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  1. Re:Shatner died for me when... on William Shatner Answers, in 826 Words · · Score: 1

    Even alcohol companies want their patrons to continue drinking their product so they ask that you partake responsibly. Shatner may not have phrased it as they do, but "too much" of anything can be bad for you.

  2. Re:Frag 'em on What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? · · Score: 0

    In order for someone to spend medicare on something, someone has to be a wage slave to pay for said medicare... if said medicare is not going toward medicare, then that wage slave will have to work MORE to cover the growing expense of medicare that's not appropriately being spent.

  3. Re:Yo on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Old Webcams? · · Score: 1

    Beware, end sequence of the clip reads: "Patent pending".

    He probably would not be selling the device... so I don't see what the patent holder would be coming after him for.

  4. Re:I don't think your hangup is loyalty... on Ask Slashdot: Does Being 'Loyal' Pay As a Developer? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed. I'm actually on my last day of my two weeks of notice (it's typical, gave me a little time to train my co-workers. If they can't pick it up, I wasn't being paid enough.)

    Give them plenty of notice, spend your last days passing on whatever knowledge you can to help (if you really care) and let them manage. If they really want to keep you aboard they may come back with a counter, but I think most companies understand that would be an awkward situation so they probably won't.

  5. Re:Over-used on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 1

    I can only have meetings on Tuesdays and the day after Monday.

  6. Re:Over-used on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 1

    The space vessel would be using GST (and likely transmit GST). It shoud be the base station that received the communication that converts it to local standard. If it wasn't setup that way... it should be. ;)

  7. Re:Passcode on Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Florida law treats a smartphone as a 'container' for the purposes of a search, similar to say a cardboard box open on the passenger seat

    I don't know Floridian law, but does the box have to be open? If that's the case, a pass-coded cellphone is technically a sealed box.

  8. Re:haskell for the masses? sure, but only... on OCaml For the Masses · · Score: 1

    (I hope no-one from lambda-the-ultimate comes across this comment thread or they'll be irritated.)

    I'm sure they're already here... in numbers. ;)

  9. Re:false premise on Should Science Be King In Politics? · · Score: 1

    It's an alienation of the word. Typically, a conservative person will stick to tried and true techniques (Which is generally good for government. Think about it.) Today's "Conservative" though holds to the one tried techniques that are maybe not so true... but it's being questioned now more than ever.

  10. Re:Id releases Engine, tech demo... on id Software Releases RAGE · · Score: 1

    Sadly true. There's nothing more annoying than playing a game and having to sit through the cut-scenes then doing it more than once.

  11. Re:Id releases Engine, tech demo... on id Software Releases RAGE · · Score: 2

    You know that Bethesda is older than the XBox and Morrowind was not the first Elder Scrolls game, right?

  12. Re:Third Party Addons... on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    I'm looking at my plugins right now... I see Java and Flash. (LXDE, Debian Derivitave) There's nothing I didn't put there. However, on Windows when I delete the dll for Windows Media, it gets automatically re-installed.

  13. Re:if they cant get that working on An Operating System For Cities · · Score: 1

    Actually, there's a user sitting at a screen with UAC pop-ups:
    "Do you want to allow the following driver through this intersection? Yes | No"

  14. Re:Seriously? on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the second is optional and defaulted to 0.

  15. Re:Open them up and salvage the magnets on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    They are miracles in and of themselves.

  16. Re:This attitude makes me sick and I'm tired of it on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    F--! If you write random data...

  17. Re:This attitude makes me sick and I'm tired of it on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    If you right random data, you risk reproducing copy-written material!

  18. Re:Sigh on Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying · · Score: 1

    If there are 300 million Stigs... how will they know which one is the real one?

  19. Re:We knew it was coming on Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying · · Score: 2

    Duh, of course they don't have Facebook. They have Terrorbook, and most of their faces are partially covered with handkerchiefs or some other items.

  20. Third Party Addons... on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Users will receive a one-time notification to review and confirm third party add-ons they want to keep, disable or delete. When Firefox starts and finds that a third-party program has installed an add-on

    I assume this include Microsoft stealth adding extensions to the browser?

    IE: Windows Media Player Plugin

  21. Re:At least... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Only if by "unloading" you mean pulling the bullet out of the casing. ;)

  22. Re:oven on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be concerned with the heat as much as I would about the fumes of the seals, lubricants and other things boiling off.

  23. Re:Native Apps? on How Adobe Flash Lost Its Way · · Score: 1

    It was/is being tried... Java (of which I believe three of your devices use or use slight variants thereof...)

  24. Re:Tablets aren't always online on How Adobe Flash Lost Its Way · · Score: 1

    and native apps can use network communication (especially when the device is always online anyway)

    Phones are always online. Tablets aren't. The iPod touch, for instance, is a 3.5" tablet, and it's offline whenever the user isn't within the range of a Wi-Fi AP with a known password.

    ...also, Flash can use "network communication" now via sockets. Java has had it for years. I don't consider Flash/Java "native".

  25. Re:Seriously? on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    I have a "No Soliciting" sign on my door (it was from a previous owner). Contrary to belief, the actual meaning of it is that a person may not use your property to sell their product to other people. It doesn't prevent them from selling items to you.