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  1. Re:USV on Computer-Controlled Cargo Sailing Vessels Go Slow, Frugal · · Score: 1

    You are also limited by the rules of the ports you visit. I bet most of them would take exception to nerve gas being brought in.

  2. Re:Hmmmmm on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 1

    I noticed that after I pressed submit. But, considering the subject, I thought the typo was still appropriate.

  3. Re:15 years or so ago on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 1

    It's even better when you are subcontracting on a military project. I don't have the clearance to go to where the hardware is, and they aren't about to ship a copy to us. Debugging by email with little more than "nope nothing works", is painful.

  4. Re:Hmmmmm on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 1

    You loose. Unless my wife forgot to tell me something :-)

  5. Re:RTFS?? on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    Man, so many code words in one post. I bet you get a gold stars from the local FOX station.

  6. Re:Bravo! on Design Software Giants Target the Unemployed · · Score: 1

    Too bad many don't seem to recognize the importance of their current employees.

  7. Re:Outsiders don't have to be assholes on Why Every Office Needs an Outsider · · Score: 1

    I would consider it an improvement to work in The Office. Hell, I'd settle for a cubicle next to Wally.

  8. Re:Used car salesmen use the same thing on Cellular Repo Man · · Score: 1

    Same here, with my last three cars, once I made the final payment, they gave me full title.

  9. Re:Required reading on Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a lobster, you can put a chef's knife through their head. That should be quick and painless enough. I've always done this. Mainly so I don't have to deal with boiling water and claws at the same time.

  10. Re:Bleeped on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 1

    This is particularly likely when dealing with explosives. I know of three instances where people under estimated ANFO. In one case, he was blasting stumps when a friend told him that it was cheaper to just use fertilizer. Unfortunately, he used about ten times more than needed to blast a stump. On the bright side, hs didn't have to do as much digging as expected for his basement.

  11. Re:That's odd... on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 1

    I'll say, I used to sit on a palette containing around a ton of ammonia nitrate and eat my lunch when I worked on a farm.

  12. Re:The simple one. on What Filters Are Right For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Or if you try to look up the spec's for a small garden rototiller called "little hoe"

  13. Re:In other news on Rocket Hobbyists Prevail Over Feds In Court Case · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sounds like someone needs to have the clinic up their dosage.

  14. Re:Confused on Federal CIO Kundra Takes Leave of Absence After Woes · · Score: 1

    Option C) He wasn't as good at filling out taxes as he thought he was. The last time I did my taxes by hand, I messed up on one of the calculations. By wife, who has a degree in accounting, double checked everything and did not catch the problem. As a result, we ended up paying instead of getting a refund. The only thing I see coming out of all this it that the tax code is way too complicated.

  15. Re:Translation:Cycles. on Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests · · Score: 5, Funny

    You get to hire your own management? I'm impressed.

  16. Re:Oklahoma? on Oklahoma, Vatican Take Opposite Tacks On Evolution · · Score: 1

    Are you implying that using the results of studies is not scientific?

  17. Re:He didn't sue the mortgage banks on Sheriff Sues Craiglist For Prostitution Ads · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From what I remember, the banks were not performing due diligence to make sure that the foreclosed houses were not owner occupied. If a house is occupied by a renter, there are additional steps that need to be followed. The banks did not do this, as that would require them to actually do their jobs.

  18. Re:Plus, it's a great resume item on Without Jobs, Will Open Source Suffer? · · Score: 1

    That depends on the employer. My last employer was a small startup, and they wanted to see examples of my work. Fortunately, I had some examples from a contract with someone who agreed to let me share.

  19. Re:It won't affect anything. on Without Jobs, Will Open Source Suffer? · · Score: 1

    What's so hard about telling her that you're working on adding some additional experience to your CV? As long as you are actually doing that (and not posting to slashdot), I would expect most wives to understand, at least mine would.

  20. Re:Mod parent up on Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then don't read their posts and live in denial. Don't expect the rest of the world to limit themselves to what your highness approves of.

  21. Re:But will this work in your company? on How Google Decides To Cancel a Project · · Score: 1

    Worst mis-spelling of "dictionary" ever.

  22. Re:But will this work in your company? on How Google Decides To Cancel a Project · · Score: 1

    When people like this use the phrase "morally obligated", it's simply a phrase meant to hide the lack of true morals in their own personal, self serving greed.

  23. Re:Log-splitting bumpkin, huh? on Abraham Lincoln the Early Adopter · · Score: 1

    Why should you be expected to pay someone to do the right thing? Your shallow attempts at revisionism are pathetic.

  24. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    It was fought over the right of the state to enforce slavery. Your attempts at revisionism only serve to highlight your own shame, since everyone knows the truth, and your attempts to hide it only paint a target on your head for all the world to see and laugh at.

  25. Re:One way to get more registered voters on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 1

    How dare they be expected to pay the people that do the work like those decadent Yankees.