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  1. Re:Real Life on 10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D · · Score: 1

    I learned that D&D is like life: the DM can be a real f**ktard.

    I also learned that if I had to roll 4 or better on a 1D20 to survive, I will always get 2 or 3, just like in real life.

  2. 10 minutes on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    I would park the car 10 minutes away from work. That way, you get a total of 20 minutes to walk to work and then back to the car. I can't say how far that should be, but you don't need to park at the same place all the time, change it up to change the scenery, just don't forget where you parked the car or park in a bad neighborhood. As you get more confidence, you can start to park further and further away.

  3. Re:So what I'm hearing is... on FCC To Probe Exclusive Mobile Deals · · Score: 1

    Or for some senator to have their, or one of their family member's identity stolen... will be fun to see what happens.

  4. Re:RPS on Sun Kills Rock CPU, Says NYT Report · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rock CPU couldn't compete with Paper CPU, so it was canned.

  5. Re:When will this end? on The Next Ad You Click May Be a Virus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would anyone write a virus that cannot effect 90% of potential targets.

    Think about it. If you used an OS in that 10%, you would never suspect you had a virus on your system, would never bother to look for one. Meanwhile that keylogger, malware, whatever, will continue to work without you ever finding it.

  6. Re:Telegraphing on Hackers Claim $10K Prize For StrongWebmail Breakin · · Score: 1

    $10,000 is not a bad price to pay for that much publicity. Too bad they got hacked in such a short amount of time.

  7. Re:Easy reply on Keeping a PC Personal At School? · · Score: 1, Interesting
    I would give you mod points if I had.

    I find it very difficult to share my notebook too, it isn't the security and virus, etc, but more because I'm paranoid and a germophobic. :)

  8. Re:Just Throw It on the Meme Heap on 45-Year-Old Modem Used To Surf the Web · · Score: 0

    Yeah, but can you imagine how much "gold" and "silver" are in those old electronics?

  9. Re:any good military has on Hackers Breached US Army Servers · · Score: 0

    We are winning in Iraq by ending the use of civilians as shields. We won in Vietnam by separating the combatants from the civilians.

    I didn't know the Viet Cong was operating in Iraq.

    Actually, the strategies used by the Viet Cong is what that resistance fighters use now. It has made fighting wars more complex and you can't tell a civilian from a soldier if the soldiers are dressed as civilians, or are below 17 years of age, etc.

  10. Re:Proximity to greatness! on Where To Buy A Machine With Linux Pre-Installed · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have lived with three dudes over the past two years and they are all now running Ubuntu in one form or another having not even heard of any windows alternatives before

    Translation:

    I live in the college dorm.

    My bunk mates get 24 hour free technical support.

    Well, the other translation is too weird to imagine.

  11. Re:I wish people would take CRYPTO flaws seriously on Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption · · Score: 1

    Yep, and then expose 14 bits of information... and for rsync backups, I suppose they are already tar.gz, and if you're just getting 14 bits of a .gz file, good luck in trying to piece together that that is.

  12. Onion News on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1

    And I thought the source of the story from from the Onion!

  13. Re:This should be a lesson... on Hacker Destroys Avsim.com, Along With Its Backups · · Score: 1

    I agree. If the hackers are man enough, they should even own up and not hide.

  14. Re:screenshots? on Ubuntu 9.04 Is As Slick As Win7, Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    The fact that I couldn't install Linux on it (despite several failed attempts) was irritating, because my battery life was better on Linux (surprise!) and the tablet was significantly faster under Linux.

    Wait. First you said that you can't install Linux on the tablet and felt irritated. Then you said the battery life for the tablet was better on Linux, and the tablet was faster under Linux. How did you come to that conclusion when you couldn't install Linux on it in the first place?

  15. Re:And finally... on Mythbusters Accidentally Bust Windows In Nearby Town · · Score: 1

    I think it is a myth that the windows were impacted by the explosion. They should prove it on the show. You think I'm going to accept this "fact" so easily?

  16. Re:-Enterprise on Enterprise FOSS Adoption Beyond Linux Servers? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the difference is that large vendors have the ability to take management out for lunch, golf, etc... who's going to take them out if they choose FOSS?

  17. Re:Just me? on How Google Routes Around Outages · · Score: 1

    The article is a Q&A between DCK and Urs Holzle. What irony.

  18. Re:Yeah.. on Universal Remote's Days Are Numbered · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Can you imagine if you tried to change channels on the TV, but someone else is engaged on a phonecall or took it to the potty to read?

  19. Re:Scary Targets... on Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers · · Score: 1

    The problem is that these are slightly more savvy idiots. :)

  20. Re:In other words... on Nintendo To Take On Apple With DSi App Store · · Score: 1

    Nintendo isn't competing with Apple on this, but to keep up with Sony's Playstation Store. Apple isn't the first to have an online store to download apps directly to their device, but they are the first to make it easily available for developers to put up their work.

  21. Re:No radioactivity involved? on Spider Bite Allows Man To Walk Again · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep. It's on the next intersection instead.

  22. Re:Very surprised and disappointed on The Realities of Selling On Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    Hang on. I'll also verify with Where-My-Tree.app.

  23. Re:interesting times on EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What? · · Score: 1

    They could offer Lynx as an alternative. When phone become a prevalent Internet device, then are manufacturers supposed to offer more than one browser on each phone?

  24. Re:Ask Google/Yahoo/Baidu on Is Flash Really On 99% of Net Devices? · · Score: 1

    We all know iPhones don't have flash. So I'm pretty sure we already know that number is absolute bullshit.

    The browser on the iphone might not have flash, but the iphone has a standalone flash player for youtube.

  25. Re:Full 'nix for arm? on Ubuntu Mobile Looks At Qt As GNOME Alternative · · Score: 1

    The resolution on a Nokia N810 is 800x480. That's the one running Hildon...