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  1. Re:Other fields? on Is Computer Science Still Worth It? · · Score: 1

    I had a philosophy prof at NYU. He asked how many phil majors were in the class of about 100. 3 hands went up. He then asked if their parents knew the were philosophy majors. After that he told them their diplomas could be used as telescopes to see the end of the unemployment line.

  2. asymmetric sound on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1

    Pity the poor slob that get a royalty on the shutdown sound, only the startup sound is a moneymaker in windows.

  3. bowl circler on SCO Stock Continues Downward Spiral · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looks ready to auger in. Nice profit for the shorts on this one. When would you cover this one? There may be residual value at some point (office space, chairs etc). 20.5->0.25 or so would be my guess of maximal profit.

    Bring it on. I think they should rename themselves Icarus Operation

    H.

  4. pish posh, 2 == representative sample? on Nerds Switching from Apple to Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    I just bought a MBP core duo. The new parallels sw is a VMclone and makes it easy to run other OS's. So, you get the stability of OS X and put MrBill in a sandbox. Also you can run your beloved Ubuntu if the need is there.

    But wait... I must be missing something and better sell it, run for the hills and buy something else!

    Hedley

  5. Re:Copyright permission? on Ask Futurama Star Billy West About...? · · Score: 1

    Billy was sent that by Lrrr from Omicron Persei 8 while Lrrr and Nd-Nd were waiting to watch
    another episode of Single White Female Lawyer. You will need to take it
    up with Lrrr and tell Lrrr he's possibly violating Earth's circa 2k copyright laws.
    Lrrr will be glad to help you sort it all out, hes understanding and compassionate.
    If you hear him wanting harvest any of your horns though I would probably drop your
    query and hide.

  6. Re:More noteworthy... on Airbus Plans to Expand Cockpit Automation · · Score: 1

    postscript to b) Last I heard, Capt Asseline is flying cargo in Fl.

    As was said, overriding the safetly systems to make for an impressive flyby. Once they
    realized they weren't going to clear the trees the spool up time on the engines seems
    to have been a factor since they weren't pulling enough power to get them out of that
    until they started sucking branches.

  7. Re:More than just a laser on Sony Fakes Blu-Ray Demo? · · Score: 1


    At the beginning of April 2006 @Sony's Shinagawa plant, they had a Blueray system running right there in the waiting area on an HD display. I doubt any demo would be a fake given
    they already have the working hardware/software. Story just doesn't make sense.

    H.

  8. 1mil$ per month on bw. 11mil$ in venture funding on YouTube Founders Interviewed · · Score: 1


    So says Leo Laporte's TWiT this past weekend.

    I have 11mil$... I spend 1mil$ per month on bandwidth... how long
    can I stay in business for assuming no additional funding...

    Hedley

  9. 18oz lift.... on Alcohol Powered Muscles · · Score: 1

    ...17oz lift....16oz lift......... 1oz lift..... 18oz lift.....

    This is a sophisticated weight training programme known
    as stripping :)

    H.

  10. To whom may dig here on Radioactive Warning for Future Generations · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am Nobutu Bangari and I am in posession of a large consignment of gold
    that my people left me some time ago. you are free to dig here to find it but
    as a token of good faith I ask that you remit to my swiss bank account a small
    fee that we will reimburse to you once the bullion is secured by you.

    etc

    Just translate that and no-one would dare bother digging.

    Hedley

  11. Re:Where are they now? on Dot-com Boom's Biggest Duds, From Flooz to iSmell · · Score: 1

    Nice list!

    How about CMGI also? Still around but look at this chart!

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CMGI&t=my

    H.

  12. corporate bow shot on Ballmer Won't Dismiss Idea of Suits Against Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think a lawsuit (if it happens) whould be to discourage businesses from
    selecting Linux. I am sure there are a lot of corporate IT depts out there now
    that at one time would never have considered Linux, now are selecting it for
    all the reasons we use it for. Whats better is the growth has been a cushion
    for these IT managers to not have to be out there on their own. One way
    Microsoft can turn the table is to sow a little fear in the IT managers boss.
    Just a wiff of a patent lawsuit or some form of injunction and it would have
    the desired effect of steering some IT depts away from Linux and towards Microsoft.
    Its a bit hard from a conceptual point of view to see how you pin the tail on this
    one, whats injunct worthy here is not necessarily so elsewhere.
    Not to mention the ill will it may engender. Still corporate Vista is on track
    so they say, and thats the one Ballmer would be trying to force upon IT depts. The timing
    would be right, sow the lawsuit, reap the rewards.

    Hedley

  13. life::= birth education career gods_waiting_room ; on Peter Naur Wins 2005 Turing Award · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have been using his work for years. Congrats to him
    and his fantastic career.

    Hedley

  14. Re:Some people just don't learn on The New Boom · · Score: 1

    There was a classic quote back when... (I think it was Blodgett whilst on cable
    pumping away at some issue)

    "Traditional valuation methods no longer apply in the New Economy"

    That wouldn't happen again right? We exhausted the supply of greater
    fools didn't we? :)

    Hedley

  15. Don't worry. This stupidity will evolve away on Britons Unconvinced on Evolution · · Score: 1

    As these Luddites in training will find as they eshcew science, the population
    is not sustainable today with science, with enough of these new mouth breathers
    they won't (in the limit) have the wherewithal to cure themselves. Thus, the population
    will ultimately shrink, science will then once again cycle back in vogue and repeat.

    Hedley

  16. Quelqu'un nous a établis la bombe. on France Hostile To Open Source Software? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pour la grande justice.

  17. Re:lemme guess on Xbox 360 Hardware Disassembled and Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Snazzy Black&Gold capacitors I might add....

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/ 11/001211&tid=126&tid=137

    Hedley

  18. Re:Way to Go with the Misleading Headline... on UK Scientists to Create Embryo From Two Women · · Score: 1

    I can hear Philip J. Fry now...

    Fry: "wooo hoo, two women, one man! Bring it on!"

    Leela: "Did you even read the announcement?"

    Fry: "Didn't have too, two women was all I needed to hear"

  19. Re: £65,000? on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1

    pence even.

  20. early PC on 10 Computer Mishaps · · Score: 1

    I was working in college as a data lab helper kinda person when two people approached me and said they could not write their thesis to the floppy. When I went over to see what they were doing the were at the abort, retry, ignore prompt as the disk was indeed having a problem. When I asked them did they have a backup, they replied they had put the backup floppy in during the critical error handler loop and now.... the backup too was unreadable. Just got to love the critical error handler and no media change detect on those old DOS pre 2.0 releases... :)

  21. set pedant=1 on Possible Breakthroughs in Cancer and AIDS Research · · Score: 1


    Work with the gist of the story. Its like the guy in CS class complaining the professor didn't put a semicolon on the blackboard pseudocode.

  22. Davey and Goliath on Telepresence Via Matter Imaging · · Score: 3, Funny


    Don't doooo it Daaaaveeeey!!!

    H.

  23. Re:he doesn't seem to advocate dropping out... on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    To the audience there it was irrelevant since they
    by definition did not drop out. To someone hearing about the speech anecdotally then I agree, we must then examine if he was or was not advocating dropping out.

    Hedley

  24. easier in other professions on Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I knew a waitress at a fancy restaurant and she told me if she was wearing a bikini and had her mouth open you could not see any of he piercings and she had 5 piercings. Really nice girl, you would never guess she had made these mods.

    H.

  25. Image composer on MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program · · Score: 1

    So is this connected in any way to that old Windows app? I used to use Image Composer and for the most part it was ok. I came with a Frontpage freebie I got 5+yrs ago.