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  1. Re:TIME is running out on Xkcd's Long-running "Time" Comic: Work of Art Or Nerd Sniping? · · Score: 2

    Cannot run out of time. Time is infinite. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This... is wrong tool.

  2. Self-destruct? on Iran Claims To Have Downed Another US Drone · · Score: 1

    Seriously, pack every available space inside the fuselage with C4, and when someone "captures" one of your drones, wait a couple of hours for them to put it somewhere sensitive... and blow it up. "What? Not our fault you guys mis-handled our equipment.":

  3. Re:So that's why on Minecraft Reality App Arrives For iOS, Brings Your Creations Into the Real World · · Score: 1

    Completely different team working on the PE version. Not directly part of Mojang, if I'm remembering correctly - just like the XBox version.

  4. Re:What?? on Opus — the Codec To End All Codecs · · Score: 1

    You can't polish a turd.

    You obviously don't watch Mythbusters.

  5. Link? on Oracle Patches Java 7 Vulnerability · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Would it really kill the editors to include a link to the http://java.com/en/ download? Come on, guys...

  6. Re:Congradulations China on Chinese Crew Completes Manual Docking With Orbiting Module · · Score: 4, Informative

    The US blocked them from participation in the ISS. They wanted to participate, but weren't allowed to.

  7. Re:Do you need a clock? on The NTP Pool Needs More Servers — Yours, If Available · · Score: 5, Informative

    Minimal. NTP packets are about 128 bytes. Individual clients will (if up to spec) contact no more than every 64 seconds, but up to 17 minutes once synchronized (or longer if using SNTP). I'm in the pool and I never notice the traffic.

  8. Re:No Gov. help? on The NTP Pool Needs More Servers — Yours, If Available · · Score: 1

    (ahem) I believe the OP was asking if the NIST time servers were part of the pool.ntp.org group. Which that page doesn't answer. So, thanks for playing, and enjoy the home version.

  9. Re:Do you need a clock? on The NTP Pool Needs More Servers — Yours, If Available · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. Anyone with a stable time server is encouraged to join. The operative word being "stable". It's more about providing something that will be reliably *there* when it's needed. The protocol itself will take care of accuracy.

  10. Torrent link on Bev Harris of Black Box Voting Releases Accenture's Voting Software · · Score: 4, Informative

    Earlier Anonymous torrent link was incorrect. Here's the one from the site: http://burnbit.com/torrent/204972/ESM_2_0_8_23_04_zip

  11. Re:Just to be accurate: on Inside the Mummification of Space Shuttle Discovery · · Score: 1

    This isn't "just to be accurate". It's to be pedantic and trollish.

    And look, I replied. Well played.

  12. Realdoll... on Changing the Texture of Plastics On Demand · · Score: 1

    Here come the RealDolls with goosebumbs. And reactive nipples.

  13. Doesn't add up. on Minefold Launches Minecraft Game Hosting Service · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So let me get this straight: I can pay gameservers.com $14.95 for a 16-player server, or my group can pay a total of $80 to Minefold for the same thing. This is what passes for innovative these days?

  14. Except it's not $100B. on Facebook Orders Banks To Stop Leaking IPO Details · · Score: 2

    It's $5B, isn't it? I mean, come on, basic facts too much to ask?

  15. Re:Cash out early on Is Facebook Becoming a Central Bank? · · Score: 4, Informative

    SecondLife's Linden Dollar, exchangeable for real cash, has maintained its value remarkably well, at roughly L$265/US$1, for the last 5 years.

  16. Re:exponential version growth on 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons Announced · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I lost my blue-box B2 - Keep on the Borderlands, complete with D&D (not AD&D) Rule Book to the Flood of '93.

  17. Re:exponential version growth on 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons Announced · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And me still playing First Edition. Sheesh. I feel old (but well invested).

  18. Re:First post on AP and 28 News Groups To Collect Fees From Aggregators · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I elected not to mod you down for one reason, and one reason only: Your post was well though out and insightful. I don't disagree with the content. But that "First Post" shit causes me to instantly devalue your input before even reading it. You're only hurting yourself.

  19. Re:Wow, what a stupid post on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I am held responsible for the smooth uninterrupted operation of a network, then I will most certainly take ownership of it. If you think that the IT department contributes zero to the bottom line, ask yourself how that bottom line would look if your network had 50% uptime instead of 99% or better.

    If you aren't willing to let your Systems Administrators take ownership of IT assets, you really need to go back to abacuses and legal pads.

  20. Re:What do they expect? on PC Makers Run Short of Popular Drives · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously. They should have built a RAID5 of manufacturing plants.

  21. Re:NIMBY's on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 1

    I suppose it could be worse. They could have shot through and into the jail just to the south of the bomb range and opened a hole for inmates.

  22. Re:Here's a chance to grab my money Google. on Google Music Downloads To Go Ahead Without Sony Or Warner · · Score: 1

    I've never used the useless special downloader program. Firefox seems to work just fine.

  23. Re:Here's a chance to grab my money Google. on Google Music Downloads To Go Ahead Without Sony Or Warner · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean exactly like Amazon's music store?

  24. Re:What other products on Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    A state-issued ID if you want to vote, in some states (and more soon, if the Republicans have their way). So much for no poll tax.

  25. Re:Russia and America can agree on one thing on Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020 · · Score: 0

    Why not drop it on Jerusalem instead? People have been fighting over that place for millennia. If I had the power, I'd have half a mind to set off a big dirty nuke there. "You can't agree to share your toy? Then NOBODY gets it."