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  1. Re:Your backyard on US Secretary of State Calls Climate Change 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 2

    Ok. the carp can be a problem, but the OP is whining about how the politicians in Michigan aren't doing anything about a river that is in Illinois.

  2. Consider the school's reputation on Ask Slashdot: Is Going To a Technical College Worth It? · · Score: 1

    A technical college is good if you want to pick up a skilled trade, but from what you said in your post it might be better to go to a traditional college, community or otherwise. As far as getting a job goes, you need to consider the reputation of the school that you graduate from because that is something many companies consider when reviewing applicants. A good way to impress prospective employers as a CS or IT grad is to have some tangible project to tell them about or better yet show them.

  3. Re:300 feet of wireless stupidity on McAfee Claims Successful Insulin Pump Attack · · Score: 1

    There are Insulin pumps that currently use IR to transmit and receive data form other devices, like blood glucose meters, and certain cell phones;My grandfather has an Accu-check Insulin pump System where the pump and meter used IR to store their log data in a Palm Centro phone. While IR might be more secure than any other form of wireless communication for these devices, based on range as you suggest, It is not convenient to transmit the data between devices regularly, due to the fact that all devices need to be set to transmit/receive mode, which is not always straight forward, and have the IR ports lined up within an inch of each other.

  4. Re:Hello, context here on Cook County Judge Says Law Banning Recording Police Is Unconstitutional · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree. Once a police officer puts on thier uniform s/he waves any right of privacy until they are off duty. Recording officers on duty creates evidence that can be used in court or by the departments internal affairs personell to punish bad cops or reward good cops.

  5. Games and Visual Studio on What's Keeping You On Windows? · · Score: 1

    I keep windows around for games that wine cant handle, and Visual Studio. Mono is ok for .NET work, but it is has been a few steps behind MS in features that I need to use.

  6. Peter Parker is Spider-man on Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement · · Score: 1

    To a majority of people Peter Parker is the real Spider-man just like Clark Kent is Superman and Bruce Wane is Batman. While it is SOP to shake things up with who a super hero is in the comic books, characters that have become well established outside of comic books through other media exist in the public mind as the most common variation of that character. Through the various movies, cartoons and video games the average person associates Peter Parker as Spider-man, and may not know or care about Miles Morales as Spider-man, just like they may not know or are about Dick Grayson being Batman.

  7. Some people are just hooked on 60% of AOL's Profits Come From Misinformed Customers · · Score: 1

    I once saw an older woman come into a local super market a few years ago and ask a fellow employee where the AOL CDs were. before the greeter could send the woman on a pointless trek to the opposite side of the store, I told the woman that we didn't have any and that I haven't seen an AOL CD in years, and that she should contact her phone company for internet access. The customer then asked if I knew of any other stores that might have AOL CDs.

  8. Re:Rats!! A cylon! on Robot Controlled By Rat Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, now when the terminators come we just have to find the rats that control skynet.

  9. Re:It's not the tech, it's the prof on Attack of the PowerPoint-Wielding Professors · · Score: 1

    Do yourself a favor and look up reviews for your profs before you sign up for their class.

    Some times there is only one professor that teaches a particular class that is required to graduate, so it doesn't matter if he has good ratings or not you still need to take his class. This is especially true in some smaller universities.

    When it comes down to it, it's the prof. If he's a gifted teacher, it will shine through no matter which medium he chooses.

    Some of the best profs that I had were active professionally in their fields a few years before I took their classes, and they each had thier own style from "chalk talk" to in-depth discussions and explanations of what was on the PowerPoint.

  10. Re:For the readers from Europe ... on 35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush · · Score: 1

    According to Section V of the Constitution, The Constitution is the highest law of the land, followed by federal then state laws. So I doubt any impeachment charges could be brought for violating UN policies, unless the U.S. specifiably signed a treaty saying that it would follow that guideline. Though the UN is free to sanction the US.

  11. Re:GamePolitics motivated by bigotry? on Texas Governor As E3 Keynote Speaker Causes Strife · · Score: 1

    I don't see why his religion is so important. Would it mater if he was Christian, Jewish, Muslim Atheist, or Hindu? What bearing does religion have on video games, besides the niche market for religious games?

  12. still waiting on Microsoft Cuts Vista Price In 70 Countries · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm still waiting for Microsoft to pay people to upgrade to Vista. Ever check the resource consumption on the display models, half the resources are being used just to display the desktop.

  13. Re:Nice! on Microsoft Patents Frustration-Detection System · · Score: 1

    Embedding Eliza in Clipy is a great idea, if you make computer hardware that is.

  14. Re:3 ideas on Best Way To Teach Oneself Math? · · Score: 1

    Home School materials are just as good as college unless you get a program like http://www.aop.com/sos/>Switched On Schoolhouse which grades you as you go.

  15. Re:I smell something... on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    I work at a retail store where many times cashiers fail to disable the security devices at check out which set off the door alarms. When that happens the greeter is required to check the receipt. I assume that this is the case at Circuit City as well. If the door alarm did not go off a suspension or termination of the employee is the least that Circuit City needs to do.

  16. Has any one seen it? on A Field Trip To the Creation Museum · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Has any one seen either creation or evolution take place? I know each camp has it's own examples on why their correct, i.e. different minerals at different layers in the earths crust, or how one giant rock in Australia is smooth. In my opinion if no one has seen it happen it takes just as much faith to believe one or the other.

  17. ... SCARY ... on UCSD Biometric Vending Machine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    sorry but paying by fingerprint is a little to scary for me. it's another way for big brother to watch you.

  18. Text Book Material on Wicked Cool Java · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This would make a great text book for advanced java programming classes.

  19. Sushi on Scientists Discover World's Smallest Fish · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are we going to see a story on the worlds smallest piece of sushi made from this fish tomarow?

  20. Tech Support. on How To Choose An Open Source CMS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Seth Gotlieb made a good point about companies wanting tech support. Many Companies want a formal tech support solution where they can call someone on the phone to ask questions. I think many of the smaller open source projects are over looked because of the lack of phone support; however, some of the larger projects such as Open Office do provide tech support and are used by more companies because of it.

  21. flaws on Ask Microsoft's Security VP · · Score: 1

    Is Microsoft going to look for and fix any critical security flaws before releasing Vista?

  22. Complasancy on Mac users 'too smug' Over Security? · · Score: 1

    When we hear about viruses, worms etc. ravaging Microsoft products it is easy for those of us who don't use Microsoft Products to become complasant because our system is not affected. When we become too complasant, and think that our system will never be affected, and never take steps to prevent infection, we will be in a world of hurt when a virus, worm etc. desides to attack whatever system you use. Like Solomon said "Pride cometh before a fall"

  23. Ben Franklin Said.... on iCell in the Works? · · Score: 2, Funny

    "A place for evrything and evrything in its place" ... or something like that. I gues Apple thinks that evrything's place is on one mobile device.

  24. Mono is like Java on Fedora Core 5 includes Mono · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This will mean that in future, all native Windows applications will easily run on Linux, with Mono Maby, but Mono is sorta like java. the .Net Programs will be portable as long as the developers don't use Microsoft APIs like java is portable to gcj as long as you don't use the com.sun.* packages etc.

  25. This must be a bummer.. on Spammer Sued Under EU Law · · Score: 1

    ...for companies that buy Databases for their mass email campaigns. The only companies that I know of that do this have low success rates, and a very irate Database.