User: Brother Seamus

Re:Best damn article in a while

On: Hiring Programmers and The High Cost of Low Quality

Dumb question, but if nobody trains new developers, then where the heck are those more experienced developers supposed to come from? Isn't that OSS is for?

Re:Sounds like a pre-divorce situation

On: eBay and Google Make Amends, Kinda

The problem with this is that Google should view Ebay as a competitor, not as a spouse. These moves hurt Google's ability to innovate. They have to back off on entering certain new markets to protect their bread and butter ad business.

Re:Disturbing

On: The Fallacy of Hard Tests

Almost all of the Professional Engineering certification exams in the United States are multiple choice, with no penalty for guessing incorrectly.

Re:Don't forget his other flaw.

On: The Case For Perpetual Copyright

Your idea would result in Mickey Mouse staying out of the public domain forever. How would that be any different from our current system?

Re:Technology is not the answer

On: Hybrid Cars No Better than 'Intelligent' Cars

A fundamental law of economics is that when you tax something, you get less of it. I've found that this is especially true of income.

Re:Free advertisement.. er.. low cost.

On: Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M

What kind of terrorist makes a bomb with a giant light up image of a cartoon character?

Uhh, the Joker?

Re:What about images?

On: Sony Reader Now Available

Unfortunately, the images disappear whenever the is unit shaken

Re:It's a waste of valuable garbage

On: Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity

I mean, how much would they have to pay you to start digging through landfills for eight hours a day?

In the future, robots work cheap.

Re:Open letter from Mars to NASA

On: One Year Until Phoenix Mars Mission Launch

...mammals???

Re:Us losing doesn't mean that they win.

On: Photograph the Police, Get Arrested

...but to be honest, the terrorists couldn't give a damn about our civil rights at all.

No, no, you have it wrong. President Bush has repeatedly assured us Americans that the terr'ists sole interest was attacking 'freedom'.

Re:My initial reaction

On: MS Security Guru Leaves for Amazon.com

And in other news... Jeff Bezos has hired Willie Nelson to do his taxes, Martha Stewart to handle his investments and Joseph Hazelwood to captain his yacht.

Re:Third Party Merchants

On: Dropping Profits Sends Amazon In Odd Directions

There is no way to limit searches for items to be stricly from Amazon.

You can simply add "amazon.com" to your search text, or try one of the methods listed here .

Re:$15 million for a thrill?

On: Walk in Space for $15 Million (Plus Airfare)

Now as for the price of the additional rocket fuel (not included in the $15M) is a completely different matter. Now that is, literally. burning money.

Read your own post! That fuel has to come from somewhere. It takes manpower and equipment to extract, refine & transport it, etc.

Re:But you know...

On: Pharaoh's Gem Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Link for the clueless (like me).

Re:Interesting Effect

On: Recipe for Making Symetrical Holes in Water

Richard Feynman started on the road toward his Nobel-prize winning contributions to quantum electrodynamics by studying the spin of cafeteria plates.

Re:PDA?

On: The Future of the PDA

PDA = Personal Digital Assistant. And from my own experience in movie theaters, staff meetings and highways, there is nothing personal about cell phones.

Re:"Instrumentalism?"

On: Mass Innovation and Disruptive Change

I think the OP meant to write "incrementalism" instead.

obligatory Simpson's quote...

On: The Microsoft Salary and Review System

GATES: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!

Re:How to Win a Science Fair

On: The Politically Incorrect Science Fair

Obligatory Simpson's quote:

Step right up, folks! We'll answer the question that's been plaguing scientists for ages: Can hamsters fly planes?

Re:Good Luck with that

On: RIAA Sets Their Sights on Russia

"...the Russian's have too many real problems for this to be a priority."

So do the Americans.

Re:ethics shouldn't be dictated by the masses

On: P2P Population Growing Again

"At one time the majority of people believed that slavery was acceptable."

Not if you count slaves as 'people'...