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  1. Re:Obvious business opportunity on Ask Slashdot: Projects For a Heap of Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    "PC Load letter"... What the fuck does that mean??

  2. Re:Does this mean... on DARPA Wants Distributed Network of Deep Sea Storage Units · · Score: 2

    Yuuup!

  3. Re:Dying gasps on C Beats Java As Number One Language According To TIOBE Index · · Score: 1

    The Netduino guys have implemented .NET in an embedded environement.

  4. Re:Or they could just increase gas tax on Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Spot on. Pay as you go.
    However, I see the inevitable rationalization and assessment of a road use tax *on top of* existing fuel taxes.
    You read it here first, folks.

  5. Re:You don't on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Explain To a Coworker That He Writes Bad Code? · · Score: 1

    About the fastest way for anyone to piss off their co-workers and bosses is to walk around with a "I'm the best [INSERT_PROFESSION] here" attitude all day, whether it's true or not. Don't do it.

    That's a life lesson right there.
    Wish I had mod points

  6. Re:Purse Phone on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 1

    I have a Galaxy S III, it slides into my back pocket rather nicely. Oh wait, I'm a fatty. I love the GS III as a device in every respect OTHER THAN being an actual phone. I believe Samsung's 3G radios are rather weak. Around my home, I get no reception with it (previous HTC EVO 4G always had at least 2-3 bars), and reception overall is generally sucky. My wife's Galaxy S II has the same poor reception. (FYI, she's no fatty). My Sprint service probably doesn't help, but in my experience, the devices' 3G radios are definitely sub-par. Sprint sent me an Airave, but that only helps around the house, I obviously can't take it with me everywhere I go. If I had it to do over again, I would not get a GS III, I'd get one of the new LTE Evos.

  7. Re:Marketing guy's function on Why Non-Coders Shouldn't Write Code · · Score: 1

    Took me a second to get the sarcasm.

  8. Re:$100,000 for Aerospace research? on Funky Flying Wing Rotates 90 Degrees To Go Supersonic · · Score: 1

    This looks like a job for Kickstarter.

  9. Re:Price fixing by camera makers push me there. on Prices Drive Australians To Grey Market For Hardware and Software · · Score: 2

    Isn't the major differentiating factor (in the US) that camera gear is grey market because it doesn't come with a US warranty, but a so-called "international warranty"? That is, if your grey market L lens breaks, you can't just bring it back to the shop where you bought it, or even send it to an authorized US warranty repair center. In order to get it fixed under warranty, you'd need to ship it back to the factory - presumably in Japan or Southeast Asia. This would be an example of a manufacturer's US warranty network not having to support a piece of equipment. That represents a cost savings of a specific USD amount that's reflected in the equipment's price.

  10. Re:I vote on Scientists Set Bold Plan For Future Exploration of the Sun · · Score: 1

    Not the first person, but the 10,000 additional copycats who ignored the first person's comment.

  11. Oldy but goody on Scientists Set Bold Plan For Future Exploration of the Sun · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, the sun explores you!

  12. Re:So why not old computers? on MARCH Presents: Apple I Reproduction In Action At HOPE 9 · · Score: 1

    The engine you're thinking of is the 318ci wide block, so called because of its wide polyspherical heads.
    It is absolutely a small block, interchangeable on a unit-for-unit basis with the 318ci LA (small block).
    A polyspherical head is *not* a hemispherical head.

    Chrysler big blocks are 383ci and up. Only the 427ci is a hemi.

  13. Re:So why not old computers? on MARCH Presents: Apple I Reproduction In Action At HOPE 9 · · Score: 1

    The Chrysler 318ci is neither a hemi nor a big block.
    The 318ci is a small block. Chrysler big blocks are 383ci and up.
    Only The 427ci is a hemi.

    That said, my first car was a '73 Dodge Charger with a 318 mated to a 727 Torqueflight transmission (not stock).
    It was two blocks long, weighed more than most modern cruise ships, and I loved every second of owning it!
    To stay on topic, I'm also nostalgic for my TRS-80 Model 1.

  14. Re:they are all evil on DirecTV Drops Viacom Channels · · Score: 1

    See, the Storage Wars Channel (formerly known as A&E).

    Oh, when did they change their name from the Intervention Channel?

  15. Re:Whats the difference... on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    It's astonishing how many people simply don't understand this.

  16. Re:Whats the difference... on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Mea culpa, this is no lie. I owned a BMW M3 for a few years and could literally feel myself becoming a big(ger) asshole every time I got in it. Since trading the thing in for a different make, I no longer encounter that strange sensation.

  17. Re:Honeypot? on Feds Plan 'Fog of Disinformation' To Track Information Leaks · · Score: 1

    Also sounds similar to the Canary Trap.

  18. Bradbury opened doors for me on Ray Bradbury Has Died · · Score: 1

    In eighth grade, I was assigned "The Halloween Tree". This was my first exposure to the concept that reading could actually be an enjoyable experience, rather than simply being a tedious chore standing in the way of going out to ride bikes. Thank you for that wonderful gift Mr. Bradbury.

  19. Re:Who are these two knuckleheads trying to kid? on US CIO/CTO: Idea of Hiring COBOL Coders Laughable · · Score: 1

    I guess you told me.

  20. Who are these two knuckleheads trying to kid? on US CIO/CTO: Idea of Hiring COBOL Coders Laughable · · Score: 1

    It's the public sector, no one innovates there.

  21. Re:Comment follows on The Sounds of Tech Past · · Score: 1

    Haven't RTFA yet. Lemme guess: "20 tech sounds" = 20+ click-throughs?

  22. Re:first on Google's First Employee Departs · · Score: 1

    Oh, if I only had mod points.

  23. Re:Thats given me an idea... on What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship? · · Score: 2

    This.
    Everything has some kind of value - just a matter of how much it costs to pluck out of the ocean.
    As I understand it, marine salvage companies are paid based on a percentage of earnings of the sale of what they recover.

  24. Re:Sopa on House Kills SOPA · · Score: 2

    PIPA in greek means blow job.

    And in Polish it means "vagina".

    And in English, it means "The prince's sister-in-law", which is pretty close to its Polish meaning.

  25. Re:Huh? on Apple Buys Israeli Flash Manufacturer · · Score: 1

    Whoosh!