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  1. Re:Veni, Vidi, Vici on 'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year · · Score: 4, Funny

    gawk, date, grep, touch, finger, unzip, strip, mount, fsck, fsck, fsck, yes, yes, yes, unmount, make clean, zip, sleep

  2. TANSTAAFL on Robert A. Heinlein's 100th Birthday · · Score: 5, Interesting

    *Points to sig*

  3. Re:The Humane Environment on Photosynth Demo · · Score: 2, Informative

    The project was demonstrated on the Research Channel at the beginning of the year.

    Microsoft bought out a company that had written the non 3D part of Photosynth and student(s) at the University of Washington wrote the rest if I remember correctly. At the time they didn't work for Microsoft.

  4. Very limited applications on Microsoft's Multitouch Coffee Table Display · · Score: 1

    I've been following table top computing for a while. It's capable of some pretty amazing things but it runs out of applications quickly.

    You cannot use text on the screen because of perspective issues. Sure you might be able to read upside down text but it gets annoying quickly.

    It can only be used by one person at a time. The killer app for this would collaboration and meetings related...stuff. But it becomes nearly impossible to track the actions of different users.

    There was an interesting lecture on the University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering series on the Research Channel about the subject with a lecturer from (surprise, surprise) Microsoft Research.

  5. Re:Okay, hands up. on Michigan Man Charged for Using Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    Panera's food sucks. Their free WiFi though is delicious.

  6. Re:Anything on 'Racetrack' Memory Could Replace Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    And I wasn't trying to "invoke godwin's".

    I was making a bad joke.

    Sorry.

  7. Re:Anything on 'Racetrack' Memory Could Replace Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    I just found it odd that you could go from memory to nazis in one jump. This guy is a god at six degrees of Hitler.

  8. Re:Ummmm.... No. on How Far Should a Job Screening Go? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work for a company doing that's writing all of *State's Name Withheld( It's not the one my ID would indicate)* Dept. of Revenue software.


    This would seem to be fairly sensitive information.
    ( I have tax records, account numbers and the ability to transfer funds for multi-million dollar companies sitting on my desk. )

    I would completely understand if the finger printing was a requirement but, alas, it was not.

  9. Re:Still doesn't say on 40M Vista Licenses in 100 Days · · Score: 1

    And if all these licenses are being sold, why is that the only person I know running vista is my boss's personal machine. Well it was. He kept it on there for all of about 6 hours. I don't know a single other person who has Vista.

  10. Re:Anything on 'Racetrack' Memory Could Replace Hard Drives? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That was a quick trip to Godwin's.

  11. Re:The one I hate on Culture Determines Which Emoticon You Use · · Score: 2, Informative

    I picked that up from Japanese playing FFXI. ^^ is just short form for (^.^)

  12. Re:the creationists will not like this on Ancient Star Found, Estimated at 13.2 Billion Years Old · · Score: 1

    I would just rather believe that there is no god.
    The only other alternative is that god does exist and he likes screwing with us.

    The idea of a prankster god is not terribly comforting.

  13. Re:I have always wondered... on Time to End Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? · · Score: 1

    This is radical thinking I know, but check this out. If you like the once a month patches, just apply them once a month. Personally, I'ld like to get them as soon as possible. If your financial records are stolen because the patch wasn't released, just remember which side you were on and don't blame me.

  14. Re:I have always wondered... on Time to End Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? · · Score: 1

    You just didn't have it configured the way you needed it to be, your error, not Microsofts.
    So it's my fault that Microsoft has a crappy default setting?
  15. Re:Most secure windows ever! on Microsoft Patches 19 Flaws, 6 in Vista · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually I expect a bunch of monday morning quarterbacking from a horde of slashdot users who should be working. Ah, the day after patch tuesday.
    You've got some serious issues with the days of the week.
  16. Re:Fixed it for ya! on IE Devs Criticize Bank Security Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    I was responding to the parent not the article.

  17. Re:Fixed it for ya! on IE Devs Criticize Bank Security Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Obviously, but https + tor is another matter altogether.

  18. Re:Fixed it for ya! on IE Devs Criticize Bank Security Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    I never would do bank transactions on an unsecured network except in extreme cases
    Just use TOR.
  19. Isn't this unconstitutional? on Retroactive Immunity Proposed for Telcos Who Share Private Data · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can someone please explain to me why this isn't considered unconstitutional?

  20. Re:you don't consider that extreme? on Can Technology Fix the Health Care System? · · Score: 1

    So if the majority of people are not charitable and do not want to contribute, why are these laws in place? How does the state really even have the right? Your nonsensical arguments being repeated and forced upon me is why I think the world is hopeless. You think people should contribute to charitable causes. Good. Fine. Go do it. Stop screwing with my life.

  21. Re:if i understand your sentiment on Can Technology Fix the Health Care System? · · Score: 1

    And I would reply, yes it is, as long as the state keeps creating legislation to force my generosity out of me. I'm an altruistic person. I volunteer. I contribute to charities. But I do not want a law forcing me to. I am now a slave to the welfare state.

  22. Re:exactly on Can Technology Fix the Health Care System? · · Score: 1

    What can I say? Who is John Galt?

  23. Re:Why not start a "marklar project?" on Interview with IE Lead Program Manager · · Score: 1

    Why would that break their codebase exactly?

    Side-by-Side Execution in the .NET Framework

  24. Re:"What Americans want" on Texas to Provide Online 'Bordercams' · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never had a Shiner Bock, a Shiner Hefeweizen, a Shiner Kolsch or one of their other varieties. I would give you a list of all the awards they've won but I'm behind a proxy. Beer competition sites are blocked yet Shiner's site isn't. Go figure.

  25. Re:I get the distinct impression... on EU/Microsoft Antitrust Case Delves Into Tech · · Score: 1

    This is not an isolated incident either. I ran into the same problem last year when we were creating a mobile client for the Live Communications Server. They could not give us any kind of specs on the protocol or the MPPC compression. Thank god for Ethereal.