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  1. No. on IT Job Without a Degree? · · Score: 1

    It is not physically possible.

  2. Re:The problems with wikipedia: on Wikipedia's New Definition of Truth · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia is not an objective source.

    Seconded. I have countless times been reverted when editing serious and completely obvious subjective articles filled to the brink with counter-claims and criticism of the subject being presented when Wikipedia of all places should rise above any point of objectivity what so ever. I have a number of times in Talk-pages asked for articles to simply be completely removed due to the fact that it is obvious they are not welcomed at Wikipedia. So why bother having them there if all editors openly discredit it?

  3. Our rights online on Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    I find, that Facebook has gained a lot more attention, at least globally, than most other social sites has ever gotten, especially regarding privacy. Since major corporations have roasted on the lack of knowledge of their users regarding their own privacy for years, since I myself is a walking case of turbo-paranoia. I for one welcome this wide spread paranoia about the intentions and possibilities of Facebook and the people behind.

  4. Re:Who Cares... on Firefox 3.0.1 Fixes 'Carpet Bombing' Issue · · Score: 1

    You're right, we need WAY more Internet Explorer updates here: This just in: Animated 'e' is blue.

  5. The conspiracy is complete on Google Open Sources Browser Sync · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't imagine a company that actually does what the public asks? They must have a secret agenda!

  6. The old Pidgin still runs, apparantly. on ICQ Starts Blocking Alternative Clients · · Score: 1

    One of my friends, one who is too lazy to ever upgrade from Debian Stable, hence still running the old Pidgin, called Gaim, claims it to be working fine with ICQ.

  7. Re:Presumably... on Man Selling His Life On eBay · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...his debts are included? A 90% mortgage would make the house less attractive. From his own site: 1). Potential buyers of this package does not need to concern themselves with any mortgage or debt that I have on the property. In Western Australia transfer of property is done through a Settlement Agent, who pays off any mortgage I have outstanding with my bank before releasing the balance of the proceeds of the sale to me, The buyer is responsible for arranging their own finance, and is in no way responsible for my loans or debts. There is no outstanding finance at all on any of the vehicles, or anything else in the house.
  8. Re:apropos on Non-Compete Pacts Called Bad For Tech Innovation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can be living in a corporate-law bubble here in Europe, but don't you sign a contract, which you could potentially deny to sign, before any pact can be enforced? I once turned down a study-job (even) at a well-known corporation because the contract forced, that any project, SCHOOL or private, was to be the sole property of this company from the written date to six month after terminated employment. This was a standard contract given to everybody, I couldn't believe it. This was just a part time student job, not even a full-time one.

  9. All those discs? on OpenSUSE 11.0 Released · · Score: 1

    When I tried SuSe, I remember I was forced to install everything, totaling about 8 CD's of data, without the possibility to skip everything but the basics, and just get the bits and parts you needed later online, like a Debian netinstall. Is this still the case? If so, my answer to the question about a new Ubuntu or Fedora, I would clearly say no.

  10. I just lost the game on Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just lost the game :(

  11. Rings aren't that uncommon! on Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star · · Score: 1

    I am betting it is the usual debris from explosions like most other cases. Just like it is Saturn. Many planets actually have them, even Jupitor, Uranus and Neptune in our own solar system! Though Saturn's the most famous one.

  12. Hard drive failures on A Look At the Workings of Google's Data Centers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When looking at it on that massive scale, you really get the idea of just how fragile a hard drive really is. I wonder how much money the new generations of data storage is going to cost for large corporations like Google. And not to mention how existing corporations will handle it, once those devices goes from "super computers" to mainstream hardware.

  13. At least its getting updated on KDE 4.1 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that besides whats already been stated about the obvious nifts 'n gigglez with eyecandy, it looks a little less "overdone" than the previous ones. I'm not a big KDE fan myself, but in this particular period in time, I'm mostly happy that large free applications are being updated at all. :)

  14. Isn't it the other way around? on Amusement Park Bans PDAs and Smartphones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't it usually more the problem with having kinds leave their gameboys and nintendo ds's in the cars, rather than adults spending time on their smartphones?

  15. Re:Insightfulness on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 1

    I guess it wasn't obvious, but the point was that this issue was so silly that you would have to talk about the life, the universe (and everything) to make a point. :-)

  16. Insightfulness on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm desperately trying to find something meaningful to say to this issue, that would rate me insightful. So I'm gonna go ahead and ponder over the fact, that their allergic reactions are probably an effect of solar gamma-radiation than it is your local Starbucks.

  17. Re:Come on on Successful Cold Fusion Experiment? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You don't really believe all this cold fusion mumbo jumbo now do you? Of course.. You could build the power plant in Sim City 2000, couldn't you?
  18. Results for eggs on Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I guess speaking Hungarian and throwing eggs at Steve Ballmer actually did pay off.

  19. Blame me! on Debian Bug Leaves Private SSL/SSH Keys Guessable · · Score: 1

    I honestly don't think this is much more than a mistake, like one of those who surfaces every two years. I wouldn't go as far as blaming OSS or any other instance for that matter. No matter what you feel, you cannot deny that Debian usually has some of the most comprehensive focus on security in the scope of popular Linux Distributions.

  20. All quiet on the northern front on Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0 · · Score: 1

    Nice to see a fellow kinsman on /. The beer was also featured on a BBC documentary a while back.

  21. Re:Ummm, so don't grind on Blizzard Sues Creator of WoW Bot · · Score: 1

    I don't think its specifically because people don't play to have fun. Many people I know who have given up playing, are those who have played one type of character for a year, spend hundreds of hours on it, and who is now faced with spending those horrible 60 days of leveling all over. Not because they don't want to play the game, but because it is just too boring doing the same thing all over again, in order to have fun with your friends that are on the top level, like you in fact are, mentally.

    If you have made say, three characters, you simply cannot be arsed to do that all over again, and that is why many people chose to bot through 60 days of those damn 70 levels for the fifth time.

  22. Re:That's why Dell Linux would be nice. on Dell To Linux Users — Not So Fast · · Score: 1

    I'm confused about what you are pointing out - my point was that Dell's hardware was unknown, not that Debian was unsupportable. I don't know which you're bashing :)

  23. Re:That's why Dell Linux would be nice. on Dell To Linux Users — Not So Fast · · Score: 1

    It wasn't until Debian Etch that the network card in my Dell Server from 2005 (!) was recognized. Until then I had to use another third party network device as my access to the outside.

  24. Re:Sounds familiar... on ThePirateBay Will Rise Again? · · Score: 1

    True - though they where, afaik, from the Netherlands.
    I've never seen a coalition of pirates like the Piratebay and Piratbyrån who believe in the radical changes needed in the world of media distribution, and fight for it with everything they got. Simon Moon is great, but I don't think he would challenge the 'oppressors' in a way that the TPB-crew has.

    I don't think we've seen the last of The Pirate Bay, and until it gets easier to buy media, than it is to steal it, they will probably be around.

  25. Temperture in Europe on Earth Life Possibly Could Reach Titan · · Score: 1

    The way Scandinavia is freezing in at the moment, and this close to spring, Titan would be no problem for us! :(