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  1. Re:Birds of Prey or Carrion Birds? on Ancestors of Homo Sapiens Hunted by Birds · · Score: 0

    Huh? As scavengers by definition don't kill what they eat, it would be pretty pointless trying to discourage them from killing you, wouldn't it?

  2. Re:Birds of Prey or Carrion Birds? on Ancestors of Homo Sapiens Hunted by Birds · · Score: 0
    Could what we see in movies of carrion-like dragons be a remnant of psychological fears imposed by these raptors on our ancestors?
    It seems those old-style German helmets had a practical purpose after all.
  3. Re:How is this NOT a on Real ID Act Poses Technical Challenges · · Score: 1, Insightful
    If I am taking a flight from somewhere, and some screeners find cocaine in a bag of a fellow passenger, I would hope that they raise a red flag.
    Why? Last I heard, it doesn't explode. The only way it's a safety issue is if it somehow gets up the pilot's nose.
  4. Re:New acronym on Real ID Act Poses Technical Challenges · · Score: 0
    My biggest worry is the guy next door that seems nice, has a nice house, keeps to himself but drives a hundred miles away and molests children or rapes women.
    If I had a neighbour like that, I'd inform on him. Really. Even if he lets me borrow his lawnmower whenever I want.
  5. Re:Where do I begin... on There is No Open Source Community · · Score: 0
    Either this story is totally fabricated, or the company you work for is staffed by complete morons and will likely go under shortly.
    Indeed. It started out like one of the "needless to say, he's no longer with the company" posts that used to amuse us all so much.

  6. Re:Length==1 on WMF Vulnerability is an Intentional Backdoor? · · Score: 0
    Any "OFFICIAL" backdoor from MS would have a much more complex key to get in than "1".
    As complicated as the default admin password on XP?
  7. Re:Could be done much easier! on Computers That Feel our Mood · · Score: 0
    What are the things that people *always* do when they get upset with the computer?
    When they get uspet it's too late. To take preventive action, it's much better to work out that the user's starting to become upset.

    So, some form of sensor attached to the "on" button, then.

  8. Re:That name sounds familar... on Yahoo Launches Dashboard · · Score: 0
    "Dashboard". It's a cool concept, and I get a lot of use out of it on my Mac. But I have to wonder if they're going to run afoul of Apple's legal team.
    I also hear that Ford, GM, Mercedes and Toyota are quaking in their boots[1].

    [1] That's trunks if you're one of our leftpondian readers.

  9. Re:Too much lockdown costs money too on Insider Threat · · Score: 0
    There is always just one guy who can give you access and he is on vacation.
    That's just crap management - there should always be a deputy. Not that I'm denying what you said, because it's happened to me - urgent production fix needed migrating, Fred does that, Fred's off for three weeks.

    I find that if one of the directors gets involved (sepecially if the company's losing money) they suddenly find that there's someone else who can do it, after all.

  10. Re:BTW, concerning your sig... on Share Your Most Dangerous Idea · · Score: 0

    I can only hope that someday, you too will be touched by his noodly appendage.

  11. Re:The Most Dangerous Idea of All on Share Your Most Dangerous Idea · · Score: 0
    The empirical evidence would suggest that religion (in general) doesn't make people any happier. One need only look at all the religious wars to realize that.
    True, but it's very successful at making them think that they'll be happier - or fearing that they'd be even more miserable without it.
  12. Re:Ha! I'd dare them to pull that crap here! on Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams · · Score: 0

    J Random Person: I'd like some bread and cheese.
    Quantum G: Bread is not cheese. It's a baked paste of cereal starch. Cheese is fermented milk stuff.

  13. Re:Well, At Least... on Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams · · Score: 0

    Austrians? The fine headline says Berlin (but then the article also says Austria!). Someone along the line isn't very good at either journalism or geography.

  14. Re:What this really means... on Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths · · Score: -1
    I guess there are no intelligent designers among the Hollywood beancounters to save the day.
    Is that intelligent (designers), as in designers who are intelligent, or (intelligent design)ers, as in creationists?
  15. Re:Comment Sniper Attack! (was Re:Java - Duh.) on Learning Java or C# as a Next Language? · · Score: 0
    Sugar does not give you diabetes. Being fat gives you diabetes.
    Jumping off high buildings doesn't kill you. Hitting the ground very fast does. Please jump off a high building immediately, fucktard.
  16. Re:Slashbot replies on Blogs Bring Back Dot-Com Poster Boy · · Score: 2, Funny
    He peeled it off, he didn't scratch it off. He could have kept it a safe place, so that it could be reattached later, like with nail polish, or something.

    And anyway, African pigeons or European?

  17. Re:Yeah, right. Look at the job boards. on Hot Tech Skills For 2006? · · Score: 0
    I have worked in IT for 25 years. When an employer posts an ad asking for experience in C#, nothing else matters.
    If you really have worked in IT for 25 years, you'd know that it wasn't like that ten years ago, and has only got really bad in the last five.

    Pure coincidence that this is the period in which "personnel" became rebranded as "HR"?

  18. Re:Recommended skills on Hot Tech Skills For 2006? · · Score: 0
    Have you tried telling the employers your thoughts on this topic?
    You'd need to make it as far as the interview to do that. But to get there you need to get past a HR droid, and if his (or her) tick list says you need 10 years of .net and you haven't got it they'll hire someone who 'has'.
  19. Re:... and the reason is: on Europe Building Their Own GPS · · Score: 0
    And even if we could trust that they keep GPS always on line, it's always possible that it malfunctions for some reason or another.
    Galileo won't malfunction, it'll just go on strike.
  20. Re:... and the reason is: on Europe Building Their Own GPS · · Score: 0
    I don't know what the streets are like where you live
    Where I live, there's a kind of plaque thing with the name of the street on it at every intersection.
  21. Re:... and the reason is: on Europe Building Their Own GPS · · Score: 0

    It eez, 'ow you say, un projet tonneau du porc.

  22. Re:Microsoft's involvement on ISP Restrictions Based on Hardware/Software? · · Score: 0

    Grandparent wrote "In which case, they should notify the end-users, not restrict them without doing so.", i.e. first warn them and if they don't fix it sharpish, then restrict their rate or even cut them off completely.

  23. Re:Pfffft on A Kilowatt of Power · · Score: 0

    In photography the power of flashes is sometimes given in watt-seconds and of course people feel the need to "correct" it to watt/seconds. The only use I see for power / unit time would be measuring how quick a power station can respond.

  24. Re:Silver lining? on Tennessee to Tax Software as Property? · · Score: 0
    You could consider it 'value in kind' and ascribe a value to it.
    Personally, I think this is the silliest thing I have ever heard. How are they going to work this?
    What does any petty bureaucrat do when faced with something beyond his understanding? Pull an answer out of his ass, that's what.
  25. Re:What I need to know on Ruby Off the Rails · · Score: 0
    How about the fact that Java apps are slow on a machine with 512Mb of RAM?
    Anything's slow on a machine running 23 different sets of spyware, Bill.