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  1. 8,000 ton giant.. on An 8,000 Ton Giant Made the Jet Age Possible · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just because your mom doesn't read Slashdot doesn't mean it's cool to disrespect her in public. Good day, sir!

  2. Not representative of NYC on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am one of the 20-somethings who have followed this similar career path.

    Simply put - I stay at a company until I feel there is nothing more to learn and/or another company offers a greater challenge & opportunity to learn.

    Money generally comes with greater challenges, but it has never been my ultimate driving force. This is the reason why I've never (and will never) accept a counter offer.

    So how do you keep 20-somethings from leaving? Build a company that constantly researches & implements new technologies. Build a company that contributes to open-source so developers interact with other (better) developers. Send developers to conferences and maybe arrange for them to speak at conferences if appropriate. Allow them to expense tech books. You get where I'm going here. Nothing is stopping your employees from leaving your company for another hot tech company so it's your job to create an environment that attracts good engineers. A boring Java shop with a CTO that is doing nothing to retain talent is only going to be used as a stepping stone to better jobs.

  3. Facebook on Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger · · Score: 1

    Somewhere Mark Zuckerberg is thinking of those who lock down their privacy settings... tapping his fingers like Mr. Burns.

  4. Firefox is losing market share... on Official "Firefox With Bing" Released · · Score: 1

    So switch the default provider to a shittier search engine! Brilliant!

  5. Great!! on Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6 · · Score: 1

    Now I can write an OPEN-SOURCE program to track the killers IP!

  6. Well... on Bill Gates Is More Admired Than the Pope · · Score: 1

    [Insert obligatory remark about child molestation here]

  7. North Korea on North Korea Looking For Friends On Facebook · · Score: 1

    * Pokes North Korea *

  8. Not following their robots.txt? on 100 Million Facebook Pages Leaked On Torrent Site · · Score: 1

    Facebook's robots.txt explicitly says that all web crawlers except for baiduspider, Googlebot, msnbot, naverbot, seznambot, Slurp, teoma, twiceler, and Yandex are forbidden from crawling the site.

    So, this guy must have set his user agent as one of these in order to crawl all those pages, which goes against Facebook's TOS.

    So, yes, downloading these torrents would be illegal since they were obtained in a way that violates Facebook's TOS.

  9. So, is his blackberry that he can't live without distracting him?

  10. Performance? on SolarPHP 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I think the 18 second load time the homepage is experiencing now should help discredit the benchmark results

  11. Impressive on Parallel Algorithm Leads To Crypto Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Impressive, but how long would it take to crack Chuck Norris? Never, that's how long.

  12. And the story continues... on Dinosaur Feather Color Discovered · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and since Microsoft owns the patent to the color they've since filed a motion to sue the Jurassic Age.

  13. An idea on SETI Founder Outlines Ambitious Future Plans · · Score: 1

    Any amateur rocket scientists want to help me launch a solar powered radio into space that simply repeats, "I am Rosie O'Donnell from the planet 61752-percion. I have come for your Cheetos. Surrender now or I'll wear sweatpants in public!"

  14. Keeping Score on Chinese Human Rights Orgs Hit By DDoS · · Score: 1

    Google: 1 China: 1

  15. Chuck Norris on Facebook Master Password Was "Chuck Norris" · · Score: 2, Funny

    doesn't sleep.... he stalks your facebook photos

  16. Wasn't rewritten? on Newly-Found Windows Bug Affects All Versions Since NT · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, you mean to tell me Microsoft lied all those times they claimed Windows was rewritten? Didn't see that one coming...

  17. Very fast on China Debuts the World's Fastest Train · · Score: 1

    This train can go from Wuhan to Guangzhou faster than the Chinese government can block this po.... [no signal]

  18. Workplace Awkwardness on Typing With Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Customer service emails will be so much more honest now.
    "Yes, you raging fucktard, it needs to be plugged in first! Shit fuckin piss how do I delete this shit?! Control, Alt, Delete... FUCK! I don't even care."

  19. My plan worked on Firefox 3.5 Now the Most Popular Browser Worldwide · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reenactment - relative has problem with computer

    1. Remove shortcuts to Internet Explorer
    2. Rename Firefox shortcuts to "Internet"

    Firefox 3.5 - My Idea

  20. Thrust limit? on Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex · · Score: 1

    140 thrust limit?

  21. Will this help? on Angry AT&T Customers May Disrupt Service · · Score: 1

    Ironically, ending the unlimited data plan would prevent this planned DDOS. If anything, this will reinforce their decision.

  22. Re:If they thrive on predicatable, monotonous work on Company Trains the Autistic To Test Software · · Score: 4, Funny

    I work at Microsoft testing software I wear paper hats. Would you like a bug with thaaaat. Would you like a bug with thaaaat.

  23. Duh on Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault · · Score: 1

    "Our Death Screens are blue! PWND!"

  24. Import system on Magento Beginner's Guide · · Score: 0

    I wonder if this book can show everyone how to import products reliably? The current import system is total crap and often needs to be completely bypassed.

  25. Re:Just like diamonds and oil on Major Electronics Firms Support Ending Use of "Conflict Minerals" · · Score: 0

    I'm sure it be just like other conflict industries. We will care about it just long enough until our next purchase. The unwashed masses would buy products made of dead baby carcasses.

    Probably not the best time to mention that I have a dead baby carcass bag full of tungsten