like:

    Charter Manager: These are the correct accounts to nuke.
    Charter Employee: Are you sure that these are the correct accounts to nuke?
    Charter Manager: I've told you once, just do it.

    Later -

    Charter Manager: You nuked the wrong accounts, you'd better start looking at monster.com

  5. Re:may be missing the (data)points on MapReduce — a Major Step Backwards? · · Score: 1

    Pick?

  6. Re:Theyre kids of the new generation - deal with i on The Impatience of the Google Generation · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they say they're a man, they're a man; if they say they're a woman, they're a man; if they say they're a teenager, they're a cop.

  7. Re:Hey, they're early! on 10-year-old Microsoft Ticket Resurfaces? · · Score: 1

    But do we know it was Microsoft support from America that called him? Perhaps he'd originally raised the support call with the UK branch by mistake. A story of this importance needs investigating down to the smallest detail.

  8. Re:Signed 12-bit on Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday · · Score: 1

    12 bits? Ha. I used to work with 18 bits - http://www.bcl-computers.org.uk/molecular.htm

  9. Re:Why does everyone make depressing resolutions? on New Years Resolutions - An Engineering Approach · · Score: 1

    Lose weight, spend more time with your spouse, and more time at the gym (with your spouse if possible) and the chance of having more and better sex will improve.

  10. I'm left handed, you insensitive clod! on The Curse of Knowledge Bogs Down Innovation · · Score: 1

    No, wait, I'm not - let's all play backetball left handed, and for money.

  11. Re:I bet it's closer to 100% on Report Says 36.4% of World's Computers Infringe on IP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, I've got Patent #45239222 - Display of the words "Patent #45239223" on a digital device.

  12. Re:Fake? on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 2, Funny

    But they changed it to Dave Sodomsky.

  13. Re:Almost anything from ThinkGeek on Tech Gifts for the Holidays · · Score: 1

    Try Firebox.

  14. Re:What is Best Buy thinking? on Best Buy Hands Out Cease & Desist Letters for Christmas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My standard work 'uniform' used to be a white shirt, plain tie, suit and photo ID name tag. It was almost guaranteed that people would assume I was a manager at almost any store I went into.

  15. Re:will AJAX development finally be easy? on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 1

    I quite like jquery,and the tutorials and demos they have on the site are written for all levels of experience and quite straight-forward to follow.

  16. Re:will AJAX development finally be easy? on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 1

    No, I don't expect to learn everything in an afternoon (& it turned out I've been busy, so couldn't have), my comment was a response to the idea that AJAX is easy.

    Some people may find it easy to write an AJAX solution for something, but as your posting and others point out, there's a lot of learning to do before you can get to that stage. Anyone can be a concert violinist if they're willing to spend eight hours a day practicing.

    And to me, that stops it being easy.

  17. Re:will AJAX development finally be easy? on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ok, point me to a place where I can pick up all the knowledge I need to use it, I've got a free afternoon. And I mean that seriously.

  18. Re:blame the 'tools' not the tools on Yahoo! Answers, A Librarian's Worst Nightmare · · Score: 1

    If you cut and paste from a book you have to either type it yourself, or else really cut and paste the page. Taking it from the interweb is so much easier.

  19. Re:Don't Fox do their own DNS? on Brawndo, It's Got Electrolytes. It's What Plants Crave · · Score: 1

    A lot of TV and film production companies will hire someone to do the catering, so why not hire someone to register & create websites which will be mentioned?

  20. Re:All I keep seeing... on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 1

    Have you seen a doctor?

  21. Re:An example for non-hunters who may not know on Genetically Engineered Mouse is Not Scared of Cats · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know this is going really off-topic, but it follows on from getting rid of pests.

    My in-laws had a problem with deer on their property and tried every solution that was suggested [apart from shooting them]. Urine and dung from every creature known to man was scattered about to no effect. Finally we found the one thing to work - it's a motion detector on a water hose, animal crosses the path and gets a jet of water. After a couple of times the wild-life problems were solved - to be replaced by local kid daring each other to run past it.

  22. Re:Oh really? on Genetically Engineered Mouse is Not Scared of Cats · · Score: 1

    Cats are programmed to attack short jerky motions, such as mice running, and anything which freezes has a good chance of being ignored.

  23. Re:what's the big deal? on Microsoft's Treatment of Google Defectors · · Score: 1

    It used to be that if you were "working in computers" you'd change jobs every 18 months at the most.

  24. Re:Different sets of numbers? on BBC Backpedals On Linux Audience Figures · · Score: 1

    In America you can buy a gallon of gas, go into the gas station and buy a liter of Pepsi, then decide to hold up the station with your 9mm gun, escape the police by driving at 100mph, then buy a gram of crack to relax with.

  25. Re:Ah, the "outsourcing" coding model.. on Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard · · Score: 4, Funny

    rm $from Now where is my $5?