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  1. Re:Doesn't pay enough on Amazon's Mechanical Turk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just do it AT work. Get paid twice.

  2. This could be brilliant. on Amazon's Mechanical Turk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pepsi pays Amazon 3 cents for product placement. You are shown an image of a Pepsi can. "What kind of soda is this?" "pepsi", you answer. You get paid 2 cents.

  3. Re:Why only U.S., Canadian and European contestant on MozCorp Announces Firefox 1.5 Extension Competition · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong, but aren't there export restrictions on high-end computing systems, which Alienware may arguably fall into that category?

  4. Does this mean on IBM Slows the Speed of Light · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have to change the speed of light from a const to a variable now?

  5. What the hell is wrong with Slashdot today? on Silicon Graphics To Be Delisted From NYSE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it hosed for anyone else or just me?

  6. Re:Thank you NASA for the Linux version on View the Moon in 3D on Your Desktop · · Score: 1

    Let's face it, Google is a web service provider. Regardless of how much Linux Google uses behind its doors, the vast majority of its users are using Windows. Like it or not, that's the bottom line.

  7. Re:You could get a free copy on .Net Framework and Visual Studio Now Available · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if this is a full-function unlimited version or a trial?

  8. Why is everything 'unleashed' these days? on Get Ready For The 20-inch Laptop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I mean really, it's just silly now.

  9. Sony-led Blu-Ray? on Blu-Ray The Flavour of The Moment · · Score: 1

    I thought they used lasers. At least it won't take as much power.

  10. Re:It's nice to see this on Gmail Becomes Google Mail in the UK · · Score: 1

    Much the same as the way DEC agreed with Vax Vacuum cleaners that DEC could sell VAX computers as long as they didn't make vacuum cleaners, and Vax could sell Vax vacuum cleaners as long as they agreed not to get into the computer business with the same name...

  11. Meanwhile, gas is at $2.75/gallon on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 1

    ...compared to the $12.00+ it currently is in Italy (~3 euro/litre). I fill up a couple times a month, so all in all I think I'm coming out ahead.

  12. Re:So.... on 1/5 of All Human Genes Have Been Patented · · Score: 1

    Wait until they try to patent poultry genes. That way when you start looking for prior art you can claim both the chicken and the egg.

  13. In other words... on Holding Developers Liable For Bugs · · Score: 1

    Quit being human and program perfectly, goddammit.

  14. Re:What The Hell??!! on Google Goes to Washington · · Score: 1

    I think this is what they're referring to.

  15. Netcraft joke is lame? on Internet Growth in 2005 Sets Record · · Score: 1

    I'm just glad that I haven't heard about Natalie Portman and hot grits for a while...

  16. Re:The Supreme Court disagrees on RIAA Sues a Child · · Score: 1

    Good thing that was "wares" and not "warez".

  17. Re:New sp33k to learn on How Chinese Evade Government's Web Controls · · Score: 1

    +5 Funny disagrees with you.

  18. Re:The word "google" on Happy 7th Birthday Google! · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Interestingly, they allegedly misspelled googol on accident. It also seems that the founders didn't know much HTML.

  19. Re:Article misses the point on Computer Jargon Too Difficult for Office Workers · · Score: 1

    So your users have a yellow post-it with their password on the monitor too?

  20. Re:Article misses the point on Computer Jargon Too Difficult for Office Workers · · Score: 1

    Immediately following the sentence you referenced:

    A firewall is a form of computer security that prevents unauthorised access from the internet and turning it off is the worst thing you can do.

  21. Re:International Legal summary? on MP3 Company Refuses to Pay Swedish Copyright Levy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's a site with thousands of pro bono lawyers, each one intimately aware of every subtle nuance of international copyright law. They'll be glad to help.

  22. And the tech is...? on The Tech of Burning Man · · Score: -1, Redundant

    No, I didn't RTFA, the whole point of the synopsis SHOULD be to tell me what kind of 'tech' to expect to find out about. Almost, but not quite, exactly unlike this one did.

  23. Re:Not only good drive but also bad drives on Data Still Left on Storage Devices for Sale · · Score: 1

    I was wondering the other day what kind of shielding a drive has to keep its own magnets from wiping itself...

  24. But you said on The Next 50 Years of Computer Security · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... Linux was only 5 years away from mainstream.

  25. Re:Hope they will do this internationally on BBC Views Content Piracy As Wake-Up Call · · Score: 1

    Once it's available to users in the UK, it will be available to the rest of the world, one way or another.