Comment Re:I think its gonna be a long long time (Score 1) 105
Okay. Where do I sign?
Comment Re:from the what-until-they-get-a-load-of-this dep (Score 1) 292
how-hard-is-it-to-proofread-the-dept
no-im-not-new-here
Comment Re:65536 (Score 2) 246
Maybe the complaint system only support 2^16 entries?
They must be tracking them in an old version of Excel.
Comment Re:Fairly simple solution (Score 4, Informative) 349
I don't know if this is an issues with Comcast, but there are ISPs who force all DNS traffic to use their servers. It was a constant frustration when I was stuck with Excede (a US satellite internet provider).
Comment (Another) Misleading Headline (Score 1) 430
Let's not all panic yet. The sky hasn't fallen and the bill hasn't even has its first hearing in committee, no less a vote in the full body. http://kslegislature.org/li/b2...
Comment Re:2 week (Score 4, Informative) 892
If you're referring to this you have an odd definition of "all companies" and should realize that this only applies to mass layoffs. Many layoffs are far smaller.
Comment Re:No notice, no reference (Score 1) 892
It's precisely that interpretation that leads many companies to set a policy of only verifying employment, regardless of how good or bad an employee was.
Comment Re:Trucking? (Score 2) 91
you'll have "simulators" over in China, India, wherever filled with remote drivers.
That might cause a bit of a latency problem. Plus it adds the risk that the next time a ship drags anchor on an undersea cable, several thousand trucks crash. Oops...
Comment Re:surprise (Score 1) 95
If only there was a button for that.
New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW 147
vinces99 writes "Redshirting isn't just for athletes anymore. The University of Washington and Washington State University are collaborating on an 'academic redshirt' program that will bring dozens of low-income Washington state high school graduates to the two universities to study engineering in a five-year bachelor's program. The first year will help those incoming freshmen acclimate to university-level courses and workload and prepare to major in an engineering discipline."
Comment Re:Easy. (Score 1) 288
Supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus
The Most Detailed Images of Uranus' Atmosphere Ever 105
New submitter monkeyhybrid writes "The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla reports on the most detailed images of Uranus ever taken. The infrared sensitivity of the ground based Keck II telescope's NIRC2 instrument enabled astronomers to see below the high level methane based atmosphere that has hampered previous observations, and with unprecedented clarity. If you ever thought Uranus was a dull blue looking sphere then look again; you could easily mistake these images for being of Jupiter!"
Comment Re:Causation was a tool of the Nazis. (Score 1) 223
Apparently today's Godwin number is 10.
Comment Re:Maybe (Score 5, Funny) 223
Then there's this: http://xkcd.com/925/
Comment Re:Interweb (Score 1) 412
Actually, I believe, interwebs is a singular collective noun. Therefore the correctness of is/are depends on which version of English you prefer.
