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  1. Re:Only girls grow up to be typists on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1

    I went over 40 years and finally retired without touch-typing-- so there.

  2. Whoa. on Researcher Finds Hidden Data-Dumping Services In iOS · · Score: 1

    Is Apple beginning to get like M$?

  3. October Sky on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 1

    I feel that this is a great read for anyone. It's a true story with a bit of fictionalization about a group of boys in a West Virginia coal mining town during the Sputnik era. It recounts their undying efforts to 'git 'er done against strong opposition.

  4. Busy dudes.

  5. As to the ruin of the US healthcare system on How Big Data Is Destroying the US Healthcare System · · Score: 1

    It seems to be doing it just fine all by itself.

  6. The simple solution on Why Johnny Can't Speak: a Cost of Paywalled Research · · Score: 1

    Just apply for a taxpayer grant to pay for your paywalled access to the material...

  7. Some storm... on Monster Storm Reveals Water On Saturn · · Score: 1

    but I'm not convinced that the IR image shows either water ice or ammonia.

  8. Re:Yes, there is a simple fix on New JavaScript-Based Timing Attack Steals All Browser Source Data · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Take a look at the page source...

  9. From what I can tell on Join COBOL's Next Generation · · Score: 1

    Nobody posting on this thread has ever evenseen COBOL code!

  10. What? on The Lepsis Is a Terrarium For Growing Edible Insects At Home · · Score: 1

    I spend hours getting the bugs out and you want me to GROW more?

  11. Better deal for them on UK Government Spending £6,000 Per Computer Every Year To Maintain Desktops · · Score: 1

    Hell, I'd do it for 4,000 pounds a year per desktop and save them a bundle...

  12. Bozos on "Magnetic Cells" Isolated For First Time · · Score: 1

    Rainbow trout do not migrate to the sea and back. Perhaps your thinking of Steelheads.

  13. Oh my! on Sea Water Could Cause Uranium Pollution From Nuclear Fuel Rods · · Score: 1

    The sky is falling. Again!

  14. Re:evil is as evil does on Google Consolidates Privacy Policies Across Services · · Score: 1

    Yes and Google does not make a dime on all the advertising.

  15. If the "DNA" contains arsenic then... on Princeton Team Casts More Doubt On Arsenic DNA Claims · · Score: 1

    it's not DNA. DNA is a specific chemical compound. It sounds like these people found some arsenic in the bacteria and decided, with nothing to base it on, that it was part of the organism's DNA.

  16. Whats the point on DC Suspends Tests of Online Voting System · · Score: 1

    If they know who the absentee voters are why not just mail them a ballot instead of spending the typical fortune that gov. bodies spend on such useless projects?

  17. There's more to this on Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Some of the fault must be applied to all of us. Every time we get the sniffles, we run to the doctor's office and antibiotics are prescribed even though they do not toucn the cold or flue virus.

  18. What? on HP Gives Printers Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    Typical HP garbage.

  19. Re:Wouldn't be the first time... on FTC Staff Discuss a Tax on Electronics To Support the News Business · · Score: 1

    And you think you are getting reliable information from the newspapers?

  20. No way... on FTC Staff Discuss a Tax on Electronics To Support the News Business · · Score: 1

    This is nothing but an attempt at a transfer of wealth from us little guys to the news media folks who are nothing but another bunch of fat cats. An even worse thought is that of the !@#$ government dolling out to the media iif they behave the way the government thinks they should. Me also thinks this woule be a violation of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

  21. Huh? on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    WTF does the stock market have to do with the real world?

  22. Re:Welcome to the new world! on Steve Jobs Weighs In On iPhone Programming Language Mandate · · Score: 1

    I have been doing software and systems for almost 40 years. I have knowledge of "fundamental architecture of computing and programming" as well as the tools to "necessary to build complex projects in a sensible manner." I also know "why things are typically done a certain way." Am I a software engineer? The software engineering student is not an engineer in the sense of electrical or mechanical engineers. They are exposed to the CS "engineering" steps as is anyone involved in systems for any length of time. IMHO the software engineering degree is little more than a glorified CS degree.

  23. Re:Welcome to the new world! on Steve Jobs Weighs In On iPhone Programming Language Mandate · · Score: 1

    So, just WTF is a "software engineer" anyway?

  24. Market cap? on Microsoft and Apple Rumble Into Middle Age · · Score: 2, Insightful

    WTF does what the market think of a company's stock have to do with the real world?

  25. What a farce on Landmark Canadian Hyperlink Case Goes To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    So, if I tell you about a good book, am I in violation of the author's copyright? How do such absurd things manage to advance so far in the legal system?