Comment Linux distro? (Score 1) 391
Wasn't there a Linux distro that would boot right into a text editor?
Comment Re:Quit yer damn whinning (Score 1) 244
So if I've never seen the play, and I go to the library and read the end of the book, then go tell people, I am not bound to that oral contract.
Man Spends 2,200 Hours Defeating Bejeweled 2 179
An anonymous reader writes "A California steel contractor spent 2,200 total hours over the last three years racking up a high score in Bejeweled 2. He exceeded the 2^31-1 maximum score programmed for the score display, proving that there is, in fact, an end to the game. I suppose congratulations or condolences are in order."
Comment Re:Tell it to the plastic clown (Score 3, Informative) 837
This is why I buy security uniform ties. One swift yank and the Velcro(TM) closure opens.
Comment Re:There's more than one way to do it. (Score 1) 578
We worry about when a bunch of non-programmers get hold of things like this, then say things like "It took me an hour to build this program, why do you guys take months to build yours?"
Used to happen to me all the time with Microsoft Access, I'm sure that still happens all the time now. "I build this database in 10 minutes in Access, why does it take days in Oracle or SQL Server??"
Comment Club Bing (Score 1) 514
My mother in law spends a large amount of time on the Club Bing website, playing their stupid games in order to win points for prizes. The word games there are silly, most centering on "how many words can you make out of these seven letters". Every time you type in a word, it does a Bing search for that word. Get enough people trying to win Bing points for free things, and it will skew the search results.
Comment Don't forget other movie tie ins. (Score 1) 320
Comment Re:Porn is obscene only if it has no plot (Score 1) 574
The company that made it is in South America. However, I believe that a lawyer for the group went to prison in Florida because he was associated with the company that made it.
Comment Re:Be useful. (Score 1) 381
Did you try Deal Extreme?
Comment Re:Shit (Score 2, Funny) 420
Pregnant for the last six years?
Comment Corporations and stolen laptops (Score 3, Interesting) 665
A laptop was stolen from our company in August 2008. Two weeks ago, the most recent purchaser acquired it off of eBay and called Panasonic to get tech support when something wasn't working. Panasonic said "That laptop is stolen, please contact this company." We ended up buying it back from this guy for what he paid for it.
Comment Grades? Nah. Experience. (Score 3, Insightful) 372
As one of the primary technical interviewers at my company, we've never been interested in grades. Rather, we're more interested in someone that can jump in and be productive quickly.
Comment Re:It's called speculation... (Score 5, Interesting) 1143
Of the 40,000 active oil fields in the world, not one of them is refilling itself.
Geochemist Says Oil Fields May Be Refilled Naturally http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D91530F935A1575AC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
