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  1. Re:Profit! on PC Call Centers Garner Lowest Satisfaction Score · · Score: 1

    As a former Dell phone tech (1998-2000), I can tell you what the hiring process would look for first is customer service skills first.

    Their logic was that anybody can be taught tech skills, but good customer service (giving good phone) is hard to find.

    Of course, we all know how well this works out. :p

  2. Re:Nobody with talent works for govts on Censorship is Changing the Face of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Nobody with truly ingenius talent works for the govt, they are either hacks, show offs, or wannabee managers.
    Like this asshat?
  3. Re:Oh no... here we go again... on After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad · · Score: 1

    Chenanigans? Wasn't that a Native American tribe in western Texas?
    Naw, you're thinking about that Western Swing band out of Abilene.
  4. Re:Windows ? on Govt. Report Slams FBI's Internal Network Security · · Score: 1

    Every time they log in, the system puts up five of the pictures. The user has to sort them by date taken to successfully log in.
    Yeah, it would be just our luck that when these photos are taken, the camera will put the timestamp in the lower-right corner of each one. That'll really complicate things and thwart suspicious activity. ;)
  5. Re:Hmmm... on Study Reveals What Women Want From IT Jobs · · Score: 1

    I'll start taking articles like this seriously when I start seeing articles about computer programming in women's magazines.
    Seen on the cover of Cosmopolitan:

    10 Steamy Code Secrets That Will Drive Him Wild

  6. Re:"Your US driver's license" on Driver's License to be the Next Debit Card · · Score: 1

    You mean like this?

  7. Re:See? You're part of the problem. on A "Bill of Lights" to Restrict LEDs on Gadgets? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're laughing, but a friend of my dad actually did this.

    He was fed up with mowing the grass, so he actually paved and painted the yard. The extra benefit for him was the extra parking he had when people came to visit.

  8. Re:Why, you ask? on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 1

    If it has tits, wheels, or semiconductors, it will give you problems.

  9. Oh, For Christ's F***ing Sake... on Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School · · Score: 4, Insightful
    A terrorist under every rock, and a WMD in every child's hand. When will this crap cease and common sense prevail?

    Oh, that's right: never.

    I'd read the article, but it's been Slashdotted.

  10. I see no problem.... on NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    After all, these folks seemed to manage just fine.

  11. Re:I bet thats what happened on Fair Use In Scientific Blogging · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or maybe Jerry Taylor is moonlighting at John Wiley & Sons....

  12. Re:Alright on Microsoft Pressures Testers After Software Leak · · Score: 1

    M$ had better be careful. This "Dick" may have a shotgun and have the last name of "Cheney"

  13. Re:Of Course They Should - NOT on Should Schools Block Sites Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    Netcraft has confirmed it. Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica are bad.

  14. Re:This guy uses CentOS, straight outta Brazil! on CentOS 5 Released · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that the City of Tuttle, OK has given its official approval for this new release of CentOS?

  15. OK, Everybody..... on Oil Soaked Servers Coming Soon · · Score: 1
    Mazola party in the server closet!!!!!

    I'll bring the rubber sheet.

  16. Re:exciting on Learn How UNIX Multitasks · · Score: 1

    FTFA:

    "If it helps, you can think of a process as its own sovereign nation, with borders, resources, and gross domestic product."

    Sounds like he is trying to teach UNIX to a bunch of Economics majors.

  17. Re:Please ask questions after my presentation on PowerPoint Bad For Learning · · Score: 1

    Awfully good of him to stick them into StuffIt archives. I can just imagine how big the "Color & Space" file would be after extracting from a 24.7MB archive. /sarcasm

  18. Re:Who's at fault though? on PowerPoint Bad For Learning · · Score: 1

    PowerPoint should be a controlled item like alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.

  19. Re:Illegal? on HP Dishonors Warranty If You Load Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dell does this with their Resource CD that ships with their computers. You can boot to it and troubleshoot the hardware, regardless of the OS residing on the hard drive.

  20. Re:Good for him on Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree · · Score: 1

    but then again, Harvard also produced: Russ Feingold (the only Senator to vote against the PAT RIOT act) Ralph Nader (the best alternative to corporate rule we've had over the past 20 years) Irene Khan (Secretary General of Amnesty International) Samuel Adams (held a nice tea party)
    Samuel Adams' tea party? Meh, he was all about the beer.
  21. Re:Rich man's GED on Bill Gates to Finally Receive His Harvard Degree · · Score: 1
    One could view a degree as a "basic education" credential, but it is also becoming a de facto "union card".

    As human nature dictates, we tend to gravitate towards those who have something in common with us. In the workplace, the degree is that that common link; a "secret club handshake", if you will.

  22. Re:What about Bob? on Microsoft to Open Source FoxPro · · Score: 1

    Sure, he could partner with Clippy and annoy users of all ages.

  23. Re:Indeed? on Slobs Found To Be More Productive Than Neatniks · · Score: 1

    Freud said best; Sometimes, a cigar is just a smoke.
    Unless it is Bill Clinton's cigar.
  24. Re:That's nothing, think of DRM on Most Digital Content Not Stable · · Score: 1

    I'm going to assume that the article was referring to Quipu.

  25. Re:My take on this... on More Videogames, Fewer Books at Some Schools? · · Score: 1

    How do they get to middle and high school without basic reading and writing skills?
    If the schools held back all the students who needed to be held back, it would utterly tank the schools' performance metrics and money (usually Federal funds) gets held back. For them, it is easier to just pass the buck on up to the next grade level and hope little Johnny learns to read by then.