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  1. Re:BASIC is great for kids on The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language · · Score: 1

    Yes. It is the perfect age. A programming Language is very similar to a Spoken Language, and kids can grasp these concepts faster than adults.

    If you learn how to speak to a PC at that age, then your golden....

  2. Re:BASIC is great for kids on The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language · · Score: 1

    LOGO.... Now that was fun. I remember drawing all sorts of things with that turtle.. The Fill command was really fun.

    Takes me back to the days of DOS games and floppies.

  3. Re:Whoosh... on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of another fly....

  4. Re:Not to be a naysayer, but can people afford thi on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 1

    This is happening today, look at the Mobile vs. Land Lines numbers for East Asian, Africa and South America....

  5. Re:Not to be a naysayer, but can people afford thi on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 1

    This is a solution looking for a problem, a solution has been already discovered that is more self-sustaining:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse#End_of_pit_life

  6. Re:Great for 1st world situations too... on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For that list, you name just needs to sound a certain way.... or if you befriend a certain invisible friend who for some reason has a bad reputation with some people who have a different invisible friend who they think is better, but is actually the same guy (or whatever). It does not make sense, but you have to have faith or you will sent to a special bad place, that exists some where under ground...

  7. Re:the web is new on Coping With 1 Million SSH Authentication Failures? · · Score: 1

    You cannot possibly compare a SysAdmin to a Doc.... a SysAdmin is more like a junior nurse...

  8. Re:good against 1 attacking host -- not large botn on Coping With 1 Million SSH Authentication Failures? · · Score: 2, Informative

    - you configure several wrong password attempts and/or shorter blocking times - then the attacks do not get slowed quite as much, but it hinders your users less.

    There are some things you might consider, though -

    3 fails / 10 min != 10 fails/ 1 sec

  9. 4Chan on China's Human Flesh Search Engine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is 4Chan made in China.... or dare I say ChinChan...

  10. Re:I presume... on Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn · · Score: 0

    Xenoscaping.... Is that like burning crosses??

  11. Re:they STARVE genius if they don't buy the flour on Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers · · Score: 0

    Just any one who grew up in the CCCP/USSR....

  12. Re:there's a small town in the mountains on Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers · · Score: 0

    He does add value.

    1. The original seller, finishes his job earlier.
    2. The risk is moved from the producers to the sellers (look at futures).

    As others said, It is not like others are not allowed do run a similar business. Just get some flour from another source, and sell it at $4/bag. This is a free market model.

  13. Re:Cheating on How Easy Is It To Cheat In CS? · · Score: 0

    I think you got it wrong.... The ones who are doing too much work GOT CHEATED..... specially the one in North Korea, China,.. Africa to name a few places....

  14. Re:He knew what was comming... on Russian Whistleblower Cop Arrested · · Score: 0

    I have more experience in Ukraine. You are right, the pay scale moved a bit. My info was based on older statistics. After some google-ing:

    -starting pay is about minimum wage which is about 800 hrivna which is about 100 USD.

    -A lieutenant pays in about 1300 hrivna (including bonuses, average for the whole country smaller cities and rural areas have a much lower pay, and Kiev's is a bit higher) Based on 2009 statistics.

    -You can spend about 100 hrivna (about 12 USD) a week per person for food.

    -Rent is about 100 USD or more for a 1 room apartment (higher in larger cities)

    -Utilities about 30 USD...

    The above are just the basic needs... medical care is free but you have to pay for everything and bribe the doctors to get any care.

  15. He knew what was comming... on Russian Whistleblower Cop Arrested · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you mess with the bear, you have to be prepared for the claws.

    In most CIS countries the police are corrupt. They have to be to survive, as their official pay is between 50 to 200 USD per month. And you need about 500 USD, so do the math... And you can see the picture.... Now if you also count the men in uniform who own cars that cost upwards of 6 figures "While making 200$"..

    Or this guy:
    http://tap-the-talent.blogspot.com/2008/12/judge-who-borrowedharvested-2mhr-2m.html

    Got the money via an OIU...

    In these systems the only people that are caught are the ones that are disliked by their higher ups, or the ones that turn out to be in the wrong time in the wrong place and then used as examples to others on the inside, as for the press-release the police will say "We are fighting the corruption..."

  16. Re:0_0 on Really Misleading Ads From Broadband Providers · · Score: 0

    I would think that they just put the higher paying customers on a better QoS plan. ;)

  17. Re:Windows CE netbooks exist on Intel Launches Next-Gen Atom N450 Processor · · Score: 0

    The linux version will run and look just like a DESKTOP linux machine. Cannot say the same about Windows CE...

  18. Re:Central Heating to the extreme on Recycling Excess Heat From the Data Center · · Score: 0

    You should have bought a pair of buckets... This is what the locals do ;)...

  19. Re:Expected on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 0

    I guess google is happy that MS is doing some of the testing for them.

  20. Re:So Now I Own My First 1950's SiFi Laser on Laser Weapon Shoots Down Airplanes In Test · · Score: 0

    You can always raise sharks...

  21. Re:Simple countermeasure: Fly low on Laser Weapon Shoots Down Airplanes In Test · · Score: 0

    What if it hits a satellite?

  22. convenient on Chinese Court Rules Microsoft Violated IP Rights · · Score: 0, Insightful

    How convenient to stop selling older version of Windows. Does it also stop support for those version in China?

    So who buys software in China???

  23. Re:How do I choose? on Comparing the Freedoms Offered By Maemo and Android · · Score: -1

    My nokia 5700 S60 has this.

  24. Re:Karen Sjet on Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells · · Score: 0

    Or Skynet.

  25. Overlords on Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I welcome our new human brained robot overlords.