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  1. Re:Bill got em... on Former MS Employees Explore OSS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Either that, or these are the former MS troops who tried running Hotmail on NT.

  2. Re:I wonder... on The Tech Support of the Crowds · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I think it is better to let people write good documentation for a product
    Users actually taking the time to READ documentation? How quaint. What a silly goose you are.
  3. Re:Do you really need powerpoint or similar? on PowerPoint ZeroDay Vulnerability Exploited · · Score: 1

    Powerpoint is evil and should be a controlled item; like alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.

  4. Re:NTFS? on Microsoft Retracts Private Folder Option · · Score: 1
    I can think of occasions where a business manager (say the CFO) would like to encrypt data without the IT staff having access to it.
    Like those photos of him and the secretary at the last office party?
  5. Re:Hey, I got a question... on IT Careers in 2010 - Learn a business · · Score: 1
    Who will be solving the technical problems?
    Why, the world's smartest garbageman, of course.
  6. Re:need the membership card on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    Interesting how you call it "the membership card". I have usually referred to it as "the union card".

  7. Re:it was like following the grateful dead on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1
    Looking through a few names, it seems that the profs on the list are all doctors. I'm not surprised by this at all: doctors make a lot of money. Surgeons make more. Cardio-thoracic surgeons top the pay list, along with neurosurgeons. The top prof on that list, Mark David Iannettoni is the head of cardio-thoracic surgery at a major teaching hospital. The second prof is a neurosurgeon.
    Must be some mistake. They forgot to include Greg House.
  8. Re:Only the First Shoe to Drop on Intel To Lay Off 1000 Managers · · Score: 1
    When suddenly a customer (Hint: Think big computer company in Austin, TX) proclaimed they were happy with the level of service they were getting and wanted to step it up, which would have put the company very far into the black, the executives had to confess they no longer had sufficient staff to handle the load. The customer elected to dump us and that was all she wrote.
    Ahhh, the Peter Principle in all its glory.
  9. Re:Whats ADS for? on Windows Rootkit Wars Escalate · · Score: 1
    fought with the HackerDefender rootkit earlier this year. Best I can tell it got in through a vulnerability in the Finger port of my mail server.
    Maybe your employer has reasons for this; but WHY in God's name is finger even open on this mail server? If this was mandated, then you were done no good deed in being required to keep finger open.
  10. Re:They won't get rid of it on U.S. House to Vote on Anti-Online Gambling Act · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Government is run as a business,
    No, it isn't. If it were, it wouldn't act like a teenager with an unlimited credit card. I don't know of many businesses that could run very long with a deficit such as that of the U.S. Government.

    Don't even get me started on that Ponzi scheme known as Social Security.

  11. Re:Any sarge backports available? on GnuCash 2.0.0 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I'd like to try this out. GnuCash seems like a good foundation for keeping track of finances, but past versions haven't been user friendly enough for non-accountants like myself.
    Even if you are a non-accountant, you really should take a course in accounting fundamentals. After I did that, GnuCash makes much more sense to me (now that I understand basics in accounting).

    Any software app is just a tool. You really need to understand what the tool is doing. If this is too much trouble, then you should go ahead and pay an accountant or bookkeeper to do this job for you.

  12. Re:simplicity on Stephen Hawking Asks The Internet a Question · · Score: 1
    but I think that consumption purely for the sake of consumption is our biggest problem.
    That would seem to be indicated here.
  13. Re:So? on AOL To Be Free For Broadband Users? · · Score: 1
    I could get AIDS for free, too. That doesn't make it desirable.
    OK, we'll even throw in this bag of hammered shit.

    So, do we have a deal?

  14. Re:Napster contra IPod on Students Skip College Music Services · · Score: 1
  15. The Good News Is... on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 1

    That at least he didn't compromise any email accounts.

  16. Re:Just in time for Leopard on The $899 Educational iMac · · Score: 1
    College students want a cheap but stylish machine, yet they don't want to lose their "gaming" functionality.
    Or maybe they should concentrate on their studies, graduate, get a decent-paying job, and then they'll have some disposable income to buy a machine sufficient for their gaming needs.

    For Christ's sake!!!!! Priorities are definitely fucked here!!!!!!!!!!

    Maybe they should read this before making any big buying decisions.

    Oh, that's right. This is Slashdot. Mea culpa.

    /rant

  17. Re:MySpace lock-in on The Man Behind MySpace · · Score: 1
    If you have 100 friends and 99 of them are on MySpace......
    If this is the case, then you have a SERIOUS problem. Get out of Mom's basement and get a life.
  18. Re:That was actually surprisingly good article on The Cost of the iPod · · Score: 3, Informative
    Isn't that type of information available here?

    Particularly under the "Financial History" tab? I'm not a stock broker, but I would think the annual reports required by the SEC would cover this.

  19. Re:For Crying out loud! on Mysterious Website Actually Social Experiment · · Score: 1
    Why? Because the gloating, tease you in advance criminal mastermind type that pulls that BS is found only in cheap comic books and novels. It's the type of plot development that's only taken seriously by 12 year old mentalities.
    Or people who get WAY too involved when they watch "24" in Mom's basement.
  20. Re:Fair pay... on Researcher Jailed for Falsifying Research · · Score: 1
    I think I could tough that out for 3 million...
    Lawrence: "Hey, Peter!!"
    Peter: "Yeah?"
    Lawrence: "Watch out for your cornhole."
  21. Re:They are the dumbest people alive. on RIAA Drops P2P Lawsuit Strategy, Goes Local · · Score: 1
    Everyone hates them, but no one hates the member labels - the abstract acronym organization that sells nothing takes all the blame. Perfect.
    Much like those two other organizations whose acronyms are S.E.N.A.T.E. and C.O.N.G.R.E.S.S.
  22. Re:This notice is to inform you... on Canadian Scientists Regrow Teeth · · Score: 1
    I disagree. Now we can grow more and more teeth in labs then sell them to the tooth fairy! I think I have now solved the missing link of the age old equation: Step 1: Grow Teeth Step 2: ??? Step 3: PROFIT!
    Step 2 is: Market product to Great Britain.
  23. Re:Quality cost money... on What Do Geek Squad Technicians Actually Do? · · Score: 1
    There is nothing with Geek Squad, in the same way there is nothing wrong with Taco Bell. Both provide a low quality product for a low cost.
    I'll remember that when I fork over a $100 bill for a burrito.
  24. Re:Not ready for prime-time yet on Nanowires Four Times Faster Than Silicon · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Me too. Imagine a ditzy stripper with a couple of HPC boobs
    Greetings, Earthling. I am from Slashdot. Tell me more of these strange objects you call "boobs". Are they consumables?
  25. Re:Pronounciation on Ask Håkon About CSS or...? · · Score: 1
    Actually I would pronounce HÃ¥kon Hawk-on, but thats just me
    That's just ASKING for a sputum joke to be inserted. Any takers?