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  1. Re:"Religious Activities" not Religion per se on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Or you could just meditate and forget about all the bigotry, separatism and hate that religion brings with it. Oh and the belief in invisible magic people in the sky.

  2. How's that IE 11 working for ya? on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Pass 10% Market Share, Windows XP Falls Below 30% · · Score: 1

    Hope you love it because that is the only version available!

  3. Re:Why do you want to be hired? on How Does a Self-Taught Computer Geek Get Hired? · · Score: 1

    I would agree, being on your own is either something that appeals to you or it doesn't. I think it is fairly self evident in that the the fear of being without a guaranteed paycheck or the discontent of having to do things someone else's way will tell you soon enough which side of the fence you belong. I've been a successful consultant for more than 15 years and wouldn't want it any other way. That being said I've certainly worked for plenty of companies throughout my career and it's not horrible if you can do what interests you and like who you work with. It's also a great way to gain further education and pay the bills while you gather enough customers on the side to be able to support yourself. You will need a portfolio of sorts to show to potential employers so get to building, display what you know and even learn as you go but there needs to be some tangible examples of your work.

  4. Re:smoke and mirrors on After a Lull, Sun Server Business Grows Under Oracle · · Score: 1

    As an ex-VAR engineer who focused on Sun I can tell you we called Oracle the sales prevention dept. They changed the T's&C's to the point you were basically saying that if there is something wrong with an order it was your fault. State/Local gov had a very hard time with this. Also, as someone else mentioned they removed all support levels except for 24/7 Premium. If you decided not to buy support but wanted to get it a year or two later, say you decide to move a server from dev to prod, you have to back pay for support from the day the server was purchased! They also cut the product line substantially and did raise prices some but nothing outrageous, it was mainly the support that got you. I wouldn't say that most of our customers ran screaming from Sun hardware, we still sold a lot of it, but people are rethinking something they were quite comfortable not thinking about.

  5. Re:When do they get the question? on Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer Beats Humans · · Score: 1

    Well the real advantage is the computer can "press" the buzzer in a pico second. The poor human reflexes could never keep up.

  6. Re:Original Source and Actual Paper on Linux May Need a Rewrite Beyond 48 Cores · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I stand, err, sit, corrected!

  7. Re:Original Source and Actual Paper on Linux May Need a Rewrite Beyond 48 Cores · · Score: 1

    Yes but Solaris handles 100's of CPU's without any problem today. Linux and Windows, not so much.

  8. OK, There... on Five Billionth Device About To Plug Into Internet · · Score: 1

    That ought to do it. I just plugged my toaster into the network, now just let me turn it o.........

  9. Re:Bullshit on Sex Boosts Brain Growth · · Score: 1

    Not sure about the link to intelligence but I think you could replace 'rodents' with just about anything in this quote, "Sexually active rodents also seemed less anxious than virgins, Princeton scientists discovered." And I don't think it takes a Princeton educated scientist to figure that one out!

  10. Re:Where's a gear-head when you need him . . . on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    I believe newer cars don't really use much gas to start up. The question might be more about wear and tear as starting your car is fairly hard on the engine. Maybe not so much once it's warmed up but still a consideration.

  11. Re:It's like bicycles... on Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients? · · Score: 1

    Funny I think you'd have a hard time finding a more expensive bike than the ones they use in the Tour De France and I seem to recall a few hills in that race. Track bikes on the other hand have one gear and are not nearly as expensive. Granted, weight or the goal of reducing it is the basis for cost, your comment about lack of gears and being intended for flat ground is quite wrong. Modern road bikes have 20-30 gears to chooses from.

  12. Re:ITT: Show your apps on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    Thunderbird, Firefox, Word, VMware VI Client, nLite and I'm guessing Windows Update jumps in here and there.

  13. Push us towards Google apps on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    Sounds fine if all my apps run in a single browser. Just another reason not to buy MS apps.

  14. Re:It's her day so... on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I went for a titanium wedding band. I first read about a bike frame builder who made one from offcuts. A good titanium bike frame might be $2000. The ring cost us $300 for about 1000th as much material.

    When we were looking for rings the jeweler showed me his and he had it made out of Tungsten. He mentioned that it was one of the hardest materials next to diamonds. It was heavy too! I was thinking Titanium as well but he said it would scratch fairly easily and couldn't be polished like Gold or Silver. Is this the case as you have found it to be? I would dig a Ti band as I'm a serious mnt. bike racer. P.S. a nice Ti frame can run as much as $5000.00 or more!

  15. Re:How often do you hear of spammers getting buste on Spam is Back With A Vengence · · Score: 1

    Yes I'm sure it would be as successful as the 'War on Drugs' here in the U.S. Unfortunately if there is money to be made they will take the small risk associated with making it.

  16. Re:Appeal to pride. on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    That's just what the metric-sexuals say!

  17. Re:Leah? on Top Ten Geek Girls · · Score: 1

    Not only is she hot enough to make up for all the other women on the list, but watch the video and you can hear her say rasterbation!!

  18. Re:i remember discussing this back in physics clas on Capacitors to Replace Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Ah but if you didn't have to replace those AAA's every couple of weeks/months then $20 would be cheap!