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  1. Re:Is it just me... on Cooking May Have Made Us Human · · Score: 1

    you are right. I'd add that its very disappointing when scientists credit "one" and "only one" event in human evolution being responsible for our humanity -- in the loosest sense of the word -- and no one can agree on what that "one" event was. Fire? Weapons? Warfare?
    It seems art students are happier to not have to worry about all this... oh wait.

  2. Re:Hmm... on Average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ....replaced "Slashdotter" with "Gamer" in the title?

    I think they replaced "Anonymous Coward" with Slashdotter, and then to Gamer

  3. Two good examples (and classic) on Advice On Creating an Open Source Textbook? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you looked at Wikipedia?

    You can try some ideas from books already available in print as well as in electronic versions.
    SICP
    Stony Brook Algorithm Repository

  4. Re:Didn't have a password? on Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password · · Score: 1

    I hope the crackers were polite enough to give it one....

    Only in America....
    Only on 4chan
    Only at /b/

  5. Re:WHAT THE FUCK on The Mindset of the Incoming College Freshmen · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is more of a "report" and not news.

  6. Re:Save money on licences... on Russia To Develop a National Operating System · · Score: 1

    Can they not just save all the hassle and choose Red Hat / Ubuntu / Debian / SlackWare / Mandriva / anything else

    By choosing one of these, they'll be exposing themselves to waiting for releases/bugfixes from 3rd parties. Plus it won't be a standardized choice for russia because all these distros are intended for a generic audience.

    You can think of the russian approach as centralizing software releases for the country in the hands of one OS "Tzar"

  7. Re:Reactionary. on Whistleblower Claims NSA Spied On Everyone, Targeted Media · · Score: 1

    Your concern smells trollish.

    I find your lack of faith disturbing.

  8. Re:Power Savings!! on NVIDIA's 55nm GeForce GTX 285 Launched · · Score: 2, Informative

    in less than 10 years!! I know what I'm spending my tax refund on!!

    You can also use it to crack passwords even Faster!

  9. did he turn QoS off in WinXP? on Ubuntu Download Speeds Beat Windows XP's · · Score: 2, Informative
    Windows XP by default only allows you to use upto 80% (or so, can't find the exact figure) of your bandwidth. A tweak can take care of that, start with Dr. TCP.

    This shouldn't be news!

  10. Re:Good riddance. on Ricardo Montalban Dead At 88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously the troll is at the top of the foodchain.

  11. Re:South Park on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    then that isn't coffee you're drinking. :-)

    Wrong! Infact a logical fallacy....you're assuming that anyone who drinks coffee cannot be mistaken about making first post.

    A better assumption would be that a race condition exists between all coffee drinking first posters.

  12. Re:What to tell your boss on A Cheap, Distributed Zero-Day Defense? · · Score: 1

    "I'm not pirating movies... I'm protecting the network!"

    Baws: "Yea, but who's paying for it?" Welcome to capitalism.

  13. Re:*plop* (mind blown) on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 1

    The elderly. Seriously, everything is either about the children or the elderly. Anyone between the ages of say 20 and 60 you're on your own.

    Have you thought, maybe it has something to do with taxes? If you think of the kids, they'll grow up and pay. If you conspicuously think of the elderly, the tax paying public between 18-60 will notice and have something to look forward to.

  14. Re:It's not the first time, it won't be the last. on Taxpayer Data At IRS Remains Vulnerable · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am so angry that politicians are not accountable for their actions. It makes the implementation of democracy a farce because the people in power voted in by the public can basically do whatever the hell they want and walk away with a fat paycheck and pension without having to worry that if they do something seriously wrong they can be punished somehow.

    If you hit the bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards, checkmate!

  15. Re:It's not the first time, it won't be the last. on Taxpayer Data At IRS Remains Vulnerable · · Score: 3, Informative
  16. Re:I'd rather have 4/36 on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 5, Funny

    do you work 9/11 days?

  17. yes // Re:Did they fix the atheros driver? on FreeBSD 7.1 Released · · Score: 1

    The best way to check for fixes is to run 8.0/current. I'm using it on my laptop fulltime, and hasn't given me any problems. Won't recommend current on servers.

  18. Re:Interesting Logic on Microsoft Rumored To Lay Off Thousands Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Don't you know, 80% of programmers think they have above average skills.

  19. Re:Is it.... on Apple Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar · · Score: 1

    Quoting an actual publication instead of Wikipedia? Someone is going to mod you offtopic!

  20. Link to research paper on Study Confirms That Cars Have Personalities · · Score: 1
  21. Re:I've always wondered about these... on Craigslist Agrees With State AGs To Curb "Erotic Services" Ads · · Score: 1

    but I don't think my wife would

    Wife, huh?

  22. You got it all wrong, on Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Extend, Embed, Enjoy

  23. Re:I'm kind of suprised ... on Craigslist Agrees With State AGs To Curb "Erotic Services" Ads · · Score: 1

    (Unless it is someone else doing it to me)

    Will You Please Think of The Kids!

  24. Re:Apologies to Douglas Adams on Eight-Armed Animal Preceded Dinosaurs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    According to The Guide, it was the Jatravartids who were "unique", and since The Guide predates Ediacaran period, it is more likely to be correct (unless life itself is guilty of being neither beautiful, nor true).

    Plus, if these newly discovered creatures had 8 limbs, they'd be similar to Octopuses (or octopi/octopodes) who are not known to use deodorants (and instead use a foul smelling chemical to avert predators). Thus, since Octopuses are not known to invent deodorants it is less likely that Eoandromeda octobrachiata invented them either.

    Hence, the guide wins and Jatravartids keep the trophy.

  25. Re:Drunk wisdom on Barack Obama Wins US Presidency · · Score: 1

    I had it: "Baracka wins! Fatality!"

    This one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quan_Chi vs. The One: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(Mortal_Kombat)