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  1. Re:Who determines what your job will be? on Too Many College Graduates? · · Score: 1

    Actually, their students can still receive grants and loans from the government, so private schools still get the majority of their money from the government, albeit indirectly.

  2. Re:V'ger expects an answer. on Voyager 2 Speaking In Tongues · · Score: 1

    It's from Star Trek: The Motion(less) Picture.

  3. Re:Attendence in college? on RFID Checks Student Attendance in Arizona · · Score: 1

    All because 1st semester calc never, ever transfers.

    I had a similar problem when I transferred from a state school to a private school. They didn't want to credit any of my classes and despite me already having 3 years, didn't even get me to sophomore by credits.

    I didn't want to take the classes again, so I figured I would just spend 15 minutes per day at the Registrar's Office arguing. I figure I had the whole year to go there every day but they had a lot of work to do in their 8 hours that they wouldn't get done.

    They finally got so tired of me wasting all their time that they just asked me for a full list of what I thought was fair and then just approved it.

  4. Re:Computers are a commodity on Blurring Lines — Dual Core Atom To Lift Netbooks · · Score: 1

    I second the K-Lite Codec Pack. I can run HD (720p) video from my camera on MPC Home Cinema with no skips on my EeePC 901 without skipping.

  5. Re:support AES on Blurring Lines — Dual Core Atom To Lift Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Why laser it off? Just disable it in license agreements and say it's "not tested".

  6. Re:NHL did it for me. on One In Eight To Cut Cable and Satellite TV In 2010 · · Score: 1

    There was a free day on NHL.tv once (good thing too, since my team wasn't on that day). I can honestly say that it was the most beautiful live video that I have ever seen on the internet, bar none.

    The DVR features are pretty cool, too, but you really can't come home late (west coast) and watch a game DVR-style, since they show you the score 3-4 times before you start. This keeps me on DirecTV, which, while overpriced, is a great service.

  7. Re:Do they not consider DirecTV to be a company? on Comcast Awarded the Golden Poo Award · · Score: 2, Informative

    DirecTV was out in the first round in a direct head-to-head against your beloved Comcast. Frankly, I haven't had any of the problems that you are listing. And it's disingenuous to compare 30 channels against 225 and say "Comcast is cheaper". You could have easily gone online and dropped your DirecTV bill to about $40/month, making your total....$80/month. Wow! Amazing the way that works!

  8. Re:OK, OK... on Comcast Awarded the Golden Poo Award · · Score: 1

    How did DirecTV make the brackets at all? The rest I understand, but I've seriously never had anything but prompt, outstanding service from DirecTV, especially compared to the horror stories I hear from my friends with cable.

  9. Re:MOD UP PARENT on Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency · · Score: 1

    There is no excuse for the dissemination of cluelessness that tcd004's summary perpetuates.

    Of course there is, otherwise how could Slashdot bash Christianity?

  10. Re:GSM != CDMA on All GSM Phones Open To Attack, Tracking · · Score: 1

    I like how you imply that Sprint is GSM when they are CDMA...

  11. Re:Article summary on How Nintendo's Mario Got His Name · · Score: 1

    Except that it's wrong.

    Notice all the factual errors in all the accounts.

    In the book, How to Win at Video Games, the author says something to the effect of

    He's called "the Jumpman" but my friends and I think he looks Italian, so we call him Mario.

    Imagine my shock when he was named "Mario" in Donkey Kong Jr. and even more surprise when they trademarked the name for Mario Bros.

  12. Re:Why??? on EyeDriver Lets Drivers Steer Car With Their Eyes · · Score: 1

    Well, one arm to hold a cell phone, another to hold your: sandwich, doughnut, coffee, burger, fries, or coke.

    That's what knees are for!

  13. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    Tell that to Brazil.

  14. Re:Just hope... on Innocent Until Predicted Guilty · · Score: 1

    now isn't the time to worry about being a teacher's aide. I'm encouraging him to have fun with his peers while he still can.

    So, basically, you're telling him not to respect and assist authority and to have fun with his friends instead.

    I wonder how those messages will look in the teen years when he's ditching class to sleep with his teen girlfriend...

  15. Re:Doubt it will ever get made on Joss Whedon To Direct The Avengers · · Score: 1

    And Samuel L. Jackson did a cameo in Iron Man. All these movies were planned long ago. And to my knowledge the actors are all signed.

  16. Re:Doubt it will ever get made on Joss Whedon To Direct The Avengers · · Score: 1

    The TGIF block was aimed at families with Elementary age children. They are typically at home on Friday nights.

    Firefly is aimed at the 15-30 crowd, who are generally going to HS football games and/or dating on Friday nights.

  17. Re:Not reliable? on Feds Question Big Media's Piracy Claims · · Score: 1

    This is not true. I can assure you the officer marks "alcohol-related" or not.

  18. Re:Bad argument on Please Do Not Change Your Password · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ah, but people inevitably give their password to a co-worker who then gets fired. The 2 month rule takes care of that situation.

  19. Re:-1 False Assumption on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    Technically incorrect. If you enter an intersection, even on green, and cannot clearly/reasonably exit the intersection before the red light (usually meaning traffic is piled up in front of you) then you can be cited. Presumably it's for blocking traffic vs running the red, but it might be up to the officer and/or judge.

    That is a gridlock law, and subject to the officer's interpretation.

  20. Re:People are fighting ACTA = Useless on US Rejects Demands For ACTA Transparency · · Score: 1

    Mainstream media is largely owned by large IP holders, and will not only avoid stories about the ACTA, but will create a massive campaign to ignore any protest that becomes public.

    FTFY

  21. Re:Hmm on Scrabble To Allow Proper Nouns · · Score: 1

    That's what my family refers to as "defense".

  22. Re:Hmm on Scrabble To Allow Proper Nouns · · Score: 1

    That's why the Official Scrabble Dictionaries have a rule that the word must follow the official rules in 3 of the top 9 selling English dictionaries.

    It may be marked as "foreign" in your dicitonary, but if it's not in 3 other ones, it counts.

  23. Re:Hmm on Scrabble To Allow Proper Nouns · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be...Qwyjibo? (It's a proper noun, after all.)

  24. Re:Am I Missing Something Here? on Blu-ray Proposes Incompatible BD-XL and IH-BD Formats · · Score: 1

    I have never had a disk that I have burned fail to be readable. Every old disc I have ever found in my house (DVD or CD) has been readable unless physically damaged due to abuse. This includes discs I burned with the first Ricoh 2X burner in the 1990s.

  25. Re:Designed Obsolescence on Blu-ray Proposes Incompatible BD-XL and IH-BD Formats · · Score: 1

    I just got a bunch of Blu-Rays at Best Buy last weekend for $9.99 and $14.99...