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  1. Re:There's no WAR here on How the Militarization of the Internet is Changing Warfare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So if the virus made the centrifuges explode and people died would you change your mind?

  2. Because we have no leadership in the US on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    No leadership in companies. No leadership in the armed forces. No leadership in the Governm.... err never mind.

    What an idiot this woman is.

  3. Duplicate existing work. Intern for 'free'*. on Ask Slashdot: What To Do Before College? · · Score: 1

    Pick a project. Look at a website, find something cool. Now duplicate it in your own work. Try and make it better. You will gain a ton of knowledge, and you can show your code to the next employer.

    If your parents did their finances well they will be paying you to internship for free somewhere. If not... take a job selling coffee / delivering pizzas in the evenings.

    And you need to be spending 1 hour a day, every single day weekends included, filling out grant applications.

    Just my $.02 and what my kids will be doing once they graduate high school.

  4. Article rewritten in Reality language: on Patch Makes Certain Skin Cancers Disappear · · Score: 1

    "The trial is admittedly very small, and larger studies still need to be performed before the patent is bought by a major pharmaceutical company and shelved for 30 years."

  5. Tuition is tried to loans AND applicants on Bloomberg, WSJ: Student Aid Increases Tuition · · Score: 2

    If you ran an institution where:

    1. You have more qualified applicants than availability
    2. Nearly all have access to paying tuition with loans

    Now you, being the bean counter - what would you do? Duh, you continually increase rates until #1 drops to a level you are uncomfortable with.

  6. Oh great, and I have a haircut that day. on Andromeda On Collision Course With the Milky Way · · Score: 1

    I hate having to re-arrange my schedule like this.

  7. Re:Hidden Volumes... on US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    How do they know there is a hidden partition? Why tell them?

  8. Re:Encryption and security is about layers on US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    That was great, thanks for the link. I had no idea this was possible. /applause

  9. What Obama really needs to fix: on Why America Doesn't Need More Tech Giants Like Apple · · Score: 1

    “Furniture went overseas, and now there’s no future in that.”

    Quote from the article. A man far smarter than I once said something along the lines of 'That sound you hear is the giant sucking sound of jobs going out of the country'. And here we are, years later. Sad its not getting any better.

  10. The tens of players will love it. on An FPS Minus the Shooting · · Score: 1

    I can't wait to not read about in PC Gamer.

  11. Re:Same problem, different format... on Ask Slashdot: Recovering Data From 20-Year-Old Diskettes? · · Score: 1

    Cheap way to do it: I bought a Capit MyGica USB Video Capture device. $40. Plug it in, hit play, hit record and let it go.

    More expensive way, you can buy a combo deck that burns it straight to DVD for you. $150

    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-DVR620-DVD-Recorder-Black/dp/B001T6K7G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316539612&sr=8-1

    If you're looking at a service to do it, I'd guess $50-75 or so per VHS if you could even find one.

  12. Thats pretty slick of him on Microsoft Developer Made the Most Changes To Linux 3.0 Code · · Score: 1

    He's like a well oiled machine.

  13. They did an actual study on this? on What's Your College Major Worth? · · Score: 1

    Degrees where the job is in demand get better pay.

    News at 11.

  14. Re:Taxes on Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way · · Score: 1

    Oh no! Double taxation isn't right!

    That will stop them from doing it!

  15. Any different from a license plate? on Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way · · Score: 1

    I've been wondering for some time now if license plates will become 'high tech'. What if they added this system into all license plates?

    Plus, people are already complaining here that they would be mad if they can't remove something that is on their car that they own. Well you can't remove your license plate. How is requiring this any different?

  16. Re:warning: slight trolling ahead. on Can Computers Be Used To Optimize the US Tax Code? · · Score: 1

    No, we don't have a simpler tax code because every one of the people in congress don't want to lose their power.

    Its as simple as that.

  17. Re:Unemployment Disaster on Can Computers Be Used To Optimize the US Tax Code? · · Score: 1

    Then here is your choice.

    1. Put 1-3% in unemployment, in which almost all are very well educated and very smart or

    2. Put 3-4 times that in unemployment by cutting hundreds of billions in programs across every avenue of Govt spending in which the education ranges from non-educated at all to educated.

    You pick.

    I pick #1. They can find a new job.

  18. Fair tax wont need a computer to fix this on Can Computers Be Used To Optimize the US Tax Code? · · Score: 1

    10,000 pages down to about 50. And you can send your tax form in on a postcard.

  19. Re:Taking advantage of the undisciplined minds on The Psychology of Steam Wallet & Microsoft Points · · Score: 1

    Spoken like a Dave Ramsey fan. :) Totally agree with you.

  20. They don't want 'points' to register as 'cash' on The Psychology of Steam Wallet & Microsoft Points · · Score: 1

    Paying cash 'hurts'. Paying by credit card hardly hits on the psychological level. Companies know this, you'll buy more when using a credit card. A study http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/142336/do_we_really_spend_more_with_credit.html showed that McDonalds, for example, people spent 12-18% more when paying by credit as opposed to cash. It gets even worse with cell phone transactions where you just 'wave' your phone.

    Now you have these points where they don't want you to even think of it as cash. This is really a horrible idea to infuse on the minds of young people, and by young people I mean those in high school / college that don't really understand what all this means.

  21. I can see how discussions would go.. on Software Firm Looking To Hire Naked Coders · · Score: 1

    "Ms Tasmalker, I've got a boner to pi... I mean a bone to pick with you. I don't think your a breast.. I mean abreast of the cuntract.. err contract with our partner. Rewrite the cockum... documents and get on my desk... err get THEM on my desk by first thing in the porning... uh morning. Spanks... I mean thanks."

  22. Re:BMI is fucking useless on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    Dont be stupid. Everyone, including health care providers at clinics, don't use the moronic chart. There is a reason calipers were made.

  23. Re:Full of problems on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    Junk food is cheap? Wow are you wrong.

    Junk food is insanely expensive. Its not even in the same ballpark as buying ingredients to make it yourself.

  24. Re:Hypocrasy on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    So when you get diabetes or heart problems from your decisions you won't draw medicaid to pay for the treatment right? Good man!

  25. Re:Perspective is necessary on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    Since when are minor league players drawing mediocaid? Is playing their sports causing heart problems, diabetes, etc that treatment of is paid for with state taxes?