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  1. Re:Another reason to smoke on Fired for Solitare At Work · · Score: 0
    And if your job involves thinking and problem solving, these smoke breaks are not a problem.
    Then neither is a newspaper break, a slashdot break or a solitaire break - which is what the article is all about.
  2. Re:How nice. on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 1, Funny
    Why is the option to *disable* it hidden in an advanced configuraiton screen that most users don't even know exists?
    So that teh 733t h4x0rz can laugh at n00b5 who didn't know about it.
  3. Re:Only compulsory when applying for a passport on UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards · · Score: 0
    I suspect it will be compulsory for immigrants too
    And how do you prove the identity of someone who jumps out of the back of a truck? Many asylum seekers destroy their papers to make it more difficult to send them back. Some have had them confiscated by their own governments, or have genuinely lost them. In all those cases, we have to take their word for it.

    The other option is to not issue cards to undocumented foreigners. But that idea will get knocked on the head quicker than you can say "human rights act".

  4. Re:Benefits vs cost on The Ultimate Dual-Hand Touchscreen · · Score: 0
    What's so hard about using touch screens for the average consumer?
    The design of their arms is all wrong.
  5. Re:Touchscreen keyboards on The Ultimate Dual-Hand Touchscreen · · Score: 0

    I guess that if there had been several mice, each with a separate, independant cursor, then it might well have been necessary to do so.

  6. Re:Uh, like what? on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whatever. Like, get over it or something.

  7. Re:Application Layer on top of Application Layer on Online Ajax Pages The New Web Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Whenever I see the word javascript, I think "which one?".

  8. Re:Privacy on Online Ajax Pages The New Web Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Bill? Is that you?

  9. w00t on Online Ajax Pages The New Web Desktop? · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    wave of the future?
    WTF? Web 3.0 is out already?
  10. Re:I hope they paid their.. on Oracle to Layoff 2000 Jobs · · Score: 1

    Yeah, sorry if I came across as having a dig at you. Let's just say that I've been there and have the t-shirt - it hides the scars pretty well.

  11. Re:Terms of use on Fired for Solitare At Work · · Score: 1

    A perfect solution (at least till someone brings a human rights suit). Nonetheless, most people will see that as the exception, rather than the rule. It's certainly been a long while since I've worked anywhere that had formal clocking in and out.

  12. Re:Terms of use on Fired for Solitare At Work · · Score: 1
    It's measuring with two sizes (if that's even a valid expression) if people -are- allowed to have their watercooler breaks, but aren't allowed to have a 'game-break'.
    What about smokers? I guess they must spend an extra hour per day away from their desks.
  13. Re:evolved culture, identity politics, immigration on Fired for Solitare At Work · · Score: 1
    Our American culture is an evolved organism
    A lot of people there don't believe that.
  14. Re:I hope they paid their.. on Oracle to Layoff 2000 Jobs · · Score: 1

    If by "6-month consulting engagement" you meant a freelance gig, then frankly you're a bit naive believing any promise of how long it will go on.

  15. Re:Wow on Oracle to buy JBoss (and others) · · Score: 1
    I can understand if they lay people off and then merge with a company or get bought out - but to buy another product?
    I agree. Damn GM for laying off all those buggy-whip makers then buying Pontiac, damn them to hell!
  16. Re:Depends... on Does Company-Wide Language "Standardization" Work? · · Score: 2

    So what language should a company that sells paper use?

  17. Re:Solutions Should Be Natural on Does Company-Wide Language "Standardization" Work? · · Score: 1

    How can you evaluate if the reasons are compelling enough, without knowing how compelling they are? And what if the developers measure compellingnessocity in metric units but you use imperial?

  18. Re:I would say on Does Company-Wide Language "Standardization" Work? · · Score: 1

    How can you set a standard for legacy systems? Is there a perl module Timetravel::KillGraceMurrayHopper or something?

  19. Re:Evolved on Wasp Larvae Feed on Zombie Roaches · · Score: 1
    Not only do biologists not have all the answers... they don't always even agree with each other.
    You say that like it's a bad thing.

    Science doesn't need all the answers, and it isn't a problem to change your mind. When a theory outlives its usefulness, it's replaced with a better one. Science is based on understanding; unlike dogma, it doesn't crumble if the mask of infallibility slips.

  20. Re:Educate, don't indoctrinate on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    Hey you, down in the hole, want me to drop you another shovel? Looks like you've worn that one out.

  21. Re:Fight on Pay-to Play and the Tiered Internet · · Score: 1

    I'm sure your calculation is correct. Just not in base 10.

  22. Re:Educate, don't indoctrinate on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1
    Dear Ass hat
    Many years ago, one of my teachers gave me some advice. It was, "Don't use ad-hominem attacks, you little git."
    I suppose I should write every sentence as if it were going to be reviewed by the masses and recorded for all time. That way, when some pretentious ass hat like yourself takes the debate completely off topic to trade literary barbs, I know I would be on the winning side.
    That's right, cling to the hope. You could equally just shut up.
  23. Re:Obesity comes from a simple condition... on Obesity Contagious? · · Score: 1

    You can have a high BMI without necessarily being fat, though. Sportsmen (especially in contact games like Rugby) are often - by the formula - obese. BMI doesn't factor in build.

  24. Re:Obesity comes from a simple condition... on Obesity Contagious? · · Score: 1
    I eat about 2,000 calories a day
    Most people can gain weight by only eating 2000 calories a day. I guess my nick is a clue how...
  25. Re:nope on Obesity Contagious? · · Score: 1
    you are quite likely to end up with your central nervous system going into arrest.
    I thought only hearts did that. Did you mean "you'll feel a bit shit and crazy for a while"?