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  1. Say it proud... on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Change!

  2. From the summary... on Scala, a Statically Typed, Functional, O-O Language · · Score: 1

    ...it sounds like an absolute mess for anybody but the guy who wrote the code.

  3. Re:The Real Reason.... on Major Carriers Shun Broadband Stimulus · · Score: 1

    It only crashes if people were posting on something they didn't know anything about.

  4. Re:The Real Reason.... on Major Carriers Shun Broadband Stimulus · · Score: 1

    I was going to post "There's probably a 'Don't screw your customers' clause", which a superset of your post, but since you were first and have actually function_read(the_rules), so I concede to your posting greatness.

    void function_read(char *whats_been_read)
    {
            if (actually_read(whats_been_read) != FALSE)
                    return;
            function_read(whats_been_read);
    }

  5. I think... on Schneier On Self-Enforcing Protocols · · Score: 1

    ... the words you're looking for are "paper ballot". On the other hand, Bar Refaeli is hot.

  6. Just curious... on Music Labels Working On Digital Album Format · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... but was the Apple tablet dragged into this article just because Slashdot is the only site not spreading that rumor?

  7. Re:Free Energy, woo! on Printable Batteries Should Arrive Next Year · · Score: 3, Funny

    I invented a bullshit-to-electricity generator and plugged it into our PBX, allowing us to run completely off the grid. Unfortunately, it didn't last long, as the device went into a highly recursive feedback mode and imploded when everybody tried to take credit for my work.

  8. Why would newpapers want to kill online content? on Will Mainstream Media Embrace Adblockers? · · Score: 1

    Our local newspaper - owned by a "mainstream media" conglomeration - has a free ad-supported web site that it is even using to compete with TV news by adding video. So why would they want to kill off ad-supported web sites?

  9. So... on Panel Recommends Space Science, Not Stunts · · Score: 1

    With 2 meetings to go they already have "findings". Not a chance they had "findings" before they started this process, is there.

  10. Re:Did I miss something on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's the same kind of illogic that allowed businesses to buy SUVs and then write them off their taxes (during the Bush years).

    1987 Plymouth == so dirty it's banned from sale within the U.S. (except as an older used car)

    I'd say you missed a lot. First of all, ever since I can remember, and right up until this second, businesses are allowed to write off any car they buy as an expense. So congratulations on having fully swallowed the anti-Bush Kool-Ade.

    Second, the reason that you can't buy a 1987 Plymouth as a new car is because they kinda stopped making them in, oh, I'd say about 1987. There as never a ban on selling them new. If there was, you'd hardly be able to get a use one now, would you. And also, the 1987 Plymouth Colt got 21/26 MPG, ever so slight worse than the 1987 Honda Accord (21/27).

    I expected the Democratic Congress to pass a bill that encouraged more high-MPG carss

    Democrats get elected by convincing everybody they're different from the Republicans. Less corrupt, anti big-business, yada yada yada. But it only takes a few months for people to realize that all they've done is elect the same guys, but with higher taxes.

  11. It's not time to worry... on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    ...until the machines start worrying.

  12. Seriously on We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks? · · Score: 1

    Your professor wrote the $200 textbook he uses for class and releases a new edition every year, and you ask why you have to buy them instead of rent them?

  13. I have a plan... on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    I make the IT guys do 25 push-ups before they can touch my computer. If it's slower after they've "fixed" it, I call them back up to do 25 more. Unfortunately, my computer is still in worse shape than the IT guys. Maybe I should give them Krispy Kremes instead.

  14. Get out your checkbooks on NASA Sticking To Imperial Units For Shuttle Replacement · · Score: 1

    The cost will be higher than that - almost the entire US space industry uses Imperial units. If NASA changes, everybody else will have to, also. And remember - it was the Germans who started this mess.

  15. Invaders! on US Military Blocks Data On Incoming Meteors · · Score: 1

    Obviously they heard the Decepticons are coming and they don't want them to know the the capabilities of our space surveillance system.

  16. When I was a college student... on Wolfram Alpha Rekindles Campus Math Tool Debate · · Score: 1

    Solving an equation is work for math geeks and computers. Writing the equation is work for engineers. I solved damn near every equation in calculus class by hand, but I'll be damned if I understood where they came from, so I learned nothing. Luckily, I was a computer engineer, so only I really only had to understand and, or, and not.

    We rarely got graded on take-home work in engineering or math classes. Too many grad students who'd work for beer - or just so someone would pretend to be their friend.

  17. Oops on Extracting Meaning From Millions of Pages · · Score: 1

    The significance of TextRunner is that it is scalable because it is unsupervised.

    That's what they said about SkyNet.

  18. Re:I hope it's clearly marked and confirmed on How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone · · Score: 1

    I'm sure in-app purchases will still require your App Store password, and if that's easy to be types accidentally, you might want to check your credit card bill.

  19. Where's Ada?

  20. Re:...ahem... on Software Enables Re-Creation of 'Lost' Instrument · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Any excuse to go to Switzerland, I'm there.

  21. Re:The focus should be on the account. on Calculating Password Policy Strength Vs. Cracking · · Score: 1

    I would think that if half your accounts get attacked in a few hours, it might be a good idea to just go ahead and cut the wire to the outside world until you get control of the situation.

  22. Re:Before someone says it on Russia To Save Its ISS Modules · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should try reading more than one quote an age.

  23. Good luck on Social Networking Behavioral Agreements At Work? · · Score: 1

    The agreement doesn't have to be enforceable, they just have to be willing to spend more on lawyers then you are. That's a fight they're pretty sure they can win.

  24. Don't care on Brain Scanning May Be Used In EU Security Checks · · Score: 1

    Thankfully, I'm immune to both brain scanners and zombies.

  25. Back on topic... on Portables Without Cameras? · · Score: 1

    There are places that will remove the camera from an iPhone, probably a MacBook also. Just Google it.