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  1. Re:learning to think differently on Olin College — Re-Engineering Engineering · · Score: 2, Funny

    On the other hand one of the methods breaks the barometer, one of them runs a fair risk of doing so and one of them loses posession of it.

    So if you asked the question to business or accounting majors, they'd probably ask who has financial responsibility for returning it safely to its rightful owner.

  2. Re:tuition-free? on Olin College — Re-Engineering Engineering · · Score: 1

    i applied there because it promised that i would pay no tuition. which is true in a sense. they "give" you $120,000 to cover the tuition. you still have to pay for room and board, books, and a computer
    Sounds like it's not true in a sense as much as true; room, board and books are not tuition. Did you expect a pony too?

    i was unable to get it because i didnt have Physics I or Calculus I
    Given an example of your comprehension ability and writing style, I'm not sure that's what kept you out.
  3. Re:I learned how to use my slide rule... on Know How To Use a Slide Rule? · · Score: 1

    In the pirate alphabet it's 'Arrrrrrr'.

  4. Re:no secret ballot = vote buying and coercion on Out With E-Voting, In With M-Voting · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In Soviet Russia[1], you watch over boss[2]

    [1] on topic, Estonia used to be part of it.
    [2] In theory, anyway. Worked out well, didn't it?

    Sadly, you've got to second guess the moderetards these days.

  5. Re:Diddums insult uw favwit wanguage? on Guido and Bruce Eckel Discuss Python 3000 · · Score: 1

    Nope, you're right, just checked it - WordPad does indeed use 6 spaces for a tab by default. Odd!
    Indeed I am. Let me introduce you to a concept I've been mulling over called "having a fucking clue what you're talking about before opening your big fat gob". I might write a book about it one day.
  6. Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates on The Fall Geek TV Lineup · · Score: 1

    Given the subject matter, wouldn't 'insanely fucking greedy' have been better?

  7. Re:My answer, as a scientiest on Is Good Scientific Journalism Possible? · · Score: 1

    I work in agricultural science, not exactly a new field.
    Not a new one, but you're definitely in a field. Indeed you're probably out standing in it.
  8. Re:Great! on Copier Auto-Translates Japanese to English · · Score: 1

    Don't to be when standing on the cable meeting room be racist! Humoristic jokes are hided in writtings formulas, not with facials. Person might remove barricade.

  9. Re:kiwis use wikis on New Zealand Police Act Wiki Lets You Write the Law · · Score: 2, Funny

    we might actually see laws that are representative of what the people want instead of some asshole with a few hundred thousand dollars
    You might be onto something there. But I think it needs a snappier, soundbitey phrase. I'll throw in "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" just to get the ball rolling.
  10. Re:Makes sense on The Canadian Taxman Goes Browsing on eBay · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    My stupid-assed kid won't even check to see if they've added her hours correctly!
    That's because most of her income isn't hourly and doesn't appear on her payslip. I'm talking bills tucked into garters here. Sorry to break it to you like that, but it's better finding out like this than walking into a titty bar and seeing her.
  11. Diddums insult uw favwit wanguage? on Guido and Bruce Eckel Discuss Python 3000 · · Score: 1

    It's a while since I used vi, but a tab and a set of six spaces both show up in WordPad - and they both look the fucking same. Ditto if I print the file. And if you tell me I should be using an IDE that pretty much proves my point - if a language needs anything more than a text editor to write it, then it has serious failings.

  12. Re:Would you credit de bit where it says that... on Half of SCO's Accountants Quit · · Score: 1

    I didn't think accountancy was funny till I read this thread. Now I know it isn't.

  13. Re:a blessing on readers of Wheel of time on Fantasy Author Robert Jordan Passes Away · · Score: 1

    Er ... right. Perhaps George Harrisson should have tried the defence that he ripped off someone else's tune to make it easier for people who'd heard the original to listen.

  14. Python on Guido and Bruce Eckel Discuss Python 3000 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's the one where the control structures are all invisible, right? I'll give it a miss, thanks all the same.

  15. Re:Interesting... on PC Superstore Admits Linux Hinge Repair Mistake · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't it read:

    Day 2: Got a job at PC World.

    Day 3: I've been promoted to manager.

  16. Re:Exactly on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    90% of psychological research is done with college students.
    That's because if they used monkeys, people would complain.
  17. Re:Not very liberal minded of you on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    In my opinion, which I happen to think is correct, things are true or not regardless of my opinion on them
    Including that statement?
  18. If we're having a crap proverb thread... on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    Keep an open mind - but not so wide open that your brain falls out.

  19. Re:push email probably won't solve this problem on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but anyone going abroad with a phone ON and not checking their plan BEFORE they do it is pretty damn stupid.
    Not as stupid as someone who designs something that pretends to be off and isn't - probably because it wouldn't look nice if you had two buttons.
  20. Re:Not very accurate either on What Your Favorite Web Sites Say About You · · Score: 1

    I am married to a woman who is pretty high on the physical attractiveness scale (and yes, I have had sex with her).
    Hate to break it to you like this, but you're new there too.
  21. Re:Yea, it's all the same. on Are Relational Databases Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    The sane thing to me seems to be to just skip the oltp step
    I don't know what your definition of OLTP is, but I don't see how a company that doesn't do any operations stays in business.

    since the data contained therein is a strict subset of the data in the warehouse.
    What point are pretty reports and graphs if the company isn't doing anything? Where would the warehouse get its data from?
  22. Re:Why is this even a story? on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    Software lock schmoftware lock, just connect +5 volts to the red wire. Or is it the yellow one, I can never rem
    no carrier

  23. grin on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 3, Funny

    Surely the late Stanley Kubrick is somewhere smiling at this one
    Well assuming some decay and/or shrinking of soft tissues in the face which might lead to his teeth being exposed, you might get that impression, yes.
  24. Re:I'm not surprised. on Palm Withdraws Linux-Powered Foleo PC · · Score: 1

    Beh. I have several and I manage not to lose the ends. Maybe I'm lucky, but most of the stuff I use regularly takes the same anyway. As to the voltage, I pay a little extra for the switchable ones and as to the current, it's enough - and considerably more than the USB standard allows.

  25. Re:What a moronic post on What's Wrong With Lithium Ion Batteries? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    safety is never dropped to cut costs or size. a single lawsuit showing otherwise and the company is ruined.
    Here on planet Earth, Ford are still in business.